There is something to be said about the way Steve and Bucky communicates with each other in the Captain America movies. The way they are so consistent and unvarying, as though they had tread the same ground with each other hundreds of times before and resolved every argument this way, because they all take the proforma of:
Steve: “stupid idea”
Bucky: “that’s a stupid idea!”
Steve: 🥺
Bucky: “UGH FINE!”
In the first act of the first movie, this conversation format is introduced in their very first disagreement, and establishes the way their dynamic is defined throughout the next 70 years.
Steve: I’m joining the army.
Bucky: This isn’t a back alley, Steve, it’s war!!
Steve: 🥺
Bucky: UGH. DON’T DO ANYTHING STUPID UNTIL I GET BACK.
Their relationship is put to the trial through the fires of the battlefield, but their communication style remains steadfast and faithful to their origins.
Steve: Are you ready to follow Captain America into the jaws of death?
Bucky: Hell no.
Steve: 🥺
Bucky: ONLY IF YOU KEEP THE TIGHTS.
As we come to CATWS, despite the intervening 70 years, their first verbal exchange falls back into the familiar rote, almost as if they had never parted a day. Importantly though, it is this very dynamic that jolts Bucky’s memory.
Steve: Bucky?
Bucky: Who the hell is Bucky?
Steve: 🥺
Bucky: HUH. I KNEW HIM.
Hydra goons: NO YOU DON’T. Someone go check that warranty on the brainwashing.
During the climatic confrontation in this movie, with the fate of the world weighing on his shoulders, Steve reaches for the same reassuring conversation technique to find a connection with the man before him…and he succeeds.
Steve: You’re my friend!
Bucky: You’re my mission!
Steve: 🥺
Bucky: …………🥺🥺🥺
And last but not the least! After a series of tumultuous events, during a time of great unrest and distrust, when even Steve seemed to doubt what Bucky was capable of, Bucky instinctively reaches for the same conversational tone to allay Steve’s fears and regain Steve’s faith in him.
Bucky: Steve…?
Steve: Which Bucky am I talking to?
Bucky: 🥺
Steve: 😌 Can’t read that in a museum
Sam: STEVE. What happened to keeping your head straight? To staying rational? To not being swayed by sentiment?!
Steve: 🥺
Sam: THAT DOESN’T WORK ON ME.
Steve + Bucky: 🥺🥺
Sam: ……….UGH.
Bucky: if you think those puppy eyes are going to work with me you’re completely… right 🙄
Sam: Bucky will never agree to this plan.
Steve: Sure he will.
Sam: He already refused three times.
Steve: Okay, watch a professional at work.
Steve, turning to Bucky with puppy dog eyes: Buck, can we-
Bucky: Yes.
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