So probably a dumb question but I’ve gotten hung up on it a few times – is the purpose behind the mask and goggles purely for obscuring purposes because he’s out in public?
From a tactical purpose it doesn’t make a lot of sense. No one else on the tac team has the same masks.
And I can’t help but think it isn’t a usual part of his uniform either since most of the time he’s supposed to be ‘the ghost’ and therefore never seen. You know, the cliche of ‘it’s okay that you’ve seen my face because you’re about to die and it won’t matter’.
Is it distancing for the Winter Soldier? Does it keep him mentally even further from thinking his targets are people? Very dehumanizing, etc.
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