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after watching both no way home and multiverse of madness, I’ve come to be of the (controversial) opinion that the mcu should avoid multiverse plots. not because the plots themselves are bad, but because so much of the plot revolves around cameos. the actual plot takes a backseat to the temporary — and ultimately inconsequential — introduction of fan-favorite characters. cameos are fine (and a certain number of cameos are to be expected in popular series!) but you reach a point where you’ve reduced your series to nostalgic call-backs, and imo the multiverse plot lines are really accelerating the mcu’s descent into that
#please don’t come at me#if you like the cameos that’s cool!#and the idea of using the multiverse in movies is really cool!!! but. they’re not using it because its a cool idea; they’re using it to—#make money and pander to fans with cameos#like what was the point of all those heroes in the illuminati universe#agent carter!! cool!! alternate universe captain marvel!!! also cool!!!#but they didn’t contribute to the story at all. they literally all just died.#those could have been any random people#the mcu isn’t using the multiverse to come up with cool plots theyre using it to get the momentary shock value#anyway. like I said I think multiverse plots could be cool!! but the cameos reach a point where they’re just kinda cringy#don’t come at me with Its Always Been Like That!!! either pls :’)#I’m aware that call-backs are common and often times enjoyable!! i’m just saying they’re using the multiverse plots to get even lazier#delete later#at least if I get a lot of hate for this which I think I might :’)#mcu#marvel
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Miguel is Fine, Actually (Being Spider-Man's Just Toxic As Hell)
Before I watched ATSV I said that I would defend my man Miguel O'Hara's actions no matter what, because he's always valid and I support women's wrongs. I was joking, and I did not actually expect to start defending him on Tumblr.edu. But I'm seeing a lot of commentary that's super reductive, so I do want to bring up another perspective on his character.
Miguel wasn't acting against the spirit of Spider-Man, or what being Spider-Man means. Miguel isn't meant to represent the antithesis of Spider-Man. Miles is the antithesis of Spider-Man. Miguel represents Spider-Man taken to its extreme.
Think about Miguel's actions from his perspective. If you were a hero who genuinely, legitimately, 100%, no doubt about it, believed that somebody is going to make a selfish decision that will destroy an entire universe and put the entire multiverse at severe risk - if you had an over-burdened sense of responsibility and believed in doing the right thing no matter what - you would also chase down the kid and put him in baby jail to try and prevent it. He believed that he was saving the multiverse, and that Miles was putting it in danger for selfish reasons. Which is completely unforgivable to him, because selfishness is what he hates the most. And then he goes completely out of pocket and starts beefing with a 15yo lmfaooo he's such a dick.
But why did Miguel believe that? Why did he believe that Miles choosing himself and his own happiness over the well-being of others was the worst possible thing? Why did he believe that tragedy was inevitable in their lives, and that without tragedy Spider-Man can't exist?
Because he's Spider-Man.
Peter Parker was once a fifteen year old who chose his own happiness over protecting others. It was the greatest regret of his life and he never forgave himself. Peter's ethos means that he will put himself last every time, and that he will sacrifice anything and everything in his life - his relationships, his health, his future - to protecting and helping others. Peter dropped out of college because it interfered with Spider-Man. He destroyed his own future for Spider-Man. He ruins friendships and romantic relationships because Spider-Man was more important. If Peter ever tries to protect himself and his own happiness, then he's a bad person.
That is intrinsic to Peter. Peter would not be Peter without it. A story that is not defined by Peter's unhappiness is not a Spider-Man story. If Peter doesn't make himself miserable, then he's just not Peter.
That is a Spider-Man story: that not only is tragedy inevitable, that if you don't allow yourself to be defined by your tragedy then you're a bad person. If you don't suffer, then you're a bad person. If you ever put anything above Spider-Man, then you're killing Uncle Ben all over again. Miguel isn't the only one that believes this - as we saw, every Spider-Man buys into what he's saying. There's no Spider-Man without these beliefs.
