First of all, thank you so much for reading and taking the time to explain this to me. I really, really do appreciate it. Second of all, it was not my intention to to minimize Bucky's mental health problems at all, so I apologize if that was the effect.
Mostly, that line was me trying to communicate a really sort of intense headcanon I have, based shamelessly on my own interpretations of Bucky's character and also my own real-life experiences of how people process trauma. For me, Bucky has always been a bit of an irreverent person (looking mostly at Cap 1 — even just how he responds to Steve showing up to rescue him). In my headcanon, every time he comes down from a panic attack he's like "hey I survived that's cool" and then is just really relieved to finally be back in control of his mind/body. And sometimes that manifests with a really terrible pun.
But that's just my own (somewhat self-involved) headcanon, so thank you very much for letting me know. I really do appreciate feedback like this, as a writer and as a person in general!
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TheLocket Mon 07 Apr 2014 02:11PM UTC
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