Winter Soldier Reactions

[tardis_stowaway]

It is immensely entertaining to watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier with someone who is unspoiled about the Winter Soldier storyline.  When I was watching it in the theater for the first time, the friend I was with gasped and covered her mouth with her hands when Steve first recognized Bucky. (I was involved enough in fandom that even though at that point I hadn't read the relevant comics I already knew the Winter Soldier's identity.) Tonight, I watched it with a different friend who is good with faces, so as soon as the Winter Soldier was unmasked she said out loud, "Oh my god, is that his friend?!?"  Experiencing the reveal vicariously through unprepared non-fandom people is super fun.

Having just re-watched CATWS, I am once more awash in feelings.  All I really want to do is read fic.  Alas, I have an early start and a punishingly long work day tomorrow, so I need to go to bed.

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Yeah, the knowledge is pretty widespread in fandom, even among those who aren't specifically in Marvel fandom but who get it through fandom osmosis. But these are the sort of people aren't really fannish about any SFF media, who may not have seen all of the MCU movies and certainly haven't looked at a discussion of comics online or paid enough attention to the cast list before seeing the movie to spot Sebastian Stan. For them, a storyline that first appeared in comics ten years ago still has the power to shock.

Oh, those sweet summer children, so unprepared! I laugh at them to distract myself from Steve's less funny shock.