#he has one w bucky too but its just him throwing bucky like a football

[rainblescake]

So I remembered that one image of Stephen Hillenburg holding spongebob in his hands and like. Come on. Tell me Rex wouldn't also have a picture like that somewhere. You can't.

original image down here

[collisiondiscourse]

SKSKSKSKSKSK CODI CODI PLEASE I LOVE DADRAGON HISASHI PLS CAN I GET A COUPLE HCS

*SLAMS DESK* THANK HECK SOMEONE ASKED ME BECAUSE I *LOVE* TALKING ABOUT MY MENTAL IMAGE FOR HISASHI MIDORIYA

listen. ok. in my mind, hisashi is the COOLEST DAD EVER. THE COOL ONE EVERYONE *WISHES* THEY HAD

-he has red hair and bright green eyes and freckles EVERYWHERE just like deku. except i hc that his firebreathing thing is partially a dragon thing!! so he has little horns on top of his head and a few patchy areas with scales. he looks COOL ASF until u get to the back n see his tiny ass wings that dont do nuthin

inko makes fun of his stubby wings so much n hes always like "BAAAABE STOP U KNOW I WAS BORN LIKE THIS 😭" but its ok bc he still luvs her

HE. DRESSES. HORRIBLY. Like im talkin stupid unbuttoned polos with band shirts underneath and ratty ass jeans. he wears socks and sandals and sometimes even jorts. hes always wearing like 30 unmatched pieces of jewelry bc hes a dragon and he HOARDS

most of the jewelry is handmade bracelets izuku sent him as a kid and he NEVER TAKES THEM OFF even if theyre literally falling apart

AND LIKE. OK. DEKUS RED SHOES RIGHT?? HE ACTUALLY GOT THOSE FROM HIS DAD WHO BOUGHT HIM AND BAKUGOU MATCHING RED AND BLUE ONES AND A RED ADULT SIZED PAIR FOR HIMSELF TOO. bakugou stopped wearing them after he grew out of them but IZUKU AND HISASHI ARE STUBBORN MFS N WEAR THE SAME SHOES EVERYDAY.

dekusquad jokingly is always like "ahh finding the male midoriyas in a crowd is always easy! just look for them big ass red shoes ✌"

all that aside tho. if u look past the disastrous fashion sense. hisashi midoriya is HOT hot.

LIKE. ok. hes mostly lean w a bit of chub, from working as a successful barista in america, and hes also TALL AS HECK. hes like. maybe a few inches shorter than all might. bottomline is that hes REALLY ATTRACTIVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN INKO DRESSES HIM UP

and when deku introduces him to 1A and his teachers for the first time everyones looking at hisashi n blushing n they look at deku n theyre all like "....dude"

(and maybe because they notice the fact that deku actually looks pretty similar to his dad 1A starts to realize that deku isnt actually that plain when you stare at his face long enough and oh wow uh—"

ANYWAY katsuki 💯 had a crush on dekus dad when he was younger. mitsuki makes fun of her son like ALL THE TIME for having a crush on her best friend. hisashi demonstrated his quirk once in front of the bakugous to show off a bartending trick and that was literally the first time katsuki ever complimented a quirk aside from his own

hisashi and deku at the same time combining their adorable energy: kacchan!!

katsuki, furiously blushing: STOP

anyway aside from katsuki—uraraka, todoroki, and shinsou DEFINITELY also have a crush on dekus dad. NO ONE CAN FIGHT ME ON THIS. obvs everyone in UA thinks hisashi's cool and SMOKIN, but those four have it like BAD.

SO BAD.

dekus oblivious to this. so is hisashi. he goes up to shouto once and ruffles his hair and calls him sport and todoroki sets his desk on fire.

uraraka keeps making things float accidentally because she gets sidetracked staring at deku and his dad side by side and "oh wow they both have a freckle on the back of their neck just a little below their left ears—"

shinsou just. goes up to deku n hands him a note that says "get ur dad out of my school"

BUT THE FUNNIEST PART THO. THE FUNNIEST PART.

all might has a crush on hisashi too.

LIKE HISASHI COMES BACK TO JAPAN N IS ALL LIKE "wow i miss being here! is all might still no. 1? hows my son doing? america was so stressful! im so glad to be back in sweet home musutafu :)"

n then he comes home and all mights eating ice cream on the couch cursing at the football game on TV

hisashi: ....all might-san?

toshinori: u-aH? uh? good evening er. uh. mr. midoriya?? welcome home! im going to gay—i mean go!!

hisashi: w—

toshinori, panicking and reverting to symbol of peace dealing with PR mode: ENJOY YOUR SON! HAVE A NICE STAY! DONT DO DRUGS *leaves house in sweatpants and slams the door shut*

toshinori, internally: oh my god what the fuck what the fuck is this a quirk am i dying

when it calms down tho toshinoris still a blushing stuttering mess buT AT LEAST YK WHAT?? they bond over talking about america and deku!!

they both go on long af rambles about american lifestyles n all the weird people theyve met while in there and then they start throwing around words like bucky's convenience store and bubba gump shrimps and everyone stops listening

izuku notices how weird his mentor is around his dad but doesnt rlly care bc two!!! two father figures!!!! and a mom figure!!!!! they all play (quirk powered) dodgeball every other sunday while 1A watches in a mix of horror, attraction, and unbridled joy.

toshinori: oh my god why did they both have to be hot. why couldnt it have just been inko? thats easier to deal with. i cant do both. i cant HANDLE both. who allowed this? why?

aizawa: how the fuck did you get into my office its 4 am yagi.

