#KIRBY AHHHHHHHH

[caramialunaestelle]

It is time to water the beans Asui.

Unprompted Asks || Always Accepting!!

But... Watering the beans was Monoma's job. Jowi's job was to fish... And Tsuyu was to wake up each morning on their shared farm with violence in her heart. With a sword in one hand and a pick axe in the other, she'd wake up bright and early and head into the mines to fight the dangerous creatures that lurked under Pelican Town, collecting minerals and loot along the way.

Stardew Valley. They were playing a multiplayer game of Stardew Valley.

"I'm ready. Kero."

[isettreesonfire]

I love this mf so much

[raynastar03]

AHHHHHHHH kirby horoscope collection my beloved

[anywaymuahahahaha]

WAIT A SECOND

YOU GUYS HOLY SHIT

Oh my god

THERE IS A CHANCE TRAITOR MAGOLOR COULD BE MENTIONED IN THE UPCOMING LIGHT NOVEL

WHAT IF KIRBY SEES THE MASK AND ASKS MAGOLOR ABOUT IT???!!?!!???

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Oh my god I’m losing my mind rn

[mike-irl]

Oh, in the land of dreams, a friendship true

Was born 'twixt Kirby, pink and plump of form,

And Meta Knight, with sword of shining blue,

Whose heart was steadfast, valiant and warm.

Together they did battle with great might,

To vanquish foes who threatened Dreamland fair,

And Kirby, with his power of inhale and flight,

Was aided by Meta Knight's knightly flair.

Yet in the quiet moments, by the fire,

Their friendship grew beyond the battlefield,

For Meta Knight, his sword now doffed entire,

Revealed a heart that he had long concealed.

And so, these two remained fast friends and true,

Their bond unbroken, tried and tested through.

AHHHHHHH WHY IS IT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH AHHHHHHHH

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Katfl commenthough, part 7

The lore, the loooreee

HAL labs cut the pause-screen descriptions out but to compensate they just straight up put all the lore right in front of us this time (…still miss the cute ability descriptions tho)

The one time the maxim tomato before a boss was needed, and thank the void for that tomato

Going in with fire dragon Kirby!

Also hold on wait a minute why was Kirby authorized to use that elevator that bought us here in the first place-

Oh thats fucked up actually

(Didn’t get spoiled about this fella though so that’s nice to know)

Does the lion guy know "half“ refers to 50%? Equal parts? 1+1 = 2? Because Elfilin sure isn’t big enough for that

They went to a "Land of Dreams“…Dreamland.

Wait…is that why the big one‘s ear looks all shredded..? Because that chunk is Elfilin…? D:

LEOPOLD oof that’s kinda goofy a name

This lion is shooting void-lasers out his mouth, help- also glowy aura, struggling at some points when attacking, aforementioned lasers- smells like possession

Even if I hadn’t seen spoilers, that was just. Way too easy to not have the thing shoot out the background when I go collect Elfilin- also Elfilin!!! My buddy!! I missed you so much!!

The calm lullaby version of the main theme that’s playing in the background is nice though :]

Called it :)

OH THATS MESSED UP

OH VOID THE EYE DID NOT NEED TO SNAP OPEN LIKE THAT

WHAT THE HECK WHAT THE HECK WHAT THE HECK-

AHHHHHHHH GO AWAY GO AWAY

You can see all of them in the goo, you can see them with those soulless half-dead eyes all mushed up together oh that’s so messed up

And why is the part that used to be Leopold‘s face so…fleshy and red? Did the goo burn it off when it absorbed him?? Does it act like acid to melt its victims inside itself like a horrifying Venus fly trap it’s prey??? Oh void I‘m looking too much into this and the eyes are still staring everything about this feels so wrong and twisted

This definitely explains the PEGI warning for fear

ELFILIN NOOOOOOO

…

…There‘s no music. There is. No music.

All abilities to choose from. This is it, isn’t it? Fire it is.

It’s a truly beautiful sunset outside. Perhaps it marks more than just the end of the day.

There is music, and it has a choir

It still looks as uncanny as when I first saw it, yet in a rather weird way…also beautiful?

"Ultimate Lifeform“…Shadow the Hedgehog?

