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Ok i just finished watching The Marvels at home.
I didnt have faith in this movie at all bc
1) im an mcu slanderist (as if i wasnt a marvel slanderist in general)
2) i reaaaaally didnt know what they were going to do with my girl Kamala after what happened in the show
But i was pleasantly surprised!! I went to sort of hate watch it but not really ,yknow curiosity killed the cat and whatnot but then i just?!??? I enjoyed it!!! Quite a lot!!
I started to watch it as a film person first and a Ms Marvel stan second and i was pleased as both but also very pleased as a girl (gn) its just. . . Idk man. Its an INSANE movie i laughed very hard at it at times, the music killed me , I loved the colors, the emotional beats, the chemistry,the characterizations, even the B plot felt fun. It was a nice watch.
I say its a cute movie to watch w the girlies (gn) and just enjoy.
#Shadow talks#SHADOW???TALKING ABOUT MS MARVEL?!??? Unheard#Not mcu slander for a change#I think ill start doing proper movie reviews here#I always enjoy them but never quite post them anymore#Spoiler free#the marvels#ms marvel#captain marvel#Photon#kamala khan#carol danvers#monica rambeau#Tbh and pls dont judge i did like the captain marvel movie quite a lot . . . I watched it 3 times im theatres and i genuinely dont know why#And now i feel vindicated bc this is actually a solid fun movie#Yknow i could be smart and cultured like my bestie and be into sophisticated stuff but no!! APPARENTLY I have to like captain marvel#And its only in the 2 movies i really never liked her in the comics (except when Carol was Ms Marvel)#16 y/o me 🫂20 y/o me
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The only thing I hate about the MCU introducing the Young Avengers is that now I’ll have to run with whatever they do with that lot in my MRU and I reaaally don’t want to
#like I’m changing things for the avengers but let’s be fr I care more about the YA and if they’re slandered#young avengers#marvel#marvel comics#mru#marvel rewrite universe#mcu#marvel cinematic universe
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Oh my god is 2023 and I have seen a lot of delulus this year I will list yall a bunch
Billy Hargrove stabs who hoped that he would have come back even if we saw his racist abusive should live that fine body he didn't deserve. And about him being racist...
Stranger Things stans who started to throw racial slurs when Lucas showed up in the trailer playing basketball and thought that he betrayed the gang.
Stranger Things stans again who made fun of Lucas Sinclair hair, as if is not the most time accurate
Again Stranger Things stans who made racist jokes so that Caleb could notice them. And the ones who tried to invalidate Caleb's expurience with racism.
House of the Dragon stans saying that Targaryen incest is better that Lannister incest bffr, and if you tried to say that Jamie raped Cercei yes even Aegon
Aemond Targaryen stans, trying to completely victimise him, if Jace died that night with that rock yall would be silence
Team Green stans saying that team Green is morally better than team black, nope the writers cut a lot of things
Alicent and Rhaenyra shouldn't be idolise as iconic feminist. Because Alicent was indeed a victim of the pathriarchy but she still let his son be a rapist and become King. Rhaenyra wanted the crown and power not because she's a woman she just want to have power just for herself.
Alicent stans who think she never wanted Rhaenyra's demise, delulu as hell if the writers followed the book 100% yall mouth would be shut
Aegon Targaryen stans
Team Black stans who completely ignore how Viserys ignored his other children for his grown ass daughter. And think that Luke shouldn't have a little bit of accountability
Team Black stans who think that Daemon is a good person
Team Black stans supporting blood and cheese
Writers who decided to change some parts of the story
The bitxh who told me that house Martell is white
People who are racist to the black cast of Hotd
Genshin Impact stans
Stans who think that the representation thingy is not a big deal but poc players have to look at their culture being whitewashed
Stans who say Sumeru isn't inspired from North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian culture
Stans who say that the adultificatiom of little girl character is not weird
Ppl who simp for the 1000 Yr looking boy
Miracolous Ladybug stans who hate Marinette beign a stalker (and becase she rejected Chat many times, but we ain't gonna talk how chat is 2 persistent? OK just close your eyes) and praise Cloe even if at this point she's an irredeemable character and the new episode ugh
Girlies who say that Selwyn is the better love interest when Nick is standing right there
The white reader who didn't like Babylon because she didn't related with the main character
Quentin Tarantino stans
MCU stans
White Wanda Vision stans
TVDU stans
The bros who says woke
American Psycho stans
Jk Rowling stans
Hp stans who say there aren't racist undertones in the book
Some yt Encato Stans
Lore of Olympus Stans
Kpop Stans
I Army that tries to put their opinions in Korean politics
Defending Stephanie Meyers racist writing just because she's mormon
Holland Roden stans
Harry Potter stans who ignore the Maruder girls for new gen of Harry potter
People who fancast darkskin black Maruders biracial
People who cast Peter skinny
People who get angry at poc Maruder fancast
People who say that they don't like the new interview with the vampire series, they like everything except Louis and Claudia casting
Now we all know why don't yall like the casting, go and Stan your non canon white movie, and live us queens alone
And lastly
White one direction stans who say that the guys were under contract is for this they couldn't defend Zayn against racism and islamophobia
I still have alot probably I will do a fandoms slander series
#house of the dragon#miraculous ladybug#twilight#teen wolf#legendborn#stranger things#genshin impact#Mcu#quentin tarantino#game of thrones#Tvdu#stephanie meyer#one direction#zayn malik#lore of olympus#interview with the vampire#amc interview with the vampire#encanto#babylon#Kpop#harry potter#marauders
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So I watched Oppenheimer
Disclaimer: I am writing this review and analysis as an independent critic and am not sponsored in any means by any major film corporation.
Never before have I expected a biopic turn into a psychological horror film in its third act. There were no winners in this movie and it was overall dramatized to distinguish fact from fiction.
Not gonna lie, I hardly knew anything about the details of the Manhattan Project or who Oppenheimer even was before watching this. Probably because they never taught us this part of history or I just forgot.
I’ve been doing some research over the past couple of hours since watching the film. That is, I watched ‘The Day After Trinity’ and read through some Wikipedia articles. This movie is so beautifully that I refused to believe that a good chunk of it was based on real history because of how the story was told to make it look like we should feel sorry for what Oppie went through (YES I REALIZED THAT THEY NAMED THE MARS ROVER AFTER THIS GUY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FILM. SUE ME). I don’t feel empathetic for what these scientists did. They wanted to play God and played God they did.
From what I could find, mostly everything in the film DID happen to some extent. The only thing that stuck out to me (plot-wise) is Oppie’s relationship with Niels Bohr not being as structured in the film as it was in real life. I think they meant to Max Born at the beginning of the film, but it is true that Bohr did eventually ended up working on the Manhattan Project (though the movie tells us that Bohr left Los Alamos fairly quickly after his escape from Copenhagen). The other being that they left out the feeling at Los Alamos during the scene before the realization of sheer horror of what they had done should have been ‘thank god it wasn’t a dud’ - actual testimony from Frank Oppenheimer.
Other than that, from what testimonies I heard and what I have read, a LOT of the movie is fairly accurate to how events played out over a period of time between the 1920’s all the way up to 1958 during Lewis Strauss’s Secretary of Commerce hearing. Even small details like Oppie’s hat and even most of the actors looking nearly identical to their real-life counterparts during the time the movie happened was really well done.
I give a standing ovation to the costume and makeup departments and artists who worked on this film because if Einstein’s look was all done by hand with no CGI involved, I would have thought the man himself rose from his grave just to star in this film.
And all the actors did a fantastic job playing their roles. Gillian Murphy as Oppenheimer was fantastic and brought a sense of humanity to the role. Robert Downey Jr had me do a double take because this is one of his first movies post-MCU (I initially thought it was his first but then I completely forgot that trash fire of a movie that was Dolittle that my mother and I went to see and I’m glad after three years I have forgotten about that dumpster fire) and is it very refreshing to see what he is capable of now that he doesn’t have to be Tony Stark 24/7 since he is free from the reigns of Disney. It was seriously satisfying for him to be able to drop the F-Bomb. The quipiness of his acting is subdued in this film, but Stark left some scars on the way he acts and it still kind of peeks through during certain scenes. Also, to finally have him be in a more villainous role was a good change up for his acting career (if this movie had a true villain, it would be Strauss since he resented Oppenheimer IRL, not sure if it was simply because of berating during a hearing about isotopes, but he hated the man’a guts to slander him as a Commie due to the people he associated with and his “left-wing views”).
Another thing that I did not understand is why did the hearing scene have to be in black and white while the rest of the scenes were in color. And I want to know why people kept putting marbles into those jars.
I can’t complain too much, because as jam-packed this story already is at 3 hours, if every little detail was put on the screen, Oppenheimer would have longer than the Director’s Cut of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. And I know Critikal said that this movie flew by despite its run time, but I disagree. It was very fast paced until the climax of the movie, that being the bomb drop. It was there that the movie started to crawl a bit because it is here that the results of both hearings (the one taking place in 1954 and the other in 1958) are coming to a close and they are trying to squeeze in any remaining characters that are relevant to the plot their final time to shine before the movie ends.
Overall, this movie is a solid 8.5/10.