[avengersapology-vid]

Avengers: College Edition

Steve: Criminal Justice and Studio Art double major. He doesn't want to torture himself with anything difficult and still wants to study what he loves. He is still an over achiever though. Highkey hates frat parties, saw someone twerking upside down and almost cried but stayed because hes the designated driver (responsible KING). prefers small get togethers with his friends. Roommates with sam and bucky!! Joins Criminal Justice club, jokingly rivals with Engineering (Tonys Club) Everyone on campus loves him including the professors, wins Homecoming king and is very happy. Sam jokingly asks to be his queen, Bucky butts in and says "NO, im his queen". Can be found in the library or art studio, usually with ink or pencil markings on his hands.

Tony: Obvi an engineering KING has physics as a minor. procrastinates to the max "No Bruce I have everything under control" *crams for 46 hours straight on a constant IV drip of Redbull and coffee* Super smart and helps draw the blueprint for the new engineering building. Roomies with Bruce! Tony was in a frat for a bit his freshmen year but hated it and wanted real friends (Throws better parties anyway) met Bruce and all the other avengers during a 1301 intro class. Pulls women like no tomorrow. On the presidents list every semester and tutors math for free on the side. He is basically the Dad in STEM. Tries hitting on Natasha but she is just like :/ nah, when her and bruce start dating tony is surprised because bruce is his "quiet little cinnamon roll." Tony constantly teases bruce and is like "yall fuckin (;" Steve butts in "tONY PLZ I JUST WANT TO WATCH THIS MOVIE" Bruce is thankful for steves intervention. You know how he rivals Steves Criminal Justice club? He butts heads with Business Clubs leader (Pepper) until everyone catches them together at a party. Has a caffeine addiction. Works out with Thor and Bucky one day in the rec and almost dies.

Bruce: Physics and Engineering double major (Hardworking KING) In math club with Vision and Wanda. He loves being roomies with Tony because it helps him out of his shell. Likes to draw with Steve sometimes and enjoys the quiet. Doesn't procrastinate and gets things done in a timely manor. 4.0 icon we all strive to be. Him and Nat already know each other, but bond and get a lot closer while studying in the library and they eventually start dating. He takes her coffee when she works across campus and is always almost late to class because of that (He doesn't care though bc thats his BABY) "Um.. Bruce your class is in 5 minutes" "Okay and?.....Wait I have an ex-" *Sprints to his building* Takes boxing at night with Thor, Bucky, Sam and Steve!!! Loves sparring with Thor and can surprisingly take the big buy on pretty well. Gets his butt kicked by Natasha in a MMA class though.

Natasha: Majors in Criminal Justice and Minors in Psychology. Ballet club AND MOCK TRIAL!! Has a Job at the Criminal Justice Deans office and takes MMA classes on the side. She is on Mock Trial with Loki and they actually get along quiet well once they stop butting heads about the case. Introduces Sam and Wanda to dance and they have so much fun. Coffee dates with Bruce!! Her and Steve become RAs in the following years and are the coolest RAs you know. Prefers night classes, Bruce walks her to all of them. Psychology classes are her favorite and really wants to help children one day. Volunteers at a daycare during breaks. Sis can really out drink Tony and Thor. Puts Wanda under her wing and helps her with fafsa and what not. Her and Bucky get the Russian language credit by simply testing out. Has her sh!t together and while she has a lot on her plate she can take it. She is really the Mom of the group. Can be found dancing or with Bruce. Her and Clint are icons in psychology classes.

Clint: Deaf Studies with education minor! (we stan deaf clint in the comics) In the Archery club and wins nationals for the Uni. Loves to draw with Steve. Helps Bruce ask Natasha out! PRANK ICON! loves to do prank wars with tony, bucky, loki and sam. Was in the same frat with Tony but hated it as well. While he seems to have a more reserved demeanor he is still the life of the party. (Like he knows people at the clubs ya know?) Can get in anywhere and helps everyone rent out a club for the night in celebration of midterms being over. Loves reading in the library and loves morning classes and being productive early in the day. Cracks Tonys netflix and hulu passwords (no tony... tonyr0cks69 is not good enough) Wants to teach at a school for the Deaf. Bruce sets him up with a girl from engineering and that is his future wife.

