#particularly considering the idea from Winter Soldier: The Bitter March (2014) that Bucky would think or at least worry

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Bucky thinking, even before all the Winter Soldier stuff, that his positive image to Steve is at least somewhat manufactured/a mask and that he has to hide parts of himself from Steve so that Steve doesn’t think badly of him, and Steve idealizing Bucky after his death and thinking that he was perfect.

#that bit in Captain America (2011) issue 1 where Steve’s randomly like #that mission would have gone well if only Bucky was there #love that #I want him to annoy people with that kind of stuff #and that was when Bucky was alive lol #also when Steve was still in denial that the Winter Soldier was Bucky #and said that Bucky would never have done the things that the Winter Soldier had #would have broken Bucky’s heart to hear #even though he does think of the Winter Soldier as a separate person that he was and isn’t now #and that obviously did things that original pre-brainwashing Bucky wouldn’t have #it would just hurt to hear that Steve wasn’t even considering brainwashing as a possibility and was just like there’s no way #particularly considering the idea from Winter Soldier: The Bitter March (2014) that Bucky would think or at least worry #that Steve would have been able to break free from the brainwashing #when he himself couldn’t #my posts