#also I think loki showed up after that and was like damn bro you live like this

[sunnibits]

just remembered a really funny part about dimitri’s character in our campaign which was the fact that not only was he communing with the literal gods on a daily basis, he was the ONLY member of the party who had ever had any contact with the gods whatsoever, and NOBODY even knew that he served loki the whole time. like, everyone else - who don’t even have proof that the gods exist at all - just assumed that dimitri was some incredibly average lackluster thief who was also a bit of an arrogant jackass. little do they know that my guy was literally throwing glass bottles at the literal allfather’s ravens every other night telling them to piss off.

[lonelyghosts-stuff]

Marvel’s What If Episode 8 Reaction

What if Ultron won? Is this gonna be a continuation off of the last episode?

I wonder if The Watcher will ever step out of his solely “watching” role. Or if he’ll show up in Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness

This episode breaks the watchers heart but not the Dr. Strange centered episode???

Ayo? Clint has the invisibility cloak???

Clint is wannabe Bucky? What??? How did he lose his arm?

Poor Russia lmao

Ah man they didn’t get James Spader for Ultron

Oof why do I have the feeling Vision is gonna die again lmao

Bruhhhh how was Thor defeated so easily by Ultron-Vision??? They should both be pretty evenly matched

Lmao wow it’s weird to see Vision talk and have it not be Paul Bettany

LMAO BRUH TONY STARK CAN’T FRIGGIN SURVIVE A SINGLE EPISODE OF THESE THINGS

OH MY GOSH POOR CLINT HE HAS A FAMILY (I mean so did everyone else but damn)

Thanos hi

THANOS BYE??? WHAT???

Wow they really just killed him like that huh? Sooooo why is this vision with the same powers more powerful than sacred timeline vision? And damn guess Thanos is made out of clay. No guts or blood. Although I’m not a fan of gore so I’m not complaining…

Soooo Thanos was a weak chump?

NOT ASGARD

LOKI WAS ON THERE THO

NO NOT THE GUARDIANS

KORG NO

hahaha bye bye grand master

Wow Ego died way too easy too

Oh damn someone knocked him down?

Ayo Captain marvel, you’re a little late. He’s already destroyed like four planets including your own.

Nice Captain marvel. Destroy the planets core. Sounds like a good idea.

Oop there she goes

And all other planets

So like… this is game over… right?

Eh I don’t feel bad for him lmao

Oh no now he’s aware of the multiverse. Nice job.

Bruh if he literally disintegrated all of the planets, why was earth left alone (albeit nuked)

Marvel tryna prove to us that these two unsuper dudes are useful lol. Don’t get me wrong, I like them, Nat is like my favorite, but it’s obvious lol.

Yo it’s the red guardian shield. It’s your dads shield nat!

Oh depressed Clint hours… can’t blame him. All of his friends beside Nat and his family are gone and there’s literally nothing he can do to bring them back…

Cmon buddy. Intervene. Who’s gonna stop ya?

Arnim Zola? I thought it was Armin Zola this whole time lol. Oopsie

I wonder how Zola is the answer?

How have the infinity stones given ultron the ability to see beyond this universe? There’s Time, Space, Power, Mind, Soul, and Reality. But from the Loki show, we know they’re not really all powerful. They only work in their timeline. That begs the question: are different timelines the different multiverses? Or does each multiverse ALSO have multiple timelines? Agh too much thinking.

Cmon buddy, interfere. DO IT.

Clint is in his feels. Cmon Watcher, the sake of the multiverse rests on you.

Oh that code. How did Nat know about it? Oh wait yes this comes after Winter Soldier

Still hope eh? Like… A New Hope? Ehhh??? Ehhh? Ok I’m sorry

AGH ULTRON

welp that does it. We’re doomed. Nice knowing yall

Cmon watcher. You gotta have some powers or something???

We gonna use an evil hydra agent to save the universe eh? Alright

Oh yay they got Toby Jones again yay!!!

Haha Zola you’re cornered into being helped

FIREEEEE

That’s a terrifying image. Why are some sentries crawling on all fours and others climbing the walls???

Headshot

Captain Black Widow-ica (sorry)

Wow Clint how the frick did you fit a metal laser net into an arrow?

Oh yay it worked! But I don’t trust Zola with the ability to move

Oh that should solve that

Sloooooooo mooooooooo

Okay wow Clint you have some OP arrows that make me question why I’ve never seen them before lol

Ah. Yep he’s fallen. I bet Clint is gonna die this episode. Marvels way of appeasing the people who thought he should die instead of Nat in end game.

Good thing their aim sucks

Oh yay Zola is helping

CLINT I KNOW YOU DONT WANT TO FIGHT ANYMORE BUT CMON. You do have at least one thing left to live for and she’s staring you in your face! Yknow, your best friend?

Damn Clint pulling a Natasha

BRUH WHY DIDNT YOU SHOOT A BOMB ARROW AND THEN THE SHIELD ARROW IN THE FIRST PLACE? You could have killed them all AND lived and not left your BEST FRIEND and possibly only other human left all alone! Really dude?

Oh crap yea I forgot ultron is in the area between the multiverses

I love the animation for this fight scene! Feels like a comic!

Cmon watcher man. You gotta have some op powers

Ahhhh there ya go

Oh nvm

Bruh where are we? What planet is this?

Oh there go the forests

Who did you swear an oath to, watcher? Who is your overseer?

ANIME FIGHT GO!

YO IS HE KANG??? (If so I totally called it the first time I saw him)

Bruh do these holes in the multiverse repair themselves or???

Yoooo how did ultron get giant? He’s pulling a friggin Dormammu or Galactus move lol. Eating the Galaxy

Damn there goes the neighborhood

Yo Steve Rogers is president in this dimension

Oh that’s a cool visual. Each punch goes through a universe

Cmon watcher fight back!

Cmon watcher bro you gotta do something

Ayo doctor strange again?

Soooo who did the watcher make the oath to tho??????? Who’s in charge of him? Why is Dark Dr. Strange allowed to leave the dimension he destroyed?

The episode is over? Soooo they must be continuing directly from this episode in the next one… right? I mean, they kinda have to right? Seeing as the watcher is involved directly now?

Also, at the beginning, the watcher said this one makes him sad… so has he seen this universe before but only on this watching ultron has broken out? Or was that the watcher from the future looking back on it?

I wonder if this show will have any impact on the upcoming films, or if they’ll be an isolated experience within the show?

Soooo I’m assuming sometime during the watchers planning with dr strange, ultron goes to party thor world? Cmon man leave my Jotun loki alone.

Oh heartbeat sounds at the end of the credits? I wonder why

Well this episode was very unexpected and tense. I can’t wait for next week’s episode!

[stjernfaerie]

I finally watched all of MCU

in release order because IT MAKES SENSE!!!!

special thanks to @littlegingrnut who watched ALL OF THEM with me. She’s the best. 

Idk if anyone cares at all, but I feel like sharing, so here’s some thoughts and reactions, enjoy: 

Phase 1: 

Iron man

okay but like how was Tony such a jerk in the beginning only to become like the most lovable character ever??

YINSEN DID NOT NEED TO DIE :((

did not like the antagonist what was that

I mean he’s not bad I just didn’t like him that much

I wanna get myself a jarvis tho 

all in all, really enjoyed it

got me really excited to watch more

The Incredible Hulk

didn't watch cuz aly said not necessary

we just skimmed over the important parts 

oh and watched the end credits scene

Iron man 2

this was really great

okay but like I love Ivan Vanko hes such a great antagonist

I LOVE TONY

HE’S SO GREAT

THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING GOSH AAH

oh damn ~Natasha Romanoff~

ma’am-

Pepper as a powerful business lady? YES  

just... really great shit right here

Thor

Mmmmmm I don't see the hype about Loki??

his two faced-ness is annoying me

also Thor? I didn't love him at first,, he's a bit cliché

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD YES SWEDISH REP

okay but Thor is a good boi actually,,, I take it back he’s pretty great

Oh nooo Loki - yeah lol as if he actually died 

YO WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT END CREDITS SCENE that got me all like WTF and shit

also told ya Loki didn’t die

Captain America: The First Avenger

okay full disclosure, I actually watched this one time before bc I started watching them in chronological order but never got any further than this

it made so much more sense this time

I liked it so much better this time 

because THE RELEASE ORDER MAKES SO MUCH SENSE 

anyway

this was good !!

I'm gay for Peggy omg

and Steve is such a good boi

DID BUCKY REALLY HAVE TO DIE

all in all not my favourite tho, not too memorable tbh

"I had a date" 😭

The Avengers

ohhh man

ALL OF THEM TOGETHER? UGH YES

Oh hello Dr. Banner nice to see u

Loki bro pls chill

OKAY HULK HELLO

NATASHANATASHANATASHA AAAHH I'M GAY

still don't get the Loki hype tbh. maybe a lil bit but idk

THOR OKAY I LOVE THOR NOW

TONY WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO TONY DON'T

oh okay he's good

I love them all so much oh gosh

I MADE IT THROUGH PHASE ONE WOHOOOO

***

Phase 2

Iron man 3

this movie changed me

aly can confirm - I was very much not okay after seeing this

literally had anxiety through all of it

I mean I LOVED it

but like

the ptsd :(((

although I do love that they showed that, just made me love Tony even more

just... showing the ugly parts - love that shit

but also like noooo tony bby :(((( 

HARLEY!!!! IS SO GREAT !!! AND ALY SAID HE COMES BACK AT ONE POINT!! YAY

just.... Tony Stark man.

great antagonist, love the whole mandarin thing

EXTREMIS? NO THANK U that honestly gives me like zombie ish vibes or smth I don’t like it

but like it was great 

OH PEPPER JUST BECAME 10x HOTTER DAMN SHE JUST GETS MORE AND MORE ATTRACTIVE EACH MOVIE HUH

PEPPER ALMOST DYING? NOPE

THE PAIN IN TONY'S FACE? NOPE

all in all loved this so much and I am still not really okay

Thor: The Dark World

I see why people think this is the worst Thor movie.

DON’T GET ME WRONG IT WAS GREAT

but like,,, meh? the big end fight was so anti-climactic? not epic at all like what the fuck

I LOVE DARCY

but she's clearly gay so stop makin her fool around with the intern

but like Thor is such a soft boi and I love him

again, Loki's two-faced-ness – aRH

but,,,, I get the Loki hype now

I'm aboard the train

I love Loki 

oh oh oh the part in his prison cell when Thor comes to talk to him and is all like "enough tricks" and then his cell is all torn up and he's all torn up and AH BABY 😭

Thor just needs cuddles 

Aaaaand this is where I accidentally got the worst possible spoiler. :)))

I wanted to watch some wholesome Tony Stark content before bed and so I searched youtube for "Iron Man" and clicked on a video I thought looked nice and wholesome. I accidentally read the top comment and then proceeded to break down and freak out to Aly and Hanna on Aly’s live, and they comforted me and stuff <3 

Aly then told me that “hey remember that I told you that the little boy in Iron Man 3 comes back at one point? Yeah that’s at the funeral” 

STUPIDLY, I then watched the death scene on YouTube, went to bed crying, and of course, dreaming about it. I will never be okay again and I will never be ready for Endgame thank you and goodbye.

anywAY,,,,,

Captain America: Winter Soldier

*SO MUCH SCREAMING*

I thought that Bucky didn’t deserve to die - and he didn’t - but like,,, DYING WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN THIS 

the ~bromance~

nat and steve I mean, so good

I AM NOT OKAY I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS MOVIE BUT IT WAS AMAZING

Natasha tho mmmmmhhf

I was rly confused while watching but like everything came together at the end and it was so nice and damn this is one of my favorites so far

Sam is great I want more of Sam

Guardians of the Galaxy

multiple people had told me that they thought I’d really like this movie

honestly? I didn’t

it was kinda meh?

like I found it very predictable and cliché and not in a delightful way

idk if it’s just that I know that Chris Pratt is a dick but I don’t like Peter

I rly like Gamora and Nebula, but like I’m a lesbian, so I don’t think anyone’s surprised that I like the traumatized warrior gals

but like in general I’m kinda disappointed

I only gasped like twice, and it was barely gasp-worthy moments

Avengers: Age of Ultron

All of them together just makes me so happy, they’re so cute with each other AH

loved Ultron as the antagonist. that was great.

but,,,, I was a bit disappointed that we didn’t really get to see any regret from Tony bc he created Ultron

THE TWINS ARE FANTASTIC

whatever’s going on with Bruce and Nat, I don’t like it

TOO MANY moments that reminded me of the spoiler that I refuse to speak. Did not enjoy

everyone just needs to be hugged why doesn’t anybody HUG THEM????

not happy about Jarvis dying :((( even tho he technically didn’t die but like HE’S NOT JARVIS ANYMORE IS HE

and then Tony just replaces him with this Friday just like that??? no i’m not okay with that

in a ranking scenario this one falls in like the top of the middle range? Like it’s not one of the favorites, but it’s still up there. 

I FUCKING DID IT AGAIN ARGH

I was just reading about new MCU projects that are coming up and THERE WAS A SPOILER WARNING, but STUPID AS I AM I DISREGARDED that and kept on reading. I was just skimming through the text and I read “Loki who dies” and stopped right there, because AAHH FUCKING SHIT

I was on a call with Aly as this happened and so I told her that I had given myself a spoiler again and that it was about Loki, and she was all like I can’t remember anything that happens to Loki hmm, and so I thought YAY it’s okay, they just meant one of the times when he fake died!!! so I went on to keep reading, but before I could read anything else Aly stopped me, remembering. She told me it would be gut-wrenching and terrible and I’m just- 

So disappointed in myself. 

Ant-Man

it was an enjoyable movie, but like,,, a little meh? 

I feel kinda the same as I did with GOTG

but I like each of them better than the other for different reasons? idk???

the plot wasn’t very thick, like I could have gone away to pee without pausing and probably not miss too much

I didn’t really get invested in the story or the characters

but it was enjoyable for sure

Sam!!! Hello!!!! 

Again, like with GOTG, I found it kinda cliché, but in a more delightful way this time

WE MADE IT THROUGH PHASE 2 AND PASSED THE HALF-WAY POINT WOHOOOOO

***

Phase 3

Captain America: Civil War

I constantly needed to be hugged while watching this

in the end I was fine, like I’ve been way less okay after some of the other movies, but during? needed hugs and cuddles

I love that they were fighting each other it was just... umff you know

but also like,,, LOVE EACH OTHER 

Wanda and Vision? no thanks I HATE IT

Steve and Sharon?? NO THANKS I HATE IT

literally that’s just weird on SO many levels

and that kiss was-- ugh I hated it. 

SPIDER BOY !!!!! UGH I LOVE HIM ALREADY

Black Panther heLLOOO

ALL THE STUCKY THOOO

Tony and Steve fighting in the end got me :( 

Doctor Strange

This one falls at the bottom of my list

It was the shortest movie but it felt SO LONG because I was so bored through all of it

it just never got me hooked, I didn’t get invested in the story at all. 

there weren’t even any characters that I liked enough to want to see more

sure another infinity stone and getting to know doctor strange and shit, I get why you kinda need to watch it

but I doubt I’ll watch it again

Guardians of the Galaxy 2

just like with the first one, kinda meh

I didn’t really get into it until the last half hour or so

the music really carried this movie tho

and baby groot !!!

I love Nebula so much, such a great character

Yondu dying was really great, it did a lot for his character

I still don’t really like Peter Quill

I feel like it was barely contributing to the infinity saga, the only thing that’s somewhat connected is that Nebula wants to kill Thanos, and the only reason I know that’s connected is because of spoilers

because I’m not really supposed to know the significance of Thanos at this point

but then again, maybe I’ll feel differently when I’ve finished all the movies

Spiderman: Homecoming

SPIDEY BOY !!!!!!!!! 

THIS IS A FAVORITE

I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS MOVIE

THE TONY/PETER INTERACTIONS WERE SO GREAT

PETER IS A BABY AND HE’S SO GREAT AND AAAAAHH

HE’S ON MY LIST BTW

AND LIKE,,, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HIS FIGHTING SOUNDS COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE’S???? Like steve and thor and shit are all like huOH heeeUH oAH ya know?? and then peter’s over here like eeh heh mmmMHF 

HE’S JUST REALLY GREAT AND AAH I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH

LITERALLY SMILED THROUGH ALMOST ALL OF IT

except when things were going bad and during the fight scenes and shit and when he was in big danger and stuffs

BUT LIKE AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

SO GOOD

OH OH OH AND STEVE’S LITTLE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS WERE SO CUTE AH

hehehheheh and the end credits tho heheheheh

ANYWAY I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO SO SO SOO MUCH

Thor: Ragnarok

ANOTHER FAVORITE AAAAH

ALL THE BROTHERLY MOMENTS THO

Kinda mad that we didn’t get a hug there in the end but oh well

Thor is so sassy and goofy in this one I love it

ugghhhhh I love Loki so much

Hela has so much Maleficent vibes

Heimdall yESSS !!!

all the Thor/Hulk interactions were so PRECIOUS AAH

this was just such a great movie with great character development for both Thor and Loki and ughhhh IT WAS SO GOOD

“get help” was fucking ICONIC

VALKYRIE THO

oof not excited for infinity war :(( 

Black Panther

this one falls somewhere in the middle for me

like it was good, but it’s not up there

my main issue with it is that it didn’t really feel so much like a superhero movie, it was more just like... family drama

but Shuri tho, love her

and all the awesome ladies fighting!!! yes!!!!

