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blackgirlsuperherorants · 3 years

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With more articulation, I'm ready to talk about why the push for Lokius simply bothers me, and this can be said for other m/m or w/w ships that fans push to be canon so hard just because they ship it.

It's the framing. The framing that if Marvel doesn't do it (or whatever the brand is), it's because homophobia, and if other fans don't like it/ship it, it's because homophobia (even if they ship other queer ships and are queer themselves.) And the biggest problem with that is that it overshadows the REAL issue of lack of queer representation on screen in mainstream nerd media, especially from big things under the Disney umbrella (Marvel and Lucasfilm/Star Wars, especially.)

It makes it bad that your ship isn't canon instead of bad that there haven't been any queer romances on screen in the MCU.

And like, as a writer myself, I find myself dissecting the stories of other media all the time. I can watch an MCU movie or series and pretty much assess what direction the story is going in by the narrative points they're hitting. I knew Sylki was basically gonna happen (even if just a kiss) because narratively, that's what the show was doing as soon as they had that "what is love" conversation on Lamentis-1. It didn't mean I liked it. But I knew it was happening.

Similarly, there's no romantic undertones to Loki and Mobius. None. For Marvel to make them a couple, it would mean they'd be doing it simply because the two present as men and it would make stans happy. And while there's something to be said for fan service, it would be annoying to watch them cram two guys together who aren't romantic in the slightest. I'd much rather see Loki meet some guy and have the same type of undertones they were giving to Sylvie and form a real bond to where the kiss feels earned and warranted. Not just put him with the nearest man because "he gay lol."

And how you guys are claiming it's being queer that makes you want this is beyond me. It's not being queer that makes you want this. I don't want queer characters that fuck everyone of whatever gender(s) they're attracted to even when it doesn't make sense for them to. I want real love stories. I mean, yeah, sometimes we can have a slut character, because that's fun, too, but that's not even what y'all think Lokius is. You seem to want them to be in love. But why? Because he's the first friend Loki made that isn't through Thor?

I hate that, too, because I hate this idea that queer people cannot have friends of their same gender without wanting to fuck them. IDK how y'all are, maybe y'all are like that, but I almost never have wanted to fuck any of my friends. The only few exceptions have been when I tried to befriend someone I had a crush on (in which case, usually the friendship can't work, really, because I have a crush on them.) I also think it's okay if you can have casual sex with friends, or if you have a friendship that develops into romance, but Jesus, do you people not have friends that you don't want to fuck? I am bi, maybe more pan (gender kind of doesn't matter to me, I guess) and I'm friends with people of all kinds of gender identities and like... I love them as people, which is why they're my friends, but I DO NOT want to fuck them. Especially my closest friend. I talked about her, before, here, but she's like my sister. The thought of fucking her is gross, to me. Not because she's gross, but because it feels incestuous.

Loki shouldn't want to fuck Mobius just because they developed a friendship. And that's very much how it's written on the series. They almost dislike each other (or Mobius is at least indifferent to Loki) and then they become friends.

That's not to mention the power dynamic that exists, there. And I know some of y'all are subs, but yeah, it's a bit gross to imply a sexual relationship with Loki's captor.

But on to Sylki. It sucks that I feel like most of y'all hate Sylki because Sylvie is a girl, and not just because it's bad in other ways. Like, the reasons Sylki is bad have less to do with "it should have been Mobius" and more to do with it being a lazy 1980s action movie plot that should have never happened. I'm not as creeped out by the selfcest (as many of you wouldn't have been if she was a he, I'm almost positive), but what's bad about it is that they couldn't have a strong female lead character without her being the love interest of the main guy. She didn't need to be, especially because she was a Loki variant, anyway. There was no need for it to have romantic undertones, and there was no need for them to kiss. It was sexist more than it was homophobic (and I can't help feeling like y'all are kind of being biphobic in this case. Maybe I'll talk about that, later, but yeah.) It was sexist bullshit. And there's valid criticism that Sylvie is underdeveloped. She's just angry and something for Loki to project affection onto.

I was also hoping they'd do a "found family" type of thing with Sylvie and Loki and let her be like the sister he never knew he needed, but no, they had to go trope and make her the love interest. It was lazy and bad and basically went "If Loki girl, main Loki want bone!"

Basically, having the main character fall for a character just because of their proximity and gender is bad and I hate it (and it would have been bad with Mobius, too, but yeah.)

Both the Mobius and the Sylvie thing also feel kind of racist, to me, because the show has prominent Black women who aren't even presented as desirable to Loki. And y'all, of course, ship him with anyone but the Women of Color. Y'all can pull true love with Mobius out of your ass, but he couldn't possibly fall for the Black women. lol.

Anyway. Not every show needs ships, and this show shouldn't have had any. I hate it. It's bad.

I guess on the biphobia front, I have heard some takes that it's not biphobic because Loki being queer in the MCU which hasn't shown any queer relationships, and Loki being the first openly queer character means they shouldn't have shown him with a woman presenting character. Which, I guess I get where you're coming from... but I have also been in fandoms for a long time and I see mostly girls saying this shit, which is what leads me to feel like it's simply jealousy. It happens all the time when a long-beloved single male character/celebrity suddenly starts dating a woman. Everyone hates it. And like, we haven't seen Loki be with ANYONE in the MCU, because mostly he's been doing villainy and his dating life hasn't been relevant. If the demigod says he's bi, he can kiss a woman. Especially a woman version of himself. Like I said, I hate it for other reasons, but pretending it's because he should have kissed Mobius is utterly delusional. He probably shouldn't have kissed anyone. Not in this series. There was no reason for any canon romance, especially because the show has a season 2 and we'll have time to see Loki develop earned, deserved romance with someone.

I'd much rather see them create a character just to be his boyfriend than have y'all push Marvel into making Lokius canon, which is a nonsense ship that only happened because Mobius is the only prominent male-presenting character before we meet the other Lokis.

My sincere wish is for people to remember that their ships are just ships and to enjoy them without getting all self-righteous about it. I TOLD y'all that Lokius wasn't gonna be canon like 4 episodes back, and here y'all are acting shocked and like Marvel took something from you. NOBODY expected y'all to ship Lokius. It's not even queerbait.

You can make clear arguments as to why Sambucky was queerbait. It's there in undertones in the actual series.

You cannot watch Loki and tell me you thought it was queerbait, unless you think men can't have conversations or hug goodbye without being romantically involved. Which means, in my opinion, that you need to learn about healthy masculinity.

Again, this is not a defense of Marvel. They DO need to let characters be queer, for real, and not just by saying " A bit of both". Like, let Loki be queer. Let Deadpool be queer. Let these queer characters be queer on screen. Yes.

But please stop making it about your ship. I'd rather see a flashback of Loki dating a guy and see him kiss someone he loved back on Asgard than watch y'all force Lokius. Because my queer rep is not about your crackship. It really isn't. And the fact that y'all keep calling us homophobic for not liking your ship REALLY needs to be addressed.

Like, when will y'all stop? I got on Stucky shippers about this shit in the past. All of us gay as hell, too, we just don't like YOUR ship. A lot of us like other queer ships. A lot of us like queer ships in other fandoms, too, and even have queer OCs. YOUR ship just ain't it. Stop forcing it. Literally, most of the ship wars between MCU fans have been queer ship vs queer ship, not really queer ship vs straight ship. Like, the number one Stucky rival ship was Stony. Not Steggy. People are not homophobic for not wanting your ship.

Sometimes it's because they ship something else.

And sometimes, like me, it's because they want something to make sense narratively and not happen for the sake of it happening. It's always better writing to have a character meetcute a new love interest than to magically turn a platonic friendship into a romantic relationship. Like, even when the characters are straight. Like, when Moesha dated Hakeem. It was just weird, even if he was kind of a great boyfriend. He was just supposed to be her friend, and people didn't really like it because it didn't fit narratively.

And that's why ships for the most part should be left to fanfiction, with the exception of a few where fans are right to call out the writers for not making it canon because it's clearly bait (like what happened to Destiel shippers. To see Lokius shippers compare themselves to THAT was so ridiculous. Destiel shippers had a decade of evidence only to be let down by a criminally unfair ending. Lokius shippers saw two men have a deep conversation once and lost their minds.)

Anyway, I'm not saying don't ship Lokius. I don't even hate it, really. I just think it obviously shouldn't be canon, and fans pretending like they were robbed of it is ridiculous. Literally, Ao3 exists for this reason. I will never see Steve fuck Sam Wilson, so I wrote it into my fanfic. I am not mad that they didn't actually date in the main MCU storyline.

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holylulusworld · 4 years

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The third man - Part 3 – Such a tease

Summary: You and Bucky rule the underworld of whole of New York, always grasping for more. When your eyes land on a brand-new toy, you can’t resist. Will the golden boy, New York’s highly decorated Detective fall for you and the games you play?