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ms marvel thoughts
if it wasnt obvious from my last few posts i watched the ms marvel finale !!! here are my thoughts, there's quite a bit:
kamala khan.
my precious baby, i love her. she's going to be one hell of a superhero. she already is. her costume was just *screams*. iman vellani youve done such a good job, thank you so so much <3
the cinematography.
fucking beautiful. i keep thinking about the scene texting scene btwn her & bruno in the first episode. the visuals were stunning. her powers (which we'll get into later) were so so pretty to look at. they deserve all the praise they're getting for this & more
her origin & her powers.
i will admit, as someone who has read the comics, this felt...weird. i do, however, understand that they had to be rewritten to accommodate the mcu reality. i just hope it gets written out well (& also the somehow her inhuman origins stay canon in the mcu)
bruno carrelli.
im team brunokamala!! i loved loved LOVED mcu bruno, i really dont understand the slander. even if youre team kareem or kamran, i still dont get how youd hate him. i genuinely hope he & kamala end up together, their dynamic would be AMAZING. (also the chemistry btwn him & kamran...interesting)
nakia bahadir.
our second nakia of the mcu & this one's as badass as the first one. LOVE her. i need more nakia content in the future idc. also...zoe x nakia??
red dagger/kareem.
such a cool character. genuinely hope we see more of him. desi badass slayy (he & kamala had so much chemistry BUT i still hope she ends up with bruno <3)
the storyline.
questionable. as a south asian, i rlly liked that they went into the partition. the najma plot was kinda eh though. her redemption felt so random, as if they just needed a way to give kamran his powers.
her family.
they were so much more lenient than 90% of south asian parents like...woah. her scenes with them in the final episode, especially when she gets her suit were just :")
desi rep.
and finally, the representation. the partition parts were haunting. having all the new south asian characters is heartwarming. im especially happy that we have kareem be a native pakistani & not an immigrant.
i know that marvel studios is western based, but i hope they realise that people from every corner of the globe watch their work. their influence is inexplicable. they need to expand past the us. past the west. they made their first step with black panther. i loved moon knight & i loved ms marvel, but at the end of the day, the characters were still american. i hope this changes.
#ms marvel#mcu#marvel studios#kevin feige#iman vellani#kamala khan#nakia bahadir#bruno carrelli#kamran ms marvel#kareem ms marvel#red dagger#marvel#zoe zimmer#sheikh abdullah#captain marvel#carol danvers#monica rambeau#the marvels
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Thank you for writing Sharon Carter! She's always been one of my favorites from 616 and it's so hard to find fic where she's not some villain in the way of a ship.
Aww, thank you!
I too, love Sharon Carter. She's such an incredible character in the comics and it's horrible how terribly she's been treated in the MCU.
I'll confess that I stopped reading fic with Steve and Bucky and still rarely do to this day because I got SO TIRED of Sharon only being included to be a bitch trying to get in the way of Steve and whoever's ~true love~. I was hoping it would get better after Endgame, but nope. Now she's included to be a bitch getting in the way of Bucky and whoever's ~true love~. 🙄🙄🙄 Why OCs can't just serve that role, I'll never know.
On the rare occasions I do read Steve or Bucky fic, it's by a few authors I trust. It's hard to find good fic with Sharon because in most cases she's just a throwaway character or clearly only there to be an obstacle.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Steve/Sharon in the comics but outside of my fic Back to Where You've Never Been I'm not really interested in writing them as a couple. Maybe if a future fic calls for it, but mostly I'm content to pair Sharon with other characters and leave old!Steve in a retirement community eating green jello.
One of my other favorite comic ladies, Clea, just entered the MCU last year, and I'm honestly biding my time before I inevitably have to stop reading the majority of Doctor Strange fic after DS3 because if 20+ years in fandom has taught me anything, it's that any female love interest (even if they're not even remotely just a love interest in the source material) will be slandered and torn apart and set up to be the villain no matter what her actions are.
One of my other faves, Ava Starr | Ghost is MCU-only and she's mostly ignored so I don't really have to worry about terrible takes on her. For now. Thunderbolts will undoubtedly change that. Keep the broken white boys away from her please.
In the meantime, I'll continue to write my favorite ladies where they're happy and appreciated. 💙💜💖
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people on tiktok (or just...anywhere atp) purposefully misunderstanding steve and his intentions just makes me unreasonably mad like is he fake yes is it unbearable to see so many people with -37483 media literacy skills misunderstand a character in the mcu where zero of their movies has any subtely? yes also true....saw someone talking about how steve always thinks hes right to the point where he acts like a child and doesnt listen to anyone else and im just . so confused
it’s just hit after hit after hit lately for the characters i love … i can’t take this anymore.
genuinely not even sure half the people who say #those things about steve have even watched any of his movies but especially civil war where the “breaking up of the avengers” wasn’t even really about bucky. IT WAS ABOUT THE ACCORDS .. which steve literally points out tony wants to force on all of them because of how he wants to cover up/redistribute the blame for his own past choices. the fact that team ironman is made up of like … 2 people who actually agree with him (vision and rhodey), natasha who ends up changing her mind because she sees how tony acts AKA HOW SELFISH AND CHILDISH HE IS BECAUSE HE WONT ADMIT HES EVER WRONG (which she VERBALLY CALLS HIM OUT FOR), t’challa who is only there for the guy who killed his father (and is shown to later become friends with steve and have a mutual respect for him in a way he never is shown to have for tony), and peter who is blackmailed and given no information about the actual discrepancy and how the accords would impact his life as an enhanced individual. sam, wanda, clint, steve, scott, and bucky all have legitimate reasons for their stance and WANT to stand together which is why team cap sticks together whereas team ironman falls apart. but it’s just crazy to me people call steve selfish and unreasonable when that goes against the whole point of his character. it also literally isn’t selfish to keep bucky safe because steve doesn’t do it JUST because he cares about him and doesn’t want him killed on sight, but also because bucky has crucial information about siberia, which steve thinks is a world threatening issue all the way until the final act. IM SICK OF THE SLANDER ENDGAME BRINGS TO HIS NAME … THAT IS NOT WHAT IS IN MY SONS HEART.
#im suffering so much bc of sdcc rn#liam probably dying scott bald derek bald faced MASON A COP#BARELY ANY CAP4 NEWS DANNY MIGHT ONLY BE THERE FOR TWD#CAP CARTER COMING BACK AND BEING REGARDED AS ALL POWERFUL#IM SO FAWKING SICK AND TIRED#CAN WE PLEASE SLOW DOWN
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I saw you share that letter you’re a hater idc what u say abt this being a “open place” it’s just propaganda. Be honest what do you really think about sylki.
Wholesome gif of Loki and his mom for tax. TLDR at bottom.
I have a few anons I’ve gotten that are a bit negative; and some straight hate anon, I’ve deleted majority. I’m replying to this bc u asked a honest question. I share the open letter (link for context) when it’s updated because I agree that the gender rep was done poorly, and there were plot holes. I understand many ppl like the strip tease scene but I personally felt the context was uncomfortable. So I liked that section of the letter as well. My opinion on that is irrelevant to what I think about Sylki. What I think of any ship or context for that matter, has nothing to do with this blog being a safe place for all shippers. Even if you don’t ship Enchantricks or like Amora, I don’t mind people being here for just Loki content. I don’t share attack posts on any ship here.
No I don’t personally ship Sylki but that’s ok, I don’t ship a lot of things. That doesn’t mean my followers can’t or I have anything against Sylki shippers. I can still think there’s very talented Sylki artists and still have friends that ship Sylki.
The hate anon I’ve gotten concerning Sylki is so exhausting but ik not all Sylki shippers are like that. The same way not all Amora fans are angry. I am personally genderqueer, I think the GF rep that was promised to us was non existent and assigning Sylvie as the sole female felt hurtful, but that doesn’t mean I’m about to gatekeep another Loki ship or anything. Ship wars are petty and exhausting. I understand why ppl might be upset by some ships but they’re entitled to feel that way. The same way someone can feel Amora ships are bad bc she’s a villain. I don’t rant or slander any ships here. I’m going to talk generally here. Even if you think one ship or another is problematic that’s fine, you can enjoy problematic media and still want better to be done. Im a multishipper myself. I could ship Sylki and still hope for it to be changed, the same way some people ship things and not want it to be canon. Or crack ship, like Sif and Amora, who hate each other but idk I like them. Enchantricks being canon does not mean I want everything canon.
TLDR: I don’t ship Sylki personally or any MCU Loki ships bc I don’t see any chem. but Sylkis are welcome here even if they hate Enchantricks. I share the letter when updated bc I think genderfluid rep could be done better, but that doesn’t mean I agree with 100% of the letter, and u don’t have to agree with it for us to get along. U r welcome here whether u like it or not 🫵😡/LH
#tagging as Sylki for my own tags bc I have spoken that they’re welcome here before and I like to keep things organized and I might reblog#posts with Sylki and Enchantricks in the future idk#sylki#anon#ask
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richard "dick" grayson
back to gotham masterlist
romantic
one-shots
none yet
series
their change in colors (marks their death)
(ncis!crossover) you've known tony dinozzo for years---known him since he was richie wayne and robin, then dick grayson and nightwing. years later, he's traded the bpd for philly, domino masks for tube socks, but the corruption he's surrounded by stays the same... hence why he joins you and your boss, gibbs, at ncis. you keep his secrets and he keeps yours, the two of you quickly falling for each other through the mess of your jobs. years later, and you've got a family and a team, but dead petty officers in gotham mean that you have to face your pasts.
dawn ‘til dusk (and through the night)
(white collar!crossover) (series of oneshots) you’ve been in love with pining a normal amount after neal caffrey for… far longer than you should. it’s part of why you’re the only person that figures out his real identities as both dick grayson and nightwing. this, as one might guess, causes a lot of conflict… both with suspicious superheroes and your paranoid coworkers. at least it can’t get any worse than this.
platonic
one-shots
broken vessels shatter least
bruce has made an executive decision—one that neither you nor your many siblings agree with—but an order you have to follow. in order to keep your identities from being discovered, he is being arrested, put on trial, maybe even going to jail, on falsified charges of child abuse. the worst part of it is, he’s making you and your siblings testify against—lie about, slander—him.
series
born of opposing sides
(mcu!crossover) the problem with being one of bruce wayne’s children is that it takes a lot to get away from him. in your case, it took the extreme of faking your death to keep him, to keep alfred, to keep your siblings, safe from you away from you. as time passes and you’re forced back into the worlds of corporations and superheroes, albeit very different, unfamiliar ones, you can’t keep ignoring the home sickness. but what will it take to finally face your past?
everything money could buy
(mcu!crossover) (white collar!crossover & neal caffrey!dick grayson) bruce wayne is… maybe not the greatest dad. so far, the number of you hiding from him in new york city has reached three, which is only 37.8%, but thats basically 40%, which is basically 50%, which is basically 100%. so yeah. you’re totally justified in living your life with definitely no thoughts at all to your father. you’ve moved on. except… when tragedy hits, you find that maybe you haven’t, after all.
