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an-obssesed-lesbrian15 · 7 months

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Cheer Up Mission- rewrite

This is a rewriting of an old fanfic of mine, i added a few things and changed some stuff. Hope you enjoy (:

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The day Natasha and Yelena took down the Red Room was the day Y/N finally got her freedom for the first time in the almost 17 years she lived. and she had been through a lot.

from torture to almost imposibble training of the Black Widow program in the Red Room, physical and mental tests that were meant to break Y/N and the other girls in the cruel facility and turn them into mechines, cold blooded killers and assasians with no remorse in them.

Y/N had no one in her life, no family, friends or relatives so in order to save the teenage spy, Natasha took Y/N back to the S.H.I.E.L.D base.

Y/N had to go through interogations, training in the S.H.I.E.L.D base and becoming an agent. all above dealing with the trauma Y/N’s past brought on her, going through nightmares, panic attacks and flashbacks. but keeping it to herself, that's the way she was taught and raised in, not to show weakness or emotions.

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It has been over half a year since Y/N was brought to the S.H.I.E.L.D base and at that time Y/N got closer with the women of the team like Natasha, Maria, Wanda and her mentor Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel. finding herself more natrually comfortable around the women of the team than the men.

lately, Y/N was more distant than usual and that came into two things she only did. being locked in her room day and night, studying or sleeping, or training in the nights when the nightmares of her past would come to hunt her in her dreams. Y/N always hated the nightmare more than anything her trauma reflected on her, she hated the way the nightmares would wake her up almost every night, she hated the way it was so realistic like she was reliving the moment she was trying so hard to forget and move on from, and mostly, she hated that soft look of pity and care that would be on one of the Avengers face when they open the door of her room to find her having another nightmare.

The only one that really treated Y/N the way she was at best fine with, was Carol. her mentor knew about her past before the Red Room and inside of it after Nick Fury, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D and Carol’s old friend, gave Captain Marvel Y/N’s file with all the information about the 17 years old assasian that she took under her wing with the job of being a mentor to young woman.

Everytime Carol would find Y/N in her room in the middle of the night, recovering from a nightmare, she would enter the teenage girl’s room and sit next to her, helping Y/N catch her breath and calm down. without any look of pity on her face even though deep down she pitied the assassin who simply deserved a better life and childhood. Carol always wanted to do more to comfort Y/N, she wanted to hug and hold her, to tell her that everything would be better even if she doesn't know that for sure, to make her student trust her for comfort when she needs it.

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It's a winter night, rain pouring outside and every few seconds there is half a second of the light from a lightning that is followed by a loud thunder. usualy those cold and rainy nights help Y/N relax and sleep better than most nights. but this time it only brought more to the horrible nightmares to the assasain.

Y/N woke up in the middle of the night and sat up on her quickly, her breath was fast and heavy and she could hear her heartbeat pounding in her head. the only thing Y/N could think of was what she saw and practically relived in that horrible nightmare, she looked around her room in the S.H.I.E.L.D HQ’s while telling herself in her head “it was just a nightmare. it was just a nightmare.”

Y/N felt the cold sweat slowly dripping from the back of neck, causing shivers to go down the assasain’s spine in the cold night. She tried to focus on her breathing as it was what she heard along with her heartbeat, not hearing or seeing her mentor, Carol, at the door of her room, watching her student deal and try her best to recover from the rough nightmare.

Carol walks into the room and silently sits down on the edge of Y/N’s bed, at first she doesn't say anything and lets the teenager in front of her calm down before she puts a warm but firm hand on Y/N’s shoulder, snapping Y/N out of her panicked state. “lay down, Y/N” Carol says in a soft and slightly caring tone while gently pulling Y/N down to the mattress of her bed as Y/N does resists but like always says “im fine, Carol, it was just a nightmare” in her usual cold tone, but Carol could see through YN’s tone or expression as her eyes give it away. Carol could see the panic in the young woman’s eyes, she could hear her heavy breath and see the slightly shaking hands of the assassin.

“you’re not fine, Y/N. I can see your hands shaking, your breathing heavily and your eyes are giving away too much.” Carol says in the same soft and caring tone but it was also firm at the same time, like she was teaching Y/N a lesson and not like she is comforting her. just like the way she did everytime she was the one to find Y/N in a panicked state after a nightmare, just like the way she knew Y/N would listen to her. In response to Carol’s word Y/N just rolls her eyes but listens to her mentor’s words and tries to calm herself down, something in the presence of Carol helps her get her breath back to being steady and her heart rate to stop racing.

Carol sat down closer to the still slightly shocked teenager and gently placed her warm hand on Y/N’s cold ones, giving her the comfort she needed by her silence. not asking questions, pushing Y/N to open up about her nightmare or trying to hug her. Carol knew the way to help her student from multiple other times she found herself in the same situation.

“Go back to sleep Y/N'' Carol said quietly and kept her hand on Y/N’s hand as the rain continued to pour outside of the high facility base. everytime a thunder is heard, Carol notices the teenage girl jumping a bit from the sound but stays quiet. Eventually Y/N falls back asleep and Carol stays in the room next to her, keeping watch in case she’ll wake up once again.

The next day the rain never stopped for a second and it was the weekend which meant a rest day for all of the agents in the S.H.I.E.L.D base,at some point of the day there was a knock on Y/N’s door, “come in.” she says and waits to see who is outside of her door, when Carol steps into her room Y/N’s gaze moves back to her phone.

“Okay, enough with this.” Carol started to say in a serious but slightly soft tone as she place her hands on her hips “enough with what?” Y/N replied back, slightly confused of what her mentor wants from her. “with that tough mask. I have never seen you even smile before and I think it's time I change that.” Captain Marvel says in a serious tone and walks closer to Y/N’s bed, sitting down on the edge of it. “There are two options for you right now, missy.” Carol states. “Smile or I'll make you smile, choose wisely.”

Y/N stares at her mentor in confusion as she sees the older Avenger grins at her “and how do you think you’ll make me smile?” Y/N asks in her cold and harsh tone but Carol just reaches out her hand towards the Black Widow and squeezes her sides fastly, causing the younger girl to let out a small shriek and cover her sides fastly. “don't you even dare-” Y/N didn't have time to finish her sentence before Carol dug her fingers into her sides, wiggling and spidering her fingers gently.

and for the first time since Carol knew Y/N, she hears her laugh, a genuine laugh. “You need to laugh more, it suits you” Carol says half teasingly while not stopping her fingers for a second with her own smile on her face. Y/N tries to push Carol’s fingers away while trying her best to hide her giggles, but failing, miserably. “Cahahaharol stohohohop ihihit” Y/N giggles and attempts to move away from her mentor.

“But why? I want to hear you laugh since you never showed it to me!” Carol teased and eventually pinned the young Black Widow with her arms above her head, holding two of Y/N’s wrists gently but firmly and slowly tracing her finger on the teenager’s stomach. Carol knows that if Y/N really wanted her to stop she would’ve made her stop. she sees Y/N under her, giggling at the feeling of her finger tracing up and down her stomach “i hahahate yohohou” Y/N said through her giggles while her mentor went for a wild guess, and hit the jackpot as her hand clawed Y/N’s ribs, causing the girl to break into laughter, uncontrollable but genuine laughter.

“oh, what do we have here?” Carol teased with a smile on her face, seeing Y/N’s face turn bright pink from the teasing. She tries to speak but Carol doesn't let her have a break as she vibrates her hands on Y/N’s ribs and squeezes her hips and sides, causing the spy to fall into silent laughter.

Eventually Carol lets go of Y/N’s wrists and stands back up with a proud smile on her face. seeing Y/N curl up slightly and puts her hand on her ribs, recovering from that cruel tickle attack she just got from her mentor. “nohohot a sihihingle word.” Y/N threatened through her quiet giggles which made Carol chuckle “let this be our little secret.”

And with those words she left Y/N’s room, leaving the assassin with a small smile on her face for the rest of the day.

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dirtyriver · 7 months

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WORLD PREMIER: LES GHOULS - locked away in the vault of Roy Thomas, released for the first time in 65 years for your viewing pleasure!

Les Ghouls is a 12½-minute, mostly black-&-white film made circa 1958 by a group of six teenagers in Jackson, Missouri, including Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich, who went on in the 1960s to become writers and editors at Marvel Comics. It was intended as an homage to/ripoff of the 1948 movie classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, just filmed for a lark. It was filmed largely in black-&-white despite the relative difficulty of obtaining that kind of film even then. John Short, who owned the (new) movie camera, served as primary director; Roy Thomas scripted the movie (in synopsis form) and supplied all art and lettering appearing in the film. There were vague plans to eventually either record a soundtrack or to at least have the cast members accompany showings by narration and dialogue, but those plans never materialized.

CAST:

Slim--------------------------------------------------- Gary Friedrich

Slat ---------------------------------------------------- Ron Lowes

Dr. Sturdley ------------------------------------------ Andy Leonard

Melvin ------------------------------------------------ Lyle Hutteger

The Monster ------------------------------------------ John Short

Werewolf ---------------------------------------------- Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich went on to become major writers in the comicbook industry.

Roy Thomas was an editor of Marvel from 1965-80, and editor-in-chief from 1972-74. He also scripted runs on such series as X-Men, Avengers, Conan the Barbarian, Savage Sword of Conan, Star Wars, Red Sonja, Kull the Conqueror, Daredevil, Captain Marvel, The Invaders, Incredible Hulk, Sub-Mariner, etc. He also co-created the likes of Wolverine, Carol Danvers (future Captain Marvel), The Vision, Ultron, The Squadron Supreme, The Invaders, Union Jack, Spitfire, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, Morbius the Living Vampire, Sunfire, Banshee, Valkyrie, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Doc Samson, Brother Voodoo, Warlock, Ghost Rider, Son of Satan, Thundra, Captain 3D, What If, Not Brand Echh, and others. In the ’80s he defected to DC Comics, where he co-created, wrote, and often edited All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc., Arak – Son of Thunder, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!, Young All-Stars, and Jonni Thunder a.k.a. Thunderbolt, as well as writing the likes of Wonder Woman, Shazam!, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, and Justice League of America. He has also written comics for Topps, Heroic, etc. He co-created both a super-hero comic and a comics-history magazine which were titled Alter Ego. His and wife Dann’s independent series Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt was optioned for a film in the ’90s. He has also written for films, TV animation, and live-action TV.

Gary Friedrich wrote several series runs for Marvel, including Sgt. Fury, Captain America, Nick Fury – Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Frankenstein, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Iron Man, Daredevil, [the Western] Ghost Rider, Combat Kelly, Captain Savage, and Captain Marvel—and was the major creator of [the motorcycle-riding, supernatural] Ghost Rider and the co-creator and first writer of Son of Satan. He served as assistant editor at Marvel from late 1966 to 1968. He and Roy Thomas co-created the concept for the Marvel comicbook Not Brand Echh. Gary also wrote for Skywald, Topps, and other comics companies. He passed away in August 2018.

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therunawaykind · 3 years

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You were a what?

Pairing: Maria Hill x Reader

Word Count: 1.6k

Warnings: curses, fluff

Author's note: I had a clip from How I met your mother pop up the other day and reminded me just how much I love that show and Cobie Smulders. In turn, I literally could not get this idea out of my head, this was all written in like a day so if it's messy and has a ton of mistakes I apologise!

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The relationship between Maria Hill and you was relatively new. Meaning you both were still in what people called the honeymoon phase and constantly learning new things about each other. You were both very private people about this relatively new relationship, not wanting anyone from S.H.I.E.L.D or any of the Avengers to find out because you both knew how that would go. However, what you were both petrified of was the big man who basically was a father to the both of you, mister Nicholas Joseph Fury. Nick wasn’t protective over most people but when it came to you, Maria, Ms Natasha Romanoff and lastly Ms Carol Danvers, you really couldn’t give a good reason why he took you under his wing but you weren’t mad about it.

One thing you noticed one night when you were over at Maria’s apartment after work as you were asking each other more random questions, was how Maria would always skip over and somehow avoid any question about previous jobs before she had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. Of course, you knew the basics that she was born and raised in Canada until she moved later on in life to America and settled in New York, where she started in S.H.I.E.L.D a few years later.

You weren’t exactly surprised she could avoid answering the question so smoothly she was an agent for god’s sake, it was practically her job to lie or avoid questions that would give vital information to enemies. You left her off and thought nothing of it, maybe something bad happened in the past so she didn’t want to relive it. You couldn’t lie it did play on your mind a lot, a bunch of what-ifs wandering around your mind with no fucking end in sight but you still adored and loved her you could never in a million years deny that.