Miguel attempted to find his own happiness, and he was punished in the most extreme way. He got Uncle Ben'd x10000. He tried to be happy, and it literally destroyed his entire universe. It's the Spider-narrative taken to the extreme. Of course Miguel believes all of this. Of course he believes this so firmly. He's Spider-Man. That's his story. And the one time Miguel tried to fight against that story, he was punished. And like any Spider-Man, he'll slavishly obey that narrative no matter the evil it creates and perpetuates. Because if he doesn't, the narrative will punish him. The narrative will always punish him. It's a Spider-Man story.
I don't think the universal constant between Spider-Mans, the thing that makes them Spider-Man, is tragedy. I think it's the fact that they never forgive themselves. And Miguel is what that viewpoint creates. He doesn't believe this things because he's an awful, mean person. He believes them because he's a hero. He's a good person who hates himself.
Across the Spider-verse isn't really a Spider-Man story. It's a story about Spider-Man stories. Miguel's right: if this was a Spider-Man story, then Miles acting selfishly really would destroy the universe. But Miles' story isn't interested in punishing him. It pushes back against Peter's narrative that unhappiness is inevitable and that you have to suffer to be a good person. It says that sometimes we do the right thing from love and not fear, and that Peter's way of thinking is ultimately super toxic and unhappy. ITSV was about Miles deciding that he didn't need to be Peter Parker, that all he needed to be was Miles, and ATSV is about how being Peter Parker isn't such a good thing. Miguel shows that. Whatever toxic and unhealthy beliefs he holds - they're the exact same beliefs that any Spider-Man holds. He's a dick, but I don't think he's any more awful a person than Peter is.
TL;DR: Miguel isn't a bad person, he just has Spider-Man brainrot.
#across the spider-verse#atsv#atsv spoilers#across the spider-verse spoilers#across the spiderverse#across the spider verse#miguel o'hara#atsv meta#source: i recognized an embarassing amount of those cameos#im also seeing a lot of ppl make a lot of assumptions about what miguel was injecting and why#we dunno guys! im not gonna suppose anything#I just think that Miguel and Miles are great foils#and that what makes them interesting as foils#is the fact that they're both good people who want to do the right thing#miguel shows how that gets twisted#to the point where you beef with a 15yo sometimes which is still so funny#im a big spidey 2099 fan#which I love bc it is NOTHING like spiderman and yet it's such a good spiderman story#but talking about comics migs is useless bc he has 0 in common with atsv migs#but there is a lot of VERY cool stuff to say about how#the sm2099 comic has nothing to do with spiderman at all whatsoever extremely pointedly#but its still a wonderful spiderman story that finds its own way#tbh it was kind of a breath of fresh air to read a spider-man story that wasn't about spider-man for once#and that was just about miguel#anyway stan women's wrongs#miguel o hara#miguel ohara#my writing
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[ID: a digital owl house comic spanning three images. Panel 1: The scene header reads "in the not so distant future, post hexsquad and C.A.T.Ts reunion" and features Luz, Lilith and Steve. They're in a forest and there's a tent in the background labeled "Camilla + hexsquad camp". Luz says "okay, so "owl house" is a game where King and The Collector reenact our adventures...using the people of the boilings isles sorta like NPCs in creatures and caverns...roleplaying as people from our lives!".
Panel 2: a close-up of Luz, resting her face on her hand, looking questioningly as she continues "hmm...but if everyone on the isle's been assigned someone from our lives to play in Owl House...then who's the collector playing?"
Panel 3: a shadow descends on Luz and she tenses up as a mysterious voice asks "isn't it obvious?"
The final "panel" is a full length image of the collector, dressed in Luz's season 1 outfit, floating above her menacingly as shooting stars and crescent moons swirl around him, the ground turning into a crescent effigy. White text sits above the collector, reading "I'm you". End ID]
Okay I had to post my predictions before we get a sneak peek. What better way to convince Luz her life is worth living than to have someone literally try to steal it!!