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Welcome To Avengers Campus | No Way Home AU P.1 (?)
set after the events of SMNWH (contains spoilers)
Marvel Masterlist | Other Masterlists
Characters/pairings: Jacqueline Elizabeth Stark (OC), Tom!Peter Parker (platonic/*adopted son type relationship*), Andrew!Peter Parker (platonic), Tobey!Peter Parker (platonic), Tony Stark (platonic/nephew), Steve Rogers (platonic/best friend), Bucky Barnes (platonic/best friend), Howard Stark (platonic/brother), Natasha Romanoff (platonic/best friend). Pretty much everyone else is a platonic relationship I haven’t decided who would be romantic interest.
Content Warnings: references to Earth-616, mentions of violence and death. Slight cannon divergence (Tony & Nat are alive /the Peters are trapped), Steve slander (sorry) | female oc | This is kinda long just warning you.
Premise: It was supposed to easy spell, but of course things go wrong. Now two Peter Parkers from alternate universes are stuck in a world they know nothing about. Can Strange fix it? Yes, but he needs time. So what better way to pass the time than for the young Peter Parker to give a history lesson on all there is about his world, including it’s mightiest heroes. And much to the one Peter’s displeasure, they are not the type of band he thought they were.
Note: This is an imagine set in an alternate universe where the spell Strange did at the end of NWH went sideways where the other Peters ended up staying in the MCU world. This does diverge from cannon, so keep that in mind. I don’t know if I will continue this as a series but this idea has been bugging me for days so I thought, why not? Anyway read to find out what plays out when the two Peters find out everything there is to know about the avengers.
Link to part 2
Link to final part
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“How long do we have Happy?�� It was a beautiful sunny day in New York, despite the chaos that ensued just the previous day. The city’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man had his work cut out of him, fighting villains from other worlds and nearly losing everyone he ever cared about because of Stranges’ spell to fix it all.
But like most things in his life, it goes sideways.
Now, there were two other versions of Peter Parker trapped in his world and they didn’t know what to do. Strange needed time and peace to fix whatever went wrong, so he orders Peter to take the two and his friends and find some place to go. The villains had returned to their timelines, and luckily for him—no one forgot about him.
It was just like before Mysterio ruined his life.
So that’s how he found himself on a private plane with Ned, Mj, Happy, and the two Peters. They were going God knows where and Happy didn’t really say anything when they first came to him for help other than he needed to make a call. When he was finished he told them to get in the car and they were suddenly at a private airstrip and buckled into a small plane.
“Not too long,” Happy called from the cockpit. The group had changed into different clothing, and were giving food. Mj, mulching on some chips leaned over her chair to get a better look at the man.
“Can you at least tell us where we’re going?”
Happy hit a few buttons on the dashboard before spinning in the pilot chair. He gave the young Avenger a pointed look. “Let’s just say someone is waiting to see you—all of you,” he looked between the five. “And she asked me to bring you to a place where you guys can remain until Strange has done what he needs to do.”
There was a feeling of dread in Peter (1)s veins, a nervous chuckle falling from his lips. “He-ehe-he, she?” The four all looked at him, confused by his sudden fearful expression. It looked like Mj was the only one to put the hidden implication together, because her eyes went wide and they both shared a knowing look.
Happy nodded, his lips in a thin line as if to say ‘yeah, you’re in big trouble’. “Yes, Peter, she. And she told me to get your ass to her as soon as possible and frankly I don’t want to be on her bad side, so I hope you have what you’re gonna tell her planned.” With that, Happy spun back in his chair leaving him to his thoughts.
“She’s gonna kill me,” Peter mumbled, looking at Mj in fear. The two Peters leaned forward in their chairs, having been seated across from him. Both wore looks of ‘can you please tell us what’s going on?’
“Uhh,” Peter (3) snapped his fingers in front of the boy, gaining his attention. “Can someone explain to us who she is—and why you look like you wanna jump out of this plane rather than face her?”
Peter (1) sighed, shoulders deflating and looking between the two. “It’s a really really long story.”
“We got time,” the older Peter shrugged, “might as well tell us anything you can. We can maybe help you explain everything to her.”
“Yeah—tell us everything,” Peter (3) nodded excitedly, “We don’t know how much time we’ve got and I wanna know more about this world. Oh my gosh is whoever we’re going to an Avenger? The band you were talking about?”
“It’s not a band,” the boy rolled his eyes, making the man pout. “And she’s more than just an Avenger she’s practically THE Avenger. The Avengers wouldn’t exist if hadn’t been for her.” The boy thinks back to the first time he met the woman. She was everything he had ever heard about and more. Peter wanted nothing more than to prove himself to her. Besides Tony, she was someone who always inspired him. Both as a hero and as a scientist.
“You must really look up to her,” Peter (2) comments, noticing the look in the boys eye. It reminded him of how he was with Otto all those years back. There are those idols you never truly forger.
“Oh-oh I do,” he stutters, “which is why I’m really hoping she doesn’t kick my ass the moment we land. I’d rather Tony do it instead because I know I could probably beat him.” This makes Mj snort, the boy giving her an offended look when she starts to laugh. “Hey! You don’t think I can?”
“I’m not saying nothing,” she shrugs. “But continue.”
He leans back in his chair with a pout, turning to Ned. “Do you think I could beat Tony in a fight?” Ned automatically nods giving him a thumbs up.
“Oh for sure, man. You would wipe Tony on the floor—especially with the Iron Spider.”
“Thanks buddy,” Peter (1) smiles to him and gives him a fist bump. When he turns back to the Peters, he sees them still looking confused. “Oh right—right, so the Avengers. Yeah—ugh it’s a long story, and the only way to really tell it is to go back to nineteen-forty-two.” Immediately the two are taken aback.
“You mean to when America joined the war?” Peter (2) wonders aloud.
Peter (1) nods, “Exactly. It all starts there—hang on actually, instead of me rambling and possibly getting things all over the place or wrong,” he starts to press some buttons on his wristband, removing it and placing it on the window seal. “Hey KAREN?”
A robotic voice emits from the wristband. “Yes, Mr. Parker? Is there something I could help you with?”
“Wh-what was that?” Peter (3) points at the band with his eyes wide. Mj motioned for him to be quiet and he snapped his mouth shut, though he still looked rather perplexed by the robotic voice.
“Hello,” the voice greets, making the man flinch since he was closest seated to the windowsill. “I am KAREN, a natural-language user interface created by Tony Stark to aid Peter Parker in his duties as Spider-Man.”
The older Peter felt himself waving at the band, despite knowing no one was really there and it was an A.I speaking to them. “Hello, Karen.”
“Hello, Mr. Parker and Mr. Parker.”
The young Peter takes control again before they could get sidetracked. “KAREN, could you give us a history lesson on everything there is on the Avengers?”
“Of course, Mr. Parker. One moment, please.” A blue imagine projects from the band, expanding until it went from corner to corner on the windowsill up to the planes ceiling the group a very detailed image. The lights dim, so now the whole plane was emitting a blue glow.
“The Avengers, known as ‘Earth’s mightiest heroes,’ are a group of heroes compiled of biologically, technologically, and artificially enhanced humans as well as intergalactic beings. They are the defenders of Earth-six-one-six, tasked with protecting the Earth from terrestrial and extraterrestrial threats against humanity.” Images showed along the projection, portraying pictures of various people in battles before a timeline was drawn and seven faces were displayed on the screen.
“The earliest known information on the Avengers begins in March of nineteen-forty-two. America had just entered World War Two following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the government was in need of a hero to go against the Nazi science organization known as Hydra. Hydra were led by a man named Johann Schmidt who people called the Red Skull. To combat against Hydra, the U.S government funded ‘Project Rebirth.’ It was led by German scientist Dr. Abraham Erskine and American chemist and engineer Dr. Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Stark.” The group watched Karen highlight the pictures on the screen. An older man with glasses and a beautiful woman with brownish-red curly hair styled in a classic 40s pinup.
“Project Rebirth was supervised by British Agent Margret ‘Peggy’ Carter, Colonel Chester Phillips, and Jacqueline’s brother Howard Stark—the creator of Stark Industries and the militaries’ leading weapons designer at the time.” The screen highlighted each picture as Karen named them off. “The goal of Project Rebirth was to create America’s first Super Soldier. Together, Erskine and Stark developed the serum that would enhance the physiological and mental aspects of whoever was injected with it. They recruited Steven Grant Rogers to the Strategic Scientific Reserve where he was then selected to be the first recipient of Super Soldier Serum.”
