Where Are My Fellow Winterguardian Shippers At 👀

Headcanon: Alexei was able to partially overcome Bucky's brainwashing because he reminds Bucky of Steve. Not just the costume and the powers but the fact that he's a good man trying to fight for his ideals in a flawed system.

I also did the winterguardian ABO (Maybe both Alphas? Bucky Omega and Alexei Alpha? I'm not sure) And in any case go to watch this fucking third episode from third season of What if

Bucky Barnes and Alexei Shostakov What If...? Season 3 Trailer

I wonder if Alexei ever drove Bucky in the limo while he was working in DC?

Winter Soldier vs Red Guardian | What If…? S3E3

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?

winterguardian is my roman empire