I Wanna Talk About Something That I Have Not Stopped Thinking About For Weeks And Yet I Haven’t Seen

I wanna talk about something that I have not stopped thinking about for weeks and yet I haven’t seen a single soul mention it.

I know I implied before that the Winter Soldier outfit was designed solely for looks and not function, but that’s not completely true. Parts of it certainly do have some actual function, namely holding as many weapons as humanly possible. 

With that in mind, I want to bring your attention to the iconic chest strap/harness. On the original CATWS outfit, this harness is designed to carry a gun on his back (specifically a Skorpion vz 61).

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Now let’s look at the “Winter Soldier” outfit that Zemo gives Bucky in TFATWS. It includes a very similar chest harness, yet what’s on the back? Nothing. It literally serves no practical purpose. There’s not even a place to carry a gun if he wanted. So… why? What’s the point of him wearing it at all?

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This time the harness is purely symbolic. It’s there to evoke the image of the original outfit – to let people know “this is the Winter Soldier”. As confirmed by the scenes in Madripoor, it seems to be widely known that the Winter Soldier is not a free agent but an attack dog who will follow his master’s every order. Therefore, this harness was explicitly designed and worn to suggest (through its strong visual association with the Winter Soldier) that he is, once again, OWNED and COMMANDED by someone.

Basically what I’m saying is Zemo dressed him up with the equivalent of a fucking collar.

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