Thor: Physical Education major and Communications minor! Here on a football scholarship and is in a frat (not the asshole one tony was in) and is a partying ICON. Tries to get Loki to party but Loki just wants to drink wine with the cat he snuck into his dorm. Learns Sign from Clint to prepare for his career in education. Loves working out with Bucky, Sam and Steve. Takes up boxing during football off season and spars with Bruce. Despite being everyones fav himbo he gets really good grades and is a very good writer. Loki dorms across the hall from him. Thor actually rooms with Peter. Peter is the freshman baby and Thor takes peter under his wing and introduces him to everyone and helps him with college stuff in general. Also hooks him up with MJ and brings him to the occasional boxing session. Has a loud booming laughter you can hear in all floors of the library when he sees a funny meme. One time he actually makes a very good point and notices a flaw in one of Tony and Bruces projects leaves everyone stunned. Picks on Loki in big brother fashion. Unironically calls weed the devils lettuce.

Loki: Pre-Law and Criminal Justice. LOVES to argue. (Devils advocate ass) In Mock Trial and Criminal Justice Club. Tony jokingly calls him steves sexy secretary in CJ club. Loves Mock Trial and is the president with Nat as his right hand woman. Sneaks a cat he found at the shelter into his dorm and names it muffin. Stays in the Library writing or going over cases. The one time he was taking Natasha a copy of the Mock Trial case packet and caught her and bruce smooching. (He screeched) "Haha funny joke yall heres the case packet BYE." He automatically texts the group chat "i think nAT AND BRUCE HAVE SOME TEA FOR US HMM". Lets Peter and Bruce come over to his dorm because he knows their roommates can get a little too much sometimes. Loki also becomes an avid twitter user and thats how he gains popularity on campus. (He called the uni out for their awful and expensive parking) Was able to convince the Dean with tony and steve to create a new parking lot. Caffeine addict!!! Him and Tony always bump into each other at the coffee shop. Brings baked goods to meet ups with the gang. Loves to play pranks (especially on Tony) Him and Bucky come up with a genius prank on him and even get pepper involved. Best dressed on campus and is in the fashion club. He is the embodiment of dark academia.

Sam: Criminal Justice Major with Aerospace Engineering minor. Gets introduced to Bucky and Steve during move in and they literally become brothers. Is both in Criminal Justice Club and Engineering Club. In the Historically Black Frat on campus and takes huge pride in that. Parties with tony and thor BIG TIME. Procrastinates by throwing paper airplanes at Bucky until Bucky is like "Um...dude your paper is due in like two hours." At that moment Sam got into work faster than he ever had. Loves gossip sessions with Loki and Wanda. Works out a lot with Bucky, Steve and Thor to get rid of stress. When he and Bucky finish a final they go to loki's dorm and ask "Hey can we see your cat." Helps prep food for friends-giving and decorates the dorm for holidays. HATES 8ams so so so much. Steve promises him pancakes if he gets up and goes. Binge watches shows during weekends and screams when Destiel is finally canon. Loves running and gets a Track Scholarship when Thor gets him to join a sport. Gets Peter to join track.

Bucky: criminal justice major and psychology minor. Buck is also in ballet club with Nat, it really helps him relax and gives him a free space to think (also he runs that shit like no ones business) Criminal justice club as well and LOVES to work out and box. One time Sam accompanies him to ballet and Bucky pushes Sam into a split... the scream was heard for miles. "Sam ballet is good for athletes it helps w-" "Yeah but its not good for my balls" Doesn't willingly procrastinate but once in awhile he will forget an assignment, you best believe his eyes will snap open from his nap and get to work asap. For one of his psyche labs he had to question Steve as if he were Steve's therapist to which Steve responds "Hey bro you dont have to hit a nerve that deep" He also likes to do dance with peter since it helps him get away from Thor for a bit. Not a big partier but once the weight of finals are off his chest you best believe he will go all out. Picks on Nat and says hes gonna steal her man, to which tony interjects and says "Not if I do first" Bucky also has a very comfy dorm, comfy lighting and tons of pillows, the man loves his sleep... and so does everyone else. Sometimes he finds peter, sam, THOR, tONY EVERYONE just napping in his bed before their study time. Overall, bucky is a smart boy and his time in college is kind to him.

Wanda: English Major and Education Minor. After being an orphan Wanda knows what it feels like to not have a parental figure there and she wants to change that for other kids by becoming an english teacher. She volunteers at an orphanage, specifically the one her and pietro were in for a brief moment when they came to the states. She loves to draw as well and takes plenty of art classes with steve. She paints a portrait of the entire gang and gives it to tony as a graduation present (he cried). She loves to do volunteer work for children and also spend a lot of time in the library, She helped Nat calm down before Bruce asked her out. Her and Loki are in constant competition for best dressed. "Loki ill let you win best dressed but you have to let me see your cat" "ugh fine... btw your shirt doesnt match your boots" "hEY" Her and Peter take alot of intro classes together and are constantly running around craft stores trying to get the right stuff for projects. Visits Vision at his Job on Campus and he visits her where she volunteers and eventually they start dating. She is constantly getting visited by pietro at 4am asking "Um do you have milk" "Pietro its 4am what do you ne-" "my OREOS"

Pietro: Track star business major, frat ICON with Thor. poor boy is STRESSED he hates college and is here on a track scholarship, constantly late and running around getting shit done. Queen of late assignments but still gets them graded because he is in Track. Yeah he has alot on his plate but he still parties with thor for hours. When he is drowning in assignments Clint is always there to help him, Bruce also helps him with biology and the more science-y classes. Likes to mess around and race sam at track practice. Not into coffee but will run on all the monster energy drinks you could possibly buy. Seriously is tired of 8 a.m courses, he just wants to nap after practice. Walks into the study room that everyone was in and actually looks more sleep deprived than tony. He gets a lot of tips from steve on how to have an easier time in college and it really helps him.

