#cg! peter quill

[bunniesnuggie]

i just watched Guardians 3 and now i want to write a fic about little reader x cg! peter quill & gamora, where r stays with peter and they try to remind gamora of their relationship….feeling flangsty

ofc there will be rocket content because i need to hug that little raccoon now…..

it’ll be loosely based on/inspired by @marvelfanfics1 cg!gaurdians fics bc i 🫶🏻them

[softspace-fics]

Hi, absolutely no pressure to write anything, but would you be willing to write an agere fic/ oneshot ft. Caregiver Quill from the MCU with a little reader, preferably his daughter/kid if you wanna keep it gender neutral. Maybe something about him comforting them after they have a bad dream about him going away again post Infinity War, making them a bottle and/or rocking them with comforting words? Maybe reader is between 2-4? Aaa unsure if this is good or not, could you tag @quillcore in it so I don’t miss it if you do? Again absolutely no pressure!! Its just so hard to find content about my dad :’) thank you in advance if you do,,

Never gone.

A/N - Yes!! I love Quill! I suck with dialog because I'm not super used to writing it, but I tried! Also, Im not sure what preferred caregiver name or nickname you wanted but I did my best ^.^

Masterlist - All my work!

Warnings ⚠️: Mentions of death, yelling, panic attack, carrying, fluff, use of fem pronouns and nicknames, side characters of Steve Rogers and Tony Stark.

Papa!Peter Quill x Little!Fem reader

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"We don't know if he's going to be back pumpkin. We aren't even sure what happened. You'll have to stay here in the tower until everything finally settles" Steve calmly reminds you, after you ask for your papa for the millionth time.

Your papa had gone missing almost 6 months ago, and all uncle steve could tell you was that he just.. poofed?

"It doesn't matter anymore Steve. They aren't coming back. Lying to the kid won't help!" Tonys booming voice suddenly came through the closed door that him and Steve were currently in.

"She doesnt understand what's going on. I refuse to-" Steves voice suddenly went too quiet to hear.

You slowly crawl to the door, sitting right by it, trying to hear through the solid wood.

"For all we know they could be dead. Giving her false hope will end up causing more problems when she eventually find out." Tony's stern voice pierced your ears as much as it did your heart.

"Papa dead?" You slowly whisper out, your breath getting stuck in your throat as tears brimmed in your eyes.

Steve stormed out to the living room, and immediately saw the tears streaming down your face and crouched in front of you, worry that you overheard, coursing through his veins.

"Hey hey, Y/N, what's wrong?"

"Dead? He dead?" You look at Steve with nothing but agony and fear, your voice strained.

His look of disappointment and his eyes filling with fear of your reaction tells you everything you need.

"Nonono not Papa! Papa! No! No-"

"Sweetheart!" Quills gentle yet firm voice shakes you out of your awful dream. You look around your surroundings before throwing your arms around your papa, sobbing.

"Shh, shh. It's okay, it's all over. I'm alive. Your safe." Quill gently runs his hands through your hair, softly rocking you, helping you to get through another nightmare.

The day you found out he had been blipped, was the day your world fell apart. After finally getting him back a year ago, you still havent recovered from the 5 years without him.

Quill gently picks you up, walking around your apartment, whispering gentle praises and comforting words.

When you finally peak out of his neck, your face swollen and puffy from crying, your eyes full of fear and worry. Worry that you could be imaginating his smell, that everything you see could be a lie.

"Sweetheart, i'm back, permanently. Theres nothing that could take me from you ever again." Your papa gently reassures you.

When he came back and they defeated Thanos (Or the big bad purple guy), he stepped away from being a fighter, and part of the squad that would go on missions. He would still help from on base, but he would spend most of his time with you.

Quill softly bounces you as he walks to the kitchen, grabbing a bottle, and quickly heating it up to your favorite temp.

Its around the time the bottles in your lips and his soft singing fills your ears that you realize this isnt a dream. Your able to comprehend that your papa wasnt dead. He was still here to love you even if that meant that when you thought he was gone, he had to remind you he would always come back for you.

He walks around the living room calming you downa s you finish off your bottle, and the sun starts to peak through the blinds.

Quill softly sets the now empty bottle down on the coffee table and walks back to his room, holding you closely to his chest.

He lays down with you in his arms, softly kissing your nose, and telling you a story of his time in the guardians. How your uncle rocket was just the silliest friend, even if your Papa got annoyed by the little trash panda at times.

"Papa?" You tiredly ask.

"Yes, Sweetheart?" He softly replies.

"No gone?"

"No gorgeous. Papas not gone. Never gone from you."

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Tags:

@quillcore

[tinylilacbun]

hii if you’re still doing requests for the guardians could you do something with rocket and peter getting jealous when the other is getting attention from reader. they’ve argued in the past about who’s captain so i definitely think they’d argue over who the reader’s favourite is (ofc they love them both equally) and get jealous. also maybe reader gets overwhelmed with the bickering so drax, groot or gamora have to step in get them to stop and to calm reader down. <3

The Favorite

Pairing: cg!guardians x little!reader

Warnings: Age Regression, jealousy, reader gets overwhelmed, protective!gamora, fluff

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"Come to me baby!" Quill opened his arms wide for you.

"No, come to me little one" Rocket waved and you thought for a second.

Peter was smiling when it seemed you were walking towards him but it dropped when you rushed over to Rocket with a giggle.

"See, I told you! I'm her favorite." Rocket smirked, ruffling your hair a little and Peter was about to argue when he saw you nibbling on some candy.

"You cheated! We said no bribing!" he pointed out while you just made your way over to Drax.

"Not my fault you believed I was going to listen," Rocket said bluntly.

Drax shook his head at the two and advert his gaze down to you, seeing you enjoy your treat.

"What did he gave you?" he asked with a little smile and you smiled back.

"A lollipop!" you said and raised your arms.

"Up?" you asked and he nod, sitting down before helping you sit on his lap, your back to his chest and listening to Peter and Rocket's bickering.

"I am Groot."

"On which side are you?!" Peter crossed his arms frustrated.

"I am Groot."

"Unbelievable."

"Quill, just accept that I'm her first choice." Rocket threw his head back laughing.

You sighed and got startled by Mantis grabbing your hand gently, her antennas glowing a little, they amazed you every time.

"She's overwhelmed." She frowned and Drax tensed a little.

"What causes it?"

Mantis pointed at Peter and the others who were still arguing. "It's them."

Gamora, who heard everything Mantis said had finally enough, walking over to you and picking you up, marching towards the two idiots.

She puts a hand over your ear and gently places your head on her shoulder before snapping. "Hey! Look at what you morons did. You're acting here like children even though she told us that she loves everyone equally," she turns to Peter. "multiple times."

Peter got a look of your face and he felt guilty. Then Gamora turned to Rocket so he could also see what he did.

"I don't wanna hear any of that again. Are-" she stopped mid-sentence when you pulled your head up.

"Please, no fighting" you pout. You hated it when they were arguing, sometimes it was all fun and games but it would escalate quickly and you can't stand it when people were shouting around you.

"I'm scolding them, love. What they did wasn't good, you understand?" she explained and you nod.

"Is okay now! I better." you wriggled out of Gamora's arms and danced your way to your room, already forgotten what just happened and wanting to play.

Gamora waited until you were out of earshot and smacked Rocket and Peter on the back of their heads.

"Knock it off you both." She said and walked away.

Peter rubbed his head and gave Rocket one last glare and whispered. "At least she will cuddle with me later." he was about to round the corner to your room and flipped Rocket off.

