Well. She's going to find out that he's a man of two extremes. Either he will be excruciatingly vague and she has to decipher what all those grunts, chuffs, growls and groans are supposed to mean. Or she'll find him following directions to a tee. But having a sustained, semi-normal conversation, either written or signed or spoken - that's going to be quite a challenge for him.
He nods once, firmly, when she pockets the sheet. No idea what she's going to do with it. It was just a random dump of... recommendations to keep her head down and try and make it through this place in one piece. He didn't even expect her to take him all that seriously, truth be told.
Her question has him leaning back a bit, tilting his head, pursing his lips. What does a God fearing American act like? It's a weird question. One nobody's asked him before. This time he gives it some thought before he starts writing, so as he tears off that sheet and starts with a new list - although it is still a jumble of Sunday school, pre-WWII propaganda, Sweetwater conditioning, the man everybody else thought Steve Rogers was, and the man Bucky wishes he could be - it hopefully seems a little more coherent than the last list.
be kind to your neighbour accept others differences stand up for what you believe in help and protect people be fair honest and humble go to church on Sundays call your mom and tell her everything work hard and dont cause trouble and dont be an asshole
Of course, this is not the world he'd come from. It certainly isn't what Brooklyn looks like in 2024. But it may have never been what Brooklyn looked like in 1943, or before. It may have been what Uncle Sam told him he was killing other people for, what he would have liked to have died for. But it's not what Bucky went back to. And sadly, Sweetwater might be perpetuating more of these false comforts than any place or time Bucky has been through, as manufactured and plastic as the world around them is.
no subject
He nods once, firmly, when she pockets the sheet. No idea what she's going to do with it. It was just a random dump of... recommendations to keep her head down and try and make it through this place in one piece. He didn't even expect her to take him all that seriously, truth be told.
Her question has him leaning back a bit, tilting his head, pursing his lips. What does a God fearing American act like? It's a weird question. One nobody's asked him before. This time he gives it some thought before he starts writing, so as he tears off that sheet and starts with a new list - although it is still a jumble of Sunday school, pre-WWII propaganda, Sweetwater conditioning, the man everybody else thought Steve Rogers was, and the man Bucky wishes he could be - it hopefully seems a little more coherent than the last list.
be kind to your neighbour
accept others differences
stand up for what you believe in
help and protect people
be fair honest and humble
go to church on Sundays
call your mom and tell her everything
work hard and dont cause trouble
and dont be an asshole
Of course, this is not the world he'd come from. It certainly isn't what Brooklyn looks like in 2024. But it may have never been what Brooklyn looked like in 1943, or before. It may have been what Uncle Sam told him he was killing other people for, what he would have liked to have died for. But it's not what Bucky went back to. And sadly, Sweetwater might be perpetuating more of these false comforts than any place or time Bucky has been through, as manufactured and plastic as the world around them is.