Vision: Grad student working on a civil engineering masters and a TA. Meets Wanda in the library and she asks him where the biographies are. He mistakenly says they are on the 2nd floor "Uh theyre actually on the third" "Then why did you ask?" "Cause I wanted to talk to you :)" He swooned. Through Wanda he met Tony and Bruce and became their best friend, He helped out a lot with engineering club and got them far. He spends a lot of time doing research for his masters degree, he loves relaxing with the group on weekends and picks on pietro as if he is already apart of the family. Him and Loki bond over intellectual conversations from time to time. Bruce and Nat go on double dates with him and Wanda. Went to a bar once with tony and bruce and had to stop tony from singing Queens entire discography, he had the best night that night. Helps everyone with getting into jobs and into grad school in general while everyone helps him let loose and have some fun.

Peter: Peter is a Physics major and eventually works his way up to biochemistry. (hardworking icon) He is the freshman baby of the group and is introduced to them through Thor. He dances with Buck and Nat sometimes as well. Tony obviously takes peter under his wing and helps him with assignments. One time everyone was in the same study room and him and pietro have a redbull shot gunning challenge. When Peter wins Thor picks him up and almost yeets the poor boy into the ceiling. "VERY WELL DONE YOUNG PARKER YOU SHOULD BE DOING THAT WITH BEER IN NO TIME." "Thor plz" Tony and Thor help him ask MJ out and even spy on them during a dinner date. (Imagine thor with sunglasses and a scarf around his head pretending to be tonys date) He feels so accepted in college because of the gang and gets all his work done on time. Goes out of his way to get everyone christmas presents and is so excited for friendsgiving. Becomes a little stressball during finals and midterms and stays in the library till it closes. He spots loki alot in there and helps loki with science classes while loki helps him with political science classes. He meets MJ through wanda and is obviously blushing the whole time while being introduced. Gets embarrassed when the guys flirt with aunt may. "guys plz stop" This is when Sam earns his "milf hunter" nickname. "Pete hows your aunt?" "She doesnt want you sam i-" its not like that... actually it is like that"

Coulson: Alumni Icon. Is the gangs Intro professor and is the reason why everyone meets eachother. (the class was chaotic indeed) Coulson loved that class so much and he still gets visited by everyone from time to time. He is obviously close with Nick. They were there that night when Tony was signing Queen at the bar and couldnt help but laugh.

Nick Fury: Dean for criminal justice and is heavily involved with criminal justice club and mock trial. He is tired of everyones shit as always. Makes a tiktok account for the criminal justice club and has no idea how to manage social media so gets Loki to help. Has to delete it when Loki commented "hah losers" on the engineering tiktoks page. He looks intimidating but in his office he has a picture with the club and has all the gifts he gets on display. (He even framed lokis comment because it was hilarious afterall)

[precise-magic]

ENDGAME KILLED ME

Okay, so I'm just gonna rant and yall ain't gotta read jack squat. this is for me to find in a couple of years and hate myself for ;)

WHAT THE FUCKITY FUCK FUCK WAS UP WITH NAT DYING LIKE AND TONY DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER AND STEVE WENT BACK TO PEGGY AND TONY AND HOWARD AND LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI LOKI 

Okay. One thing at a time

I was a little bitch and found it online first, and then went to go see it in the theaters cause I had to work opening weekend and Spoilers are a botch. also, I knew i would be crying a lot and so I was able to pause it while I was at home so its fine don't worry about it. 

But like. 

the opening, with Clint, teaching his daughter to shoot a bow, and then his family dying. I was crying. weeping. wasn’t sobbing yet.

tony and nebula playing paper football was great. thank you. like we got to see tony and nebula interact and nebula was stiff and awkward but not trying to kill Tony and Tony totally let her win and I love him for it. so much. I'm crying again. it's fine. 

!!!!!!!!!!!!! rocket and nebula holding hands was so sweet!! it really shows you how upset they are cause of !!!!!!!!!!! yeah and nebula lost her sister, and then the rest of the Avengers. she failed.she couldn't even avenge her sister. and rocket. lost Groot once? and now it's even more painful. and he lost the rest of the guardians. and they only have each other now and I'm going to die

tony saying “I lost the kid” came into my house and shot me point blank in the chest

Tony yelling at Steve and throwing a fit was not what I expected and it upset me cause it was like watching your parents argue before the divorce. but yeah he was justified i believe. 

Carol showing up was great and i loved her and Thor interacting!! 

The first 20 minutes came into my house and shot me in the head cause that’s not how i was expecting this movie to go and I love it

Thanos destroying the stones. it makes sense now but before i saw the movie i never would’ve thought of it!!!

