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winter soldier & black widow
Someone pointed out that there is so little left from Bucky’s shoulder, but I wanted to expand on that a little bit.
We can see what’s left of the old Hydra tech, it goes to his chest, shoulder and looking to be damaging his muscles and nerves. Because knowing Hydra, they don’t give a shit about Bucky’s pain.
With the new Wakandan tech you can see how much they had to remove in order to upgrade his arm. And we don’t know if they had to add some new tech to replace what Hydra had, but my guess is that they took their time to make sure everything was right and painless for Bucky so he wouldn’t be in pain, and since Wakanda can heal bullet wounds over night, it wasn’t a problem for them at all to help rebuild Bucky’s shoulder, or lack there of.
But with how close his new arm implant is, they must have done a forequarter amputation and made some adjustments to make sure everything was done right so he wouldn’t be in pain anymore.
As well as walk better instead of dragging that heavy arm
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
okay, this research is amazing. thank you to the OP!
SEBASTIAN STAN as BUCKY BARNES
in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
dir. Joe & Anthony Russo
So I did some thinking about this scene and wanted to see both sides.
There was trust between Ayo and Bucky. She read his trigger words. She called him White Wolf when she first saw him at the beginning of ep 4.
“Eight hours, White Wolf.”
Note that she also warned him and give him 8 hours. She could’ve easily just attacked the home that him, Sam, and Zemo were staying at but she didn’t. She trusted Bucky and listened to what he had to say first.
Ayo opened up to him and expressed the deep personal shame that Zemo had brought to herself as a member of the Dora Milaje, appointed by T’Chaka. Nevertheless, she gave him a heads up despite the fact that he was running around with her king’s murderer.
So when he interfered in the fight she disarmed him as Zemo got away. I believe she said:
“Bast damn you, James.”
I think that means: “God damn you.”
He betrayed her trust and she called him James not White Wolf. That ain’t good, bro.
I think it’s also important to note that as a warrior of the Dora Milaje she don’t give a shit if he a sad boy or her friend. Okoye dropped her man so quick for Wakanda in the Black Panther movie. So, I’m NOT surprised that Ayo did this as Wakanda always comes first.
Bucky is shocked that they could do that to him. You know, take his arm off. But to Ayo, Bucky in this moment is a means to an end (like Zemo is for him). Now he knows and recognizes how it feels and what those words mean. All she wants is Zemo for killing her king.
She’s sat with this shame and guilt for 7 years. That is, if she didn’t blip out then it would be 2.5 years and would still be quite fresh. I’m also pretty sure she was at the UN when it happened because she accompanied her new king, T’Challa, in Berlin afterwards in Civil War. So this hurts.
So yeah, oh no Bucky’s autonomy... but the man had it coming. Sam straight up told him that they’d be hella mad in ep 3. Wakanda helped his ass even though they didn’t have to and he let the man that murdered their King free...
However, I understand Bucky’s behavior. He is desperate, trying to grasp onto some semblance of himself. He lost Steve, his final attachment to his former self. So, seeing Walker with Sam’s shield and the rise of super soldiers has him acting way out of line. Sam points this out in ep 3 when Bucky wants to break Zemo out of prison:
"I've been on the wrong side of that code and so have you. He blew up the UN, he killed King T'Chaka and framed you for it. Did you forget that? You think the Wakandans forgot about it? It's a rhetorical question. They didn't.”
"I know why this matters to you but c'mon... it's pushing you off the deep end."
Then his dumb ass does it anyways and breaks Zemo out of prison. But that’s how desperate he is. That’s how much the shield means to him. Steve saved his life just as much as Wakanda did, if not more. He wants to protect and preserve Steve’s legacy now. That’s his sole purpose. However, now he faces the consequences of his actions.
Also, she left that shit. She left the arm. A multibillion dollar Vibranian arm. So she’s mad that after everything and the warning that he didn’t take her side. But since she left it there’s still hope for reconciliation!
So I understand both sides of why this happened.
would love some feedback :))
MCU + COMIC BOOK REFRENCES
Avengers (1963) #4 + Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Doctor Strange: The Oath #1 (2006) + Doctor Strange (2016)
Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #33 + Spider-man: Homecoming (2017)
Captain Marvel #6 (2014) + Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain America (2005) #8 + Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014)
Mighty Avengers (2013) #1 + WandaVision (2021)
Black Widow (2004) #4 + Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade Vol. 1 (2012) #9 + Wandavision (2021)
Captain America #25 (2012) + Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Civil War (2007) #7 + Captain America: Civil War (2016)