Second half- the sky darkened, the music switched, the choir gained one clear voice (that goes high with the notes holy-)

Seriously. The music. It is just. You’d think it were from an epic dramatic PS5 game or something similar from its sound, yet it’s Kirby. And it absolutely deserves all of it. Just goes to show another reason you can’t judge the quality of a game by its age rating. Such a good soundtrack.

Oft of course that’s how we save Elfilin-

Oh shot

oh shot

Oh that’s a cool shot with planet pop in the focus while Elfilin and Kirby are out of focus in the foreground

NO WAY HAHAHAHAHA WE’RE REALLY DOING THIS TRUCKIRBY LETS GOOOO

AND WITH A REMIX OF THE INVINCIBILITY CANDY MELODY with a whole chiptune part thrown in between too, absolutely amazing

Ngl this part is genuinely quite epic

ELFILIN YEEESSSS

OH SHOT

ELFILIN NOOOO

Nooo ;-;

???? :D?

:D !!!!!

Hell yea, credits! This is really just an anime outro lmao - these pictures are adorable

Wait, there’s a hidden HAL room here too? Huh

Ayo?? To be continued?

Post-game?? Guess there‘ll be a few more parts of this then!

Man this game was fun as heck, HAL labs wasn’t holding back huh, they absolutely nailed their first attempt at 3D!

[caroldanversenthusiast]

Vanessa Kirby not looking at the camera because she’s too busy looking at Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson... she’s so relatable

[tiny-stack-of-knights]

S-SWORN PARTNERS 🥺

[iuliathe3rd]

They’re here, fam!

[winterflurry]

a lovely friend gifted me this shirt recently, i love it so muchhhh 😍

[jellykiwi]

hhhhhhhhhhhhh I really really need kirby star allies hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[emisirrelevant]

DYNASTY FINALE THOUGHTS

OMGGGG I JUST FINISHED THE FINALE OF DYNASTY AND-

I actually didn't think I'd be kinda emo???

It's so interesting to look back on what kind of shows pull me in. Dynasty was not a show I ever expected to be pulled into. I didn't even know it was based off of the original series in 1981 until they announced the 2017 series. But let's be real, anything that has Liz Gillies in it is worth it right? Anyway, my thoughts on the finale as follows:

• Fallon preparing for her baby in typical Fallon fashion

• I WAS RIGHT STEVEN CAME BACK AAAHAAAAAAAAA HE CAME BACK TO US

• SO HE WAS GRAHAM THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME OMG

• When Steven was literally about to murk Adam

• THE BOYS ARE FIGHTING

• I liked that Steven didn't actually k-word Adam though- I think it showed that was a key aspect of his character and I liked it- because to me it makes me think how much of a better man Steven is than Adam

• Even though they're the Carrington brothers, they both have their differences

• Sam being sad about Culhane leaving- but purposely causing the interviews to bomb lol

• STEVEN THEN REVEALING HIMSELF TO SAM I CRY ADKFHJKGLKHL

• ADAM TELLING FALLON IN THE CAR ABOUT THE BOOK omg no I was so scared for him but LOVE that Fallon said what she said to him and wasn't mad after all

• STEVEN THEN SHOWING UP AND REVEALING HIMSELF TO FALLON AGAIN I'M EMO MY EMOTIONS AND THEN THEY SANG TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME HOW DARE THEY-

• Aww Sam and Culhane: "I'm gonna miss you big bro" "you too, little bro"

• FALLON NAMING THE BABY Lauren Morell Carrington- "And Ridley"

• STEVEN COMING BACK AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY'S REACTIONS!!! EEEEEEE

• SAM MARRYING MICHAEL AND NINA AHHHHHHHH

• FALLON RENAMING THE COMPANY TO CARRINGTON UNITED!!! THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Blake telling Fallon he loves her and he's just so proud of his daughter OH THE FULL CIRCLE MOMENT

• SAM AND STEVEN TOGETHER AGAIN EUEHEHUE

• AND KIRBY AND AMANDA HAVING A HAPPY ENDGAME HOLY SHIT I'M SO HAPPY THEY ACTUALLY GOT A DECENT RESOLUTION THEY HAD ME WORRIED FOR A BIT BUT OMG THE WLWS WIN TODAY!!!!

