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We never actually saw Bucky fight Steve properly?? 

Fight 1: on the bridge. 

Steve versus TWS. Steve has the shield to equal the arm, a visible weight advantage (not to mention quality-of-life/health advantage), and (until he recognises Bucky) no reason to hold back, but Bucky still fights him to a standstill. I mean, a literal standstill, they literally stand still, staring at each other. Natasha Romanoff did not crack out a rocket launcher for people to argue that Steve won this fight! Inconclusive. 

Fight 2: the Helicarrier. 

Steve chokes TWS and dislocates his arm but it appears TWS is only playing possum so he can shoot Steve in the back and smirk about it (what a bitch.) Steve’s previous advantages still apply, however, he’s maybe  probably(?) pulling his punches to save Bucky pain. Bucky, between fights, has been electrocuted again. Is it a fair fight? Is it really a victory if you end up riddled with bullet holes and the other guy doesn’t?? Inconclusive.

Fight 3: the Helicarrier 2 - Romance Edition. 

Arguably this is the only time Steve and Bucky actually fight. BUT. Inconclusive because 1) they’re both gravely injured before they even start, the fools, and 2) Steve announces he’s giving up halfway through, the romantic bastard. Is it a victory if you pass out, nearly drown, need to be rescued by your opponent and then wake up in hospital while the other guy walks away?? Obviously Bucky cannot actually win and kill Steve because he’s Bucky and also Cevans’ contract hadn’t expired. I cannot call it a victory for either one of them since Steve gave up, so: Inconclusive. 

Fight 4: Civil War 1, post Zemo. 

Due to The Beef, TWS is now in Steve’s weight class! But, Steve doesn’t have the shield! AND, he knows the Soldier is Bucky so would be reluctant to hurt him and would be pulling his punches again (or he would’ve been if he had managed to throw any, which he didn’t). Steve ends up at the bottom of an elevator shaft! But, is it a fair fight if Bucky has a vibranium arm and Steve has no shield?? Inconclusive.

Fight 5: On the roof. 

I’m sorry Steve but distracting someone with your biceps while they choke you may be kinky and hilarious, but does not count as winning a fight. Also, if your opponent is so attracted to you that he accidentally knocks himself out (Bucky you useless bisexual), that is likewise not winning a fight. Inconclusive! 

I’ve been wanting to make a post about this for a while, even though I might be the only person invested in this, but anyway, here we go. I’ve seen mentioned several times, in posts about the movie and in fics that the Winter Soldier shot Nick Fury through the window of Steve’s apartment, and every time it makes me groan in frustration because no.

The Winter Soldier didn’t shoot Fury through a window, he shot him through a wall, and I don’t know about you, but it seems like a pretty big difference to me.

(bullet hole in the wall!!)

When I saw the scene the first time, I remember thinking holy shit??? that’s crazy, and for me that’s when the Winter Soldier really became a real, terrifyingly good assassin, that’s when his image as a serious threat solidified.

Read about the blogger getting carried away under the read more.

Ok, my interpretation of this scene was pretty close to yours.  

1. Steve moves to the corner and spots Fury, who is sitting in the chair

2. Steve moves away from the corner; Winter Soldier can now see him through that one window

(Side note: Steve’s apartment has a lot of windows)

3. Fury stands up; the Winter Soldier watches Steve’s eyes go from looking slightly down to looking at something eye level 

4. The Winter Soldier quickly moves so that he’s in line with Steve’s line of sight; he doesn’t know exactly where Fury is, but he knows he’s somewhere on that line

The Winter Soldier shoots along said line, hitting Fury, then runs back to his initial position to see how Steve reacts and possibly confirm the kill.  Then Steve spots him through the window.  

tony casually throws it into a conversation like “oh yeah I don’t vote” and steve trails off mid-sentence and gapes for a second before he starts in on the importance of the democratic process and how dangerous it can be if citizens give up their say in how the government is run and tony is trying so so hard to keep a straight face

“Four, five, six…subtle, guys.  Real subtle.”

“Are you shitting me?  Covert ops, my Irish grandmother.  This is why you people lost in ‘Nam.”

what if bucky barnes, once he starts his recovery, realizes that a.) it’s the holidays and b.) they’re not poor as a couple of fucking crumbs anymore. like, would this matter?? does bucky barnes give a fuck about christmas?? what if bucky barnes Very Much Fucked With Christmas but he was trying to keep it together. just quietly going around the tower with a mug of eggnog. eating roasted chestnuts from a cart in the park and humming under his breath. wrapping things in newspaper and hiding them in the closet and being brusque and self-mocking later about his INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL gifts like he manages to find this old delicate secondhand snowglobe of saint basil’s cathedral for natasha. and she unwraps it and is totally silent and her face does the Thing where natasha is Having a Feeling and she’s like, “thank you” in english for the benefit of everybody else at the party but then also “Я собираюсь убить тебя,” smiling, her eyes a little wet, and bucky knows he has been a Good Elf

meanwhile obviously steve rogers doesn’t give a fuck, steve rogers is clearly the kind of person who’s like “i don’t need anything for christmas i am rich i already have three whole sheets of paper and this sock” like Jesus steve, let somebody buy you a candy bar, it’s christmas eve i don’t need you to recite upsetting passages from “The Jungle.” probably back when they were rubbing nickels together to keep warm he was like “please remember the less fortunate” and bucky was like HOW MUCH LESS FORTUNATE COULD THEY BE, FOR LUNCH TODAY WE STOOD DOWNWIND OF THE BAKERY AND JUST SMELLED BREAD

steve: buck, i-

bucky: wear the fucking hat i swear to god, we are going to have a jolly holiday if i have to shove this mistletoe up your ass

steve: …

steve: fine