BUCKY!!! 

Avengers: Infinity War

I am not okay

I will never be okay again

I thought Loki dying was gonna be the worst part - and honestly, knowing about it beforehand made it less painful actually

but NO NO NO 

THE LAST 15 MINUTES IS JUST A CRYFEST HUH 

REAL NICE THANK YOU

oh gosh I can’t even think 

I told y’all I didn’t like Peter Quill and well, HE DESERVED WHAT HE GOT 

oh gosh nope 

I’ve been feeling guilty that all of y’all had to wait a full year for endgame but AT LEAST THEN YOU HAD TIME TO BE OKAY AGAIN BEFORE ENDGAME

fucking shit what have I gotten myself into

Ant-Man and the Wasp

I liked this one better than the first ant-man

It’s still not up there but it was good

idk it could just be bc I know the characters more this time or because I kind of had pretty low expectations but I liked this more

oh also maybe I was just happy that I didn’t have to see like all my favorite characters die like I did yesterday :((( 

still not okay

anyway, ant-man and the wasp

I really liked Ava, really great character honestly

I liked Hope a whole lot more this time around

still don’t really like her and Scott together, especially after her mother like talked through him and shit. I feel like if I was Hope and my mother talked to me through my love interest, I would feel pretty weird about it all

but maybe that’s just me idk

oh but what I do like about scott and hope is all of hank’s comments about them

he’s funny hehehe

also Luis! great dude

okay but Bill FOSTER???? as in JANE FOSTER?? SEEMINGLY HAVING NO CONNECTION AT ALL??? 

there’s too many double names in this whole ass franchise and I’m upset

two Peters, two Eriks, two Fosters.... like I know that’s what real life is like, people have the same names, but THIS IS FICTION

YOU CAN AVOID THE CONFUSION

that wasn’t totally related to this movie specifically but this was the third strike dudes, I couldn’t just ignore it anymore.

oh oh oh and I did not appreciate the mid credits scene, I DON’T NEED REMINDERS OF THAT PAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Captain Marvel

this one falls somewhere in the middle for me

like it was good, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it just wasn’t really anything that left me all like woooaaaah omg AH you know???

I really liked how it connected back to previous movies like with Ronan and the Kree people from GOTG and the tesseract and all that jazz

where can I get myself a flerken tho I want one

I appreciate that no one turned into dust, that was nice

my main problem with this movie is that HER POWERS MAKE NO SENSE 

like in the beginning it was kinda okay. I didn’t understand her powers, but at least they felt reasonable

then we got to the end and all of a sudden she’s flying and glowing and strong enough to stop and redirect a fuckin missile, and then she’s FLYING INTO BOMBS AND COMING OUT THE OTHER END COMPLETELY UNSCATHED?? 

OH AND THEN SHE FLIES INTO FUCKIN SPACE WITHOUT A HELMET OR ANYTHING AND SHE CAN BREATHE JUST FINE???

it just makes no sense, it’s completely unreasonable and it makes her too perfect to me. Too unbeatable. I don’t like it. 

but all in all a good movie, loved seeing young Fury and shit

Avengers: Endgame I WILL NEVER BE READY

As I thought, I wasn’t ready

But, I actually think that knowing about Tony beforehand made it a bit easier

I still wish I hadn’t known

and I still bawled like a baby 

but like,,, I think I would have been way worse off if I hadn’t known

I’m just so sad now

I really need a hug

and even though I just cried more than I’ve done all year I need to cry some more I think

I’m glad everyone who got dusted came back, although I kinda knew they would 

well, I would have been fine with Quill staying dusted tbh. I really don’t like that guy

NATASHA WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DIE, I WILL NOT BE OKAY WITH THIS :(

oh gosh yeah I know I have more thoughts about this movie that I wanna say but I need to be more okay first oh man

okay hi again, it’s the next day and I’m still sad but here are some more thoughts: 

I hated the whole Bruce/Hulk think. All the good parts about each side of his character were just erased.

I don’t even see the purpose of it. 

Okay I kinda knew that Steve was gonna go back to the 40s, but I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT SO SHH

anyway, I didn’t like Steve staying in the 40s, and here’s why: 

he knew that this was the single one out of 14 million times they won against Thanos, so he knew that changing anything at all would fuck it up

but at the same time, I find it hard to believe that Steve could be aware that Tony and Nat dies and not want to do anything about it

even though he knows he can’t

so wouldn’t it have been easier to just go back to the present after he returned all the stones? So he wouldn’t have to live with that dilemma?

ALSO, I WILL NOT ACCEPT that after everything he did to get Bucky back, he just leaves him. Just like that. 

Literally the only reason this makes sense is as a setup for the Falcon and The Winter Soldier Disney+ series. 

But I still don’t like it

Spiderman: Far From Home

This was nice, I needed this. 

I didn’t like it as much as homecoming, but I didn’t expect to considering how much I loved hoco

it was really nice to see some more Peter Parker bc i love him but also like,,, most of it was traumatized spidey boy :((( and that was sad :(

He’s literally just a child and he’s already so damaged and it’s big big sad

the high school vibes were immaculate

not that I’ve actually been to high school in the US but like,,, it felt like a high school movie okok

Okay but like May’s character really did a full 180? I don’t really understand where that all came from, but uhhhh okay then

Okay, Quentin Beck. 

before we realized he was bad, I already didn’t like him, cuz it seemed like he was gonna start to become a new father figure for Peter and I WAS NOT COOL WITH THAT

but then I understood that that wasn’t happening so it’s all good

he’s a pretty cool antagonist. not a fave, but pretty cool. 

OH OH FLASH IS SO GAY FOR SPIDERMAN THO RIGHT

he actually got some real nice character development that I had not expected, that was nice

all in all, great movie, I love my spidey boy. 

pretty sad that I’m done tho... :( 

but also like, I watched all of them (except incredible hulk) in 34 days. That’s kinda impressive, right?

ALSO THERE’S NO MORE SPOILER DANGER YAY !!!

and finally, here is my ranking of the movies based on how much I liked them: 

0. The Incredible Hulk ( didn’t watch )

SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING 

Thor: Ragnarok

Captain America: Winter Soldier

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Iron Man 3

Avengers

Captain America: Civil War

Spiderman: Far From Home

Iron Man 

Avengers: Infinity War

Thor

Avengers: Endgame

Iron Man 2

Thor: The Dark World

Captain Marvel

Black Panther

Captain America: The First Avenger

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Ant-Man

Guardians of the Galaxy

Doctor Strange

[willow-salix]

Just a little something that fell out of my head after a throw away comment in my description of Selene to @ak47stylegirl. Enjoy!

"Scott's lost his favourite hoodie," Virgil informed him, rather randomly John though, but who was he to argue the small talk his brother deemed necessary? Virgil stared at him, apparently waiting for a response. 

"How? He never wears it off base? It's got to be here somewhere."

"Oh, he knows exactly where it is."

"Then I'm confused, how is it lost? The definition of lost is that you are unaware of its location." How long had he been up there that lost now had a different meaning? Was it one of those times where the youth of today - God he suddenly felt extremely old at only twenty-five - took a word and changed the meaning without informing those who still used a dictionary? 

"Your girl took a liking to it."

"Oh, I see." Ahh, now that made total sense. 

"Yup"

"He's never getting that back, it's gone forever, lost in the same void that consumed three of my T-shirts, one formal shirt, five pairs of socks, two hoodies and a pair of pyjama bottoms."

"Sucks to be you, bro."

"It's a small price to pay. Also, she has one of your lumberjack things," he waved vaguely in Virgil's direction, gesturing to the ever present plaid. 

"She does, which one?" Virgil groaned, please don't let it be a favourite. No one else might be able to tell which shirt was which, but he knew, dammit, he knew. 

"That purple and blue one that Grandma got you three Christmases ago."

"Oh, that's OK then, I never wear that one, it's a bit too girly."

"That's what Sel said, apparently she was helping you by liberating it."

"Your girl has a very unique idea of what is helpful."

John just nodded, well aware of that fact. 

"This means war, Tracy!" Selene's voice echoed through the villa. 

"What did you do this time?" Virgil asked him. 

"It could be any number of things, my transgressions are apparently many and varied, although I'm hardly ever aware of them myself," John shrugged, not looking the least bit concerned. 

Scott strutted into the lounge, now wearing said hoodie along with a smug smile. 

John exchanged a look with Virgil, who shrugged, he didn't know how that had happened either but it looked like John wasn't to blame for his girl's current mood. 

Peace descended over the lounge as Scott settled at their dad's desk, bringing up the holoscreen to check the news. 

John sighed, feeling that he needed to warn his big brother. 

"Scott?" 

"Hmm?" Scott didn't look up. 

"I feel I would be neglectful in my duty if I didn't warn you to watch your back. I don't know what you've done to piss off my witch but her retaliation is likely to be imminent."

"I'm very aware of that fact, but it's a matter of principle."

John sighed, if principles were involved then this was going to get a whole lot worse before it got better. He waited a whole two minutes before he, very subtly he thought, tossed his magazine on the coffee table and stood up, stretching casually. 

"I'm gonna head up to the office, call me if you need anything."

"Smooth, bro," Virgil laughed as John made a quick exit. 

Selene wasn't far behind, turning up in the lounge about five minutes after John had left. 

She scowled at Scott, who gave her a little sarcastic wave. The look she shot him spoke volumes, just you wait, this isn't over. 

                                       ***

"Oh for fucks sake!" Scott swore as he scrolled his holobook newsfeed. 

"What's up?" Gordon asked, surprised to hear his big brother swearing for no good reason. 

Scott turned his phone to show him the screen. Gordon looked but didn't see what the big deal was, it was just Selene, at a cafe with a couple of friends. 

"She was tagged into it by someone," Scott grumbled. 

"Was she not supposed to be there?" Gordon hedged.

"I don't care about where she is, it's about what she's wearing!" 

Gordon got up and walked over to take a closer look, then started to laugh. 

"She got yours too, huh?" 

" You mean she's raided your wardrobe too?" 

Gordon nodded. "Months ago, she took that WASP hoodie I got back in my training days."

"Why is she obsessed with our clothes? Shouldn't she just steal John's? Isn't that how it's supposed to work, not spill over to the whole family?" 

Gordon shrugged. "She brings them back eventually, she's taken mine three times, she calls it extended borrowing."

Scott groaned, having visions of never getting it back. He didn't have that many, living on a tropical island they didn't really stray into cool weather wardrobes that often, but that really had been his favourite. He'd bought it on a trip to Paris back in his Air Force days. Dark blue with grey panels on the sleeves, his two favourite colours, it was just right. Not too thick but also not too thin, just large enough to fit in comfortably but not so large that you couldn't tell that he was in pretty good shape underneath the material. It was soft, the softest he'd ever felt, not that he'd admit to preferring soft materials against his skin… the hood was just right, not too large that it obscured his vision while wearing it and but not too small that he felt like his head was being pulled backwards. In short, it was perfect. And that witch had stolen it. 

"Does she not have her own clothes?" 

"She does, but she often forgets to bring them and since it's generally pretty chilly in England she borrows them when she heads home."

"But why ours? Why not just John's? Since when were we all fair game?" 

Gordon flopped back down on the couch. "She just likes our stuff."

"I should have known you'd take her side, so much for sibling loyalty."

Gordon grinned, unrepentant. "She makes me my favourite sandwich, you make me edible food and you'll get my loyalty too."

                                     ***

Selene hadn't meant to stay out so late, but as her favourite saying went, shit happens. One afternoon coffee had turned into two, which had led onto  drinks as the evening had worn on. Two drinks had become three and two burgers on the way home, one of which she had sent up to Five courtesy of EOS. 

She didn't wake up too bright or breezy, she would rise but she refused to shine, and was still feeling a little fuzzy headed, which probably explained why she didn't notice until an hour after she had woken up. 

She could have sworn she had tossed that hoodie on the sofa when she'd gotten home, but it had most definitely vanished. She told herself she was just being silly, but the distinct lack of orange juice in her fridge and the bites taken out of every muffin was a dead give away. 

                                   ***

"Scott, are you aware that you have makeup on your collar?" Kayo asked. 

Scott just grunted, rubbing at the offending foundation stains, the scent of lilac floating up from the garment every time he moved. 

"Is there something we should know?" 

"Nope." 

Kayo looked at Virgil who just grinned. 

                                     ***

Selene accepted the latte from Alan with a smile of thanks, not moving from her spot on the couch, a bag of rune stones on her lap. She'd been gone for two days and, as was her custom now, had appeared without any warning half an hour before. Scott had no idea what was going on with the women of the house and why they felt the need to just magic themselves into being whenever the mood took them, but he was used to it now. Kayo had always been the same, you could enter a room and not know she was there for ten minutes before you spotted her lounging in a corner. 

Selene was less the silent ninja type and more the burst into a room singing, announcing her presence with a loud "didya miss me?" making them all jump. 

Alan gave Kayo her green tea and placed Scott's to-go cup of black coffee on the desk in front of him. Scott only drank from insulated cups because he was forever forgetting about his drink and going back to it once it was stone cold. 

Alan settled down beside Selene, helping himself to a couple of her runes from the bag, studying them for a second and then handing them to her for interpretation. 

"Ansuz, Odin's rune. Odin is the all father, the patriarch of the norse Pantheon, father to Thor, Loki, Balder and Hel. One of the lessons of this rune states that you should find your ears before you find your words."

Scott snorted at that and picked up his cup to take a sip. 

"This stone symbolises authority, communication and-" 

"Shit!" 

All three of them span round to look at Scott, who was wiping coffee off his chin and glaring as it dripped down onto his hoodie. 

"Damn, I'm sorry, was the lid not on properly? I'm so sorry, Scott."

"You'd better get that in the wash before the stain sets," Kayo advised. Alan and Scott both stared at her in disbelief. "What? I can't know about laundry?" 

Scott growled in frustration, peeling off his hoodie as he headed to the laundry room. 

The second he was out of sight Selene high five Alan and dug in her bag, pulling out two massive bars of chocolate she gave him one and tossed the over to Kayo, who caught it neatly. 

"Nice doing business with you," Kayo grinned, breaking open the bar. 

Selene opened her mouth to reply but heard Scott's footsteps coming down the hall and shut up. 

                                   ***

"Where the fuck has it gone now?" Scott searched through the dryer for the third time but no, it really had vanished. 

"Selene!" 

Stomping down to the hangers he checked if her car was in her spot. Yep, there it was, which meant she had to be on the Island somewhere. 

No answer. He tried again, louder this time. 

"SELENE?"

Nothing.

                                ***

John floated peacefully on his back, one hand behind his head the other tangled in her hair as he toyed with the soft strands. 

"He's going to figure out you're up here sooner or later."

Selene lifted her head from where it rested on his stomach to glance at the silent comm line. 

"Yeah, probably, " she lowered her head again, sighing contentedly. 

As if summoned by their words Scott's hologram flared into life, appearing in front of them, shattering the peace. 

"Bring it back, right now."

"Bring what back?" Selene blinked innocently. 

"You know what. Bring it back or I'm coming up there after it."

"I don't think so."

"EOS, lower the space elevator."

John glanced up as EOS's mechanical eye moved closer. 

"I'm sorry, Scott, but the elevator is currently undergoing it's twice monthly cleaning of the filtration system, which takes two hours to complete."

Scott's eyebrow rose, clearly not believing her. 

"Fine, I'll take Three."

"Alan is currently on the other side of Jupiter picking up that stranded salvage crew,"  John reminded him. 

Scott huffed impatiently. "Selene, you have two hours to get back down here with my hoodie or there will be retaliation."

"I know not of which you speak."

"You're wearing it right now!" 

"I am?" she glanced down at the hoodie she was currently snuggled in. "This old thing? Surely you don't want this? It's a little small for you now, don't you think? You've gotten a little wider around the midsection lately…" 

"OK, you've asked for it!" Scott clicked off the call, his hologram vanishing. 

"You're pure evil," John grinned, his fingers lightly caressing the back of her neck. "I do wish you wouldn't encourage my AI to lie though, that's not good for her."

