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anotheroldsoldier) wrote2019-05-25 12:27 am
anotheroldsoldier) wrote2019-05-25 12:27 am
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Name: Nekky
Age: 29
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Other Characters: Hiccup Haddock III
Character Information
Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Canon: Marvel Comics (616)
Canon Point: Middle of Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014) #1.
Age: Mid-30s. Exact age is unclear.
History: At Marvel Wiki
Personality:
They say you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. For James Buchanan Barnes, it was both. He is the sum of everything he's ever done, and everything he's been through. When other people might look toward their futures, in order to go forward, Bucky has always had to go back and face his past instead. The road to redemption is a long and rocky one.
James Buchanan Barnes grew up in the 20s and 30s with an Army father and a younger sister, his mother long absent. He was always an angry kid prone to getting into fights, and not much changed about that over the years. After his father's death, and four years on base getting into trouble, the Army put his natural violent skills to use, trained him and pointed him at the looming threat of World War II instead. Suddenly he had purpose and a drive, and that was important to him, just like being Captain America's partner was important. He wanted to prove his worth and be a part of something. And he did become that hero he wanted to be, to make his father proud. He gave his life, and his left arm, in service in early 1945.
The Russians recovered his body from the Channel, and when they resuscitated him, he had no memory of who he was; only languages and muscle memory remained of the brash, cocky young man who always had a joke on the tip of his tongue. He was pitted against his own country and his skills at assassination and espionage were further trained and refined. He became a weapon, put back on ice and forcefully reconditioned every time a glimpse of Bucky Barnes tried to break through. These days, with his memory back and several more tragedies under his belt, he's still trying to find himself and discover what he wants out of life. Some part of him has finally accepted that he's not going out so easily, but looking toward his future is still an insurmountable task.
At his core is a genuinely good person - or at least, a person who tries very hard to be good, even when his instincts might steer him in the other direction. He's putting himself back together one piece at a time and chasing redemption for everything he's done in his past. Bucky is resilient in a way few people ever can be. He's remaking himself every day and he still keeps going forward. He isn't plucky Bucky Barnes, he isn't Captain America, and he is redefining what it means to be the Winter Soldier.
On the field, Bucky tends to be reckless. He has the skill and ability to strategize for any situation, but his plans usually boil down to throwing himself into things and hoping for the best. He's not an ideal hero or a shining beacon of hope; his fights are messy and he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty for the greater good. That part isn't even the Winter Soldier - it's all Bucky Barnes, the 16 year old the US Army trained for wetwork. These days, though, he has a choice, and he chooses not to kill.
It's almost easy to tell that Bucky actually hates himself more than anyone could ever hate him for any of the murders he was forced to commit in the past. He constantly questions his own self-worth and holds himself responsible for everything bad that happens around him. He remembered everything when Steve used the Cosmic Cube on him, for better or worse, although these days his memory comes and goes to where he almost can't trust his own brain anymore.
He still deals with anger issues, though Army discipline and age have served to give him some measure of control most of the time. It usually comes out when he turns to alcohol to numb his own feelings of desperation, hopelessness and grief. After periods of upheaval in his life he usually turns to the bottle, but these days, as the Man on the Wall, he's getting a hold of himself and focusing on his new mission.
In social situations, he used to be brash and flirtatious, with an easy smile on his lips, but these days he's much more subdued and serious. His sense of humor tends to run toward the dark or the dry, and his jokes can't always be pegged as jokes. Bucky tends to be very realistic or even pessimistic about situations, and he isn't the kind of guy to talk about his feelings - he'd rather just bottle them up. He isn't an easy man to get to know, but his walls come down around a very small circle of friends and almost-family. He's extremely loyal to the people he cares about, going to great lengths for them just because they care about him, even though there are still days he doesn't feel worthy of their love.
Ultimately guilt and redemption are the main themes of his character, and he's been subdued and matured by his years, from a cocky, brash teenager to a determined, deeply traumatized man who just wants to do some good for a world that he wronged. Despite his upbringing and his inability to deal very well with feelings, he's actually a very sentimental man - he cares very deeply, despite everything. He wants to believe still that good will win out over evil and that love can conquer all. He has a self-admitted soft spot for 'strays', anything abandoned out in the cold, and has a tendency to take them in.
