Bucky is to Hydra…

hafital:

I never tested all that well on standardized tests, but I used to love the old SAT analogies. Puppies are to Dogs, as Kittens are to Cats!

So, here’s an analogy. Sort of. Bucky is to Hydra, what the Avengers are to… blank. To the Accords, to the US, to the combined governments of the world, to SHIELD, to Secretary Ross via the UN. 

Rewatching Captain America: Civil War the other day, I realized that the complete and utter control Hydra had over Bucky, to use as a weapon however they chose, at their complete discretion, that this is actually what Secretary Ross would prefer the Avengers were. Subject to the UN panel (but preferably subject to government control). The Winter Soldier is the extreme example of that control. 

Secretary Ross has that pesky problem of free will to contend with. Hydra neatly removed that problem. 

It’s chilling through, at least to me, to see the slippery slope that Accords would/could set in motion.