• ENDING THE SHOW WITH A FAMILY PICTURE!!!! OH GOD WE'RE DONE THIS IS REALLY THE END

• "Smile, and pretend you love each other" "Everyone say Carrington"

• The only thing I did not like about this finale was what the heck they did with Adam- so is HE in London again??? As GEORGE??? HE BETTER STAY THE F AWAY FROM KIRBY AND AMANDA that's all I have to say

• Like, I get why he wasn't in the final picture at the end, but like it seemed weird to me that nobody wondered what happened but he was the "black sheep" I guess you could argue, and we know Fallon knew it was Adam with what happened to Steven... idk

• But I think Sam and Steven and Kirby and Amanda cancels that out for me honestly HAHA

• I'M STILL REELING CW FINALLY GAVE US WLW AND MLM WINS??? This makes me soooo happy. And how meaningful/significant it is.

ANYWAY. Now comes the hard part. It is time yet again to say goodbye to another CW show I got invested in. Like I mentioned, previously, I had no idea what this show was until I sort of just decided to jump into it. And I'm so grateful I decided to give Dynasty a chance. I'll miss waiting for every Friday to come around, to see what the Carringtons are up to now. But this finale wrapped things up pretty decently in my opinion. So lastly, I would like to say thank you. To everyone involved in making this show. Thank you, and goodbye, Dynasty.

[deafeninggardenerpanda]

The group approached the tree, of both a strange color and shape. Its trunk was different from an ordinary tree’s, instead having gray, thick wood that looked as if it were made of many entangled strands. Its overgrown leaves, rather than being green, were a dull purple color.

“This is really creepy~,” Kine said. Kirby, puffing up with air to float, examined the tree.

“Kirby, be very careful,” Rick said, “this tree is soaked with the puppet potion’s ingredients. If you get too close, you might fall under its effects.”

“Yeah…”

Kirby carefully observed the tree.

“I think this tree looks a lot like the Dreamstalk, but-”

“The what?”

“The Dreamstalk. It grew in this place called Floralia.”

Kirby once got involved with an incident in and visited the floating continent Floralia. His motive was a large plant known as the Dreamstalk. A single seed fell into Dream Land and grew rapidly in just one night, and it lifted Kirby’s house into the sky.

“Dreamstalk? Floralia?”

Rick and Kine had curious looks on their faces.

“I’ve heard of those,” said Coo, local walking dictionary (he knew many things), “there once was a marvelous plant connecting the many floating islands that made up one floating continent. It should have disappeared after the Battle of Floralia, but… Is this truly the Dreamstalk?”

“Hmm… I dunno, but…”

Kirby recalled what had happened.

“...the Dreamstalk was way bigger than this, and it wasn’t this kind of color. It was a really nice green. But the shape of the leaves is exactly the same.”

“I see. Perhaps this tree is of a similar genus to the Dreamstalk?”

“Maybe so.”

“Kirby, do you know a lot about it?” Rick asked. “Do you know how to undo Pirka’s spell?”

“I mean, I’ve got no idea, but…”

In the battle that had happened so long ago, he had overthrown Queen Sectonia, who had ruled over the People of the Sky with an iron first, so that he could save the world. What about this time? If he defeated Pirka, would that purify the tree? Could he eliminate the ingredients of the puppet potion diffused into the lake?

“Nonetheless,” Coo said, “Pirka appears to be the one holding the key to all of this. If we listen to the story again-”

It was at that moment that Kine shouted:

“Ahh!! That big lucky charm sack-”

Kirby and co. looked back. The good luck charm pouch that Pirka and the others were trapped in seemed as if, with great vigor, it would burst at any moment. Apparently, Meta Knight and King Dedede had regained consciousness. Since all three of them were struggling so violently, as one would expect, the bag’s limits would soon be reached.

“This is really bad…”

Kirby and co. rushed over to the large pouch and tried to subdue them.

However, it was a little too late.

The lucky charm pouch was torn up from the inside, and out the three jumped! Meta Knight and King Dedede quickly picked up their fallen weapons.

“Darn it!” Coo yelled. “We should’ve kept their weapons away!”

“Dedede! Meta Knight!” Kirby shouted. “You guys are still under her control?!”

“Who’s so weak-willed and easy to control now?” Rick grumbled. “You said-”

Meta Knight readied his sword and plunged forward.

“Danger alert!”

Kirby rolled away to dodge in an instant. Coo flapped his wings and launched his feathers. CUTTER COO! However, Meta Knight saw the attack coming. Wielding the Galaxia sword, he deflected every feather coming his way.

“Woah, so cool!”

