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    The Winter Soldier did not waste bullets, time, or death. Natasha told herself that and fingered her scar.

    The Winter Soldier did not leave witnesses, but he had left her by that cliff outside of Odessa. Was Natasha an exception? Or did she not count as a witness? Had he looked at her and seen the same black button eyes reflected back at him, the on/off switch, the tick of clockwork?

    Years later, Natasha watched the Soldier slam into the freeway concrete. The bullet holes in her abdomen had healed, and she knew this thing did not consider itself a person.

    They were animate objects, both of them, useless in the witness stand. He hadn’t pulled the car transmission out, after all, hadn’t stripped the cell phone in the victim’s pocket, or shot up the rocks at the side of that road outside Odessa. He hadn’t shot her. He had left her there, breathing, and the Winter Soldier didn’t leave witnesses.

    On cold nights, Natasha dreamed of ballerinas: porcelain, exquisite, their ribs jutting out stark under their skin.

    (A Natasha Romanoff character focus)

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    03 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    Vanessa and Charlie's relationship through the years, from childhood to the end of the second movie.

    Title from Dirty Imbecile by The Happy Fits

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    01 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    Michael cries a lot.

    Sometimes it makes Vanessa angry. Why is he the one who gets to cry? Sometimes, Vanessa will lie in bed, thinking that if she were Michael, she’d probably cry herself to exhaustion. But she’s not. Vanessa can’t cry, Vanessa has to be the one to put things back together. Besides, she already knows that tears don’t help, not really.
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    Michael has a horrible day. Vanessa has a horrible day every day.

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    27 Feb 2026

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    Vic is back from Hungary, and they're doing so much better now! Don't ask them why they won't take off their blazer!

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    22 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    Professor Avery Goodman tries to get his arrangement with the Host to work, he really does, but even his genius has a limit.

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    17 Feb 2026