#and also dr.doom is romani

[distressedoverajinx]

I am deeply frustrated with my sister. Why ask my opinion on the Dr.Doom RDj announcement if you don't want an honest one??

[rakubalka]

Just me rambling about Dr Doom backstory and how it might break with some Slavic parts thrown in the mix

I will put it out there that I am not an expert or that knowledgeable in Romani culture so this is only on the Slavic part

While I know a lot more on marvel it's still not that much so we are going whit the Slavic side of things

So as I was heading home i stumbled on the thought that Victors mom making a deal with Mefisto makes sense only in a purely christian there are only god , angels and demons along with humans sense . Which doesn't make sense for a rural Slavic county in which legend and myths thrive and which considering that (even trou a very very very inaccurate depiction) the Slavic pantheon does exist , dracula and vampires exist and probably other Slavic associated mythological races also exist . Again makes absolutely zero sense as to why she , a presumably at least relatively strong and knowledgeable user of magic would risk her soul and posable life when she can much more easily make a deal with a Leshy(a master of nature in Slavic mythology who rules over the forest) for protection and hiding their tracks for the much much lesser price of tings like alcohol , human made food and other relatively small offerings . And I know that their group is Romani but when you live in an area you start to hear and know at least some of the local legends which if they have been in Latveria for at least one or two generations they would learn overtime , especially if it is a cautionary tale . So over time they would know of at least some legends .

Now while I don't know what specifically category Victor's mom is in , at in least Slavic magic I'm pretty sure we can rule her out as(I'm using DND naming here to make it easier to google to understand) cleric . Which leaves us with her being :

A) a warlock by using a newer version of Slavic magic in which case you make a deal with the devil and in exchange get a couple very low ranking demons to command and take power from , and if this is the case it asks the question as to why would Mefisto kill her as her soul wound probably be his if she doesn't give the demons away to someone else , which would probably be Victor but with how dangerous her life was , it might have killed her before that . Not to mention that is only if she is a practically a Saint

B) a sorceress with probably dampiric descent which makes more sense as to why he might try and kill her but also ask the question as to why she would sell her soul as she already had a relatively strong magic being at least partially dampire who were known as very good vampire hunters and also very talented in the magic department which would explain as to where Victor might be getting some of his talent for magic as there is very very little chance that a purely human person without a patron or sponsor of some kind get their magic to the same level or even near it as Dr.Doom even if they are training their whole life . And Victor did in like a 2-3 decades at max once he put himself to seriously learn magic . It's because he is naturally drawn to it and naturally good at it .

Another thing because I just saw the wiki on Victor's mom . She isn't the chief ? I was under the impression she was . Any way if what the wiki says is right , for Victor's dad hiding her being a magic user I would like to know why is that ? Does the clan/tribe think it's taboo for a woman to use magic or if uses of magic it's considered taboo purely on itself . Because in Slavic myths a magic user gender or genitalia doesn't determine how good they are at magic or as a person . That and also in times of great trouble which they probably constantly are as if the baron can't even properly take care of the "first class citizens" aka what would be considered the majority of the people it doesn't really give a good impression of what would happen to a minority , so having someone who can maybe predict the future a bit(not as Romani stereotype as the Slavs also have ways of divination) , have some healing spells, know their way around the herbs or just a straight up fighter who might be able to zap lightings or trow fire at people would come handy very often .

[popeobx]

Kind of a controversial opinion but I think Drew Starkey would be amazing Johnny Storm…..he’s got that fuck boy look especially with the buzz cut. Drew can also pull off the I’m a confident douche bag attitude.

However, if Dr.Doom is not Romani I will not watch it, even if Drew (or Rudy) was cast.

[nexusbeingmoved]

hey pietro and wanda being whitewashed isn’t an isolated event and with the increasing levels of anti-jewish and anti-romani sentiments happening in both the comics and films yall should really learn to shut the fuck up

in m.arvel/f.ox films alone we have seen what? six roma characters have their backgrounds changed to make them white? let’s count: dr.doom in fantastic four, wanda and pietro in the avengers, pietro in xmen dofp and apocalypse (renamed ‘peter’ for White Value), marya maximoff in the same aformentioned films (did she make an appearance in apocalypse??? idr but definitely in dofp), magda eisenhardt in xmen apocalypse, anya eisenhardt (who was renamed ‘nina’) in xmen apocalypse.

so that’s actually seven that i can name off the top of my head including pietro twice.

i haven’t even touched on how absolutely disgusting it was for the films to have erik DESTROY AUSCHWITZ in some selfish fit of rage, something that millions of jewish ppl worldwide take Hard Offense to. no jewish person, esp a survivor of the fucking holocaust, would condone that what the fuck. what else? oh yeah, in erasing magda’s identity as a romani woman, they also erased the fact that SHE SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ AS WELL!!!!!!!! OR the fact that along with erasing wanda & pietro’s jewish/roma heritage in the avengers, they had them volunteer for experimentation by a goddamn n*zi offshoot organization. and then fucking went on to christianize wanda by not-so-subtlety putting a cross decoration in her room in cacw like we weren’t going to catch it!!! BITCH I CAUGHT IT!!!

there have been numerous PSAs about this garbage ass s.ecret em.pire event that is saturating the comics so i won’t get too deep but honestly even trying to make magneto in any way complicit in this n*zi storyline is Heavy antisemitism. just like using a character created by jewish people as a vehicle for said n*zi storyline: Heavy antisemitism. just like the axis retcon that erased wanda and pietro’s relation to erik, thus making them no longer jewish in the comics. that’s fucking trash. that erases decades of characterization and representation and for what? Heavy antisemitism.

so yeah m.arvel fucking hates romani people and jewish people yall can keep it