Here you were on the random and rare occasion you were at the Avengers compound, so after you dropped after what you had to. You wandered around trying to search for a certain redhead that has known Maria for a lot longer than you have and hoping she’d be able to give you some insight into Maria’s past. As you were peeking into random rooms and communal spaces you finally found the famous Romanoff in one of the many training rooms. You slowly started making your presence known to her by making your steps louder, You cleared your throat “Nat do you have a sec?.” Natasha spun around and raised her eyebrow “is this serious? Like about work?” You chuckled and shook your head “no if it was about work I’d have called you Romanoff.” As you both approached each other you nervously started rocking back and forth on your heels.

Everyone else may not have noticed the relationship between you and Maria except Natasha was exception Maria was basically one of her best friends, so of course, she was gonna notice subtle changes in her life. So it wasn’t long before Natasha approached the two of you, basically interrogating the both of you until you broke and told her the truth. “You’ve known Maria a lot longer than I have Nat.. has she ever talked or told you about past jobs or her history before S.H.I.E.L.D. We both know she’s a very private person and I guess I just thought she’d be more open with me.. You know considering everything, but she’s the same but I’m assuming it’s just a bad moment she doesn’t wanna relive.”

As you were talking Nat was unwrapping her hands as she lets out a big exhale “I gotta tell you the truth here Y/N I know probably just as much as you do, I just never really pried much once I figured out she was ignoring the topic I left it at that. But I understand that you both are dating and you’re curious, but coming from me Y/N I’d just let it alone maybe there is a reason like you said.” You stared at Natasha and nodded and mumbled “yeah that’s what I thought. Thanks anyway, Natasha.”

Unknown to you after you both left the training room Natasha went off to try and do a little research of her own. Many hours later of scouring the internet later any sort of history on Maria. She found something. Did she feel bad for basically doing a background check on her best friend? Yes. She also knew this could get you into a hell of a lot of trouble once Maria was aware that you went to ask Natasha if she knew anything...the only way Natasha could come to your defence is that you hadn’t a clue she was actually searching for her history and background.

So here you were again relaxing in Maria’s apartment, you decided you’d try your luck again and see if she would tell you anything. “Maria?” She turned and looked at you “yea what’s up?” You cleared your throat and sat up straighter “just know you don’t have to answer I was just wondering, what was it you actually did before S.H.I.E.L.D?” You heard Maria take a deep breath and humourlessly chuckle “Y/N/N we’ve been over this you know it isn’t something I really like talking about.” You nodded instantly “I know I know. I just don’t really like the idea of keeping secrets that are big or small in a relationship. I mean I told you about my parents they kept secrets from each other and barely talked to each other during their marriage, and now they’re divorced.”

Maria stood up across the room from you “Y/N I’ve shared more of myself with you than I have ever shared with anyone. I am asking for this one secret. That has nothing to do with us to just be mine.” Just as you were about to agree with her and let it go, Natasha bursts through the door and you go wide-eyed because you know what’s about to happen. “Natasha.” Maria cuts in “Nat what are you doing here?”

“Y/N came to me and asked if I knew anything more about your past or history, which obviously I didn’t.” Maria slaps the back of your head and you mumble “I deserved that.” Natasha walks over to your coffee table and pulls her laptop out of her bag. “However I conducted my own research on your history Maria, and I found out a secret about our favourite agent.” You hear the sharp inhale of breath of Maria. “I know your secret Maria Hill, or should I say Robin Sparkles.” You narrow your eyes at Natasha and Maria, you suddenly hear Maria say “How do you know that name?” Natasha starts up her laptop “because I know the truth and I’m gonna show it to you all right now. You might wanna watch closely Y/N. You look between the two of them and shake your head and close her laptop “yeah no I don’t. If Maria wants this to stay a secret then it’ll stay a secret.” You grab a hold of her hand. Natasha opens back up her laptop “trust me you’ll want to see it.” You see Maria rush over to her “Natasha please don’t okay.” You look between the two and see how anxious Maria is and close the laptop again “we aren’t looking at this okay Natasha?”

Maria leans against your side “no it’s fine, it’s okay. I appreciate you trying to stop her but if she’s already found it there’s no point in me keeping it from you anymore. Can we just watch it and get it over with?” You look back at the screen and see a very young and very blonde Maria on the screen and you raise your eyebrows “Babe….Maria, what is this? Cause this looks very ehhh questionable.” Maria glances at you “ Back in Canada I was a teenage pop star for a while, I would go by the name Robin Sparkles and go around to different malls singing one of my hit songs, this one just happens to be let’s go to the mall.” Immediately you and Nat look at her and say in unison “one of your songs?” Maria clenches her eyes “Yes while I was Robin Sparkles I had two hit songs, one being let’s go to the mall and the other being sandcastles in the sand. As I grew older and got more...I guess you could say grungy and emo I transitioned into Robin Daggers. Whilst I was also Robin Sparkles I had a children’s show for a while.”

After a while, Natasha left and had found evidence of Robin Daggers and the children’s show she took part in. As you both were cuddling on the couch you looked down at Maria and giggled “just to let you know high school me would’ve been all over Robin Sparkles/Daggers. You may not have paid me any attention but I for sure would’ve had a huge crush on you.” You hear Maria laugh and tilt her head to look back at you “You would’ve?” You nod “oh heck yea despite how weird it was and well is you were still hot there was no denying that.” Maria looks up at you and smiles “thank you.” You shake your head “No thank you for sharing with me and also I apologise for Natasha rooting through the internet for it. That wasn’t my intention.” Maria nods “I know.”

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mthofferings2020 · 4 years

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stony-ao3-feed · 4 years

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One Final Stand

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by Pocket_Raven

The Avengers used to be the best. They could fight anyone ever and come out on top. They never failed. But one day they were tricked. And they lost. Now the world is in despair. Everywhere you go there are guards, robots and monsters watching your every move. No one has any type of freedom anymore. And the Avengers are no where to be found.

But what can you do? There's no hope for earth anymore. Even with those few who dare to protect us, We're screwed.

If the Avengers are still here. Why won't they save us?

Words: 639, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Avengers Assemble (Cartoon), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Young Avengers (Comics), Ultimate Spider-Man (Cartoon 2012), Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyne, Peter Parker, Wade Wilson, Gwen Stacy, James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Pepper Potts, Harley Keener, Carol Danvers, Stephen Strange, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Kamala Khan, America Chavez, Kate Bishop, Teddy Altman (Marvel), Tommy Maximoff, William Maximoff, Cassie Lang, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Arno Stark, Yelena Belova, Red Skull, MODOK, SHIELD Agents & Staff, A.I.M - Character, Vision (Marvel), Edwin Jarvis, Jarvis (Iron Man movies), Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, Matt Murdock, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), The Beyonder (Marvel), Amora (Marvel), Hydra - Character, Madam Hydra, Betty Ross, Jennifer Walters

Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Loki, James "Bucky" Barnes/T'Challa, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Clint Barton/Matt Murdock, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Carol Danvers, Peter Parker/Wade Wilson, Harley Keener/Shuri, Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, America Chavez/Kamala Khan

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Still Have Powers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff, Implied Sexual Content, Established Relationship, Trust Issues, Assassination Attempt(s), Attempted Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Brainwashing, Past Torture, Graphic Description, Violence, Death Threats, anger issues, Major Character Injury, Long Lost/Secret Relatives, Betrayal, Insanity, Everyone Has Issues, Wade Wilson Breaking the Fourth Wall, Deadpool Thought Boxes, Deaf Clint Barton, Pietro Maximoff Lives, Getting Back Together, Comatose Tony Stark, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Howard Stark's A+ Parenting, Science Bros, Adorable Tony Stark, Female Loki (Marvel), Avenger Loki (Marvel), Protective Nick Fury, Protective Peter Parker, Pepper Potts & Tony Stark Friendship, Meme Lord Shuri (Marvel), Fluffyfest, Meme Lord Peter Parker, Inappropriate Humor, Sam Wilson is So Done, Tony Stark Needs Sleep, Human Disaster Matt Murdock, Clint Barton Needs a Hug, Artist Steve Rogers, He draws tony a lot..., Like A Lot., everyone is a disaster, Natasha Romanov Needs a Hug, Panic Attacks, References to Depression, Everything Will Be Okay., Apocalyptic universe

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mthofferings2019 · 5 years

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nostalgicatsea

See nostalgicatsea’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Tumblr - nostalgicatsea Twitter - nostalgicatsea Discord - nostalgicatsea

Preferred organizations:

Anything from the list of approved organizations

Will create works that contain:

Tropes/elements: character studies, angst, soulmates, slow burn, mutual or one-sided pining, self-sacrifice, amnesia, time travel, reincarnation, fake relationship, relationship of convenience, hurt/comfort, de-aging, dream world, presumed dead, temporary or permanent death, post-breakup, getting together, getting back together, post-Infinity War to post-Endgame, substance abuse and recovery, grief/mourning, parental/child and mentor/mentee relationships, friendship over the years, Tony’s family issues, dark Steve, pre-serum Steve

AUs (Steve/Tony only): canon-divergent (I like sticking to canon as much as possible, though), mafia/gangster, magic, sports, non-powered, high school or college, supernatural, horror, sci-fi, etc. I love AUs!

For writing, I tend to focus on one specific moment or a series of small moments, feelings, and relationships more than action-packed plots.

Will not create works that contain:

I’m up for most things except some extreme kinks, incest, mpreg, infidelity, adult/minor romantic relationships, and partner abuse in a ship. I don’t have any triggers. If you want me to elaborate on my do-not-wants or have a trope, kink, or plot point that you’re not sure I’ll be okay with, please contact me beforehand.

Betaing: A/B/O, D/S, OOC, PWPs, OCs, self-inserts, tooth-rotting fluff without plot, Darcy-centric fics, unbalanced CW plots. I’m not that fond of coffeeshop, apocalypse, zombie, and vampire AUs, but I can help with them

Writing: A/B/O, D/S, poly, comedy, complicated plots, crack, 100% pure fluff/domestic plots, kidfic (unless it's canon), AUs that require a lot of specific knowledge (e.g., historical AUs or military AUs), reality TV AU, zombie AU, animal transformation, unbalanced CW plots, Hydra Steve

-- Fic or other writing --

Auction ID: 497

Will create works for the following relationships:

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - MCU, Noir, AvAc

Work Description:

In addition to my wants/DNWs above, please keep in mind that I tend to be slow at writing and I mostly write short fics. The fic will probably be 1.5–3k; it’s possible that it may end up longer especially as over the past two years, I’ve written a few fics past that range such as my Stony Trumps Hate and MTH 2018 fics, but I can’t make any promises. Please don’t bid on me unless you’re okay with that length or a potentially long wait! That said, I’ll keep you updated on the fic progress, so you’re not in the dark about it.

MCU is my usual playground, but I’ve written Noir and I’m comfortable with AvAc. I’m open to doing 616 as well, but I’m not that confident in writing it, so contact me beforehand to see if I can do it. I would also appreciate it if you gave me several prompts, both general and specific, to choose from as that will increase the likelihood of the story being finished faster and lessen the likelihood of me getting writer’s block. If you have any questions of what I will and won’t write, don’t hesitate to reach out to me!

Ratings: G, Teen

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-- Beta service --

Auction ID: 529

Will create works for the following relationships:

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - any universe

James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov - 616, MCU, AvAc

James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson - MCU

Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau - MCU

Iron Man fandom gen - 616, MCU, AvAc

Captain America fandom gen - 616, MCU, AvAc

The Avengers fandom gen - 616, MCU, AvAc, EMH

Captain Marvel fandom gen - MCU

Black Panther fandom gen - MCU

Daredevil fandom gen - MCU

Work Description:

I can help with SPaG/copyediting, pacing, sentence structure, continuity, and America-picking, and I particularly love discussing characterization, world building, plot, and character development. I tend to like plots that tackle serious issues or big canon points, complex plots, and plots with multiple layers/levels. I also love character and relationship studies and contemplative pieces that dive deeply into who the characters are and how they feel.

Turnaround depends on fic length and my schedule. I’m relatively fast, but if something comes up, I’ll let you know immediately.

