Yeah I'll Post It, Why Not. Bucky Is A Former Human Weapon Literally Programmed To Obey, John Is A Former

yeah i'll post it, why not. bucky is a former human weapon literally programmed to obey, john is a former human weapon covertly brainwashed throughout his entire life to obey. it makes for good, tragic cinema to watch a good man be tortured into becoming someone else entirely, but there's something a lot more strikingly, quietly visceral about a little boy being raised on carefully crafted propaganda until he's willing to lay his life down for a death machine that he idolizes as the greatest nation on earth.

and then to have bucky assume a position of authority over john....that's just such a delicious concept to me. because at this point, bucky has regained autonomy over his life, but john has not, because his brainwashing runs deeper. because he was born into it. i just want bucky to see that, and both acknowledge it for the tragedy it is, while also taking advantage of that forced submission instinct to follow orders from the sergeant. i just want bucky to see that there's nothing he can do for john, other than reinforce that false idol, pet his head and say good soldier, good soldier, all the while disgusted with himself for feeding that cult programming.