Winter Ramblings:

I've finally got around to reading the "Winter Soldier" one-shot (I seriously forgot that I bought it. How dumb is that?) I've always thought, rabid DC-fan that I am, Bucky's return as the Winter Soldier was miles beyond Jason Todd's return as the Red Hood.

I've been iffy about the Winter Soldier as a character though. I liked him as a concept and as a villain for Captain America (and he had probably my favorite voice acting in Ultimate Alliance, and I'm not entirely sure why I think that), but I had no idea what they'd be doing with him after the resolution of that storyline.

Now I really, really want a Winter Soldier ongoing. Seriously. I like Bucky as an anti-hero. He's very gray but not conscienceless, and there's a nice sense of dry humor.

That and it was frickin' awesome when he plucked one of Hawkeye's arrows and threw it into the terrorist's throat. I'm not one for heroes killing in general, but a stylish anti-hero...I can go for that.

I really liked his interaction with Young Avengers. And a part of me really really wants him to become their mentor now. Because it'd be awesome. And will probably have a lot of 40s-modern day culture incongruities that make me smile. And there'd be all the moralistic conflict between a slightly homicidal mentor and kids with a lot more of a traditional heroic moral scale.

It'd be generation gap, culture shock, and moral discontinuity all in one!

Besides, he's kind of hot.

Pun unintended.

And I still love Namor. Because he's got the same personality as my cat. And this makes me happy.