#brings me back to the good old days

[ibenology]

guys they are actually doing us a favor with Loki and Mobius the new generation needed to feel some well done queerbaiting it’s good for morale

[winteriron-trash]

rdj the (whitewashed) electric boogaloo

This is a reminder to everyone who's excited about RDJ's casting as Doctor Doom that this casting is whitewashing. Victor Von Doom is a Romani character and has been a Romani character since his introduction in the 1960s. (Fantastic Four Annual #2 [1964]) Not only that, but his Roma identity and the persecution he and his family faced due to it is integral to his character, it is what forms his identity. (Books of Doom by Ed Brubaker) Even if on the off chance this casting is meant to not be Victor but instead be some variant of Tony or whomever else becoming Doctor Doom, it is damaging to the character to rob him of that important cultural background. Doctor Doom does not exist without that history. Fans have been pushing hard to cast Doom as a Romani actor for years, especially since the MCU has whitewashed other Romani characters. (Wanda, Pietro, etc) This casting is not a celebration moment, it's fucking heartbreaking that the MCU repeatedly ignores the important and nuanced cultural backstories of characters.

I know I can't change anybody's mind on whether or not you want to be excited about RDJ's return to the MCU. But I do think at the very least you should be mad that the MCU is baiting us all and destroying nuanced and interesting characters for the sake of self-referential easter eggs and nostalgia bait. Because that's what it is. Feel how you'd like to feel about RDJ's return, but personally, this is soul-sucking. I had such a deep love for the MCU as a teenager, it was obviously something incredibly formative to me, especially Tony Stark. This isn't recreating what I fell in love with the MCU for. This is turning a well-planned and artistic storyline of adaptations into cheap cash grabs and fan service. Because, I think we're past the point of being able to call the MCU an adaptation of anything. They can use existing characters' names and powers, but to say they're being properly adapted is laughable.

This is not an adaptation of Doctor Doom. This is RDJ the Electric Boogaloo because Marvel's fear of losing the interest of dedicated MCU fans overrides their willingness to tell stories that are genuine to the characters. I don't know what there is to be excited about that. The MCU has lost its authenticity and aside from a few projects, feels heartless. Every movie is a copy of a copy. This announcement isn't something celebratory, it feels like a death knell of a cinematic universe that's so desperate to cling to relevancy it's resorting to nostalgia for a character/actor who hasn't even been dead for a decade. We're not getting anything new, we're just rinsing and repeating the same song and dance.

I get it. I love Tony Stark, his death destroyed me and I to this day, rue the ending he got in Endgame. It misunderstood his arc and it robbed him of a satisfying conclusion. But the solution to that isn't dragging the corpse out of the grave five years later to whitewash an existing character with rich and interesting nuance, just to forcibly tie his existence in the MCU to Tony. Whether he is a variant or not. Why would you want someone else's fave's legacy to be destroyed simply so your fave's legacy can go on? Hell, if we were really all so hellbent on the return of RDJ and/or Tony to the MCU, we have the multiverse for a reason. There were other ways to do it that didn't whitewash and ruin someone else. This just. Isn't something to be happy about.

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

I must must MUST know what Harry's favorite thing about Draco's is

His smile.

Most people never see it. Most people assume the harsh lines of his face combined with a biting attitude to match is all that is there.

Yes, Harry's favorite thing about Draco is his smile.

The way his lips twitch every morning when they are woken up by Penny—their deaf owl that doesn't realize the sheer volume she possesses with each hoot. The way a small smile curves his lips when he sees that tea has been made for him at breakfast despite the fact that Harry has been doing that for years. The way a shy smile comes out whenever Harry holds his hand, the gentle curve just begging to be kissed. The way he grins every time Harry leaves for work and forgets his broom. Every. Single. Day.

But his favorite smile, oh no, his favorite smile is the small gentle one pressed into Harry's neck at night when he is told how much he is loved, how much he is cared for and how Harry thanks every single day that Draco became his husband.

[ismoveme]

it takes two to TOXIC

~they're meant to be together~

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Favorite Pacey/Joey Moments Per Episode: 6x1 The Kids Are Alright (Part 2)

[seventh-district]

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[sunflowerrboyy]

its weird how music can evoke memories

[grymmdark]

it's been actually snowing here the past few days and it's amazing. it's not that much snow, probably an inch at most, but just seeing a layer of snow cover everything and watching snowflakes fall from the sky is just. i missed it so much.

[d-ama-ien]

Y’all listen to Set It Off’s Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing [REBORN] yet? If not you shoooouuuld

[nastasya--filippovna]

@bil-daddy Thoughts?

[maggot-baggage]

I been gardenin

[mi-a-mor]

Can we name years? No?

Well, I want to so let's go

2003-2019 = (keeping aside the few bad things that happened) best ever <33333

2019-2021 = covid era, also really shitty (also my "lemme grab my mask real quick" era)

2021-2024 = (keeping aside the very few good things that happened <3) INSANELY SHITTIEST EVER 🤡

| well, i guess, this is really the beginning of "if I get really busy, I won't have time to think or even talking to anyone about it" era of mine |

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

HI CARS FANDOM IM BACK

yall eventually realizing I was the same chronically online 12 year old who made that cars tangled au and originally had tumblr bc of the cars movies specifically and had a deep obsession with proving cars 2 was actually a cinematic masterpiece:

[kyofsonder]

Physically, I'm already lying down.

Emotionally, I feel like I need to find a soft spot and crumple dramatically to the ground and lay down for a few weeks.

[moonbcrry]

finally at that point in my life!! undiagnosed but everyone is pretty sure.