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IN CHARACTER

Character Name: James Buchanan Barnes
Canon: Marvel Comics 616
Canon Point: April 1945, captured by Zemo while infiltrating Zemo Castle on an island along the English Channel in order to sabotage a new bomber plane prototype.

In-Game Tattoo Placement: Old school heart and ribbon tattoo with a pair of black antlers centered in the ribbon. It's placed on the outside of his left bicep.

Current Health/Status: Busted up, superficial cuts and bruises from being captured by evil super villains. Nothing critical.
Age: 20
Species: Human

Content Warnings: Child endangerment/abuse, torture, period racism and sexism

History: Basic | Unabridged (Most important bit from the Unabridged version is the Early Years as previous origin stories have been retconned and I am following Ed Brubaker's version of his origin story)

CRAU History and Impact:
Personality: Bucky is a boy in a mask, both literally and figuratively. As a child his mother died when he was an adolescent and his father was an instructor at a military base. It was up to him to be the anchor in the family for his little sister Rebecca. As Bucky refers to it, he had to wear a mask of bravery for her. That was his job, to be her clown and good-natured big brother that stood by her like a mother. The three of them stuck together to put on a good show for the public that they were a stable, normal family. Of course, there is a darker side to Bucky outside his easygoing and extroverted personality.

Without ambitions of his own outside of keeping the family together and the stress it put on him, Bucky channeled his frustration, aggression, and the hot temper he inherited from his father into fighting. As he explains, he was angry at the whole world. Always angry inside. The disappointment he brought his father stung and, while he could never break the cycle of violence, he always wanted to make his father proud of him. Unfortunately, the last thing his father ever said to him was an admonishment when he got caught fighting yet again. That same day his father died in a freak accident, leaving him all alone on a military base with his sister shipped off to a boarding school.

All he has left is his father's disappointment in him, a wayward attitude he can't escape, and his brave mask. For the next four years, Bucky latches onto the enlisted men in the camp for inspiration. He sees in them the path to manhood: aggression, a loud and mouthy attitude, the power to protect and defend their country and the people they love. His mask grows to encompass these traits. This transformation is most obviously shown through his superficial swagger and quick-witted tongue. When a soldier at the base asks where he's been, Bucky tells him he was at the house of the man's girlfriend. He even gives Captain America a run for his money with that mouth of his.

Despite being the little brother in the partnership, Bucky's big personality eclipses Captain America's more subdued and quiet one. He calls him "Tiger" and "his boy," as if Bucky is the one really in charge. It's this kind of playful attitude and oneupmanship that he learned from talking and immersing himself within military culture. He enjoys the culture wholly and embraces it, finds pleasure in learning to fight, to defend and protect others. It earns him respect from the base population at large. And that respect is something he craves; he finds it through being useful.

Unable to prove himself to his father any longer, the men at the base are a good substitute. Unburdened by strict rules and curfew, he has found a niche that makes him rather indispensable in the eyes of his older brothers as a smuggler. Using his charming, easygoing personality and wit, he is able to easily smuggle in all kinds of contraband into the base from nearby town that the enlisted men would sell their right arm for. And they do. Even the officers bend knee to Bucky's skills, and invariably he becomes something of a camp mascot even before donning his official costume.

It isn't until he is trained to become Captain America's sidekick that he can put down his mask and replace it with another. But in a lot of ways, his new mask is much more of a burden than the former. As a trained assassin and soldier, he can now put his violent tendencies to more productive use; however, his insecurities as a boy in a man's world are only amplified along with his need to prove himself.

Along with Captain America, a group of super human fighters are formed called the Invaders. Bucky's the only average human among them, making him try that much harder to keep up with them. But try as he might, one of the Invaders constantly berates him for his average strength and reflexes and refers to him as a waste of space at times. This wounds Bucky more than a stranger's mocking derision. Generally when someone makes fun of him or comments on his age, he reacts violently and usually starts a fight. This happens regularly over all iterations of Bucky in comics. Someone calls him a kid and soon enough he's making them eat their words. It happens like clockwork, but with someone he respects Bucky can only hide inward and lick his wounds in private. He considers what he can do to compensate for the disappointment and prove them wrong just like when his father was upset with him. But unlike extra chores and apologies, this devolves into something more self-destructive.

During a mission in Africa, Bucky receives a secret assignment to assassinate a Baron who will sew the seeds that creates the future group known as Hydra. And in order to fulfill his mission for the American government, he lets himself be kidnapped, beaten, and potentially sacrificed just so he can get that much closer to his target. It is something Captain America admonishes him for when he learns of this secret assignment, but not because Bucky isn't capable, but because it is reckless and not part of their image as righteous heroes. But Bucky tells him that this is what he's trained for. He is regularly given orders that go beyond what Captain America can do because his public image is too important to tarnish. Bucky will do what has to be done, the unspeakable things, in order to keep Captain America looking good in the citizens' eyes. This mission is a dark look into the attitude of a boy trained to be an unstoppable, unflinching force in the War.

Another example is during his time in the future when he's been held in a cell by Tony Stark and his Mighty Avengers. Just like everyone else, they underestimate him because he is only an average human and it comes around to bite them in the ass. Pulling out a fake nail that doubles as a razor blade, he cuts open his arm where he stores wrapped explosives for emergencies such as these. As shown here and in other examples, Bucky has an unhealthy drive to be worthy of his place as Captain America's partner, going so far as to sew explosives into his arm in case he needs to rescue himself or others. These are the lengths he goes to show and prove to others that he is more than a boy sidekick.

Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping: Nothing super human. Within canon he was trained by British Special Air Services. He's skilled in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts. He's fluent in English, French, German, Japanese, and Russian.

He's an expert marksman with sniper rifles, assault rifles, pistols, and throwing knives. Bucky is also a skilled acrobatic and saboteur, and he has been trained as an interrogator by the British SAS.

Inventory: Outside of his laughable uniform, he's bringing his war diary and his Thompson submachine gun.

Writing Samples: LOG, NETWORK

OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Claire
Player Age: 31
Player Contact: slanndalous, slanndalous#5708

Other Characters In Game: N/A
In-Game Tag If Accepted: james buchanan barnes: claire
Permissions for Character: HERE
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Yes
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: Body horror
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