#I don't want to be a widow

[for-the-love-of-this]

Just an abstraction waiting to happen.

I transcribed most of this from my tiktok video. Tumblr is new to me when it comes to posting, so this could be templated wrong, I shall see. If you'd rather not read, you can check the video on the first image if I paste the link correctly.

Alright, let's try this one last time.

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If there's one thing this show is consistent with. It's foreshadowing.

Also parallels, but they go hand in hand.

The focus in this post, however, will be on Ragatha, with a little bit of Gangle wrapped in (ribbon pun intended).

A light bulb lit up in my head after I read this post on tumblr. I had to rush to write the idea down in my notes because I have the mind of a polished coconut. (I highly recommend you read their other analysis posts, and heck, there's something there for shippers too).

Basically, I will be mentioning scenes that I believe are hints for our people pleasing rag dolly becoming the most likely to abstract character of the group.

First of all, Ragatha already had a taste of what abstraction felt like. Pomni did as well, but only from trying to help her up. (Can I just add that they shared a spark-)

She told Ragatha that she would go find Caine, but unfortunately she never did come back after she finds herself lured by the exit door.

If Ragatha were to end up fully abstracted, I would like to think Pomni finds a way to not fail her this time around. Although, abstraction does appear to be a permanent fate. Maybe.

Now back to the tumblr post. It was mentioned that Gangle and Ragatha reflect each other. Both are masking a happy facade, except one doesn't use an actual mask.

So with that parallel between them in mind.

Almost everyone thought Gangle would abstract in this scene…

if it weren't for Pomni's intervention.

So if Gangle was saved… and she's a mirror of Ragatha… our ragdoll will not be so lucky. And that would mean Pomni won't be enough, or even around, to save her this time.

But I keep thinking about the pilot. I want to hold onto the hope of that failed trust being a lesson on what not to do when a close friend is on the brink of insanity, and that Pomni or anyone else has learned from it.

[slightlycomicobsessed]

"we need more complex and irredemable female characters!" yall couldn't even handle Natasha Romanoff

[backpackingspace]

Okay yes odysseus absolutely fumbled first meeting with penelope. He was an absolute goof. Tripping over himself, blushing, loosing games because penelope waved at him, getting caught mid lie ect ect

But have we considered penelope was equally a mess?

[durudurururu]

I was just existing™ and I got an idea:

Wars, Sky, and Four bonding over finding (some) of their villains hot.

Time would be included with Time/Dark but he is currently married so not today. Maybe Wars/Dark instead? Or I could just make them have an open relationship of sorts Ig.

Outside of Link/Ganondorf (which includes most of the chain outside of Four, Wind, and TECHNICALLY Sky but Demise is basically Ganondorf), Sky/Ghirahim, Wars/Volga or Wars/Ghirahim (Cia/Wars is mostly written in a not ship way so excluding it), and Four/Shadow AKA Vio/Shadow is the most popular villain ships.

...So why not have them be gremlins over it?

Four: I'm married to someone who tried to kill me a lot, and who burned down a village with no remorse.

Time: Why would you date someone so evil?

Sky: I wish I could date the guy who kidnapped my Zelda and managed to revive Demise...

Time: ...Are you two possesed? And aren't you in a relationship with Sun already?

Warriors: I wish I could kiss the man who gave me a permanent burn mark on my hand and that worked with the woman that I still have nightmares of.

Time: ...Never mind.

[millerflintstone]

Any arachnid experts out there?

We noticed messy cobwebs around the fascia? Eaves? (Not sure what that part of the house is ) and yesterday I saw this terrifying beauty when I was out on the porch.

I thought black widows made their webs closer to the ground. We couldn't get close enough to take a pic of her belly to see if there was a red hourglass on it because she'd go up by the underside near the top of the column. We're the big scary beasts! Not sure what kind of spider this is.

Spider warning for those with fears. Pics are under the cut.

[hurtspideyparker]

Natasha "identity issues" Romanoff and Tony "trust issues" Stark in Civil War when Natasha betrays Tony AGAIN and Tony knows exactly where to hurt her back because they're friends, he knows her (does he?)

"Must be hard to shake the whole double agent thing huh, sticks in the DNA"

Tony is lashing out because his best friend nearly died, he lost his entire team, and Nat is there, someone he thought was family, showing her roots and he just can't go through this again. Tries to push her out. Tony did everything to keep the good people close and all it did was reveal that maybe they weren't so good for him after all. 