“Wow,” Peter (3) whispered in awe, watching the images change to the before and after comparison of Steve. He couldn’t believe this was a real thing in this world. The concept was unheard of to him.
Karen continued narrating. “During a successful demonstration, Rogers survived the transformation endured by the serum changing his physiology. Unknown to the group of onlookers, Hydra had sent an assassin who fatally shot Erskine, wounded Jackie Stark, and stole the remaining vial of serum. In an attempt to retrieve the serum, the assassin committed suicide to avoid capture and the vial was destroyed. As a result, the government disbands Project Rebirth. Rogers undergoes various tests and trials by scientists to reverse the effects of the serum and Jackie Stark resumes her work alongside her brother.
“As per order by U.S Congress, Rogers travels America to enlist the public to buy war bonds and is dubbed by the media as ‘Captain America’—however in nineteen-forty-three he gets word that his childhood best friend, Sargent James Buchanan ‘Bucky’ Barnes, was captured by enemy forces and declared missing in action. Going against federal orders, Rogers with the help of Agent Carter and the Starks go behind enemy lines to rescue Barnes and his unit. They were successful in their mission, and Jackie Stark is given the name of ‘America’s Eagle,’ by the media after photos of her controlling artificial robotic wings were released. The two would go on to be known as ‘Captain America and The Eagle.’
Peter (1) couldn’t help but smile when the image of Jackie flying with her original wings was displayed on the projector. She looked so young and carefree. “Following the rescue mission, Rogers recruited Stark, Barnes and several men from the unit to a group called the ‘Howling Commandos.’ The goal of the Commandoes was to infiltrate Hydra bases and sabotage operations. They would do this for two years until in nineteen-forty-five when Sargent Barnes is declared killed in action after falling from a train the team was intercepting. Months later, Captain Rogers would also be declared killed in action when he crashes a plane in the Arctic ocean to prevent weapons of mass destruction from hitting their U.S targets. His actions successfully defeated the Red Skull, however the intergalactic power source known as the Tessaract was lost at sea. Captain Rogers body would not be recovered for over seventy years following his disappearance.” Both of Bucky & Steves pictures turn grey with bolded K.I.A under their name.
“After the disappearance of Captain Rogers, Jackie Stark recovers a missing vial of the super soldier serum left by Dr. Erskine. To prevent the formula from being stolen or replicated, she injects the serum with the help of her brother and Agent Carter. Jackie remains hidden from the public following the end of the war, but when it is discovered by the government of her actions, she’s enlisted to infiltrate the last remaining Hydra bases otherwise she would face persecution for violating federal orders.”
“That’s messed up,” Peter (2) mumbles, catching the groups attention. “She helped develop that serum—and didn’t want it getting into the wrong hands! I can’t believe they would force her to be their spy and blackmail her with jail.”
“Yeah,” Peter (3) agrees. “I would’ve said ‘fuck you’ and gone off the grid. The patriarchy can shove it.” Karen shows pictures of Jackie, one of which is her holding a baby boy while a man kisses her on the cheek. There’s a shiny ring on her finger and the woman appears to be in delight.
“America would soon lose another hero. In nineteen-forty-eight while on an assignment in Siberia, Jackie Stark is captured by Hydra operatives.” Peter (3) gasps, a low ‘noooooo,’ coming from his mouth and he frowns at the sight of her colorful picture turn grey with the bolder M.I.A below her name. “Jackie is declared missing in action, but would formally be declared dead in absentia seven years later when officials are unable to locate her location. The truth of what happened to Jackie Stark would not be revealed until almost exactly sixty-two years to the day.” The timeline draws a line, going from 1948 to 2010, where a picture of a man resembling Howard Stark appears.
“In the year two-thousand ten, Anthony Edward ‘Tony’ Stark—Stark Industries CEO and son of creator Howard Stark, was captured in Afghanistan by members of the terrorist group the Ten Rings. He is critically wounded and forced to make weapons for the organization in exchange for freedom. To prevent the shards from entering his heart, Dr Ho Yinsen —who was also captured by the organization, creates an electromagnetic implant to keep Tony alive. Together they develop an electric generator called an arc reactor in hopes to power a suit made of armor and escape their captivity.”
The Peters immediately recognized the circular shaped device, although it wasn’t to the extent like the one Max had stolen. This one was more basic, an earlier prototype compared to its advanced counterpart.
“During their creation of the suit, Stark and Yinsen came across a cryogenic compartment the Ten Rings had hidden in the caves. They uncovered the device, and were able to decode the cryogenic sequencing. When the ice gave way, the compartment revealed to be holding the unconscious figure of Dr. Jaqueline Elizabeth ‘Jackie’ Stark.’”
“No way!” Peter (3) exclaimed, shoving popcorn in his mouth and looking to Peter (1) who was just nodding his head as if to say ‘I know right.’ “So did she still look the same? I mean she was basically frozen—.”
“Shhh Karen’s still talking,” Peter (2) cut him off, also putting some popcorn in his mouth.
“Yes, Mr. Parker, Jackie still appeared the same as she did when she went missing in nineteen-forty-eight.” Peter let out another ‘woah.’ Karen put up a comparison of Jackie from 1948 and 2010. Sure enough, it wasn’t like she hadn’t even gone through time. She still had a 40s look to her, the pin up style with curly hair and bright red lips. Although her eyes looked older, as though they were the only thing that aged.
“It took a few days until Jackie awoke from her cryogenic coma. By the time she did, Tony and Yinsen had completed their prototype and were ready to make their escape. The Ten Rings, however, caught onto their plan and realized the capsule had been opened. In their only chance of freedom, Yinsen was killed while giving the Starks time to escape, and the two were rescued by U.S forces.” A news article displayed the breaking news, ‘Stark Industries CEO Rescued!’ & ‘War Hero Recovered: Americas Eagle Returns Home After Over 60 Years!’
“Once the two return home, Tony shuts down the weapons manufacturing at Stark Industries and begins building armored suits similar to the prototype he created with Yinsen. It’s discovered shortly after that Tony’s business partner Obadiah Stan was behind Tony’s kidnapping, and wanted to develop a suit using the arc reactor.”
“That’s fucked up,” Peter (3) mumbles. “Can’t trust anyone these days.”
“Tony and Jackie defeat Stane with Tony publicly announcing himself as the masked superhero ‘Iron Man.’” A picture of Tony in full gear shows on the screen, and beside him is one of Jackie in an updated version of her robotic wings. “It it not long after the the world discovers that Jackie Stark had been taken hostage by Hydra and forced into a cryogenic coma with the motive of recreating the super soldier serum after samples of her blood had been taken. Before Hydra could successfully brainwash Jackie into doing their bidding, the capsule containing her body was stolen in an ambush by members of the Ten Rings. Hydra was unable to locate the missing capsule, and Jackie remained frozen when the Ten Rings were unsuccessful in cracking the cryogenic sequencing code.”
The timeline line grows, and the year becomes 2012 with a different article showing a picture of Steve Rogers. “In two-thousand-twelve, the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division—commonly known as S.H.I.E.L.D, recovered the frozen body of Captain Steve Rogers. He had been lost in the Arctic sea following the plane crash in nineteen-forty-five. Like Jackie, Captain Rogers was frozen in time due to the physical enhancement from the serum.” Karen shows another side by side comparison.
“Yoooo,” Peter (3) is actually stunned when he sees the pictures of Steve from 2011. Beside him Peter 2 is also in a sense of disbelief. ‘What are the odds?’ They can’t help but think. It was like a one in a million possibility that both of them would be recovered 60+ years after their disappearance.
Across from them, Peter 1 tries to hold back his laugh, knowing it was just gonna get more crazier from there. They hadn’t even got to what went down in 2014.
“Around the same time, American Physicist Dr. Bruce Banner is exposed to gamma radiation in a failed experiment attempting to recreate the super soldier program. The accident leads to Banner transforming into the Hulk—a green, muscular humanoid with god-like strength.” A picture of a man in a lab coat was shown next to one of the Hulk. They could see the facial similarities of the two, but wow the difference in physicality made the Peters jaw drop.
“S.H.I.E.L.D becomes notified of a strange object that had fallen through the Earth’s atmosphere and landed in a crater in New Mexico. The hammer-like object, called Mjölnir, belonged to the mighty God of Thunder, Thor—Prince of Asgard and Son of the Allfather Odin.”
“You guys have Gods—like real Gods?” Peter (2) wonders aloud when the image of Thor reaches his eye.
The timeline extends to 2012. “The two super soldiers are reunited in two-thousand-twelve, when they—along with Tony Stark, Dr. Banner, Thor, former Black Widow Assassin Agent Natasha Romanoff and skilled archer S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Clint Barton—are recruited to the ‘Avengers Initiative,’ under the supervision of Director Nicholas J. Fury.” A man with an eyepatch shows, along with a group photo of the seven beside it. Then it shows a man in green and gold attire holding some kind of scepter. “The team was formed when Thor’s brother, Loki, steals the tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D —who had recovered the object decades prior and were studying its power. Loki, using the power of the Chitauri scepter holding the Mind stone, brainwashes members of S.H.I.E.L.D—include Agent Barton, to create a device that would allow the extraterrestrial race ‘The Chitauri’ to pass through a wormhole into Earth. His goal was to conquer Earth as its ruler.”
