he lies about remembering Steve, and its clear why. the blink thats almost a twitch. that hard swallow. the way he looks up after he says it, like he’s both terrified he wont believe him, and bracing himself .
in WS, he asked outright who he was, and admitted to remembered. because he had no idea what happened when he did. which is altogether just one more horrific thing Hydra did, they took the memories of them hurting him when he asked, he couldnt learn to lie to protect himself; he didnt know he needed to be protected.
but here he is, remembering things…like what had to be dozens of times he remembered something, Steve probably most of all, and finally saw the full scope of what was done to him. what happened when he said he remembered Steve.
that there, i dont think he was lying to Steve, i think he was asked a question where the honest answer got him tortured. now he’s gotten the chance to learn how to protect himself. i think this was just so terrified being asked that, he answered instinctively.
itd be the case fo ra lot of things. like say, the truth=torture. the Hydra base=torture.and captivity. i would think being threatened with pain or death, in that place, would be just as terrifying for him
and wouldnt ya know, theres the hard swallow, the twitch-blink. the only major difference is in the second one, when he blinks, his whole body shudders..as id imagine it would being threatened in that place.
on an unrelated note, i always found it interesting that, while terrified of being hurt, especially there, and being threatened…he lowers the gun
So none of you were gonna tell me this is about a fuckin marvel movie? You were just gonna let me think there was some kind of volcanic humanitarian disaster in new york?
i love sebastian stan so much because he has a kind of laid-back confidence that not a lot of other men in hollywood have. hes the one happy to sit in the back of the photo, people describe him as quiet. he gives to charities and tells nobody. in interviews his voice is deep and a bit slow, but hes able to laugh at himself and crack jokes and compose himself with ease. he replies to fans on instagram and talks openly about being in therapy, having family problems, job problems, not being enough. and i can still line up that guy on social media with the guy i see in interviews. honestly i just fucking love him because hes so himself, and hasn’t tried to change himself for anyone.
when lovebug is playing and it sounds like an acapella group from a college in the fifties and then they hit that high note and then joe screams NOW IM! and the guitar breakdown comes and u ascend to another spiritual plane