A rat saves the universe. Okay but how did strange know that the rat would do it like??? time magic wibbly wobbly stuff i guess

Also scott being the one to come up with the plan!! Love it!! ANd poor cassie!! 

TONY STARK HAS A DAUGHTER! SHES  ADORABLE AND ID KILL FOR HER TBH

I WANNA SEE MORGAN AND PETER INTERACT OKAY BYE 

I’m trying to remember the order it happened like?? its so much but im not complaining!!!

yeah just time travel. not what i was expecting

OKAY SO 

Steve, scott, and tony go back to 2012-the first avengers movie. Loki gets the Tesseract, and he disappears. that prompts tony seeing his dad and steve seeing peggy in 1970

but

Thor and rocket go to The Dark World movie. who cares what year. but it’s after 2012-the avengers. YOU SEE LOKI THERE. how? why? did they explain it and i missed it? is loki going to pop back up somehwere? I’m confused? is loki going to end up alive like gamora did? its past gamora brought into the present? its past loki brought into the future by him not being on that ship when thanos comes for the tesseract? how does the dark world happen w/o loki? how does Ragnorok happen? I am confusion. time travel logic confuses me unless its back to the future time travel logic. 

Okay so the hulk. I’m cool with this development, I feel like the last movies with the hulk were leading up to this and it wasn't just hastily written into canon unlike somethings *cough* clint’s family in Age of Ultron *cough cough* what with the hulk leaving in age of Ultron and then him Ragnarok and his character in infinity war 

my dad, on the other hand, is not going to be happy. I already texted him. He’s not happy with me

Okay so the ancient one already knew about strange??? like?? But then it leaves her and bruce not fighting and she’s like, “ well he must’ve had a reason” and i respect that 

also the wizards fighting in 2012 was wrapped up in a nice little bow

steve fighting steve was great 

steve being a smart cookie and saying “hail hydra” was neat but now the hydra dude are going to be confusion? and poor past steve, he has to fight himself and he heard “bucky is alive” hell think it was a joke and then when bucky is alive the guilt;’( i would feel guilty anyways) also i expect lots and lots of fanfic for me to read about steve finding bucky faster

Tony getting to talk to his dad!! Im so happy!! It s so great!! if only he got to see his kid again before he died!! 

natasha... and clint.... i.... 

i watched the first avengers movie when i was aboutttt 10? i remember seeing nat kick ass. I loved their interactions. I . I knew she was going to be the one to die. i knew as soon as i saw them and only them there. the writers weren’t going to kill clint cause he was trying to get his family back nad they already established that the avengers was nat’s family. i cried then. im crying now. but seeing thise two genuinely willing to die so the other didn't?? that’s some good shit you can @ me if you like. and i dont feel like it took away from nat’s character. did tony’s sacrifice take away from his? no. no it didn’t  i just wish that there had at least been clint lighting a candle for her at the end of the movie. some form of recognition. but thats what fics are for i guess

also her words were “see yall in a sec” or smthg like that before they all went into the past  and im not okay 

this ended up being longer than i intened.... im not even finished yet... ill just hit the high highlights from here on out

loki. love him. can’t wait to see more him

they really hyped up captain marvel wayyyyyy too much for my taste but she’s still badass and i love her

the peter and tony hug i was very grateful for but at that moment i knew tony was going to die. and so i cried twice as hard

pepperoni being the strongest they’ve ever been and I'm fucking here for it

or well i was...

steve wielding thor’s hammer (i cant spell, sue me) was great and i was happy all the way Up until his shield broke

tony’s funeral as really well done. the arc reactor pepper gave to tony, Harley being there, everyone being there. it was good. i cried. really loud. so yeah. his hologram. he fucking planned for dying so im not okay

also strange and the whole “if i tell you it won’t happen” what did that mean? that if he tells tony that tony will die he won’t snap??? uhhh sounds fake but okay marvel

peter is so going to have a shit ton of nightmares from when he was hugging the gauntlet on the ground and then the badass ladies coming to save him 

great scene by the way 9/10. would be 10/10 but no Natasha 

i wanna see harley and peter interact and be great big brothers to morgan

Steve going back in time was some utter fucking bullshit. that deserves it’s own rambling post from me so watch out for that mess i’ll post at a later date

all in all(that wasn’t everything I assure you I'm just tired) 

I loved the movie. It didn’t let me down like Age of Ultron did. It seemed, to me anyways, to have fewer comedy moments than many of the earlier movies which is to be expected. I did not see the plot line with the time travel and the five year time skip though. I was not expecting that at all. thoroughly enjoyed it though, cause I had no expectations on what was going to happen. They kept dead/present! gamora dead but replaced her with past! gamora which im cool with i want more sisterly bonding with her and nebula and i can’t wait to see her and quill interact again. no bringing nat back, which i would’ve felt cheap if they had tried. like she sacrificed herself so clint could be with his family. if they could’ve just brought back whoever had died, it takes the weight away from the decision and cheapens her death. same with tony’s. i hate it so fucking much but the symbolism and the poetics ending of him anwsering thanos’s “I am inevitable” at the end of the film (which past-in-the-present him parroted from past present him the beginning of the film) with “I am Iron man” from the first film I just.... fucking died and ascended. my body left my soul... I lovedit. And the parallels with peter and him and peter died last time, tony died this time. Im not crying, you are. and yeah.. 