The screen cuts to videos showing the group fighting an army of what looks to be aliens. They could see Tony and Jackie flying side by side together—him in his iron suit and her in her wings, while Thor is bringing lighting to the Empire State Building. Hulk is smashing everything in sight, it’s almost comical to the Peters, while the assassins are on the ground with the Captain. “Agent Barton is recovered, and Loki is defeated after a long battle in New York City. Thor returns Loki to Asgard to face persecution for his crime along with the Tesseract, and the Avengers go their separate ways—promising to return together when the Earth needs defending.”
“This makes me wanna fight an alien even more,” Peter (3) comments, sipping his water and giving the group an excited look. “Are you sure this is real? This sounds and looks like I’m watching a movie.”
“Oh it’s real all right,” Peter (1) replies. “I witnessed this happen when I was still in middle school.” The two Peters both look bewildered by the statement, but don’t question it further.
The timeline then extends to 2014, two years after the Battle of New York. “Two years after the Chitauri invasion and now working alongside S.H.I.E.L.D, Captain Rogers and Dr. Stark uncover a conspiracy within the espionage agency. It stems following the assassination attempt of Director Fury and encrypted intelligence regarding ‘Project Insight’—a classified program involving weaponized helicarriers designed to eliminate threats. Captain Rogers and Dr. Stark are labeled fugitives by Secretary Alexander Pierce—who is soon revealed to be the secret director of Hydra in charge of operating its ranks through S.H.I.E.L.D.”
“With Agent Romanoff, the super soldiers discover that Hydra had infiltrated the organization shortly after scientist Armin Zola had been recruited in the early fifties. They were able to work through the ranks and maintain power with their primary asset; The Winter Soldier.” A picture of a masked individual with a mental arm depicts on the screen.
Peter (3) lets out a low whistle at the image. “Okay he kinda looks badass despite being kinda scary.”
“The Winter Soldier was credited with over two dozen assassinations in fifty years—and was the individual sent by Hydra to assassinate Director Fury. Director Fury survived the attempt, but to keep Hydra under the radar of his movements he along with secret S.H.I.E.L.D operatives declared him legally dead.
“Captain Rogers, Dr. Stark, Agent Romanoff and USAF pararescueman Sam Wilson—nicknamed The Falcon due to his powered wing pack similar to the design of Dr. Starks—discover from mole Jasper Sitwell of the data-mining algorithm created by Zola. When paired with satellites and the weaponized helicarriers, the algorithm could eliminate potential Hydra threats. The Winter Soldier ambushes them, Sitwell is killed for his betrayal, and a fight breaks out leading to the reveal of the assassins identity.”
A familiar face pops on the screen has Peter (3) gasping, pointing his finger up. “Oh my god I knew it!! I just had a feeling like two minutes ago it could be him.”
“James Buchanan Barnes had survived his fall in nineteen-forty-five and was taken by Hydra. Barnes had been injected and tested with a prototype of the serum Zola had recreated when he’d first been captured in nineteen-forty-three. This allowed him to withstand the fall and freezing temperatures, however Sargent Barnes had lost his left arm in the process. Hydra replaced it with a metal prosthetic and brainwashed Barnes into becoming their first Winter Soldier—the action resulting in him loosing memory of the life he had before.
“After escaping Hydra agents, Rogers, Stark, Wilson, and Romanoff with the help of Agent Maria Hill and Director Fury, infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D on the day Hydra planed to launch the helicarriers. The goal was to replace chips in the system with their own so they could control the airships and prevent the weapons from reaching their targets. They were successful, the helicarriers were destroyed and Secretary Pierce was killed. The secrets of both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D were leaked onto the internet by Agent Romanoff—resulting in her nearly facing persecution by the government for her past work against America when she was an operative of the Red Room, a program once operated by Hydra that forced girls to become assassins.
“S.H.I.E.L.D was disbanded, and the Avengers would soon come back together to infiltrate known Hydra bases of operations. James Barnes went into hiding and would not be heard of for another two years.”
Happy had came into the room suddenly making all eyes turn to him, “just want to let you all know we’re about thirty-ish minutes out. So you may wanna have Karen start doing double time.” He returns to the cockpit and they all return their attention to the screen which now showed the year 2015.
“I will try to get through this quickly,” the A.I says politely. “Although I apologize if it does not make sense or you have questions. I can always answer them at a later time.”
“It’s okay, Karen,” Mj smiles despite knowing the A.I can’t see her.
“Thank you, Miss. Watson.” Karen displays several images of a very large robot looking guy, a red dude with a yellow gem in his head, a man in a silver suit similar to Tonys, and two young adults standing together.
“The next threat to humanity the Avengers would face was the artificial intelligence android Ultron. After storming a Hydra facility that was housing Loki’s scepter, Dr. Banner and Tony Stark discover artificial intelligence in the gem—using it to complete the ‘Ultron’ global defense program Stark had developed following the battle in New York. Ultron, however believed he had to eradicate humanity and developed a humanoid body containing vibranium—the strongest metal on Earth, the mind stone and synthetic-tissue technology. The Avengers intercepted Ultron before he could upload himself to the new body, and stole the capsule containing it. Tony, Jackie, and Dr. Banner then worked on a way to upload Tony’s A.I system J.A.R.V.I.S to the body.
“With the help of Thor’s energy from Mjölnir, the body now containing J.A.R.V.I.S’ programming was activated. They called the A.I. humanoid, ‘Vision’ and he was the only one able to lift Thor’s hammer—the action proving he was worthy and trustful.”
“Why was that so important?” Peter (2) asked with curious eyes.
“Oh only those who are worthy of ruling Asgard, Thors’ home, are able to lift the hammer—well ax now, he got a new one,” Mj explained making the man go ‘oh.’
“Enhanced Sokovian twins Wanda and Pietro Maximoff aided the Avengers in stopping Ultron from committing global genocide. They had been willing volunteers of Hydra where Wanda developed telekinetic and telekinetic powers while Pietro developed superhuman speed after exposure from the mind stone. The twins had been working with Ultron in the beginning, but fled when they discovered his ambitions.” A video clipped showed the twins performing their powers when they stopped a train in Seoul from crashing.
“The Avengers, Vision, and the Maximoff twins tracked Ultron to the former state of Sokovia, where he’d built a machine capable of lift its capital city above the atmosphere. They are met with the help of Colonel James Rhodes—War Machine, and the last remaining agents of S.H.I.E.L.D led by Fury to assist with the battle against Ultrons robotic army. The Avengers are able to prevent Ultron from committing global extinction, but Sokovia is destroyed and Pietro Maximoff dies from critical injuries. Dr. Banner goes missing as the Hulk, Thor returns to Asgard, and Wanda joins the Avengers at their new base of operation.”
Now the timeline was at 2016, and the Peters were still barely processing all that happened. They couldn’t believe so much chaos had happened in so little time. “Jesus,” the taller Peter mumbled, leaning his head on his hand.
“The events that took place in twenty-sixteen would go onto become known as the superhero ‘Civil War.’ It resulted from the United Nations constructing a panel that would oversee and control all biological, technological, and artificially enhanced beings—after the Avengers were responsible for the deaths of Wakandan humanitarian workers when they were trying to stop a biological weapon from being exposed. The document passing this panel is called the ‘Sokovia Accords,’ named after the state of Sokovia destroyed in the battle against Ultron.
“The team is divided when several members argue against signing the Accords. Steve Rogers is one of many opposing while Tony Stark supports the document—Jackie Stark remains neutral on the stance she was planning to retire like Agent Barton. Romanoff, Rhodes, and Vision support Tony, while Wilson supports Captain Rogers—Wanda stays undecided. The Avengers are soon split and it is at the ratification of the Accords in Vienna that a bomb detonates—killing King T’Chaka of Wakanda and injuring several others. Video surveillance suspects James Barnes as the alleged bomber, and he is soon tracked down and taken into custody. Captain Rogers and Wilson are also taken into custody for going against federal orders when they attempt to arrest Barnes.
Several new photos join the screen. “When the Winter Soldier is activated during an interview, Captain Rogers and Sam Wilson escape from custody to sneak Barnes away after he causes a rampage in the building they were holding him in. Barnes was not in Vienna during the time of the bombing, and they realize the activation of the Winter Soldier was intentional by the doctor assigned to evaluate him. To clear Barnes’ name, Captain Rogers and Wilson recruit Maximoff, Agent Barton—who came out of retirement to assist, and ex-convict with a suit capable of shrinking himself, Scott Lang. They needed to get to Siberia, the suspected location the doctor was traveling to when Barnes revealed there was a whole operation pertaining to Winter Soldiers at an abandoned Hydra instillation.
“Secretary Ross authorizes Tony Stark to assemble a team to arrest Rogers. He recruits Colonel Rhodes, the Vision, Agent Romanoff, New York vigilante Peter Parker—known as Spider-Man,” Peter (1) got a little giddy when he saw his picture on the screen, and noticed how Peter (3) was giving him a thumbs up. “—And newly ascended King T’Challa of Wakanda. King T’Challa is the son of King T’Chaka, and was out for revenge against Sargent Barnes, believing to be responsible for the bombing. T’Challa became the protector of his country they call, the ‘Black Panther.’”
“Ahhh shit,” Peter (3) adjusts in his seat, “It’s about to go down.” Peter (2) rolls his eyes at the antics, but nonetheless leans forward a bit since he is also intrigued by what he was leaning.
