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PLAYER
↠ Name: Fossil
↠ Age: 29
↠ Characters Played: None
CHARACTER
↠ Name: James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
↠ Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
↠ Journal: advanced
↠ Canon Point: Between 'Winter Soldier' and 'Civil War'
↠ Reserve: Here
↠ Age: Technically nearly 100, but physically early thirties.
↠ Appearance: Bucky stands at 1.83 meters, his build is that of a man who has clearly undergone a lot of physical training, with well defined muscle tone and no excess fat. His hair is a dark brown and cut to between his chin and his shoulders, though it clearly hasn't been maintained in a long while, being straggly and unkempt. He similarly often has stubble, not maintaining a regular shaving routine, and clothes that are scruffy. He has the look of a man on the run, with tense body language and eyes often darting all around to take in information. His stance is very often defensive, sometimes frightened or skittish, and sometimes violent. He has brown eyes which look at the world with a hardness. He also has a prosthetic arm, his left arm, which stretches right from the shoulder downwards. This is made of a vibranium (strong metal in marvel canon) alloy, which can repel bullets and is significantly stronger than his regular arm. It's painted with a red star as he used to work for the Soviet branch of HYDRA (the Nazi research division, explained below). The arm is connected via nerve endings to his shoulder and functions just as a real arm.
↠Reference/History: Here
↠ Personality: At his current canon point, Bucky is caught in a transitional period. He's not the Winter Soldier any more, but neither is he the man he used to be. He's closer to Bucky than the Winter Soldier by this point, but it's by no means a cut and dry situation and to properly explain who he is now, it's necessary to talk about both of the people he has been in the past.
First, Bucky Barnes.
The core of Bucky's personality is probably his loyalty. No matter what else might be going on, no matter the overwhelming odds or the social implications, Bucky is loyal to his friends and to his ideals. He sticks with Steve Rogers even when the going is at its toughest in their youth, and that then carries forwards to being willing to follow Steve into the heat of the fiercest battles as a Howling Commando during World War II. The evidence of his unwavering loyalty is seen most clearly through something Steve says about him ('Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky'), and three instances of his behaviour in the first film. Firstly, he makes sure to be with Steve during and after his mother's funeral, refusing to take no for an answer in helping. It's then that he coins the line that will come back to haunt him later: 'I'm with you 'til the end of the line, pal. Secondly, he refuses to run and save himself when the HYDRA base is collapsing, saying he won't leave without Steve. And finally, he states that he'll follow the skinny kid from Brooklyn (Steve) into war, rather than Captain America. As proud as he is of all his friend has achieved, it's Steve Rogers that earned his loyalty, and that holds true whether he's skinny with health problems, or able to bench press three women atop a motorcycle.
He is an easy-going charmer, often preferring to focus on the fun that life has to offer rather than the grim reality facing him. While Steve was desperately trying to enlist, going so far as to lie on his forms, Bucky only wanted to go dancing and enjoy the last night he had before being shipped off overseas. He is a man who enjoys all the pleasures of being a young and athletic soldier, mostly with the women. He is a flirt and a charmer, someone with a quick wit and a ready laugh. He enjoys being the life of the party, and it even irritates him slightly when Steve becomes more popular with the ladies after his transformation.
He does, however, know when to be serious if the situation calls for it. He's a soldier, so he's used to taking orders and obeying them as well as working in a team. He will listen to Agent Carter despite her being a woman in a time when women were not seen as suited for positions in the armed forces, and he is always there to help Steve fight off the bullies - whether they come in small-minded cinema goer or Nazi form.
Above all, Bucky is a survivor. It's stated that nobody who is taken away in the HYDRA base to be experimented on returns, but Bucky is still alive when he is found by Steve. He forces himself to move, to fight, and to ultimately escape. This is, perhaps, the trait he shares most strongly with the Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier is what happened after Bucky Barnes fell from a train and was presumed dead. He was not. He was, instead, rescued by HYDRA (an organisation that began life as a Nazi research division), and trained into the ultimate assassin.