If you need references, I’ve betaed and acted as a sounding board for several writers such as aslightstep, captainshellhead/vibraniumstark, gil-estel, Kiyaar, laireshi, Sineala, and Woad.

Notes on relationships: I'm willing to beta some ships along with gen/platonic ones for the fandoms listed above.

Notes on characters: There are some characters whom I’m not that fond of or interested in (for example, Iron Fist in the MCU). I’m open to betaing almost anything, provided they follow my wants/DNWs, even with characters I’m less keen about/don’t care for, but feel free to contact me if you have questions about this.

Notes on universes: For 616 and Ults, I’ll only do an AU or a story that doesn’t rely heavily on canon events. I’ve only watched a handful of AA episodes, and I haven't watched Daredevil season 3 yet (I plan on doing so soon), so contact me first if you want me to beta fics set in those series. I’m open to Noir, AvAc, 3490, EMH, AA, and 1872 for Steve/Tony as well.

Ratings: G, Teen, Mature

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-- Fic or other writing --

Auction ID: 530

Will create works for the following relationships:

Nebula & Tony Stark - MCU

James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark - MCU

Natasha Romanov & Tony Stark - MCU

Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov - MCU

James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson - MCU

Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau - MCU

Carol Danvers & Nick Fury - MCU

Harley Keener & Peter Parker - MCU

Work Description:

This fic will probably be 1–2k; it’s possible that it may end up longer, but I can’t make any promises. It might take me a while to finish it as I'm slow at writing and RL is keeping me busy, so please keep that in mind when bidding. That said, I’ll keep you updated on the fic progress, so you’re not in the dark about it.

Although I won't say a hard no to AUs for these relationships, I'm primarily interested in writing a canon-compliant fic, especially one that acts like a snapshot of the characters at a specific time in their lives or a character/relationship study.

I would appreciate it if you gave me several prompts, both general and specific, to choose from as that will increase the likelihood of the story being finished faster and lessen the likelihood of me getting writer’s block. I also have a list of fics I want to write if you don't have any prompts in mind and you want to know what I'm interested in.

If you have any questions of what I will and won’t write, don’t hesitate to reach out to me!

Ratings: G, Teen

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this is,,, a really weird and specific question. but what sort of baby names does everyone prefer?? if they had a child, what would they name them?

This is a hard one because honestly so many factors go into naming a baby. I would never have predicted in a million years that Tony would pick some random Uncle of Pepper’s we’ve never heard of to name a kid after. A lot of the Avengers don’t consider having children so they have hardly got a list of names on hand for kids they don’t think about having. Also, the other parent gets a say so even if they do love the name, they might not get what they want.

So what I’m going to do is break these up with ones we know, and one that I think they might use if they were handed a baby and told it was there’s good luck.

Steve Rogers - Kind of did have this happen to him in the comics. He found a baby and adopted it. He named him Ian after his Maternal Grandfather. I would like to think if he had a daughter she’d be named Sarah after his mother.

Tony Stark - weirdly in the comics despite knowing his granddaughter’s name we don’t see future kids much. I think there is a daughter but I can’t find anything about her. Also, a son named Howard comes up but once again no info except deceased. MCU he chose the name Morgan (which in the comics is his 2nd cousin’s name) after Pepper’s Uncle. So he definitely seems to favor family names with meaning. I like to think if it was just up to him he might name a son after Jarvis.

Thor - Marvel Thor has no kids at all, whereas mythology Thor has three. Magni and Modi, and Thrud. Given that Marvel tends to go with the myths with naming at least, that’s probably what they’d be.

Clint Barton - has so many kids in so many universes. Cooper, Lila, and Nathaniel in MCU. Ashley in 807128. Nicole, Callum, and Lewis in 1610. I think they all just seem pretty random. So names he and the mother like. Nate is the only one that isn’t and he’s named for Natasha and Pietro. So he can get sentimental at times.

Wanda Maximoff - has twin boys, Billy and Tommy. Those names don’t come from anywhere. So I guess she likes cute names she likes.

Pietro Maximoff - Has a daughter named Luna. I think that name more came from her mother though given who her mother is. I’d say Piet is pretty easy going with names and would just go with a name he liked.

Vision - Wanda’s kids are his. As he has nothing to get sentimental about they’d just be very normal names he liked I think.

Scott Lang - we know Cassie. Cassie doesn’t come from anywhere particularly. I think they probably just read the baby book and went that one.

Peter Parker - is getting very sentimental when he names kids in comicverse. His daughter is always gonna be named after May in some way and a son would be after Ben.

T’Challa - any kids T’Challa has will be named something traditional Wakandan and possible speak to their royal line.

Loki - has a million kids and there’s no theme running through the naming system given they’re everything from Jormungand to Tess. So like everything else with Loki, you just can’t predict it.

Carol Danvers - has a son called Marcus (who we never speak of because yikes). But the name isn’t of significance. Just one she liked. I think she might name a daughter after Maria if she had one.

Hope Van Dyne - might name a daughter after her mother Janette. Otherwise, I think it would just be a relatively standard name she liked the sound of. A name that didn’t stand out.

Stephen Strange - has a daughter named Sofia. Once again no special significance. It’s a name that almost resembles his though. Which I think speaks a lot for what he would do.

Nick Fury - Named a son after himself.

Bucky Barnes - Might go sentimental just as a way to connect who he is to who he was. Maybe Rebecca for his sister. Steven possibly (though I think only if Steve isn’t around anymore).

Sam Wilson - I think would go sentimental too. He’s lost a lot of people and would like to honor them in some way. Paul after his dad or Riley maybe.

James Rhodes - Isn’t super sentimental. I think he’d just pick a name he likes the sounds of.

Bruce Banner - Has a lot of kids but no role in naming any of them. I can’t see him naming any of his kids after family. I do love the idea he might choose a famous scientist he loves for their name.

Natasha Romanoff - Depends on who she has the kids with. She has canon kids with Clint off the 616 branch (not 616 but a future that comes from it) but they don’t have names. In a different reality completely she has one with Steve named James (I assume after Bucky, once again showing Steve’s sentimentality). I like to think she would name a kid after Clint because it happened the other way around, but that wouldn’t be one of her kids with him. Otherwise, I think it will just be a name she likes the sound of.

Maria Hill - God I so can’t even picture her with kids. It wouldn’t at all be sentimental. It would be a little unusual but would still sound like a name. Like Jax or Gio.

Phil Coulson - Would name a son Steve and a daughter Stevie. And you can fight me.

Peggy Carter - Has kids. We don’t know their name. She’s pretty sentimental though so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were named for her brother or even Steve if her husband agreed to it.

Brunnhilde - Something traditionally Asgardian (so Norse).

Wade Wilson - has a daughter named Eleanor but he didn’t have a role in naming her. I think if he did, who the hell knows what you’d get. Princess Sprinkles?

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marvelloussynergy · 5 years

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COMIC BOOK REFERENCES & EASTER EGGS - Captain Marvel (2019)

Carol Danvers has a long and complicated history in the comics, much of which would be very difficult to adapt for the big screen. Thankfully, though, for comic book fans, there are many allusions to the source material instead. The following is a guide to all the ones I’ve spotted along with any deviations from the source material (I will update this as more come to light). Note that owing to the convoluted and complex nature of comic books, I’ve tried to include only the most essential information regarding a character’s history and backstories.

Though not a direct adaptation, the general story of the “Kree/Skrull War” (The Avengers #89-97, 1971-72) is used as the basis for the film—the Kree and the Skrulls fighting each other with Earth caught in between.

A former US Air Force pilot, Carol Danvers gained her initial powers of flight and enhanced strength after being caught in the explosion of a damaged Kree Psyche-Magnitron. This was amidst a fight between the Kree warriors Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel and Yon-Rogg (Captain Marvel #18, 1969). The Psyche-Magnitron—a machine that converts thoughts into reality—alters her genes and turns her into a human/Kree hybrid, granting her the abilities possessed by Mar-Vell. Danvers would later develop the ability to absorb energy and fire them as blasts from her body. A slight retcon to her origins would occur in The Life of Captain Marvel #4 (2018), in which it is revealed that Danvers is in fact half Kree, and that the Kree Psyche-Magnitron merely activated her latent powers. Originally going by the code name Ms Marvel, Danvers would also go on to use the names Binary and Warbird, before taking on the mantle of Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel #1 (2012).

In the film we briefly see Carol’s father (Joseph Danvers) and brother (Steve Danvers), though in the comics she has an additional sibling, Joseph Danvers Jr. At one point in the film Carol says “Higher, further, faster, baby,” a nod to the Captain Marvel comic arc titled “Higher, further, faster, more,” as well as being words Carol’s mentor, Helen Cobb, wrote to her to describe their similar mindsets and desire to push boundaries.

While Maria Rambeau is a character taken from the comics, it is her daughter—Monica Rambeau—who is friends with Carol in the source material. A hero in her own right, Rambeau has the ability to convert her body into various types of energy. Monica has also used various code names throughout her career, including Captain Marvel, Pulsar, and Photon (Maria’s call sign in the film is a nod to this). Carol affectionately calls Monica “Lieutenant Trouble,” which in the comic books is a nickname she gives to a young friend and fan, Katherine Renner.

Carol and Maria not being allowed to fly in combat missions bears a resemblance to Helen Cobb’s situation from the comics. In 1961, Helen is told that she and her fellow female pilots are not permitted to become astronauts as they lack military jet experience, experience they cannot obtain as women were barred from flying jets.

Early on in the movie we see Starforce dispatched on a mission to Torfa. The planet is a relatively minor one in the comics, known for its poisonous atmosphere resulting from vibranium extraction.

The Kree are an alien race known for their military prowess and advanced technology. Their home planet is Hala, which is located in the Greater Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. The Kree have blue skin, but breeding with other alien races has resulted in pink skinned (also referred to as white) Kree.

In the comics, Starforce are a group of Kree warriors tasked with protecting the Kree Empire. Formed by the Supreme Intelligence, the initial comic lineup consisted of Att-Lass/Captain Atlas (a soldier trained in many forms of combat), Minn-Erva/Doctor Minerva (a pilot and gifted bio-geneticist; in the film she’s Starforce’s sniper), Korath the Pursuer (a cyber-geneticist; he was previously in Guardians of the Galaxy), Shatterax (cybernetically enhanced warrior; not present in the film), Supremor (an android housing the Supreme Intelligence’s consciousness; doesn’t appear in the film), and Ultimus (has the ability to manipulate cosmic energy; not present in the film).

The comic book incarnation of Bron Char (rendered as Bron-Char in the film) is a member of the Lunatic Legion, a group whose goal is to destroy the human race. Though a scout in the movie, in the comics Soh-Larr was a Kree warrior who fell in love with a Skrull, Ryga’a, with whom he had a child, Dorrek Supreme.

Yon-Rogg was a Colonel in the Kree army, unlike his cinematic counterpart who is the commander of Starforce. His antagonistic relationship with Mar-Vell from the source material has been carried over to the film.

In the comics, the Supreme Intelligence is an organic computer created by the Kree Science Council, initially designed to help the alien race create a Cosmic Cube. Upon gaining sentience, however, the Supremor refused, knowing the danger such an object posed. Composed of the brightest Kree minds, it served as the leader of the Kree Empire for many years. In the source material it’s depicted as a large green floating head, it’s true form in the film, however, has yet to be revealed.

Mar-Vell has been changed from a male to a female for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The comic book incarnation of Mar-Vell was sent to Earth to spy on humanity. Adopting the identity of Dr Walter Lawson (the name of a scientist Mar-Vell encountered who had passed away; changed to Wendy Lawson in the film) he began working at the Cape Canaveral military base, where he would meet the facility’s security chief, Carol Danvers. Mar-Vell would go on to defend humanity many times despite his mission, before dying of cancer as depicted in the graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel (1982).

The aircraft Wendy Lawson designs is called the Asis. This is a reference to the Asis program from the Ultimate Universe. Mahr Vehl (the Ultimate Universe version of Mar-Vell) joins the program in an effort to help humanity with interstellar travel.

In both the comic books and the film, Skrulls are a green-skinned reptilian alien race with the ability to shape-shift. Originating from the planet Skrullos, Skrulls have a warrior culture and, like the Kree, have conquered many worlds throughout the galaxy.

Unlike his cinematic counterpart, Talos wasn’t born with the ability to shape-shift in the comics. A skilled combatant, parts of his body have been cybernetically enhanced giving him super strength.