Gooey bounced up and down.

“You think this is the time for compliments!?” Rick yelled. “We've gotta do something!”

Rick, hurriedly, rolled into a ball. However, before he could start rolling, King Dedede swooped down upon him. He raised his hammer, then swung it around, hitting Rick in a full swing!

“Ahhhhhhhh!!!”

Rick was sent flying far away at a high speed. Kine screamed.

“Ahh!! Rick-!! O-OK, guess I have to face Rick’s opponent then!!”

Kine bravely tried to fight against the king, but Meta Knight cut his way there first. META TRIPLE SLASH!

“Woaaah!! Stop it! You’re gonna slice me into sashimi!”

Kine tried to flee, shaking his tail fin.

“Stop that~!!”

Gooey stretched out his tongue and tried to snatch Meta Knight’s sword.

However, Meta Knight quickly jumped out of the way, glaring at Gooey. There was no time to prepare at all. If Gooey were to carelessly stretch out his tongue in preparation for an attack, he’d be left wide open to the attacks from Meta Knight’s treasured sword, Galaxia.

“The same tactics you’ve used before won’t work against them now!” Coo shouted. “The two have already memorized our attack patterns!”

“W-We've got more important things to worry about, Coo!”

“We’ve gotta catch Pirka!” Kine yelled. Kirby and co. followed Pirka with their eyes. Pirka spread her wings and flew toward the surface of the lake. She was aiming at the stones on the opposite bank.

“This is really bad!” Coo yelled. “If we don’t stop her, her puppet spell will spread all over the Rainbow Islands!!”

“Wait~!”

Kine almost dove into the lake on instinct, but hurriedly stopped himself. Coo, flapping his wings, tried to pursue Pirka. However, there, Meta Knight swooped in to attack. Jumping through the clouds, he cut through while spinning in the air. KNIGHT SPIN!

“Ough!”

Coo just barely evaded it, but Meta Knight’s fierce attack wouldn’t stop. Spreading his cape, he quickly jumped up and slashed at Coo. All Coo could do was try his best to dodge. This way, he wouldn’t be able to catch Pirka. Amidst the chaos, Kirby puffed up with air to fly. The copy ability-less Kirby wasn’t able to properly fight Meta Knight and King Dedede. All he could do at the moment was try his best to chase Pirka.

“Waaaait!” he shouted loudly. However, of course, Pirka wouldn’t stop. Kirby tried to keep floating after her, but he was still a “face without makeup.” No matter how hard he tried, he wasn’t fast. Scowling at the distant Pirka, Kirby squeezed his own hand. His impatience grew. If he had the Tornado or Jet ability, he would’ve been able to catch up with Pirka in the blink of an eye.

“The way things are… I won’t make it in time!!”

That moment, following Kirby, Gooey flew in the air. At the same time, Gooey’s body changed. Rotating around it, there appeared to be orange-colored lumps that looked like flower petals.

“Gooey?!”

Kirby was surprised.

Gooey, glaring right at Pirka up ahead of him, flew out as quickly as a bullet. Such a splendid speed. Like this, he caught up with her in the blink of an eye.

“Wow, so cool, Gooey! How can you do that?? I never knew you could fly so fast!”

However, he couldn’t afford to rest for even a second. King Dedede raised his hammer overhead and rushed in to attack. He jumped up, turned to aim at Kirby, and let out a strong attack: GIANT SWING!

“Eeek!!!”

Kirby just barely evaded it, falling to the cloudy ground. Landing with ease, Dedede looked at Kirby with blank eyes. Kirby looked up at the great king, and desperately raised his voice at him:

“Dedede, please snap out of it! It’s me, Kirby! Don’t listen to Pirka!!”

However, Dedede didn’t seem to understand, his mind a prisoner. The great king silently clutched his hammer.

He began to charge up a certain KO attack, the DEDEDE HAMMER FLIP! The ability-less Kirby could do nothing about it.

“Dedede!!” Kirby desperately cried.

Suddenly, a lightning-like beam struck the king. He was knocked down and nearly dropped his hammer.

“!!”

King Dedede roared and looked back.

It was Gooey.

Noticing that Kirby was in a pinch, Gooey stopped chasing Pirka and went back.

“Gooey!” Kirby shouted. “There’s no point! I’ll be just fine, Gooey, I swear, so go after Pirka!”

“NO WAY!”