The Winter Soldier bears little resemblance to Bucky Barnes.
In order to create the perfect soldier, someone who would be obedient, efficient, and ruthless, the scientists at HYDRA subjected Bucky to severe mental conditioning and torture. His personality, memories, and free will were constantly being erased whenever they began to surface, leaving him a blank slate to be controlled. As the Soldier, he was merely an asset, not a human being. His conditioning was so severe that he doesn't resist the mind wipes, even though he knows they will be agony for him, even placing the bit between his own teeth in preparation.
He is vicious and without conscience as the Soldier, caring little about collateral damage in pursuit of his target. It is that, combined with his single-minded focus and extensive training, that make him one of the most dangerous assassins of his time. He is a man who has been brutally tortured, conditioned, and frequently kept in storage like a tool between missions. He bears so little resemblance to Bucky Barnes, that he doesn't even recognise his name the first time he comes face to face with Steve (his target at the time).
However, Bucky was not completely gone from the Soldier. Repeated exposure to Steve Rogers allowed the programming to begin to fail and memories to resurface. This led to a conflict of interest where he initially tried to kill Steve with everything in his arsenal, and ended in saving him from drowning. By the end of the fight he isn't sure who he is, and so he takes off. He flees HYDRA, he flees from Steve Rogers, and he goes underground to try and figure out who he is.
This is where Bucky is at his current canon point. He's not the Soldier any longer, but neither is he completely Bucky Barnes. He has a lot of his old memories and he no longer wishes to be an assassin, but he is a man heavily damaged by trauma and decades of programming. He survives, but he is not trusting and his priority is not his well-being. The Soldier is still inside him, and so he is still dangerous and if attacked will likely retaliate with extreme prejudice. He is distrustful, wary, and confused. He will likely not make allies or friend easily, and he could be triggered into becoming the Soldier again under the right (or wrong) circumstances.
Bucky has been through a lot at the hands of the Soviets and it shows, he's extremely wary and constantly on the look out for threats. He has left HYDRA under his own steam after Steve triggered enough recall that he had to question everything he had been told, and he is very aware that he is hunted. Not just by HYDRA, but also by SHIELD and all the other government organisations who want to bring him to justice for the crimes the Winter Soldier committed. This makes him extremely cautious and closed off. He has disappeared in order to find himself and he is unwilling to be found by others before then. It has led to him living like a ghost, moving frequently and often taking measures such as blocking all his windows with newspapers and making sure he has a back door exit plan in case he is found.
He is a man caught in the grips of an identity crisis. He has been to the Smithsonian and seen the exhibition on Captain America, which means he has read about the Bucky Barnes he used to be and knows that HYDRA lied and Steve told him the truth. However, he still doesn't remember everything about his past, and he has been the Winter Soldier for a long time, so it is hard for him to reconcile the things he has done with the man he used to be. He knows, logically, that what HYDRA had him do is not his fault, but he still feels guilt over his actions.
The guilt over what he has done, and the trauma of the inhumane treatment at the hands of the Soviets, have left an indelible mark on him. He is terrified of becoming the Winter Soldier again and that is likely one of the reasons he has not sought out Steve again, despite now remembering a lot of what the other man means to him. He doesn't trust himself. He knows everything HYDRA put inside him is still there, it would just take the correct circumstances to have him trying to kill again. He knows who he is now, or is starting to, and he doesn't want to go back to what he was before.
However, despite all he has been through, Bucky maintains a core of determination to survive and to find his way. He has not laid down and given up, he has not shied away from trying to learn more about himself. He is capable of interacting with the world and people around him in a normal fashion, purchasing food and so forth, but he retains his distance. He has lost much of the humour, charm, and trusting nature that he possessed when he was a young man, though he is striving to get back there.