And Natasha tries so hard make up for things you can never make up for. The red on her ledger runs so deep she'd need to, what, save half the universe to make up for it? And Tony rubs it in her face that she'll never walk away from all the people she's been and all the people she's hurt because it's in her blood

[mephistopheleswasrobbed]

I consider this ending to be homophobic btw

[ambivalentmarvel]

doc title "look at what you've done to a pefectly good final girl. she has anxiety." you are so fun

The lady does that thing again where she puts her head in her hands, but when she pulls back she uses her hands to push her curls out of her face, and the lighting isn't great but is good enough that Gwen catches a shiny, long-healed strip of pale skin cutting across one brow, and Gwen could vomit. “MJ?” Gwen whispers. She remembers that scar. She got it from some Spider-Man-related fuck up. MJ had said it made her look dashing, even when she still had bandages on it. Ned had said she could make up a tragic backstory for it. Gwen had sat and wondered if it hurt but didn’t ask because she hadn’t known them for very long, yet. Peter hadn’t been there, for some reason. Why hadn’t he been there? The lady nods—MJ nods, and despite the hand she’s holding out for Gwen to take, she’s giving her the same look that someone who likes animals gives roadkill. Fond—but with the unmistakable revulsion used to regard something left out to rot. “You’re old,” Gwen croaks, looking at her again, trying to see MJ under the creases in her complexion that weren’t there before and the different hair and the adultness of someone she thought might be as confused as she was forever. In a different way, of course. MJ was cool because she was weird on purpose and made that work. Gwen was just kind of off, even when she was happy. MJ never said that, but Gwen felt it every time they hung out—the four of them, and the other three were willing to grow around her, for some reason. “Is everyone old?” Gwen’s clothes aren’t old. Her clothes are torn the way she likes and aren’t too bright and make her comfortable enough to walk down a street that looks very different than she remembers and to stand on a strange porch with a strange woman who looks really, seriously unwell, and Gwen feels as young as she ever has, unmoored but clearly fucking recognizable. “Um,” MJ says. “Come inside.”

[winteriron-trash]

pinned faq

hi, my name is roman. i used to be a semi-popular winteriron blog, but now this blog is mostly dead. so. rip, gone but not forgotten. but i still get some pretty common questions so here's a one-stop shop for most of them as well as links to the important things.

My Tumblr Fic Masterlist

My Ao3

My (dead) WinterIron Discord Server

Did you write the Tony Stark wifi tower fic?

yes, i wrote that fic! it is by far the most popular thing i've ever written and it will probably outlive me.

I found that fic on [insert site here], do they have your permission?

probably not, no. i have found that fic everywhere. and i mean everywhere. pinterest, wattpad, facebook, instagram, tiktok, mediachomp, and so on. honestly, it's been years and i can't control or chase down every single copy and i have no interest in doing so. i don't love that it was stolen from me (especially on for-profit sites) but it just is what it is. it's a fanfic rite of passage to have your stuff stolen, honestly.

can i do a translation/podfic/write something inspired by one of your fics/posts?

yes! there is always a blanket permission to do any sort of transformative work with my work, especially my older stuff. if it sparks joy and creativity in you, run wild with it. i prefer to be credited, but honestly, i'm just happy to see my stuff still inspiring people.

will you ever write winteriron/mcu fanfic again?

well, you should never say never. but in this case, you might want to say never. i have very little interest in winteriron or the mcu in general outside of nostalgia, and i likely will never write anything substantial for them again. it's sad, i miss it too, but i just don't have that spark for marvel these days. mostly i write dc comics fanfiction.

did you write [insert winteriron fic/post here]?

idk. maybe. probably. i wrote and posted a lot of things. you can scroll the tag on this blog to find all my old posts, some more popular than others. if you think it was me, chances are, it probably was. i got around a lot from like 2018 to 2020.

do you have a tagging system?

i used to but lord if i'm going to use it now. i don't even remember it, so your guess is as good as mine. tbh i just use tags as a place to ramble these days so navigating my blog is about as easy for you as it is for me. which is to say, it's not easy at all. because tumblr's search function is ass. i do know one of my old tags has my deadname in it. you'll probably find it if you look hard enough, but that is what it is.

