Scars and Iron Resolve

Out of suffering have emerged 

the strongest souls; 

the most massive characters 

are seared with scars. 

-- Khalil Gibran

[from A Year of Marvels:

July Infinite Comic (2016)

found at comic-bucky]

[gifset by im-sebastian-stan]

gay-jewish-bucky:

Reminder that the Winter Soldier only operated for 50 years of the over 70 years Bucky was captive.

It took over 20 years for them to break Bucky down enough to use him, and even then, not only did he need to be convinced what he was doing was good, but he constantly needed to be wiped to be kept complacent.

It only took seeing Steve and hearing 'I'm with you to the end of the line' to bring that all crashing down.

the-incarnation-of-random:

People forget just how mentally strong Bucky is. The dude may have some major mental health issues now, but he survived things that would have mentally folded other Avengers in weeks. Now, I in no way mean to demean what the other Avengers have been through or imply what happened to him was good, but Bucky has a iron resolve

[found here]