Pairing: Mobster!Bucky x Mobster!Reader, Cop!Steve x Mobster!Reader, possible Mobster!Bucky x Mobster!Reader x Cop!Steve

Characters: Tony Stark, Clint Barton, T’Challa, Thanos (mentioned), Pietro Maximoff (mentioned)

Warnings: angst, language, tension, making out, groping, a hint of fingering, violence, mentions of roofies, mentions of sexual intercourse/affairs/anal sex (m/m)

A/N: Please be aware this series has nothing to do with the movie “the third man”. The title will make sense in later chapters.

A/N2: Divider by @firefly-graphics

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Another busy night at the club makes you itchy. Bucky is out of town for a deal with Thor, your best friends are away doing god knows what and you are alone and bored, forced to watch the club.

“Such a sight,” Tony purrs, sliding his fingers over the counter. “Where is your devoted husband?” you dip your head, faking a smile as Tony orders a drink.

“On the house, Captain,” you wave at the bartender, nodding as he asks if the drinks are still free for Tony. “What brings you here, into our shady establishment, Ton’s? Shouldn’t you be home with your fiancé.”

“I wanted to ask you about Rogers. It’s been two months since you asked me to help you get him into your clutches, but nothing happened,” you smile sweetly, hiding you know Tony is far from being on your side.

“I changed my mind, Tony,” sighing deeply you nip at your drink. “I think, Bucky and I are the best constellation. No more toys, boys, or girls distracting us from our marriage.”

“OH-you are serious,” brows furrowed Tony watches your face, but you play your role well when you silently nod.

“You see, Rogers is a handsome guy, and I bet he’s a beast in the bedroom, but he just doesn’t get me going, Ton’s. You were always such a good boy, Tony bear,” you move your hand over Tony’s chest, smirking as he starts to pant heavily. “We trusted you, you trusted us, everyone got a slice of heaven.”

“Heaven, yeah,” Tony licks his lips, remembering the nights he spent in your clutches, and Buckys. “We were good together.”

“We were, Ton’s, but I want you to have a good life with Pepper, baby. She is a great catch, smart and beautiful. I’ll not ruin your luck for a quick fuck in the restrooms,” Tony nods, still his cock strains painfully against his slacks.

“You’re right, Y/N,” he finally chokes out, watching you order another drink. “Playtime is nice but at the end of the day, your heart and body belong to Bucky, no one else.” You dip your head, smirking at Tony.

“I would have given Stevie a chance, but he was impolite, hurt my feelings by accusing us of killing poor soul for looking at me. If we would do so,” you grin wickedly, jerking your head toward a table with college boys, “those idiots would be dead by now.”

“Shall I talk to them, kick them out?” Tony watches the boys watching you, not liking the way one of them licks his lips. “I can arrest them.”

“Tony bear, we are on James Buchanan Barnes territory, sweetie. If anyone would dare only to have a bad idea, he will regret it,” pointing toward T’Challa you laugh at Tony’s worried look. “He’s my shadow, for the time Bucky is away, Tony. Clint is somewhere around too, just like Pietro and Vis. I am crazy, but not stupid.”

“Bucky is always prepared, I see,” while you turn your attention toward the bartender to order another drink, Steve hides in the shadows, watching you and Tony. “Will you excuse me, darling? I think Pepper waited long enough.”

“Greet the pretty baby mama, and buy her that goddamn house she wants, Stark,” winking at Tony you snicker as he rolls his eyes, excusing himself in a hurry. ‘Sorry, Ton’s but you are out of the inner circle.’

“Another one?” College boy asks, stepping closer and you look at T’Challa, silently telling him to not intervene. “What does the pretty lady want?”

“See the ring at my finger, it belongs to the owner of this club,” you raise your hand, showing the boy your diamond ring and the golden wedding band. ”Do yourself a favor and leave me alone, buy your buddies a beer or two, enjoy the atmosphere, music, and drinks.”

“Lady, you are extraordinary, and I don’t want to miss to buy you a drink, no strings attached,” you dip your head, glancing at his friends. “Promised. Scouts honor.”

“You mean you want to buy me a drink and distract me to slip something inside,” the boy turns pale and you snicker, now looking at T’Challa, nodding to signal he shall keep an eye on your new friend. “Be honest, why did you come over here? Did you believe a grown woman like me would jump into your car and have a ride on your pitiful dick? Pathetic, my little friend.”

“No need to be a bitch about it,” the boy sneers, getting up from the barstool he occupied. “From the distance, you looked hotter and younger, bitch,” the last word barely left the boy's lips before his face hits the counter.

“Little boys shouldn’t play with grown women nor should they use that word to address them,” Steve scolds, pressing the boy's face into the counter.

Clint waits for your instructions, ready to jump in but you shake your head, letting Steve play your hero.

“Detective Rogers, again you saved my honor,” you smirk, enjoying the way Steve’s muscles flex holding the boy down. “I think that you earned the drink I promised to you.”

“I’ll arrest that guy and you can order a drink for me, doll,” again you look at T’Challa who walks toward Steve, offering to take care of the boy.

“Show him the way out, his friends too. Check if he has any roofies or crap, call the cops. I think they tried to drug girls and take advantage of them,” Clint already takes care of the college boys, ‘showing’ them the way out. “They are not wanted at our club, tell Thanos so.”

“I am on it, Y/N,” T’Challa nods, giving Steve a warning look. “Tell me if you need me again.”

While you turn your attention back toward the bartender, Steve sits next to you.

“You have to excuse T’, he’s always worried about me. He’s not my bodyguard, you know, he’s like a big brother to me.”

“Nice big brother,” Steve grits out, hearing the boys scream when T’Challa, Clint, and Pietro drag them out of the club. “He looked like he wants to rip me apart.”

“He might do so, if you are not nice, Stevie,” you batt your eyelashes, licking your lips lazily. “I was just kidding, Detective. T‘ is a good guy, would never hurt anyone on purpose.”

“I will have to rely on your word on that, doll. I mean, he doesn’t have a file, but this means nothing in your kind of business,” Steve smirks, taking the drink you offer to him.

“Shirley Temple for you, without any alcohol as you are here to observe me and the club. You can have a look around, investigate as much as you want to,” you lean closer, sliding your finger over the arm he rests on the counter, “but you won’t find anything, Stevie. No drugs allowed. The girls are all at legal age and get paid well. The alcohol ain’t adulterated either.”

“What about your men? What did happen to the boys after they got kicked out?” You nod at Clint who walks toward Steve, handing him a card.

“Detective Miller will answer your questions with pleasure. He found coke, roofies, speed, and other shit in their pockets. We didn’t hurt a hair on the boys head, that’s a matter of fact,” Clint smirk, placing the visiting card onto the counter. “I’ll be around if you need me, Y/N.”

“Thank you, Clint. Tell T’ he shall go home to his wife and stop hovering over me like a mother hen. That man has a family,” you roll your eyes when your friend shakes his head at your words.

“You like them,” Steve watches you blow a kiss at Pietro, smirking as his cheeks are shades of pink. “Family or just friends?”

“Is there a difference? We stick together in good and bad times,” you sip at your drink, turning on your barstool to look around the club. “When Loki came to town, he tried to take over Bucky’s territory. We were close to losing it all, no money, power, or strength left.”

“I did you a favor by taking him down, huh?” You snicker, patting Steve’s thigh. “You owe me one if I did, doll.”

“No, Romeo,” teasingly squeezing his thigh you face the tall cop who tries to bring you down. “Loki, he learned the hard way that, even though, we had no money left, our men stood by our side. We are family, not friends or people paying them.”

“Family, nice thought, Y/N,” he hums, watching Pietro flirt with one of the waitresses. “Pietro, he’s one of your former lovers’ brother – right?”

“Well done, Mr. Rogers. You found all the people I had dirty and kinky sex with, Detective.” Your hand creeps higher, fingertips resting close to his swelling dick. “Do you know I fucked her wife too?” Color creeps into Steve’s cheeks, letting your smirk grow.

“Don’t be all coy now, Detective,” you lean closer again, a dark look on your face. “We both know you talked to Tony bear. Hmm, Tony was such a good boy for me and Buck. Did you know he likes a good prostate massage, Detective? It made me cum so hard when Bucky was balls deep inside my Tony bears little ass.”

“What the...,” Steve chokes on his drink, making you giggle at his flushed face. “I didn’t need to know anything about my superior’s sex life.”

“Why? You asked him questions about me, Bucky, and my life. You did not stop your investigations until you knew about my dirty affairs,” you pat his cock, licking your lip as you can feel his size.

“You’re a fucking tease, darling,” Steve slips off the barstool to cage you against the counter. “Do you know what I like to do with girls teasing me?” he breathes into your face and you, well you grip his dick tightly, squeezing him roughly.

“Oh-Detective, I can’t wait for you to tell me about it. Come on, Stevie, say it,” you snicker, running your hand up and down his dick. “I bet when my Bucky is back you want him to tell you how to please me, big boy.”

Steve squares his jaw, gritting his teeth hard to let the vein at his neck become visible. “If not for the people here, I’d like to bend you over the counter and punish you for your behavior.”

“I am flattered, Detective,” looking up at Steve with big eyes you give him your best pout, “sadly you talked with Tony bear and ruined my feelings for you. Such a shame.”

