Alexei And Bucky’s Friendship In What If Episode 3 Was Everything!

happy thunderbolts weekend!! (its so good and bucky looked sooo good)

"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."

"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."

no! healthy relationship will kill the character! he needs an unhealthy codependent romance with a side of power imbalance to live

You know you're supposed to catch the bullets with your metal arm, hm?

This episode of What If... was living in my head rent-free. The ending destroyed me. How can everyone live their lives oblivious to the Winter Soldier's suffering? I love this nuance of the soldier being his own entity. For me, what we see in that episode is not Bucky Barnes, it's a non-robotic and humanized version of the Winter Soldier, which is very beautiful and dark. The fact that he has no idea that he is someone and Aleksei helping him with that is worth its weight in gold. It's a shame he couldn't free himself to be the hero of Deconey Island in the end, and this is the post.

Episode mentioned: What if the Red Guardian stopped the Winter Soldier?

I endlessly admire fic authors who have betas and write chapters and chapters ahead of what they post because you best believe my needy ass is slapping just-finished, mildly edited and typo-laden fics onto AO3 the moment they’re done so I can get that sweet sweet validation

I’d like to add this to the winter guardian tag…these two have taken up my mind…I have no idea what to do so enjoy I guess? ..I love that he calls him winter fox …it’s very fucking cute…

You deserve a break dear, let me treat ya for some spa!😭