↠ Powers / Abilities: Super Soldier Serum -> Bucky was injected with the super soldier serum as part of being tortured and experimented on by HYDRA when he was first captured during World War II. This serum makes him stronger, faster, and more durable than the average human. However, it only propels him to the uppermost of human limits, not into superhuman territory. He has no special healing abilities or powers from it, only an advantage in speed and strength.
Fighting skills -> Initially, Bucky was trained to fight in the US army, and so has a range of combat ability from that past. However, his main combat training came in the seventy years he spent as the Winter Soldier. He was ruthlessly trained in all aspects of how to be the perfect assassin for HYDRA, an asset that they would be proud of. For this reason, he knows a wide variety of combat styles and can proficiently use all manner of both melee and ranged weapons. He is especially proficient with firearms and knives.
Vehicles/Technology -> Similarly to how Bucky was grilled in fighting techniques to be HYDRA's most valuable asset, they also made sure he was an expert in all other things he may come into contact with in pursuit of his missions. This meant he was trained to drive pretty much any vehicle - he favours a motorcycle, but he's even been canonically seen getting in a helicopter and working it with no issues - as well as basic cell phone/internet technology.
Covert Operative -> Bucky knows how to disappear. He knows how to fly under the radar and survive in the harshest of environments with very little (much of his training was in Siberia). He's managed to elude world governments, SHIELD, and HYDRA for eighteen months at his current canon point even though he's heavily wanted.
Prosthetic Arm -> Bucky's prosthetic arm is significantly stronger and more durable than a real arm. He's seen using it to deflect bullets and to support himself by dragging it along the road while on a moving motorcycle. It functions exactly as a real arm would.
↠ Languages: Russian, Romanian, English - native fluency, these are the languages we've seen him speak in canon. However, as with all other aspects of his assassin training, it's fair to surmise he would be at least semi-fluent in most major languages of the world so that he would be able to carry out missions in these locations effectively.
↠ Inventory: One large backpack containing his winter soldier outfit, two changes of clothes, four boxes of ammunition, 2 handguns, 1 semi-automatic rifle, 1 cell phone, 1 notebook full of scraps of newspaper cuttings and scribbled handwriting, one baseball cap.
↠ Reason for Playing This Character: Bucky is such an interesting character, especially at his current canonpoint. He is half the man he used to be and half lost, and he could tip either direction. I feel like the City of Sin will be an unpredictable place for him to live, and it might help him face some of the issues associated with his chosen sin.
↠ What is Your Character's Sin?: Bucky is quite difficult to place, but in the end I think the sin he most identifies with is wrath. He feels a righteous anger towards HYDRA for what has been done to him and what the Soldier did. And, while he is not necessarily angry on a day to day basis, the fear he has for becoming the Soldier again and his wariness of people hunting him mean he often lashes out first with violence before attempting any other solution.
SAMPLES
↠ First Person: Link to a network conversation in my other game (Snowblind): Here
↠ Third Person: Bucky had been keeping a low profile since he arrived here.
The first day had been a whirl of confusion and desperate flight. He'd run as soon as he'd woken up somewhere new, suspecting any number of the world governments or organisations after him to have been the ones taking him captive. It wasn't until he came to a halt, chest heaving and eyes darting to take in all his surroundings, that he realised he didn't recognise this city at all. He'd been most places as the Soldier, seventy years of missions all over the world had given him that dubious extinction, but this was totally unknown.
The days that followed had been spent gathering information, tracking people of note, and making sure he had a safe place to go at night. Steve was here. Some of the other Avengers too, but Steve was the one who worried him, he wasn't ready to come face to face with him again. Not yet. That just made it more important to keep a low profile. That is, until some poor unfortunate decided to pick his pocket.
He reacted on instinct, gloved metal hand closing around their arm and pulling upwards to throw them out into the crowded street, where they hit some other poor unfortunate passing by.
This sample is from the City of Sin test drive, dealing with his wrath when he lashes out instinctively. The entire thread can be found here if wanted.