“Jackie Stark was not aware of the orders Tony had been given by Ross and was not present during the altercation at Leipzig airport. It was there that Tony intercepted Rogers, the two teams going head to head against one another. The conclusion to this was the arrest of Maximoff, Wilson, Barton, and Lang with Barnes and Rogers escaping by Quinjet. Colonel Rhodes becomes partially paralyzed when he is accidentally shot down by a beam from Vision aimed at Wilson. Those arrested are sent to the Raft, and Romanoff is labeled a fugitive when its discovered she allowed Barnes and Rogers to escape by incapacitating T’Challa.”
“Oh shit,” Ned breaths out, forgetting about what had happened during the Avengers’ civil war against each other. “Forgot about that.”
“Jackie and Tony are sent by Ross to the Raft to get information on Rogers. During the flight, the two uncover the evidence proving Barnes was framed by a man named Colonel Helmut Zemo. Zemo was Baron of Sokovia and part of its intelligence operation where he led the kill squad known as ‘EKO Scorpion.’ The two track Rogers and Barnes to Siberia to assist in Zemo’s capture and clear Barnes’ name.”
Some familiar pictures return to the screen that they recognize as Howard Stark posing beside a woman they assume was his wife. The picture beside it was the man from the one of a smiling Jackie before she disappeared and an older version of the little boy she was holding.
“Upon arriving to Siberia, the group finds the remaining super soldiers in cryogenic stasis had been murdered by Zemo. After words are exchanged between Rogers and Zemo, where it’s discovered Zemo lost his family in the destruction of Sokovia and blamed the Avengers—Zemo plays footage from a security camera dated on December sixteen, ninteen-ninty-one. The footage reveals that under Hydra control Sargent Barnes executed Tony’s parents, Howard and Maria Stark, and Jackie’s husband and son, Owen and Issac Richards—who had been previously believed to have been killed in a car wreck.” Both the Peters appeared shocked by the news, and it continues when Karen then says. “It is also revealed Captain Rogers had knowledge of the event, failing to inform Jackie and Tony about the truth of their loved ones.”
“Ahh hell no,” Peter (3) shakes his head, disbelieved at the revelation. “I can understand the man had no choice cause he was brainwashed, but Steve not saying anything—now that is the definition of betrayal. I would’ve kicked his ass on sight.”
“They did, Mr. Parker,” Karen replies without warning, startling him. “The news of Steve’s betrayal sent Jackie and Tony into rage. A fight broke between the four—with Tony going for revenge against Barnes while Jackie directed hers at Steve. Jackie would go on to later say her anger was at Steve for keeping the truth from her and Tony and did not blame Barnes for what he did because she understood how Hydra worked. She would say that if Steve had came to her with the truth, she would have done whatever to help Sargent Barnes—bearing the man no ill will for his unwilling actions.”
“So it was just Steve she was mad at?” Peter (2) asked looking at Peter (1) who nodded. “Understandable.”
“Yes, Mr. Parker. Jackie Starks anger was directed at Captain Rogers. You have to understand Steve and Jackie were best friends, and Jackie was the one who picked him with Dr. Erskine for Project Rebirth to take the serum she helped create. Howard and Jackie were also the ones who created the vibranium shield Steve wielded. They also had similar experiences having both been frozen over sixty years and were teammates long before they were part of the Avengers. Steve keeping what happened to her brother, husband and son from her was the ultimate betrayal.”
“Yeah, he deserved that ass whooping not gonna lie,” Mj voiced, Peter (1) and Ned nodding beside her.
“So what happened next?” Peter (3) looks at the screen, a map showed above the timeline with smaller pictures of the Avengers. They were scattered globally, and were moving every so often.
“In the fight between the Starks against Rogers and Barnes, Jackie’s wings are destroyed as is Tony’s arc reactor by Rogers, Barnes loses his metal arm in a from a blast caused by Tony reactor, and Steve’s shield is taken by Jackie who also critically wounds the super soldier by shooting him. Steve and Barnes leave the Starks in Siberia when the fight comes to an end.
“Having overheard the conversation between Zemo and the others, T’Challa captures Zemo for the authorities and allows Sargent Barnes to seek refuge in Wakanda where his sister Princess Shuri works to remove the trigger words from Barnes conscious. The Avengers are disbanded and would not face each other again for two years—though those who signed the accords still operated under government authority. During this time, Agent Romanoff takes down the newly instated Red Room while on the run before helping Rogers break Sam and Wanda from the Raft. The four remain in exile while Barton and Lang take deals with the government to be with their families.
“T’Challa returned to Wakanda as the Black Panther and was crowned King before being challenged by his long lost cousin, Erik Stevens. He looses his title in a trial by combat but is crowned again when it’s revealed he survived the fall from the waterfall and stops Stevens from deploying vibranium around the world.”
Shocking Peter 1, he sees the images from what h appened with Toomes appear on the screen, and he brings his hand to his mouth to stop himself from smiling—realizing he really was an Avenger if Karen was gonna put him in their history. “Later that year while under the supervision of Jackie and Tony Stark, Peter Parker discovers the underground arms dealings of Adrian Toomes. Toomes had constructed a powered flying suit from stolen Chitauri technology he called, ‘Vulture.’ Discovering his planes, Parker successfully stops Toomes from hijacking a DODC plane tasked to transport weapons from Avengers tower to the new compound. Toomes is arrested shortly later after an altercation where Peter saved his life.”
The two Peters looked proud at that. They were happy to see how the alternate version of them had managed to do something good even when he was faced with a difficult decision. It showed how he truly was Spider-Man at heart.
The timeline cuts to 2018 and Peter 3 lets out a groan. “I’m starting to think you guys have bad luck every two years,” he points out. “I mean first alien invasion, then S.H.I.E.L.D, then genocidal robot, and then fighting against each other? I mean that says it all—now we got what happened two years later.”
“After being missing since the battle against Ultron, Dr. Banner returns to Earth with the news that the mad-titan, Thanos was on his way to collect the six Infinity stones. These stones consisted of the Mind, Power, Space, Soul, Reality, and Time. The Mind stone was what had powered Loki’s scepter, giving the Maximoff twins their powers and used to activate the humanoid body that became Vision. The Power stone was the source of the Tesseract and had been taken back to Asgard after the New York invasion. In twenty-eighteen, the Time stone was being protected by Doctor Stephen Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme and Master of the Mystic Arts.”
“Oh hey there’s the wizard!” Peter 3 laughs when Strange’s picture shows, and noticies how the man still looked the same as he did now.
“Thanos sent his children, The Black Order, to retrieve the Mind and Time stones to Earth while he collected the Power, Space, Reality, and Soul from their respected location. Thor and his people were attacked by Thanos, and his brother Loki was killed while Thor was lost in space until rescued by a group of intergalactic beings called the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’” Peter 3 snorted at the name, finding it funny. “On Earth, Tony, Jackie, Peter Parker, Dr. Banner, Dr. Stange and his fellow master of mystic arts Wong, battle against two members of the Black Order to prevent them from gaining the Time stone.
“Strange, the Starks, and Peter become trapped on the Black Orders spaceship leaving Wong and Banner to inform the other Avengers what had took place. Captain Rogers, Romanoff, Wilson, Maximoff and Vision—who had joined Wanda months earlier, returned from exile to aid Colonel Rhodes and Dr. Banner in the the fight and met with King T’Challa in Wakanda. Shuri offers assistance in removing the gem from Vision without killing him. Having been successfully reversed of the Winter Soldier programming, Bucky Barnes reunites with Steve and joins the fight. On the planet Titan, the group trapped in the spaceship are joined by members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
“The first battle against Thanos was a major defeat for the Avengers.” The pictures of all in the fight appear side by side, and slowly certain ones turn grey, including Peter 1’s photo making the others look confused. “Thanos obtained all six infinity stones, where with just a snap of his fingers erased fifty percent of all living creatures. On Titan, those dusted away were Guardians Drax, Mantis, Peter Quill and Earths’ Dr. Strange and Peter Parker.” DUSTED appeared in bolder letter under their names, the two Peters not believing their eyes when a video played in the corner showing what happened when Thanos snapped. People were screaming, and bodies dusted before their eyes.
“That can’t be real,” Peter 2 objected, but the look on Peter 1’s face was enough to tell him it was in fact true.
“On Earth, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, King T’Challa, Princess Shuri, Nicholas Fury and Maria Hill are among the millions dusted.” The bolded word appeared under their names, and they noticed how just in fact half of the Avengers were dusted. “Those who died included Prince Loki of Asgard, Vision, and Gamora—the adopted daughter of Thanos turned Guardian who the Titan sacrificed in order to obtain the Soul stone.” Instead of dusted, DECEASED was under their name, their pictures a cold grey.
“Jackie, Tony, and the guardian cyborg Nebula were lost in space for nearly a month before being rescued by former Air Force fighter pilot turned Kree warrior, Captain Carol Danvers. Danvers was who the Avengers initiative was named after, following a partnership with Nick Fury in the ninteties. They returned to Earth where the horrors of what happened were finally revealed. It was also the first time in two years that Tony and Jackie were reunited with Steve Rogers.”
“That is actually insane,” Peter 3 said, not believing his eyes. “how—how the hell do you even manage to fix that?! I mean—I mean obviously they did because you’re right in front of us, but that’s just unreal.”
“It would be a very long time, Mr. Parker, before the world was restored to its original way. Five years exactly, when in twenty-twenty-three Scott Lang returned from being trapped in the quantum realm—.”
