he just has hang-ups about russia

just a couple issues w/ the place

no big deal

minor thing, really

it's fun for me to play him from any later canonpoint because in 616 continuity his whole awful backstory is public knowledge & was on the news, he went to trial, and decided like the responsible thing to do is to be completely transparent about how he used to murder people for the kgb

vs keeping it A Terrible Secret as he did previously

stick him into a game setting where there's a theoretical fresh start, he can take it, or he can stupidly confess to every evil thing he's ever done at the drop of a hat, because Bucky logic

which honestly opens up more cr possibilities than just being super secretive does

it only gets worse

i keep dropping links to trace and cackling

good, GOOD

though now I need to check that q about network autotranslate

p sure you can't just switch to cyrillic but otoh it's a tdm

yolo

the KGB is BAD

no bias

ok but bucky she loves him

he's like… not so hardline that he can't see that individual kgb agents might be good

but the kgb will ruin those relationships anyway

It Happened to Me: the Committee for Public Safety ruined my sense of humor and my love life

guess they'll just have to stay in the future forever, what a shame