You slip off your chair, ducking under his arm to walk toward the restrooms. Steve follows you, not caring T’Challa and Clint jerk their heads toward the cop behind your back.

“Fucking tease,” he’s pressing you against the wall, close to losing control. His lips inches from yours, one hand between your legs Steve pants heavily. “I will tame you, doll.”

“Better men tried to do so, Steven Grant Rogers. You are not the first one who tries to tame me, sweetheart,” you grind against his fingers, looking up at Steve as you grip his hand to guide his fingers up and down your sex. “Sadly, I am not allowed to play with you without my husband around.”

“Pity,” Steve presses his free hand against the wall, watching your grind against his digits. “Let’s review when your husband is back, or maybe when you can sneak out to let me show you how good I can tame you.”

“No one tames me, Detective Rogers. Not my husband. Not Tony bear, not anyone,” you purr, rocking your hips slowly.

Lips brushing yours Steve retreats his fingers, a shit-eating grin on his lips. “See you, doll…” and then he is gone, leaving you one the edge of an orgasm, panting heavily.

“You son of a bitch, Rogers…”

“Calm down, my friend,” Steve smirks, leaning in the door frame. “She’s ready to comply,” he smirks now, offering his friend a beer.

“Do not underestimate that little succubus, Steve. She can trick you with one snap of her fingers or hips, whatever you prefer,” Steve’s friend smirks, giving his conspirator a wink. “This time we will have to teach her some manners.”

“Damn, in the restrooms I barely could hold back. I need to feel her wrapped around me,” his friend nods, giving Steve a knowing look.

“Soon, Stevie she’ll be a good kitten for us…”

“How was your trip? Did Thor agree to the terms?” you snuggle into your husband’s chest, sliding your finger over his metal arm. “Rogers was at the club. I think he wants to play, Buck.”

“Do you want to play,” Bucky smirks when you look up at him, nodding eagerly. “Does my little kitten want to show the golden boy her claws?”

“I want to play, baby,” you whine, rubbing your hand over Bucky’s erection. “Can we play, Bucky? Please, darling.”

“Yes, of course, doll,” Bucky smirks, watching you straddle his lap, rubbing your pussy over his length. “We are going to play…”

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geniusgub · 4 years

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my rant about villain characters

okay.

I have a beef w the way “villain” characters are portrayed in tv shows and movies.

I’m convinced that writers just throw in as much malice and anger as they can without rereading or editing or actually watching what they produce. again, I’m not talking about fan fiction because that shit SLAPS.

for this rant, I’m going to talk only about criminal minds because those are the only examples I can remember and I know that everyone who follows will understand the examples I use. also, I’m exempting unsubs from this for obvious reasons.

the first villain I’ll be talking about is Linda Barnes. GARBAGE. HORRIBLE. THE WORST. every time she comes on screen, you groan and want her off. I get it, that’s the point of her character- to cause conflict. but her character took away from my enjoyment of the show because she made watching the show a chore. I didn’t want to watch when she was in the episode.

this is because she had no redeeming qualities and this is where my argument lays. Linda Barnes has literally no good moments. she kicked Spencer off the team, made Rossi retire early, moved Garcia to a different department and stripped her of all the color that the BAU allows, then didn’t allow the remaining members of the BAU to go on cases and DIDNT CARE THAT PEOPLE WERE DYING AND THEY SAID IT OUTRIGHT THAT SHE COULDNT GIVE A SHIT. when she was told certain cases that JJ wanted the team to work, she immediately wondered how those cases would make the bureau look, not how it would help the victims or their families. then eventually she puts a saved victim in harms way after the unit chief (Queen JJ) tells her not to and ends up getting that saved person SHOT (even if she was wearing a vest) and Barnes didn’t that just because she thought that takedown was taking too much times.

I understand that she was in the show for a short time, but she had no personality other than her job and being a bitch and trying to disband the BAU for no good reason other than she felt like it. she had not one single good moment in all the episodes that she was in and it took away from the enjoyment of watching the show.

this is the fault of the writing. it’s the writers job to write characters that viewers can connect to, even if they’re villains. ain’t nobody out there saying “I stan Linda Barnes” NO BECAUSE SHES A BITCH AND MADE THE BAU’S LIVES A LIVING HELL!!! the writing of this character was absolutely terrible and the reason is that she had no redeeming qualities.

NOW

a perfect example of a well written villain is Erin Strauss. it’s no secret that in the beginning of the show, she kinda had it out for the BAU, for whatever reason (and if there was a reason then I don’t remember it lol). she definitely makes their lives harder, especially when she follows them into the field, even when she doesn’t have field experience.

but as her character progresses and she grows, she becomes a better person. this growth is perfectly seen in the finale of season seven (the last two episodes, titled “hit” and “run”). Hotch asks her to defy the directors orders and while she’s hesitant to do so, she trusts the BAU and their processes and defies the director. we even see her ignoring a call from the director while they’re in the field.

Strauss was obviously meant to be the villain of the show and while she was definitely shown to be out for the BAU at the beginning, she had a very clear arch and backstory and she had a lot of growth. she overcame her alcohol problems and made amends with Derek Morgan and even in her last moments before dying, she refuted what Hotch said about her having a favorite child. even in the moments before her death, we can see the stark difference in her character and how much she grows.

writers need to see that villains (aside from the serial killers on the show) are not all bad. there needs to be some humanizing qualities to them or else the viewers will want to shut the show off as soon as they come onto the screen. you can’t have a writer just be bad bad bad bad bad and not having some sunshine moments to them. it’s frustrating and it makes me want to chuck my remote at the tv and think of the consequences later. please. from an avid tv/movie binger- think a lot about how to give your characters archs and make them better people by the time they leave the screen than when they entered.

hopefully that made sense and I didn’t just fully ramble too much lol

if you want more examples:

(I won’t go into depth with these!)

villain characters without redeeming qualities:

•Liza from 68 Kill

(yall i fucking hate this bitch she was so horrible)

•Alexis Carrington from Dynasty (season 1 and 2)

•Adam Carrington from Dynasty (season 1 I think and 2)

•Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter

characters w redeeming qualities

•Sue Sylvester from Glee

•Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender

•Jade West from Victorious

•Loki from the Avengers epic (specifically in Thor Ragnarok and Avengers Endgame)

•PL Travers from Saving Mr. Banks

(GO WATCH THIS MOVIE ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME ITS SO AMAZING AND ITS ON NETFLIX!!!!!!)

as always I’m open to opinions and debate so let me know what you think☺️

#villain characters #my rant for today #thanks for even reading this far

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illwynd · 4 years

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i see u reblogged abt creepy dolls and zombies and i raise u: dead wings carried like a paper kite continuation 👀 (jk2)

well but ain’t that dead wings already? the point in that post about the Wrongness of zombies and creepy old dolls and shit being because it’s a person or thing that was loved, was familiar, was known, and now is changed and other and inhuman... i’ve always loved that kind of horror, and it’s gone kinda undercover in recent decades, i feel. like, that is still the basis of so many horror fears, but it gets dressed up in whatever the current issues are. as has been said before by others who’ve studied it far more than me, the craze for zombie horror can be seen as reflecting anxieties about the crowd, about the anonymous mass of other humans that we interact with in our more urban modern lives. so that older fear is dressed up in those current anxieties, and the monster is thousands of shambling, shuffling, mindless undead walking down your street. most zombie stories don’t spend a lot of time on the horror of seeing a familiar face in that crowd.

but if you go far back, you didn’t have zombies, quite. you definitely still had undead in your horror, but they weren’t zombies (or sexy vampires or whatever else) but were instead revenants. Draugr, the loved one you just buried walking back in your door and sitting down at the table, but they’re no longer themselves. it was still the horror of the familiar becoming changed and inhuman, but it’s much closer to home, within the circle of closest kin. and I feel like that gets closer to the root of the horror (maybe the root of most horror), but it’s something that’s more remote from most people’s lives now. most of us don’t interact with death much. most of us have very little experience with corpses, particularly with seeing our own loved ones become them. but that is. like. the original horror of the familiar becoming changed and inhuman. the difficulty we have with “whatever made them them is gone, but... it’s still the same matter, the same form.”

in Loki’s case, in Dead Wings, it’s exacerbated by the fact that he caused it, that it was his own mistake that killed his brother, his own endless series of failures to undo it, and his utter inability to live without Thor or to accept the idea of doing so. so Loki himself blocks out the horror: all he can see is his loved one, not Thor’s changed nature. but deep down he knows, and the part of him that knows is having to live with that reality every day that it goes on.

so like i mean they’re both just living in an endless horror movie, whatever little flickers of Thor’s consciousness ever surface and Loki just... stuck in the hopeless cycle he created and unable to ever escape it. I’m not sure how much more continuation there could be, because it would just be that. Forever, or until Loki dies, or until Thor’s body falls apart completely.

(though it would be legit terrifying to see the two of them from an outsider POV sometime after the end of the story. Somebody somehow watching these two, this completely obviously oh my fucking gods decaying walking corpse and this guy standing next to him like nbd nothing wrong nothing to see here, i’ve got this all under control i swear...)

