#please dont take this as me being some kind of Zola apologist

[dangerxox]

One part of ca: the winter solider that always confused me is the Zola computer brain;

It was brought back to my mind recently on a re-watch of the first avenger.

In the first avenger, Zola was presented as a very nervous man, that although being a very talented scientist, not quite fully dedicated to Schmidt as the rest of Hydra. Although this may just be my viewpoint of it, Zola always appeared troubled by Schmidt. When the Nazi inspectors come to pass on Hitler's displeasure at Hydra not producing any weapons, Schmidt sees no problem slaughtering them all in a blink of an eye. Zola, however, looks troubled by it and is hesitant for a moment where every other solider salutes and hails Hydra. To me, he gives the impression of a man who joined Hydra due to the large leaps in science Schmidt promised and delivered, who slowly grows more weary as Schmidts cruelty and craze for power grows.

But in the winter solider, Zolas demeanor changes completely. When Steve and Natasha stumble across his uploaded consciousness, he seems almost as crazed as Schmidt, ranting about his progress with implanting Hydra into Shield and the success of the Winter solider program. After the way he is shown in the first avenger, it confused me when watching the movie due to his apparent sudden change of heart. The man who seems deeply troubled by the cruelty of Schmidt and how he used the weapons the he created is suddenly monologuing about the success of the winter solider, a project developed singularly as a merciless assassin; not even touching on the 70 years of continued torture and brainwashing required to keep it up and running.

I don't know if this is me simply not understanding this character, or if Zola was acting like this to distract Nat and Steve long enough for the missile to hit, or if it was simply an oversight by the writers; I just thought it was really interesting.

#Dr Zola #captain america: the first avenger #captain america #captain america the winter solider #natasha romanoff #black widow #steve rogers #johann schmidt #arnim zola #please dont take this as me being some kind of Zola apologist #hes still a fucking nazi #my post