are you going to revive this blog?

probably not consistently, no. if i have something i really want to say here, i'll say it, but i don't have much interest in maintaining this like i used to. i want to be able to, i miss posting here a lot, i just don't think it'll spark joy for me the way it used to, which sucks but that's just the way things go.

why did you leave this blog?

idk. life happened. i was an 18-year-old fighting chronic health conditions and mental health issues that led to me dropping out of high school so, tumblr sort of fell to the back burner, then got forgotten about entirely. eventually, i lost interest in the mcu as i felt the quality of it took a turn for the worst and i went back to dc, which i'm still into. i read some marvel comics, enjoy an occasional mcu project, but largely i just don't have the interest i used to. it sucks and i miss it, this blog probably kept me alive as a teenager. but now it's mostly just an archive of my past, and i'm okay with that.

can i talk to you/send you an ask/befriend you anyway?

sure, if you want, don't know if i'm good company though. but i'm always open to making friends and reminiscing about winteriron, marvel, and all that good stuff. i've gotta warn you though, tumblr fucking eats my DMs on this blog like no fucking business. i'm regularly fighting it. my discord is devilbonesofmetal if you wanna yell at me there, just say you're from tumblr.

[pocketramblr]

Ok, but how about?

Mom Might Lives AU (she survived the Yagi family tragedy) where Toshinori still finds his way to Nana and Gran Torino and becomes their protégé. Then when he introduces these dumb hero duo to his mom love ensues.

Young Toshinori: STOP DATING MY MOTHER!

Sorahiko: You know what? I’m gonna start dating her even harder.

Or

Homewrecker Gran Torino AU

The possibilities are limitless.

Toshinori would be so distressed by Gran dating his mother that he would go full throttle in his plan to set his mom and Nana up instead. This is both a success and a failure because it turns out they all have two hands.

[necrotic-nephilim]

-debby ryans at you- how are you feeling about that thunderbolts* trailer, snookums. your old blog is trying to crawl from its grave.

you are an unhinged rat for sending me this ask i hope you know <3 you already knew that but i'm telling you anyway bc you're a rat bc now i have to explain myself-

this is from @eebuckley my partner <3 i've alluded to it in the tags of this blog but i used to be a semi-popular MCU blogger from like 2018 to 2020. (semi-popular for the ship i wrote, anyway) and since like, probably Infinity War/Endgame i have been slowly more and more disillusioned by the MCU ranging from only passively being interested in projects to outright despising them if i saw them. which sort of sucks, given how much i loved the MCU at it's height. i was like. aggressively into it. like a "i had asthma attacks watching trailers bc i got so excited" level of into it. maybe cringey in hindsight, honestly but yk. whatever brings you joy, ig.

and anyway- my partner witnessed my very real and normal reaction to the Thunderbolts* trailer and now i'm *mad* bc i'm actually excited about it. it made me feel about the MCU a way i haven't felt in years, especially after a lot of announcements that rlly pissed me off.

cannot believe it looks like we might actually get a comics-accurate Yelena and a comics-accurate Bucky. i'm such a sucker for Bucky Barnes, he's one of the only Marvel characters i actually read Marve comics for and i'm forever bitter how badly he got screwed over. if that movie is good i'm going to end up writing fanfiction. probably crossover fanfiction bc over my dead body will i write just plain MCU fanfic. and i'm a Jason Todd/Bucky shipper anyway so i could make it work, i think-

anyway TLDR is i'm excited and i'm mad about it and how dare yo expose me for being an MCU fan on THIS blog. you coulda send this ask to my MCU blog that still exists and i have occasionally used. but instead you *exposed* my ass on my refined DC blog as a filthy Marvel fan. i will be divorcing you again. ty gn ily

[lovethisfatcryptid]

I'm not very good at asking for support or reaching out to specific people, but if you care about me I'd really love it if you reached out and reminded me about that over the next couple days. And maybe send funny and cute things to look at.

[sootyships]

okay i just threw the guy together i'll prolly tweak his face and like both of their everything else too (if anyone wants to throw me some ~50 yo man to ref i'd be grateful) anyway mister widower on the left, miss gets what the fuck she wants on the right

[actual-corpse]

Just got a rude reminder about how great it is to never have children/ be an only child.