"You little-" Rocket stopped himself taking a breath. "It's not worth it. It's not just worth it."

"I am Groot."

"Sure buddy, you're above Quill."

Peter peaked inside your room and smiled when he saw you cuddling with gamora. She's by the end of a story she was telling you.

"And then your daddy came and saved me," she said and smiled a little, knowing that Peter is watching them. "But he's not very sneaky is he?"

You pulled your head up to look at Peter giggling. "No, he not."

"Yeah, I get it." he sighed and walked over to slip right next to your other side.

You snuggled more to him saying in a more serious tone. "Daddy."

"Yes?"

"I love you all," you told him and placed your head on his shoulder, wrapping yourself a little more around him.

"We love you too, little star."

Little Bonus

Later that day you were sitting beside Rocket, watching him repair something shiny.

"You good? You have been really quiet," he states, not looking away from what he was doing.

"Mhm!" you nodded. "Rocket, you know I wuv you too right?"

Rocket stopped his movements, before smiling your way. "I love ya too kid," he said and leaned over to ruffle your hair.

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[pixie-000]

grabby hands

cg! peter quill x little!female!reader

summary, y/n is a grabby little and always has her hands on something and peter is trying his hardest to make sure she doesn’t get hurt

warnings!! use of dada,daddy,princess,baby,little one baby paci’s,toys,sippy cups, slight mentions of injury

(not a request but there’s like no peter quill as a cg so i must write it myself)

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peter and everyone else knew that you loved to touch and grab you loved to pull aswell it was cute at first but could turn very hectic quickly

it was very normal for you to grab at shirts jackets even hair of everyone on board especially your daddy’s hair it made you very happy

this whole incident started when peter and rocket stared to argue with each other and had completely forgotten the weapons they left out everywhere

and then you, the grabby adventurist little who had no concept of how much the weapons could hurt you

luckily gamora was with you and as you reached out for the weapons she snatched them away quickly in the blink of an eye

she sighed as you started crying loudly not knowing other ways to express how your were frustrated

in that moment both peter and rocket looked over peter immediately scooped you up holding you not knowing what was wrong

gamora sighed again, “baby i know you didn’t mean any harm but the weapons are dangerous” she paused and looked up at peter, “i don’t know why daddy left them in arms reach…” she said through gritted teeth

peter looked down at me than over to the weapons, “princess don’t cry i can’t have you running around with those…” he said softly rubbing your back

your crying slowed as your daddy comforted you, you stopped caring about the weapons when he took you away from the situation

he sat you down with your small collection of toys that had a fake gun in it because you had always been interested in his weapons

peter smiled at his little who’s now calmed down he goes and finds your pacifier and sippy cup knowing it’s probably time for a nap by now

he came back to where you were playing you rubbed your eyes with a whine, “dada i no wanna a nap.” you protested, but he knew you were close to falling asleep

with a sigh peter picked you up he sat down with you in his lap for a while he held up your sippy cup while you drank from it but after you finished he slipped your paci into your mouth cooing “it’s okay little one…” as you fell asleep

after he laid you down he then noticed drax with groot on his shoulder, “shes so adorable.” he said looking over at peter

“don’t mess with her either of you she just went down for a nap…” he said patting drax on the shoulder with a sigh and small smile

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(you made it yayyy!! have a juice box 🧃)

request are open!!

and as always i don’t consent to nsfw interactions

[b00inazkaban]

MASTERLIST #2

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Let me know if there are any characters you’d like added and I’ll look into it! :)

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☆ Tony Stark

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☆ Bruce Banner

☆ Natasha Romanoff

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☆ Sam Wilson

☆ Peter Parker

☆ Thor Odison

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I’ve redone my masterlist because I was vey unhappy with my first one, and I wanted to add pictures to go with it! I’ll also be adding all my new work onto here and my old work will be on the first masterlist! Love y’all! 💗

[thetinyblossom]

can you do all of the Guardians of the Galaxy CG! Headcannons? (Gamora, Nebula, Groot, Rocket, Peter Quill, Drax, Mantis)

choose whichever you'd like if you decide to do the ask !!!

thank thank !!

/gen,nf

Oooh that could be a fun series but rn I’m already have one whole series in my drafts, let me finish that one before I start a new one :P

Said that, thank you for the idea!

Spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3!

⚔️Caregiver! Drax headcanons⚔️

🚀Drax is naturally a caregiver, it’s is stated in the vol.3, he was born to be a father

♥️Although he started out making jokes when you would accidentally slip, he quickly noticed how vulnerable you were and his caregiver instincts kicked in

🚀 “So, what’s going on? Are you hiding anything?” He asks you one night, with a box on his hand, the box where you keep your regression gear

♥️ “Oh no! Now I will be definitely made even more fun of!��� You think, Drax noticing how anxious you seem asks you to take some deep breath’s

🚀 “Hey, I’m sorry I made jokes about you earlier, I wasn’t trying to do any warm” He says softly “I promise I won’t make fun of you, not judging you this time”

♥️You nod, and let’s him see the items, he looks a bit confused “Well that’s too big for an actual baby, what’s that for ?” Drax asks, you sigh and explains your regression to him, how it helps you and why those items are important

🚀 “Ok, I see, so you are kinda like a kid ? Neat, I bet it must be pretty scary being all small in this big world, don’t worry, we are a team, I got your back” Drax says becoming your Cg!

♥️ He is a fun dad/cg, dancing, joking, letting you get messy! But he also takes really good care of you, making sure you are safe and happy

🚀 “What’s wrong buddy? Are you small? Oh! And Scared? Oh no, that simply can’t do, come, let me give you a big bear hug, I promise I will protect you, ok?”

♥️ “Come on, bug, you need to clean your messes too… Uh? It’s too boring? I see… what if we made it into a dance party? How does that sound?”

🚀 Calls you “Kiddo”, “Bug”, “Buddy” and “Lil monster”

♥️ “Come on, you can’t save the galaxy if you don’t eat your dinner kiddo… what? You aren’t a kid? Really ? So I guess you wouldn’t mind not having some ice cream for dessert… uh? Now you are a kid? Hahaha, alright, you are so funny my Lil monster”

Phew! One down! A few more to go! I actually wrote way more then I was expecting!

[sillylittleguyz]

(❋) — “Hey Jr! Get out of uncle rockets stuff before he finds out we were here!! C’mon buddy, hold Papa’s hand . . .”

PETER QUILL CG HEADCANONS !!

He loves it when his littles ask him to be picked up, it makes him seem like a strong papa!

Definitely loves dancing with his little ones.

Gives a lot of forehead kisses, and loves playing with his littles hair, anything to show his affection for his kiddo.

Definitely makes the hang babysit for him when he’s out, they may be warty at first, but they end up doing the best they can!

Rocket is the best uncle CG ever in Peter’s eyes, Drax is second, but rocket just has a soft heart for littles, even if it means he messes around time to time.

Peter is known for giving strict nạp-times and bedtimes because he doesn’t want a cranky little on board.

When you slip he may not notice at first, but once he does he goes VERY protective dad mode, ESPECIALLY if your on a mission, “Okay looks like we’re both going back on the ship!”

Gamora is like the mom of the group, so she definitely is also overprotective of you, not as much as Peter though.

Mantis is like your very nice naive aunt, Peter and her get along very well so they take you out for some family bonding sometimes.

Peter is very silly, but knows when to stop when it comes to your safety.

[rickrakontoys]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: 9/10

James Gunn has crafted a terrific trilogy that transcends the MCU, forging its own unique and highly influential legacy. This "finale" for the original group is a satisfying and emotionally affecting entry, filled with incredible action setpieces, character moments, and Gunn's twisted sense of creativity and humor and impeccable needle-drops.