"I'm shocked and appalled that you think I'd make my darling daughter lie!" 

"How is it that she's only your darling daughter when she's listening to you, when she's not she's mine?"

"Because that's the way it works, same as Armie is Virgil's whenever he pukes on the floor," she wrapped her arm around his middle, cuddling closer. "Anyway, she wasn't lying, the elevator is undergoing it's filter cleaning, it just so happens that she started it as soon as I docked."

John reached out to the wall of the comms sphere, touching one of the panels, bringing up the log. 

"Which was one hour and forty-eight minutes ago."

"Yep, so technically she was telling the truth, she said it was cleaning and it takes two hours, she didn't say there was two hours left."

"So you're encouraging her to be sneaky?" 

Selene gave him a look. "Like she needs any encouragement."

"True."

"But I did bribe her too."

"How? What with?" 

"My granddad's old dvd collection of documentaries that aren't online yet."

"You're such a good mom."

"Don't tell anyone, especially not Grandma," she warned, lifting her head for a kiss. 

Beep! 

Scott's hologram popped back up. She glanced over John's shoulder, her mouth dropping open in shock. 

                                   ***

"Scott Tracy! Get your arse here right now!" Selene jumped out of the elevator and raced up to the main house. 

"I swear by Hades if you've stretched that out with  your big, fat man chest, I will kill you!" 

"Fat man chest?" Kayo looked at Virgil, who shrugged in response, he'd given up trying to figure out what was going on days ago. 

Selene skidded into the kitchen. "Where is he? Where the fuck is your dickhead brother?" 

"Lounge I think. Why, what's he done now?" 

"You haven't seen him in the last half hour?" 

"No, I've not seen him since breakfast, I was working on Two."

"Urghhhh, you're about to be down one brother," she turned and stomped her way up the stairs, Kayo and Virgil hurrying to catch up. 

Scott heard her coming and assumed a casual pose. 

"Oh my gods! What's wrong with you?" 

She slapped her hands over her eyes, trying so hard not to laugh. 

"My eyes!" Virgil wailed, doubling over, a gagging noise escaping. 

"Kinky, I like it," Kayo commented. 

Scott lifted one hand in triumph, gesturing to his chest, a chest that he has somehow managed to squeeze into her favourite corset, although the laces were stretched to breaking point and they could all see his nipples and the dark sprinkling of hair that peppered his pecs.

"You're such a child!" 

"Say's the woman who stole my clothes first!"

"Say's the man who broke into my apartment to steal it back and took a bite out of all my muffins!" 

"Say's the woman who left the planet with my hoodie!" 

"Your nipples are looking at me funny!" 

"That's because this corset is making them itch!" 

She couldn't help it and burst out laughing. 

"You're such a twat! You realise you're wearing that backwards?" 

"And you're a sneaky bitch," he laughed. "And yes, I'm aware, but it was the only way I could get it on." 

"Truce?" She took off the hoodie and offered it to him. 

"Truce," he took the hoodie and turned around so she could unhook the corset, sighing in relief as it loosened , allowing him to take a deep breath, his lungs finally expanding to their full capacity. 

"I fucking adore you, you idiot," she laughed, hugging him from behind. 

"Yeah, I love you too."

"What the fuck just happened here?" Kayo demanded to know. "You just gave in, just like that? Sel, you disappoint me, I expected better from you." 

"He was holding my corset to ransom, what was I supposed to do?" 

"Hold him down, cut him out of it and smack him around the head."

"So violent! He's my best friend, you don't beat up your friends!" 

"I do."

"But you're special," Selene fluttered her eyelashes at Kayo, who simply shook her head and walked away muttering something about living with lunatics. 

                                 ***

"Erm, John?" 

"Yes, Alan? What's up?" 

"You might want to come down here…"

"Did they kill each other yet?" 

"Not quite, but they are both out by the pool, listening to some really old music, something about the dark side of the moon and they have definitely been smoking something."

John sighed, casting his eyes up through the clear ceiling of the gravity ring as if praying for divine help. 

"I'll be right down."

Less than ten minutes later and John was standing over two of the most important people in his life and wondering just what the hell he'd done to deserve them. 

His girl was stretched out on a sun lounger, fast asleep, Scotts hoodie over her like a blanket. His bare chested brother was on another next to her, a phone between them on the floor- purple so it had to be Selene's - was softly playing Pink Floyd, clouds of fragrant smoke wafting around his head 

Scott looked up as the sound of approaching footsteps. John sat down on the edge of another lounger, shaking his head when Scott offered him the hand rolled. 

"You know it hasn't been illegal for twenty-five years, you don't have to look so disapproving, you know it's safe now all the dangerous strains have been eradicated. This is the one that Dr Favaro recommended to Gordon when he had his crash and my back has been hurting the last few days. Come on, live a little, no hangover…" he wiggled it in invitation. 

Rolling his eyes John accepted the rollie and swung his legs up to recline fully on the lounger. 

"We haven't done this in years," he inhaled deeply, coughed briefly then passed it back. 

"Not since you graduated and we started with IR full time, Dad would never allow it and I guess since he's been gone we've all just continued to live the way he'd want us to."

John nodded, reaching over for the hand rolled. "If Selene's done anything she's encouraged us both to let go of our rigid control a bit."

"That she has."

They were both silent for a few minutes apart from Scott quietly humming along to the music. 

"This is going to sound bad…" Scott began, not looking at him. 

John waited patiently for his brother to continue.

"You know I want Dad back so much." It wasn't a question, it was a statement and John nodded.

"Of course I do, I never doubted that."

"But I don't want things to go back to the way they were before, we've all grown up, we've become our own people and we're used to making our own decisions. I don't want to have to go back to hiding in my room to drink a beer or not be able to enjoy a smoke after a long and painful day. Does that make sense?"

To say John was surprised that his usually private brother had decided to open up to him was an understatement, but he didn't let that show.

"I don't want that either. I guess we'll just have to take things one day at a time and work it out as we go," he took another toke and suddenly laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"I was just imagining Selene bulldozing Dad like she does us."

Scott's deep chuckled turned into a full out belly laugh as he pictured it.

"Well one thing's for sure, with her here there's no way things can go back to how they were before, she won't let it. And I don't even think Dad could argue with her when she's got her mind made up about something."

"He's either going to hate her or absolutely adore her," John handed the last inch back to Scott.

Scott smiled fondly at the sleeping witch. "He'll love her as much as we do, he won't be able to help it."

"I should get her to bed, it's getting chilly," John stood up and crossed over to his girl. Carefully he worked his arms under her and lifted her slowly.

"You want this back?" he nodded to Scott's hoodie.

"No, I don't mind her borrowing it, she does it all the time."

One sleek eyebrow lifted. "Then why make such a fuss over it?"

Scott stubbed out the end and laid back down, arms behind his head. "Because it was fun, she's my best friend, it's what we do. Don't you remember last week when I used her fancy hair conditioner? She yelled for an hour then I came back from that rescue in Peru and she'd put a brand new bottle in my bathroom cupboard."

"You're both idiots."

"But you love us."

"Yeah, I do." John paused for a second, trying to remember when he'd last told any of his brothers that he loved them. Months maybe, possibly even a year or more? He couldn't actually remember. He just never felt the need to say it, he showed it in so many ways, they all did. But maybe it was time to start reminding them. He hugged her closer to his chest, giving her a little squeeze, smiling when she grumbled in her sleep and batted at his shoulder.

"She told me earlier that she steals our stuff depending on who's energy she needs that day. If she's in a fun mood she'll steal Gordon's or Alan's, if she needs to relax she'll wear something of Virgil's."

"I did not know that," John glanced down at her face, relaxed in sleep. "What does she need you for?"

"Strength."

John nodded, not knowing what else to say. Finally he settled for not saying anything at all.

"You coming in too?" he asked Scott.

"Not just yet, it's nice out here."

"OK, goodnight."

"Goodnight, John."

John paused as he neared the door and turned back. "Scott?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you."

Scott didn't turn to look at him but his voice was his usual strong and sure tone.

"I love you too."

[phantomchick]

Tony Stark Fic Recs

Burning Candles - by kerravon Hurt/comfort, exhaustion, concussions, hurt tony, steve is a bro, nick fury being morally shady, the avengers! Summary: A few months have passed since the Avengers fought the Chitauri, and the team is coming together, except for Tony, who seems to be coming apart. At first, Steve assumes that he's just being irresponsible and annoying, but then JARVIS clues him in.

Fifth Time Lucky - by Arkada oneshot, fluff, this fic is short, sweet and a lot of fun. Well worth the read. Summary:  Tony Stark has five soulmates, but he gave up on finding any of them a long time ago.

Hide A Heart Of War - by RayShippouUchiha Tony Centric 2 chapter fic. Flower soul mark au. EXCELLENT ANGST.  Lots of feels, there’s also a slow burn romance in the background. Rhodey is a good bro. Loving all the descriptions of the soulmarks. Summary:  “You’ve got war in your heart boy,” Howard sneers, “don’t ever try and pretend to be anything but what you are.” Tony feels the familiar burn of a flower mark being etched into his skin but he doesn’t look, doesn’t try and check to see what it is. Instead he keeps his eyes on Howard and his hands cupped around his bleeding mouth and nose.

The (Not So) Great Pretender - by RayShippouUchiha Complete, secret identities, tony/bucky which i don’t usually ship but hey this author really makes it worth it. Oblivious Avengers. Hilarious but also angsty? Summary: Basically no one believes Tony when he tells them he’s Iron Man so he’s just... reluctantly keeping his secret identity going? It’s super funny.

To Victor Goes the Spoils - by tisfan Tony Stark/Victor von Doom, 10 chapters, complete, secret identities. Summary: In which Doom finds himself at a super hero masked ball... and gaining the attentions of the handsome and charming Tony Stark...Just one dance... just one kiss... before Doom unleashes his evil plot. Backstory: I accidentally stumbled on this doom x iron man fic so i thought i’d read it for laughs but then the fic itself was really good and I was suckered into shipping it. Now I’m in rarepair hell. The end. 

Iron Man Yes, Tony Stark...Not Recommended - by lilsmartass Gen. Complete. 9 chapters. Angst, lots of angst. Hurt/comfort. Unintentional bullying. Rhodey is the captain of the tony stark defence squad. AND HE WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE. Summary: Clint and Steve have both seen Natasha’s report on Tony and expect him to be a certain way. With Pepper now out of the picture, Bruce in India and Thor is Asgard they have no one to show them just how wrong first impressions can be.

That Which Kills Us - by Ironlawyer Ultimates!verse, steve/tony, oneshot, internalised homophobia, Tony is not a good patient. Summary: Sometimes Tony hates being alive as much as he hates dying. Trying to juggle duties to The Ultimates and a terminal illness isn’t exactly easy. Throw in an irate Steve Rogers and things just get too damn complicated.

Doomed To Failure - by DobbyRocksSocks Oneshot, excellent content, i read this fic and then i had to sit in my chair and be like ‘whoa’ for a while. This au is very well done! Summary: Everyone is born with their soulmate on one wrist, and their mortal enemy on the other. What do you do when it's the same person?

Say Goodbye to Yesterday - by melonbutterfly 4 chapter fic, complete, time loop, team building, alien invasion. time travel is a trope i keel over for this you must learn. Summary:  The day after the invasion Tony wakes up and his tower is intact again; everything is exactly the way it was before this whole mess went down. 

Don't Bet Against the House - by AlexTheShipper 2 chapter fic, complete, protective Jarvis, team dynamics, fluff Summary:  In which jokes about the arc reactor are not taken lightly, not by JARVIS who will never again sit trapped in his servers as someone attempts to kill Sir.

From A to Z - by Rachel500 26 chapter fic.Complete. Very very good, *sips fruit juice out of my champaigne glass* a classic of the genre! I’m a sucker for time travel as a trope, pair that with fixing the disaster that was the mcu chronology? BUDDY I’M SOLD.\ Summary: “OK, hypothetically, you get sent back in time one year. Does that make a difference?” Strange asked. “Two? Three? Could you live through the worst experience of your life again to preserve enough of the timeline to continue? Could you stand aside and let someone you love live through a bad experience in their life?” “OK. I get it. Bad idea.” Tony smirked at Strange to cover for his unease. “So. Plan B?” Strange grinned but there was a serious glint in his eyes. “How about we make it plan Z?”

Acceptable Risk Is Not - by izumi2 Super bamf tony, oneshot, Maria Hill redemption arc. Captain america the winter soldier. Not steve friendly but this can be blamed on the plot of the movie making zero sense with hindsight. Summary: what if someone considered an alternate solution to the data drop?  THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE FICS FOR REASONS SO PLEASE TRY IT.

The Course of Reason - by Infie Oneshot, aftermath of captain america civil war, Carol Danvers is a relateable ho whom I stan, the saltiest of all possible responses to that film. YESSSS. This is it. The fic that finally knocked me over the edge onto the civil war team iron man side of the fence. BEHOLD. It’s greatness. Summary: The UN has asked Tony to discuss their options with the Fugitive Avengers. It does not go the way they expect it to.

Uncompromising Principles - by Kizmet 19 chapter fic, it’s completed and it’s very well done, legal drama, Tony/Pepper, Steve is... a good person who made mistakes, he’s trying anyway, i can’t say more without spoilers, but it’s A Ride, like you’ll read this and it’ll make you have Feelings and Thoughts and it’s very clever in how it goes about making those Feelings and Thoughts happen. Captain America: civil war aftermath fic. Summary: After leaving Siberia Captain America begins his plans to overturn the Accords. But not all is as it seems.Not compliant with the end of "Civil War".

To intervene - by apathyinreverie Currently at 15 chapters, ongoing, a lot of fun, tony stark has a heart, tony and rhodey, civil war team iron man, mutant kind, pro accords. Summary: The one where Rhodey stages an intervention after the whole Ultron fiasco.

Veni, Vidi, Amavi - by Maedlin Treat yo’self. It’s a Time travel fic. ONE OF THE BEST: Bamf Tony Stark, Bamf Jarvis, Palladium Poisoning, Complete, 26 chapter fic, but you’ll wish it was longer by the time you’re done. (Luckily there’s an ongoing sequel series to enjoy!) THIS FIC IS SUPREMELY GOOD! And HEAVY on the Jarvis love! DO YOURSELVES A FAVOUR AND TRY IT SERIOUSLY YOU WON’T REGRET READING THIS. Highest of recs goes to this. Summary:  (We came, we saw, we loved.) Tony's not the hero type. To suggest otherwise would be outlandish and fantastic, clearly.  Yet somehow, he's the one that's responsible for saving the universe. Now, he's a decade in the past. He's just revealed to the world he's Iron Man.  Tony finds himself facing dozens of old problems, and as time passes the ripple effect of his presence generates ever more new issues. All the while, the impending threat of Thanos looms ever-closer.

With One More Try (Can We Start Again) - by Infinite_Monkeys 5 Chapter fic, and it’s Completed. Time travel fix it, not strictly tony stark-centric but still a firm fave, A masterpiece. Definitely in my top 5 time travel fics and i’ve read a LOT so that’s saying something! Contains: That Good Loki Content. Summary: Loki's attempt to conquer Earth has, to his great dismay, succeeded spectacularly. When Thanos sends him to collect the Time Stone, he strikes a deal with the Stone's keeper: He'll be sent back to the beginning of the invasion, and this time, armed with knowledge about his opponents, he can lose properly. Or: a time loop fic in which Loki does increasingly desperate things to try and get the Avengers to defeat him already.

(Science) Bros before (HYDRA) Hoes - by Kizmet Tony is the captain of the Bruce Banner defence squad, Legal Shenanigans, It’s marked as Ongoing but what’s there is satisfying enough on its own I promise, basically a huge callout for Johannesburg, Hulk deserves a hug. Summary: The Hulk isn’t taken from the planet after AoU, there’s no one conveniently out of reach to take the fall for Johannesburg… A choice is going to have to be made: Wanda or the Hulk. 

A Larger Matter - by TheSovereigntyofReality Oneshot. Consequences! The ‘Steve’s blood’ scene in the agent carter tv show always pissed me off so this fic was uh Cathartic shall we say, but honestly you can read it and have it make perfect sense even without having seen the show, Howard Stark, teenaged Tony, Team Stark. Woohoo. Summary: When Peggy Carter tipped out Steve's blood, she had no idea the hornet's nest she just kicked.

Who in their Right Mind... - by AnonEhouse Crackfic, Oneshot Summary: Dum-E saves the universe

Catching Butterflies - by GremlinSR Ongoing, 6 chapters and counting, very very good content, like you wouldn’t think so from the summary which is a little bland but it’s actually very very good. Believe me when I tell you: It contains The Good Stuff. Time Travel fix it, Bamf Tony Stark, Bamf yet confused T’Challa. Summary: Tony snaps his fingers...and wakes up five days before the events that led to the death of JARVIS and the creation of Ultron. He decides he won't let the future he lived come to pass, no matter how thoroughly he has to destroy the timeline.