Nick Fury tells Carol that he was born in Huntsville, Alabama, though in the source material he hails from New York City. His middle name of Joseph, however, is something both incarnations share. The comic book version of Fury loses the ability to see with his left eye as a result of a grenade blast, whereas his film counterpart has the misfortune of losing it after Goose scratches it.

In the comics, Carol calls her pet Chewie (named after the Star Wars character Chewbacca, since Danvers is a fan of the franchise), whilst in the movie the cat is named Goose (referring to the character of the same name from the 1986 film Top Gun). Both Goose and Chewie aren’t real house cats, but rather an alien species known as Flerken (Rocket Raccoon reveals this to Carol in Captain Marvel #7, 2014) that look like domestic felines. Flerkens possess tentacles that are released from their mouths, lay eggs to reproduce, and contain pocket dimensions within their bodies.

Carol’s call sign in the MCU is “Avenger,” though her comic book counterpart has the decidedly less cool call sign of “Cheeseburger” (she got the name after vomiting during a g-force simulator exercise).

The various costume colours Carol cycles through are references to costumes she’s worn in the comics. The black, red, and yellow combination allude to Carol’s Ms Marvel outfit; the black and silver colour scheme could refer to the Warbird costume; while the green and white one is a nod to the classic Kree uniform.

Being set in the past, it comes as no surprise that there are many nods to the MCU. The space-jumps through honeycomb-shaped portals is a design first established in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. S.H.I.E.L.D. once again has a presence in a Marvel movie, although a slight continuity error sees the organisation’s name pronounced as it appears, despite Coulson saying the full acronym in Iron Man, only shortening it towards the end of the film. At one point Carol flies a Quadjet, a precursor to the Quinjet. We see an early version of Project Pegasus, the facility where it’s held making appearances in Thor and The Avengers, and in turn, the Tesseract is seen on screen once again. Carol Danvers gives Fury a modified pager to contact her with, a device we see him use at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. Fury puts into motion his “Avenger Initiative,” originally naming it the “Protector Initiative.” Lastly, for the mid-credits scene, we get a sequence depicting Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, and James Rhodes monitoring the pager, culminating in Carol’s arrival back on Earth, which appears to be taken from Avengers: Endgame.

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by 14million_constellations

Over 1000 people have volunteered to give up their lives here on Earth and will board the ship, named The Avenger, to travel towards this new and unknown planet. Upon arrival, these volunteers will use their abilities to work together and create a new world, in hopes to save our species for the better.

Who knows how Earth will be by the time they touch down, but all we can have is a little hope and a ton of patience.

Words: 2778, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Carol Danvers, Natasha Romanoff, Thor (Marvel), Scott Lang, Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson, Stephen Strange, Nick Fury (mentioned), Pepper Potts (mentioned), Morgan Stark (mentioned)

Relationships: Tony Stark & Avengers Team, Tony Stark & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Avengers Team

Additional Tags: AU, Irondad, spiderson, Future AU, space, wumph, Feels, Non-superhero AU, inspired by Passengers, but NOT a passengers AU, Everyone Needs A Hug, SHIELD, More tags to be added, I'm realllll bad at tagging, Crying, Anger, JARVIS - Freeform, friday - Freeform, a lot of dead relatives, a lot of sad backstorys

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Tony Stark #Peter Parker #Irondad #Spiderson #Marvel Cinimatic Universe #MCU

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"Captain Marvel" review - Not terrible, but not marvelous either.

As we all know, the latest MCU movie "Captain Marvel" had finally reached our cinemas, and thus after months of drama surrounding it, with one group hailing it as the best thing Marvel ever did, and other claiming it would be a movie that would destroy the whole franchise... before anyone had a chance to see it... we can finally see how is it.

And well...

In my opinion it's a solid Marvel movie, not bad or anything, but nothing special either, something around the level of "Captain America - The First Avenger", or first "Thor".

It has it's moments, but compared to previous MCU movies like "Doctor Strange" or "Black Panther" it lacks something that would make it special and unique.

I mean, with "Doctor Strange" we had our first introduction to magical side of MCU, plus trippy visuals connected with the Mirror World, and "Black Panther" had introduced us to the whole new culture and unique visual style of Wakanda, so they had something going for them even in their weaker moments.

And I don't think "Captain Marvel" has something like that.

I mean, 90's references are cool and I got a few chuckles out of them, but if I wanted to remind myself of those dumb and glorious times, when I was younger, slimmer and less cynical I could go on Tumblr...

Oh, yeah I am already here.

And people who don't remember those times would probably be as baffled by seeing pager and dial-up modems, as they were be seeing alien cities and spaceships...

But let's start at the beginning, that is with the plot.

Our heroine is Vers, a member of an elite military unit known as Starforce serving the interstellar Kree Empire, but despite her unquestionable power and fighting skills, her commander and mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) has doubts about her performance, since she has a tendency to let her emotions guide her, something that Kree warrior shouldn't do.

Yeah, this cyborg guy from “Guardians of The Galaxy” is there too...

Vers emotional problems are connected with the fact that she lacks memories from before she joined the unit, and is tormented by recurring nightmares where she sees chaotic and fragmented pieces of her past.

Still, as I mentioned before, she is still a powerful and confident warrior, so despite Yon-Rogg's doubts, she takes part in a mission to extract a deep-cover Kree agent from one of the border planets controlled by an ancient enemy of her people, a shapeshifting race of Skrulls.

Mission ends badly, as it turns out that the agent was already compromised by Skrulls and Vers is captured during a resulting ambush by a Skrull commander, Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), who used some kind of memory probe to access her buried memories... that turn out to be about her previous life, but not on one of Kree planets, but rather on a primitive, backwater planet C-53, also known as Earth.

Apparently Skrulls are looking for a scientist known as doctor Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening), that Vers somehow used to know, and who according to her memories developed some kind of new faster-than-light engine.

Vers manages to escape captivity using her ability to generate energy blasts from her hands, as well as her hand-to-hand skills, but the escape pod she steals from Skrulls gets damaged, causing her to crash-land on Earth, to be precise in one of Los Angeles Blockbuster Video stores.

Does anyone remember Blockbuster Video anymore? Sorry, getting back on the topic...

Her less-than-stealthy arrival alerts the local authorities, including a pair of S.H.I.E.L.D agents, Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Mothafu#kin Jackson), who are a bit skeptical when a woman "dressed like for Lazer Tag" tells them she is an alien soldier who hunts other aliens, who are shapeshifters, but they are attacked by one of Talos's troops, confirming that her story is true.

And thus Vers and Fury would have to join forces to stop Skrulls and find the truth about our heroine, from her fragmented memories...

Before the movie I was curious and to be honest rather worried about how screenwriters would tackle the backstory of Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, since in the comics it was rebooted so many times, that I doubt that even people writing her remember about everything, with numerous costume, identity and power changes, not to even mention new personality traits with each new writer...

But they did managed to jump this hurdle, by creating a completely new origin story from the ground up, that while using certain elements from her comic book counterparts, gives us something relatively simple, and accessible to causal moviegoers and hardcore nerds alike.

And let's be honest, since Carol is not exactly the most popular character ever, despite numerous attempts at making her relevant in the last few years, so I don't think there would be any purist fans outraged by the changes made for the movie.

I mean, whole cast of "Guardians of The Galaxy" had undergone massive changes, and everybody was OK with that, heck some of those changes were even retconned into comics, so probably here it would also work that way.

As for the plot itself, it really did reminded me of first "Thor".

I mean, we have a superhero from an advanced race, that is dumped on Earth without having any idea of how the place works, but finds a hypercompetent human sidekick, and together they stand against Big Bad only for The Hero to unlock their True Power in the third act.

Yeah... Seems kinda familiar, eh?

It's not necessarily bad or anything, but it's really a shame that some things hadn't been expanded upon a bit, like Kree culture, relationship between Carol a.k.a Vers and Yon-Rogg, etc.

I mean "Black Panther" managed to fit whole three act formula into the plot, while also show the viewers quite a lot about Wakanda, so why not here?

Movie also drags a bit in the middle, as save for two action scenes, most of the story-arc is comprised of our heroine and Fury driving from place to place looking for answers, talking a bit and so on, which is not really adrenaline-filled superhero cinema...

It hadn't reached the point when I got really bored, mainly due to good chemistry Larson and Jackson have together, but I did though that MCU movies managed to overcome their pacing problems after Phase One, so it wasn't a pleasant surprise seeing that they had taken two steps back here.

Another controversy about the movie way before it's release was our lead, Brie Larson, not only because of doubts about her acting prowess, but also quite a few ill-thought things she said be it in interviews, or through Twitter, but the latter is not really important here, so let's focus on the former.

After watching trailers and promo clips quite a few people were doubting Larson's ability to carry the movie, and accusing her acting of being "stiff" and "emotionless" and they were partially right, though I am not sure all the blame can be put on actress herself.

Vers/Carol does seem rather stiff and emotionless through most of the movie, but it looks more like a conscious decision of director's part, as I mentioned Kree pride themselves on controlling their emotions, which is fine, but severely limited Larson in the role, as it's hard to say anything about her character's personality.

I mean, there are a few scenes when she does show that she can act, usually during her scenes with Nick Fury, cause as I mentioned before, they have a nice chemistry together, flashbacks from before she was trained as a Kree warrior, but still comes out a bit bland through most of the runtime.

It becomes even more jarring during the scene when Vars meets her old friend Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), who is rather shocked to see her, torn between happiness and confusion, giving a strong, emotional performance... while Larson keeps the same facial expression through most of it.

As I mentioned before, it's not the actress's fault, but it does harm the movie on some level.

Samuel L. Jackson however absolutely nails it as younger, less cynical Fury.

Now, we got used to gruff, no-nonsense and properly paranoid commander of S.H.I.E.L.D but here we get Nick who sees a being with superpowers for the first time in his life, and is appropriately shocked / awed by the fact that aliens exist, which gives Mr. Jackson an opportunity to have a bit of a fun with the character.

I mean, I had never expected to see Fury going "oh so cute" about a cat, or freaking out about seeing an alien, but it's lot of fun watching him do it, and judging from his actor, a lot fun to play it, which is rather infectious.

Also, this cat is awesome.

Sadly, yet again movie’s villain remains one of it’s weak points.

I mean, damn, I really though that after "Black Panther" and "Infinity War" we got over the so-called "Marvel Curse" and villains who are not Loki wouldn't suck anymore. And yet, here we are, back to square one...

Now, don't get me wrong, Ben Mendelsohn does what he can to sell Skrulls leader, and even managed to have some fun with his portrayal.

For example being rather laid-back and even funny in his true form, and a bit stern and stiff in his preferred human form, as well as giving each of them a different accent, but as they say, You cannot get water out of a stone.

He got very little to work with in terms of motivations, background or even personality of his character, making Talos quite flat, despite the actor's best efforts.

If I had to compare it to other Marvel villains, he would be right there with Malekith the Accursed from "Thor - The Dark World", as both movies had absolutely wasted a great actor due to not giving him anything he can use, nor any freedom to flesh the character out, which is a damned shame.

I mean, they tried with a bit of a twist near the end, but You can see it coming from miles away, so it's not really a surprise, and nor does it help our villain in the slightest.

What else...

... Oh yeah, I had evaded this particular elephant in the room for long enough.

Before the movie premiered many people, myself included, were afraid that it would delve too much into politics, since both the cast and Marvel PR people were putting a lot of emphasis on the feminist message of "Captain Marvel", throwing the phrase "First Female Marvel Hero" etc.

Thus I had expected a sexist, and politics heavy crap like "Ghostbusters 2016", but really for all the bluster of Marvel execs, and journalists focusing of this, the whole "feminist" part of the movie turned out to be nearly nonexistent.

I mean, sure we get a scene with male soldiers telling Carol she is "too weak" to be a pilot, or a guy who obnoxiously tries to pick her up, but it's not like the movie spends extended periods of time on it, or goes to extreme length to show all men as idiots, manbabies and chauvinists, as "Ghostbusters" did, so really there was no point to the whole sh#tstorm about it in the first place.

And really, "Wonder Woman" was really a lot more about "Girl Power" than this movie, so I don't think that people who expected it to be about "powerful femininity" and stuff would be totally satisfied with it...

Other than that, we get good special effects (Especially the ones used to de-age Jackson and Gregg), few nice fight scenes, especially in the third act, overall good acting despite problem mentioned above, and a few obligatory callbacks to other MCU movies...

And that's basically it.