It is incredible that Gunn has managed to take a character like Rocket Raccoon (an obscure D-list character in the Marvel pantheon) and make him into, not only a household name, but an emotional core of series. Vol. 3 focusing on Rocket's tragic backstory helps to provide a unique trajectory for the film, mostly avoiding the "stop the bad guy from destroying/conquering the universe" trope in exchange for a smaller, more personal story of revenge, trauma, and redemption. The middle of the film meanders a bit with protracted side-quest, and new characters such as Adam Warlock feel a bit sidelined, but ultimately the film coalesces into a fantastic third act, providing everyone with some moments to shine. The High Evolutionary is also such a wretched and effective villain with no redeeming qualities. Despite being less powerful than other antagonists, he is by far one of the most interesting that the guardians have faced, and there isn't any attempt to make him sympathetic or relatable. Those sensitive towards depictions of animal cruelty are warned. He does some absolutely heinous stuff, making you understand why Rocket is (according to Gunn) the "saddest creature in the universe".

The entire cast do their best work yet in each of their respective characters. Nebula in particular has always been a favorite of mine, and watching the character's growth across multiple Guardians and Avengers films is one of the most interesting aspects of the entire MCU. Gamora is given an interesting role here, having turned into a complete a-hole due to the time-travel shenanigans from Avengers Endgame. The film thankfully avoids giving her a sappy boyfriend-girlfriend reconciliation with Peter Quill. Drax continues to be a doofus, but shows his worth as a kind parental figure in the end. Mantis is given a new familial relationship with Peter (thanks to the Holiday Special), which changes their dynamic quite a bit, also allowing her to mature. Kraglin and Cosmo the Dog also make a fun pairing in their scenes, and are given greater emphasis than before.

Special mention must be made of the wonderful practical effects on display here, showcasing a variety of fun creatures and aliens and settings. The computer effects also stand out here by providing Rocket (and other CG characters) with genuine pathos and expression. This is the most polished looking live-action comic book movie in recent years, avoiding the poor compositing and rushed looking VFX that plagued Quantumania and Wakanda Forever.

There is a fantastic "oner" hallway fight in the third act that is perhaps the best action scene in the MCU, and it perfectly encapsulates the unique cinematic joy that Gunn infuses into these movies that so many other MCU entries lack. These are James Gunn films first and foremost. It should be no surprise that when directors are allowed to use their own creative voices in their work, that the work becomes enjoyable beyond mere franchise appeal. Of all the MCU entries since Endgame, this one feels the most like an actual movie made by someone with a clear vision.

On a closing note, I will never hear "The Dog Days are Over" by Florence + The Machine the same way again.

[angelbaby-fics]

Fashion Show Friends

Word Count: 1.2k

Pairing: CG!Stucky x Little!Reader, featuring platonic Rocket & Groot

Summary: You make some new friends in the Avengers Tower!

A/N: Once again I have ignored all the half written fics in my notes app and written something spur of the moment & completely self indulgent lol. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this little fic inspired by my ♡ anon's request to write something that makes me happy. Rocket is one of my comfort characters of all time & all I want is to dress him up like a little stuffy. Enjoy 💕

The Avengers Compound where you all lived was host to many parties, some you got to attend, and some you were stuck upstairs with the babysitter for. Tonight happened to be one of the ones for both Avengers and their littles alike, and you happily skipped out of the elevator in your brand new light up shoes out into the party floor. 

This event in particular was to welcome the Guardians Of The Galaxy to the team. Familiar faces mingled with ones you’d never seen before, some that didn’t even look human. You’d never met an alien before! You scanned the room for someone to play with - Peter, or Loki, or one of the other age regressors in the tower - but something else caught your eye. It looked familiar, like an animal you recognized from one of your storybooks with its bushy tail and white snout, but it stood on its hind legs drinking from a red plastic cup like everybody else. You looked over your shoulder towards Steve and Bucky, who were already making conversation with some of the new guests (well, Steve was, meanwhile Bucky stayed close but focussed on his phone) and decided to investigate for yourself. 

“Hey,” you said, getting its attention, “are you a rangoon?” 

The creature turned around, staring up at you, and you suddenly noticed a little twig with a face perched on its shoulder. 

“Do I look like a crab puff to you, human?” It replied snarkily.

“What?” 

“A rangoon, it's like a crab wonton. You mean a raccoon, and no I’m not. The name’s Rocket, and this is Groot.” He answered, and motioned to the stick figure on his shoulder.

“I am Groot!” The stick said with a cute high pitched voice and a little wave.

“Oh. Well hello Rocket. Hello Groot. Do you guys wanna play?”

“I am Groot!” Yelled Groot with a grin, as he jumped off of Rocket and scampered up to perch on your shoulder instead.

“Come on man, what have I told you about stranger danger?” Rocket said with an exasperated sigh.

“I’m not a stranger!” You said, and introduced yourself before pointing over to Steve and Bucky. “And those are my daddies! They take care of me.”

Rocket’s face slowly changed from annoyed to intrigued. 

“You know the one with the arm?” He asked with a mischievous hint in his voice. “His name is Buggy, and he has two arms, okay? But one of them is just fancy.” You said proudly, eager to defend Bucky’s honor whenever you could.

“It sure is fancy, isn’t it kiddo.” Rocket smiled. “Say, do you think you could get that fancy arm for me?”

“Why?” You questioned.

“Uhh, it's a game!” He quickly explained. “I dunno… I don’t think Buggy would like this game very much.” “I am Groot,” Groot agreed, already taking your side. Rocket rolled his eyes.

“Alright then, what do you suggest, pea brain?” He asked the sentient plant, his mind still focussed on Bucky’s vibranium arm as an idea popped into your head. “I know! We can play fashion show!!” You exclaimed.

“I am Groot!” He nodded excitedly.

“Absolutely not!” Rocket cried.

“I am Groot!” Groot replied, his eyebrows furrowed at his friend. 

“I did not come to this planet to play dress-up.” Rocket crossed his arms, but Groot still tried to persuade him. “I am Groot.” “I don’t care what Quill said, I’m not here to make friends.”

“I am Groot.”

“You’re really not gonna let this go, are you?”

Groot shook his head.

“I am Groot!” He said with a satisfied smile. 

“Fine! But you owe me for this!” Rocket finally relented.

“Come on!” You jumped and led the way to the elevator, up to your home floor, and to your playroom with your two new friends.

A couple hours passed and the party began to wind down. Bucky decided they had stayed long enough that he could suggest leaving to Steve without the latter thinking it was too rude to dip out this early. Bucky left Steve to say goodbye to everybody while he ventured out into the party to find you. He noticed you hadn’t come over to tug on his sleeve or ask for a snack as long as you’d all been there, and he assumed you had stayed entertained in one of the rooms with your little friends, but when he counted all of the other littles playing without you, he started to panic. 

“Hey Steve? Little emergency here.” He whispered to his partner.

“What do you mean?” Steve turned to Bucky with anxiety etched into his features. “I mean I’ve looked everywhere.” Bucky replied, his voice starting to shake.

“Ok, calm down,” Steve tried to reason. “We can just ask F.R.I.D.A.Y.” 

And he did just that, to which the system replied that you were already back home in your playroom, and you weren’t alone. 

“I’m seeing two other lifeforms in there, sir. It looks like… a plant and some kind of rodent.” F.R.I.D.A.Y. answered, and Bucky was already bolting to the staircase, not trusting these two aliens in his home let alone with his baby. 

