#definitely-not-captain-america

[definitely-not-captain-america]

I'ma say this, especially in lieu of season 3.

One of my favorite things about the Umbrella Academy is what a perfect example they are of a wildly dysfunctional family. Every single one of them is fucked up. They're all dumb, they're self-absorbed, they're assholes, and they still love each other.

I think that hating any one sibling is the wrong way to do it. Some of them have done terrible things that I hate or disagree with. There's no need to excuse them for their behavior, and at the same time, there's so much more to people and life/our minds are just not simple.

Was it okay for Allison to behave how she did for the majority of season 3? No. At the same time, she's grieving. She lost her daughter and her husband, two people she deeply loved and was very committed to. She had relationships with them that the other siblings didn't really get to form with other people (Viktor and Sissy had very different circumstances, Diego and Patch had different circumstances), and people talk about how no one acknowledged Klaus's struggles, or Five's sacrifices, but no one does that for Allison either.

I actually kind of liked how they portrayed her grief. It's not just crying in sweats and an oversized jumper and drinking a mug of tea. Sometimes it's angry, and making really bad decisions, and taking it out on everyone around you. Grief can do terrible things to people, it clouds our judgment more than anything, and while it doesn't make their actions okay, I think we need to give people more space when they grieve. It's a complicated situation and we can't act like it's simple or easy.

Anyway, I'm still team Allison, just like I'm team Everyone Else. I hope she is able to heal and get what she wants and needs in life, and I hope the same for the rest of them. (Ngl, at the end of season 3, I thought she died to save her siblings, and she was in her version of heaven, which ofc would've had Claire and Ray. That's why I thought she wasn't with her siblings. I don't think she was being selfish either, but again, I don't really know what happened, my working theory is still that she died.)

[definitely-not-captain-america]

We had a tomcat that belonged to my neighbor just down the street who roamed around and hung out in other people's yards. He was a big fluffy orange cat named Tiny, and he was friendly and well-socialized, and he liked to rest in our front yard.

We had a coffee table right under the window overlooking our front yard with a cat bed, and our 12 year old cat named Kamoon loved that window and would sit and stare out of it for hours. He was a fancy show cat that my grandma got to keep her original fancy show cat company, so we often joked that when we got Kamoon, we acted as his retirement. If he was walking down the hall and someone was walking towards him, he'd go back the way he came from. Indoor cat through and through, and not real tough.

Then one day Tiny was in our front yard, and Kamoon was incensed. He was a calm cat, never hissed or anything, but he was growling and pacing and thrashing his tail at the window as Tiny rolled around in the grass. My dad opened the front door to shoo Tiny out, and Kamoon, who my dad dubbed the Cowardly Lion, bolted out of the front door and chased Tiny down to the edge of the yard.

Now, Kamoon was a big cat. If he stood on his hind legs, he could see clear over the table and his chest could reach it. Our basement had a low ceiling (about six and a half feet) with large vents, and Kamoon would jump from the ground to the vents and hang out up there. He was big, but he wasn't intimidating. He had tiny little paws and a judgmental stare, but that was it.

Until Kamoon chased Tiny to the edge of the yard. He stood all tall, tilted his head the way cats do when they're being menacing, and he puffed out his fur to look bigger. Tiny cowered and eventually slinked away, and Kamoon came back, did a victory roll in the dirt, and received his fifteen minutes of fame from my family, as well as his new title, Defender of the Realm. Of course, Tiny came back after that, but each time he did we let Kamoon out, and Tiny would slink away again.

Then one night I had a very vivid dream that Tiny was gathering with the other stray cats in the area to stage a coup to overthrow Kamoon. We'd see them meeting in the alley right by our house, and different cats would sit across the street, just watching. One day they surrounded the house, and we tried to chase them off, but some ran inside to usurp the Defender of the Realm.

A few days after that dream, my brother told me he saw Tiny sitting with some other cat outside in the alley by our house, and they kept looking at the window where Kamoon was, watchful as ever. It never came to an official siege of any kind - likely the neighborhood cats were too intimidated by Kamoon to ever attempt such a dangerous feat - and Kamoon remains Defender of the Realm to this day.

Y'know I think of myself as a person with an adequate social life but I just realised that somebody with an adequate social life would not be nearly as invested as I am in the ongoing soap opera drama of my neighbourhood's outdoor cats

[age-of-moonknight]

“Systemic Approach (Part Two),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #64.

Writer: Mat Groom; Penciler and Inker: Caio Majado; Colorist: Pete Pantazis; Letterer: Joe Sabino

[logansgaar]

Bucky "described as academically gifted, reads obscure for the time nerd books, gadgets gadgets gadgets gadgets, is always shown seamlessly using the latest tech and plays into his therapist's perception of him being from the 40s by giving her a flip phone instead of his actual phone so he doesn't have to share his private life with her, literally a cyborg and is deeply socially confused by the modern era" Barnes: I want to spend my last night before the war at NERD CON and forget my date exists, omg look Steve the car flew!!