It's a competently done movie that nevertheless lacks the bang it supposed to have, and I think that in a few weeks most people would forget about it, like they probably did with "Doctor Strange" and "Ant-Man & The Wasp", because they would be busy talking about "Endgame".

It would still make a ton of money, as all MCU movies do, even if it clearly show that their formula got a bit stale at this point, and even without making a lasting impression it was a well-made popcorn flick.

Still, it shows that Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel does have a potential as a movie character, despite all weird stuff Marvel did with her comic book counterpart, but it wasn't the time when this potential had the chance to be fully utilized. So, better luck next time, Carol?

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amandajoyce118 · 5 years

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Captain Marvel Easter Eggs And References

My goal for Easter egg lists is always to get them up within a week of a movie’s opening, or the same night that a television episode airs, but I’ve had an injured wrist/thumb that has made writing difficult. So, Captain Marvel hasn’t been delayed because of a busy life, but because I’ve been trying to rest my hand. I’ve been wearing a brace and thumb stabilizer for most of my day for the last few weeks, so I should be getting back to normal soon.

As usual with my Easter egg lists, this list assumes you’ve seen the movie, and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for that matter. There will be spoilers. You have been warned. I’m sticking mainly with comic and MCU references, so you won’t find a lot of pop culture ones here. If you want someone to give you the 90s rundown, I’m sure you can find it online.

The Stan Lee Tribute

Every MCU movie opens with the same sequence, highlighting the heroes that are part of the universe. This is the first Marvel movie to hit theaters since Stan Lee’s death, so they did something a little different. That sequence instead highlights him. The color scheme and the background text remains the same, but none of the actors are there, just shots of Stan Lee from different movies and red carpet events. I won’t lie. I’ve teared up a little every time I’ve seen it.

Hala

Both the name of the main planet and the capital city in the Kree Empire. MCU fans saw it before in Guardians of the Galaxy, though it was a bit darker and didn’t seem as tech-friendly. It makes me wonder just what happened in the years in between.

“There are tabs for that.”

Not an Easter egg, but a tiny bit of world building. Going into this movie, I think most people knew that Carol Danvers AKA Vers was really from Earth. But, I find it interesting that Yon-Rogg is so quick to offer Carol a Kree sleeping aid. It reinforces the idea we’ve seen on Agents of SHIELD that human and Kree physiology are relatively compatible.

Supreme Intelligence

Less of an Easter egg and more of a direct comic book adaptation, the Supreme Intelligence is also an A.I. in the comics. There, it’s made up of all of the minds of the smartest and most distinguished Kree after they day. That’s presumably what Yon-Rogg’s “join the collective” comment meant in the movie as well. The idea of it becoming the person you most admire is created for the movie.

Carol’s Inhibitor

The comics have tried many different inhibitors on characters with super powers over the years. The X-Men usually have collars. Alien species like their neural inhibitors though, which is what Carol appears to have when she trains with Yon-Rogg. Kudos to the MCU for keeping their tech consistent across movies and TV since it appears to be the same type as what Quake ends up with in the future on Agents of SHIELD. Interesting that Daisy’s is embedded in her brain tissue while Carol’s is on the surface of her skin. Something changed in the decades in between - probably the fact that Carol was able to disable hers. Then again, so was Daisy.

Starforce

This is considered a group of supervillains in the comics, so perhaps movie fans might have expected their turn if they knew that. A few of the members are different in the comics. For example, Yon-Rogg isn’t a member, but Ronan the Accuser is. ScreenRant did a good job at running down who’s who in the movie version since they’re all comic book characters. You can see that here.

Torfa

Torfa is a relatively new creation in the planets. It first popped up in 2014, which tells you the movie pulls from a lot of the new comic book continuity. Like the movie, Torfa was a planet where refugees lived. Also like the movie, not all of them survived the hostile atmosphere, though in the comics, it was chemicals, not Kree that were hostile. Carol also had it out with Starlord’s comic book dad there.

Talos

Talos is in the comics, but apparently he’s also a Star Trek reference. Not a Trekkie, though I do find the franchise interesting, so I’ll direct you to this article for a full explanation.

Carol’s Look

One of Carol’s most iconic looks in the comics is her mohawk. She gets it for the movie in the form of her helmet keeping her hair in place. Her uniform, with the green color scheme, is one all of Starforce uses, but it’s also a nod to the original Captain Marvel’s uniform in the comics. In fact, the color changing of her suit appears to be a nod to a few other costumes she had in the comics too. The red, yellow, and blue came later. I’m just glad we didn’t have her bathing-suit like uniform of her Ms. Marvel days.

Maria “Photon” Rambeau

Maria is created for the movie (her daughter is from the comics), and though we learn more about her much later, we see her callsign on her jet during Carol’s early flashbacks. Photon is actually one of the many superhero names Monica Rambeau uses in the comics. Nice touch.

Carol’s Family

Carol’s family flashbacks only ever show us her brother and her father. We don’t get much of an idea about her homelife other than her relatives not wanting her to be as rough as the boys. That’s very much a part of her comic book background. Her father favors her brother so much that, even though Carol has the better grades growing up, he only pays for her brother to get a university education. Carol joins the Air Force for the free tuition and to prove she’s as good as the boys to her father. (It’s also interesting that we never see her mother since a recent retcon in the comics has her mother as a Kree refuge and Carol’s birth name as Car-El as she’s half Kree.) It’s also interesting to note that a lot of Carol’s major stories in her classic comics involve her losing her memories and having to figure out who she is all over again.

Lieutenant Trouble

It’s a cute nickname for Monica with Carol’s military background. It’s also a nod to another little girl Carol new in the comics with the same nickname and Monica being a police officer in the comics when she’s introduced as an adult. She’s also from Louisiana, just like the Rambeaus are in the movie.

Dr. Lawson

We’ve got some genderbending going on for the new generation. In the comics, the original Captain Marvel is Mar-Vell, a Kree soldier sent to Earth to monitor the planet as it gets destroyed by Galactus. Mar-Vell comes to sympathize with humanity and turns on the Kree to help the humans. He also takes the guise of a scientist with NASA named Dr. Lawson while he’s undercover. Sounds familiar, except her Lawson and Mar-Vell are a woman and the race she sympathizes with are the Skrulls. The original story also had Mar-Vell and Carol ending up in an accident with a piece of Kree technology that left Carol with his powers. I love the twist on this origin story. There’s plenty of nods to the source material without Carol’s jealousy of Mar-Vell from the comics, and without her playing second fiddle to a heroic dude for a long time.

Project PEGASUS

In the comics, Project PEGASUS is a unit researching alternative energy sources. It also acts as a prison for those with superpowers. We’ve actually seen mention of it in the MCU before. For the MCU, it was created in the 1940s when Howard Stark found the Tesseract in the ocean while looking for Captain America. It was a joint venture between the Airforce, NASA, and what would become SHIELD to study it. It gets a mention in a few of the tie-in comics for the MCU movies, but specifically, Tony Stark mentions he wants files on it to JARVIS when he’s going through his dad’s stuff in Iron Man 2. A sign for it also appears on the wall in a SHIELD facility in Agents of SHIELD.

Blockbuster And Radio Shack

A+ choices for the businesses for Carol to run into. Two companies that are essentially extinct 20 years later, but were cutting edge at the time. (From what I understand the Blockbuster scenes were actually filmed at the last Blockbuster left in the US. It’s in Arizona. Go figure.)

True Lies

True Lies gets noticed in the video store because Carol shoots the standee, but the spy movie is known for a fighter jet sequence, and it was the first true “blockbuster” movie because it cost over $100 million to make - unheard of in 1994. The fighter jet prop used in it was also repurposed and used in The Avengers, so it’s like Easter egg inception here.

Universal Translator

So much is made about alien races speaking English in the MCU. In the comics, pretty much anyone traveling through space has a universal translator built into their ship or their helmets. This one off mention from Carol reminds us of that, though she’s likely speaking English anyway.

Coulson the Skrull

Phil Coulson appears as a rookie agent in the 90s. I’d wager this is one of his first big jobs since he’s still on evidence collection. You know him from the Iron Man and Avengers movies as well as, you know, Agents of SHIELD. I like that he’s the one a Skrull simulates instead of Fury because there were so many theories about who could be a Skrull when they were announced for this movie. It’s also a nice misdirect from Marvel that there’s concept art out there of Fury’s transformation from a Skrull, but not Coulson’s.

And, I mean, Nick Fury’s not an Easter egg, so I don’t need to remind you he basically started the MCU with Hulk and Iron Man, right? Though this movie does make me worry about his driving record in the MCU. He seems to end up in a lot of accidents.

Stan Lee And Mallrats

Stan Lee’s cameo is extra special because it’s also a nod to a real life cameo of his. How very meta. The script he’s holding on the train is for Kevin Smith’s Mallrats, where he really did say the line, “trust me, True Believers,” something he also said a lot in his editorials in the comics.

Kelly Sue Deconnick

When Carol gets off the train, she passes a woman with red hair and glasses in her walk. That’s Deconnick. She wrote the Captain Marvel comic book series a few years ago that this movie pulls a lot of its nods (and aesthetic) from. We can likely credit her with the surge in popularity Carol’s seen the last few years, and the reason she had a movie in development at all.

1989

In case there’s anything noteworthy for you in the year Carol ended up in Hala: Ron Perelman bought Marvel Entertainment Group, the massive X-Men Inferno story arc played out, the new Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD comic launched, and Jubilee made her comic book debut.

1995

Likewise, for Carol’s return to Earth: the Age of Apocalypse comics launched, Thor made his 400th comic book appearance, comic books like The Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man had landmark issues as well, and a bunch of Punisher comics were cancelled, only for Marvel to turn around and launch a new Punisher comic later in the year. The Skrull Kill Crew mini series also launched.

SHIELD Logo

Thanks, Carol for calling out the fact that a covert group shouldn’t put their logo on everything. Fans have been saying that for years. Also, nice touch that it’s not the sleek and modern logo we see in Agents of SHIELD, but the older one seen on the Wall of Valor in the MCU before.

“Smile for me.”

I know that Brie Larson was asked about this moment in an interview and said it wasn’t an Easter egg. But the fact that she was criticized so much by male fans for not smiling in promotional materials made me add this to the list.

SHIELD Medical Examiner

Nelson Franklin played him. He also appeared in an episode of Agents of SHIELD. Maybe they’re just relatives.

A “Full Bird Colonel”

Carol calls Fury this during their chat at Pancho’s. His military history before joining SHIELD is right in line with the comics. Of course, he was from New York, not Alabama there. He also says he likes the B’s and spent time in Budapest. Not the same mission as Hawkeye and Black Widow though, right?

“Just Fury”

Nick Fury also points out that he only goes by Fury. Not Nicholas. Not Nick. Just Fury. I intend on going back and finding when in the MCU someone calls him Nick to his face. Maybe it’s like a distress signal for him.

“You look like someone’s disaffected niece.”

Fury says this to Carol when he points out her clothes not fitting in on a secret base. But it reminded me of the comments about her looking like Emily VanCamp, who plays Peggy Carter’s niece Sharon.

The Welcome Wagon

Carol’s not familiar with the term, though Fury is. Probably because that’s what they call the intake program for new “assets” with SHIELD. That’s what Coulson eventually wants Skye to do when he adds her to his team in Agents of SHIELD.

Ronan The Accuser

You probably recognize Lee Pace’s character from Guardians of the Galaxy. In that movie, he was after a little purple gem that turned out to be the Power Stone. He’s a Kree purist, out to conquer neighboring lands and make sure the Kree stay in power. He’s not all that different here. His mention of coming back for the weapon and the woman at the end is likely a nod to him pursuing other Infinity Stones, even if it’s not clear that he knows what they are here. By the time of Guardians, he’s got whole rituals he’s participating in, which includes painting his face in Blue Kree blood. It doesn’t look like he’s quite that fanatical here. He does, however, inspire loyalty in Korath, who eventually works for him directly, which does make me wonder what happened to Yon-Rog after this and how much Korath told Ronan about their encounter with Carol on Earth as well.

“That’s a flerken.”

Goose likely gets his name from Top Gun, but he gets his alien identity from the comics. In the comics from a few years ago, Carol has a companion on her spaceship - a cat named Chewie. As Rocket Raccoon points out to her, “that’s no cat. That’s a flerken.” Like Talos, Rocket was right. Chewie ends up having a whole litter of flerkens. Goose just eats things and people at convenient times.

