It isn't just that the formula in the serum used to create him was subtly different, or that one of the things it heightened was his pre-existing strong sense of justice, or even the time he served after the serum, operating on his own and outside their (or anyone else's) control. It isn't even wholly the relatively short amount of time they've had with him, since excavating him out of a block of ice.
It's all of them, and the upshot of all of them is that they can't quite completely overwrite his sense of identity, or entirely erase his memories. That doesn't mean he's himself - he's not, but he's not the point and shoot weapon they'd like him to be.
He is disoriented a lot of the time. He is more disoriented when he gets woken up, pulled out and taken to (and into) a 'holding' cell in one of their facilities to watch (guard?)--
a really short guy, who is definitely not human.
What the hell has HYDRA done now?
Steve stares for a second, expression pointedly blank, and slowly tilts his head over to one side. He says nothing until the agent who brought him down leaves. Even then it's still pretty blank and exactly one word.
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Date: 2026-01-29 03:37 pm (UTC)It isn't just that the formula in the serum used to create him was subtly different, or that one of the things it heightened was his pre-existing strong sense of justice, or even the time he served after the serum, operating on his own and outside their (or anyone else's) control. It isn't even wholly the relatively short amount of time they've had with him, since excavating him out of a block of ice.
It's all of them, and the upshot of all of them is that they can't quite completely overwrite his sense of identity, or entirely erase his memories. That doesn't mean he's himself - he's not, but he's not the point and shoot weapon they'd like him to be.
He is disoriented a lot of the time. He is more disoriented when he gets woken up, pulled out and taken to (and into) a 'holding' cell in one of their facilities to watch (guard?)--
a really short guy, who is definitely not human.
What the hell has HYDRA done now?
Steve stares for a second, expression pointedly blank, and slowly tilts his head over to one side. He says nothing until the agent who brought him down leaves. Even then it's still pretty blank and exactly one word.
"...Hi?"