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  1. shinelikethunder (tenlittlebullets) on Chapter 1 Fri 04 Jan 2019 06:04PM UTC

    Ooh, this looks intriguing. There's enough here to almost work as a standalone--a nice sharp poke at the mechanics of captive/captor bonding. Not just by making the captor a source of occasional (...relative) reprieves from brutality, but the creation of shared complicity.

    I'm also digging how grounded it is in a particular moment and place throughout their encounter, rather than letting the setting recede after some initial scene-setting. And the way Rumlow isn't just an asshole but a particular type of asshole, one who can put the cruelty on the back burner when he's got a transactional reason for it and be kind of gruffly charming. He's never going to pass for a nice person, but he can do a passable impression of an asshole who's on your side. And even a relatively sharp post-WS Bucky is going to need context to unravel exactly what kind of bad news this guy is. Looking forward to the nasty forced-teaming trashpile this seems to be setting up.

    Last Edited Fri 04 Jan 2019 06:04PM UTC

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    1. Cephalopodsalad17 on Chapter 1 Fri 04 Jan 2019 10:08PM UTC

      Can I just second this?

      Also, I would like to applaud the detail of the fast food wrapper being rattled by the wind.

      Last Edited Fri 04 Jan 2019 10:10PM UTC

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