Women Flying Combat

Maria notes that women weren’t allowed to fly combat in 1989. That’s true. They weren’t allowed to fly combat until 1993, a few years before the movie is set. The first woman to get to after the ban lifted? That would be Jeannie M. Leavitt. Now Brigadier General Leavitt, she actually trained Brie Larson for her role in the film and appears in the new Air Force ads.

ASIS

The name given to Lawson’s new aircraft, as mentioned briefly by Maria, is ASIS. It’s a nod to Marvel’s Ultimate universe where that version of Captain Marvel developed it. Carol was his head of security, and his girlfriend, in that universe.

A Kree Blood Transfusion

We find out that when Carol was brought to Hala, she needed a blood transfusion to stay alive. I like this nod to GH-325 on Agents of SHIELD, but it does make me wonder why Carol was saved from going mad. Is it because that particular Kree on the series had something in his blood that made everyone end up with it driven to find the ancient city? Is it because Carol was already brainwashed into thinking she was Kree? It’s interesting that Kree blood often comes with messing with memories though.

A Kree Imperial Cruiser

Mar-Vell much have had some military connections when she left Hala and came to Earth if she had a cruiser. We’ve seen them before in the MCU commanded by Ronan’s people. The design here is basically the same, but again, it looks like she’s got more tech, likely because the scientific nature of her work. It does make me wonder if she ever ran into the other smaller ships stationed near Earth that were monitoring the planet for Inhuman activity. (Remember the ones left in orbit to destroy the inhuman abominations in Agents of SHIELD?)

The Tesseract

The Space Stone certainly gets a lot of mileage in the MCU. Hydra wanted it, SHIELD experimented with it, Loki stole it, and now, we found out what else SHIELD was doing with it besides Fury’s secret weapons making team. Lawson, though we see her as part of the air force, is a SHIELD scientist. Like I said, PEGASUS is a joint effort by a few groups. She’s using the Tesseract for space travel though, like it should be.

Quadjet

Nice touch that Carol and Maria use a quadjet to rescue the Skrulls. Why? Because just a decade later SHIELD is using the later model - a quinjet.

Carol Stopping The Warheads

This imagery, like a lot of what comes with Carol glowing and flying, is straight out of the comics. She actually flies into Earth’s atmosphere and slows a sentinel from crashing to Earth in one comic. It looks nearly exactly like this sequence, except, you know, there are other Avengers with her in the comics.

Sizzling Power Lines

We hear the crackle of electricity and see power moving along the lines when Carol brings Yon-Rogg to Earth. This looks to be a nod to how her power works in the comics. She doesn’t just magically produce photo blasts. She absorbs ambient energy from her surroundings to fuel herself. That’s why she doesn’t technically need to eat, or even why she doesn’t need to breathe in the vacuum of space. Her power converts energy around her to sources to sustain her.

Mother Flerken

This has to be a nod to the fact that MCU movies don’t drop F-bombs, though Samuel L. Jackson loves them.

Mar-Vell. Two Words.

Fury mistakenly calls Mar-Vell Marvel. Carol corrects him. That’s kind of how the Captain Marvel term came to be in an alternate universe in the comics though. No one could pronounce Mahr-Vell in the Ultimate universe, so people called him Captain Marvel.

“We found her, and we weren’t even looking.”

I know that this is a nod to Fury’s eventual gathering of the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye together. But this is also a reminder that for decades, SHIELD was seeking out people with powers. As Agents of SHIELD showed their audience, some of those people were then locked up and exploited by Hydra agents working undercover. SHIELD still likely has a lot of super powered skeletons in its closet.

Mid Credit Scene

What a surprise. Captain Marvel will show up after the pager is activated in Avengers: Endgame. We’re all surprised, right? (Sarcasm, I know.)

Special Thanks

During the credits, there are a slew of comic creators listed in the special thanks section. Among them are heavyweights like Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Waid, Ralph Macchio, Gene Conway, Jack Kirby, and Chris Claremont. I honestly missed that section the first time and didn’t read them fast enough to catch more. But they aren’t directly responsible for Captain Marvel, but instead had a huge effect on Marvel comics as a whole with massive runs for different properties.

Post Credit Scene

Goose coughing up that tesseract was necessary for Fury to later use to attempt to develop weapons, just like Hydra, in a secret SHIELD program that Captain America won’t like in The Avengers.

A few side notes:

Coulson’s Gut

To be perfectly honest, I feel like Coulson’s part was originally just a generic rookie SHIELD agent in the script. I think when they got the chance to add Clark Gregg to the cast, a few things changed, like this exchange between Fury and Carol about going with your gut instead of following orders. That has always been Coulson’s thing. And, even though Fury is always yelling at people to follow orders, it’s actually how he operates too. It’s why he’s always set up ways for himself, and his proteges, to work around the system. I like that it was touched on here since it’s such a big part of Agents of SHIELD.

Coulson’s Kree Knowledge

Does this create a plot hole? Coulson specifically remarks to Fury at the end of the movie that he heard a Kree took out his eye. But when Lady Sif made her appearance on Agents of SHIELD, Coulson had no visible reaction to her telling him that Kree were one of the blue skinned aliens she knows of. Also, does Coulson even know they were (mostly) blue? After all, he might not since his only face to face with a “Kree” was Carol. It makes me wonder if he suspected the alien that provided GH-325 was Kree all along. Obviously, this is just the kind of thing that happens when universes expand, and it can all be explained away with SHIELD’s use of their memory machine on him, but it still makes me wonder.

Fury And The Women Around Him

I love the theme in the MCU of Fury surrounding himself with powerful women. We’ve seen that Maria Hill is his right hand over and over - even when she was working for Stark. We also saw that he and Natasha Romanoff were close. He trusted her to do the dirty work Steve Rogers wouldn’t. We also know he trusted Sharon Carter and Melinda May to report to him directly during their spy work. Now, Carol Danvers inspires the Avengers Initiative and he invites Maria to work with him after spending one mission with her. I want to meet Fury’s mom. Because she must have been one hell of a woman.

That’s it. Anything I missed? Feel free to tell me because there’s no way I caught every Easter egg.

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Captain Marvel: A Spoilertastic Review

Well, here we are. Our first female-led Marvel movie (unless you count Ant Man and the Wasp, which I kind of do because Scott was basically useless and Hope ran the whole movie like a boss, but too bad she ran the show on a dull, rushed movie). How does it measure up?

It's fine.

I'd coin Captain Marvel as good, not great. It's definitely a popcorn flick, in the same vein of Ant Man for sure in terms of where it fits in our giant pantheon of MCU movies. I'd rank it dead center, so slightly underneath Cap 1 and Thor 2, but above Doctor Strange. I think Ant Man is a good comparison for the tone and the enjoyment of this movie, although it does do more to characterize the main lead than Ant Man did for Scott Lang. To be fair, though, somehow they end up in the same spot for my personal rankings.

So let's dive in and see why.

Overall Grade: B-

Pros:

-Plenty of action. No shortage on that whatsoever.

-Lots of off-world adventures, for those fans who sometimes are annoyed that too many MCU movies are earth-based. We don't hit earth until about the halfway point and there are still some shenanigans then.

-The dynamic between Carol and Fury is a lot of fun. Larson and Jackson work off each other's energy very well and the banter feels fun and familiar without ever veering into any weird territory. Fury is just as effective as ever at her side, and it's before he becomes full on grumpy Dad Fury, so he's a lot less cold and it's fun to see.

-It was also delightful getting to see Coulson one more time, although it's a cameo, not a whole role as some of the trailers sort of imply.

-The female relationships are probably the strongest in the Marvel lineup, aside from Black Panther. Particularly Carol, her best friend Maria, and Maria's daughter. We don't see a ton of it, but it's just enough to put a huge grin on your face. It's very warm and endearing. I also like that Maria was not only a supportive best friend struggling to get over her loss, but she got to join the action as well, and it was badass. I really am happy with Marvel pushing forward to give black women more representation in the superhero genre. Too many folks think black women in film are only sassy best friends or baby mamas or Tyler Perry stereotypes. We love sci-fi/fantasy just as much as everyone else, and so I loved seeing two beautiful black actresses shining next to Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson. It lends the film a lot of heart.

-Brie Larson is relatively decent in the role. She has some moments better than others, but overall, she did a good job. It never felt like she couldn't handle the work of beating some ass, and she sold me far more than Gal Gadot did as Wonder Woman. Which, yes, I know, it's unfair and kind of tasteless to compare them, but I have to note it since I didn't care for the WW movie that this is what I was talking about with film presence. Gal Gadot, to me, looks like a supermodel wearing a Wonder Woman costume. To me, she never embodied the poise, agility, and strength that Diana has in the comics or in the animated series. I believed Gadot more during the softer parts of the WW movie, but she couldn't pull off the action because she just doesn't have the presence. Larson does, imo. She carries herself in a manner that makes me feel like she can kick your ass. She has a stance and a stature that allows me to feel her strength, and it's in line with other Marvel women like Widow, Okoye, or Scarlet Witch.

-My favorite part of the movie is hands down the "I'm Just a Girl" by No Doubt scene. Oh my God. I was internally squeeing and singing along with the lyrics while she kicked ass. I was so delighted to see them perfectly use that song that I already liked in high school anyway, and it just worked so well.

-I also liked the montages of Carol getting back up. That is a really, really important image for the girls growing up to see. It's not about how many times you fall. It's about how many times you still get back up. That's great. We fall and get dirty and scuffed and mocked and hated. But we still get up and try again every time. Love it. It's very empowering.

-The de-aging looked pretty good. Jackson is tougher since he's gained weight since the size he was back in the 90's but they filled in his wrinkles well enough. Coulson's looked better, although I did notice just it a tad bit during the stairwell scene, but overall, I thought it was well done.

-Gosh, her costume looks amazing. I want it. I want to wear it for Halloween. It's gorgeous.

-The sequence of the Skrulls acquiring her memories was very neat and uniquely done. Kudos.

-THE MOTHERFUCKING FIRST END CREDITS SCENE. Y'ALL. I SCREAMED. I SCREAMED AND CLAPPED MY HANDS SO HARD I HURT THEM. OH MY GOD. SHE'S ON EARTH. THE QUEEN IS ON EARTH AND WE SHALL ALL BE SAVED. SHE IS GOING TO TURN FUCKING THANOS INTO FUCKING PURPLE CLAM CHOWDER WITH HER BARE HANDS FOR KILLING FURY AWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. Ahem. Sorry. I am really goddamn excited about that tiny piece of Avengers: Endgame because Marvel and the Russos have been so fucking stingy with details. We still don't know the plot. We only have that 30-second Superbowl spot and the Sad Stark trailer. I was livid they didn't give us a final trailer in front of this movie, but I guess with it a month and change away, they're just banking on us frothing at the mouth wanting more. Jerks. But anyway, yes, this fucking scene is mint and I wish I could rewind it.

-Nick naming the Avenger Initiative after her was a great cherry on top moment.

-I fucking lost it when Nick started singing “Mr. Postman.” Deadass, I just started listening to that song about a month ago thanks to that one famous Vine where those dudes sung it acapella. I was dying. You go, Nick.

Cons:

-This movie overall has a bit of a bland taste to it. It's most revolving around Carol. The problem is that I think they were too chicken to dive deeply into who she is and her personality and her desires because they were afraid the feminists would complain that they made her too soft, so they replaced it all with action. Which is fine, some people just want a girl kicking ass, but I think it did Carol and Larson a disservice by rushing everything and doing drive-by characterization. The dialogue doesn't stick as well due to the bland flavoring, for example. If you ask me who Carol Danvers is, I can't really tell you. I can tell you what she does, but not who she is. I regret that probably the most out of everything. This movie is a bit of a vehicle than a movie where we discover who she is. We discover what she is, but not who she is. She's kind of just every tough, stubborn, smartass female lead you could see in maybe an Avengers OC fic on AO3. She really needed more distinct quirks and likes and dislikes, and I really fault them for cutting out her life on the Kree planet. It would have shown us so much more about her if we knew what her Kree life was like juxtaposed against her original human life, and it could up the stakes and help them sink it, and give more immediacy and concern to the dangers she faced.