Steve "described as a strategic genius yet punched a monitor screen thinking it would stop an AI, cares that the tech works so he can break it/crash it/cause anarchy with it, 'it appears to run on some kind of electricity', practicality is the goal unless it's fun to be Extra, famously uses the same weapon he used in the 40s, and collects friends like Pokémon everywhere he goes in the modern era" Rogers seeing a flying car: ...huh yeah that's real cool Buck. anyway, I'm gotta go break the law for the sixth time brb

[imomnba-x07]

Ridiculous to me that years after the show I’m still forced to argue with Bucky Stans about treating Sam like an actual human instead of just a trauma therapist I’m loosing my goddamn mind. Some of yall need some serious reevaluation about how you understand the underlying principles of mental illness and how unjustified trauma does not excuse unjustifiable behavior. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUCKY PUTTING BLAME ON SAM. Bucky even recognized his wrong doing and apologized so why are some people still trying to make excuses for the guy when even he wasn’t excusing his own behavior???? What are we doing??? Why are we still having to have the same conversations over and over again???

[fiprobably]

fun fact: i am now officially able to go to jail

another fun fact: i draw my fav ship on my birthday

[episteme-agape]

Popping back on Tumblr for a hot sec because no one irl that I know can appreciate this but...

MY PROF WORKS FOR MARVEL AS A CONSULTANT FOR ALL THEIR SCIENCE-Y SERUMS!!

She literally told us that she helped to develop what the super soldier serum would be if it actually existed and how it would impact a literal human being to make it more realistic. She also said she developed other things for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and other Marvel works??? But didn't go into detail about all that stuff. I am just LOSING my mind!!

She's going to San Diego Comic Con, Dragon Con, and a few other big cons this year (and goes to them a lot) as a Marvel affiliate scientist and speaks at panels on the works she's done for them

And she just causally dropped this in class and now I am losing my mind

[incorrect-marvel-because-why-not]

Do you think that if Steve had still had his shield he would have offered it for Bucky's arm?

Think about it-

The Wakandans were doing a huge favor for Bucky (and by extension- Steve). Neither Steve nor Bucky would want to take one of their resources -certainly not one as coveted as vibranium- for any reason.

But Bucky's HYDRA Arm was probably very heavy and likely hurt quite a bit. He may have tuned the pain out, but taking that arm off must have been a relief. Vibranium, however, is very light- the perfect material for a robotic limb.

So Steve probably would have offered the tiny bit of vibranium he had to keep Bucky comfortable, even if he had to destroy a national treasure to do so.

[steph-the-4th-robin]

Day 18 of Characters That Are Definitely Queer but Comics Won’t Let Them Be:

Bucky Barnes

[incorrectquotesmcu]

Tony: I want to do something for humanity.

Sam: How about sterilization?

[definitely-not-captain-america]

The Magnus Archives entities in tarotesque style from TMA wiki. Part 3/3.

Artist unknown. Please message me if you know the artist so I can give credit.

[twilight-zoned-out]

Do you ever think about how lonely Steve must have felt during the first Avengers film? He’s only 27, but everyone treats him like his technical age of 94. He’s in an environment that should feel familiar to him but instead feels completely different. He’s trying to get his head around 70 years worth of missed history on top of readjusting to civilian life. And then he’s pushed into a dysfunctional group, and he has to take charge, because if he doesn’t take charge then everyone is going to die.

[siancore]

I say this in the most unhinged, obsessive, lovestruck way possible:

🗣️ Sam Wilson

[lavenderpanic]

I am way too invested in Stucky and probably overreacting about the whole poll thing but I find it so gross that OFMD fans (just the ones who have been overly antagonistic, I'm sure most of you guys are just happy and supporting a ship that you like) have been mocking Stucky fans for shipping something that was never made canon because I think that's genuinely what makes Stucky such a beautiful ship. In the face of homophobia, the homophobia of Steve and Bucky's universe and of ours, thousands of people have found love and beauty and have created entire works of literature and enduring quotes and defined an era of media consumption in the face of the queerbaiting epidemic of the 2010's. I PROMISE YOU, you would not have your queer pirate show without the overwhelming love that fandom spaces showed for queer relationships in the 2010's, and particularly without the love that fans have for Steve and Bucky.

[emjee]

Olivia Rodrigo: drops all-american bitch

Bucky Barnes to love of his life Steve Rogers: awww babe look they’re still writing songs about you

[liquorwrist]

bucky: whats more important peggy or us

steve: peggy (leaves for the past)

sam: man he didnt even think about it