The War is Far From Over Now - by Dont_call_me_Carrie Ongoing, 40 dhapters and counting, this fic is clearly the author’s baby and they put so much work into it so watching it grow is a pleasure. Protective Jarvis, Protective Stark Industries Employees who like their boss. Rhodey is a good Bro, Awesome Pepper Potts. Fix it via Accidental World Domination. Summary: In which Tony does not, in fact, intend to take over the world.... unfortunately, everyone else missed that particular memo.

Can I Quote You On This? - by Wix Oneshot, Mcu critical, Avengers Critical, salty, extremely salty. Uncovering Plot Holes is easy when the road’s full of them. Summary:  Christine was sent in to just do a puff piece about the Avengers. What she uncovers instead is so much more interesting.

Strong Enough to Bend - by Kizmet Oneshot, salt and shade, tony stark & steve rogers, the author has Opinions about mcu steve so if that’s not your thing i wouldn’t rec it, not steve friendly? Summary: Steve ‘watches’ the videos on Tony Stark that Shield provides him with

Take that Away and What are You? - by Kizmet Oneshot, kidnapping, bamf tony stark, not steve friendly, I love this fic Summary: Tony and Steve get kidnapped. Since Tony’s wearing a tux, Steve figures it’s all up to him to get them out of this mess. Steve never really thought much about the conditions under which Tony built the Mach I.

Facing the devil (and the deep, blue sea) - by petroltogo Oneshot, au, not steve friendly, steve isn’t a good person in this fic, but it’s juicy, soulmate au, soulmarks Summary:  Alternate title: No obvious truth  Post-CACW: In an alternate universe where everyone has the name of their soulmate and the name of their greatest enemy written on their wrists, recently captured ex-Avenger Steve Rogers receives an unexpected visitor two days before the start of his trial. [The trick is figuring out which name is tied to which fate.] [The trick is realising you’ll never know.]

Asking Why - by Kizmet Oneshot. the relief and catharsis of logic. Nat, Hill, Cho, Rhodey and Pepper sit Tony down to talk about what led to the creation of Ultron. Scapegoating is stupid: The Fanfic edition. Summary: Applying analytical techniques in the aftermath of Ultron

[sinsofsummers]

After Loki fakes his death one time, he hides in avengers tower as common objects. One night Bucky sees him as his normal self, while he was getting a midnight snack, and he just shrugs like this happens all the time. It keeps happening and before they know it they actually become friends and only meet in the night. Bucky doesn’t tell anyone though he his conflicted to tell Thor. Bucky and Loki are bro’s.

hell yes!!! bucky and loki would be the strangest, yet most perfect friends!

for the sake of my sanity, we’re gonna pretend this is actually canon and this is what loki does after d wording in infinity war. also, this is an au where all the avengers are still living in the compound together after endgame.

*rubs hands together* i am ready

so after faking his death in infinity war i think loki would first go to sakaar

he’d just want to get away from all the crazy avenger business, convincing himself that it’s not his problem

for a little while he’d be content, but he would get really bored soon enough

(he doesn’t want to admit it, though!)

he would survive the snap, and for the next five years he’d rule sakaar and what’s left of them

after everyone comes back, his mind would flick to thor, the brother he hasn’t seen in odin knows how long

and after a long time of wrestling with himself, he gives in to the desire his heart has for going back to earth

“just to see if thor is alive,” he tries to remind himself 

but this little shit gets nervous when he finds out that thor’s alive, so he just resorts to his mischievous ways and in a split second decision, disguises himself as a lamp

this way, he can spy on his brother and see that he’s changed

“i never thought i’d see the mighty thor with a beer belly”

but it’s funny because the others start noticing that random objects are starting to pop up out of nowhere like

“hey, who bought a new coffee table?”

“did we always have this light fixture?”

“i swear this chair wasn’t here a few days ago”

and at night, loki is back in his human form because he needs to stretch his legs hahah

and at one point, he’s grabbing a snack from the fridge when he hears someone clear their throat

norns, how did i let someone sneak up on me

but it’s just bucky, still an insomniac after all those years

bucky lets out a strangled yelp, but loki just shrugs, chewing on his apple slices like it’s the most normal thing in the world

eventually it starts happening so often that bucky just tries to figure out why loki laufeyson is hiding in the avengers compound as random domestic objects

“why don’t you just tell thor? he still talks about you”

loki would pause at that, but he’d just shake his head sadly. “i fear thor would only lash out at me for lying.”

“yeah, but isn’t that kind of...what you do?”

but this time it’s different 

anyway, several nights go by where loki starts showing bucky his magic because he’s curious and fascinated

and bucky talks about his life in the forties, where loki admits he wished he were on midgard during that era

they are the most unlikely pair of friends, but it gets to a point where they start a game

bucky spends the entire day trying to guess which object is loki in disguise(he gets better at not being so obvious)

and bucky just waits until everyone is asleep, and then he goes right up to the object and taps it, “hey there, loki”

like one time it’s a chair and bucky just plops himself down in it, like, “damn, maybe i’ll actually sleep tonight”

but loki is like “noooooo you won’t!” and quick transforms back into human, a dirty scowl on his face

“how dare you sit on the god of mischief”

but it’s all in good fun and these two are closer to each other than steve and bucky or loki and thor

and no one knows 

except for f.r.i.d.a.y, of course. she sees everything. 

gah, this was so much fun to write! hmmmm let me know if you want me to write a full fic for this, i think that would be fun. yeah?

[yaoi-cthuwulhu]

Honestly, Fuck Endgame

So yea they all live in the tower. After Avengers 1, they’re like “o fuk Loki was being mind controlled and we can prove it” and they’re like “the best way we can keep an eye on him is for him to stay with us, fuck you Oversight Committee” and they keep him around in the tower, and eventually he becomes an honorary Avenger. It gets episodic after that, because now that there are superheroes, there are super villains too. They may have accidentally created their own problem?? Oops. Anyways, Steve moves to DC for a while to work for SHIELD and then CATWS happens but not so crazy, in reality it’s like “well shit we can’t trust SHIELD now cause they’re all HYDRA, but thank god we had a clean split and we can definitely trust who’s left.” So, basically it’s Fury, Maria, and Coulson (who is not dead) running the picture now, and HYDRA is on the run. Steve moves back into the tower, before leaving to look for Bucky. He takes Sam with him, and it takes a year but they find him. Meanwhile, Thor and Jane and Loki leave for a minute for TTDW, then they come back just fine (no death lol). Avengers 2 never happens lol, and they meet Wanda and Pietro while taking down HYDRA goons, rescue them, and then fun shit. Meanwhile, a kid named Peter starts hanging around Tony a lot under the premise of a “Stark internship” but really he’s a spider kid! Steve and Buck are back in the tower, Bucky is recovering (though he still has awful days) and things are going fine. No CACW!!! Then Thor and Loki are gone yet again for a minute to deal with Hela, and Thor gets Kickass lightning powers (but he still keeps his hammer for shenanigans). Then Hank Pym is like “hey tony meet my daughter and asshole son in law” and they’re like “holy shit you can shrink” and they communicate (but don’t live with them yet). Then they’re like”o fuk villains are using magic now??” And then Doc Strange is like “Yo” and the team is like “this might as well happen.” He doesn’t live with them, but he’s an honorary avenger. Then Wakanda is like “heyyyy um we’re actually hella advanced, but we hate all y’all and we’ll only work with the Avengers because we have a legacy of heroes in this country also they answer to no nation, so we like them bc they won’t put up w colonial bs” and the avengers are like “wow we fuckin love Wakanda, how about we be allies because holy shit your king is a cat” and Shuri was like “please T’Challa I wanna meme w Peter” so they’re allies now. Then the GOTG show up and are like “yo watch out there’s this purple dude in a chair tryna collect rocks” and then Carol shows up like “yo watch out there’s this purple dude in a chair tryna collect rocks and also I’m GAY” and so the avengers like like “hell no” so they fight thanos and Clint shoots Scott up Thanos’s ass and he expands and he dies in a big purple goop explosion!!! And he dies, and they return the infinity stones to where they belong (aka they put the tesseract back in the place the Red Skull found it, they put the Aether back in the weird rock, they give back the time stone to Strange, they Yeet the soul stone back into hell where it came from, they give the power stone to Peter Quill for safe keeping because he’s the only one who can touch it w/o vaporizing because he’s basically half ancient cosmic entity (also he didn’t lose his powers with the death of Ego), and they keep the mind stone). So then Tony and Shuri and Loki are dicking around in the lab and accidentally use a combo of science and Magic and the Mind Stone and suddenly JARVIS has a body??? Aka Vision is born and JARVIS learns how to be a person and a computer at the same time, and sort of falls in love with Wanda along the way.

Or, the AU in which Loki and Bucky are best friends and little shits and prank the fuck out of everyone, Steve is Tired Team Mom and also an Angry Feminist, Shuri and Pete are baby avengers and meme bros, Thor is actually a smart dude and not entirely played for laughs even though he still waxes poetic about pop tarts, Clint lives in the Vents with Sam and they’re bird bros, Nat is sneaky as fuck and shares Team Wine Aunt duty with Pepper (who still has her lit af fire powers), Carol and Fury laugh about the crazy kids, Tony and Bruce are Science Bros, Tony lives off of caffeine and his love for Peter and Bruce is team doctor and also the only reasonable one here, Strange makes a few appearances from time to time with wise words of advice, Rhodey supervises from the background, sometimes the guardians pop in, and it’s all good and no one has to hurt too much, even though there’s angst, but everyone lives and they all get a happy ending.

Also if you all think I forgot about Morgan Stark you’re dead wrong, she’s a darling girl and all her aunties and uncles and non-binary caregivers love her very much.

Also because I’m gay and I rub my queer hands all over fandom, Steve is Bi and has been gone for Bucky since the 20’s and they’re practically married (and probably literally married by the end of the work), Loki is gender-fluid like in the comics, everyone is feminist as fuck and pretty darn liberal, Clint is the Ace rep we deserve (the thing for purple is a dead giveaway), Nat is bi af, and so was Peggy, also Valkyrie is actually shown to be bi and not just implied because of stupid Disney and their stupid rules, and all the relationships (straight or gay or whatever) are built on mutual respect and trust and they actually talk out their issues like rational people instead of causing excess drama. They’re extra, but not that extra.

The only things I’m keeping from Endgame are Nat and Carol’s cool new hairstyles, and Professor Hulk. Also the “America’s Ass” comments because damn. That’s a nice booty.

[galaxyglitchchic]

How about this MCU Fandom:

Endgame and Infinity war don't exist. While we're at it, let's include civil war(even if I'm of the many who are still salty over that). It's going to sound like I'm glossing over a lot of movies (well I kinda am).

Let's begin!

(For one time I'm trying not to be a salty trashcan bear with me guys)Also I have not seen the following movies YET but I have heard/seen parts of them:Captain marvel,Spider man homecoming and far from home ,black panther and avengers endgame.

*Wanda and Pietro stay with Clint and his family and Wanda learns to fully control her powers. They ,along with with the Barton children, love to set up pranks on Clint. When Nat visits the farm,she helps them as well.

*Tony Stark lives a long life with Pepper and Morgan. Already at a young age,Morgan is intelligent. Big brothers Peter and Harley visit as often as they can and help Morgan with whatever invention she has been building.

*Thanos is dead and Gamora and Nebula have a healthy sister relationship. Sometimes Nebula visits Earth to see Tony. Both Gamora and Nebula are now Morgan's big sisters. And they take it seriously.VERY SERIOUSLY.

*(Hela is in Hel) But Loki,Valkyrie,Thor,and a convinced Bruce go to make peace with Hela. After a long time,the three siblings bond over Odin's bad parenting. Cue many drinking contests between Thor and Hela and knife fights between Loki and Hela. Hela , after a long therapy session, is given the throne of Asgard. All Thor wants now is to go to Earth to be with his friends and Jane. Loki,hmm that is tough to say. He might a) go with Thor, b)stay on Asgard,c) go wherever the fuck he wants cause that's how he is.

*The tension between the Maximoff twins and Tony is finally cleared up. Pietro frequently takes Tony's coffee/snack from him every time Pietro has the chance to. ("Too slow old man," is often heard while the speedster is on the run. In retaliation, Pietro finds him room covered wall to wall with Flash merch) Wanda loves using her magic to prank Tony.

*Stephen,Shuri,Tchalla, Peter and Harley are now new members of the Science Bro clubs.

*Shuri,Peter,Harley,the Barton kids,Cassie,and the Maximoffs are all meme and vines addicts and love to confuse the others. Sometime the Asgardians and the Guardians get them from time to time.

*Stephen and Loki are still being petty while Hela and Wanda are practically inseparable.

*Tony and Loki are frienemies. They bonded overe making Stephen's life miserable.

*Movie night was a good idea bit no longer possible.Thor and Peter Q. are fighting over the popcorn, Tchalla,Tony,Bruce,Rhodey and Pepper just want everyon to be quiet, Wanda and Wong are stuck sitting between Stephen and Loki who never stop glaring at each other. Steve asks to much questions much Sam's dismay and Bucky can't figure out why the "one can't simply walk in Mordor " scene is so damn funny to the teens.

*Might as welll count out vacations. The guardians and asguardians are horrible babysitters.

("Loki,what are you afraid of?""I have no fears, feline princess"[Harley]"guys where's Morgan and Cassie?""Let me correct myself, two fears")

("What are you doing Pete 2.0?" "Nothing Pete 1.0?""Well you're doing nothing incorrectly. See to cut in line we first have to disable the security cameras so they won't catch us cutting")

*the raft isn't a prison it's simply a place where the heroes can hide and relax while having a much needed therapy session.

*while the heroes do have to be responsible for any damage they might have caused they are not threatened unlike in a movie that I'm still salty over.

*choose your ending for Steve.(I'm not a fan of steggy or stucky. I'm actually a Peggy x Daniel shipper and kinda a Steve/Sharon shipper)either

a) he actually stays with Peggy

b)he dates Sharon

c)he dates Bucky

*Please have Bucky and Tony be friends.("where's the flying car Tony? Back in my day your dad promised flying cars.""He also promised my mom he wouldn't be a dick to me, Buckaroo, and look how that turned out")

*A mini civil war between Stepehn and Tony over which actor is the best Sherlock. ("Keep dreaming stark,Benadryl Cumcumberbatch is not the best Sherlock!""So Robert Dumbass Junior is?!What kinda meds are you taking,Doctor?")Everyone else somehow gets involved in this.Some have a bet of how long this argument is gonna last(Nat,Carol,Valkyrie,Peter Quill,Pietro and Rocket)while some are getting really into the argument(Shuri,Peter,Scott,Mj Ned,Harley Bucky, and surprisingly Thor and Loki). And there are some who just these two idiots to shut up(Gamora, Nebula,Hela,Pepper,and Bruce) Loki agreed with Tony simply to piss off Stephen and well naturally Thor went along with Loki.

*One time Bucky and Loki were arguing overe their knife collection. They started fighting but it really looked like a cat fight. The others had a laugh when Peter P. showed them the recording of them.

*The only ones who take Groot seriously are Thor and the guardians. The rest think he's too adorable.

*Heimdall is given a longdue vacation.

*R.I.P. whoever tries to teach the asguardians and guardians how to work modern technology

*PLEASE LET THEM HAVE A LONG PEACEFUL LIFE THAT'S ALL I WANT NOW

Feel free to add more

[mrnerdteacher]

All 32 Memorable Scenes from Avengers: Endgame, Ranked (because to leave out even one would do this movie a disservice)

Before we begin, I wish to make three disclaimers:

Literally ALL THE SPOILERS AHEAD, so go see it first. Seriously. It’s fantastic. It’s greater than the sum of all 22 of its parts. It’s a three hour movie that doesn’t feel too long. It’s funny, heart-wrenching, thrilling, and the pay-off we all deserve. I cannot say enough good things about it. Faith restored.

Despite how critical I sound, I didn’t HATE any of these moments. Some just worked better than others.

I had to go to the bathroom three times, so if I’m missing an amazing scene, please let me know in the comments.

And now, without further ado, every moment from this epic epic, ranked from “worst” to best.

32) Hawkeye for an Eye- Clint going on a faceless-villain killing spree after his family dies is stupidly cliche

31) One too many Cap Speeches- I hope you like your films like you like your pizza: warm and cheesy.

30) Come and Get Your Concussion- Knocking out Quill to pre-steal the power stone was just kinda funny

29) Bruce Rolls a Natural 20- Convincing the Ancient One to hand over the Time Stone felt a little too easy.