-The villains were telegraphed. Again, people ding Marvel for this all the time. It's because they seem to struggle with balance. Often, the villains are thin to cut down the running time by not developing them at all. It's a shame. I've always found Jude Law very entertaining and I think they should have given him something to work with other than Obvious Bad Guy Pretending To Be Good. It was so transparent, much like the bitchy sister villain from Incredibles II. He might as well have been twirling a mustache. I mean, any dude who tells you your emotions are bad is probably not on the up-and-up. And it would have been better to see him and Carol square off at the end in an emotional battle than for it to just be a cheap shot and a joke. But I digress.

-While there was a lot of action, aside from the "Just a Girl" sequence, I will forget it all by morning. I think they wanted the movie to have mass appeal, so a lot of it comes across as generic. The stuff that stands out more are bits like finally seeing what alien Goose actually was or some of Fury's quips and the bits with Maria's daughter and Carol. The action itself is serviceable, but I'd have liked it to have more flavor if possible.

-Not outlining the limit to Carol's powers. This is going to be tough lining up with Endgame because she's so god-like we're gonna wonder if she just bitchslaps Thanos and that's the end. She feels overpowered without the chip limiting her, so I would have liked them to give us some kind of idea as to how she won't just wipe the floor with him in retribution in Endgame.

-Nitpick: Nick losing his eye to Goose annoyed me. People called it. I didn't want them to be right, but ugh, they were. It was a bit too silly for me.

-Nitpick: They really didn't need to waste our time with the second end credits being Goose puking up the Tesseract. We knew he did. You didn't have to show it, dummies.

-Nitpick: Was hoping for some 90's era cameos from at least one other Avenger, but no such luck. Damn. What a letdown.

I had fun, and I am eager to see her fit into the rest of the MCU. And I am also selfishly even more interested in Kamala Khan someday popping in as the new generation of heroes. Please, God, give me Kamala Khan. I want her and my son Peter Parker to team up and be the cutest superhero dorks ever. But until then...God help us all. Endgame is coming.

Enjoy the sunlight coming off of Ms. Danvers.

Because it's finna get dark up in here, my children.

See you in Endgame.

Kyo out.

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Captain Marvel Film Review

Written by Shawn Eastridge Captain Marvel, the latest entry in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, provides ample entertainment and a much appreciated ‘Girl Power’ message to inspire the young’uns. It features plenty of 90s references to get your nostalgia senses tingling and an adorable kitty cat, which is an element I will never fault any movie for including.

It’s also another by-the-numbers superhero origin story that doesn’t strive for greatness so much as it just checks off all the boxes we’ve come to expect from Marvel Studios. You’ve got your generic CG-powered action sequences here, a joke or two (or twenty) there. Throw in some Avengers Easter Eggs to make fans the world over positively wet themselves with glee and, baby, you got a stew going. But it’s a lukewarm stew at best, joining the ranks of such middle-tier MCU episodes as Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and most of Phase One. At the very least, Captain Marvel is relatively fast-paced and fun. The Writer/Director duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck of Half Nelson and Sugar fame try their darndest to spice things up with some weird, non-sequential storytelling pulled straight from the Christopher Nolan screenwriting handbook. In some ways, the zigzagging story helps distract from the fact that there isn’t a whole lot to engage with. It hits all the standard superhero beats, but rarely offers up much inspiration. Since these ‘self-contained’ origin stories tend to fall outside the primary, overarching storyline featuring the characters we’ve come to know and love, they can’t help feeling insignificant in the process. As Vers, a.k.a. Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, Brie Larson is...fine. She’s been great in other roles, but with her performance here, I couldn’t shake the vibe that she’s already over the whole Marvel thing. To be fair, the screenplay doesn’t give her a lot to work with. There isn’t much of a reason to invest in Carol’s personal journey because it’s not entirely clear what that journey is. She might be tough, she might be snarky (a little too snarky, if I’m being honest - some of these one-liners are painful), but she’s not very interesting. Maybe it’s the dull ‘I don’t remember who I am’ trope she’s saddled with, or maybe it’s because she’s able to take on every foe with what appears to be minimal struggle, the latter being especially noticeable during the film’s climax when she demonstrates a full mastery of her abilities without much of a learning curve. Whatever the reason, Captain Marvel lacks an engaging arc for its titular character. Lots of people around Carol keep telling her how wonderful she is and why she’s such a powerful person. It would have been nice to see a little more evidence as to why, not just a fifteen-second montage of her getting up at different points in her life to stand in for a total absence of character development. But let’s be honest. The true star of Captain Marvel is not Brie Larson. It’s Ben Mendelsohn as the film’s villain Talos. As Talos, Mendelsohn is charming, threatening and, for reasons I won’t spoil, incredibly endearing. Talos’ journey in this film is far more captivating than Captain Marvel’s. Oh, and Goose the cat is great too, because...you know...he’s a cat Despite the standard plotting, there are some genuine twists and fun surprises as the story plays out that lend Captain Marvel some much-needed flair. I enjoyed the ‘buddy cop’ angle between Captain Marvel and Nick Fury; Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson have solid chemistry and play well off each other. But, as is often the case with these origin MCU entries, the film doesn’t feel the need to do anything more than the bare minimum. The 90s nostalgia gives the film a unique flavor, but the references don’t delve much deeper than the surface. The soundtrack takes great pleasure in milking some of your favorite hits from the decade, but the song selections are a bit on-the-nose. I guess Boden and Fleck are trying to follow the example set by James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, but it never gels in the same way. A particular song choice during one of Captain Marvel’s climactic fight scenes is more cringeworthy than anything else. Look, Captain Marvel isn’t terrible, but it just feels so run of the mill, giving into the worst inclinations of the MCU’s origin stories. What should have been a unique, standalone entry ends up being little more than a less-than-satisfying appetizer for next month’s main event. The film’s tagline ‘Higher. Further. Faster.’ really should have just been ‘High enough. Far enough. Fast enough...to hold you over until Avengers: Endgame.’

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Captain Marvel (2019) Review

So, I saw the Captain Marvel movie recently (on 3/9, as this’ll likely end up posted a bit late) and as the big movie that’s set to bridge the gap between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, as well as the big-screen debut of Captain Marvel (not to mention the first Marvel female hero to get the limelight), there was a lot of excitement and hype built around this film. Starring the titular Captain Marvel, real name Carol Danvers, and set in the 90s - before any film sans Captain America 1 - we’re given a look into the origins of the “Strongest Avenger,” the one Nick Fury sought to call upon at the end of Infinity War to fight against Thanos.

Full movie spoilers and my opinions below.

Synopsis: This film focuses on the origin story, so to say, of the future Carol Danvers/”Vers” (as she’s known among the Kree), in the adventure that sets her on the path to become the superheroine known as Captain Marvel. Believing herself to be a part of the Kree due to memory loss, she is part of a group tasked with investigating the reported abduction of a Kree agent who was captured by the Skrulls (an alien species capable of mimicking the appearance of any human they view, one which is supplemented by their poorly-elaborated-upon talents at learning a lot about their targets). Due to events beyond her control, she is separated from her Kree allies and ends up stranded on Earth. Discovering details about her past life while there, she teams up with a young Nick Fury to discover the truth about her past and how intimately tied she is to the current Skrull-Kree conflict...

The Good:

The Visuals: To be sure, Captain Marvel - like all other big budget Marvel films - is a visual spectacle. The CGI is very on-point for this film, the fight scenes are generally well handled, and it generally managed to capture the 90s look and vibes that the film is set in fairly well. The Skrull are also made to look great for their big screen debut, with amazing work put into the transformation scenes, and Captain Marvel’s abilities are a visual delight.

Not Bogged Down by Continuity: One good thing about Captain Marvel in the relative sense is that it doesn’t bog itself down much with a desire to connect itself to the other films. While some things will certainly make more sense in context of other movies (such as the importance of the power source everyone is fighting over and who exactly Phil Coulson is in relation to Nick Fury), the movie is self-contained enough that one can enjoy it without feeling they need to see everything Marvel-related prior to keep themselves informed. This is in contrast to, say, Ant-Man 2 or Spider-Man, which require one to have seen Captain America: Civil War to understand all the ongoing character dynamics.

A Straightforward Story: Tying in to the above, but Captain Marvel never loses itself in trying to tell an overly-complex narrative with a million different plot-lines at once. While there is certainly a twist or two to be had, the movie kept itself focused on the important characters and most of it’s attention was on Captain Marvel and her personal journey. It told the story it wanted to tell and never did it veer into pointless sub-plots or give focus to truly meaningless characters.

A Lack of a Love Story: In what is something of personal gripe, I appreciate the complete lack of a romance story in this film. A common criticism that has been directed at many other Marvel films was the inclusion of romance between the male lead and a major female character (usually inspired by one of the comic romances), usually to the detriment of the film as the romances were rather out of nowhere and had little purpose beyond just having one. This film didn’t have any of that, and while one could make arguments or ship as shippers are wont to do, there was never a “These two are suddenly in love and kissing because there needs to be a romance” moment and I am glad.

The Cast is Well-Acted: A bit of a weird one, I suppose, but most of Captain Marvel’s cast is just as enjoyable to watch as any other Marvel movie’s cast. I never felt a single cast member wasn’t giving the role their best, and while the dialogue could be cringe-worthy at times, it was only ever due to the script, not the actor/tress in the role.

A Good Message: It was made no secret that Captain Marvel would be a primarily feminist film and have messages about gender equality and women not needing the approval of men to be who they are. And the film delivered it with only a minor heavy-handed approach. The female characters were all competent and never eye-candy, but at the same time the movie never used the “machismo men who talk big but are actually pretty lame” trope other less-subtle movies used, all the characters were as competent as they were implied to be. It was occasionally blunt during some portions of dialogue, but it never felt forced and it carried its message well.

The Bad

A Tonal Disaster: The movie was unfortunately bogged down by an overindulgence, so to say, on comedy. Now, this in and of itself is not an issue, as Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnarok can prove - a movie can be primarily comedic in nature but still have great stories and be serious when they need to (though one could argue both had tonal issues, I wouldn’t deny that). That said, where this movie most falters is in how it tries to be primarily comedic at times where characters necessarily shouldn’t - for example, there’s a earlier on moment where Carol blasts open a door some time after Nick Fury had done secret spy stuff to open a prior one, making him incredulously ask why she hadn’t done so before and her responding she didn’t want to steal his thunder. This is at a time when Carol knows there’s a time limit of sorts (the Kree are due to arrive in less than 20 hours to rescue her) and Carol is learning about events that may intimately involve her and her lost memory, but they let the cast wait around so they can have this joke. This is around the point I started to worry for the movie, as well, because I could tell the movie would be willing to let it’s mood go to waste for a quick joke.

A return to basic villains: One common issue held with many of the earlier Marvel films was the very weak villains in their movies. They could look cool or be menacing, but Loki was pretty was really the only one who was complex for the longest time. It took until arguably either The Winter Soldier or Age of Ultron to buck this trend and give us memorable or complex villains. This continued for most of Phase 3, with their villains being complex, sympathetic at times, or otherwise memorable presences. Spoilers: the Skrulls were build up as that, but plot twist, the Skrulls aren’t the villains, the Kree are. And the Kree do nothing to establish themselves as memorable villains - you could arguably have even forgotten two of them were main antagonists in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The only relatively memorable one is Yon-Rogg, Carol’s mentor, and the two spend so little time properly interacting after he’s revealed as a villain that any complexity he could have is never properly utilized. For that matter...

The Supreme Intelligence is kinda pointless: Tying into how the Kree are an unfortunate return to basic villains, the Supreme Intelligence - the Artificial Intelligence ruler of the Kree - is an exemplar of this aspect of the Kree in this movie. The Supreme Intelligence is something of a recurring presence in this movie (though I use that term lightly, given that it only appears before Carol for a grand total of five minutes if I’m being generous), and as the guiding force behind the Kree, it is technically the main antagonist of the film (Yon-Rogg is the most present of the Kree antagonists, but his actions are ultimately guided by the Supreme Intelligence). As noted above, though, Carol and the Supreme Intelligence only spend about five minutes together, and only half of THAT time is spent as them on opposing sides, where it is little more than a generic overlord-emperor type, giving us a nothing driving force for the antagonists as a whole. Which is unfortunate, because...

The Kree are very underdeveloped in general: This is an issue because for a chunk of her life, after receiving amnesia, Carol considers the Kree her people and becomes part of a Kree task force. While somewhat understandable that she’d be willing to stand against them as they’re responsible for her predicament in various capacities, the movie spends so little time developing the relationship between them and the other Kree. Neither she nor the named Kree she battles seem to hold any strong emotion about coming to blows, to the point that they could have been replaced with a random Kree task force she never knew and nothing would have changed. This goes double for both Korath and Ronan, who were incredibly flat villains in Guardians of the Galaxy - any hopes one might have had that they’d receive stronger characterization was misplaced, as they’re just as one-dimensional as before.