I hated it so much. But they did it really well. and pepper told him he could rest now. 

Basically. It was a great movie. was it perfect? no. but what movie is? This movie was great and you can fight me on it thank you and good night <3

[onemuseleft]

Steve/Tony, number 19 for the AU meme!

When Steve gets there the classroom is mostly empty. “You’re the second wave,” a cheerful young woman in a rainbow plaid shirt tells him. She has a clipboard. “Parents A-M have left already and we’re starting on the back end of the alphabet now. Grab a seat, have some coffee. There’s crackers and stuff if you get hungry. And feel free to look around the classroom if you like. We had the kids decorate so you could see some of what they’ve been working on.”

He’d left Jamie in the gym where a handful of harassed looking teachers were trying to get a hundred kids under the age of six to play dodgeball by the rules. The odds hadn’t looked to be in their favor when Steve left. 

The classroom is bright and cheery with artwork on the walls and shelves full of storybooks and art supplies. There’s a corner in the back of the room with a throw rug and a bunch of pillows, and lots and lots of toys. Steve’s been in the room before but it had been over the summer when Dr. Foster was still getting her classroom set up. This was the first time he was getting the full impact of it and it hit him, hard, like a punch to the sternum that Jamie was going to school here, that his kid was getting the chance Steve hadn’t.

He’d gotten lucky. Natasha had found out about the Maria Stark Foundation from a friend of hers who worked at Stark Tower as an admin, and the friend had managed to get the application directly to the head of the program. Steve had had to pay application fees and for Jamie’s school uniforms, but Jamie’s tuition was guaranteed through fourth grade.

And now his kid went to school in a warm, dry, clean building full of toys and staffed with men and women who were at the top of their field.

It wouldn’t solve all their problems, but Steve knew how the world worked. Hard work counted for a lot but connections counted for a lot more. It was cheating, and for himself Steve railed against it, but all bets were off for his kid’s education. 

He walked through the classroom slowly, running his fingers over the shiny covers of the picture books on the shelves, and feeling vaguely like a giant next to the tiny chairs and low tables. 

The back wall was a huge corkboard covered in artwork. Crayon, pencil, markers, watercolors. Steve’s eye was drawn to it instantly and he gave up resisting the urge to investigate. There were literally dozens of drawings, arranged in bundles of five or six, all by the same kid. Steve saw a bunch of flower pictures by a girl named Suzie and lots of pictures of houses and families and things that were either horses or dogs (or very large mice, Steve couldn’t tell). 

There was a surprisingly good drawing of a bright red robot fighting a dinosaur and Steve traced his fingers over the bright red and orange fire the dinosaur was shooting out of its mouth (dragon?) with a strange sense of wistfulness. As a kid, having access to art supplies like that would have been… heaven. 

Oh, he didn’t regret joining the Army or anything that came after, but part of him had always wished he hadn’t had to give up on art, that he’d had the supplies and the training and the talent to pursue it further than as a hobby.

There are a few other drawings, all in colored pencil. The same robot versus unicorn, robot versus a tank, robot versus a clown and robot versus something Steve couldn’t for the life of him identify that looked like… one of those adjustable desk lamps maybe? He looked at it a little closer and that was when he noticed the child’s name.

Jamie.

Steve almost felt like his heart was skipping a beat. He’d never known Jamie liked to draw? Or that he could draw so well - it’s obviously the work of a kindergartner but there’s a real sense of perspective and dimension, a bit of natural talent mixed in with the robot enthusiasm.

He was excited, honestly. This was something he knew about, he could really share this with Jamie. He was already planning a trip to Michael’s on the way home, to stock up on supplies: paper, sketchpads, maybe some charcoals and pastels. Did they make child-sized easels? They must somewhere, he could look on Amazon when they got home. And Crayola of course, one of everything so Jamie could experiment and get a feel for his favorite medium.

“Thank god for trust funds, huh?”

Steve started, so absorbed in his planning that he hadn’t even noticed the other man come up beside him. “Sorry?”

The man smiled. He was handsome, in a way Steve couldn’t help but appreciate. Steve’s height, give or take an inch, with very dark, wavy hair that turned to curls at the very end and was stylishly disheveled. His eyes were a vivid shade of blue and his features were just a little too sharp to be really classic. His mouth was pulled into a sideways smirk - more amused than sarcastic, Steve thought, though the goatee gave him a bit of a devilish look to him. He was wearing a black t-shirt under a worn blue flannel and a pair of jeans that looked like they’d been designer before someone spilled motor oil on them. They were worn at the cuffs and thin around the thighs and knees, worn in. 

The guy crossed his arms and the material pulled tight across his shoulders and biceps. Also this guy had a gym membership somewhere. Steve blinked and dragged his eyes back up to the guy’s face.