Steve reached the apartment just moments before Bucky, having kept a level head and taken the elevator. Both the men could hear you giggling in your playroom, which calmed their nerves at least a bit. 

“Try it with this hat!” Your voice carried through the hallway as Steve and Bucky approached the playroom door.

“Hey, that’s not bad actually.” A deeper voice replied.

“I am Groot!” Another voice agreed.

And there they found you, sitting on your playroom floor, all your Barbie doll and Build-A-Bear clothes out of their respective boxes and scattered all around the floor. Neither Steve nor Bucky could even comprehend the mess, due to the fact that there was a twig in a sundress and a raccoon with a baseball cap and overalls standing in the middle of it all.

“Hey pumpkin, what’s all this?” Steve asked cautiously. Bucky was too stunned to speak. 

“Oh I made friends! This is Groot and Rocket. He is not a rangoon.” You said proudly, showing off your new friends in their new fashions.

Steve let out a breath he realized he’d been holding in since he thought you were missing.

“Baby, when you make new friends, you have to introduce them to me or Baba before you invite them over. And you need to tell one of us when you leave a party. We were so worried!”

“I’m sorry!” You said, standing up to give each of your daddies a hug. “Can my friends please stay and play?”

Steve looked to Bucky, who only shrugged, before turning back to you and making a decision.

“Only for an hour. And only if they help you clean up when you’re done, okay?” “Is that okay you guys?” You asked, turning to your playmates.

Rocket was about to shake his head, but Groot spoke first. “I am Groot!” “That means yeah, we’ll clean up.” Rocket translated, rolling his little rodent eyes. 

You cheered and immediately got to work picking another outfit for each of them to try on next. 

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[thescarletwitchsapprentice]

Marvel Characters As Out-Of-Context RP/RP Server/Murder Mystery Quotes, Part 6:

Yelena: Even in the sadness, the gay is strong.

Nat: Someone kill the small fucker

Wanda: She probably sensed that I was either talking about my lack of self-care or that I was hating myself again. Or both.

Tony: Oh.....I'm an idiot.

Vision: CHEWING GUM IS NOT WELCOME IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT!

Steve: IT'S A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE I COULDN'T NOT REFERENCE IT XD

Pietro: Why does the sim make me a flirt!?

Bruce: Science has also proven that I'm socially awkward.

Drax: ....His head was in the way of my statue.*glares in still frozen*

Gamora/Nebula: Okay, Mystic's not homicidal anymore, but.....

Peter P.: I guess some sponsors love NERDS.

Mantis: I'll just eat out in the cold or something. I dunno. Maybe it'll freeze my ugliness off.

Rocket: Good question. I'm still not quite sure how a piece of trash like me managed to do that.

Groot: She nods. *"I do the same thing. Sometimes I'll scream when I'm alone in a car. Do trees have anything like that? Like, to let any emotions out?"*

Captain Marvel: Oh my God, it's the lesbian!

Clint: He conjures up a bow and arrow glowing green.

Shuri: It's always time for memes!

T'Challa: No bitting kitties! That's my job!

Scott/Antman: He's shrinking into a pillowcase.

Loki: Dang it…Grandma Austin tricked me again.

Thor: I've heard ECT is supposed to be beneficial for some people with depression. Maybe I should just go get struck by lightning.

Bucky: Drinking out of a shoe is better than being dead....I guess.

Sam: That wasn't very cash money of that bird.

Peter Quill: Also ha-ha, fuck you CG.

Stephen Strange: You know, if you really ARE straight here, then there's a good chance that in the multiverse, there's one timeline where you're gay.

America: She looks like that guy from the pizza meme.

Wong: Wait can you all just be quiet for a SECOND?!

[sydneyshipsstuff]

so uh last night at like 4 am i couldnt sleep, decided to walk my dog, and came up with this bad boy. It’s a rough draft, though. um @professional-benaddict read it and told me to post it, so whatever rafni says goes. 

-Little! Peter with like everyone lmao (platonically), but main pairing is Tony x Peter. everyone is 18+ and Littles are known. but yeah, I call this “uncanonically Canon AU” because it follows canon character tropes (except Peter).

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so i LOVE the doctor trope w stephen and tony to death, like probably a lil too much, but hear me out

--canon tony and the avengers with not canon (aka powerless) little peter

--im thinking how they met is before peter became classified as a little, he was smart smart. so, he still gets the internship, but a real one this time.

--hes hanging out with the other interns when he feels himself regress. he freaks and goes to hide in a bathroom or something

--he runs into (probably pepper??) someone and they help him get out of the tower because he's obviously very vulnerable

--they (pepper?) take him to the hospital to get tested and find out hes a high care little. once they find out peter freaks out because omg he cant work like this

--(pepper?) assures him that they will figure it our, but with no CG, and just for plot sake, he also is living alone at this point so they dont feel comfortable sending him home, so he stays overnight, at least, in the hospital

--(pepper?) goes to talk to tony himself about this since hes the one who chose and hired the interns. tony isnt quite sure what to do because peter is one of the best in their group

--(pepper?) suggests that he go have a one on one talk with peter and see what the boy wants to do with his future, and also meet with the doctors to see what they think is best for his future

--now, tony has met peter a few times, and the kid is pretty cool, but he never really cared about him (harsh, but canon tony is pretty reserved so yuh) so, when he goes into the hospital room to talk with him, hes mentally preparing to never see peter again

--but, when he walks in, he sees peter sat on a cot carefully coloring in an avengers coloring book, and his entire aura is different and /adorable/

--as if he wasnt already kinda done for, when peter notices he's there, he looks up, eyes blown wide and a kid-like face on full of awe

--he sits on the end of the bed and they simply stare at each other before peter finally gets the courage to ask why tony is there, stuttering through it like an adorable mess

--tony freaks out, because as good as peter is, he planned on letting peter down, but now that hes here, all he wants is to see the boy.

--instead he smooths his nervousness and easily asks about how the boy is doing. he asks if peter has a CG, and predicably, peter just sadly shakes his head

--anyways i dont really know how this part would be worded, and it probably wouldnt happen in just one day, but eventually tony asks peter if he wants tony to take care of him

--peter is a cutie and accepts, again dont really have this part planned out, im akward when it comes to writing about the adopting of a little

--he goes with tony and since he lives in the tower, he also gets the avengers as glorified CGs. now this is the part i LOVE

***added part by Rafni:

"I’d imagine that Peter would just be kept in the hospital, like he doesn’t need any meds nor saline so he doesn’t even have a drip nor is he hooked up to any monitors. He is just there in the hospital pyjamas colouring and waiting for someone to take care of him🥺👀"

And since there’s no medical concerns (anymore) the nurses would have more time to just chat with Peter and make sure he is like mentally taken care of 🌸🌸

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tony stark- he's obviously the main man and does all the main caring. hes the one who sleeps with peter and makes sure he gets food, and plans the days. he also sometimes will hand make little gadgets (safe ofc) to occupy peter. he gets peter little engineering/inventing kits and will hold back any groans he has as peter hits his leg with a plastic hammer and screwdriver. he also is the one who is ALWAYS there, when he cries, when he's happy, when he's sad.