28) Picnic Panic- Watching Clint lose his family was rough, but the mom dutifully serving lunch felt cringe

27) Hulk Snaps- While I enjoyed the suspense/uncertainty that follows this moment, it’s weird that a finger snap is actually required to activate the stones powers, except all the times in the movie when it’s not

26) Iron Man Snaps- For such a hugely important moment, the “I am Iron Man” line felt eye-rollingly forced

25) Time Heist is Botched when Loki AGAIN Steals the Tesseract- What a wascally wabbit. You could practically hear the Benny Hill theme in this scene

24) Nebula Shoots Herself- I feel like the “evil” Nebula went down way too easy for the sake of pacing

23) Thor Goes for the Head- Aside from a clever moment in which you think Thanos is altering reality to defend himself but it’s really the Hulk Buster breaking through the floor, this scene is underwhelming

22) My Self-Righteous Suicide- The cliffs of Vormir is a great motif, but wondering which of the two most insignificant Avengers would successfully kill themselves lacked the punch it should have had.

21) Thor Abides- it’s nice that Valkyrie gets crowned the “king” and all, but the new role feels out of character

20) Tony and the Intergalactic Facetime- Paper football is cute, and Tony’s goodbye felt appropriately emotional

19) Iron Dad- this film’s packed to the brim with father/daughter moments, but “Love You 3000” is a good one

18) Let Me Guess, He Turned into a Baby- who doesn’t love a “working out the kinks” tech montage?

17) Scott Reconnects with Cassie- Checking the wall of the dead, and finding her alive? Instant tears

16) America’s Ass- Cap fighting his past self wasn’t surreal enough to stop him from ogling his own butt. Nice.

15) Tony Invents Time Travel- It had been way too long since we had a “Tony does his homework” montage.

14) Every Time Brie Larson entered the shot like a literal shooting star- I will never get tired of her entrances, especially sporting her new do.

13) The Funeral- The Proof that Tony Stark has a Heart is also proof that we love RDJ even more than we realized

12) That 70’s Show- Giving Tony the father/son talk he always deserved/needed was touching, and Steve’s creepy Jim Halpert impersonation sets the movie up for that incredible final shot

11) Passing the Torch/Shield- Old Cap made me so happy, but passing the mantle to Sam? Even happier. Hope it made racists everywhere uncomfortable

10) Emaciated, Stir Crazy Tony DESTROYS Boy Scout Steve Upon Reunion- Were we really expecting a hug?

9) Professor Hulk Takes a Seflie with Fans at a Diner- the precise moment I knew this movie would rock

8) The Taco- I had a very lousy Monday, but still laughed on three separate occasions when I remembered this masterpiece of silent slapstick.

7) Thor Handles His Mommy Issues- you know a movie’s good when it retroactively redeems DARK WORLD.

6) Elevator Redux- Everything about this scene. The tension. The parallelism. The way Steve defeats the entire platoon with a single, sly “Hail Hydra” is both really smart writing and a nod to fans of the comics & films.

5) The Future is Female- suspend your disbelief and realize that this gorgeous, empowering team-up moment is a giant middle finger to all the dude bros who review bombed Captain Marvel. Plus, there’s a freakin’ pegasus.

4) Cap Proves He’s Worthy- the most thrilling, shocking, satisfying, and important fight in the whole film. My whole theater got chills.

3) Thor Really Lets Himself Go- Fat shaming aside, seeing Thor bicker with kids on Xbox Live and belligerently request a Blood Mary is yet another believable, endearing, & hilarious reinvention of the character. The only thing that would have made it better would have been the addition of Darryl as a third flatmate.

2)The Gang’s All Here- I never thought they could pull it off, but when the resurrected heroes, all several thousand of them, return from the dead to fight Thanos’ army, it ACTUALLY felt surprising, moving, and most importantly, earned. Spider-Man’s instant kill. Black Panther emerging from the Lion King sunrise. That look on Hope’s face. IT’S ALL SO DAMN GOOD!!!

1)The Dance- Maybe it’s because I’ve always been Team Cap, but what a perfect way to close a perfect film. I cried tears of pure joy.

[anniemar]

Vikings 5x11 (The Revelation)

I had a lot of fun recapping the first half of season 5 so I figured I’d take a stab at 5B, even though I really hate this whole split season thing. Considering it’s been a year since 5A. But whatever. It makes about as much sense as this show. As always, these recaps come with a hefty dose of hyperbole. I’m not out to offend anyone, I know we all have our favorites, and you’re more than welcome to disagree with me, but these are just my opinions. I might make fun of these characters and the show, but hey, I’m here watching. I obviously watch for a reason, because I’m a fan dammit. I love the characters, sometimes. They fade in and out of favor for me. Ivar was once my dude, and he still kinda is, but I’m not an apologist when he does fucked up shit. And so let’s just jump into some of that fucked up shit, shall we? Or piss, rather ... 

The Saga of King Ivar begins with him peeing on the throne. Gross, dude. And then putting a poor goat on top of it. I’m really not into animal cruelty, plus he called the goat “the queen” ... do you mean Lagertha, Ivar? Or are you a goat-fucker now? I would’t be surprised tbh. The whole thing just reeked of a middle-ages fraternity-rager. Not a fun party. 

Harald is sad about his wife, unborn child, and his bro. Ivar tells him to cheer up, there’s plenty of fish in the sea ... and he’s not exactly sentimental about brothers, so it’s not a great pep talk. I’m thinking Harald, when he sobers up and looks around a little, is gonna be like ... 

Later Ivar notices Freydis, who’s been hanging around and staring at him. And all of us at home are like, yeah, we kinda get it. He’s real cute. 

Except he’s also batshit crazy and a brat, so there’s that. He invites her in and BOY DOES HIS ANGRY TUNE CHANGE when she’s around. He becomes a loose-lipped puppy dog, it’s adorkable. He also asks if she’s married (real subtle there, Ivar) and she’s like, nah ... I like being free, I like living alone. No men. AND I AM HONESTLY SO DOWN WITH FREYDIS HERE. 

Until two seconds later when she spouts that “you’re so special ... I’d die for you” bullshit she was spouting from last season, er I mean ... first half of the same season. Whatever. 

Seriously, what is she playing at? The logical part if me is thinking ... she must have some ulterior motive, she can’t be just some Ivar groupie, can she? But then I remember this is the show Vikings, where people’s motivations never make a whole hell of a lot of sense, especially women’s. But I digress. 

Ivar laps up what she’s serving and then she asks what she can do for him ... and he gives her that grinch smile ... fade to black. And I mean, come on. We all know what happens next week. The Ivar fandom has been dreading it for over a year now. Ivar the boneless is gonna find out he’s not so boneless, and that Margrethe made him think the opposite. I wonder how he’ll take that bit of news considering she happens to be back in town.  

Welcome back Uncle Daddy Rollo. I love Rollo and his crooked smile, always have, no matter how much of a fuck-up he is. His mind and heart always warring with each other. I suppose he reminded me of (Marvel) Loki when I first started watching Vikings. And Ragnar was (Marvel) Thor. 

Though I guess you can’t really call him a fuck-up considering his vast wealth in Francia or the fact that his descendants will turn the tide in England in good ole 1066. In this way he has most certainly beaten Ragnar. But in his homeland? He just goes about shit in the wrong way. And ends up losing, if not the battle, then definitely his heart. 

I suppose his motive was to help Ivar and Hvitserk so that Lagertha and Bjorn would have no other choice but to join him in Francia, but that was a HELL of a gamble. Seems as though he’d have been held in much better regard if he’d helped out his “son” and the “woman he loves” by backing them, but NOPE. He steps foot on Scandinavian soil and all of a sudden he’s that guy living in his brother’s shadow again and makes all the wrong decisions. And thus he sails away from Kattegat, perhaps for the last time, thinking ... 

Though I did enjoy him playing Ivar like a damn fiddle the entire time. And for that Rollo, I salute you. And I hope to see you again. 

Vikings on the run + Heahmund. Margrethe is chained up with a pig for company, because she’s gone mad apparently. I’m just not into this at all. Why not just leave her in Kattegat? I’ve never had love for the character but come on. Hasn’t she suffered enough? Through bad writing and terrible acting? I guess not. 

And so Lagertha, who has two men pledge their love to her this episode (and making a lot of Gisla/Rollo fans even more bitter, and justifiably so) ... now has really weird hair, and the makeup team isn’t covering up her under-eye circles. Also, whatever, I get that they’re trying to make her look aged, but at most she looks to be 40 and still gorgeous. 

Bjorn emotes. Ubbe ... exists. And Heahmund tries to convince Lagertha that he’s loyal and wants her, even though he can’t publicly acknowledge her in England, being a bishop and all. So romantic. 

They get the hell out before Ivar can catch them, leaving Margrethe to him. Hvitserk then carries her off in his arms after they get back to Kattegat, and something tells me somewhere, this whole situation is gonna make good ole Hvitserk be like ... 

Spanglo-Saxons. I’m still loving Alfred and can’t wait to see who Judith sets him up with. Hell, I’m even cool with Aethered. For now. It seems like we have a king with intelligence and then a prince who is the muscle. But something tells me it just can’t stay that way ... 

In the last shot we see Heahmund riding back with Althelred, apparently to make an appeal to the new king to welcome his friends. As Lagertha and Bjorn leave their cage-covered wagon, you can just see it written all over their faces ... 

Maybe a life in Francia with everything one could want wasn’t such a bad idea after all? 

Meanwhile in Floki-land. I DON’T CARE. Seriously. Get Aud and the famous wrestler off that island and back to Kattegat where they can at least be somewhat useful. I really like Aud as a character, but the whole Iceland storyline is so boring. Let Floki go somewhere else, like a robot island off the coast of China. Let him discover that. 

Anyway. Did I like the episode? I did, honestly. It was good to see these guys again, especially Rollo. It was a decent season opener ... er ... i mean, second-half of the season opener. 

Until next week ... 

[fancykraken]

Infinity Thor and Loki

Okay, here it is because I can’t hold back any longer and I gotta barf out my feelings out about Thor and Lok in this movie. I have a lot of feels so I don’t expect anyone to read this, I just gotta get them out of me. If you do read it you get a new riding lawnmower as a prize. The gentleman pictured on the riding lawnmower not included, sorry.

SPOILERS FOR INFINITY WAR BELOW

First I will say that one of my biggest worries about the movie was going into it and seeing Thor being taken back to previous Avengers movies and characterizations. And with Chris Hemsworth feeling the same way it’s understandable. But I was very pleasantly surprised by what they did and how they handled it. I knew we wouldn’t have the same Thor we did in Ragnarok, there’s no way that would have worked. But we saw hints of it, especially with the Guardians. He was utterly destroyed emotionally, but we still saw that bright bit of this big doofus through his grief. We saw his compassion, his humour, his empathy for other living things and I was so, so thrilled that they continued with this. While it wasn’t much, it was still there. They did good by him in that sense and I was not let down about it at all. 

THEY KEPT HIM POWERED UP. While we didn’t see it as much as we did in Ragnarok IT WAS STILL THERE AND THEY DID NOT SHY AWAY FROM IT. THEY SHOWED HIM THAT HE REALLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL IF NO THE MOST POWERFUL OF EVERYONE THERE.

Also, they proved once again that my boo can compartmentalize af, because jfc after the shit he went through you’d have to have that kind of superpower.

But to Thor and Loki...

They broke me, they utterly and completely broke me, especially Thor. The most emotional impact I got from this movie was from those two (and Tony Stark, but that’s another post).

The beginning, I cannot. My heart was in my throat the whole time and my stomach was in knots. I knew it was going to happen, I knew Loki was going to die going into this, but it’s a lot different from thinking about it to actually see it act out on screen.

The hopeful optimism we saw at the end of Ragnarok for those 2 minutes is just utterly crushed. Seeing the ruins of the ark and most of the Asgardians dead was heartbreaking. They literally survived Ragnarok 5 minutes before only to be defeated by this.

Thor, broken and battered at the beginning just goes to show how fucking hard he tried. He’s the king of Asgard now, it’s his job to protect his people and he couldn’t. Him being dragged by Thanos like a broken doll was heartbreaking and honestly scary. And Loki knew this was the end, just seeing his brother in that state he knew it was really ride or die time. His attempt to try and placate Thanos and get on his good side was seen through right away, how could it not be because he held only one card and he gave that card away.

I know it was probably for time purposes, but I was disappointed by the lack of trying on Loki’s part trying to stab Thanos. It just seemed too straightforward and sloppy (same with him taking the Tesseract in the first place). He has magic and he could have done some magnificent shit to try and stop him, but he didn’t. I think he knew he couldn’t stop him, but I don’t think he tried his hardest because I think he knew if he did then Thor would 100% die and all remainder of hope with it. Make Thanos look the other way and focus most of the attention on him rather than Thor. I guess Thanos assumed if Loki were dead that Thor would just follow, hence why he just left him alive as the arc burned around him.

The look on Thor’s face as Thanos picked Loki up, choking him was fucking heartbreaking. The muffled no as Thanos snapped Loki’s neck... god, I was in tears. Then Thanos dropping Loki’s body in front of Thor and Thor just crawling, utterly broken and battered, placing his head on Loki’s chest, was just one of the most heartbreaking things. I fully believe that Thor did not intend to survive beyond that point or if he did he wasn’t overly hopeful about that.

With the Loki we got in Ragnarok to the end of Loki’s story (for now maybe) in IW just fucked me up so much. We got to see a more stripped down Loki, his fear and vulnerability more visible. His nature to fuck shit up and try and pull the strings for his own gain and then nothing.

Now Thor’s just off floating in space without caring (if he were conscious to really process it). Then the fucking angst of Mantis reading Thor as he’s unconscious. The anger, grief, heartbreak, the guilt he’s feeling, like jfc he has literally just lost everything and then he wakes up and shoves all that down to go off to Nidavellir for another weapon. HONESTLY, I JUST CANNOT WITH IT BECAUSE I WAS SO PROUD BUT ALSO SCREAMING AT HIM THAT IT’S OKAY TO BREAK, BUT I KNOW HE COULDN’T BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TIME.

I don’t think he had any hope left for himself going off to get Stormbreaker, but maybe the hope of actually ending Thanos is what made him try so gd hard. 

The moment where he was talking with Rocket about Loki and his family was... OW MY HEART BECAUSE GODDAMNIT HE IS ALONE RIGHT NOW. COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY ALONE AND HERE HE IS JUST STILL GOING. Yes, he has the Avengers, but he hasn’t had them for years now except for Bruce. The cracks he started to show in the conversation with Rocket was beautiful and so sad. I wanted to see more, but of course with a movie of this nature you can’t. Also, who would have thought that he and Rocket would actually connect on such a deeper level in this? Not me. 

This bitch is like an ogre with onion layers.

So yeah, he broke me and had me laughing and crying and feeling like my heart was about to burst. To see Thor getting his dues in the MCU now is one of the best feelings in the world. I just wish they didn’t have to utterly crush him and take away so much of what he loved to do it. LET HIM BE HAPPY. LET HIM HAVE A MOMENT WHERE HE CAN RELAX AND CHILL. LET LOKI COME BACK FROM WHEREVER SO THEY CAN BE THE IDIOT BROS I LOVE SO MUCH.

AND NOW TO THE MUCH NEEDED BULLET POINTS OF MOMENTS WHERE I LOST MY SHIT WITH HIM BECAUSE, DUDE:

Okay, Thor had THE POWER STONE LITERALLY PRESSED TO HIS HEAD AND HE SURVIVED IT. I know Thanos wasn’t using it at full capacity and calling out Loki’s bluff, but THIS BITCH CAN SURVIVE THAT KIND OF POWER WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED.

GUARDIANS. The exchanges, the compassion and empathy he showed Gamora when he learned she was Thanos’ daughter. God. If this was Thor from Thor 1 then yeah, I think he would have started swinging, but he’s matured so muh-muh-muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch.

Yeah, I’m taking your other ship, rabbit, tree, and food, kthnx bai. 

HE TOOK GROOT LANGUAGE AS AN ELECTIVE. AN ELECTIVE. He’s not dumb people! Fuck anyone who says he’s stupid and didn’t like learning shit. He knows languages, astrophysics, battle strategy, fighting, politics, different cultures, BEING ONE OF THE BEST OUT THERE.

HE CAN SURVIVE BEING OUT IN SPACE. SPACE. LIKE THE BIG OL VOID AND STILL LIVE. SPACE MERMAID. Well, actually merMAN.

DOING FUCKING SPACE SHOT PUT WITH A SPACESHIP. C’MON.

Eitri: It’ll kill you. Thor: Nah bro, only if I die. Eitri: Uh yeah, sure whatever, you’re on your own, kid. [/paraphrasing]

DID I MENTION HE CAN FUCKING SURVIVE BEING NUKED BY A STAR?!!!!