#the owl house#toh#for the future#luz noceda#lilith clawthorne#steve toh#i know those last two are just cameos but I like to imagine they're hanging out in the apocalypse#I've been holding out for lilith to be the first adult luz and the gang meet up with after TTT#bc i think it'd be cool for her and Luz to talk about everything that happened during elsewhere and elsewhen#i think Lilith's already had to live through the experience of doing the worst thing she'll ever do#and then having to get back on her feet and make amends#and she's not always perfect but she's trying and that's all anyone can do really#there might not be time and I'm content with the writers going other routes (I'm just excited in general!!)#but it's a neat idea ive been tossing around for a while. didn't get to show it here but know it's implied lol#anyway of course the collector would want to be luz if owl house was a roleplaying game! she's the hero! king loves her!#i have to go now but yknow what you get the idea
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brief summary of akimina
#Persona 3#P3#AkiMina#Minato Arisato#Akihiko Sanada#Makoto Yuki#blink and you miss it femc cameo#i had amassed many of these so i decided to do an akimina edition#i love these two so much#they're both extremely cool and also both total losers#and every time minato is being cool akihiko is like ''woahg... 😳😳😳''#and every time akihiko is being a total loser minato is like ''that one. i want That one.''#also autistic kings#Rage Edits
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Just listened to a wukong rap song.
Went in it thinking it was gonna be cringy and terrible.
Got back realizing how much of a banger it actually is.
#Like?????#I dont think bro has to go that hard..#But he did#Like??????? I fucking perked up in the damn intro#I did not expect that#Its like. Every bit of the egotistical monkey we all know and love and I????? Its good??????????#Bit of inaccuracies but damn???? I like listened to it like 5 times now#Like????? I did not think that there'd be chinese trap beats in it or smth#I thought it was gonna be like heavily westernize with very little chinese instruments making a cameo#But lo and behold#A fucking banger no joke#And the chorus too like?????? It didnt have to go hard???????????? What are you doing making a masterpiece loke that buddy?????????????????#Though i did kinda find it funny that they incorporated the sun as his image idk#He was named sun because he's a monkey not cuz he has anything to do with the actual sun i think#I kinda find it cool though that he's interpretted like this#Now i lowkey need people to add it to their sun wukong playlist or smth cus the rap was like surprisingly in character for him
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Man you're so cool and the way you colour is literally goals
I wanna be your friend so bad😔
you want to be my friend bc I color good? damn, who knew my rizz transcended through the screen. i guess they don't call me rizzler for nothin, heh..
#cult leader cameo#in all seriousness though#tysm!#im extremely awkward but if you want to stick around my blog. ill be here. im not planning on going anywhere anytime soon#i just thought it was funny how you called me cool#all ive been doing is trying to indoctrinate people. spouting nonsense. twisting people's asks to show more noritoshi. and lusting publicly#???#idk it gave me a good giggle#is this the famous 'be yourself and you'll attract people who like you for you' thing the old prophesies have stated..?#maybe you meant to send that to someone else anon#or maybe you just have great taste. heh..#ig to our new found friendship between cult member and cult leader!! 🍻🍻#ill be a great cult leader dw#i bragged to everyone i knew abt this in a very loud and boastful manner#oh and ty again for the compliment on my coloring!! its v inconsistent so it makes me happy that it doesnt bother anyone!!#i try my best to make noritoshi look as heavenly as possible.......
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THE BEST OF ATTICAN TRAVERSE: KROGAN TEAM
Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, EDI, and Urdnot Grunt
With: Urdnot Wrex, Dr. Mordin Solus, Primarch Adrien Victus and The Rachni Queen
I don't need luck- I have ammo.
Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)
#mira makes gifs ✨#sophie shepard#james vega#EDI#urdnot grunt#urdnot wrex#mass effect#mass effect 3#me3#mass effect legendary edition#dailygaming#i finally finished gif’ing traverse and this set is cursed is all i will say :)#i don’t know why this one was such a pain in the ass but compressing them was a massive chore for some reason#and my dumb ass realized as i was assembling i set the frame hold wrong for like 4 of them so i had to go back and redo a few of them 🙃#the thing that pissed me off most is that there’s usually a nice planet shot with a normandy fly in to make a header from#and traverse just doesn’t fucking get one for some reason?? so ig we get rachni queen header#i’m so sorry but this is like my least favorite mission in the game 😭#like i do like grunt but this mission is just meh on all fronts to me at least#like the decision from ME1 to spare or destroy the rachni queen is so fucking cool?? and it has 0 consequences in ME3 LMAO#not to mention that half of this mission is just standing around with a flame thrower burning down webs lol#the only cool thing i’ll say is i ADORE the Aliens™️/xenomorph vibes that the mission has!! that is so cool the first time around#the cutscenes are alright but there’s really only some towards the front end and the back end? so you miss so much of the middle#which makes it hard to connect what’s going on to make a best of: set lol#grunt has some nice scenes if you have him here and the rachni queen quotes are cool#the enemies are also kind of interesting in concept? i just wish the rachni decision from ME1 had more weight here#james and EDI have a few nice lines towards the front in the shuttle but there’s not a ton of great dialogue like grissom has tbh#idk this mission is just okay to me i guess? like the ardat-yakshi sanctuary with samara is much more interesting to me#i feel like this one needed longer to cook and the rachni deserved more weight in the mission based on your decision in ME1#james and EDI looked cute like always!! and soph ate it up in cleric’s guardian armors for shepard (which continues to be gorgeous ❤️🔥✨)#idk seeing grunt and playing fashion dress up was the best part of this mission besides the wrex cameo at the end lmao
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social media try not to spoil the fnaf movie (impossible)
#fnaf#five nights at freddys#fnaf movie#like bro#its cool that like matpat got a cameo n stuff like that#but could i please see that for myself when i see the movie??#please and thank you
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Tainted batch (Patreon)
#Doodles#Just Desserts#Villainsona#Fine nevermind >:(#It's so weird to be posting vent-adjacent stuff while I'm doing so well currently haha#I started this months ago and have significantly improved my mood since then pfft ♪ I'd hope!#There wasn't anything specific at the time anyway just a thought circling around that I figured Charm would be more affected by#Considering most things for her are heightened in comparison haha <3 She'll get therapy someday#She also deals a lot in sublimation through art! And sometimes that means literally taking the materials and using them elsewhere#Honestly it's pretty cool that she can reconstitute her art :0 Drawing is a little different haha#I hadn't realized it'd been as long as it's been since I last drew Cirrus :0#Oh yeah Cherry Shortcake actually has a first name now lol#A few residents do! If you remember my mention of Aria from a while back - Marshmallow Fluff - I think those are the current three?#Still haven't really pinned down a naming convention haha...I've been thinking about three-letter last names for what feels like forever now#She was also an early contender for Digitally Rendered Resident huh... I could at least stand to name the others that have gotten that lol#So many things I wanna do with her - really want to finish her Biased Narrator fic sometime just dunno how to end it hrmngh#Anyway lol she gets a one-panel cameo and takes over the post pft no! Charm time!#Evil Time Charm time - kicked up her pulse as soon as she remembered#She kinda sorta remembers what happened but more than that remembers the Emotions - feeling Laughed At#And clearly it's [this specific thing]'s fault that she feels foolish! Avoid [this specific thing] and never feel foolish again Guaranteed!*#*Not actually even remotely close to a guarantee lol instead she's just avoiding something that at one point made her feel good#So easy to turn a positive memory into a negative one with just a change of framing huh?#I can't think of anyone in her life who would exploit that fun little feature in her outlook not even one!