There's too much drama involved with dying, apparently.

[koribunbun]

need...more...main...four...please...

[planet-poptropica]

⋆ So....I was scrolling through Instagram the other day and I saw one those fav character charts, and I thought it would be fun to make my own! ⋆

⋆ Poptropica mutuals, tell me about your favs, not just your main favs, your side favs! I will include the transparent version below, and my explanation to my choices down below if you are interested! I'm interested to see your choices. ⋆

⋆ Tada! Have fun! ⋆

⋆ Now, an explanation to my choices: ⋆

⋆ Your Favorite: Director D ⋆

I think it's no surprise to ANYONE that knows me that Director D has always been my favorite, since day 1. There was a moment where he was almost replaced by Binary Bard, but he is a close second. Director D is my favorite because he is associated to my nostalgia of a time when I was obsessed with being a spy or ninja when I was a kid. (Spy kids may have played a BIG role in that.) Playing as an agent in that island was so exciting for me, but I do remember having trouble with certain parts like the decoder. (In hindsight I probably would be horrible spy XD.) Now that I'm older, his island is still one of my favs for that reason, but it's not my number one. I wish we could have gotten a bit more backstory for him, but, what can you do. (But create a backstory for him and I have.)

⋆ You Relate To: Black Widow ⋆

Black widow is a character I don't really talk about or draw like....ever, which is crazy because she's probably the character I relate to the most, just like many other artist do too I'm sure. I relate to her in the way of being jealous of other people's art success, and the constantly comparing yourself to others. They say you are your worst critic after all. I don't so much anymore. I'm actually proud of where I am in my art journey, but I used to do that a lot when I was younger, especially when I just started doing digital art.

You won't catch me stealing or ruining other people's art though... girl what-

⋆ Your Favorite Design: Ringmaster Raven ⋆

Look at him, 'nuff said. His design is amazing. I love the color palette, the mask used to cover his true look, the raven theme with the wings and mask, the hat with eyes, everything. His design is the best because it matches with the overall theme of the island, it being a MONSTER CARNIVAL, and he is the Ringmaster. I remember how hipped I was when his island trailer released. One of the best islands for sure.

⋆ Is Underrated: Count Bram⋆

Yeah, remember when I was constantly drawing him for a short period of time? It's for a reason. I love my vampire peepaw who's confused about everything. I'm curious, do people consider him a villain? I kind of don't for the reason that he kidnapped Katya because he thought she was Anabelle, and once he was cured and was bought back to reality, he apologized for it because he didn't know. You want to talk about villain? Christopher is the real villain, you can't change my mind. Anyway, I was looking at the old art I drew of him, and he looked familiar to me. Then it all came together. You know who he reminds of? Exactly? Simon Petrikov, you know, Ice King from Adventure Time? Not only do they have the same hair style and would have the same personality, but they were both humans at some point with a partner, and once they became what they became, all they thought about was their partner, aka Anabelle and Betty.

Poof, mind blown. Vampire peepaw deserves more love.

⋆ You'd get along with IRL: Amelia ⋆

Amelia is another character I don't really talk about or draw, mainly because I associate her with the new era of Poptropica. But, I don't think that's fair. Amelia is actually a very sweet character that I think little me would have appreciated if she came to the game sooner. I would probably get along with her really well, considering how silly, and nice she is. Not to mention, her love for cute stuff. Imagine her unicorn bedroom but replaced with bunnies. That's my room right now. I think that even traveling with her would be really fun. She would have gotten under the "you relate to" category too but I didn't want Amelia on here twice. XD

⋆ And finally...Your Favorite Side Character: Dr. Spyglass ⋆

I... do not know how to explain this one. Dr. Spyglass only gets a few words of dialog, and we know nothing about him in canon, besides him working for HQ, and being an eye doctor. I won't lie, I actually had a crush on this guy years ago, hence why I shipped him with Muddy. (I cringe at that ship now. XD) Probably because...he looks like Director D...with a lab coat. >_> Look at both of them and TELL ME they are not related, I dare you. My version of them are. I love the idea of this silly scientist being hired by his brother after failing the entry agent exam, not because he pitted him, but because he understood how incredibly smart he was and is. Constantly being compared to his brother and what he could have been. So, you can say I like MY version of him... a lot.

I should dedicate a post to him some day, eh?