thor- he lets peter play with his hair, and even lets the boy snuggle, and sometimes even chew on, mjolnir (because of course peter would be worthy)

steve rogers- he lets peter look at and hold the shield. one day he finds the boy curled like a cat dosing on the inside of it

natasha- she speaks in russian to him, and when he goes outside to the park, shes there making sure no one disturbs him

wanda+sam (i had an idea for them when i originally thought of this, but i cant remember it now :/)

bucky- he lets peter also mess with his hair, although more rare than thor, but he does let peter suck on his metal fingers when hes really small, and will scratch peters scalp with it, the metal scratching much better than normal skin. also if he ever gets a fever, the cold of the arm feels amazing on his forehead

bruce- not strictly canon since hes more sciency than doctor, but i imagine bruce is the one who does checkups and takes care of the meds when peter is sick

stephen- he doesnt do it often, plus he's not at the tower much, but hell do little harmless "magic" tricks to excite Peter and when peter gets grumpy, stephen will give him a little stress spell thing to calm peter down

peter quill- i imagine hes the one who is down to do lots of fun stuff, but is also the most reckless towards the actions suited towards littles, getting a lot of scolding from tony. also, he has great taste in music, so when peter has bursts of energy, he'll bounce around the room dancing to old 80s music

rocket- hes the closest peters ever gonna get to a pet, and with lots of bribing from tony, rocket /occasionally/ lets peter pet him and feed him "treats", sometimes peter will ask rocket to do a trick like jump or spin, but rocket with always decline...at first. peters trademark pouts do the trick because either rocket will concede and hurt his pride, or tony will see and threaten rocket into making his little boy happy. its always worth it to see the happy little squirms and claps

gamora- she's the resident story teller. when its bedtime, she'll share her cool space stories, leaving out the gory/scarier aspects. it always does the trick as hes out in minutes. sometimes hell catch her and peter q engaging in loving activities (ie kissing, hugging, whatever), and he'll just giggle away, and as embarrassed as gamora gets, not being an openly affectionate person, she might just go to the extreme to hear the cute giggles out of the little boy

clint- hes pretty chill with peter. he also likes to play games with the boy, playing things like peek-a-boo when he's super small, or playing darts when he feels older. tony isnt /too/ happy about it, but its better than quill so he doesnt say anything.

pepper is there too because i love the idea of tony working away somewhere and pepper calling peter in, handing him a few sheets of paper, sometimes actual documents, sometimes just scratch paper to entertaim the boy, before asking peter to deliver them to tony. she always has a smile when peter eagerly nods with his whole body before running to the office to give tony the papers. it almost always ends with peter in his lap, but it /always/ ends in tony praising him, saying something along the lines of 'theres my little helper boy. look at you'

---

--on any particular day peter wakes up aged up, he doesn't even miss his old internship because this life is so much better, although on these days tony actually lets him help with some safer stuff in the lab with him

--also, they are still the avengers and still have to save the universe. tony leaves him in the care of Happy or Pepper, trusting them both to handle him. sometimes, it ends in disaster. sometimes, they are lucky enough to find happy laying on the couch, with a drooling little boy soaking his suit

--no matter how things end up, it never gets old being able to come home and cuddle up with the reason tony wants to save the universe.

--its no surprise peter is able to help the man just as much as tony helps him. tony stops locking himself up so late at night so he can put peter to bed and cuddle up. he stops drinking when he's stressed, instead finding his boy and reading a story to him. his hookups end, he wants to be there for peter all the time. he gets more work done, the added bonus of having a pretty little boy in his lap helping keep his mind on track.

--tony still has his canon issues, but having peter there makes everything a little more manageable. and when he eventually gets too old to be ironman, its okay, because his universe is lying in bed, a red pacifier in his mouth, and a family of superheroes softly arguing about who the boy loves most

--and despite tony being a narcissist, he knows this is not that, when he thinks that without a doubt he is peters favorite. after all, peter helped him see the good inside the bad

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so uh yeah thats all i had to say. maybe in the future it will become an actual thing, idk. i still have so many projects im working on first. feel free to add whatever you want to it though !!

[merrikstryfe]

Endgame Thoughts

It’s 2am, just got back from the theater, getting the thoughts out of my brain so I can sleep. Spoilers below the cut.

The Good

Fat Thor is still hot

Black Widow went out on her own terms

Nebula got a real story arc! With resolution and everything!

So did Tony, actually, and the fact that they managed to make me care about him after his tantrum at the beginning is impressive

Thanos tried to do a “but for me it was Thursday” and Scarlet Witch was a no-sell

The setup for the final battle was pretty dang cool

The beginning of the movie was bleak and incredible, and I could watch an entire 3 hour movie just about people getting through those 5 years

Actually the final battle was also pretty cool

When Banner snapped his fingers

Peter Quill was not in this movie

Carol Danvers shows up entirely to fight Thanos and that’s all I wanted her to do

I will never have to watch another movie about Steve Rogers

The Bad

Fat Thor jokes aren’t funny

Neither are goofball Hulk jokes

Neither are time travel jokes that are just pop-culture references

The moment in the final battle which my sister derisively refers to as “the ‘feminist’ scene”

Edgelord Hawkeye

“I... am Iron Man” is a bad line

This film has 5 or 6 leading men, and barely 2 leading women

I am specifically salty that Okoye wasn’t in this movie because she’s my single favorite MCU character

There is A Black Guy in this film and everyone else is white or CG

The single LGBT character, an unnamed extra who went on a sad date

A quick google search for “is joe russo gay” returns hits for him playing the sad gay man in Endgame, so I’m pretty sure no

Thanos’ motivations are still complete nonsense

I had to watch one last film about Steve Rogers

The WTF

Captain America gets into an elevator with a bunch of Hydra agents... and walks out by saying “Hail Hydra”, it was fucking weird

Valkyrie rode into battle on an actual winged horse

Thanos explains his plan again, it still doesn’t make any sense

Hulk is good at infinity stones because gamma rays or something? I don’t really care, please don’t explain it to me

The Ancient One changing her mind about the Time Stone because... an alternate version of Dr Strange... said to? I guess?

Things Other People Will Care About But I Do Not

Steve’s ass

Danvers’ haircut

Whether Hawkeye should have died instead of Widow

I do have an opinion, which is that Hawkeye dying provides a sense of resolution, which you want to avoid in the middle of your film, and Widow dying increases the sense of loss, which helps to raise the stakes, but I don’t care enough about it to argue with anyone on Tumblr

Steve Rogers can wield Mjolnir

Miss me with the inevitable Discoursetm about the Hulk as a metaphor for mental illness

Sam is Captain America now

Peter Parker returns from the dead, which pleases me mildly

Loki escapes with the Space Stone

Things I Care About That Other People Will Not

The moment where Dr Strange lifts his finger and Tony realizes what the winning plan is reminds me a lot of old mystic parables where sages in various religious traditions can transmit wisdom to another person by making exactly the right gesture and that’s kinda cool to me

Does the Wakandan line of succession have rules for what happens when the King is legitimately dead for five years but then comes back to life? Is there precedent for this?

Thanos retiring to his little farm was adorable and weirdly heartwarming

There were not nearly enough headstones to have the names of 50% of literally any subset of the American population written on them

When everyone comes back after 5 years, just how poly is the world going to be? Surely a lot of people were able to find new partners and move on, those relationships don’t get reset just because your old partner comes back

The Thanos v Captain Marvel headbutt gag was hilarious and I don’t care who says otherwise

Bucky firing his little assault rifle. So cute.

[softspace-fics]

Masterlist!

Will be updated as i post new stories!

Requests can be made on my page. Fandoms you can request for are in my introduction.