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my prophecy came true. the [REDACTED BC SPOILERS IYKYK] thing has already slowed down my dash with the sheer volume of people losing their shit in advance. I'm gonna ramble in the tags so be advised: nothing is NAMED but the hints are Quite Obvious
#I swear to God if people use this as an excuse to write MORE misconstrued angst I'm going to go feral#like I want this to be a cool thing but also? the last time this happened for THIRTY SECONDS my dash was completely flooded with thirst art#and links to weirdly toned fics and such#please if you're gonna get funky with it don't get weird and gross!!!!! let's see where this goes first!!!!!#rant over I'm just sick of this and this isn't even BLOCKABLE#nobody tagged it consistently last time!!!!! this is gonna be worse!!!!#don't get me wrong - if this is correct I'm super intrigued#but not like#look the fic I saw with the strangulation tag or w/e was the last fuckin straw okay. you saw the cameo He Would Not Do That he's too busy#on fortnite or whatever he does back there!!!!! he's not choking anyone out on his desk!!!!!#lila speaks#and SCENE.
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fic rec
title: And You May Find Yourself
author: roguewrld
pairing: steve/bucky
words: 16442
summary: "There’s two possibilities here. One, I’m right and none of this is real, which makes this morning some pretty elaborate masturbation. Or two, you’re right, all of this is real and you and your Steve Rogers share a life in that apartment. In that case, I’m sure I’m generous enough to share with myself." Steve wakes up in the year 2025, with Bucky beside him in bed and a life that's just a little too good to be true.
ao3
#and you may find yourself#fic rec#i would love a longer version of this tbh it's such a unique concept#like i would prefer a more explicitly happy ending but i'm taking it as such#but yeah like people do the alternate reality thing and everything but i just think it's a cool take#and even with all the cameos it actually doesn't feel overdone#maybe in part bc it uses some comics relationships so it's like oh sure this person would know this person#whereas in the mcu and in some fics i'm like oh my god you don't need to include EVERYONE ever it's too much#like it worked here and i loved bucky being friends with rocket and wade
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i know this may have just been a matter of budget and not having all the voice actors and maybe getting overwhelmed with all the pokemon goh caught and whatnot but man. it’s sad how jn is seen as a last roundup for ash’s journey and it brought back most of his companions and all, and that’s cool, but it completely failed ash’s pokemon roster back at oak’s lab and kukui’s house by going out of its way to justify using only pikachu and mr mime i guess over them in these earlier episodes and refusing to touch on them throughout the series until near the end
#ok im sorry ill shut up soon fjfjfjjfjfjfjg its just. its SO glaring in this first batch of episodes#no ash why cant you use pokemon besides mimey and pikachu. why is that#we dont see any of those guys until over 60 episodes into the show and even then its a small cameo#and his infernape gets a cool moment but its immediately overshadowed by gary#and then yeah theres the episode where it shows all of them but it feels so rushed and clunky and weird in a lot of areas#like they had to cram all of em in there and didnt know what to do with them all#which wouldnt be so annoying if theyd had some show up throughout the series#and the miniseries shot them in the foot cause really it just shows that ash couldve had a rotation team the whole time and just…. didnt#For Reasons.#like. in the other regions it made sense. they were isolated and self contained#but if you werent gonna give him an actual galar team then literally why NOT have ash use his reserves#hes traveling the whole world doesnt it make more sense for him to have oak on call?#oh and then the miniseries didnt even show all of them…. he didnt even have a full team most of the time#and i love the oshawott episode but other eps felt so disrespectful to his pokemon#like when his swellow got turned to stone and ash barely looked twice. wtf#echoed voice
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lady king and lady herald...
