Tag: pre-serum steve

mcumeta:

I was thinking on the list of Steve’s illnesses when I was re-watching (for reference, because I do that a lot), and I couldn’t help noticing that when he’s still tiny Steve, you can hear the wheeze and sputter in his breathing, specifically sinus-related congestion. And it’s not just done by the breathing: Chris Evans manages to work it into the way he speaks, so it’s natural.

It’s such a little thing to incorporate into a character, but it’s there and it adds layers, driving home the point that Steve is genuinely not a healthy puppy before all this happens.

I really noticed it when he’s with Peggy in the car (“I think this is the longest conversation I’ve had with one”) and with Erskine (“it’s a little big”), just before the procedure.

And immediately after the procedure, the first thing he’s doing is taking big breaths of air, in a way he hasn’t been able to his whole life. It’s a very subtle thing, but I really like it.

bluandorange:

So someone on the Shrinkyclinks tag was like “skinny!steve given to the winter soldier tho”

and I was like yeeeeeeee

Hydra figures out a way to de-serum Steve and proceeds to make the fatal mistake of underestimating him. They think just cuz he’s tiny, he won’t be a threat. They think if they take away his voice and humiliate him by carving their sigil into his chest, he’ll lose the will to fight. They think giving him to whats left of his best friend will break his spirit.

they are so fucking wrong

Steve bides his time and when the moments right, he dismantles Hydra from the inside. They never should’ve underestimated Steve and they never should’ve let him near the weapon he’s known how to fire since childhood; Bucky goddamn Barnes