Agere - 🍼

Romance - 🥰

Angst - 🥀

Fluff - 💖

Other - 👀

Marvel Loki Laufeyson 🐍 Its okay, Dada's here 🍼 🥀

It's hard. 🍼🥀 Loki helps his disabled little take a shower Thor Odinson ⚡ Doctor Strange🧿 Iron Man (Tony Stark) 💸 Heimdall 👁️ Captain America (Steve Rogers) 🗽 The Falcon (Sam Wilson)🦅 Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)🦾

No princess, your perfect. 🍼🥀 - Reader feels as if theyre not right for bucky (Plus sized reader!)

You mean to much.🍼🥀 - Reader feels embarrassed about their bad thoughts. Vision🤖 Wanda✨ Hawkeye (Clint Barton)🏹

Bath time! 🍼💖 - Your baba and you have a fun time as you get your bath for the night. Rhodes🦿 Star Lord (Peter Quill)🔫

Never gone 🥀🍼 Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)🕷️ The Hulk (Bruce Banner)💚 Spider-Man (Peter Parker *Tom, Andrew or Tobey!*)🕸️ Multi-Character fics Stucky💞 Wind down 🍼 Stucky x reader Movie Night! 🍼 💖Stucky x Reader

Knowing 🥀 Steve Rogers x James "Bucky" Barnes

Shopping! 🍼💖 Asgardian brothers (Loki + Thor) x Little!plus sized reader

His to cherish 🍼💖 - Stucky x baby-toddler space gn!littler

Senses 🍼💖🥀🥰 - Stucky, but mainly bucky. Bucky learns to fully trust gn!reader

Cabin time! 🍼💖 - Who doesn't love some tea and cabin time?

Hurts. 🍼🥀 - Stucky lets disabled!little reader know that they'll be there even though reader has bad health.

Homework🍼🥀- Reader invoulintarily regresses due to homework stress.

Butterfly kisses 🍼💖🥰 - Stucky loves to give you and eachother butterfly kisses as your morning begins

Nightmares 🍼🥀 -Steve x Little!bucky, bucky had a nightmare and Steve helps him through it.

Pumpkin patch 🍼💖 - Dada and Papa take baby to the pumpkin patch!

Cookies! 🍼💖 - Baby and Dada bucky make cookies for Papa Steve when he gets home!

Christmas morning 🍼💖🌲 - What awaits you as the most magical day arrives?

Strangetony❤️💛

Safe place 🍼💖 - Some never get a safe place, but you have yours.

Other mixes

Steve Rogers + Peter Parker + gn!little reader

Sickie🍼🥀 - Reader falls ill and their two cgs worry. (Platonic CGS!)

[tinylilacbun]

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Angst: ꕥ | dark: ☾

ONE-SHOTS

Little Guardian

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[fromdirectorlanawachowski]

Honest and Unmerciful Infinity War Thoughts

TL;DR: it was absurdly bad and marvel should be ashamed of putting this out.

I’m going to preface this by saying I freely admit I’ve had no love for the MCU ever since Iron Man 3. Their casting leaves a lot to be desired, their writing leaves a lot to be desired, their directors choices leaves a lot to be desired. Their story elements are picked up and cast aside almost immediately, like a four year old trying to play with all his Hot Wheels at once.

That said, after Homecoming, Ragnarok, and Black Panther, I felt like the series was on its way back to, if not greatness, then certainly a point where I could enjoy it again, rather than see the glaring holes where a better story could have been told by better hands.

And then Infinity War happened.

Right away the opening was a shambles. Completely renders the hope spot ending of Ragnarok moot by killing off the Asgardians, save Thor. A casual reference is made later to “Thanos killed half my people and my brother”, but unless he took prisoners, I don’t think you can survive your space ship being blown up.

Also Heimdall went out like a bitch. We’ve known for years now that they had no idea what to do with the guy who could see everything, but pinning him down so he can be stabbed five minutes in was callous.

Loki’s death was a long time coming. I enjoyed that. I’m grateful.

The Children of Thanos mumble half their lines, but they also exposit half the plot, which is an unfortunate combination. They’re also the pinnacle of locking out the casual moviegoer. If you don’t know who these people are from the comics, you won’t be told. You’ll spend two and a half hours wondering where these people came from and why we haven’t seen them sooner

Thanos ends the opening two gems up, so tension is immediately drained from the rest of the movie. We know every fight is going to be a curb stomp battle with him winning.

Another element from Ragnarok cast aside: Hulk is able to apparently turn back into Bruce, which he does immediately after falling into the Sanctum.

Wong was the best character and he was in it for five minutes (everyone else was in it for five minutes too, but his were the most memorable). I was still laughing at “I have 200 rupees so…. A buck fifty” on the car ride home.

As is par for the course with Marvel lately, no reference is made to any local heroes who might be able to help. Marvel pumps millions into its Netflix shows only to pretend they don’t exist. If I was working on them, to say I’d be insulted is an understatement.

Tony’s new nanotech suit looks like it’s made of cheap plastic, like it was a replica Iron Man suit you’d see at your local comic con.

They knew no one would see Dr. Strange, so they spent a good amount of time forcing the fact that Strange had the Time Stone into your head.

Thanos’ goons escape with Strange’s unconscious body on their flying Ringolo, with Tony in hot pursuit and Peter stuck to the side. (Peter’s sole purpose in this movie, by the way, is to parrot pop culture references because the writers can’t write women or teenagers.)

Wanda and Vision (don’t even get me started on that relationship) are hiding out in Scotland, having crazy romance and giving the audience mood whiplash since we just saw New York under fire. After they get beaten up by another pair of Thanos’ goons (or possibly the same pair, none of them are especially distinct), Steve, Nat, and Sam swoop in and rescue them, jetting off for “home”.

Which is the Avengers facility in New York, where Rhodey’s only real purpose in this movie is to remind everyone about the Accords so that Steve can march in and tell Ross the Accords don’t matter, they’ll do what’s right when the going gets tough. If he’d had the balls to do that in Civil War, we wouldn’t have had the infamous Tesco Parking Lot Fight.

The Guardians pick up Thor and we get five minutes of jokes about Rocket that got old in the first GoTG movie, and jokes about Thor that got old in the first Avengers movie.

Back on the Ringolo, Peter makes another pop culture reference and they blast the dead elf looking goon out into space and get control of the ship. They’re bound for Titan. Is it a new planet? Is it Saturn’s moon? Who knows? The plot sure doesn’t.

Gamora’s tragic backstory is expanded on incredibly briefly. I don’t think Mrs Gamora’s mom ever told her not to talk to giant purple strangers committing mass murder.

Gamora makes Quill promise to kill her, in a bit of foreshadowing shaped not unlike a brick to the face. Drax does Drax things. Much as I love him, using Drax to defuse a tense scene between Quill and Gamora is old now. Please find another use for him.

Through the Reality Stone and Benicio Del Toro in a bad wig, Thanos captures Gamora and surprise! Quill couldn’t kill her.

Was this torture scene with Nebula really necessary? Or did someone at Marvel go “I don’t think they know how much we hate women, lets have Thanos torture Nebula and then reveal to Gamora that he knew the truth all along”?

Thor, Groot, and Rocket’s adventure to Nidavellir would have been better if they didn’t give the great Peter Dinklage and Thor the ungodly exchange of

“You can’t take the full blast of the star, you’ll be killed!” “You mean I might die!?” “.....yes, that’s what ‘you’ll be killed’ means.”

Also Red Skull is here, but he’s not played by Hugo Weaving and whoever they hired to replace him can’t do an accent, so the end result is less “Oh hey it’s that guy!” and more “Is this a new person?”

Gamora’s death was cruel and unnecessary and had been telegraphed from the moment we got her tragic backstory.