↠ Playing Sample: Linked thread from Snowblind: Here
↠ Additional Samples: A thread as the Winter Soldier after he was triggered: Here
↠ Name: Fossil
↠ Age: 29
↠ Characters Played: None
CHARACTER
↠ Name: James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
↠ Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
↠ Journal: advanced
↠ Canon Point: Between 'Winter Soldier' and 'Civil War'
↠ Reserve: Here
↠ Age: Technically nearly 100, but physically early thirties.
↠ Appearance: Bucky stands at 1.83 meters, his build is that of a man who has clearly undergone a lot of physical training, with well defined muscle tone and no excess fat. His hair is a dark brown and cut to between his chin and his shoulders, though it clearly hasn't been maintained in a long while, being straggly and unkempt. He similarly often has stubble, not maintaining a regular shaving routine, and clothes that are scruffy. He has the look of a man on the run, with tense body language and eyes often darting all around to take in information. His stance is very often defensive, sometimes frightened or skittish, and sometimes violent. He has brown eyes which look at the world with a hardness. He also has a prosthetic arm, his left arm, which stretches right from the shoulder downwards. This is made of a vibranium (strong metal in marvel canon) alloy, which can repel bullets and is significantly stronger than his regular arm. It's painted with a red star as he used to work for the Soviet branch of HYDRA (the Nazi research division, explained below). The arm is connected via nerve endings to his shoulder and functions just as a real arm.
↠Reference/History: Here
↠ Personality: At his current canon point, Bucky is caught in a transitional period. He's not the Winter Soldier any more, but neither is he the man he used to be. He's closer to Bucky than the Winter Soldier by this point, but it's by no means a cut and dry situation and to properly explain who he is now, it's necessary to talk about both of the people he has been in the past.
First, Bucky Barnes.
The core of Bucky's personality is probably his loyalty. No matter what else might be going on, no matter the overwhelming odds or the social implications, Bucky is loyal to his friends and to his ideals. He sticks with Steve Rogers even when the going is at its toughest in their youth, and that then carries forwards to being willing to follow Steve into the heat of the fiercest battles as a Howling Commando during World War II. The evidence of his unwavering loyalty is seen most clearly through something Steve says about him ('Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky'), and three instances of his behaviour in the first film. Firstly, he makes sure to be with Steve during and after his mother's funeral, refusing to take no for an answer in helping. It's then that he coins the line that will come back to haunt him later: 'I'm with you 'til the end of the line, pal. Secondly, he refuses to run and save himself when the HYDRA base is collapsing, saying he won't leave without Steve. And finally, he states that he'll follow the skinny kid from Brooklyn (Steve) into war, rather than Captain America. As proud as he is of all his friend has achieved, it's Steve Rogers that earned his loyalty, and that holds true whether he's skinny with health problems, or able to bench press three women atop a motorcycle.
He is an easy-going charmer, often preferring to focus on the fun that life has to offer rather than the grim reality facing him. While Steve was desperately trying to enlist, going so far as to lie on his forms, Bucky only wanted to go dancing and enjoy the last night he had before being shipped off overseas. He is a man who enjoys all the pleasures of being a young and athletic soldier, mostly with the women. He is a flirt and a charmer, someone with a quick wit and a ready laugh. He enjoys being the life of the party, and it even irritates him slightly when Steve becomes more popular with the ladies after his transformation.
He does, however, know when to be serious if the situation calls for it. He's a soldier, so he's used to taking orders and obeying them as well as working in a team. He will listen to Agent Carter despite her being a woman in a time when women were not seen as suited for positions in the armed forces, and he is always there to help Steve fight off the bullies - whether they come in small-minded cinema goer or Nazi form.
Above all, Bucky is a survivor. It's stated that nobody who is taken away in the HYDRA base to be experimented on returns, but Bucky is still alive when he is found by Steve. He forces himself to move, to fight, and to ultimately escape. This is, perhaps, the trait he shares most strongly with the Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier is what happened after Bucky Barnes fell from a train and was presumed dead. He was not. He was, instead, rescued by HYDRA (an organisation that began life as a Nazi research division), and trained into the ultimate assassin.
