I think there is more to Leviathan, since it's tied to the Black Widow program, and that's Soviet government, isn't it? (Wikipedia's article on Natasha Romanoff says yes.) I think the hypnotist guy was just a relatively high commander in Soviet special ops, so he got to be in charge of the mission for wreaking havoc on NYC, including all the creative planning phases, and decided to use it as an opportunity to get revenge on Howard Stark. There was a flashback about recruiting him to Leviathan, after all. I don't know whether he's the one who recruited other veterans of Finow to Leviathan, or whether the higher ups liked his plan and gave him the Finow vets they already had, figuring they'd be the most motivated for this particular mission. I think it's the latter, though, because I get the sense that Leviathan saved those people missing their vocal cords from Finow, and hypnotist guy was recruited later.
I'd like to think Peggy was just saying what she had to say to snap egomaniacal Howard Stark out of his hypnosis. That's probably not what the writers intended, but oh well.
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Date: 2015-03-05 03:37 am (UTC)I think there is more to Leviathan, since it's tied to the Black Widow program, and that's Soviet government, isn't it? (Wikipedia's article on Natasha Romanoff says yes.) I think the hypnotist guy was just a relatively high commander in Soviet special ops, so he got to be in charge of the mission for wreaking havoc on NYC, including all the creative planning phases, and decided to use it as an opportunity to get revenge on Howard Stark. There was a flashback about recruiting him to Leviathan, after all. I don't know whether he's the one who recruited other veterans of Finow to Leviathan, or whether the higher ups liked his plan and gave him the Finow vets they already had, figuring they'd be the most motivated for this particular mission. I think it's the latter, though, because I get the sense that Leviathan saved those people missing their vocal cords from Finow, and hypnotist guy was recruited later.
I'd like to think Peggy was just saying what she had to say to snap egomaniacal Howard Stark out of his hypnosis. That's probably not what the writers intended, but oh well.