Hi hi hi - I just saw that Ignite is moving to a private sandbox, but wanted to let you know that the board is open for viewing by anons. I was looking at something and realized it was open - just wanted to let you know before a tea-blog runs with it (ala Tattler) or something similar. Happy writing! Always glad to see you back in the fold, even if its just private

hiiii. uhm yeah, i think i do wanna come back, but in a more manageable setting without feeling overwhelmed. <3 i forgot i opened it for john to access a topic i was trying to test, and boom, i forgot. thanks for letting me know <3

Captain America & Kamala Khan, an Avenger in training (video credit)

OMG tana you changed your url!!

Yes!! I've been in a really shitty headspace, plus I'm going to India for Eid (leaving on the 27th and coming back May 12th) and idk Im just a bit messed up and my head feels like shit and my on-again-off-again relationship with depression isn't helping me.

mackies > bill-weasley

i don’t feel like bothering anyone and tagging. but please signal boost if you can!!

favorite Weasley: the oldest, Bill

Mum, no one at the bank gives a damn about how I dress as long as I bring home plenty of treasure.

Anthony Mackie presenting at The Grammys 2022

sambucky as textposts ✨

SEBASTIAN STAN L'Officiel USA — Greg Swales (2022)

Every friend group… {insp.}

TV WOMEN APPRECIATION WEEK

day 2 ♀ favorite female character

regina mills

everyone saying they want sebastian stan to play a normal guy just stop talking. i want him to play every insane character he wants

CAP FANS WINNING SO HARD

SEBASTIAN STAN as STEVE KEMP in FRESH (2022) • Wardrobe Appreciation

The ppeople who always complain about Steve leaving Bucky only see Bucky as Steve's one and only Bestie. In their eyes, Steve isn't allowed to care about anyone else but Bucky.

I agree with your post from start to finish. I will never get over the fact that Steve didn't tell Sam. We saw how Sam and Steve became fast friends and created a connection but in the end all Steve did was give Sam the Shield and he didn't even think about how giving him the Shield will affect him in any way. And to all the people who say," how do you know Steve didn't tell Sam what he was planning ?". Sam's reaction in Endgame spoke volumes. He was concerned about his bestie and thought something horrible happened to him. Sam was not calm like Bucky was because Bucky knew what Steve was planning.

And Bucky confirmed in TFATWS that Steve told him what he was planning. it seems as though Sam missed that memo. I loved the show but i wished we had gotten to see how Sam really felt about Steve being gone and that he didn't even tell him. Someone who had Steve's back from day one.

I could go on but i think i ranted long enough. Thank You for your beautiful blog and that wonderful post :)

honestly you don’t have to thank me for that. i think it’s bugging me more and more lately because we have cishets constantly going out of their way to invalidate sam.

saying steve only left bucky is basically erasing sam from steve’s life. in the comics, steve is wholly dependent on sam. like -- it’s nuts how stupidly close they are. and i always thought the films kinda displayed the same until endgame.

like i’ve never once looked at steve as a character and thought, bucky is the only thing that matters to him, because it’s not true.

and the so-called steve fans who genuinely believe that (and trust me, a lot of people).  i’m on this discord right, and this girl goes, ‘i can’t believe steve left sam the shield and bucky and sam treated bucky like crap, that’s why i couldn’t get through tfatws’ and of course, me being me, i didn’t take that very well. mostly because a) you can detect the racism from a mile away and b) when ppl say shit like that, it’s up to us in the fandom to correct them. because -- if you don’t, microaggressions will keep happening.

the fact that people call themselves bucky fans and still consider him a piece of property for steve to hand down? gross af.  and because i called that out, i’m mean and nasty and aggressive. :(

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Sometimes I really get pissed off when I see posts about people complaining about Steve’s ending in Endgame. And every complaint I’ve ever seen thus far goes like this: “Omg, how dare he leave Bucky all alone by himself??”

“I CANNOT BELIEVE HE LEFT BUCKY!” “STEVE LEFT HIS BUCKY?? STEVE WOULD NEVER” Cool. Steve left his best friend behind to go live his life and yall wanna commit murder. I get it, that’s fine. It’s okay to feel passionate about your ships. However, I never see any of yall complain about Steve’s treatment of Sam? There’s a couple of points I wanna make, so lemme list them one by one.

- Bucky is his own person. His life doesn’t revolve around Steve. He’s a man of his own agency. Even if you ship him with Steve, Bucky is allowed to feel heartbreak and heal from that without his entire character being dependent on Steve.

- Steve is his own person. While shippers tend to believe that Steve’s entire focus was Bucky and Bucky alone, they are quick to erase other valid people he’s extremely close to and loves deeply. The mains being Nat, Sam, and Wanda. Steve has many people in his life that he would do anything for. It’s not just Bucky. Bucky was the catalyst in the movies, sure, but if Bucky’s predicament was replaced with Nat or Sam, you best believe Steve Rogers would make the exact same decisions for them. Steve’s entire life isn’t dependent on Bucky. And vice versa. 

So when Steve makes the decision to go back in Endgame, it’s not about Bucky. It’s about Steve making a choice for himself, and he did the responsible thing and he talked to Bucky and told him what he was going to do. Steve was not wrong for leaving in Endgame. Steve was wrong for not telling Sam.

When Sam first met Steve, he was (is still) a recovering vet. Sam and Steve became fast friends and it took Sam no time at all to decide that he’s willing to risk his life over and over again for Steve Rogers. That’s not even the beginning of Sam’s devotion or loyalty. Sam then spends the next two years of his timeline not going back to his own life. He’s searching the world for Bucky (as stated in AOU). He doesn’t need to do this, but he does it for Steve because he’s a good friend, but more than that, he’s a good man. Then, he refuses to sign the accords and sacrifices himself and gets tossed in an underwater prison. I don’t even want to get into what they did to Sam down there. If the raft is anything like the raft in the comics, he was probably tortured and waterboarded for shits and giggles. And even after being imprisoned, Sam smiles, and decides to quietly and discreetly save the world with Steve and Nat.  Sam’s loyalty, Sam’s endurance, Sam’s love -- all of that was tossed in the garbage without a second thought by Steve Rogers. I don’t care if people say ‘well, he gave sam the shield’ LMAO What the fuck does that matter? The Shield means shit all to Sam. I can’t imagine the actual pain Sam must’ve gone through once he realized that the white man he literally spent almost a decade helping and saving gave no real shits about him. Only Bucky was worth the goodbye and honesty. Sam wasn’t.  So when ya’ll complain about Steve leaving little Binky behind -- I can’t help but laugh at yall. That’s what you’re mad about? If I was Sam -- I too would’ve gotten rid of that dirty ass shield as fast as I can. 

Sebastian Stan for Variety (2022, ph. Alexi Lubomirski)