The Guardians, Tony, Strange, and Peter meet up on Titan (again, Saturn’s moon or what? Who knows.). Because no one is capable of talking to each other in this movie, they fight until Quill, Tony, and Peter realize they’re all human.

Quill isn’t from Earth, he’s from Missouri, because he’s an idiot now.

Thanos appears and it’s motivation time. After ten years, surely we have something great lined up. Is it Mistress Death? Is it to unite the universe under his control? A little good old fashioned megalomania? No it’s…. Overpopulation. He wants to save the universe… from overpopulation. I will henceforth be referring to him as Evil Al Gore.

The combined Guardvengers have Evil Al Gore subdued and the gauntlet is off. I REPEAT, the gauntlet is OFF. Then Nebula realizes Gamora is dead and Quill loses it, distracting Mantis from keeping him subdued and letting him get the gauntlet back on.

The battle, nay, the WAR, was literally won until they injected a little Man Pain into the script.

Strange decides to surrender because the script told him to, and surrenders the Time Stone just like that.

In Wakanda, Shuri (god bless her) is going to try and get the stone out of Vision without killing Vision while the rest of the Stevevengers plus Bucky, T’Challa, and the Wakandans try and hold off Evil Al Gore’s goons and their army of… alien attack dogs?

Shuri, after two lines in the movie, dives off screen literally never to be seen again. A tragic waste of the best character they’ve given us in at least five years.

Wanda agrees to destroy the stone in Vision’s head, and even succeeds, until Evil Al Gore, rewinds time and reassembles it. Voila, he has all six stones, like we knew would happen two minutes into the movie.

Thor beats him up but neglected to go for anywhere that might actually stop him, so Evil Al Gore clicks his fingers and vanishes and people start to disintegrate.

They try for a little tugging at the heartstrings with Peter vanishing, but all he’s done all movie is spout pop culture at me in a borderline insulting parody of teenagers, so I’m a little glad to see him go.

Evil Al Gore retires to his retirement planet to watch the sun set, but not before a vision of baby Gamore asks him what it cost. “Everything”, apparently.

Points of note:

The movie is so overstuffed with characters that everyone is barely in it. Characters literally trip over each other for screentime and lines.

There are seldom more than five main characters in a scene at once

Thanos is so overpowered right from the start that no fight scene involving him is tense at all.

What the fuck was that villain motivation

The plot has no cohesion. Things happen because the plot mandates them, not because they make sense.

The effects are good if it’s cg elements interacting with cg elements. Once a live actor or prop is introduced, it falls apart. It’s painfully clear the budget went to the cast. Just look at Bruce in the Hulkbuster at the end

The fact Marvel has no central story team is glaringly obvious.

Nobody in this movie is in character.

Overall? 2/10. Marvel really thought that was an acceptable movie to put out after ten years.

[taaroko]

Post-IW MCU Rewatch: Captain America: Civil War

Time for a bunch of in-fighting!

Was there any significance to those code words?

Howard and Maria. :(

Freaking Runlow.

I read something about how they’re all being very bad at undercover, sitting around in sunglasses and hats. They’re being like actors undercover from paparazzi, not low-profile spies. Whoops.

Runlow’s team is kinda lucky the rubble from that crash didn’t block their entrance.

This is some top notch fighting from both Cap and Sam. Sam’s wings are super versatile.

Whee, Steve getting a telekinetic boost from Wanda!

Ohh, it’s Nat who used the motorcycle as a projectile in this one. Okay. I thought it happened at least twice.

Heeeey Cap’s shield is half covered in soot. Symbolism.

FREAKING RUNLOW.

That blast was either going to kill everyone in the square or the people in that building. If it had been the former, it wouldn’t have been a big international crisis.

Aged-down Tony is easily the best of that kind of special effect we’ve ever seen. *suppresses memories of CG Leia*

I think that seminar was the first we've seen of the "philanthropist" part of billionaire genius playboy philanthropist. (Donating a collection of modern art to the Boy Scouts is too weird to count.)

Hi Dean Pelton.

Awkward actress recycling! But it was worth it. She’s so good as Mariah.

Vision’s social graces are so funny.

Uggggggh General Ross. Who is now Secretary of State.

Man that footage would’ve made Bruce so sad.

“For the last four years, you’ve operated with unlimited power and no supervision.” Wait does that mean it’s been four years since Winter Soldier? This timeline is a freaking mess.

I know where Thor and Banner are!

Okay, Zimo talks about painstakingly decrypting the Hydra files Nat leaked on the internet, but did he start doing that before Ultron or after? How long has it been since Ultron?

Tony’s face.

What makes this movie so good is that both Tony and Steve have very good points and multiple movies of backstory that brought them to those positions. The Tony of IM1 would’ve been anti-Accords, and the Steve from the ‘40s would’ve been pro-Accords, but here they are now. And the Accords were very inevitable after Ultron.

Noooo Peggy.

Headcanon: the non-Steve pall-bearers were Peggy’s son and grandsons.

“Plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say ‘No. You move.’”

I love that Nat’s priority is sticking together as a team, but she does get Steve’s position. (I mean obviously; she defects to his team halfway through.) Steve’s friendships with Nat and Sam are so wonderful.

Hey T’Challa!

Does the actor who plays T’Chaka have a glass eye? *internet research* Holy crap, he does. This is from John Kani’s IMDB page: Kani lost his left eye during a beating by South African police after returning home from a Broadway production of "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead", which was critical of Apartheid. He survived after being left for dead and subsequently won a 1975 Tony Award for his performance.

They did a really good job introducing T’Challa, and his arc in this movie is excellent.

Dangit Steve and Sharon would’ve kissed if Sam hadn’t interrupted.

More hats and sunglasses. You guys look real suspicious wearing hats and sunglasses INDOORS, especially when you start passing files around.

Man, Bucky just wants to buy some plums. Also, so cool that Seb got to go home to Romania and speak his native language for this bit.

Isn’t it easier to shoot out the lock than all three sets of hinges?

Bucky just came here to buy some plums and honestly he’s feeling so attacked right now.

So much multi-storey falling! I know these guys are all tougher than normal people but it’s still very stressful to watch!

These movies are always doing ridiculously cool things with motorcycles.

Rhodey makes a pretty good enforcer.

Vis and Wanda are adorable. But the conversation about the Mind Stone is really painful now.

The heck?! Tony thinks Wanda is unstable enough to cause another “incident” just by going to the store? Do Tony and Wanda still dislike each other or something? I guess they never reconciled over the whole thing where his tech killed her parents and she used her powers against him.

A fancy pen is not a convincing argument, Tony.

Steve was so ready to be thrilled for Tony if he and Pepper were gonna have a baby!

Tony just called Wanda a weapon of mass destruction. Either he’s playing devil’s advocate or he’s being really unsympathetic right now.

Bucky! Plug your ears and go LALALALALA!

I like how every time someone does the sleeper activation codes, he walks around Bucky in a circle. Is that part of it or just a cool filming thing?

Aaaaargh that elevator shaft fall.

Tony’s face when Bucky fires his gun into his glove.

Nat’s signature move is useless against Bucky.

RECOGNIZE YOU FROM WHEN?! The mission he foiled, or something else? I must know. Please answer this question, Black Widow movie.

Okay. The helicopter thing. It does not make sense. It should’ve just lifted Steve right off the ground. It is capable of carrying several passengers. One dude hanging onto it when there’s only a single occupant would not weigh it down. The part where he holds onto the railing and keeps it from flying away does work, though.