At his heart, he knows he's not a good man, but he spends every day trying to be.
Abilities & Skills:
Bionic Arm: His left arm is bionic and fully integrated into his nervous system. It's Stark and SHIELD tech that functions just like a regular arm, with a few additions. It's super-humanly strong, compared to his real arm, and allows him to throw Captain America's shield around with accuracy and force, a difficult feat for most. It also has an EMP to knock out electronic devices, can discharge electricity, and has a sensory array that will let it and other objects through a metal detector undetected. He can also remove the arm, and it will function independently. I'm fine nerfing everything but normal function until he can find someone to work it into magitech?
Combat and Espionage: Bucky is a highly trained operative with years of experience in warfare, espionage, and assassination. He knows several forms of hand to hand combat and martial arts, and he's a skilled shield-fighter. He's also skilled with many types of weapons, including firearms, explosives, and throwing knives. He's been trained in acrobatics, stealth, quiet kills, tactics, strategy, and infiltration. He can also pilot most human-made aircrafts, and Atlantean aircrafts (thanks Namor).
Peak Human Conditioning: He isn't superhuman, besides his bionic prosthetic, but his level of fitness, strength, speed, and stamina are all at Olympic athlete levels.
Multilingual: Speaks fluent English, German, Russian, and Japanese, along with a rusty smattering of French and bits and pieces of some other languages. He's been shown to pick up new languages fairly quickly.
Inventory/Companions:
- His Winter Soldier tac suit and beat up leather jacket.
- A KA-BAR knife.
- His prosthetic arm.
Choice: Monster: Arachne
Reason: Bucky and the Winter Soldier have both long had an association with spiders. Back in Soviet Russia, he trained the girls of the Black Widow program, and also the men of the failed Wolf Spiders program, which was the male equivalent. As a spy and an ex-assassin, who has now left the stars and stripes of being Captain America behind to work from the shadows, making him deal with a transformation into a spider (with generally negative connotations) would be an interesting thing to explore with regards to his already-negative self-image.
Sample: Top level at the TDM
With Tony at the TDM
Name: Nekky
Age: 29
Contact:
Other Characters: Hiccup Haddock III
Character Information
Name: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Canon: Marvel Comics (616)
Canon Point: Middle of Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014) #1.
Age: Mid-30s. Exact age is unclear.
History: At Marvel Wiki
Personality:
They say you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. For James Buchanan Barnes, it was both. He is the sum of everything he's ever done, and everything he's been through. When other people might look toward their futures, in order to go forward, Bucky has always had to go back and face his past instead. The road to redemption is a long and rocky one.
"[Bucky is] a good man, who's been used by others against his will... and who's struggled to earn redemption for the things he was forced to do."
James Buchanan Barnes grew up in the 20s and 30s with an Army father and a younger sister, his mother long absent. He was always an angry kid prone to getting into fights, and not much changed about that over the years. After his father's death, and four years on base getting into trouble, the Army put his natural violent skills to use, trained him and pointed him at the looming threat of World War II instead. Suddenly he had purpose and a drive, and that was important to him, just like being Captain America's partner was important. He wanted to prove his worth and be a part of something. And he did become that hero he wanted to be, to make his father proud. He gave his life, and his left arm, in service in early 1945.
The Russians recovered his body from the Channel, and when they resuscitated him, he had no memory of who he was; only languages and muscle memory remained of the brash, cocky young man who always had a joke on the tip of his tongue. He was pitted against his own country and his skills at assassination and espionage were further trained and refined. He became a weapon, put back on ice and forcefully reconditioned every time a glimpse of Bucky Barnes tried to break through. These days, with his memory back and several more tragedies under his belt, he's still trying to find himself and discover what he wants out of life. Some part of him has finally accepted that he's not going out so easily, but looking toward his future is still an insurmountable task.
At his core is a genuinely good person - or at least, a person who tries very hard to be good, even when his instincts might steer him in the other direction. He's putting himself back together one piece at a time and chasing redemption for everything he's done in his past. Bucky is resilient in a way few people ever can be. He's remaking himself every day and he still keeps going forward. He isn't plucky Bucky Barnes, he isn't Captain America, and he is redefining what it means to be the Winter Soldier.
