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Seriously, Sebastian Stan really needs to be recognized for his talent, especially regarding this scene. Watch his eyes going from the first gif to the third.

This is why it kills me a bit when people say you don’t see any emotional response from Bucky because you DO. His head should be nothing but mush by this point. He should be blank from being wiped and rewiped. But because they need him to be able to make decisions while on missions, they can’t just erase everything he is. Pierce even has to talk to him like they’ve convinced him to some degree what he’s doing is GOOD. But Bucky is still in there. He’s confused and injured, but he’s in there. There are too many flashes of defiance and temper and FEAR. He’s lost and alone and hurt and SO out numbered and so so young. He doesn’t know what’s going on except he keeps being hurt over and over and things are being demanded of him over and over and there IS no win for him. If he does what they ask they hurt him. If he doesn’t they hurt him.