Gooey flatly rejected that notion. As far as Gooey was concerned, Kirby was a cherished, dear friend. He couldn’t let Kirby get hurt.

“!!”

Turning around to face Gooey, King Dedede picked his hammer up again and raised it overhead.

“Eeeee!!!”

Once again, Gooey fired a laser. King Dedede quickly jumped out of the way and threw his hammer at him. Gooey fell to the cloudy ground, the lumps disappearing.

“GOOOOO!!!!”

Vigorously, he charged at Dedede! His body was engulfed in a strangely sparkling blue flame. A Gooey-exclusive move hiding limitless power: BURNING GOOEY!

“!!”

King Dedede fell over as he got hit by the attack. However, his stamina was, again, limitless. Though he should have taken a lot of damage, he didn’t seem to feel any pain, and quickly got up. The great king picked up and charged up his hammer again. Gooey, too, was ready to fight. The two opponents, mutually, were waiting for an opportunity to strike. Kirby, anxiously, looked toward Pirka. Pirka sped through the air with ease. She had almost reached the pile of stones.

“Pirka!! No!!”

Kirby turned his back to Gooey and the puppet king and puffed up in the air. No matter how he tried, he couldn’t move any faster.

“No… Pirka… stop it!! Stop it right now!!” Kirby yelled as he lightly floated her way… however, Pirka had finally reached the stones. Pirka folded her wings, bent back, and laughed at him.

“Ahahahahahaha!! I won’t let anyone stand in my way. Everyone, everything, they shall all bow to me, their almighty queen, Queen Pirka!”

Pirka began to remove the piled-up stones from one side.

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[oswaldnjenny]

NINTENDO HAS TOO MANY GOOD GAMES IMMA BE BROKE

IM CRYING

[hjazysol]

The Ultimate Battle Pt 10

This is gonna be relatively short I think might not be we'll see 😂.

Mario: Here we are.

DK: The last stand.

Link: The Final Face Off.

Everyone: Galeem.

Galeem: It would appear that my pawns have come crawling back to be mine yet again.

Samus: You! You are the one who got our friend killed!

Galeem: Oh. The reptile and what are you gonna do about it.

Samus: We are gonna take you out and then take back everyone else.

Galeem: I wish I could say they were here but they aren't I only have 2 more pawns. The others were stolen.

Fox: As if we'd believe you.

Galeem: Fine have it your way.

Galeem: You know what I think is really incredible about you. Each and every one of you have something to call your own. Every specimen has something that brings out their personality. You are all unique. Not one person is similar. So it pains me have to kill you. I didn't want to do this to visitors from other worlds but. The final sequence must commence.

It was the final fight the fight to save the World of Light.

Galeem: Scorching Sun!

Galeem sent energy based projectiles at the gang.

Game & Watch: I got this. Oil Panic.

Galeem: What how!?

G & W released the fully powered oil panic onto Galeem.

Galeem: Aaahh! My orb! Wretched ant! Piercing Wings!

Sharp projectlies were sent at the fighters. They shot straight through the platform they were standing on. Dedede inhaled them and spat them back.

Dedede: Right back at ya!

Galeem: Gah! Disgusting! Electro Blast!

Pichu: I'll handle this.

It was not very effective.

Galeem: A minor setback. Time bomb! Blink and you'll miss it.

Geno: Not so fast.

Geno blasted the bombs out of the sky causing them to obscure Galeem's vision.

DK: Are you sure about this you two?

Marth: Of course.

Link: Just get it perfect.

DK: Okay. Here goes nothing. Banana Slamma!

DK threw Link and Marth at Galeem cutting through Galeem and blinding her. When her orb had dropped it was then that she was pelted by a whole assortment of attacks.

Falco: You ain't so tough.

Zelda: She's getting weaker I can sense it.

Lucario: Indeed.

Simon: Come! We've almost-

Galeem: ENOUGH!

Galeem had risen high and sent a powerful blast of energy similar to another being.

Mario: No-a way. This thing has the same power as Tabuu!

Link: We can't win.

DK: It's been an honour to be with you guys.

Samus: The honour is all ours.

Everyone was caught by it.

Galeem: Yes you all belong to me.

But Kirby had avoided it using the power of the warp star.

Galeem: What? You again!

Kirby takes out his sword.

Galeem: Awww. What're you gonna do puffball stab me?