#replies #horror #dead wings #anon #an essay no one asked for #Anonymous

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amyofasgard · 5 years

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Filthy

So I finally got this finished its been roughly 2 weeks I think, @sphynx-nightmare im sorry my friend but I finally did it. I've just been really busy but I've been desperate to post also @cenobxter might be somewhere in the story. one more thing there may or may not be some NSFW. Enjoy!

Amy and the rest of the Avengers were at the compound in Upstate New York. They had gone away for the weekend to train. Unfortunately for Amy, Loki had chosen to remain at the Tower, but it was probably for the best as the rest of the Avengers didn't know about their romance and their secret meetings at Amy's LA apartment had been nice and private. The only people to know where the people who shared her apartment block with; Casey and her daughter Lily, who Loki loved to make smile with pretty flowers and gifts and just his charming personality. She didn’t want anything from Loki except him, but he insisted that Amy was to accept a gift he had made for her, it was a necklace she wore, a gift from Loki, a rare Asgardian silver that held a tree with royal Asgardian Emeralds. Loki explained that it was Yggdrasil the World Tree, It was there in the beginning and it is Yggdrasil that the connects the 9 Realms and using the Bifrost is to travel on its branches, without Yggdrasil the Bifrost would not be possible and neither would traveling between the realms, this meant that Amy’s and Loki’s love would not be possible if not for Yggdrasil. Things had been getting pretty heated lately during Loki’s visits, but nothing had gone further than an extreme make-out session. Steve frowned seeing Amy lost in thought. "Amy?" He said, sighing softly as she didn't react. "Amy?!" he said louder this time, making her snap out of it. "What? Yes, sorry, just tired." She said A few of the others chuckled as a bright blush covered her face. Tony on her left nudged her with a cheeky smirk. "What's keeping you up at night this time Sabrina? Art? New gadget? Spells and potions?" Amy laughed. "Na just couldn't sleep much," she shrugged dismissively. Sam frowned, reading between the lines. "Nightmares worse than usual?" Amy sighed - they all knew about the nightmares. More than once, when Amy stayed at the tower, she'd cry out loudly and someone would come in to find her rolling around on her bed, caught in a nightmare and drenched in sweat before they snapped her out of it. After the third time Steve had come in and found her like this, he recommended she speak to someone about it and Sam, having experience in counseling, was available to talk. She dismissed it initially, but after the fourth time Steve talked to Amy's mentor, Dr. Steven Strange, and between the two of them they all but staged an intervention to convince Amy to open up to someone about what she was dreaming about. Amy didn't react well and left the tower angry and hurt, but a few days later, talking to Casey (one of the only people who knew what the nightmares were about) calmed her down and rationalized everything after she vented the frustrations. She felt bad, she knew her friends were worried about her and agreed to meet them at Avengers tower with Dr. Strange. After apologizing for losing her cool before, she agreed to talk to Sam about the nightmares, but she still wouldn't reveal what they were about to which Sam agreed as well, saying that she would open up about them when she was ready. Steve frowned at hearing she hadn't gotten a good night's sleep. "Amy, maybe you should sit this one out, after all it's a hard course and it'll take about 3 hours to complete especially with the rock climbing." Amy shook her head instantly dismissing that idea. "No, I'll be okay, I'm not that tired, I just need to tire myself out and when we get back, I'll go get some sleep, deal?" Steve sighed and nodded. "Fine, but if you get too tired you head back and that's an order, okay?" Amy sighed but agreed, after all, she really didn't wanna get sent back. Steve talked them through the natural terrain obstacle course. "Okay, so first off today we'll be starting with the Mud mini obstacle course, in which you will be required to complete 4 different stages that you would usually find in your average assault course. Afterward, you move on to the 150-meter swim across the natural river." Steve smirked saying this next one "Then there's 'A Floor is Lava' in the forest exercise, where if you touch the floor then you restart that area." A few whooped in excited enthusiasm, Clint and Amy with Nat just smirking, they knew they could do that easily and some groaned in defeat like Tony and Bruce. "And lastly, a rock-climbing exercise, first to the top and hit the button on the Quinjet that's waiting there wins. Got it?" they all nodded. "Okay good, now you all have a wrist band to keep an eye on you meaning no tech, no magic, no helping each other either. This will also let everyone know if someone’s in trouble or in need of help at any point. Now positions…" They all lined up, ready to go, and a buzzer went. Most of them all sprinted off immediately to get across the mud obstacle course, but Amy wasn’t stupid, knowing she’d need all the energy she could get for later. She took her time going through the mud obstacles and it wasn’t long until she was overtaking Tony, Bruce, Wanda, Rhodey and Scott before she hit the first obstacle. Thor, Steve, and Bucky were fighting for first place halfway to the 2nd Obstacle while Amy, Nat, Clint, and Sam were just starting the muddy slope climb - a 7ft slope of mud - and if you make it up the top, you slide down into the thick muddy water below. Amy managed to get over before Clint and wasn’t able to hide her laugh as she heard him yelp, tripping and going face-first into the water. Amy pushed through the thick muddy water, it was cold, wet and tough to get through, but soon they were through it and trying to keep pace with each other. Soon they got to the next obstacle: a rope swing, only you had to grab onto another rope mid-swing to make it the rest of the way across. Amy and Nat looked at each other and instantly they both picked up the pace, racing for the rope first. Amy managed to grab it a fraction of a second before Natasha could and kicked off but accidentally jerked it as Nat grabbed it, sending her into the mud pool below as Amy got over the flew through the air on the swing, knowing she was leading the pack of non-altered heroes. As she got to her next obstacle, she looked over her shoulder seeing Sam not far behind her, with Nat and Clint where right up her ass. She couldn’t help but smirk seeing Tony and Bruce pulling themselves over the mud slope and cry out as they fell into the mud before she kept going. She got onto her stomach and had to army crawl through more thick muddy water and by the time Amy pulled herself out to the other side, she was caked in mud from head to toe. She ran to the last obstacle - Monkey Bars. Amy sighed, she hated monkey bars, it killed her arms and she knew she’d need all the arm strength she had to do the swim and the climb, so she decided to go a different way. After all, Steve didn’t say they had to swing from the bars. She ran to them and kicked off one of the thick support beams and used that to propel herself to the top of the monkey bars and run over the top of them, being careful not to slip. Amy ran to the river happy she was finally out of the mud, hoping beyond hope that the river would wash away most of it, she was absolutely Filthy after all that. Amy spotted Bucky, Steve and Thor in the middle of the river, she knew the chance of her beating any of them were slim but the wrist bands they wore suppressed powers, so their strength was depleted a bit and she could only hope that it also took away their enhanced stamina. While they were rushing full speed ahead, she could tell even Steve had forgotten that their stamina might be affected so she kept her pace faster than average but steady. Amy had been swimming since she was a kid so she had no problems with keeping a good pace and she didn’t need to push her body as hard as the guys in front did, and before long, she had caught up with the guys as they were trying to do the ‘Floor is Lava’ challenge. Amy stood for a second, watching in amusement and taking in the course. This part was in the forest area at the other side of the river, there were lots of steppingstones and some were wonky, some were moving, and some were even wobbly. The highlight came from Steve falling off a wobbly one, making one of the sensors that were over the floor go off. “Shit,” he mumbled, and Amy smirked unable to help herself. “Language!” she smirked, hearing Sam, Nat and Clint laugh. They were almost across the river now, Scott, Wanda and Rhodey were about halfway across and an exhausted Tony and Bruce were just walking to the river, not even stressing themselves about the challenge as they talked. The best reaction to her comment was Thor who fell off his steppingstone and landed on his ass, his great booming laugh echoing off the trees whereas Bucky simply chuckled before turning and continuing on. Amy smirked and realized who her opponent would be for winning place, she could really feel the exhaustion in her but she was determined to win, no one had said it but they all knew whoever won would get to pick 3 things tonight: Where they got takeaway from, what movie they watched, and what the next training session would be. Amy smirked, running towards the steps but doing exactly what she had done with the monkey bars, run and lever herself up onto the trees. All the branches were pretty thick, so she quickly made her way across them, just managing to get to the other side seconds after Bucky did. “You ain’t gonna beat me Barnes!!” Bucky chuckled but shook his head choosing not to say anything, they both knew he’d have an instant advantage because of his Vibranium Arm but Amy was smaller and a little faster when he was weakened by his bracelet. She hesitated as she got to the cliffside, feeling a little dizzy and lightheaded, but she shook it off quickly, it wasn’t that bad. She could make it to the top first, press the button, and then sleep until Tony and Bruce arrived…in a few hours. Amy looked at Bucky putting on his safety harness and an exciting thought came into her head. She had climbed smoother surfaces than this with no problem, so she started to climb, ignoring the safety harness to gain first place. Bucky was close behind and not giving up the chase, but it looked like Amy was going to win. Just as Amy got past the halfway point though, another dizzy spell hit her and she stopped, tightening her grip on the rock and trying to ground herself. Bucky noticed Amy stopped and stopped himself, knowing something was wrong. Steve, Nat, Clint, Sam, and Thor, who were on their tails, noticed too but before they could say or do anything Amy’s body went slack and crumpled as her body gave out, exhausted. She started to fall, Bucky jumped, trying to catch her, as did Steve, but just as they were both about to get to reach her she vanished, leaving them to crash into each other with pain-filled groans. Loki appeared on the base of the cliff holding Amy in his arms and cradling her gently, his hand glowing as he scanned the length of her to make sure she was okay. Steve picked himself up and came running over along with the others, minus Tony and Bruce who had no clue what was going on and only just about to finish the river. The Avengers looked shocked to see Loki “Brother? What are you doing here?” Thor asked, Loki looked up after finishing his scan “What happened?” he demanded angrily. In his head, they were responsible for protecting her, she was meant to be safe but instead he had been alerted because she was in danger, and he found her falling from a cliff face. She could have been hurt or killed!! Thor frowned, “She fainted, I think.” Bucky piped up after recovering from smacking into Steve. “Yeah she did, I looked over and she stopped, I thought for a second she needed a break but it’s Amy, she wanted to win, so she wouldn’t stop when she was in the lead…her eyes rolled back and she fell.” Sam nodded. “She did say the nightmares had been keeping her awake.” Loki frowned. “What nightmares?” Sam sighed. “I don’t know what they’re about, but she struggles with them.” Loki gently brushed Amy’s hair gently to the side of her face. “Why did you not tell me my fire? I could have helped.” he said tenderly forgetting who was around, but when he did, he looked up with a very visible blush on his face. You could all but hear everything clicking together in the Avengers’ heads. Thor looked shocked “You are courting Amy?!?!” Steve groaned. “I knew this would happen.” Nat smirked at Clint. “You owe me $500.” Clint groaned. “How did you even know she was in danger?” Rhodey asked. Loki looked up. “The necklace she wears, it’s a gift, but it will always keep us connected and keep her safe.” Amy let out a soft whimper in her sleep, making everyone fall silent. Loki held her close. “Shh my love, it’s all right, I’m here…I’m going to return her home and stand watch over her…I don’t think Casey will be pleased about this…” Loki picked her up and teleported away, laying her gently in bed before texting Casey about what had happened before laying down to watch over Amy in her sleep.

