#and you will vote for the blue fascism over and over because you’re supposed to be on the blue team

[kristasummers]

Friendly reminder that voter-shaming doesn’t work and parties and candidates should EARN your vote, not guilt trip you. You have every right to vote your conscience.

With so many elections coming up worldwide it's probably a good time to remind everyone that tumblr once got infested with agents trying to convince everyone not to vote, or not to vote left because the candidates weren't morally pure enough.

Also a reminder that they were better at tumblr than most of us, comrade interloper was great at memeing. Like, the talent!

Anyway don't fall for it. There is no morally pure option.

[3pirouette]

A Continuation of THIS little Universe

Tony Stark may be tech savvy, but the truth is as much as he makes the news, he’s not very into current pop culture. Neither is his marketing team, no matter how much he pays them. Once video of Cap on the steps of the NYC GOP in his Gucci sandals goes viral, he knows there’s only one person to call to capitalize on the hype and keep the momentum going. 

Underoos. 

And Peter doesn’t disappoint. 

Peter gets them something called a Tik Tok. Steve refers to it as making videos for “that clock app.” Peter just smiles and calls him Mr. Rogers. 

Apparently there’s been a resurgence in the Rappin’ with Cap PSA’s that had come out right after the battle of New York, and Peter ran with it. Cap hadn’t been on board at first, but after he’d seen how far reaching they were, he figured the message was more important than anything. 

He put on the Red, White, and Blue and Peter filmed dozens of them at a time, posting one every day:

So you’re not registered to vote?

What is the first amendment?

What is fascism?

What is a dictatorship?

How does the electoral college work?

What does the Supreme Court Do?

How do you spot real news from sensationalism?

Peter posted them all over the internet, and they spread like wildfire. Autonomy. Free Speech. The right to clean water and food. The right to medical care. Social Justice. He talks about it all. People share, like, and follow. 

People get mad and ask how he can be a patriot while standing up for those things. 

He asks how you can be a patriot and not stand up for them. 

When politicians ask for his endorsement he asks where they fall on not just some, but all of the issues. He asks if they’re ready to stand up against Super PACs and lobbyists and if they’re willing to lose money and dinners and fancy parties to do whats right. 

One night, when they’re done filming and Steve takes off his helmet, Peter just looks at him. He absentmindedly hands Ned his phone, letting his “guy in the chair” transfer all the footage to be edited as he walks up to Steve. 

“Mr. Rogers? Sir?”

Steve laughs. “Peter, please. Call me Steve.”

“You should be president.” He says it with such conviction that it stops everyone in the room: Ned looks up from his computer and Tony pulls his glasses down. The silence stretches on for a long second. “You should.”

“No, that’s not-”

But Peter isn’t done. “No, it’s not cause you’re viral or an Avenger or even named after America. It’s because...” he licks his lips and takes a deep breath. “Cause you’ve seen it. You’ve lived it. You know it. And you don’t care about republican or democrat or white or black or rich or poor or any of that, you know? You just see people. And that’s what we need. We need someone who sees everyone as a person.” He sighs. Looking down at his feet. “It seems so stupid. But that’s what we need. And somehow, somehow not everyone is like that.” 

Steve slowly pulls off his gloves. “Peter, I don’t really know what to say to that.” He looks at the boy, seeing the fear and sadness in his eyes. “Thank you, for thinking so highly of me, though.”

“It’s all true. You’re a good person. Those seem to be in short supply right now.”

Ned stands. “I’d vote for you Mr. Rogers.” He nods vigorously. “When we were kids they kept trying to teach us all to be better- to accept each other and be kind- but those aren’t the people in power, the people we’re supposed to look up to. We can look up to you, sir.”

Tony sits up tall, pulling his glasses off completely. Both men are stunned by the boys confessions and for the first time start to truly feel the impact of all that’s been going on to their young lives. “That’s uh... you know I can’t say you’re wrong.”

“We should uh, we should go.” Peter stutters, rushing to pack up Ned. “We’ve got a lot of editing to do and there’s still school tomorrow.”

Steve still can’t get words out once the boys have left. 

“What do you think, cap? Write in vote?”

“Not this year,” he replies morosely. 

“So 2024 then?”