BIFROSTING HIS WAY TO EARTH AND SHOWING UP WITH HIS RABBIT AND TREE, LOOKING FUCKING BADASS IN A NEW CAPE AND STORMBREAKER, THEN RASING ABSOLUTE HELL ON THE OUTRIDERS.

Bruce being the total fanboy and yelling ‘YOU’RE ALL SCREWED NOW’ BECAUSE DAMN RIGHT YOU ALL ARE. 

Talking hair and beard trends with Steve because wHY NOT?!

Being polite and introducing his new friends to Steve.

DEALING THE MOST DAMAGE TO THAT FUCKING MUTANT PURPLE PLUM. God, he could have killed him if it hadn’t been for Thanos having all the stones. But bb always go for the head. Why don’t people think to go for the head first? C’MON!!!!

Not being one of the ones to turn to ash.

TL;DR: I JUST HAVE A LOT OF THOR AND LOKI FEELS, OKAY!!!!!!!!

[its-ok-to-smile]

Some memorable scenes from Avengers: Infinity War

(and some of my thoughts)

{Spoilers beneath cut. Apologies to those on mobile, you’ll have to blindly scroll}

[Note: not a quotes will be verbatim]

The desperation in Loki’s voice in the distress call.

That whole opening scene, GOD DAMN!

We didn’t see them, but there’s a good chance, Valkerie, Korg, and Meek are dead as well

Like Thanos whole thing is that he kills half of wherever, so maybe he took a fraction of them prisoner, but STILL!

“We have a hulk”, reminds me of when the first Avengers came out, Chris said at some carpet interview he wished Loki was an Avenger

Some people were wondering why Heimdall sent Hulk to Earth, I personally thought it was that he was sent to warn them

HEIMDALL! LOKI!(I’m glad I got over my crush on him, I would’ve been ever more distraught than I already was)

Thor just clinging to his brother as the ship blows up, he’s lost everything, he’s broken.

‘‘You don’t believe in worldly possessions[...] Well maybe I can tell that to the Deli people and they’ll make you an ethereal sandwich.

Tony and Pepper talking about having kids! Also, matching jumpsuits!

Science bros hugging!

“Your embarrassing me in front of the wizards”

Hulk is scared!

“Cause a distraction” “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”

“Ain’t you kids ever seen a spaceship before”

But it can’t be a good sign if they’re getting the Stan Lee cameo out of the way so soon

“Whats going on?” “This guy wants to steal a necklace from a wizard”

Russo Brothers: “Ok look, we’ve got enough character in this movie as is, so Wong, you’re done now”

“I can’t be a ‘Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man’ if there’s no neighborhood. That sounded better in my head”

“The kids seen more movies than me”

THE GUARDIANS!! (Seriously their introduction was awesome)

Pretty much all the Guardians agreeing that Quill has put on weight

“This is a wake-up call[...] Gonna get a couple dumbbells” “You can’t eat dumbbells Quill”

“Thanos desecrated Xandar” does that mean Irani and Rhomann are dead as well?

Apparently they didn't have raccoons on Asgard, but they did have rabbits, which looked enough like raccoons to be mixed up

“Swear on your mother” “Ok”

FINALLY GOT A PETER/GAMORA KISS!

“How long have you been there?” “An hour”

I think this was the first time we ever heard Drax refer to his daughter by name(He said his wife’s name in GOTG2)

“I told you to go left”

Peter loves Gamora so much, he’s willing to live without her because of his promise to her

‘Groot’ is an Asgardian elective

Love how the series messes with expectations, such as Dwarfs being the closer to the size of Frost Giants

Groot stepping up to the plate and making the handle

Steve having a total Batman moment with that train

Alot of people pointed put that he ditched the star on his chest and the ‘A’ on his shoulder, but i don’t think anyone mentioned that he never wore his helmet either

Not gonna lie, when I saw promo art for Natasha, my first thought was ‘TRAITOR!’ (I have red hair)

“Arrest them” “Yes Sir” *hangs up”

So that’s why Clint and Scott weren’t in any of the promos

‘‘There’s an Ant-man and a Spider-man?”

“WHY IS GAMORA!!

“Is Footloose still the greatest movie ever?” “It never was” >:O

I know it’s horrifying, but that was a really cool perspective shot they did with Nebula

Thanos knew that torturing Gamora wouldn’t make her tell him where the stone is

Thanos: “I’ll just leave this woman, that I literally turned into a killing machine, in a room with just one guard”

I was actually nervous that the cloaked figure was Death, and they had decided to make her a man, but then RED SKULL!!

After so many movies, I thought they decided not to do anything with that cliffhanger.. but NOPE

PLEASE don’t let that be a permanent death, Quill has lost enough already, and obviously Gamora deserves so much better

“We can’t just wing it” “That’s kind of our whole thing”

“Tell them how you saved the galaxy with a dance-off”

“I was thinking the Olympics, or a Starbucks”

Rhodey trolling Bruce on Wakandan customs

[...]“And a war veteran whose 100 years old”

Steve and Bucky hugging!

“Why didn’t you just reprogram the synapses to work connectivity?” (pause) “Because we didn’t think of it..”(plus Vision’s expression when Shuri says it)

The look Okoye gives Bruce when he trips

Jabaris war cry(and they keep doing it throughout the battle)

The respect from M’Baku to T’Challa, considering how they used to be

“This is the end of Wakanda” “Then a glorious end it shall be”  “WAKANDA FOREVER”

“Why was she up there the whole time?”

Okoye+Natasha team up!

Then Wanda joins in! (my gay heart couldn’t handle it)

“That was gross”

*Thor shows up* “Oh now you’re screwed”

“I am Groot” *Places hand on chest* “I. am. Steve Rogers” 

Bucky just picking up Rocket and doing a spinning machine gun attack

“I am so getting that arm”

“Yeah you look a Thanos” 

I remember after the credits started, I heard the guy next to me say, “All that could have been avoided if Quill hadn’t punched Thanos’’ But that is Quill’s character, he’s always been emotion-driven, it was because of his emotions that he saved the day in both of his movies(Illogically grabbing the stone, using his ‘heart’)

“I’ve got you! And you! I’m sorry I don’t remember your names!”

“If you throw another moon at me I’m gonna kick your ass”

+++++((Now the sad stuff))+++++

Wanda having to kill the love of her life, just for it to be pointless

“Steve?”

Wanda didn’t even seem to care when she died

When T’Challa went to help up Okoye, I was expecting her to ‘dust’, but then he did, the look of pure horror/confusion on her face

Rhodey searching for Sam(also just how they were constantly looking out for each other in the battle)

I see alot of people saying how sad it was Tony watching his adopted son die(and while I agree) I feel like they’re looking over the other adopted son dying scene: Rocket and Groot

The way Groot says his line almost like question but also with a hint of fear to it(As with every movie, props to Vin Diesel, for being able to portray so many emotions with one line) And Rocket just quietly going "No, oh, no-no-no”

Steve just saying ‘Dear God’’, anyone else think he was starting to pray

What’s going to happen when Rocket finds out he’s the only one left

“There was no other way” anyone else suspect that was Dr. Strange admitting that there was never a future where they won.

Peter sounding so scared when he knew what was coming, the way he was just clinging to Tony, hoping he could fix it.

That scene with Thanos sitting on the hill reminded me of that quote from someone’s dream-Obama: “To become God is the loneliest achievement there is’’

Maria and Fury still working together

Dust-censoring

The after credits/Captain Marvel teaser was cool, but I will admit I was a little disappointed, cause I was expecting/hoping it would be Coulson

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

All the original Avengers are still alive(Hawkeye is unknown)

Everyone thought Steve and/or Tony would die, possibly Tony would die saving Peter, how wrong we were...

I suspect everyone who dusted will come back, due to several of them having sequels planned.

I also think Gamora will come back(though that’s more of a hope), like maybe they’ll use some excuse where, only she can be revived, cause she’s the only one whose body is intact.(Heimdall and Loki blew up, the stones may be destroyed, so Vision might not come back)

Where is Shuri? Last we saw her was when Vision was attacked, I feel they would have shown if she dusted. They’re obviously not going to get everyone back right away, so that leaves her as the next ruler of Wakanda

I assume all the movies planned to come out before the next part will be set before this, but I wonder how the TV shows will work around it. They can’t all go on a X amount of years hiatus (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was setting up Thanos’ arrival, so they certainly can’t pretend their a couple years behind)

[minaminokyoko]

Favourite avengers movies scenes?

How on earth do you expect me to ever narrow down enough to not list the entire trilogy in general? Holy hell. I am a big fat Marvel fangirl and I could write a fucking dissertation on scenes complete with charts and graphs. For the sake of argument, let me see if I can at the very least just highlight the tippy top favorite moments from the first three Avengers films. Keep in mind, I fucking love all three of them to death and could rave about them for days at a time.

The Avengers

-Loki’s confrontation with Nick Fury. This scene sets the tone for the rest of the film so fucking well, man. It’s just brilliantly done to see that whatever humanity that we saw in Loki in Thor has pretty much flown out the window and he’s here to wreak havoc and start a war, and he doesn’t care how many people he destroys in the process. I also like that it shows the vast gap in power and experience between the SHIELD agents and an Asgardian. Loki all but flattens everyone in a matter of seconds. Seeing him among other Asgardians can kind of make you forget he’s literally a thousand year old god and is tough as nails. He’s also low down and ruthless and that’s the kind of thing that is scary as hell when you realize that’s what they’re all up against.

-Nat’s “interrogation” with the Russians. I actually love every single Avenger’s introduction scene, but this one is so delightful in that Nat shows us just why she is an Avenger even though she has no enhanced abilities: deception, manipulation, and just being an incredibly agile combat expert. I am most delighted with her scene because before Avengers, I had no regard for Nat at all and thought she was just fanservice, but here, she completely proved her worth as a character and to the team, and I got on board as a fan of her just from her opening scene wiping the floor with these idiot Russian dudes.

-Tony and Bruce getting to know each other in the lab. From a character standpoint, this is an outstanding scene. Tony is trying to draw Bruce out of his shell, and the sympathy and empathy he has for him is so palpable that it’s why we all dubbed them the Science Bros and why it’s one of the best friendships in the Avengers. Tony is so awesome for joking with Bruce and treating him like a normal person and reminding him that there is at least one person aboard that helicarrier who doesn’t see him as some terrifying monster and knows just from reading up on him that he’s not a bad person. It’s so charming and wonderful.

-Stuttgart. Man. Man, oh man, this is a well done scene. The build up to Loki’s horrifying actions is so great and so is this freaking diva’s grandstanding once he demands the poor, confused Germans kneel before him. It’s fascinating to me because Loki has an almost childlike need for attention, as if his frustrations with his failure to take over Asgard as king has manifested itself into this very basic need to be acknowledged as being a powerful threat. Loki could kill an average human being with a flick of his wrist. His comparison of “an ant has no quarrel with a boot” while cruel is accurate, but here’s the thing, Loki: if you fuck with enough fucking ants, you can get your ass into a lot of trouble, and we’re fireants, not sugar ants, buddy. And ants who band together get shit done. The old man who stood up to him, in my book, is a fucking hero all on his own and I think it’s one of the most well crafted pieces of dialogue in the entire MCU. “There are no men like me.” “There are always men like you.” Oh, standing ovation for that piece of dialogue. Give it an Oscar. Then Cap swinging in to kick ass and Tony swooping in beside him with an equally over the top entrance to Loki’s was the icing on the fucking cake.

-Thor retrieving Loki. Hnnnnnnngh, okay, so here’s the thing: I fucking love Thor and Loki’s relationship even before Ragnarok came out and upgraded it. Thor is and always has been since his first movie a man with very deep emotions who loves and loves deeply with all his heart, and his confrontation with Loki just wounds me so much. How Thor throws Loki to the ground and yet yanks him to his feet and just holds him there, his hand on his face, looking so torn between agony and relief that his brother is alive. “I thought you dead.” “Did you mourn?” Fuck me, this scene is absolutely brutal to my feels. Thor and Loki’s debate was nothing short of excellent as Thor tries to bring Loki around, and the thing is, he means it. He means every fucking word, that he would take the Tesseract and bring his brother home, and he doesn’t care about facing the music, he just wants his goddamn brother back even after all Loki has done so far in the story. Y’all better stop sleeping on Thor, man. His heart is by far the best thing about him, forget all the delicious muscles and that perfect teddy bear smile. Thor has miles and miles of heart, and that’s why I love this scene so much. 

-Nat tricking Loki into revealing his plan. This scene is so good I based an entire goddamn fanfic around its premise. Dude. Nat fucking Romanov, y’all. I love how this scene is staged and executed. I love Loki starting out almost gentle and conversational, as if for once he’s going to just be an actual person and not a monster, and then he slips back into that nasty egotistical megalomaniac when he thinks he has one over on Nat. And then Nat fucking schools him. It’s why I have a personal headcanon that he developed a hatecrush on her after she, a mere mortal, tricked the goddamn God of Mischief. It solidified Nat as one of my favorite female heroes forever. I loved seeing her use that feminine “weakness” to let him run his mouth. I also love that his cruel words did in fact affect her and motivated her even more to both save Clint and to go to war with Loki at the end.

-The whole ass helicarrier attack sequence. I mean, I don’t even need to go into detail. You already know. 

-Tony confronting Loki. This is the scene that assured us that what followed would be one of the greatest fight sequences in cinematic history. I pretty much have most of Tony’s dialogue memorized because it had such an effective impact on me from a storytelling standpoint. Tony standing up to Loki as a mortal man with no suit, candidly threatening him with barely suppressed rage that Loki murdered Coulson, a comrade, in cold blood, is downright amazing.

-The battle of New York. Boom. Again, no words necessary. Perfect fucking sequence from start to finish.

-Thor trying one last damn time to bring Loki around. Oh, my heart. My poor fucking heart. Thor really loves his brother and he would do anything to have him back. Is it naive? Yes. But it’s also a beautiful statement of what family truly means to Thor and it breaks my heart. The fact that a tear slides down Loki’s face when he stabs Thor and mutters, “Sentiment” is so not cool. As much as Loki pretends to be the Big Bad Wolf, there is something still young and human inside of him even though he pretends it isn’t there. All my creys.

-Hulk trouncing Loki. I went and saw The Avengers three times in theaters, and two out of the three times, everyone cheered so loud I didn’t hear the Hulk say “puny god” over all the noise. It was that satisfying a scene.

Age of Ultron

-The entire beginning sequence. Fucking loved it. What masterful ass-kicking and showcasing of the team dynamic. It made me want a longer lead in to how they all got reunited because it was so enjoyable. “Language!” Oh, Cap.

-Jarvis and Ultron’s first scene together. Dude. James fuckin’ Spader, man. I never knew I could be so intimidated by a man’s voice. It was so unsettling for so many reasons, the resentment, irrationality, and anger from his unusual birth and creation. It was all the more frightening when he turned on Jarvis, and at the time, we didn’t know he hadn’t killed our beloved butler. 

-Picking up Mjolnir. This scene needs no elaboration. It’s just perfection. Even people who complain about Age of Ultron admit this scene is just flawless.

-The team confronting Tony over creating Ultron. Cap’s line, which we now know goes even further after the events of Infinity War, just make me want to die. “We’ll lose.” “Then we’ll do that together, too.” Tony’s face, realizing that Cap doesn’t care that he fucked up–he cares that Tony couldn’t trust the team enough to let them in on what he was dealing with–is soul-crushing. Tony realizes he was wrong to assume instead of being honest with them. 

-The confrontation in Wakanda. Everything about it was badass and it hits you right where you live seeing the Avengers having to face their biggest regrets and most painful moments of their pasts. Especially Steve’s. The image of him and Peggy finally getting their dance was so not okay. Special props to Tony in the Hulkbuster armor. That was one hell of a fucking brawl.

-The Sokovia final battle. There are just so many awesome points in the final battle sequence, man. Everyone is out there just kicking ass and doing what they do best. Special props to Hawkeye getting through to Wanda, and Hawkeye’s “nobody would know…nobody” moment with Pietro. 

Infinity War

Disclaimer: I have no idea how to isolate moments in a movie that is by far one of the most well written comic book movies since The Dark Knight, but I guess since you asked, I have to try anyway. Hoo boy. Strap in. 