“I hear the whole starving artist thing isn’t as sexy as they make it look on TV,” the guy said. He studied Jamie’s drawings. “I mean, okay, it’s early years yet, the kid might have a knack for something more marketable down the line. But this screams “future comic book artist” to me, so probably better to just start saving now, right?”

“What’s wrong with being a comic book artist?” Steve snapped. He took a step forward, partially blocking the guy’s view of the pictures. His heart was beating fast, and he could feel anger surging through his spine. Who the hell did this guy think he was? Who thought it was okay to talk shit about someone else’s kid’s (any kid’s) artwork? “If Jamie wants to draw comic books when he grows up that’s fine. The world needs more art in it and I’d rather have my kid grow up and actually create something in this world than be marketable off the backs of other people’s work.”

The guy gave him a sideways look. “She.”

Steve stopped short of his next sentence - he’s not sure, actually, what it was going to be but he’s probably perilously close to saying something that’s going to start a real fight. “What?”

“Jamie,” the guy says. He doesn’t look mad. A little bemused maybe. “Jamie’s a girl. And you’re right, if she wants to draw comic books when she grows up, that’s fine. I was trying to joke and obviously failed. Sorry. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re an artist?”

“I’m a cop,” Steve said. “Jamie’s a boy.”

The guy lifted one perfectly shaped brow. “Um.”

“Jamie’s dad!”

The cheerful teacher’s assistant was standing in the doorway of the classroom with her clipboard. She beamed in their general direction. “We’re ready for you!”

Steve nodded and stepped forward.

And so did the handsome guy.

“What-” Steve started to ask, but the teacher’s assistant cut him off. 

“Sorry! Sorry! We’re going alphabetically today, Mr. Stark. Jamie Rogers’ dad is up first.”

The guy - Stark, gestured for Steve to proceed. “No problem, Darcy. I didn’t realize there were two Jamies this year.”

Steve felt his stomach drop and almost closed his eyes in embarrassment. Oh no.

She grinned and rolled her eyes at him, obviously long-acquainted. “Oh, the terror twins. We can’t let them sit next to each other anymore, you know. They just team up against all the other kids and rule the classroom like tiny despots. It’s super cute, though, I have video. I’ll show you after.”

“It’s been less than a month!” Stark said. “How much terror could they really have wreaked?”

Darcy stuck her tongue out at him. “I was there for pre-K, Tony. Your kid convinced the entire class that we were all going to die in a black hole when they turned on the Large Hadron Collider last year. We had to send home notes. And half the parents didn’t even know what the Large Hadron Collider was and thought we’d let their kids see porn. Dr. Banner turned so red I thought his head was going to explode.”

Tony was grinning, clearly proud. “Embarrassed or angry at their shameless lack of basic knowledge of scientific and current events?”

“You know which one,” Darcy said. “Go away and stop distracting me. Mr. Rogers, come this way, Dr. Foster is ready for you.”

Tony was already turning away, attention back on the wall of art and studying Jamie’s - the wrong Jamie, Steve realized with a little pang of disappointment and more than a little embarrassment - artwork again. Steve wasn’t quite sure how to apologize for the misunderstanding and Darcy is waiting, so he went off to meet Dr. Foster. 

She was wonderful - bright and pleasant, but very serious as they discussed Jamie’s progress. He was already spelling words - Steve had been reading to him and working on the alphabet at home, so he was pleased to see that he was ahead of the class there - and he was good with numbers and other basic skills. “He doesn’t like nap time though,” Dr Foster said with a smile. “He likes to get up while the other children are asleep and play with the ball.” 

She gave him some materials to read and a progress report more complicated than some of the arrest reports Steve had to fill out at work, then presented him a folder full of Jamie’s schoolwork - and there were a few drawings in there, Steve saw, but nothing like the ones on the wall. Steve studied them; a firetruck, a football, a picture of Steve, Bucky, Natasha and Jamie standing next to Natasha’s F1 car from last season.

Steve decided he rather liked these even better than the robot drawings.

Afterwards, he lingered in the classroom for a while longer, waiting until Dr. Foster was done with “Jamie S’s dad!” 

“Sorry about earlier,” he blurted out as soon as Tony came back into the room. “I thought the drawings were by my Jamie and I got defensive.” 

“Hey, no worries.” Tony looked pretty laid back, but Steve thought he saw some tension seep out of his posture. “I totally get the mix-up. It’s my fault anyway - next time I’ll introduce myself before I go straight to roasting the five-year-old.”

“That’s… probably a good idea.”

Tony grinned. “I’m completely cool with the art thing, on the record. She wants to be President when she grows up, so honestly, starving comic book artist is a step up. I was just trying to break the ice because you’re the only other parent here who didn’t look like the came straight from the country club in Stepford, if you catch me.”

“Well, that’s probably because they wouldn’t let me in the country club, most likely.” Steve offered Tony his hand. “Steve Rogers, former US Army, currently Detective 3rd Grade with the NYPD. Jamie and I are here thanks to the Maria Stark Foundation.”

Tony grabbed his hand and gave it a quick squeeze. “Oh hey, I remember you! You’re Natasha’s friend.”