On the field, Bucky tends to be reckless. He has the skill and ability to strategize for any situation, but his plans usually boil down to throwing himself into things and hoping for the best. He's not an ideal hero or a shining beacon of hope; his fights are messy and he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty for the greater good. That part isn't even the Winter Soldier - it's all Bucky Barnes, the 16 year old the US Army trained for wetwork. These days, though, he has a choice, and he chooses not to kill.
It's almost easy to tell that Bucky actually hates himself more than anyone could ever hate him for any of the murders he was forced to commit in the past. He constantly questions his own self-worth and holds himself responsible for everything bad that happens around him. He remembered everything when Steve used the Cosmic Cube on him, for better or worse, although these days his memory comes and goes to where he almost can't trust his own brain anymore.
He still deals with anger issues, though Army discipline and age have served to give him some measure of control most of the time. It usually comes out when he turns to alcohol to numb his own feelings of desperation, hopelessness and grief. After periods of upheaval in his life he usually turns to the bottle, but these days, as the Man on the Wall, he's getting a hold of himself and focusing on his new mission.
In social situations, he used to be brash and flirtatious, with an easy smile on his lips, but these days he's much more subdued and serious. His sense of humor tends to run toward the dark or the dry, and his jokes can't always be pegged as jokes. Bucky tends to be very realistic or even pessimistic about situations, and he isn't the kind of guy to talk about his feelings - he'd rather just bottle them up. He isn't an easy man to get to know, but his walls come down around a very small circle of friends and almost-family. He's extremely loyal to the people he cares about, going to great lengths for them just because they care about him, even though there are still days he doesn't feel worthy of their love.
Ultimately guilt and redemption are the main themes of his character, and he's been subdued and matured by his years, from a cocky, brash teenager to a determined, deeply traumatized man who just wants to do some good for a world that he wronged. Despite his upbringing and his inability to deal very well with feelings, he's actually a very sentimental man - he cares very deeply, despite everything. He wants to believe still that good will win out over evil and that love can conquer all. He has a self-admitted soft spot for 'strays', anything abandoned out in the cold, and has a tendency to take them in.
At his heart, he knows he's not a good man, but he spends every day trying to be.
Abilities & Skills:
Bionic Arm: His left arm is bionic and fully integrated into his nervous system. It's Stark and SHIELD tech that functions just like a regular arm, with a few additions. It's super-humanly strong, compared to his real arm, and allows him to throw Captain America's shield around with accuracy and force, a difficult feat for most. It also has an EMP to knock out electronic devices, can discharge electricity, and has a sensory array that will let it and other objects through a metal detector undetected. He can also remove the arm, and it will function independently. I'm fine nerfing everything but normal function until he can find someone to work it into magitech?
Combat and Espionage: Bucky is a highly trained operative with years of experience in warfare, espionage, and assassination. He knows several forms of hand to hand combat and martial arts, and he's a skilled shield-fighter. He's also skilled with many types of weapons, including firearms, explosives, and throwing knives. He's been trained in acrobatics, stealth, quiet kills, tactics, strategy, and infiltration. He can also pilot most human-made aircrafts, and Atlantean aircrafts (thanks Namor).
Peak Human Conditioning: He isn't superhuman, besides his bionic prosthetic, but his level of fitness, strength, speed, and stamina are all at Olympic athlete levels.
Multilingual: Speaks fluent English, German, Russian, and Japanese, along with a rusty smattering of French and bits and pieces of some other languages. He's been shown to pick up new languages fairly quickly.
Inventory/Companions:
- His Winter Soldier tac suit and beat up leather jacket.
- A KA-BAR knife.
- His prosthetic arm.
Choice: Monster: Arachne
Reason: Bucky and the Winter Soldier have both long had an association with spiders. Back in Soviet Russia, he trained the girls of the Black Widow program, and also the men of the failed Wolf Spiders program, which was the male equivalent. As a spy and an ex-assassin, who has now left the stars and stripes of being Captain America behind to work from the shadows, making him deal with a transformation into a spider (with generally negative connotations) would be an interesting thing to explore with regards to his already-negative self-image.
Sample: Top level at the TDM
With Tony at the TDM