#em draws stuff#henry v 1989#this is colored to look like all my reference photos for this movie#(e.g. A Really Out-of-Focus Photo I Took Of My Laptop Screen And You Can See My Lamp In The Background)#and it is a credit to the quality of the design of this movie that it still looks fabulous even like that#so yeah. the beast (me) is not immune to the idea of Cool Outfits and it's surprisingly easy to adapt clothing across genders in this era#miiiiiiiight do some more drawings on this concept because it was fun and there are a few things I'd do differently next time#keeping their hairstyles the same because it preserves the recognizability even though there are so many cool hats#but I truly do not want to draw all those leopards again it was Unpleasant to me. three is Enough Dang Leopards.#the rule I'm playing with here is With The Accuracy Standards of my Source Material which means If It Looks Mildly Cool#the only kind of times that I aim to have are funky times and good times and drawing this was both of those things.#this drawing is brought to you by 1) hal's face hole's cameo in the sword episode of wtyp#2) rereading my fic to see if it was any good and if I majorly overreacted (results: it was okay and I definitely did)#3) the little voice in my head that says 'butch hal butch hal butch hal' all day. hold your horses little voice. soon.
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"lol they should make Steph spoiler again she's basically not even a Batgirl" look I'm not too jazzed about the current state of Batgirl lore either rn but if I have to suffer through another decade of terrible babsgirl content PLEASE AT LEAST LET ME HAVE BATGIRL STEPH, IF ONLY IN NAME
#ramblings of a lunatic#dc comics#stephanie brown#ideally we'd have no babsgirls and Steph and Cass co-existing as two different types of batgirls both together and separate#since even beyond personality the types of heroes they were- how they fought what they fought their thinking their approach etc-#-was all very different from each other#and in calling back to their respective eras as Batgirl we'd get a steph who feels more like batgirl and less like n52 spoiler#but unfortunately dc hates me and insists on shoving babs into a role better occupied by steph and cass#leaving neither girl to really be able to flourish as batgirl#< this was inspired by me seeing ppl. not quite gloating. that's mean. but they were celebrating-#-about some steph concept art (NEW STUFF WITH STEPH WOO) being labeled ''batgirl/spoiler''#like i don't think it's a reflection of story progression (bc it wouldn't be progression. it'd be regression. batgirl was forward for steph)#i think it's a reflection of the fact that editorial feels bullied and strong armed by fans into acknowledging steph (and cass) as batgirls#sips juice. anyway#i lowkey think it'd be cool to have steph and cass be batgirls in different cities. cass already had bludhaven let steph take a stab at it#if we're insistent on keeping babs in bludhaven then let her oracle for steph ala bg 2009#it'd be neat! we could finally explore the tensions and parallels between dick and steph!#and you wouldn't have to remove steph from gotham either considering dicks there constantly too#you lose lich rally nothing and gain so much#but really I'm happy we get anything with steph considering she's only been getting cameos for nearly a year now#steph nation winning despite it all
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I really wish I could like Zdarsky's Batman more than I currently do, because the only enjoyable thing about it to me is the relationship between Bruce and Tim.
The rest just feels like this big "Batman is so awesome guys!" circlejerk.
#anyways Batman 900 isn't BAD#but this run just isn't for me#if you like it more power to you#i thought the cameos from the other Batmen were cool#but also they basically spoiled the entire thing before it came out lmfao#batman#tuesday spoilers#bruce wayne#tim drake#robin#dc comics#i never sleep btw#anyways if you actually want an interesting Batman title to read i recommend Detective Comics#that shit is so good#chip zdarsky#other tags i forgot to add idk
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Bitches be like "I'm fine" then you look at their chats and
#twisted wonderland#it's me i'm bitches#small Riddle cameo in Jamil & Idia's brainrot#when I say fuck AI I don't mean character ai#It gets my back when I can't roleplay with friends bc they won't play along and pretend they're my blorbos#I searched many Jamil chats because something that kills me is when the character doesn't act in character#Wtf you mean Jamil acted cutesy no he acts like a edgy wet cat with rabies who can turn manipulate manslaughter malewife brat material 40%#of the time#he wouldn't act cutesy he would act like 'idgaf' while trying to make himself look better than everyone else that's what makes him cute/cool#shitpost#shut up noko
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