The Winter Soldier bears little resemblance to Bucky Barnes.
In order to create the perfect soldier, someone who would be obedient, efficient, and ruthless, the scientists at HYDRA subjected Bucky to severe mental conditioning and torture. His personality, memories, and free will were constantly being erased whenever they began to surface, leaving him a blank slate to be controlled. As the Soldier, he was merely an asset, not a human being. His conditioning was so severe that he doesn't resist the mind wipes, even though he knows they will be agony for him, even placing the bit between his own teeth in preparation.
He is vicious and without conscience as the Soldier, caring little about collateral damage in pursuit of his target. It is that, combined with his single-minded focus and extensive training, that make him one of the most dangerous assassins of his time. He is a man who has been brutally tortured, conditioned, and frequently kept in storage like a tool between missions. He bears so little resemblance to Bucky Barnes, that he doesn't even recognise his name the first time he comes face to face with Steve (his target at the time).
However, Bucky was not completely gone from the Soldier. Repeated exposure to Steve Rogers allowed the programming to begin to fail and memories to resurface. This led to a conflict of interest where he initially tried to kill Steve with everything in his arsenal, and ended in saving him from drowning. By the end of the fight he isn't sure who he is, and so he takes off. He flees HYDRA, he flees from Steve Rogers, and he goes underground to try and figure out who he is.
This is where Bucky is at his current canon point. He's not the Soldier any longer, but neither is he completely Bucky Barnes. He has a lot of his old memories and he no longer wishes to be an assassin, but he is a man heavily damaged by trauma and decades of programming. He survives, but he is not trusting and his priority is not his well-being. The Soldier is still inside him, and so he is still dangerous and if attacked will likely retaliate with extreme prejudice. He is distrustful, wary, and confused. He will likely not make allies or friend easily, and he could be triggered into becoming the Soldier again under the right (or wrong) circumstances.
Bucky has been through a lot at the hands of the Soviets and it shows, he's extremely wary and constantly on the look out for threats. He has left HYDRA under his own steam after Steve triggered enough recall that he had to question everything he had been told, and he is very aware that he is hunted. Not just by HYDRA, but also by SHIELD and all the other government organisations who want to bring him to justice for the crimes the Winter Soldier committed. This makes him extremely cautious and closed off. He has disappeared in order to find himself and he is unwilling to be found by others before then. It has led to him living like a ghost, moving frequently and often taking measures such as blocking all his windows with newspapers and making sure he has a back door exit plan in case he is found.
He is a man caught in the grips of an identity crisis. He has been to the Smithsonian and seen the exhibition on Captain America, which means he has read about the Bucky Barnes he used to be and knows that HYDRA lied and Steve told him the truth. However, he still doesn't remember everything about his past, and he has been the Winter Soldier for a long time, so it is hard for him to reconcile the things he has done with the man he used to be. He knows, logically, that what HYDRA had him do is not his fault, but he still feels guilt over his actions.
The guilt over what he has done, and the trauma of the inhumane treatment at the hands of the Soviets, have left an indelible mark on him. He is terrified of becoming the Winter Soldier again and that is likely one of the reasons he has not sought out Steve again, despite now remembering a lot of what the other man means to him. He doesn't trust himself. He knows everything HYDRA put inside him is still there, it would just take the correct circumstances to have him trying to kill again. He knows who he is now, or is starting to, and he doesn't want to go back to what he was before.
However, despite all he has been through, Bucky maintains a core of determination to survive and to find his way. He has not laid down and given up, he has not shied away from trying to learn more about himself. He is capable of interacting with the world and people around him in a normal fashion, purchasing food and so forth, but he retains his distance. He has lost much of the humour, charm, and trusting nature that he possessed when he was a young man, though he is striving to get back there.