A few hours later Amy groaned starting to wake up a little trying to open her eyes she finds herself nearly blinded by the morning sun. She rolled over, burying her head in the soft pillow and sighing softly, feeling much better than she had during Steve’s cross country assault course. She frowned - come to think of it, she couldn't remember how it ended. She remembered climbing up the rock face with Bucky and then...shit. She groaned, remembering the dizzy spell she took and knowing she must have fell. Surely, she was in a hospital bed with a broken something and a looong lecture from Cap and Dr Strange waiting for her as soon as she opened her eyes, but she frowned, confused, as someone kissed the top of her head. She boldly looked up, ready to look danger in the eye, only to see soft and loving green ones gazing back at her. Amy couldn’t help the smile that lit up her face seeing Loki before pulling him into a kiss. “Hello Handsome….” She smiled happily. Loki smiled but she could tell it was a sad smile. “Why did you hide your nightmares from me my love? I could have helped…”. Amy sighed. “I didn’t want you to know, it’s something I’ve had for years but I’m okay now, it just gets to be too much sometimes. You being with me helps, knowing you’re by my side, my nightmares fade and I dream about us and our future.” A happy smile spread onto Loki’s face. “I’m here if you ever want to confide in me Amy…you don’t have to hide when you are hurting or if you need anything from me.” Amy bit her lip. “Anything?” Loki smiled. “Anything.” Amy smirked in a way that can only be described as the definition of Mischief. “Then I want you… every piece of you to join with every piece of me.” Loki went wide-eyed for a second before a smile spread onto his lips as he stood. “You don’t get a prince in bed that easy Amy, beg…” he smirked they had talked about kinks before, so he knew exactly what she liked. Amy whimpered wantingly feeling much more invigorated after a good sleep. “Please my King, I want you to take me as your Queen.” She didn’t get another word out before Loki’s lips met hers in a kiss whose passion burned hotter than 1000 suns. Loki pushed her back onto the bed making quick work of removing her clothes and kissing down her body, leaving the occasional bite mark. Until he got to her other lips and kissed there with just as much skill, making Amy writhe under his strong hold. He wasn’t letting her escape his grasp that easy. He wrapped his arms around her thighs as he held her gently, but firmly, in place causing Amy to moan. It wasn’t long before she was a panting mess and she had finished. Loki smirked clearly proud of himself. “Kneel Before Your King” he ordered, and instantly Amy was on her knees in front of him waiting for his member excitedly. It was an impressive length, just like the rest of him, and Amy took him in her mouth and started to pleasure him. It wasn’t long before Loki had finished too and that was just their starter. After Loki kissed her again pinning her against a wall his cock already hard at attention. He smirked before throwing Amy on the bed and sexily crawled up her body before getting to her and pushing in, moaning loudly himself. It was like their bodies were meant to fit together like 2 pieces of the same jigsaw. All night they spent together and in many different positions, Amy’s favorite being the reverse Cowgirl and Loki’s was when she was bound and under his control. After a long night of Passion and Pure love Amy and Loki cuddled happily together. The next morning, Casey all but kicked the door down and before she noticed what Amy was sitting on. “Wit the fuck wur you thinkin Amy!? You couldae been killed! For fuck’s sake… ya Pair of Filthy Bastards get some fuckin clathes on!” walks out “Elliot! Get the Bleach…then get in that fuckin bedroom!”

#Loki Love #microstory #microstory my ass #sphynx-nightmare #Cenobexter Mention hehe #Scottish Lang #romantic f/o #Villain F/O #Kneel Before Your King!!

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toomanylokifeels · 5 years

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Alright, here’s my Avengers: End Game time travel rant that no one asked for. I know some of you get real cranky about spoilers, so it’s all under a read more and it’s tagged “endgame spoilers.” You’ve been warned.

Marvel breaks/bends several of its own rules regarding time travel. They essentially create a different universe with its own trajectory every single time they travel to the past. It would be impossible to restore the stones to where they were taken from to preserve the trajectory of the timeline they’ve already disrupted. They will have then split that timeline in two. One, the first timeline they made by arriving to retrieve the stones which would continue on in its own trajectory. Two, the second timeline they made by putting the stones back in their place leading to another trajectory.

Thanos is dead in their timeline -- Thor killed him. They also dusted Thanos from another timeline, removing him as a threat from that one. However, he still exists in other timelines. Thanos still exists in the timelines where the space stone, mind stone, and time stone were taken. He no longer exists in the timeline where the soul stone and power stone were taken. Nebula from the main timeline is alive, but the Nebula from the timeline they traveled to is dead. Gamora from the main timeline is dead, but the Gamora from the timeline they traveled to is alive.

Gamora and Peter will most likely never meet in the timeline “new” Gamora came from, assuming this “new” Gamora stays in the main timeline. Peter in the main timeline fell in love with Gamora in the main timeline. This “new” Gamora does not know him and she has no history with him. They are different people. They are all essentially different people. The “I’m you from a different time!” thing never truly works when you can exist side by side with “yourself.” They are not. They’re an individual. A sentient being on their own. They can think and act differently from you.

I do get what Hulk is saying in that traveling to these pasts wont impact the main timeline. That’s because it’s not their past. It’s a past. That’s why the snap can bring back everyone that disappeared five years ago without changing things like the fact Tony and Pepper have a daughter. They didn’t change anything from their past. They changed another timeline to save their timeline. They could have very well fucked up those other timelines for all we know. There is a lot of fucked up things to think about ethically in terms of destroying one timeline to save another -- Thanos wanted to do that, in his own twisted way.

But think about it. When Steve travels to the past to return the stone, he decides to stay with Peggy. In that timeline, there’s a Steve Rogers still buried in ice. He let another version of himself stay on ice so that he could have a relationship with Peggy from that timeline. Then, he returned to the main timeline as an old man, but how? The narrative makes it seem like he grew old with Peggy in the main timeline. But he didn’t. It was a different timeline, before Steve Rogers was pulled from the ice. Also, remember you can’t change your future by going to these pasts? Right. The only other option would be for him to use the portal.

But he didn’t. He arrived at Tony’s funeral separately. Which -- Tony is still alive in other timelines. Natasha is still alive in other timelines. Both Stephen Strange and Loki appear to be aware that different timelines exist. Stephen, because he gave Thanos the time stone seemingly knowing they would be able to retrieve it again. Loki, because Thor ain’t that slick. He knew Thor was snooping around. He’s also used the space stone, and he’s notorious for “time travel” in the comics. The new Loki series they’re going to put out has to do with Loki and time travel, but again he wouldn’t be changing his timeline. Just a timeline.

