Needlessly Defiant

duality challenge:

the scene, the exact moment I think about when I need to remember that Steve Rogers feels fear. he just… responds to it differently than most people.

#he has no fight or flight reflex it’s just fight (via kehinki)

Good. Take off your shirt, your tie, and your hat.

Can we acknowledge how adorable it is that the hat was the last thing Steve is told to remove in that list, and yet because Peggy’s standing right there, Steve goes for that first. You can see how reflexively, he even reaches to undo his shirt first, until he remembers that she’s standing right behind him. Omg, imagine what thoughts were going through his mind for him to suddenly hesitate to remove his shirt in front of her, that precious little Steeb…

And Peggy has to remind herself to look away. 

Consider this: if Steve Rogers just gave Peggy his coordinates like she told him to, his frozen but very much alive body would have been found and defrosted in two weeks, tops.

so what your saying is if steve wasnt a dramatic little shit we couldve avoided all of this

Let me tell you about a thing.

That look on Bucky’s face. That is the look of a man who’s barely keeping it together because the love of his life got hurt again. That look is where he really, really wants to throw tiny bitty Steve over his shoulder and carry him off where he can be safe and sound and nobody can hurt him.

But he can’t do that. He won’t do that. Because while he can protect Steve, he can’t make Steve feel like he’s less than what he is. He won’t step on Steve’s dignity like that, because it’s more than just stupid pride. It’s everything to do with respecting Steve and the strength in him that is a lot more than the physical.

So he’ll walk in when Steve’s out of his depth and cover with a smart ass comment that will keep Steve from feeling worse than he already does. They’ll banter and snark while Bucky covertly makes sure Steve isn’t hurt worse than he appears.

But then there’s that look and he isn’t as good at hiding as he thinks he is and Steve will remember that. One day, Steve will figure it out, because he’ll recognize that same expression in himself. And maybe they won’t have to cover things up so much with snark and wiseass commentary.

Maybe Steve will just lean over, press his lips against Bucky’s temple and say, “Love you, jerk.”

Maybe Bucky will turn his head, press a kiss back to the corner of Steve’s mouth and answer, “Right back ‘atcha, punk.”

out of time

captain america: the first avenger (2011)

Fun fact! The indignant English bartender in this scene is the same actor who played tiny Steve.

Fun fact! After seeing Steve gazing longingly at Peggy, Bucky waited for Steve to leave his side then prepositioned the indignant English bartender for a night of angst-ridden lookalike sex.

#well he attempted sex but just ended up holding the guy and crying for half the night(kehinki)

Steve Rogers did, in fact, realize that something was off when he saw the outline of the woman’s odd bra (a push-up bra, he would later learn), but being an officer and a gentleman, he said that it was the game that gave the future away.

#EXCUSE ME MA’AM BUT YOUR TITTIES ARE NOT CONES I’M CALLING BULLSHIT (via)

No, see, this scene is just amazing. The costume department deserves so many kudos for this, it’s unreal, especially given the fact that they pulled off Peggy pretty much flawlessly.

1) Her hair is completely wrong for the 40’s. No professional/working woman  would have her hair loose like that. Since they’re trying to pass this off as a military hospital, Steve would know that she would at least have her hair carefully pulled back, if maybe not in the elaborate coiffures that would have been popular.

2) Her tie? Too wide, too long. That’s a man’s tie, not a woman’s. They did, however, get the knot correct as far as I can see - that looks like a Windsor.

3) That. Bra. There is so much clashing between that bra and what Steve would expect (remember, he worked with a bunch of women for a long time) that it has to be intentional. She’s wearing a foam cup, which would have been unheard of back then. It’s also an exceptionally old or ill-fitting bra - why else can you see the tops of the cups? No woman would have been caught dead with misbehaving lingerie like that back then, and the soft satin cups of 40’s lingerie made it nearly impossible anyway. Her breasts are also sitting at a much lower angle than would be acceptable in the 40’s.

Look at his eyes. He knows by the time he gets to her hair that something is very, very wrong.

Steve Rogers did, in fact, realize that something was off when he saw the outline of the woman’s odd bra (a push-up bra, he would later learn), but being an officer and a gentleman, he said that it was the game that gave the future away.

#EXCUSE ME MA’AM BUT YOUR TITTIES ARE NOT CONES I’M CALLING BULLSHIT (via)

#i didn’t realize until exactly this moment#that these are actually tiny shorts over tights#and not just very tights-ish pants with a weird seam detail#i feel like the world is brand new#my eyes are open#colors are more vivid#there is a god#captain America#booty booty booty (via bewaretheides315)