-Loki’s death. Let me explain something to you: I went entire years without caring about Loki, and then around the time The Dark World came out, I slowly became converted to both a Tom Hiddleston and a Loki fan, and then after Ragnarok, he finally just seduced me completely to being smitten with his stupid trashy self. It is important that you realize that I recognize that Loki is a selfish, inferiority complex-having, murdering bastard and I do not excuse a goddamn thing he does because of his fucking Daddy issues. That being said, in spite of how much of a flaming trashbag he is, I love him anyway, and I tried for months to tell myself that I knew as a fellow writer that Loki was going to die in Infinity War. It was assured not only from the trailer, but from me knowing that his character arc was always going to end with his death. What hurt most of all is that, as I predicted, Loki died trying to save Thor. I cried my eyes out. Hell, once Thanos closed his hand around Loki’s neck, I covered my eyes because I just didn’t have it in me to see it end this way for him and for Thor. Thor being helpless to stop it is truly what made it worse. There is nothing on heaven or earth Thor wouldn’t do for Loki, even knowing how wicked Loki is. And the fact that Loki couldn’t let Thanos kill Thor after all these two have been through was like an icepick through my heart. Loki wouldn’t have died protecting Thor if Thor had not loved him unconditionally this entire time we’ve watched their story. Thor’s love did have an effect on Loki throughout these films, and that’s why I literally burst into sobs and couldn’t bear to see him die that way. It is one of the most gut wrenching things ever put to film, and certainly in the MCU. I’ve only had the stomach to watch that scene twice because it hurts me so much, and neither time was I strong enough to actually watch Loki’s final moments. Goddamn, it’s just so painful. Capped off with Thor slowly crawling over to his brother to be with him one last time before the ship explodes and just laying his head on his chest in the kind of grief that honestly should get Hemsworth a fucking Oscar. Bravo. 

-Cap, Widow, and Falcon reuniting with Vision and Wanda. Holy shit, yes. This fight was gorgeous, gripping, and fucking awesome. Special props to Cap and Widow being the ride or die Avengers Mom and Dad team. We can infer from their actions that the two of them have been together since the end of Civil War possibly, so you can not tell me Cap and Widow are not a thing on some level. Captasha all day, err day. They perfectly compliment each other and I headcanon that they’re together and no one will convince me otherwise.

-”We’ll fight you too.”/”We don’t trade lives.” That sound you hear is me screeching. Some people have said Cap wasn’t given a ton to do this time around, and I emphatically protest it simply because, yes, he has less screentime, but man, he does so much work in this role that reminds us of why we all love Captain America. His values mean so much. Cap will lay down his life in the blink of an eye for someone who needs it. He cares so deeply. He is the pinnacle of selflessness and it’s so important to see in this film.

-Thor meeting the Guardians. Perfection. Just…perfection.

-Irondad and Spiderson aboard the Space Donut. Jesus fucking Christ, I am so on board for Irondad and Spiderson that it’s insane. I love that entire fucking interaction from start to finish. I love Tony’s strict, fatherly anger and exasperation because he just wants his baby boy to be safe on earth while he’s on another suicide mission, but the baby boy wants to help his dad out and baby boy also doesn’t quite realize the consequences because he’s too young. Extra points for Tony’s death-glare after Parker says, “It’s kind of your fault I’m here” and the fact that even the fucking cloak did a double take at Parker when he said it. Oh, it’s so perfect.

-Gamora making Peter promise to kill her if Thanos gets to her. I just…I want to die. This was so beautifully done, and so in character for both of them, and Peter and Gamora are just so soft and sweet and in love that it’s so overwhelming. At the very least, I take a small comfort in knowing that they were a happy family for four years before this shit happened to them.

-Gamora “killing” Thanos. Again, can we just award Oscars to like half the fucking cast in this movie? Jesus Christ, I cried at this scene too because the fact that she’s just completely unraveled as she finally thinks she’s killed her goddamn abuser is so deeply tragic. Gamora is my favorite Guardian. Hands down. She is so three dimensional. She tries so hard and she is so much more than the deadliest woman in the galaxy. She is so complex and it is the worst pain ever to know that Peter actually kept his promise and tried to kill her to prevent her from being in the hands of her abuser again and Thanos foiled their plan, and had the fucking nerve to say, “I like him” before he took her again. 

-”It’ll kill you.” “Only if I die.” “…yes, that’s what killing you means.” 

-The battle of Wakanda. Motherfucker. This is some A+++ motherfucking good shit hurr. What always gets me hype as hell is Cap and T’Challa sprinting down the goddamn hill at 80 mph and I just can’t even handle that shit because it was so good and satisfying. Everything about this battle was incredible.

-The battle on Titan. Same thing. It’s so creative and well crafted and amazing. You feel every blow. You flinch. You want them to beat that son of a bitch but he’s just so fucking strong. It is an incredibly engaging fight, man. Hoo boy. 

-Thor’s entrance to the battle of Wakanda. I distinctly remember the entire audience going absolutely apeshit during this scene the night Infinity War premiered. Like the first Avengers, I saw it three times in theaters, and two out of the three times, the crowd went fucking wild. That was so fucking satisfying, man, as are the neat little scenes of levity with Cap introducing himself to Groot and Cap and Thor remarking on each other’s changes in appearance. It was so pure and good and perfect.      

-Cap squaring up with Thanos. I. Can’t. Breathe. It was so powerful. Like the above scene of “we don’t trade lives,” this is why we love Captain America. Why we love Steve Rogers. This man, this mortal human man, took one goddamn fucking look at that twelve foot all powerful alien giant and said, “Not today, bitch.” Steve fucking Rogers stood there and took it. He put his life on the goddamn line for Wanda, and for Vision, and for the rest of the universe, and he actually held that goddamn line for a moment. The incredulous look on Thanos’ face is what seals it. He is utterly confused that this little man is actually holding him back, that this mere mortal doesn’t give a fuck that he can’t overpower him, but he is giving it his all because that is who he is. Steve will not quit. Steve will not falter. Steve will die doing what’s right and that is one of the most moving things in the whole MCU, imo. He just planted his feet and said, “No, you move.” I know we saw that scene in the trailer, but it was so unbelievable to see it in context that Cap gave it everything he had trying to protect Wanda and the rest of the universe, and I still get choked up just thinking about that shit. 

Welp, you asked for it and now you have it. I told you I was gonna rave, man. God bless anyone who actually read this nonsense. Marvel had me at hello with these characters and they have way too much sway over my emotions, as you can see above. Ten years, man. Ten years. 

[the-caboose-be-loose]

Letting the Daydream Continue Pt 9

The first part of this is supposed to be in italics to show it's in the past. It's easy on AO3, but annoying for me on tumblr

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Lynn rubbed his hands together and examined himself. Considering he'd just climbed down the side of the house, he didn't look too mussed up beyond a splinter or two and some scuffs. Nothing he couldn't explain away when he “returned” from his “walk.” He headed to the front door and opened it cautiously.

Stiffly sneaking his way past the living room in the most casual manner he could manage, Lynn breathed a sigh of relief when he made it without catching even a single glance. Despite the distraction of very recent memories swimming around his thoughts and messing with him in all sorts of ways, the rest of the family was so focused on the TV they hadn't paid him a lick of attention. He hardly believed it true, but Linka had been right about the possibility they didn't notice his “exit”, and his “return” was just the same. With a victorious smile, he made his way up the stairs two at a time, wondering if he should let her know right now, or wait til tomorrow.

It immediately fell when he reached the penultimate step as he saw Loki leaning against the wall by his room. Lynn proceeded to trip as the shock screwed up his timing and he landed roughly on the floor. He heard footsteps approaching him.

“Whoa! Lynn, you okay?”

“Uh, yeah, just tripped on the last step…” he answered, picking himself up. His shin hurt, but it was a minor concern as he faced his older brother.

“You need to be more careful,” Loki chastised. “You sure you're fine?” Lynn nodded, ignoring the throb in his leg. “Okay, well, if you’re sure, I need to ask you something.”

“Oh, uh, what is it?” Lynn asked, trying to keep his voice level through pain and nervousness as Loki wrapped an arm over his shoulders.

“Just some sports trivia for a thing,” his brother answered, guiding Lynn to his and Loni’s room.

They entered and Lynn swallowed deeply as Loki closed the door behind them. He was completely unprepared for this situation and after everything he and Linka’d just done all he could think of was a fear his fingers still smelled like her. He wrapped them into his other hand, just in case.

“So you guys went out on a date today?”

Lynn turned to his brother, blanching at the question. Loki flinched and waved his hands up dismissively.

“Ah, damn! I didn't mean it that way! I was reading this magazine about platonic dates the other day, so I… whatever. You guys went out for a while?”

“Yeah, we saw a movie,” Lynn said, feeling unsurprised Loki was the type of person to legitimately use the term ‘platonic date’. He also didn't feel a need to bring up the dinner aspect, preferring that part remain out of the conversation.

“Okay, so, look, I shouldn't be asking you this, but did she mention anything about a boy?” Loki asked.

“I-I, uh…” Lynn stuttered.

Loki frowned. “Did she ask you to keep quiet, too?”

“Keep quiet?”

“She did, huh?” Loki said with an understanding nod. “She said it was complicated, but I thought maybe you found out about him just like me.”

“H-him?” Lynn asked, bewildered at how his brother was asking him about himself. Linka had said Loki thought she had a secret boyfriend, but Lynn couldn't possibly have expected to be confronted on the matter by their brother. At least, not in this way.

“Come on, man,” Loki said, setting a hand on Lynn’s shoulder. “You two were fighting and then you patch things up so quick you're going on a date so soon after? Oh! I just meant going out to a movie, heh."

Lynn stared at his brother's face, sheepish at the accidental reuse of the d-word. “Yes, I knew about the boy,” he said robotically.

“Oh, good! See, I'm just… well, like I said, I know we both promised Linka we wouldn't talk about it, but I'm getting that ‘big bro’ sense since I don't know who this guy is. You know what I mean? I just want to make sure she's happy and nothing’s going wrong.”

Lynn adjusted himself awkwardly. He absolutely understood what Loki was getting at and was feeling very judged at the moment by both his brother and himself. It was somewhat confusing to have the protective big brother sense while also being the target of it. More importantly, it was frustrating having his brother unknowingly doubt his commitment to making their sister happy. What the hell could he do about that, though?

“Yeah, I get you,” Lynn muttered, resisting a glare even as he looked away. It was growing difficult to stay cautious in this stressful situation.

“So… why were you two fighting? Do you know who this guy is?”

“Uh! No, just, er, same as you, like you said!” Lynn stammered.The question sent a shock of adrenaline through him and his mind fumbled with the new energy,

What had Loki said that he was agreeing to again? That she was dating someone, but they didn't know who, right? Wait, if Lynn didn't know who her boyfriend was, why would he be fighting her about it? Besides, of course, the fact that it was him who was the “boyfriend”, a complication which, thankfully, Loki didn't know.

Lynn was having trouble focusing on the course of the conversation and wasn't sure if he'd slipped up at all. If nothing else, he now understood how easy it was to accidentally give out information. Maybe he'd been a bit harsh in his reaction when he first found out about Loki knowing even a tiny bit...

“What happened that made you two stop fighting, then?”

Perhaps it was because he’d just been thinking of Linka, but Lynn remembered clear-as-day the look on her face, the feeling of her in his arms, the act of furiously making out and more. It was all he could do to try and suppress any physical reactions before he spoke in a mostly chill voice, “Uh, she seems pretty serious about him so I just accepted it. I think she really likes him a lot.”

Loki frowned. “What, so you don't care who he is?”

“I mean, yeah,” Lynn answered, rotating his eyes to look anywhere but his brother. “But she'll tell us if she wants to, right? Why rush her?”

“Nnn,” Loki grunted, bring a fist to his mouth and nibbling his thumbnail. “I don't like it. But you're right, we shouldn't push it. Like, you're sure she likes him a lot?”

“She didn't say she loves him,” Lynn said, the honest answer surprisingly easy to say, “but I'm pretty sure yeah.”

“‘Loves’... ha!” Loki chuckled, shaking his head. “Can you believe our Linka has another boy besides us? So weird!”

“Yup, sure is weird!” Lynn said uncomfortably.

“Right, well, if anyone asks, you were just helping me with trivia, right?” Loki said with a wink. “We’re just looking out for Linka, so it's not so bad to have a little white lie about talking to each other.”

“Yeah, right, trivia,” Lynn said with a nod. He turned and left the room, a pat on the back Loki’s farewell.

When he reached his own room, he sighed heavily. That had been a very tense moment and he was glad it was finally over. He tilted his head in thought, considering whether he should tell Linka about this. If he was this messed up, then it'd make her pretty nervous, no doubt, and they'd just had such a great day in so, so many ways. It’d suck to ruin that. And really, did Loki learn anything more than he already knew? In fact, hadn't Lynn convinced him to lay off a potential investigation that he might have done out of concern for their sister?

Actually, that last detail was a pretty good reason to tell her. Even if he'd been successful at convincing Loki to not try figuring out who her boy was, the fact remained that Loki had considered it. She should know that. It was a major concern.

But Lynn didn't want to tell her. He didn't want her to worry. He’d... he’d do it eventually, yeah, but would it be so bad to just let things be for a short while? Couldn't they have a short bit of time without worrying about things?

Lynn remembered the look of surprised happiness on her face when he told her he loved her. It made him smile and he wondered if the thing she tried to say was “I love you, too.” Maybe not, but he didn't mind the fact she hadn't said it. It was hard to imagine she didn't love him after tonight. But if it was the case, he felt like he could convince her.

Yeah, it was better to keep things under wraps for a little while. Just a little while.

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Lynn jolted awake, something about the memory shocking him. Wait, had he even been asleep? Yeah, since he immediately felt groggy. Yet, it was such a real dream he was confused as to whether it had actually happened. As his mind focused, he remembered that it might have been a dream, but it was indeed also a memory.

He heard a quiet moan below and looked down to see his sister lying on him and shifting about in an effort to get comfortable after he moved. Her shoulders were bare. He looked up at the ceiling and realized it was light. In a panic he spun his head around to find her alarm clock.

1:12

He sighed in relief, remembering they hadn't turned her lights off, and then cursed himself for passing out. It was lucky that he'd only fallen asleep for a short while. He glanced at the shirts lying by them on the bed, wondering how much they would've helped if he was spotted leaving her room in the morning. Would anybody suspect anything if he said they just slept together and nothing more?

The memory of his conversation with Loki came back to him. It was just the two of them who knew about Linka’s “secret boyfriend”. Actually, crap, hadn't he confirmed Loki’s suspicions by saying he knew about it too? That was a perfect chance to just say, “We stopped fighting because she broke up with him.”

Loki might have had reservations about it, but it was a plausible reason for why they were suddenly no longer fighting. But, no, he just had to say he thought she was serious about this other non-existent boy because he was happy she accepted his feelings. In his head, Lynn cursed at himself with every vulgar insult he could manage.

He glanced down at his sister, only her white hair visible at this angle, though he heard her murmur quietly in her sleep. He should tell her about the conversation. He'd had his “little while” and it'd been great, but a shock of guilt went through him at the fact he hadn't told her outright.

Lynn grasped her shoulder and shook it gently. She grumbled, then nuzzled in more. His resolve wavered as his heart gushed, but he powered through it, shaking her a bit harder. She grumbled louder, but moved to lift herself off him.

“What's the big i- oh! Lynn!” she said, rubbing an eye ruefully and suddenly pausing. “Oh, um, right, heh…” she mumbled, a grin spreading over her face. She sat upright, looked down at herself and blushed.

She was obviously pretty happy, but he caught the hint when she raised an arm over her breasts. Grabbing their shirts, he handed hers over and put his on. As the cloth slipped over his head he caught the affectionate expression on her face. She moved towards him, but he pressed a hand to her shoulder.

“Wait, we need to talk,” Lynn said, keeping his voice steady.

“What?” Linka asked, looking baffled at his immediate refusal, maybe even slightly hurt.

“It's… I might have… er… not been completely honest about something.”

Linka’s face quirked a bit, still confused, but then her eyebrows shot up. They slowly fell and she looked like he’d thrown her heart in a dumpster. Shit, why couldn't he be better at wording things? “No! I do love you! I meant something else!”

“What?” she asked, cocking her head with a tiny bit of water in her eyes. “What are you talking about?”

Lynn didn't like seeing her react this way. He knew he was making some sort of mistake with this, but wasn't sure what. Had he been right about correcting himself? He'd been so vague he had no idea what she thought he lied about. He'd gone for the biggest thing, the most important one that he wanted to make sure she knew was true. Was it something else? Ugh, he was probably just confusing the hell out of her since he was absolutely confusing himself.

“I talked with Loki about us,” he blurted out.

Linka blanched, her mouth falling open for a second. She closed it briefly, then stuttered, “Y-y-you mean like I did, r-right?”

“Yeah, almost exactly. Or, crap, not the same, but about the same thing.” Linka stared at him, her eyes filled with incomprehension. “Like, so, he thought I knew about you seeing a guy and he was asking me if I knew more. He didn't think I was the guy.”

“Why’d he think you knew something?”

“Well, we were ‘fighting’ for a while and then we stopped and then we went on a daaa- er, went out. Sooo, he figured I knew something about this guy. He also thought you told me not to talk about it like you did with him,” Lynn said, rubbing the back of his head and looking up as he remembered.