↠ Powers / Abilities: Super Soldier Serum -> Bucky was injected with the super soldier serum as part of being tortured and experimented on by HYDRA when he was first captured during World War II. This serum makes him stronger, faster, and more durable than the average human. However, it only propels him to the uppermost of human limits, not into superhuman territory. He has no special healing abilities or powers from it, only an advantage in speed and strength.
Fighting skills -> Initially, Bucky was trained to fight in the US army, and so has a range of combat ability from that past. However, his main combat training came in the seventy years he spent as the Winter Soldier. He was ruthlessly trained in all aspects of how to be the perfect assassin for HYDRA, an asset that they would be proud of. For this reason, he knows a wide variety of combat styles and can proficiently use all manner of both melee and ranged weapons. He is especially proficient with firearms and knives.
Vehicles/Technology -> Similarly to how Bucky was grilled in fighting techniques to be HYDRA's most valuable asset, they also made sure he was an expert in all other things he may come into contact with in pursuit of his missions. This meant he was trained to drive pretty much any vehicle - he favours a motorcycle, but he's even been canonically seen getting in a helicopter and working it with no issues - as well as basic cell phone/internet technology.
Covert Operative -> Bucky knows how to disappear. He knows how to fly under the radar and survive in the harshest of environments with very little (much of his training was in Siberia). He's managed to elude world governments, SHIELD, and HYDRA for eighteen months at his current canon point even though he's heavily wanted.
Prosthetic Arm -> Bucky's prosthetic arm is significantly stronger and more durable than a real arm. He's seen using it to deflect bullets and to support himself by dragging it along the road while on a moving motorcycle. It functions exactly as a real arm would.
↠ Languages: Russian, Romanian, English - native fluency, these are the languages we've seen him speak in canon. However, as with all other aspects of his assassin training, it's fair to surmise he would be at least semi-fluent in most major languages of the world so that he would be able to carry out missions in these locations effectively.
↠ Inventory: One large backpack containing his winter soldier outfit, two changes of clothes, four boxes of ammunition, 2 handguns, 1 semi-automatic rifle, 1 cell phone, 1 notebook full of scraps of newspaper cuttings and scribbled handwriting, one baseball cap.
↠ Reason for Playing This Character: Bucky is such an interesting character, especially at his current canonpoint. He is half the man he used to be and half lost, and he could tip either direction. I feel like the City of Sin will be an unpredictable place for him to live, and it might help him face some of the issues associated with his chosen sin.
↠ What is Your Character's Sin?: Bucky is quite difficult to place, but in the end I think the sin he most identifies with is wrath. He feels a righteous anger towards HYDRA for what has been done to him and what the Soldier did. And, while he is not necessarily angry on a day to day basis, the fear he has for becoming the Soldier again and his wariness of people hunting him mean he often lashes out first with violence before attempting any other solution.
SAMPLES
↠ First Person: Link to a network conversation in my other game (Snowblind): Here
↠ Third Person: Bucky had been keeping a low profile since he arrived here.
The first day had been a whirl of confusion and desperate flight. He'd run as soon as he'd woken up somewhere new, suspecting any number of the world governments or organisations after him to have been the ones taking him captive. It wasn't until he came to a halt, chest heaving and eyes darting to take in all his surroundings, that he realised he didn't recognise this city at all. He'd been most places as the Soldier, seventy years of missions all over the world had given him that dubious extinction, but this was totally unknown.
The days that followed had been spent gathering information, tracking people of note, and making sure he had a safe place to go at night. Steve was here. Some of the other Avengers too, but Steve was the one who worried him, he wasn't ready to come face to face with him again. Not yet. That just made it more important to keep a low profile. That is, until some poor unfortunate decided to pick his pocket.
He reacted on instinct, gloved metal hand closing around their arm and pulling upwards to throw them out into the crowded street, where they hit some other poor unfortunate passing by.
This sample is from the City of Sin test drive, dealing with his wrath when he lashes out instinctively. The entire thread can be found here if wanted.
↠ Playing Sample: Linked thread from Snowblind: Here
↠ Additional Samples: A thread as the Winter Soldier after he was triggered: Here
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