It is time travel in that they are traveling to timelines. It is not time travel in that they are traveling to the past in their timeline. That’s not made possible by the narrative, but they break/bend that rule with Steve. Gamora is not their Gamora. Tony and Natasha are still alive in other timelines. The Guardians of the Galaxy no longer exist in a timeline, and neither does Thanos or his army. Now, holy fuck, Loki is on the loose in a timeline with a powerful infinity stone which he can use to fracture more timelines. I think that’s what I’m going to call these. They are timeline fractures. They’re just out here breaking shit.

The implications of everything they did are so complicated. It really isn’t as simple as “return the stones and it’s all okay!” It looks that way on the surface, but that timeline also kept going without the stones. Then they returned to those places when they took them and then those timelines kept going. Then there’s Vormir. How do you return a soul stone when you had to transact a life to get it in the first place? Do you get that life back, or are there no refunds? If they go back to before Natasha jumped -- what will happen? That’s another fucking timeline. Thanos would still exist in that one. Jfc.

I’m assuming there only exists one soul stone in each timeline, but what would happen if more than one sacrifice was made at the same spot. Like, what’s the point of Red Skull being there anymore if the stone is already taken. He is supposed to be punished for eternity there. Now he doesn’t have a fucking job anymore. The fuck. Also, can we please talk about how Vormir is literally just fridging women, except it’s women falling to their death for men. I’m calling it The Falling Woman trope, where a woman falls to her death to facilitate a man’s pain and/or plan. (*cough*cough*The Amazing Spiderman 2*cough*cough).

Look, I get it -- writing time travel is hard. If you’re willing to overlook *wildly gestures to this long ass rant* that’s real okedoke with me. It’s just irritating that anyone would even try to make sense of the way time travel works in this film because it doesn’t. Not the way that they explain it. Not exactly. And, I feel like there were better ways to write this. There’s other things I could talk about, but this is mainly what has been bugging me since reading spoilers and since seeing the movie. Like, if this is how time travel “works” -- cool! A shit ton of timelines, how mind-bending. But... it is not explained well. That was lazy.

#endgame spoilers #m: endgame #text post #rant

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tohodrinky · 6 years

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my unorganized thoughts about infinity war

spoiler-y ones under the cut

hope you got your feel01(k) ready, cause you’re about to make an emotional investment

it’s also funny tho. i loved it.

no one feels cheated out of the story line. the russos did such a good job splitting up the characters and the story line without making it feel like randos were just popping up for their 30 seconds of screen time.

show up on time. tell the people sitting next to you to show up on time. we ain’t wasting any of this run time on exposition. WE’VE SPENT TEN YEARS ON EXPOSITION WE’RE READY TO GO

everyone looks GREAT. this movie is just full of beautiful people. even the damn raccoon looks good

go on a weekend or when you know there will be a crowd. this movie is an experience and you’ll want to go through it with other people.

my audience’s favorite characters:

Captain America

Thor

the entire country of Wakanda

unfortunately, anthony mackie is in this movie. don’t let that stop you from seeing it

i can’t think of anything else to say without spoiling the movie for people. just go see it and feel free to agree/yell/argue/cry with me. IDK I JUST HAVE FEELINGS AND NEED TO GET THEM OUT

DON’T BE HERE UNLESS YOU MEAN IT!

everyone is broken and hurt and i am not okay

i know it’s cliche and trite to like loki but I LIKE LOKI. HE WAS TRYING TO DO BETTER AND THE RUSSOS JUST CHOKE HIS ASS? AND HEIMDALL TOO? i was legit ready to be done after this part of the movie because Thor 3 cemented my love for the asgardians and this fucking movie just snatched them all away

you know how tony stark was just shat on throughout the entirety of civil war? well, fate took some laxatives and is ready to let loose even more

THOR CRIED AND I DIED

thor kept calling rocket a rabbit and it was so endearing

cap showed up to save the day and grown men in my theater cried tears of joy. it was amazing

tony stark is really just trying to save everyone and he fails

they tried to make thanos sympathetic and i think it worked. he’s doing the same shit adrian veidt did in watchmen. killing millions to save billions. i don’t agree with his reasons or his actions, but giving him some kind of motivation for them beyond “for the evilz” made him much more interesting

wakanda opens up to the world and this is the first fucking thing they have to deal with. it’s some bullshit and okoye knows it

t’challa and m’baku are still my babes. they’re also bros now. the movie pretended to kill off t’challa, but black panther 2 has already been announced so ...

m’baku has a line that’s basically “so this is the end of wakanda” and i was like “no, sweetie, please don’t hurt me like this.”

bucky is so tiredddddd of all this. just let the man farm

oh, tony gets near-fatally stabbed too because why the fuck not?

scarlet witch murders her boyfriend and is still boring af

thor is the real hero of this movie and don’t you forget it

seriously, he zaps down in the middle of the battle and just starts taking fuckers out. i almost converted right there

spidey starts crying in tony stark’s arms at the end right before he F A D E S and i think i did too

there are SO MANY other character moments i know i’m forgetting but it’s a damn near three-hour movie and i’ve only seen it once. just assume i loved everything

except sam wilson and black widow. i don’t give a shit about either one of them. luckily for me, neither do the writers!

BUT i don’t hate dr. strange anymore, so progress!

#marvel #infinity war #mcu #spoilers #infinity war spoilers #thor #t'challa #m'baku #tony stark #loki #okoye #heimdall #a bunch of other characters

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cosmicpopcorn · 6 years

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Avengers Infinity War (2018) - This a late ass post, I know

Warning: May be spoilers. If you a real one you should’ve seen it already - shit been out!

Warning #2: This just me fangirling like a motherfucker. Proceed at your own risk.

Y’all.

Y’ALL.

This movie was EVERYTHING. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures decided to give us superhero greatness and fuck with our feelings at the same damn time - and I fucking love them for it. The writer in me is pleased beyond belief. I sat there for 2hrs and 29 minutes completely entranced. And afterwards...while waiting for the post-credits scene, of course (though sometimes I’ll be honest, I forget so I’m only like 60-75% a real one), I just had to sit there and begin to process all the emotionally heavy awesomeness they just placed in my not-worthy hands.

Like, look at this fucking poster - NOTHING BUT AWESOMENESS AND GREATNESS. Because of life, I’m just now getting to discuss this ridiculously great movie but better late than never. It’s the culmination of 10 years worth of superhero movies. That’s 18 films (not counting Infinity War):

Iron Man (2008) The Incredible Hulk (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010) Thor (2011) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) Iron Man (2013) Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Ant-Man (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Doctor Stranger (2016) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Black Panther (2018)

If you lazy as fuck, you can catch up quick with

this video

and/or

this video

If you try to watch it without at least watching a catch-up video, you gon be lost as hell.

Anyway, since this is like ALL THE HEROES - you know we got the all-star cast and I ain’t bout to name all them famous ass people, if you’re watching Infinity War, you know who they are (or should). I’m not even gon list pros and cons, cause everything is bomb and ain’t no damn cons. But I am gonna share my random opinions:

Thanos wasn’t completely wrong - overpopulation is a real problem and his solution, though extreme, would leave people with more than enough resources to not only survive, but thrive. His heart is in the right place - he wants people to not have to suffer. He’s just choosing the wrong solution. Kinda like Killmonger. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I was so here for getting more information and a more in-depth look at Thanos and Gamora’s relationship. In his own very, very fucked up way, Thanos loves Gamora and it’s so interesting watching their dynamic. You might hate me for this...but I’m starting to have this love-hate relationship in regards to my feelings about Thanos. I lowkey kinda liked him in those flashbacks with Gamora, but then you’re brought back to the present and reminded that he’s an asshole and terrible, terrible, abusive (e.g. his treatment of Nebula and Gamora - nothing but fucked up dad shit).

Star-Lord chose the wrong time to act out his grief, but it is consistent with his character. He doesn’t think, he just acts. He’s like the kid who eats the cookie placed in front of him immediately instead of waiting 15 minutes later so he can have two cookies instead of just one. I’m still shaking my fucking head at this fool.

Seeing Wakanda again was so awesome. But my heart broke seeing my King, Black Panther, go into dust - we just got him y’all! But despite watching my King disappear before my very eyes...the hardest death for me to watch was Spider-Man’s. They had my baby crying and begging Tony to save him and saying he ain’t wanna die. I had tears running down my face in that theater by then, y’all. To be honest with you, my eyes were watering when I first saw Loki’s death. This movie was too much for my emotional ass.

AND MY EMOTIONAL ASS CAN’T WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL. *squeals*

#moviereviews #avengers infinity war #marvel cinematic universe #marvel movies #superhero movies

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elizas-writing · 6 years

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Spoilers Galore: Avengers Infinity War

So I was going to delay this post for a while to allow enough time for most everyone to see it, but I also got swamped with midterms hence why it took so long to get to this.

Nevertheless, the spoilers are worth talking about given how much happens in this movie, and I really wanted to get this out before Deadpool 2 premiered, so Happy Birthday to me (seriously, I’m now 22) for putting my procrastination to an end.

If you haven’t seen my spoiler-free review, you can check it out here to get my general opinion of the film.