“What'd you say?”

“Um, that we stopped fighting because I was pretty sure you really liked him and so I accepted it. He still thinks it's some random guy.”

“Pretty sure,” Linka repeated, smiling to herself. Her expression quickly shifted, though. “Wait, so Loki talked to you even when he said he wouldn't?”

“He was trying to look out for you,” Lynn explained on his brother's behalf. The look on her face told him she didn't care. Not that he could blame her, considering their situation.

“Hmph, so what did he say he was gonna do?” she asked, her voice turning harsh.

Lynn didn't like the growing anger he saw in her. “He’s not gonna push it. I told him I thought the guy was cool because you liked him."

“So, wait, the only reason Loki’s not going look into this is because I like you a lot?”

“I mean, I guess? I didn't know how to answer him. It was right after I climbed out your window!”

Linka’s face twitched, a look of betrayal coming over her. “Wai- buh- I thought you said he was just asking you about sports trivia?”

Lynn froze. He had just assumed she knew he meant the conversation happened the same day as their date. He really shouldn't be so surprised by what she just asked. He’d been lying to her after all.

“It was his idea…” Lynn muttered even though he knew that fact meant nothing.

“S-so the only thing stopping Loki from finding out about us is a talk you had over a week ago?”

Lynn sensed she was overloading. The warbling tone in her voice showed this wasn't how she normally handled things. “He’s not asking about it, he said he would lay off,” he tried.

Linka quieted a bit, but her eyes were tracking back and forth as she stared at the bed without really seeing. Lynn officially felt worried that she was overloading a bit too hard. He reached a cautious hand out but she winced away. He frowned, unsure what to do.

“Why didn't you tell me?” she asked.

“I mean, I thought you'd get worried and I just kind of wanted us to have some time together where we weren't worried,” he answered.

“Some time to get a handjob…” Linka muttered bitterly as she looked away.

Lynn flared at the accusation, his mood instantly souring from concern to anger. It cut deep, especially when he remembered his brother’s doubt about the “secret boyfriend” treating her right. Sure, there had been some selfishness in his reluctance to tell her about the conversation, but he wasn't doing it just for sex. He couldn't blame her for being angry about not immediately telling her, but that accusation was way too far for him to handle.

“Fine, whatever,” he said. “Sorry I didn't tell you right off the bat. Sorry I wanted things to be easy for a little while after Loki backed off. Sorry I like being close with you and whatever happens when I am. Sorry sorry sorry.”

He hopped off the bed and stomped to her door, not even bothering to try and recover the conversation. He paused, but only so he could listen for any wayward siblings in the hall. If Linka was going to try and stop him, he totally didn't care. Opening the door and stepping out, he briefly glanced behind him, but didn't see her. Whatever. He closed the door.

Lynn took a step, then sighed involuntarily. It was deep and painful, his chest aching that odd way when emotions physically hurt. It was hard to walk back to his room. The whole time he did, he tried to figure out if not telling her sooner had been worth it. He regretted it, since this all had just happened, but as the adrenaline of the argument faded, he found a new worry to bother him.

What if he had just kept it secret for a handjob? What if she was right? What if Loki was right to have a ‘big bro’ sense? He didn't think that was the case, but the fear that it might be just added to his stress.

Entering his room, Lynn flopped on his bed, not even glancing to see if Lars was back. He rolled about, pulling his blanket with him and becoming a human burrito. He wished that Loki would keep his stupid nose out of all this. Maybe then he could have just dreamt simple dreams with Linka in his arms. But no, now she was mad at him and he was mad at himself and everything was so frustratingly hard.

He sighed again, grimacing as it hurt just like the first one did. He supposed he deserved it, but it also made him realize he probably wasn't going to sleep well tonight. Maybe that was a good thing, since it gave him plenty of time to try and think of a way to fix things between him and his sister. The sooner that happened, the better.

[buckys-newarm]

INFINITY WAR SPOILERS (PLEASE AVERT YOUR EYES IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET, ITS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD)

ASGARD IS DEAD. EVERYTHING OF ASGARD IS GONE. IDRIS ELBA IS DEAD (Heimdall). He died for Asgard and the Asgardian royal family.

LOKI IS APPARENTLY DEAD AGAIN. but i don’t believe it, it could be a clone or something bc im pretty sure Tom Hiddleston has a 6 picture contract with Marvel so he’ll be back for pt.2, WHERE HE’LL PROBABLY DIE AGAIN (FOR REAL !!)

Loki gives Thanos the Tesseract

My bb Bruce tried fighting Thanos. He really did try. But he failed sadly and the Heimdall sent him to Earth.

Loki tried to stab Thanos like he always did to Thor. He really tried to. It was a nice thought but it didn’t work.

Tony and Pepper are engaged !!!!

Tony wants to have a baby with Pepper 😭 that’s so cute !! If anyone remembers the name they wanted to name the baby, comment it please !!

FACIAL 👏🏽 HAIR 👏🏽 BROS

Tony and Strange debating and being the smart, amazing people they are 😍

Tony leaning on the Cauldron of the Universe and the Cape shoving him 😂

Strange calling Tony a douchebag had me screaming lmaooooo

IGHT BUT WHY DOES TONY HAVE A MF AT&T FLIP PHONE IS HE’S LIKE A BILLIONAIRE

AND CAP HAS A PHONE AND KNOWS HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY FINALLY ?!?

tony calling one of Thanos’s children “squidward” 

The location names were like Civil War’s, but the one for the GOTG’s was hilarious bc of the music.

“I am Groot.” “LANGUAGE !!!” “WOAHH!” 😂

Gamora massaging Thor’s muscles and Quill making his voice deep. Their love is everything

Rocket is a trash panda, raccoon, and a rabbit now lol

THE UNSPOKEN THINGGGGGGG IS NOW A SPOKEN THINGGGGG. THEY KISSED

Drax watching them and being “stealthy”. 😂

But where’s Wong after all of this..? Still at the sanctum..?

Wanda and Flashdrive are in Scotland. cool.

MY BBS STEVE, WANDA AND SAM SHOW UP AND AKDJLSNCKDJ

CAPTAIN AMERICA...? MORE LIKE CAPTAIN THICCCCC DADDY 

Peter sees the space ship and Ned doesn’t even know it but he causes a distraction 😂

MY BOI STAN LEE MAKES HIS CAMEO AS SCHOOL BUS DRIVERRR LMAO

my smol bean peter goes on the space ship and almost DIES BY FALLING OFF FROM LACK OF HAIR BUT THANKFULLY DAD TONY IS PREPARED

“it smells like a new car in here, Mr. Stark.” LMAOO

Peter and his pop culture references (ex. Aliens- movie)

MY BBY PETER PARKER IS AN AVENGER

when Gamora tricks Quill and SHE FUCKING SMIRKS. I literally freaking cried but I think it was just the Reality Stone tbh 

Drax. I love him for so many reasons.

When Thor tells Rocket about he has nothing to lose bc all his family is dead, my emotions were ripped apart. 

Groot didn’t put his damn game down lmaoooo

When Rhodes says the Accords are bullshit and just swipes away the Council 

BRUCE AND NAT BEING AWKWARD AND SAM CALLING THEIR AWKWARDNESS OUT LMAOOOO

Bruce- “Because we didn’t think about that...?” Shuri really showed him up in front of everyone lol

MY HUSBAND BUCKY (WHITE WOLF) WAS THERE ON A FARM AND HE FINALLY GOT AN ARM 

Stevie and Nat and everyone land in Wakanda AND BUCKY AND STEVE SEE EACHOTHER AND BUCKY AND STEVE ARE GENUINELY HAPPY FOR ONCE IN THEIR TORN LIVES RN MY STUCKY HEART EXPLODED IN HAPPINESS

“How are ya, Buck?” “Not bad, for the end of the world.“ MY STUCKY HEARTTTTT

Poor Nebula was tortured. She didn’t deserve that :((( 

GAMORA KNEW ABOUT THE SOUL STONE THIS WHOLE TIME KFJKLRAGLRJG

she has to take Thanos to the Soul Stone

Quill and the rest of the Guardians fight Tony, Strange and Spidey Boi then they form a team YAAAAAYY 

Thanos and Gamora go to that planet to get the Soul Stone and BAM! Red skull is the guardian of the soul stone place (?)

THANOS ACTUALLY SACRIFICES GAMORA. SHE IS DEAD. HE LOVED HE. HE KILLED HER FOR THE SOUL STONE.

team tony-strange-spidey-guardians tries to fight Thanos and they almost get the Gauntlet but quiLL’S DUMBASS RUINS THE PLAN BY SLAPPING AND PUNCHING THANOS WHEN MANTIS HAS THANOS UNDER HER CONTROL BC THANOS TOOK GAMORA AND KILLED HER

strange gives up the time stone

Thanos’s children show up in Wakanda and break through the Wankandan barrier and they’re all fighting

Thor makes a new hammer that’s supposed to be for an Asgardian king, which I guess he is but Asgard isn’t a thing anymore 

he also decided to finaLLY DECIDES TO SHOW UP ALSO WITH ROCKET AND TEEN GROOT

btw the handle of Thor’s new hammer is part of Groot’s arm lol k

they all fight woop-de-do

Wanda is w Flashdrive in the room where Shuri is doing her thangggg and the Wanda decides to go out and fights 

then one of Thanos’s kids who’s a girl decides she’s gonna try to kill Wanda and says something like your gonna die alone but then NAT AND OKOYE SHOW UP AND HAT SAYS “SHE’S NOT ALONE” AND IN THE THEATER I WAS SCREAMING GIRL POWER BC NAT AND OKOYE AND WANDA FIGHTING SIDE-BY-SIDE KRLGHARW

okay then Thanos shows up to Wakanda and then Wanda needs to destroy Flashdrive’s Mind stone bc Thanos is too powerful and yeeting people to his sides

she destroys it BUT THEN THANOS DECIDES TO USE THE TIME STONE TO GO BACK IN TIME TO GET THE STONE THRN HE HAS ALL THE STONES AND DISAPPEARS

at this point I was bawling

everyones’s internal dialogue is like “fuck”

THEN WAIT

EVERYONE STARTS DISINTEGRATING INTO THE VOID IDK

IT STARTS WITH BUCKY THEN EVERY MAIN MARVEL CHARACTER STARTS THAT RNT THE ORIGINAL AVENGERS START DISINTGRATING INTO THE VOID

BUCK IS THE FIRST AND STEVE’S FACIAL EXPRESSION IS PURE DEATH AND SADNESS IDEK

okoye or nakia (I don't remember bc I was crying at this point) starts crying bc t’ challa disappeared into the void too then she went wa-bam gone

peter parker started crying and shaking saying how he didn’t wanna go, as in disappear like the rest of them did. he was holding and hugging tony and I was done. 

my tears were a waterfall

peter was so scared and saying “I don't wanna go mr.stark, please.” then he disappeared

then tony was sitting holding his hand. you know that part in the commercials where he’s sitting? ITS THIS PART. HIS HAND IS GREY BC IT’S PETER’S ASHES. FUCKING TEARS R EVERYWHERE

now everyone is gone besides the original Avengers, like Cap, Tony (who is currently all alone on Thanos’s home planet), Nat, Bruce and Thor and Cap says “oh god”

THEN CLIFFHANGER

C L I F F H A N G E R

WE WAIT FOR MAY 4, 2019 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE HAPPENS

fury and maria hill disappear too in the end credits scene but fury was about to send a distress signal (?) to CAPTAIN MARVEL

“motherf-” lmao fury

thank you for coming to my ted talk

[rufeepeach]

Popular Fic

Tagged by @thescholarlystrumpet​ and @rowofstars​!

I’m only doing fics where I’m the sole author because this gets wildly distorted with other authors involved!

What are your five most popular works by kudos? (in descending order)

1) Inheritance - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 515

Five years after leaving town to see the world, a death in the family forces Belle French back to Storybrooke to deal with the estate. Never intending to stay very long, she nevertheless soon finds herself drawn back into old friendships, old dreams, and an old love that’s not as finished as once she had hoped. Belle might be back in her hometown, but after five years away from the wreckage she left behind, is it possible to ever really come home?

I mean, I’d hope this’d be my most popular work - it took a year to write and is the length of a long novel! It’s also easily my most complete and coherent longfic, since it was meticulously planned, written, and edited as a whole before a single chapter got posted. I guess more chapters also just meant more chances for people to find it?

2) If I Didn't Know Better (but damn it, I do) - MCU, Darcy/Loki - Kudos: 503

In which Loki's illusions seem to malfunction when a particular supposedly-powerless brunette happens by, and Darcy is more than willing to use her taser.

I have no idea. Someone prompted TaserTricks and back in the days at the height of Hiddleston-mania this seemed like a good idea. I think MCU is such a big fandom that any moderately-readable work - especially with an Explicit rating - will have a larger audience than for something a little smaller like Rumbelle. I’m pretty pleased with the characterisation though, especially since my interest in the MCU - even back then, before I stopped caring entirely - was fairweather at best.

3) A Hundred Years or More - Maleficent - Kudos: 454

"I promise, no harm shall come to you whilst I live" - Maleficent never kisses Aurora, believing she has already done more harm than good, and instead resigns herself to watching over the sleeping princess for the rest of her days.

I made myself cry with this one. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever written, it’s everything I hope to someday accomplish with an original work, tracking Maleficent’s eighty-four years watching over a comatose, unageing Aurora, as various characters grow old and die, and the world moves on, and Maleficent finds some peace. It’s very soft and very sad and I love it so much!

4) Harmless - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 333

Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stopover becomes something else entirely.

One of my earliest fics for Rumbelle fandom, although it took me years to complete in the end. This one was the first ever winner for best woobie!rumple in 2013′s TEAs! I wish now that I hadn’t rushed the ending so much, but by that point it was three years old and I needed it to be finished. This one’s probably the one I’d most like to go back and heavily edit or remix someday. Still, I reread it recently and it’s not half bad!

5) Stranger - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 289

Belle remembers everything about her old life, and finally gains freedom from her asylum prison. But Rumpelstiltskin is nowhere to be found: in his place is an oblivious pawnbroker who is as cursed as everyone else in Storybrooke.

A long-time favourite of mine among my Rumbelle fics, this one’s a trooper since it received only moderate attention on Tumblr when I posted it, but it seems to have steadily climbed the ranks on AO3? I’m glad this odd little fic is getting some love now :)

What are your five least popular works by kudos? (in ascending order)

(Okay so this is weird, because my AO3 is so unrepresentative of when I posted things? So for these I’m picking and choosing because a lot of my AO3 lowest page is just my old imported Castle, Community, and Glee fics and I’d rather not... drag those up... so I’m only counting fics posted after I left LJ. Also I’m not including bits of series that just got dumped on there when I realised I’d forgotten to cross-post years after the fact. Come at me.)

1) In Trouble - OUAT, Swanfire - Kudos: 18

Emma Swan knows Neal is trouble from the moment she meets him, but he’s also everything she’s been looking for.

This one is surprising because it got such a good reception on Tumblr when I posted it, so I guess this is a result of importing it to AO3 super late, and the lack of SF-shippers? Idk bro. I like this one a lot?

2) Falling In The Space Between - Dragon Age: Inquisition, Hawke/Varric - Kudos: 20

Varric visits Hawke in Skyhold the night after Adamant, and they discuss heroes, stories, and how the world suddenly got so much bigger and more difficult since Kirkwall.

I had feelings while playing DA:I. Sue me. This one’s a short, introspective character piece, and it’s hella sad.

3) Life in Black and White - OUAT, Snowing - Kudos: 21

Snow White was raised to hold onto goodness at all times, no matter the costs. No matter the damage she leaves in her wake.

Snow White character assassination piece, mostly focusing on how black and white morality, and her privileging of her own family above all else, has led to massive destruction in the name of ‘goodness’. I can totally see why no one read this, but again it got a better reception on Tumblr?

4) Seven Beaches - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 23

Seven times Belle and Rumpelstiltskin visited the beach.

Ah, 2012. Back before it was drilled into me that songfic is always wrong and bad. On the other hand this is kinda pretty? On the third hand I was eighteen and it shows, because dear God, varying your sentence length is always right and good. Hundreds of short sentences glued together does not equal poetry. I seem to remember rave reviews at the time but then we had like ten authors back then so who knows.

5) Disassociation - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 24

The man on the floor is not Belle’s husband.

Another short fic solely written because I had feelings, set immediately after the Town Line scene at the end of 4A. It’s dark, miserable, and very much written in that post-episode rush before things settle. Again, I get why no one would seek this out now.

No idea who’s done this yet, but I’ll tag @mariequitecontrarie, @amuseoffyre, @toseehowthestoryends, @ladybookwormwithteeth, and @worryinglyinnocent