This is still making me so happy. ;_; One of my favorite things about this installment is Bucky's body language. Not only the way Rumlow can so easily read him (and judge him harshly; the 'stupid look' he gets when he tries not to say something, like !!), but the vulnerability he displays! Refusing to look at Rumlow, flinching away at 'no', tucking one arm under the other -- he reads, without wanting to, like a kicked puppy, which is so in contrast to the confident way he presents himself to the others. It's wonderful characterization work! It must be a challenge to get across all these layers of Bucky -- who he is, how he wants his friends to see him, the things he's trying to hide -- from such an unsympathetic outside perspective, but you're doing a great job.
Bucky's fear of/fixation on/discomfort around Rumlow kept me wondering if they had any trash history between them: surely? but maybe not? Rumlow hasn't said anything about this? and so on, which brings me to something else that stood out at me, which is THE LAST LINE. I think it was a great choice to keep that info back so long, because it reveals so much about Rumlow and the way he views Bucky. Like, it makes me think Rumlow probably doesn't view himself as a rapist, which has all kinds of implications, all gross (he thinks Bucky consented? or -- hey, you can only rape people?); and also the fact that he's raped this guy is so unimportant to him it doesn't even enter into his internal monologue regarding Bucky. It just made me... *hands* Do you think Steve et al. knew about this?
I am gonna be sad when this ends but I'm looking forward to the next part!
Re: Fill: Reunion Tour (2/~3?)
This is still making me so happy. ;_; One of my favorite things about this installment is Bucky's body language. Not only the way Rumlow can so easily read him (and judge him harshly; the 'stupid look' he gets when he tries not to say something, like !!), but the vulnerability he displays! Refusing to look at Rumlow, flinching away at 'no', tucking one arm under the other -- he reads, without wanting to, like a kicked puppy, which is so in contrast to the confident way he presents himself to the others. It's wonderful characterization work! It must be a challenge to get across all these layers of Bucky -- who he is, how he wants his friends to see him, the things he's trying to hide -- from such an unsympathetic outside perspective, but you're doing a great job.
Bucky's fear of/fixation on/discomfort around Rumlow kept me wondering if they had any trash history between them: surely? but maybe not? Rumlow hasn't said anything about this? and so on, which brings me to something else that stood out at me, which is THE LAST LINE. I think it was a great choice to keep that info back so long, because it reveals so much about Rumlow and the way he views Bucky. Like, it makes me think Rumlow probably doesn't view himself as a rapist, which has all kinds of implications, all gross (he thinks Bucky consented? or -- hey, you can only rape people?); and also the fact that he's raped this guy is so unimportant to him it doesn't even enter into his internal monologue regarding Bucky. It just made me... *hands* Do you think Steve et al. knew about this?
I am gonna be sad when this ends but I'm looking forward to the next part!