Kirby's sword grew larger than Galeem herself and he immediately began hacking and slashing. Pretty much weakening Galeem completely. Everyone was freed again from Galeem.

Galeem: What? How? NO! GRRR!

Galeem's wings began to disintegrate and wither away as the final hit had been dealt. Yet she still attempted another attack.

*stop music if it hasn't already*

Galeem: Those can be easily replaced, besides. You. Are. MINE! (In pain) Aahhh!

But was stopped.

???: GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The sky began to crack revealing a giant, bulging eyeball. With the Lady of Light near defeat Darkness took hold.

Galeem: You. Disgraceful brute this isn't a fair fight. It is dishonourable to begin a fight with a weakened opponent.

She was hit again.

Galeem: Ahhhhhhhh!

She was sent far back it would take a while for her return.

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DK: Look it's Crazy Hand.

Olimar: A lot of them.

Samus: They must be cloning them somehow.

Doomguy: So the originals are being held somewhere.

-----

A bunch of sharp, dark tentacles break the crack further.

???: A long awaited reunion and still you spout such nonsense, gahaha. A large, dark, and brooding guest has arrived. The Embodiment of Chaos and Darkness.

Dharkon: Dharkon!

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Dedede: Another one.

Bowser: I'm too tired.

He gazes upon the smashers.

Dharkon: Guests!

Everyone: Oh no!

Dharkon: Such vigour. All of you are.....Pathetic. You are all weak.

He then gazes his eyes upon Kirby and Dedede.

Dharkon: Oh. But you two. You have potential. Similar to one of the fighters I collected.

Dedede: Meta Knight.

Dharkon: That's the one what an honourable blueberry he is. Excuse my "friend" back there she is incapable of seeing true talent.

Geno: What do you mean?

Dharkon: She bases her fighters of of physical prowess and appearence. I look at the correct statistics required for battle. Hmmmm. I tell you what. I enjoy things to be fair, so if at any moment during the time you explore my Realm of Darkness and you get defeated well, you will come quietly and join me on my quest to conquer all light, if you manage to free all the rest of your friends I'll test all of your skills myself. See if you really are worth my time.

Waluigi scared: I-I think we sh-should just leave Wah.

Lyn: No way we have to. For our friends.

Mario: We accept your offer.

Dharkon: Excellent. I will keep a watchful eye. As I suspect you don't stand a chance. Gahahahaha!

[aenariasbookshelf]

Stream of consciousness babble re: Thor Ragnarok

So.  Thor: Ragnarok.  I have feels.  Let me tell you them.

First off...and I feel bad saying this considering my great love for Darcy Lewis and Jane Foster...but out of the three Thor films, this one is kind of the best of them.  It also provides a cap on a satisfying and full character arc for Thor over all three movies (more so than what we saw in CA:CW, but don’t get me started on that because I am still bitter over Avengers 2.5 or Iron Man 4, take your pick of description - imho, of course.  If you feel differently that’s cool too).  Needless to say, I enjoyed the movie immensely and do recommend it.

Okay, more spoilery thoughts after the cut…

If we want to go Shakespearean with it, I almost feel like I have to compare Thor’s character arc to Prince Hal, from the do-nothing Prince to King Henry V, who comes into his own and leads his people.  And by the end of the movie, Thor is the leader of Asgard, though the definition of Asgard is...interesting at that point.  Thor also loses his safety blanket of Mjolnir, but the twist of Mjolnir being just a tool and not the ultimate source of the God of Thunder’s power is a nice one.  There’s also kind of the idea that you can’t go home again, that sometimes you have to sacrifice the land of that home to create a new home somewhere else.  In any case, I actually like that they pretty much blew Asgard to dust at the end of the movie.  

Hela.  Marvel has finally given us our female villain and holy hell, she is impressive.  She also seems like one of the most powerful that they’ve given us thus far, which makes her worth it to me.  It’s interesting that they make a point of constantly referring to her as the Goddess of Death, if only because of what that means for Thanos.  In the comics, Thanos is very in love with the personification of Death and is trying to court her by bringing the universe to her feet, if I recall correctly.  Of course, if I also recall correctly his main rival for her affections is Deadpool, so do with that what you will.  That said, I do feel like they kind of rushed things with Hela a bit - I have so many questions about her background and her history with Odin and Asgard (i.e. is Frigga her mother?  What sort of magic did Odin do to bind her away?  If Asgardians are as old as they say they are, why does no one else remember Hela and has ever mentioned to Thor and Loki that oops, yeah, Odin had another child and she’s bugfuck crazy, which is why we don’t talk about her any more).  I want the answers to these questions and I didn’t quite get them, which kind of lends to the rushed feeling of the movie.