Heeeeey the scene with Bucky’s arm in the clamp is the exact midpoint of the movie. I don’t know why I find that interesting, but suddenly I very much want to analyze the significance of these moments. This one is a major turning point. The revelation of other Winter Soldiers. Team Cap now has an urgent mission.

Tony has an arc reactor scar!

HI PETER! *hug attacks him*

I love every single second of Peter’s intro scene.

“It’s a long story. I was—” “Lordy! Can you even see in these!” Bahaha, Tony cut off even a conversation of origin story.

Okay, the moment Tony leaned forward while Peter was talking obliquely about great power and responsibility. That was when he became emotionally invested in this kid. They’re both motivated by a sense of guilt and obligation.

Wanda and Clint’s methods for getting past Vision makes their team lose a bit of high ground.

Steve and Sharon’s kiss could’ve been handled less like an afterthought, but the reason I’m still cool with it is Sam and Bucky’s reactions.

How’d these three big dudes end up in a little VW Beetle anyway?

Hahaha, each team has a fanboy on it. Scott on Team Cap and Peter on Team Iron Man.

“Thinks for thanking of me!”

Yessss. Airport fight.

Um, why did Tony not even pause when Cap mentioned the other five Winter Soldiers?

Oh Peter I love you so much. And I love that Tom has this rivalry with Anthony and Seb in all the behind the scenes stuff.

“He also said I should go for your legs.” Man this is almost a vine reference.

Scott in Tony’s suit is hilarious.

Scott’s reaction to becoming Giant-Man is probably the single greatest two seconds in the movie.

Man, Clint just wants to make new friends, but T’Challa isn’t interested in this Avenger nonsense.

More tasing!

100%, Peter is trolling these geezers by pretending he’s not a gigantic Star Wars nerd.

It took me several watches to realize that when Scott says “Does anyone have any orange slices,” he’s making a reference to little league sports, and how the moms bring orange slices for after the games.

Tony went to check on Peter even though they hadn’t caught Steve and Bucky yet!

Rhodey’s fall is horrific. And the way they frame it so that you only see the ground when he hits it. Agonizing.

Part of me thinks Rhodey should’ve died right there, but there is rather a lot of precedent for falls not being fatal if you’re in an Iron Man suit. And if he’d died, I don’t think they ever would’ve been able to get past this split. Getting kinda paralyzed is an acceptable compromise.

“Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?” Okay that is a really interesting line. Tony is being pretty egotistical about the concept of surrendering accountability to the UN. He has been rather bad at considering alternatives. Admittedly, he’s on the clock, and then worse people will go after his friends, but he’s allowing for zero nuance here. He knows these people. He knows they don’t do things without good reasons. Steve was right that you can’t let accidents stop you from doing the right thing. Tony is letting it cripple him.

Tony is practically on Team Cap at this point, with the secretly flying after him and all.

Hahaha, Nat has a labeled gun rack. And Bucky is using her guns!

I’m freaking pissed at the trailer for this movie. It would have been a very good twist that instead of going to Siberia to fight five more Winter Soldiers, they were walking into a trap where the in-fighting was about to become far more personal. But I didn’t get to experience that twist, because the trailer includes shots of Tony fighting Bucky and Steve in this location. That trailer made me stop watching trailers entirely for over a year. I do think trailers can be good so you know at least the type of movie you’re about to see, but they should not give away stuff like this. I think Marvel has gotten better at that since then.

Okay, so it’s been over a year since Ultron.

Green is not a flaw in blue eyes, jerk. It’s cool.

Surveillance cameras don’t usually have sound. But oh boy this is devastating.

This moment. Tony coming apart and attacking Bucky. This is exactly the same thing that Peter Quill does to Thanos. This is the reason Tony figures out what Peter’s about to do before he does it and tries to get him to stop and think. But he knows pretty well that there’s no stopping and thinking in a situation like this.

Zimo is a lot like Frank Castle, except that his family died as accidental collateral damage, not a targeted setup.

“The living are not done with you yet.” Such a great line.

“I could do this all day.” Tony has taken the role of the bully from the first one now.

I think for a second, Tony was legit afraid Steve was going to kill him. But Steve was never the one driven to that point. This still does not count as Steve having a dark side.

Okay, Steve dropping the shield was pretty much a concession. You don’t want me using the shield your dad made if my best friend killed him? Fair enough.

TONY STANK.

Tony trolling Secretary Ross will never stop being funny.

Okay, on the whole, while I sympathize more with Cap, I think I’m actually on Team Iron Man when it comes to the Accords. The Accords are an overcorrection of long-running problem. There should have been oversight this entire time, and I think the idea is that SHIELD was that oversight until Winter Soldier. Steve didn’t want to be the dupe of a corrupt system again, so he no longer tolerated oversight, but that really can’t be his call. How transparent are the Avengers being about their missions? He doesn’t run around saving people from street thugs, he does military-style operations all around the world. That’s not the kind of thing anyone should be able to make unilateral decisions about. He’s doing what Tony used to do in his solo films. But now that the PR has gotten bad enough and the novelty of superheroes has worn off, suddenly everyone realizes it’s not a great plan to let them run around unsupervised.

But Cap’s side of the argument is valid too. Superheroes save the world. Collateral damage is a much better outcome than what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been there. Obadiah would’ve continued supplying both sides of conflicts in the Middle East, stoking the fires of war for his own gain. Red Skull would’ve blown up most of the major cities in the US and taken over. Killian would’ve had the world on its knees with his scam. Malekith would’ve destroyed all the nine realms. Loki would’ve taken Earth. Hydra would’ve wiped out anyone who could challenge their reign of terror with Project Insight. Etc. Some of the villains rose up as consequences of the heroes (Ivan, Ultron, and Zimo, for instance), but most of the threats exist independent of the heroes’ actions, which is why we need heroes.

After how much I’ve loved Tony in all the movies so far (though he was a bit iffy in Ultron), I was really surprised by how many moments he has of being kind of a jerk in Civil War. But it doesn’t make me dislike him. This is his guilt complex on overdrive. And losing it over finding out about how his parents died is heartbreaking. But the most redeeming thing for him in the movie is Peter Parker. He recognized a similar guilt-based motivation in Peter while they talked, and in that moment, he became extremely protective of this kid. He brings him in because he knows he’s got a really handy method of incapacitating people without harming them. He’s not recklessly endangering a child, because he knows none of the Avengers will use lethal force. And his concern for Peter’s well-being is actually what costs him victory in the airport fight. He could’ve apprehended Steve and Bucky, but instead he had to make sure Peter was okay.

So...if Thor and Bruce had been in this. Thor wouldn’t be cool with being beholden to Midgardian governments. He cooperates as a courtesy, but he doesn’t actually answer to Earth authority. And I’m pretty sure he’d be very sympathetic to Steve about Bucky, given that it’s a rather similar situation to him and Loki. Bruce, on the other hand, has never felt confident about his ability to stay in control, and he was a major source of collateral damage in multiple countries in Ultron, not to mention the extra footage Ross showed the team. He’d probably think Bucky needs to be under guard for the same reason. I think he’d not only side with Tony but be relieved that Tony was on the side of the Accords. However, you really can’t have two powerhouses like Thor and Hulk in this fight. On their own, they could demolish the entire opposing team. The only option would be to keep them fighting each other the whole time, which would be kind of lame. Much better for them to have a gladiator battle on trash planet where no on else can steal their thunder. (I am not sorry.)

My mind is pretty much blown by how well the MCU has traveled the path from the first few movies to here, and from here to Infinity War. The Avengers have pretty much been getting broken down since Ultron. This was where they fell apart. Infinity War is the consequences of falling apart.