#The Marvels spoilers

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kamala khan would have the most horrendous ao3 author's notes known to man

"hey guys sorry the update is late i switched places with an avenger (ajdgrhsh literally crying) and a really cool space scientist lady and then got into a fight and some alien dudes wrecked my house and then I met Nick fury and I was literal space it was crazy and I had to help save the universe and saw said scientist lady give up her life to save all of us... anyways hope you like the new fic, branching out with an arranged marriage au for this one!!!"

[ayo-edebiri]

The Marvels (2023) + text posts

[mydreamsarentrare]

One part I really liked in The Marvels was after Carol snaps at Kamala during battle she apologies?? And says “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have spoken to you that way”?? Like she understands that Kamala is young and looks up to her, and considers that her being harsh could hurt her confidence?? Tony Stark would never I’m just saying

[rummikubcube]

*Valkyrie arrives to help her gf*

Kamala: wlw, 17K words, Heroes To Friends To Lovers, Carol Danvers whump, Marval, hurt/comfort.

[daisy-mooon]

The Marvels was another level of comedy. The "He's bilingual" line took me out like a fucking train.

[walkingaftermidnight07]

carol fucking danvers and her tank tops and marriage of convenience and THAT SCENE WITH VALKYRIE

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THE MARVELS (2023) dir. Nia DaCosta

[unicornspwnall]

THE MARVELS (2023) dir. Nia DaCosta

[caffinated-space-woman]

Deleted Valkryie scene from "The Marvels"

*I think my brain just exploded*

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The Marvels spoilers without context

[captaindanvers89]

Since we know Kamala writes fanfic about Carol, after her adventure with Carol and Monica, she’s def gonna write something…

Fury: Danvers, you have to see this

Carol: Ugh Fury, it’s my day off and—

Fury: Did you know that Kamala just published a slow burn fluff piece of you and Valkyrie?

Carol: What?

Fury: Yeah, she just published the first chapter and the tags say it’s a jealousy fic, a fake marriage, fluff and angst with a happy ending.

Carol: …

Fury: It’s good but I prefer the series she wrote about you and Maria. Those made me cry and I never cry.

Carol: She what? How did she know about Maria and I?

Fury: Let’s just say an anonymous source told her all about it.

Carol: …

Fury: It’s a good series, she wrote Monica’s character perfectly and even included your stubbornness. You should give it a read.

Carol: No thanks.

Fury: She has you kicking ass in every chapter

Carol: Did she write me punching my dad?

Fury: Yep

Carol: send me the link

[reeveskryze]

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THE MARVELS (2023) dir. Nia DaCosta

[erros429]

just got done watching the marvels and i hope i’m not the only old valcarol shipper who felt SO vindicated after living off crumbs like these

[merrins-brew]

SHE CALLED HER ‘MARV’?????? SHE KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK????? VALCAROL STANS WON TONIGHT

[daisy-mooon]

Behind the jokes and badassness, Captain Marvel is a fascinating character to me, because of how death follows her.

She causes an explosion. That explosion, which gives her powers and her immortality, canonically kills her. The Kree Empire resurrects her and makes her as Kree as they can. She shares Yon-Rogg's blood and his life, she's his creation, she's his victim, she's the one who causes his downfall, she's the one that destroys the system, the society, the planet that allowed her to be abused.

It's the Kree that see her as a killer and Annihilator. She's a monster of their own making, but it influences every species and planet she touches. Her victories cause death and her mistakes cause more death. Carol's triumph, the death of the Supreme Intelligence, results in the death of probably millions of Kree, and by consequence, almost causes the death of Hala's star.

"I'm only human" Carol says, before killing the Empire that is the reason that she can't ever be human again.

"We'll be back for the weapon," Ronan says, but that weapon will kill everything he stands for.

"Your life began the day it nearly ended," The Supreme Intelligence says, coldly, calculatingly. It's an AI. It doesn't have a good concept of death. It doesn't fully grasp that Carol had genuinely been killed that day, because she's still in front of it. Carol kills it.

"Death seems to follow you," Dar-Benn says, before she causes an explosion with the bangles, trying to defeat Carol. The explosion kills Dar-Benn.

Death follows Carol. Death follows Carol! Mar-Vell is dead. Maria is dead. Talos is dead. Soren is dead. Ronan is dead. Minn-Erva is dead. Korath is dead. Dar-Benn is dead. Yon-Rogg is, probably, dead. The Supreme Intelligence is dead. Natasha is dead. Tony is dead.

The only people in Carol's life who aren't dead are Kamala, Monica, Yan, Valkyrie, and Fury.

She watches helplessly as Dar-Benn almost murders Kamala after Kamala tries to save Dar-Benn's life, tries to find a way to solve the violence without death.

She watches helplessly as Monica gets torn into another reality, which for all she knows, she could die in. The tear in reality that was caused by Dar-Benn's death.

She tries to hide Yan's existence from her friends and tries to warn him and his people. The Kree soldiers aren't fighting to maim, they're fighting to kill. He escapes death by his own fighting skills and the fact that the Kree would rather focus on killing Carol than him.

Valkyrie and Carol interact once, and she only calls when she needs help after a fight, not during. Think about it. Valkyrie and the Bifrost could have helped the trio enormously. But Carol doesn't call until the fights are over. It would be very easy for a regular Asgardian warrior to die compared to superhumans.

And Fury... have you seen how often Fury comes close to dying? He's alive from skill and luck. He is lucky that he isn't dead.

Captain Marvel is so, so fascinating. Her story begins with her own death, and the more it goes on, the more death happens around her. Nobody is safe. She causes almost all of them, even the ones of her friends - not directly, but through the consequences of her actions. The consequences of her victories and mistakes. The consequences of her anger and revenge, her power and powerlessness. It is caused by both the Human and Kree sides of her, by both Carol and Vers, Captain Marvel and the Annihilator.

Carol is immortal. She can't die. And death follows her anyway.