Better dead than red.

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

James Buchanan Barnes
Marvel Comics / c. 1944

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Icons: Lines and finishes by Chris Samnee, colors by Bettie Breitweiser, found in Captain America & Bucky #620-623.

Layout: This layout is a skin of Five AM by winterfish. Typefaces used include Cutive Mono and Arimo. Featured art by Samnee, Steve Epting, and Michael Lark. Gif from The Philadelphia Story.

Bucky Barnes was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and later significantly revised by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting.

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NAME. James Buchanan Barnes
CANON. Marvel 616
DOB/AGE. March 25, 1925. 20.

HAIR/EYE. Brown / brown ¹
HEIGHT/WEIGHT. 5′9″, 160lbs
CANONPOINT. c. April, 1945

APPEARANCE. Wavy brown hair, a John Q. Public smile, clothes that might be hip if they weren't so square. Bucky is in superhero shape but isn't particularly tall or thick and could pass for a few years younger than he is. Somehow exudes "America" in his general bearing, this is #canon but idek.

LANGUAGE. Speaks American. Also German, French, and Russian. A fast talker with an expressive face, he will use words like “cripes” unironically. He drops his g's a lot in comics which I don't always write out because it looks silly in text, but one assumes his diction ain't precise.

GESTURES. Bucky typically carries himself with military posture and can probably be recognized as a trained fighter if you're character has that kind of eye. Otherwise, he speaks with his hands and has an expressive face.

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(out of character)

Pace/Backtagging: I will try to clear my tags every day, sometimes quicker than that, sometimes slower. Backtagging is always cool.

Fourth-walling: Bucky knows he is in comic books: the original 1940s Captain America comics exist in the Marvel Universe as propaganda for the war effort. His secret identity is also his actual name, so.

Brackets/Prose: I default to brackets because that's de rigeur, but I have no hard preference. I will match yours if you have one.

Offensive subjects: I have no specific triggers.
Alternate Universes: I play from 616¹ continuity but I really like cross-universe CR and exploring the differences between timelines. I don't always have my characters ICly recognize AU canonmates right-off, but feeling ~a connection~ nonetheless. I'm also more than happy to just go with the flow of a thread, if you want to do it another way!

(in character)

Physical Affection: I'm OOCly comfortable with this, ICly it will obviously depend on the source.

Violence: Character is from a superhero comic, fighting is what he does, feel free to throw the first punch. Major injury and death is something I prefer to discuss beforehand, but feel free to PM me.

Psychic stuff: Bucky has no major mental blocks— he is a normal human being, albeit one that's real good at compartmentalizing. If your character is a telepath let me know and I will try to work surface thoughts into my tags more.

Relationships: I'm open to most things, including friendship, familial relationships, and even romance, given chemistry and development.

Smut: He's like, twelve.

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Bucky is from 1944, an era that was more sexist, racist, and generally #problematic. Marvel has never been willing to portray this realistically, which is fine, because I'm not interested complete racist loon for the sake of imagined historical accuracy.

That said, while Bucky won't use what he recognizes as offensive slurs, he does canonically mistake Ms. for Miss, and might use words like "nips" or "pansy", which weren't seen as derogatory in his time. Of course, characters are welcome and encouraged to correct him on his usage. If you don't want to deal with this, though, I completely understand, please let me know!

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And to you, and to all Americans who dedicate themselves with us to the making of an abiding peace, I say: The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, prepared for April 13, 1945

( Let us move forward with strong and active faith. )

Those who fight the tyranny of our own time will come to learn that old lesson. Among all the peoples of the earth, the cruelties and the oppressions of its would-be masters have taught this generation what its liberties can mean. This lesson, so bitterly learned, will never be forgotten while this generation is still alive.

The words which we have chosen... speak Jefferson's noblest and most urgent meaning; and we are proud indeed to understand it and share it: "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

( Like Hell, is not easily conquered )

Comics are the worst, and WWII Marvel is particularly tricky, since it exists entirely retroactively and via flashback. This is a short list of comics I've decided aren't absolutely terrible, not a comprehensive chronology.

( the only thing we have to fear )

“I’ll never get out of this world alive.”

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