“Oh my god,” Peter 2 & 3 breathed out, “It’s real,” they both snapped their heads to look at each other, as if to say, ‘woah, okay that’s weird.’
“For Mr. Lang, the five years in the quantum realm was only five hours for the man. Because he was trapped moments before Thanos snapped, Lang was considered to have been dusted with everyone else they had record of. Lang returned to the Avengers compound to the shock of Captain Rogers and Agent Romanoff where he explained that time moved different in the quantum realm, and if manipulated correctly, they could go back in time to before Thanos collected the stones and reverse the snap. The remaining Avengers returned to the compound—with Tony and Jackie developing a system that could accurately map out the quantum realm, and designed a machine fit to travel all of them simultaneously.
“Three teams were formed. Going to New York in twenty-twelve to retrieve the Time, Mind, and Space stones were Captain Rogers, the Starks, Dr. Banner, and Scott Lang. Traveling to Asgard in twenty-thirteen for the Reality stone were Guardian Rocket and Thor, and lastly for the Space and Soul stones in twenty-fourteen were Colonel Rhodes, Nebula and Agents Barton and Romanoff.
“All stones were collected, and a gauntlet similar to the one Thanos had was constructed by Tony Stark. Dr. Banner was the one to perform the snap, reversing the effects it had five years prior. Unbeknownst to the Avengers, the Nebula from twenty-fourteen ambushed the present day Nebula—taking her hostage to Thanos where the plan had been revealed. Posing as the present day Nebula, she uses the quantum tunnel to transport a twenty-fourteen version of Thanos to the present day. Having prepared in advanced, Thanos brings his entire army and the final Battle against the mad-Titan ensued.”
Everyone watched as the pictures of those dusted were restored to color. “Using portals conjured by Masters of the Mystic Arts, doorways from Titan, Wakanda, New Asgard, and Ravenger headquarters opened and the restored allied armies joined the fight—including all Avengers who were lost in twenty-eighteen. The battle came to a climatic conclusion when Tony Stark used the stones to snap away Thanos’ army, but the man was critically injured. He survived, with the help of Doctors Jackie Stark, Stephen Strange, Bruce Banner, and Helen Cho. Other doctors from around the globe offered assistance and Tony Stark made a full recovery just a few months later.”
“The Avengers assembled, restoring the hope the world had all but lost at the hands of the mad-Titan.” The screen showed videos of people returning after being dusted, families reuniting, and of course the news coverage of the Avengers. Tony was seen in a wheelchair with bandages coating half his body, but the man was alive and holding his young daughter in his lap. Jackie was beside him while his wife Pepper was on his right along with Happy and Rhodey. They all looked happy despite the obvious tiredness in their eyes and the fact they had aged while several of their friends hadn’t.
“Wooooow,” Peter 3 smiled, amazed by it all. He couldn’t even imagine being in their shoes, having to fight a purple alien twice and losing half of the world—not to mention going back and time to fix it. Peter 2 was also taking the information in, wondering how the hell they managed to crack the code of time travel. The nerd side in both Peters was flourishing on the topic.
“So that’s it?” Peter 2 wondered, looking at his alternate version. “They all went home after that?”
“Not exactly,” the boy replies, sitting up from his seat while Karen closed the projection and relit the lights on the plane. “The stones had to be returned, so Captain Rogers took on the duty of going back to the times they took them. After he finished he ended up going back to the forty’s to be with Agent Carter—because that was the love of his life.”
“Aww cute,” Peter 3 hums with soft eyes.
“Did him and Jackie ever make amends?” Peter 2 then asked, not remembering if Karen had ever mentioned it.
Peter 1 shakes his head, but then shrugs. “Yes and no, I mean—I think they did? Jackie doesn’t like to talk about it. I know she and Steve talked before he left—because Steve was passing the mantle of Captain America to Sam and Jackie was all for it—so maybe they at least made up a little. I know during those two years before Thanos she refused to talk about him and would snap at whoever brought Steve up.”
Silence overtook the cabin, everyone taking in all the information Karen presented. Of course the kids knew and lived though most of it, but they still didn’t know a lot of the details so much of it was new to them. The Peters could feel their curiosity increase. Both had a lot of questions and were about to ask more when Happy entered from the cockpit.
Peter 1 sits up more, “Are we almost there?”
The older man nods, gesturing to the window. “We’re coming up on the compound so buckle in.” They all did as told. “I take it you didn’t say who you’ll be meeting?” Happy turns to Peter 1, brow raised. “Good to warn them now that they’ve caught up on all her history.”
Happy’s words rang alarms in the Peters head. ‘Of course’ they both seemed to think, ‘how could’ve we have not seen it.’ Peter 2 is the one to look a Peter 1 while Happy returns to the pilot seat. “We’re seeing who I think we are—aren’t we?”
Peter 1 nervously laughs, “ugh—hehe—um,” he looks at Mj for help, but she just shakes her head saying ‘Don’t look at me, you’re the one in trouble.’ “Maybe?….”
“Oh no,” Peter 3 brings his hand to his mouth. “I don’t think I’m ready— I mean— I think I just became her biggest fan after watching all that. How am I supposed to act.”
“Just act like yourself,” Peter 2 tells him with a shrug. “This woman from what I can gather is technically over a hundred years old—“
“Oh she’s a hundred and ten.” Peter 1 received dumbfound looks from the two.
“Are you serious?”
“Yeah she was older than everyone I think. Bucky and her brother were born in nineteen-seventeen, Steve in eighteen, and she was actually born in nineteen-thirteen.” Silence filled the cabin again, the two alternate versions processing it.
“Okay…” Peter 2 eventually finds his voice, “So back to what I was saying, she’s seen it all. I doubt you getting a little excited to meet her would really bother her. Right?” He looks at Peter 1 for help.
“Oh yeahhh,” he waves a hand, “she totally would find it amusing and maybe even give you guys a tour of the compound—-if she doesn’t kill me first.” He scratches the back of his neck, remembering the woman told Happy to bring his ass to her as soon as possible.
“Oh yeah—right.” Peter 3 becomes a little panicked.
Ned suddenly captures their attention, his eyes drawn to what laid below on the ground and excitement in his eyes. “Guys! Look there it is?” They all lean over their seats to look out the windows. It was midday so the sun bright against the glass, and the clouds covering their view parted revealing a true sight to behold.
The large land was covered by multiple buildings, one very large and the others smaller in comparison. There was a very distinct fancy styled ‘A’ on the side of the large glass building—the symbol also pained on the ground of the airstrip they were fast approaching. Vehicles were parked in various locations, and they could see the tiny figures of people walking around the premises.
Happy looked over his shoulder, seeing the groups attention out the window and smiled. He turned back to controls, “I hope you guys are ready because you have a date with Director Jackie Stark, who is all too excited to see you.” The man didn’t bother turning back to see their reactions. “Welcome to Avengers Campus.”
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international women’s day + the avengers
summary: in honor of international women’s’ day and women’s history month.
wordcount: 500
warnings: violence, brief mentions of: oppression, rape, catcalling, harassment, libel, human trafficking, red room procedures
• in honor of international women’s day i present: more headcanons in a fixed mcu because marvel is my only interest
• so with all of the stuff going on in the world with women’s rights (pink tax, slut-shaming, rape, body shaming, etc.), i’d like to think that the team would speak out on it.
• if you attend marches or protests, you’d better bet they’d come to, especially if it’s one that’s being heavily policed.
• the idea of superheroes standing between protesters and police as a line of defense is such a powerful image.
• the idea that the avengers have always stood for the world, not the governments that lead it.
• steve’s been a gentleman since forever, and you bet sarah rogers raised that boy to respect everyone around him.
• not to mention she probably gave bucky the same lessons as well.
• both of them being irritated by the catcalling and harassment that’s so prominent in new york.
• there’s multiple articles of different team members having beat up someone for street harassment or similar actions.
• tony may have been less of a girlboss in his playboy days, but in current mcu with pepper and morgan, he’s right there with you.
• him donating ludicrous amounts of money to organizations supporting change, or helping you make one of your own if he can’t find one to his standards.
• you, nat, and wanda doing dozens of interviews as the earth-based female avengers.
• adding on more after the events of endgame.
• on any missions involving human trafficking, young girls or otherwise, the team gets twice as ruthless. sometimes you don’t recognize the people on the field next to you.
• many of you know what it’s like to feel powerless, and want to save as many as possible from that feeling.
• hosting a massive event at stark tower with female speakers.
• nat and yelena speaking on the red room’s manipulation and abuse of girls and the forced hysterectomies.
• sharon, carol, and monica talking about the constant undermining of their abilities in the military.
• helen cho, darcy, and shuri representing female scientists of their fields.
• pepper speaking on running stark industries.
• wakandans proposing ideas and customs of their country.
• peter parker would already be quick to stop harassment and assault as spider-man, but he may risk punching a guy with full force in his civilian clothing.
• teaching the aliens about earth issues.
• they’re horrified ngl.
• discussing how other planets and civilizations treat marginalized groups. some are worse and some are better, some are completely different.
• if you do interviews on your own speaking out, the team will be there to support you. no one really wants to send backlash to an avenger.
• netflix maybe coming to you to film a documentary for women’s history month revolving around the female avengers👀
• if fox (🤮) tries anything steve’s gonna go throw hands. he’s been patient this long but they’re slandering him and his friends and he’s 110% done.
• on a serious note, educating yourself about problems of other groups is a great thing to do. seeing all perspectives is such a great thing that everyone should work on.
