no bc the implications of the hydra stomper being the variation of the winter soldier and peggy being the variation of captain america makes stucky canon???
HELLO?!?!?!?
AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON PEGGYNAT WHAT WAS THAT GAY SHIT I LOVE IT
After watching the What If 2 Hydra Stomper episode, I have one thing to say - *sighs, gestures to everything*
Stucky should have been a love story. It's a crime that it wasn't. This ep literally proved what we've been saying - their relationship would be romantic if one of them was a girl.
Even here, Bucky is the one who stares into the gun and tries to talk Steve down while Peggy just jumps him.
It takes a couple words from Bucky to make Steve hesitate and Peggy has to literally monologue at him.
Steggy was cute in TFA but it was barely more than a casual relationship and I need Marvel to let it go. They already ruined Steve's character once because of it, what more do they want? (But then again, if they stop forcing Steve's straight romance down our throats, what is there to stop up from *gasp* imagining him in love with his male friend!)
I think Marvel wanted Steggy to be this love story for the ages that all the fans would root for but... after making three movies about how much his childhood best friend means to him, having Steve stare at a compass of a girl he's known for barely two years a couple times just pales in comparison.
Also, off topic but kind of related, it's honestly laughable that here you have this series all about exploring the possibilities and yet there's not even one queer character.
What do you know, turns out I had more than one thing to say.
What would you do if Steve went bad? Like bad guy attitude? The Hydra Stomper or something
“Him as a bad guy? I um..angry Steve is hot and very commanding when it comes to his job. I’ve seen it before...but like a bad guy? Hmm…I’ll just flirt with her to get him flustered then run away, let Natasha handle his ass or something haha—what was that?”
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*the room is silent as knocking is heard and then a loud BANG comes crashing down at the door being blared open*
“There you are.” He walked over to her with a stance that made him look bigger than expect, boarding shoulders and a half glare.
“S-Steve?”, She question looking up at him, slowly getting up as he took her by the arm, having her follow him out the room.
“We need to go now, honey.” He said opens the door for her, looking over his shoulder at the cameras and keeps both of them pacing onto the streets and into the car, “I’ll explain everything later..”
“What’s going on?” She said once she saw him driving away from the building.
“I’ll explain later honey.” He repeated, driving onto the highway.
“Stop with the ‘honey’! I want answers.”
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you..”
“..what?”
“I just need you safe and sound, Elle…anyway from him.”
“From who?”
“A clone of me.”
“A clone?”
“Hydra.”
“Hydra made a..”
“Yeah. He wants to make me look bad as Captain America and there is a high chance he might get to you soon. I can’t let that happen.”
“Oh dear god..”
There was a dark speeding car following them, as Steve took a glance at the right view mirror and made a swift turn around the corner as he escape the black vehicle. Stella looked over her shoulder in relief wondering if that was the man in question but once glance at her husband said otherwise as she nodded.
He was serious, his face charging with anger and attention but a form of loving concern for all of it.
The blonde in the speeding came grunted with a piercing glare trying to following the route as he received a phone called and answered, “What?”
“We believe we got eyes on the brunette and the Captain.” Replied the female voice on the other end of the phone.
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But was she truly safe? 👀
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I wanted to ramble about how, based on the evidence, the brainwashing between Hydra and the Red Room is very different
Steve Hydra Stomper - Red Room
Bucky Winter Soldier - Hydra
For Steve we only have the Ep 5 of the 2nd season of What If while Bucky is an entire character across the Marvel universe but for this I'll just cherry pick Bucky in the MCU
The biggest difference that jumps out to me is how much agency or awareness Steve has, he was able to trick Peggy into believing they'd "deactivated" him. Natasha was right on knowing he was still working for the Red Room but Steve still deliberately gave a line he knew was going to make Peggy believe him.
Bucky in WS mode doesn't have this, he's more detached but not entirely, he responded to Steve when he called him Bucky instead of just staying silent and he asked Pierce and was conflicted about "knowing" the man on the bridge however that man wouldn't be capable of trying to trick Steve into believing he was the Bucky he knew and was deprogrammed, Bucky works completely detached on who he is so he can't possibly do what Steve Hydra Stomper did.
Steve was able to have a full conversation with Peggy as if he'd had his full memories and just "woke up" and honestly the change of who did it I feel has a lot to do.
In Black Widow, the brainwashing is much more sophisticated overall, is all about pheromones and it's more subtle than Bucky's brain-in-a-blender via electricity, of course this is probably due to Bucky's brainwashing happening in the 40s while the one shown in Black Widow is like 70-80 years later and even in What If, Steve went down around the 50s and it's just likely the Red Room just took another approach to it.
It's interesting though, to think how different brainwashing could be between Hydra and the Red Room and how it affected both characters
I'll admit, I think if there IS an issue I had with the HYDRA stomper episode? I kind of wish instead of STILL being the HYDRA stomper, they'd made Steve into the Crimson Dynamo instead.
Like, he's an armored villain controlled by the Russians, his suit has red parts on it, and it would be an interesting reinterpretation of the character. Plus, unlike bitch ass not Whiplash, we could get a good fight scene out of the character.
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✦ Steve Rogers Bingo Round 2, prompt: “Hydra Stomper” [A1] (Card: SB2060)
Word count: N/a - Art
Title: Hydra Stomper
Rating: Gen
Universe: Marvel What If…?
Pairings: None
Characters: Steve Rogers
Warnings: None
Major Tags: Pre-Serum Steve Rogers
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Summery: Steve Rogers and the Hydra Stomper.
Folks, allow me to share this and welp, have a Happy 44th Birthday to the one and only, Josh Keaton himself because of well, not only Today is his 44th Birthday but also, it would be the perfect time to celebrate the return of one of the greatest Spider-Men of all time to the big screen too and well, here we go.