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Isn't Alexei more of a Sleeper Agent than Bucky?
It's a dumb technicality that only bothers me. But if Bucky was brainwashed 24/7 and following instructions all the time, then by definition he wasn't a sleeping agent. He's just a brainwashed mercenary.
In the meantime Alexei spent years with Melina and the girls in Ohio awaiting instructions from Dreykov. That's the literal and original definition of a "Sleeper Agent".
u/im-not-a-crack-pot — 22 hours ago