So that’s a hell of a body count, huh? I knew from the get-go of this story line that characters were going to die, but holy freaking shit! A lot of people, myself included, figured that at least one of the older heroes would be the first to go, so it was quite the shock when most of the side characters and newer heroes were offed after coming off the heels of their successful solo films.

And I know despite what the Russos and Marvel executives are saying, it is glaringly obvious that not everyone could be permanently dead since sequels are still in the talks and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 just got a confirmed release date (c’mon Marvel, you’re not that slick). On top of which, the Infinity Gauntlet is more or less a giant deus ex machina which can put everything right in a heartbeat. Regardless, these are still heartbreaking scenes to sit through with everyone being brought to their lowest points and losing their loved ones. Some deaths are little rushed, but the music, cinematography and performances sell on the tragedy, and the emotional weight carries throughout the rest of the film. I never recovered after Gamora’s death; that was just too much after she and Peter finally verbalized their love. Even characters like Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Doctor Strange, who I didn’t care too much for, really sell in their drama to show the high stakes, both to the universe and their psyches as they make the ultimate sacrifices to try to save everyone.

It seemed really weird at first that most of the new characters were killed off, but I figured that most of the older stars like Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr are probably getting one last hurrah in Avengers 4 before their contracts are up and make way for the next phase/generation of heroes for MCU. And I imagine when these guys have to bid the franchise goodbye, it’s going to wrench our hearts out even more.

As I said in my spoiler-free review, the most fun interactions are with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I like seeing Rocket and Groot help Thor to create Stormbreaker while the rest of the gang runs into Tony Stark, Doctor Strange and Peter Parker, and Gamora... well... see two paragraphs before. I think her coming back is going to be more tricky since she didn’t disintegrate like most of the rest of the characters, but part of me is really hoping we’ll get something because she’s a great Guardian and one half of the only stable power couple in the entire MCU. But still, it’s fun to see the Guardians, who were mostly off doing their own thing, finally get involved with a much grander battle. And hey, we finally got Rocket asking Bucky for his arm, and it made me giggle like an idiot.

I know a lot of fans will give me backlash for this, but Loki is one of the few characters who I hope stays dead. Yes, him pulling a knife against Thanos of all people makes no sense, but you can see the panic in his face as he’s pulling every trick he can to distract Thanos as long as he can. It’s a well-deserved redemption after years of not knowing what he wants and the extremes he went to, and after all this time, he still can’t bear to see Thor perish and makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure his survival. It’s a genuinely heartbreaking moment which leaves Thor visibly shaking. It’d feel like cheating now to cop out his death again after the strong reaction Thor had.

I love seeing Tony Stark being heroic again with impressive updates to the Iron Man suit with continuous 3D printing for repairs. Doctor Strange, although I’m still annoyed they never gave him a complete character arc in the first place, has a lot of fun banter with Tony with some visually wonderful sorcery and fighting. Peter Parker, as usual, is fun and naive and still wanting to prove himself, and he’s best when he gets to be a team player in these ensemble films to form strategy. But what Tom Holland does best as Peter is reminding us of his young age and emotional vulnerability, which is why his death is the most gut-wrenching as he’s clinging to Tony for dear life and pleading to not go.

The rest of the characters are more hit-and-miss in their development, especially as most of them haven’t been seen since Civil War. And they try to bring up the Sokovia Accords again, but that gets cast aside quickly to get the Mind Stone out of Vision. Steve Rogers and T’Challa shine as leaders as the battle comes to Wakanda, and I can watch that scene where all the warriors chant “yibambe” over and over again. It’s relieving to see Rhodey and Bucky back in action after the physical and mental turmoil they went through, and Sam still has plenty of fun one-liners. Black Widow, Okoye and Scarlet Witch make a fun girl power team. And when Thor, Rocket and Groot come in, words just escape me in how intensely fun that battle gets.

I think the weakest part of this section is probably the romance between Scarlet Witch and Vision. It is one of the few parts where not much is explained what happened to them in between movies and how Vision was able to deceive Tony for so long. They were kinda just thrown into the mix in Age of Ultron, and I don’t think they ever figured out what to do with them aside from finding a way to work in an Infinity Stone. But once again, what pulls them through is the performances by Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany to bring the weight of the unavoidable situation these two are in where only Scarlet Witch can kill Vision via destroying the Mind Stone.

Part of what makes the heavy-handed tone work is how inconsequential everything feels. Even for all the gritty and depressing moments, MCU always finds a way to end it on a hopeful or even funny note to keep spirits up. This time, they’re not fucking around. Think about it-- every film from Doctor Strange to Black Panther in the grand scheme leading up to Infinity War doesn’t matter anymore. Stephen learning to be humble, the Guardians learning to trust each other and move past trauma, Peter Parker learning responsibility, Thor becoming a great hero without his hammer, and T’Challa opening up Wakanda to the world? Yup, none of it fucking mattered cause most of them were either killed by Thanos or disintegrated anyway. And the worst part is that they were playing by the book and most of their plans worked out, but Thanos still found a way to one-up them anyway and win.

A lot of people mentioned this already, but what makes Thanos fascinating as a villain is that the film almost frames him as the hero to his own self-deluded ideas. He has a backstory, a goal, an arc, the whole nine yards. He doesn’t hesitate to kill whoever to get the next stone, he’s incredibly manipulative towards his own children (which is best depicted in how he “adopted” Gamora), and he’s so far gone beyond reason to believe genocide is what is right to fix and over-populated universe. Even more wild is the fact he doesn’t want the glory or credit, and he’s perfectly content to retire on some remote planet to watch the sun rise-- as seen at the end of the film. However, I do question why the Soul Stone regarded him killing Gamora as an act of love when it was always, always manipulation, but hopefully we’ll get to see that explained in the next film cause, c’mon folks, that ain’t love.

There’s also some things left unclear like what exactly happened on Xandar, and why Bruce can no longer bring out the Hulk, but we still got a couple more movies to look forward to in the year until Avengers 4. And I guarantee the Russo brothers had a shit ton more scenes they wanted to add in but couldn’t due to time constraints, and if they were to release an extended cut, I would not mind at all.

Like I said before, this film had so much going against it, but paid off tremendously well with a consistent dramatic tone, bringing together characters for the first time and reuniting others, and always keeping the audience guessing on what to expect next. And it succeeded in emotionally screwing us over with an always brilliant cast who know how to wrench our hearts out.

One of the best of the MCU without a doubt.

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I~ truthfully don’t know why I came to write. I’ve just been kinda doing my own thing tonight, gave myself a manicure (would have done a pedicure too but it’s cold and I have sockies on) and otherwise was messing about in my closet. Having one of those rare restless moods where I don’t really want to do anything, but y’all know me. I can’t not do something.

So here I am. Doing something.

Uh, well first I suppose I oughta address I hyped up coming out of hiatus today and then, lmao, didn’t. I opened a document to write initially but I just wasn’t feeling FL was connected, so I went to talk to Monica about how things are going. No sense beating a dead horse, we all know what goes with FL and why stuff gets the way it does. So at this point, I’ve just set my pen down until I’m told to pick it up again. Not going to put the blog in hiatus, just don’t expect regular updates anymore, I guess? I’m finding I get discouraged trying to do this alone, so if I can’t do it with my partner, I won’t be doing it at all--and that’s coming from a place of support.

FL isn’t FL without Monica, nor should it be.

I’ll give it a few months and if things keep stagnating or I haven’t gotten a chance to write for FL anymore, I’ll take a look at other stuff to write. I don’t want to not write through 2019 like I did the past three years, I meant what I said at the start of the year.

My whole inspiration for what was going to be today’s prompt was Carol, actually--because I watched the red carpet premiere for Captain Marvel earlier tonight when it was live. Haha, I cried three fucking times. Three! First time was watching everyone SO hype for Carol, like the little girl in me could not handle seeing so many people so excited about someone I’ve loved since I was a kid. I’ve said it before, several times, but I never thought I’d get to see Carol on the big screen. Now, I get so excited I cry, lmao.

The second time I cried was when the youngest actress (who plays Carol as a little girl) was doing an interview and she said how important and special the movie was for her--again, the little girl in me could relate plus Mama Bear was all aflutter at seeing this little angel talk about how excited she was to see another female superhero get her own movie. I remember she said something, “Now every little girl in the world knows she’s special!”

Sweet Christ I’m about to get teary again remembering that. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOVIE. 😤

...And I cried when Brie came out, lmao. I was not ready. She wore a dress full of sunbursts/stars, for Carol’s insignia. 💖💖💖

I could not handle that, like one of Brie’s first lines during her red carpet interview was that Carol changed her life, and my heart about shattered. You can tell Brie is proud to play Carol, and she worked her ass off to be able to do so--and I have so much respect for actors who commit to these roles like that. These characters mean the world to me and I love when the actor who plays them takes that seriously. You can tell, listening to Brie, she does. It was genuine, and I have renewed respect for her and I sincerely hope she knows how much support she has for this movie, despite all the fuckhead trolls out there.