“Subverting Audience Expectations” ruins the Skrull: Many have (supposedly?) praised the Skrull for their role in the movie as a red herring antagonist who are actually sympathetic, with many bringing back the old praise of “This movie is great because it subverts audience expectations” that popped up during Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I have a much longer rant about that, but that isn’t the issue I mean to address here. And before anyone gets on my case, I have no desire to argue “the Skrull are ruined because they don’t follow their comic book selves;” the MCU is perfectly allowed to reimagine the Skrull as they desire, and if they wish to make the Skrull sympathetic, then that is their prerogative. In this case, the issue is that they’re so intent on making the Skrull red herrings that the Skrulls pre-reveal and post-reveal are essentially entirely different beings. Before the reveal, Skrulls are making an proactive effort to discover what they need, capturing a Kree agent and luring Carol in with deception to read her mind and learn where to go, and when they get to Earth, they immediately install themselves so that they can best discover what they need to know - which isn’t necessarily bad, because that can still be played as sympathetic but willing to do whatever is necessary to get what they need to survive. But post-reveal, the Skrull we knew as antagonists are almost entirely different beings - Talos and his “Science Guy” are almost comic relief after the truth is revealed, albeit with a few moments of competence (for a prime example of their newfound incompetence, it’s revealed the Skrull couldn’t find Wendy Lawson’s lab because their “science guy” didn’t realize the coordinates they were trying to figure out were directing them to space). Talos in particular goes from “Leader of the Skrull remnant doing whatever is necessary to save his species and his family” to “Leader of the Skrulls who wants to save his people but never wanted to hurt anyone while doing it.” Sure, Marvel subverted our expectations, but when your red herring is essentially two different characters before and after the reveal, it’s no wonder audiences ended up surprised.

Nick Fury backstory is now a joke: Now, this in and of itself isn’t an issue - there’s no rule stating Samuel L. Jackson NEEDS to be badass in every movie, or we can’t have a “Younger Nick Fury who is comedic due to being new to it all.” Like I noted above, Nick Fury is generally competent - as are most characters in this film, even the Skrull post-reveal - and does well enough in his role in the film. But there’s an elephant in the room: how Nick Fury lost his eye. Namely, he lost his eye to Goose the Cat/Flerken after the cat decided is was being messed with and scratched his eye. Yes, you read that right. Nick Fury’s lost eye was due to him essentially getting scratched by an alien in cat form he pissed off. And no, it wasn’t “rampaging alien form that hit him with a massive claw,” no, it’s “small house cat claw to the eye.” Now, if it isn’t clear why exactly it’s bad, let me explain it in a bit better detail. This isn’t just an issue of “We wanted to subvert audience expectations, so Nick Fury lost his eye in a funny way because no one saw it coming” - though it still is that, too. Rather, the issue here is that what happened here is now canon, and is retroactively canon for the whole of the MCU up to that point. Nick Fury justifying why he hid secrets to Captain Freakin’ America as because “Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye.” - that’s the story he tells everyone because he’s too embarrassed to admit the truth. That big reveal at the end of the Winter Soldier, where he reveals he had a backup retinal scan of his scarred eye because he was just that prepared in case someone tried to lock him out of the S.H.I.E.L.D. systems by removing the retinal scan of his good eye? Thank goodness he had that eye scarred by a cat, otherwise, there’s no way that plan would’ve had a chance of working later on. Him calling Coulson, his most loyal supporter, “His good eye?” Thank goodness a cat clawed out his eye so he could make it clear how much Coulson meant to him with that distinction. That’s the big gamble you take when you retroactively introduce a character’s backstory in a prequel - everything that happened there is now canon to everything since. And now Nick Fury’s backstory in the MCU will forever be “He lost it to an annoyed cat,” because Captain Marvel decided that it was better to make a joke of it.

And now, for a minor gripe: This is a bit of a lesser example, but y’all recall what S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for? Don’t recall off the top of your head? You could rewatch Iron Man, because it tells you in recurring joke form - Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. Someone really should shorten that, right? Something the characters note anytime the full name is brought up. And at the end of the movie, Coulson tells Pepper - who is going to recite it by name - that it’s S.H.I.E.L.D. for short now. If only Coulson was around back in the 1990s, where Nick Fury makes reference to how he’s “Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D.” and namedrops S.H.I.E.L.D. a few times. *ahem* Yeah, it’s a minor continuity error in the grand scheme of things, but it was something I figured should be mentioned because that was something that I noticed and wanted to bring up.

Final Verdict

Captain Marvel is a... competently-made movie. And I’m really sorry to say it, but that’s the most I can say about it. It’s well-made, well-acted, tells a simple enough story to understand that isn’t bogged down by continuity, and it has good messages in it’s narrative. But it loses so much of itself due to having an inconsistent tone throughout, and it’s plot goes from decent to bog-standard around the time it decides to “Subvert audience expectations” and give us some of the most boring villains this side of the Phase 3 MCU films.

Would I recommend others to watch it? Somewhat. It’s not exactly incredibly essential viewing for the MCU and I don’t think it’s really all that good, but it’s not a terrible movie, I can understand why one would like it despite all it’s flaws (people can learn to overlook nearly everything), and it does add to the MCU enough that it is worth seeing if you want to see all the Marvel films. But if you want a good female superhero film with a feminist message, you’re better off watching Wonder Woman.

And now, to address the elephant in the room pretty much every male who didn’t enjoy the film needs to deal with:”You didn’t like Captain Marvel because the main character was a woman and it had a pro-women message and you must hate feminism.” It’s a comment that tends to get directed at males who don’t enjoy films with female protagonists, regardless of quality of the film (see: Ghostbusters) or reasons for disliking the film (albeit not without reason, to some degree - after all, those biased against something would be much harder on it than something they aren’t even if their flaws are much the same). Not helping matters were that trolls DID review-bomb its Rotten Tomatoes score before it even had a full day under it’s belt - which the movie didn’t deserve, it should be judged on it’s own merits, not targeted by insecure men angry about there being a Marvel movie starring a female hero.

And I don’t expect to convince anyone who isn’t willing to believe me otherwise. I can point to all the video games (Metroid, Portal, Resident Evil, etc) I love that star female protagonists, or that I considered the Wonder Woman film to be excellent, and it won’t convince anyone. If you think I’m sexist garbage because I’m a male who didn’t like the film, my reasonings above or thoughts below won’t probably won’t convince you.

Here’s my views on this, however: Marvel had taken much too long to give us a movie primarily starring a female hero. Marvel has many great female heroes, Captain Marvel included, and any one of them would have been as worthy of a film as a male counterpart. The MCU dropped the ball repeatedly when it came to giving their female heroes films - Black Widow would’ve been great for a film but never got made and the omnipresence of Scarlet Johansson has made many people not care; Scarlet Witch got primarily confined to Avengers-focused films; The Wasp is very enjoyable but still has to share screentime and billing with Ant-Man; Gamora was probably the best and still those films still spent more time with Star-Lord, not to mention she was killed of in Infinity War without certainty of her return, leaving that “Third Guardians movie focused on her” up in the air.

We finally have a Marvel film that’s starring a female, and it’s primary message is about how feminism is important - and it’s good we’ve finally got one, but it took us until Phase 3 to finally get it and the film was marred by so many other issues I would struggle to call it good even with its positive qualities. And that’s not the quality it deserved - not as a Marvel film, as a Captain Marvel film, or as a feminist film. And anyone who would say “Who cares if it was not all that good, we’ve finally gotten a feminist superhero film from Marvel”? You’re settling, and you shouldn’t. What we deserved isn’t what we got, and by defending it, you’re essentially saying that Marvel can get away with low-quality movies so long as they can say “Sure, but fans were asking for this and we gave them what they wanted.”

You want a film with a female superhero protagonist that has a feminist message that is, above all else, good? You should watch Wonder Woman. And I know how there’s all the issues with the DCEU as a whole, or the rivalry between Marvel and DC fans and the former who wanted this movie to be good so they could be proud Marvel made a feminist hero film that was better than DC’s. And kudos to you who support brand loyalty. But DC did what Marvel didn’t for the longest time, and for all of the DCEU’s issues, Wonder Woman had very few issues on its own, and the issues that were present were very minor compared to everything it had going for it. Wonder Woman was what Captain Marvel wanted to be, and what it ultimately failed to be.

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And on a different topic, Captain Marvel is quite a good movie although not really outstanding.

Some observations, additional thoughts and spoilers after the cut:

It comes as relatively weak when compared to other Phase 3 movies, not because it’s bad per se, but simply because other recent Marvel movies have raised the bar too high. Nevertheless, it’s fun and, as far as origin stories go, I think it’s better than Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the first Thor, although not quite as good as Captain America: The First Avenger or the first Iron Man.

Kevin Feige wasn’t exaggerating when he said the movie set up Carol as the most powerful hero they have introduced so far. The moment when she finally unleashes her full power and what follows afterwards is actually quite exciting. While it’s very unlikely that she will be able to defeat Thanos on her own, their battle in Endgame should prove to be interesting, especially considering the source of Carol’s powers.

Brie Larson is actually very good in the role of Carol Danvers when it comes to conveying the pathos and inner conflict of the character. She is not quite as good when it comes to conveying her snarky side. While some of her remarks did elicit a chuckle from me, the rest tended to fall very flat. She is honestly funnier when acting as a straight man to other characters, like Nick Fury. Hopefully she will play better with the other Avengers.

Sammuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Lashana Lynch (Maria Rambeau) and Akira Akbar (Monica Rambeau) were all delightful in their respective roles. Hopefully we’ll see an adult Monica (preferably as Spectrum) in the inevitable sequel.

The revelation of how Nick Fury lost his eye (and his subsequent conversation with Coulson about it) is one of the most delightful jokes that the franchise has done so far. For that matter, it’s also nice to see Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) back in one of these movies, even if his role is pretty small.

Like many other MCU movies, this one has some very heavy changes in terms of the adaptation. While I don’t doubt that said changes will (as usual) irk the most pedantic purist members of the comic book fandom, I tend to divide said changes into three different types:

The ones that differ heavily from the source material but are appropriate in the context of the MCU and the specific narrative that Marvel Studios has been weaving (like Carol gaining her powers from the energy produced by the Tesseract/Space Stone).

The ones that differ heavily from the source material but are appropriate given the feminist themes of the movie (like Mar-Vell being female instead of male).

The ones that I did find genuinely troubling. In this case, this last type would be pertaining to the Skrull, who (unlike the comics) are not a race of amoral imperialist aliens with ambitions of universe domination in war with the Kree (another race of imperialist amoral aliens with ambitions of universe domination). Rather, they are essentially a group of scattered refugees who lost their homeworld, and who use terrorist and guerrilla tactics to resist the imperialist advances of the Kree. While anyone who has read the comics will not be surprised that the Kree are the actual villains of the movie, the twist with the Skrull was something that I wasn’t expecting at all and I’m not sure I liked it. I frankly prefer how, in the comic books, both the Kree and the Skrull can be equally jingoistic, cruel and hateful. At least Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) is a fun character and Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) is actually a decent villain.

I shouldn’t be surprised that, with the ongoing “culture wars” raging on the Internet, this movie has accrued its share of controversy. However, I do think said controversy is one of the silliest and most overblown ones I have seen. I remember how there was suddenly a heavy backlash and outcry online against Brie Larson, the movie and the character of Captain Marvel herself, apparently product of some declarations that the actress had given to a magazine online. I remember wondering what she could have said that was so offensive to elicit such a response. I then checked the interview in question and was surprised by how, as far as feminist arguments and remarks go, her declarations were ultimately pretty mild. It makes me think that we male geeks/ nerds doth protest too much.

Now, as I mentioned before, the movie does have some feminist themes, but they aren’t anything particularly radical or groundbreaking, at least as far as such kind of narratives go. Indeed, they are really cliché to be honest. Carol’s backstory is ultimately revealed to be the standard tale of a woman entering on a male dominated career, receiving her share of pushback from her peers, then ultimately succeeding by sheer resilience and force of will. Nothing that hasn’t been seen before in that respect.

Goose is the MVP of the MCU. Nuff said!

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