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You know another thing I just realized?

When Collins is preparing for his descent to dislodge the ice, Franklin doesn’t speak until after Collins’s diving helmet is sealed. I doubt Henry could have heard Franklin’s bland, optimistic little pep talk.

Another chilling detail that contributes to Franklin’s lack of care, and the show’s overall sense of Wrongness.

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Rest in peace, George Hodgson, you would have loved “Transcendental Cha-Cha-Cha” by Tom Cardy.

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His hair is extraordinarily tousle-able, yes.

Henry Foster "hey if you're getting up to get a beer, can you tousle my hair a little bit on the way there?" Collins

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Y’all ever think about a young Alexander McDonald?

Throwback Thursday: a smol bean! A soft boy!! A most cinnamony of rolls!!! // Murder Rooms (2001)

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Keep making those playlists, y’all. I enjoy seeing what music you associate with your blorbos. ❤️

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Is anyone else having a weird problem with their Inbox? Mine says I have numerous Asks but when I click it, it’s empty.

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I genuinely don't understand why The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is such a popular learning tool for the history of the Holocaust. It is such blatant historical revisionism to keep kids comfortable. The Holocaust is inherently uncomfortable. You shouldn't be comfortable discussing the slaughter of millions. There exists so much child-appropriate testimony... there is so much literature that expresses the suffering of the Jewish people without being explicitly gorey... and we choose to use one where a nazi benefactor is the main character. I don't care that he's a kid, it's still irresponsible and lazy. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is a middle-school-appropriate example. When I was in primary school my first exposure to the Holocaust was through curated extracts of Anne Frank's diary. There are so many resources out there that connect to kids and don't end with them doing the Hitler salute in the hallways as a joke because they understand the gravity and personal impact of genocide.

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Dernier would be proud.

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72 people have spoken! Monty is shit at poker and Bucky has the face of a mannequin! 😂

Interesting how Frenchie and Jim are precisely tied at second place. This poll was really fun and completely subverted my expectations. I’ll try to write a fun little mini-fic based on these results. Thanks, y’all!

I need to know opinions. Throw them at me. Headcanons in the comments for extra funsies.

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To the Tumblr users who’ve been inactive for years but whose pages still glimmer with the light of excellent gifs and beautiful fanart:

Thanks to you I can watch one of my celebrity crushes adjust his tie on repeat for eight hours straight.

You may never see this message, but you will forever live in my heart.

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I need to know opinions. Throw them at me. Headcanons in the comments for extra funsies.

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Specific Headcanons for the Fellas:

Dernier is always the quickest to recover in socially shocking situations.

Morita has the rarest smiles. If you ever receive a genuinely bright one, you know You Done Good, Kid.

Monty is the most observant and always watches the person speaking in group settings.

Dugan’s hugs are literally the best.

Gabe plays the piano as well as the trumpet but few people know because he doesn’t enjoy it as much.

Steve may be Captain Bleeding Heart but Bucky is actually much more of a sap than he lets on and once teared up when an 8th-grade crush gave him a daffodil. (Also sorry I forgot to post on Valentine’s Day, oh well.)

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HELL YES MORE PLEASE

oddly specific and incoherent howling commandos headcanons:

ages: hugely important for vibes here. mcu wiki does technically have ages for them but not all of them are real to me. to me, steve and bucky and peggy and gabe are like in their mid-20s and the rest of them are 30s and 40s.

gabe and morita are dummy smart like went back home after the war and got phds smart. they also worked on all of the civil rights movements.

^ just because morita is dummy smart does not mean that he carries brain cells.

morita-dugan-dernier get into jackass level hooliganry. its the combo of 'morita machine smart' and 'dernier explosives smart' and 'dugan down to clown'.

like technically steve is in charge but i think theyve got more of a community thing going on esp when it comes to day to day life. steve makes the battle plans and reports to the brass but everything else is a group effort because they're family.

bucky has that annoying big brother energy he's like messing with people and repeating the same phrases and singing all the time.

bucky and steve together are super annoying because they can communicate without speaking and everything they say is an inside joke and they have no idea how to interact socially with anybody but each other.

^^ when peggy is around this is worse. the three of them are insane and should never be put in charge of anything ever.

morita is full of rage (as he should be). dugan regularly exploits this.

dugan and bucky are bffls - if they were grade school students in the 2010s they'd exchange silly bandz and pass notes via paper airplane. i have no textual evidence to back this up other than that i believe it's true.

dernier can understand and speak english fine but he thinks its a stupid language so he makes them all learn french in order to communicate with him.

monty and steve have a similar vibe as dugan and bucky but like not as grimy and rowdy bc their personalities are different. but like monty is steve's no 2 after bucky and they do "high brow shit" like talk about art and books and political theory and nerd things.

^ in this similar vein, steve and gabe have a similar vibe as steve and natasha. idk how else to elaborate on this i just feel its true. gabe holds a large percentage of the group's overall brain cell, and he's clever and has a dry humor and when steve comes to him saying "i want to try this" he shrugs and says okay.

gabe is jacked asf cuz he carries the machine gun around like he's super strong, he and steve regularly exploits this.

dugan is like so indiana jones about his hat and they're all so annoyed about it. howard bulks it up though, makes it sturdier in case it gets shot. it's dugan's pride and joy.

james howlett (wolverine) joined up with them for one (1) mission and.....never again. don't ask what happened, just, never again.

^^ this becomes hilarious in like 2015

peggy went on a few missions with them but that got shut down real quick. it's not that they weren't successful, but the peggy-steve-bucky Circle of Stupidity (TM) makes the howlies drop productivity by at least 25% so they unionized and said no more sorry we love her but when she's here you three act like dumb idiots.

when steve goes on the azzano mission with peggy and howard, colonel phillips is like "i did not make it through the great war just to be put in charge of the stupidest idiots in the allied powers" and then when steve comes back and puts the howlies together, phillips gives up. he tries to resign, eisenhower wont let him.

the thing about peggy-steve-bucky is that all three of them think they're the level headed rational one of the group and all three of them are wrong.

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The Howlies as Modern Business Owners

Dugan: Down-to-earth sports bar. Deep earth tones, oak paneling, and a generous variety of beverages (non-alcoholic included). Strict don’t-be-an-asshole policy.

Morita: Radio retail and repair. He’s a helpful, patient mentor in the amateur ham community and his business is a great resource for local hobbyists.

Jones: A nice swanky cafe with weekly jazz performances by local artists. (When time permits, he also plays in band for theatre performances at his local college.)

Bucky: Runs a self-defense school with Steve as a co-owner. Steve’s the one who emphasizes diplomacy and social awareness as the best ways to avoid violent conflict. Bucky is never shy about knowing eighty-million ways to kill an assailant.

Dernier: Watch and clock repair! He has the manual dexterity and a meticulous mind for creative problem-solving. Don’t ask how he always conjures a tool from nowhere. His pockets hold infinite secrets. (He also hosts mutual aid meetings in his shop on the down-low for practical skills like lock picking, home cooking, and basic chemistry.)

Falsworth: Antiques! Surely the university graduate well-versed in classics and history would enjoy being surrounded by opportunities to educate his customers. (And no it’s not a “pawn shop”, you boor, it’s an Antique Store.)

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not me routinely typing in the tags of each of my favorite characters just to see what’s in the “Latest” feed like checking in on little buddies before bedtime