• please stay safe and help make the world a better place for everyone. we are the generation of change.
a/n: i wrote this kind of last minute, but i hope u enjoy. this is a safe space for all women/fem-identifying friends. stay safe babes <3
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spider-man movies and the kindness of strangers
OK I was never that well acquainted with live-action Spider-Man but No Way Home made me finally go and watch all the movies, and can I just say some of my favourite scenes are those that portray the relationship between Spider-Man and the citizens he saves, as well as the kindness that can be extended by total strangers.
Raimi movies:
I know a lot of people praise the train scene in Spider-Man 2 but I also want to gush a little about the scene from the first movie with the New Yorkers at the bridge. I really love that when Spidey’s trying to hold on to MJ and the cable car, the ones who come to the rescue are just some random guys in a boat. There’s no fanfare, no dramatic scene where one of them expresses that they should go to help despite fears of going near the Goblin, not even a previous shot of them reacting to what’s going on. The boat seemingly comes out of nowhere, as if it’s a given that in times of crisis, people will always help each other.
It’s so interesting when you remember that this movie came out not long after 9/11, a tragic event but also a time when strangers came together and unconditionally helped each other in any way they could. The movies really do feel like a letter of love and healing to New York and its citizens, highlighting the best of humanity even in the darkness, and encouraging us to do the same.
Side characters:
It’s also really cool how in this trilogy, even the side characters are shown to be capable of kindness and empathy. J. Jonah Jameson isn’t the best boss and makes a living by slandering others (well, it’s libel in print :P), but doesn’t rat Peter out despite Green Goblin literally having him by the throat. Ditkovich is a comedic one-note character demanding rent, but when emo Peter snaps at him, he lets up a bit as he acknowledges that for Peter to act in that way, he must be going through some shit. Gwen Stacy ditches emo Peter after that jazz number instead of just being oblivious – it’s not just that she feels used to get back at his ex, but she also acknowledges how much that must have hurt MJ and apologises to her. Idk it just, makes them feel like real people, y’know?
The Amazing Spiderman:
TASM 2 has some of the best scenes of Spider-Man being a hero of the people, like when he helped that kid who was being bullied. The first movie has a scene showing the citizens having Spidey’s back as much as he has theirs, but it’s also interesting how, 10 years after the first Raimi film, it portrays a slightly different take on the kindness of strangers. It’s not so much about unconditional kindness, but more a theme of good deeds breeding good deeds.
A lot of people have pointed out that this Peter Parker doesn’t become Spider-Man when he first dons the suit, but when he saves the kid on the bridge. He realises that seeking revenge won’t make anything better, but a good deed can – he prevents the father from suffering the way he did, protecting a relationship that he himself can never have with his own father.
This pays forward – that same guy rallies all his co-workers to help with the cranes when Spider-Man is in need. It’s not just paying a favour back - by helping Spider-Man while everyone else is evacuating, they’re helping him save the city. Spider-Man’s heroism inspires heroism down to the average citizen - like a lot of that movie, it’s a more personal take, showing how our individual actions can reverberate and bring more kindness into the world.
This is all stuff I feel was lacking in the MCU movies, but with NWH basically wiping the slate clean there’s hope that that will change.
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Has anything about Bucky changed when you went Rule 63? I.E. BOY Bucky didn't have any issue getting into the Military during the War, but GIRL Bucky might have? Nothing Physical, but did Social Expectations cause any differences in back story or trajectory?
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Confession: Sometimes I choose narrative themes over historical accuracy, because I’m a sucker for a good narrative theme. In the movie canon, Steve and Bucky are foils when it comes to the war and the serum. Steve chose to join the army, whereas Bucky's serial number indicates that he was drafted. Steve volunteered for Dr. Erskine’s serum experiment, whereas Bucky was tortured and injected with Zola's serum against his will. Steve chose to crash the Valkyrie, expecting to die in the process, whereas Bucky fell from the train and had no choice in his “death”. And this follows through even into the future. Steve is found and revived by SHIELD; Bucky is controlled by HYDRA.
I love that contrast between them too much to give it up, so my Bucky's timeline is a bit of a historical AU. I don’t feel particularly bad about this, because the MCU canon is also a historical AU; this deleted scene from Captain America: The First Avenger indicates that Bucky and Dum Dum Dugan where in the same unit as Gabe Jones, but in the real world, the US armed forces weren’t racially integrated until 1948.
So, in my main verse, the US military instituted a women’s draft. However, it was much easier for women to get rejected than men. Women who had dependents, like children or aged parents, were ineligible. Women in manufacturing or agricultural jobs that were vital to the war effort were also ineligible. Many women were also rejected because they weren’t physically fit enough. The result of this was that the percentage of women in the military remained low.
Being in the military was not easy for women. (Hell, it’s not easy for women today.) There was opposition from male troops to serving beside women, and female troops often faced sexist discrimination and harassment. Bucky, as an NCO, frequently had to deal with men who didn’t take her seriously and treated her with disrespect. The Howling Commandos were a very nice change of pace because, having been in the HYDRA factory with her, they knew what she was made of and respected her.
There was also social opposition to women serving in the armed forces. In the real world, women serving in the Women’s Army Corps were frequently slandered as being lesbians, prostitutes, or just generally sexually promiscuous. (You can read more about the real world anti-WAC slander campaign here.) In Bucky’s universe, those same accusations were leveled against female military troops. The fact that Steve went on an unauthorized one-man mission behind enemy lines to rescue Bucky didn’t help matters, either, and the two of them were dogged by persistent but false rumors that they were romantically and sexually involved.
That’s the basics for the army. The other changes are mainly socialization and Bucky’s role in society. She had more family responsibilities. She had body issues. People expected different things of her than they would expect of a man. She was still a talented athlete (tennis), a good student, and popular with her peers, but she did get looked at askance by some people for getting into so many fights. That’s much more acceptable for a boy than a girl. Bucky’s father always worried that she wouldn’t find a good man to settle down with, because “the ability to knock somebody’s teeth out with one punch ain’t a quality that a nice fella looks for in a wife, y’know?”
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The MCU version of what's happening to the DCEU
For this to work we must figure the MCU cast and character equivalent to the DCEU. Robert Downey Jr/Iron Man = Ben Affleck/Batman, Chris Evans/Captain America = Henry Cavill/Superman, Chris Hemsworth/Thor = G*l G*dot/Wonder Woman. Ignoring Ruffalo, Renner and Johansson temporarily because I wouldn't compare any of them to Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller just yet, lets say that James Rhodes was added to the Avengers roster so that Don Cheadle/War Machine = Ray Fisher/Cyborg.
so lets say that the MCU was in the Phase 1 and its first Avengers movie is about to be released. Due to a myriad of reasons however, the first Avengers movie doesn't do too well critically and at the box office and its plans for sequels and future character spinoffs are suddenly up in the air. Following the Avengers movie, sequels for Iron Man and Thor come after but Iron Man's future at Marvel Studios is suddenly in peril. If Robert Downey Jr. had immediate personal issues and experienced the same heavy studio inference, delays and meddling producers for Iron Man 3 just like Ben Affleck did with The Batman, then according to the outcome, Iron Man 3 would've been scrapped and Robert Downey would publicly step down from the role and movie. Iron Man would have then be relaunched into a solo universe separate from the MCU and subsequently recast with a different, younger actor altogether.
Next is Chris Hemsworth and Thor 2: The Dark World. If the equivalent to this actor and movie is G*l G*dot and Wonder Woman 1984, then not much changes happen here. According to critics however, the movie's tone is adjusted to be more lighter than the first and because of the plot, Thor is now a r*pist all of a sudden, just like in Wonder Woman 1984, but there's not much public controversy about it. It gets mixed reviews accordingly, though fan reception is not great.
Next is Chris Evans and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. If the equivalent to this actor and movie is Henry Cavill and the next Superman movie. But just like Henry Cavill and his character, Captain America never gets an official sequel announced due to the first Avengers movie doing so poorly, so say goodbye to any remaining plot threads, further character development and official appearances for Steve Rogers. There's eventually a scheduled cameo appearance for Chris in Ant Man (2015), just like Henry for Shazam (2019) but for some reason, scheduling conflicts or lack of proper payment, Chris can't film it and the headless body of Captain America appears instead.
So while all of this is happening, there was supposed to be solo films for War Machine and Black Widow too. What happened to them? Well, if the actor and character equivalent to Don Cheadle/War Machine is Ray Fisher and Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow is Ezra Miller/The Flash, then we can map both of those accordingly as well. If Don Cheadle had experienced the same racism and abuse on set of the first Avengers (2012) by the hands of Kevin Fiege the way Ray Fisher went through on Justice League (2017) by Geoff Johns , then the War Machine solo movie is quietly scrapped while Don Cheadle battles being blackballed, blacklisted and slandered in the media by Marvel Studios for years for speaking out what happened. War Machine was also listed to star in Black Widow but Don was fired from that movie too with no plans in development to feature him ever again.
Just like the Flash film, Black Widow was in development hell for years. Directors came and went with no actual start date to film. Eventually a director is hired and by the grace of god, Robert Downey Jr. is also slated to star in the film as Iron Man, just like Ben Affleck will with his Batman. However, spoilers and spoilers are leaked into the world and the plot of Black Widow is revealed: Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man is killed off in and replaced by an older version of Iron Man who hasn't been seen in 30 years and the plot of Black Widow has the solo purpose of soft-rebooting the MCU to fix in the older Iron Man's universe and Chris Evans' Captain America will also be retconned out of existence.
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