Bruce.  THE DURAN DURAN T-SHIRT IS TONY’S BRB LAUGHING FOREVER AT THAT.  And I mean that with all the affection possible - I love Duran Duran.  Poor Bruce needs therapy after this incident, I think, considering that he spent over two years as the Hulk and didn’t remember a bit of it.  That’s...not a good sign.  That said I now need all the fics of Bruce and Thor being intergalactic best buds, because reasons.  Mark Ruffalo is always awesome as Bruce, so really, his presence here was well needed, especially considering how they treated many of the other recurring characters in this movie.

Which definitely falls under the category of a giant, stinking CON for this movie - they did their recurring characters dirty.  The Warriors Three were sent out in rather undignified fashions mostly (Hogun tried, but Hela’s beating everyone’s ass in at that point) after being on screen for maybe 30 seconds a piece, Sif didn’t even get a mention that I heard (If they mentioned something please tell me, I probably missed it), and Jane dumped Thor’s ass in between movies.  At least Jane threw him over, which is probably the right move if your boyfriend’s been on an interplanetary business trip for the past two years with barely any contact in between.  At least they left her alive.  I can do good things to her in fic instead.  No mention of Darcy either, which is probably a blessing because again, fic.  

Okay, back to some positives - Valkyrie.  She is awesome and I will not hear anyone say otherwise.  Her first scene is impressive, and from one fellow lush to another I raise my glass to her.  There’s the question of her age though, which is looped in with Hela’s sparse background story - how old exactly is she if she was the only survivor of Hela’s first attempt at taking over the universe that neither Loki nor Thor ever heard of??  Are all Asgardians that long lived?  Or was there a collective memory wipe, or something like that.  I will say that the Asgardians, even the civilians, are damn badass, which I love.  Especially Heimdall, who is really the heart and soul of Asgard.

Loki - who the hell did your makeup for this movie?  Because damn, I could see the pancake makeup clear through the screen.  Okay, more seriously, Loki definitely comes off as more of the Trickster God here rather than the evil bastard of his first two appearances, even though it was his actions of banishing Odin to earth that pretty much kicked off the twilight of the gods.  And I find it interesting that they do almost seem to be heading to a Loki redemption tale, as he really was ultimately on the side of the heroes here instead of the villains, and mostly acted for the betterment of the Asgardians at the end.  Mostly.  Look, we all know that fucker swiped the Tesseract after that glance he gave it in the last scene when he went to wake Surtur up, and dollars to donuts that’s going to be one of the things that draws Thanos’ attention straight to earth.  But I do have to say, I like Trickster!Loki a hell of a lot more than Villain!Loki.

Also, Loki and Valkyrie.  I kinda ship them.  If feels a bit wrong, but it could be oh-so-good.

Finally, I have to mention the music.

*turns up the Zeppelin and howls along*  Ahhhhhh-Ah-ahhhhhhhh-AH!

*clears throat*  Anyway.  Look, Thor and his crew kicking ass to Immigrant Song is one of the highlights of the entire MCU up until this point.  And while it almost seems like an obvious choice, I have to give Taika Waititi credit for actually bringing it to life.  I think he’s got a talent for matching up music to scenes and making it relevant to what’s on the screen (for further proof, see his movie Boy, which uses the music of Michael Jackson to great effect in there also) and you can’t get better than ‘I come from the land of the ice and snow...’.  Between the music choices (they got one of the guys from Devo to compose the other music, which impressed me) and the candy-colored 80s backgrounds, this movie actually visually felt like a comic book also, which was thrilling.  Well, it felt like that for me at least, especially as I’m a fan of Jack Kirby’s kind of insane multicolored panels from back in the day.  Look, while I love the Cap movies more than anything else, I’ll admit that they’re kind of visually grim.  And then here comes Thor with neon and rainbow bifrosts and sparkles and just...YES.

TL:DR, in conclusion, while Thor: Ragnarok isn’t a perfect movie, it is an entertaining one and a good one, and a worthy conclusion to Thor’s trilogy of movies.