So yeah, I cried for like, an hour? Haha, no, that’s an exaggeration and even if it wasn’t, it was all happy tears. I’m just so excited about this movie and to be somewhere I never thought I’d be. It isn’t to diminish, like, Tony or Peter or Logan but I always knew there’d be Iron Man or Spider-Man or X-Men movies--but there are others, like Thor or T’Challa or Carol, who I never anticipated seeing on the big screen and it’s so huge to be here.

I’m so grateful that we are here.

I’ve kinda just been all over the comicverse today, actually, looking at stuff--well, haha, in the two biggest backyards, rather. I only really stray outside of Marvel and DC to visit Anung & Co, but y’all know me. I’ve got my faves and I stick to my familiars--which up until very recently just included Marvel, lmao. But DC’s in there now, obviously, so I do wander about there from time to time. I feel like I visit a new school or some shit every time I do this, because I recognize some folks now but I run into others and I’m just like, yeah, i have no fucking idea who you are, haha. My DC coloring book came and it was vastly different from flipping through my Marvel book; I could name every single person for my Marvel book but I think I can count on my fingers and toes the DC folks I know. BUT I AM TRYING. Haha, I am learning, and it’s fun for a lot of reasons. Say this all the time but I am grateful to Monica for getting me to stop staring down my nose at the lot of them. I was missing out.

But I uh, well I’m noticing that a lot of what I like...not a lot of other DC fans do, lmao. And I’m not going to be tooting my own horn over here--or Avery’s rather, because I gave that back to her--but I just mean, I was taken aback by how, uh, upset some DC fangirls are about things that I liked or enjoyed? And I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, it happens on the Marvel side too. People are opinionated and I usually fall to the counter-culture side of arguments. I guess because I’m a wide-eyed newbie to the DCverse, I wasn’t thinking about it. Okay, like, for example--

My first unpopular opinion is that Arthur Curry looks better in the comics than the DCEU.

“Whaaaaaat?! BUT DOT, ARE YOU SAYING JASON MOMOA ISN’T HOT?!”

I’m not here to say Jason isn’t attractive or that he doesn’t do Arthur justice--but I’mma stand here and on the same hand say Tony Stark looks better in the comics than in the MCU. One, because I’m a huge gigantic lesbian, and two, because I always think the comics look better. Like, you will never hear me say otherwise, in terms of looks. Real life cannot compete with fantasy; characters can be drawn perfectly and try as we might to emulate that in real life, we never can.

It has nothing to do with the actors, nothing to do with Jason or RDJ, it’s all about the comic character they play--which a lot of fangirls seem to forget when it comes to these live-action portrayals, might I add.

And so uh, when I wanna look at Arthur, like everyone else in the comics, I’d rather see his comic iteration. And ain’t nobody here for comic Aquaman for some reason. I never see him around and it sucks. I guess I shouldn’t judge but I do a little. Like, y’all been sleepin’ on Arthur or mocking him for fucking years and even I knew that, from my DC-hating lawn chair. But now that Jason plays him, now he’s acceptable? Now he’s okay?

Arthur is literally in the same boat as Loki, like if you don’t love them at their comicverse then you don’t get to love them in the movies. Ya don’t love Arthur, you love Jason. And I just don’t get that. Jason’s a beefcake and y’all know I’m here for some bulk but if we’re comparing looks comic Arthur is who I’m diving into the briny deep for every single day of the year.

^ LIKE THIS GIF IS SAVED IN MY PHONE LIBRARY, I LOVE IT SO MUCH how do you not find this sexy, like I am a gay woman and he could part me like the Red Sea.

Anyway.

My 2nd apparent unpopular opinion is that Edward Nygma, Mr. Riddler, looks super scrumptious in the Batman, War of Jokes and Riddles arc. I went to look at him for...reasons, earlier tonight, and I was expecting others to agree with me and was pretty stunned that everyone in the tag was making fun of him. I felt like Peter, like I went, “Riddle me this, how hot is Edward in this arc, guys, amirite?” And I held up my hand for a high five and got left hanging by the entire rest of the fandom--Monica not included because she’s above the fandom on her lofty angel cloud.

And I don’t give a shit, y’all know I hate popular things and I’m not complaining about this, I’m talking about it because I’m still not over my surprise. I’m aware I don’t like conventionally attractive types, I have this thing with unique bone structure or just unique appearances to begin with but I didn’t think Edward fell into that. I just thought he was handsome, like...at the risk of embarrassing myself but I found myself staring at him a lot during the arc when Monica was reading it to me because it was the kind of attractive that kept catching my eye. And so to hear so many people saying how ugly he looked or how they hated that iteration of him and I was like...lmao, am I missing something?? There’s every chance I am, I am very new to this party.

But I’m not new to the general premise of finding someone attractive so to look me in my retinas and tell me this--

This is not an entire look? Y’all seriously gonna hit the pass button on this particular Nygma?

This--

This is ugly, to you?

??????????

I’M NOT JUST USING QUESTION MARKS BECAUSE IT’S EDWARD I’M BEING SERIOUS, I am seriously confused by this. I see people posting photo sets of him in this arc and I wanna reblog them but they’re being shitty/sarcastic/mean about his appearance and i can’t delete OP’s unnecessary commentary.

I just can’t believe people think he looks ugly here. 😗 I can’t believe this particular opinion is an unpopular one...but whatever it’s my opinion and I’ll just sit on this island with my giant cardboard cutout of him. I don’t need y’all.

Man, and I thoroughly enjoyed that arc and so many people hated it, lmao. It may be because I’m new--actually, no. I’m not giving the fandom the benefit of the doubt for that one. Monica and I read that arc and while I didn’t have a ton of Batman history to base it on, it was solid writing and it was enjoyable to read. I think it comes down to that everyone is so quick to shit all over anything, anymore. Everyone is so fucking miserable, lmao, like it’s so chic to hate everything that’s put in front of you. It reminds me of trying to serve a toddler lunch. I can still remember trying to appease my little sister’s picky ass tummy when she was a baby, even things I knew for a fact she oughta like or that she did like, she’d smack off her high chair and cry about wanting something else--so she could repeat it when I set something new down. It’s the same fucking thing. As someone who is pretty happy with pretty much anything, it makes me anxious, like I worry everyone hating everything is gonna make content creators stop doing things. Why should they keep on, all you wanna do is bitch about anything they do? I wouldn’t write if I got that many complaints about my perfectly good stories. It’s...aggravating, why people can’t just be happy.

Which~ brings me to my third unpopular opinion, that I know Monica shares with me--BatCat sucks. Like, it’s a crappy pairing. It’s in the same boat as Peter & MJ, or Matt & Karen, or Tony & Pepper--I am not writing their dumbass ship name. I only wrote BatCat because the ship name is cute and that’s 90% because it has cat in it and I love kitties.

Anyway.

I see...so much support for this pairing and I’m like...y’all know she left him at the altar, right? Broke his heart? I really don’t care why she did it, there’s not going to be a single reason she could give that would make it okay in my book. I don’t know Selina all that well and I don’t actually dislike her like I do MJ or Karen or Pepper but I do dislike that I’ve been told she does this to him all the time. Everyone knows I have trust issues and someone flaking or betraying me constantly would drive me...haha, batty.

It’s 8AM leave me alone.

In all seriousness, it really makes me question the sort of girlfriend some girls think they are. I’m a feminist through and fucking through but that doesn’t mean I have to support shit-ass behavior and I don’t tolerate foolishness. As I said above, she could show up in a few issues and say there was some reason why she did it, some noble reason to do with Bane (seriously what the hell is he doing, I know he’s up to some shit) but you let your man know. You let your partner know, you don’t leave them hurting. There’s no fucking excuse for that. I’m a sensitive bitch and I’m 100% fine to admit that and admit that is where I’m coming from but I get so tired of women being selfish in comics, like why do you think it’s acceptable to act like this? I don’t know the nuances of Bruce and Selina’s relationship very well but like I said, I know she betrays him or leaves him a lot and that flaky shit gonna turn me off just as fast as when I saw Joker uncaring about Harley’s love. There are some things I just can’t truck with and that’s one of them.

I shouldn’t be surprised there’s so much love for this pairing, so many people are pushing for them to be married and I shouldn’t be shocked--Tony/Pepper and Peter/MJ is super fucking popular but that doesn’t...make them good pairings. You don’t treat your partner the way these women do. You just...don’t. I used to hate Bruce, h-a-t-e him, but it’s polar opposite at this point. He about did me in, initiating all those “I love yous,” and she broke his heart and I just...fwah. The fastest way to make me love you is to give me a reason to take care of you, I have learned.

Shit like these unsupportive relationships for people who give and give until they literally bleed flares my Mama Bear up bad.

I went from hating Bruce to this--

AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT, WHAT’S DONE IS DONE. Bruce can protect Gotham, that’s fine, but I guess my black ass finna be there when he gets home to protect him.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.

My poor future children are fin’ta be smothered.

So yeah, I kinda went off on a tangent there and I initially...didn’t mean to, lmao. I’m sure there’s other shit I’m missing in terms of my opinions on DC, and I could go on for sixteen years about my Marvel shit, but I’ve...rambled on long enough.

Good night, my loves~♥

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