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"- what do you say in your defense Mr. Barnes?"

Alexei and Bucky’s friendship in What If episode 3 was everything!

Alexei Shostakov | What If… The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?

he looks so geniuenly sad when he hears that he failed a mission. poor baby 😭

Thinking about What If S3 E3 again today and the look on Bucky's face here is so powerful and telling of his thoughts and mental state.

He may not know he's Bucky Barnes, he knows he's about to be brainwashed but he is proud and himself.

He met someone [Alexei] he look up to, he finally act on his will, he did the "good guy thing" for the first time in how many years.

He was someone because he was finally seen as such so he had no problem looking HYDRA in the face and telling them "I won't awnser!"

SEBASTIAN STAN as BUCKY BARNES Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

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

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

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?

They’re both saying grrrgrrgrrr 💕🤭

Where are my fellow winterguardian shippers at 👀