“You know Natasha?” Steve blinked. “Wait, you’re that Tony Stark. I can’t believe I didn’t realize.” He gave Tony a second once-over, taking in the grease under his nails and the old, worn clothes, then comparing them to the wildly expensive watch and leather motorcycle boots. So that was what a billionaire looked like when he was dressed casual, who knew?

Tony shrugged. “I’m told the camera adds ten pounds, fifteen years and at least six tons of sleazebag. And yeah, Natasha’s one of my favorite test drivers. She’s been driving prototypes into the ground for me since she wrecked her ankle and had to quit the ballet. How do you know her? She never said.”

“She married my best friend.”

Tony gave him a look that could best be described as delighted. “You’re Bucky’s roommate? Man, why weren’t you at the wedding?”

Steve sighed. “Getting drunk married on some random guy’s back porch at four in the morning five days after you meet is not a wedding. Oh my god, you were the guy in the bathrobe in the cell phone video weren’t you? You performed the ceremony!”

“I love weddings,” Tony said with relish. “But yeah, we were all super wasted. I still don’t remember how we got back here from Monte Carlo.”

“Daddy!”

Steve turned to face the door, aware of Tony doing the same beside him. The voice had been a girl’s, and there was a tiny little slip of a girl standing in the doorway. She had long dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, light brown skin and the same bright blue eyes as her father.  She was wearing a purple t-shirt with a unicorn on it, a bright blue tutu, and leggings with a universe pattern on on them. She also had a pair of costume bat wings strapped to her back and was wearing several plastic bead necklaces. “Daddy, you can do weddings?”

Steve’s own Jamie was standing right behind her. He was wearing the same jeans and red t-shirt he’d been wearing earlier, but had at some point acquired a top hat and a cape. “I thought you two were supposed to stay in the gym?”

“Dodgeball is stupid,” not-his-Jamie declared. Jamie nodded in agreement, though Steve knew for a fact that Jamie loved playing Dodgeball. “We’re gonna get married instead but Modi and Magni said we had to get a priest if we wanted to get married for real.”

“Why are you getting married?” Tony asked. 

“Cause you’re supposed to marry your best friend,” his daughter replied in a tone that indicated she felt her father should have known that without having to ask. “Uncle Rhodey said so when he and Aunt Carol got married. And Jamie’s my best friend now plus our names match so we hafta.”

“Sound logic,” Tony said. “But I refuse to pay for your wedding until you have at least one college degree.”

“How long does college take?” she asked, eyes narrowed.

“For you? Two years. But you have to graduate from kindergarten first.”

She sighed heavily. “Fine. But someone’s gotta get married, we already decorated the book nook to make it the church and promised Thrud she could be the flower girl.”

“Why don’t you just marry Thrud?” Tony asked. 

“I don’t want to be related to Magni and Modi,” his daughter said.

“That’s fair,” Tony said. He leaned in close to Steve. “Imagine a six-year-old frat boy who’s basically a nice guy but has no volume control and  unlimited energy. Then give him an identical twin.”

“Smart girl,” Steve said. 

“You guys can get married instead,” Jamie said. He had his hands jammed in his pockets. “I want to see a wedding, I didn’t get invited to Uncle Bucky’s.”

“You were two,” Steve said, “you wouldn’t remember it even if you had gone.”

“Pleeeeease?” Jamie said. Not-his-Jamie turned on her father with a wide-eyed look that would have gotten an entire pound full of puppies adopted. 

Tony turned to Steve with a raised eyebrow. “Well, what do you say? Wanna go get hitched by a bunch of ankle-biters?”

Steve studied him for a moment. He looked relaxed and happy. His Jamie was standing on his feet and tugging on his shirt as she bounced up and down and he wasn’t trying to get her off his expensive shoes. He’d taken the whole misunderstanding thing earlier with a sense of humor and he hadn’t cared at all that Steve was there on charity, unlike the few other parents Steve had met that year.

Plus, he was still damned handsome.

“Sure, what the hell, I always wanted to get married.” Steve leaned down to pick Jamie up and sit him on his hip. “But you have to let me buy you guys ice cream afterwards.”

Tony gave him a slow smile. “First date after the wedding, huh? I knew I was going to like you.”

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Peter Parker x Cyborg Male!Reader

(A/N);  hope you enjoy this, I really liked making it and I hope the person who requested this enjoys it and it’s somewhat similar to what they wanted. Please do not reblog my stories without my permission

Warnings; slight bullying, mentions of a car accident.

Summary;

(Y/N) and Bucky are roommates/best friends, the two boys have been friends since they were six and when (Y/N) got into a car accident, four years ago; his parents died and (Y/N) awoke in the hospital a week later with his left leg, lower back and left eye wired to JARVIS, Tony’s AI. With the occasional drop in from Bruce making sure the boys are okay and for legal reasons, the boys room together in one of Tony’s nice apartments; all is well until school starts again and (Y/N) runs into the schools biggest nerd Peter Parker, who just happens so be (Y/N)’s love interest as well.

*Bucky, Steve and (Y/N) are 15*

You woke up to the sound of your alarm ringing in your ears. Stretching and groaning as you climb out of your warm bed you make your way to kitchen for some much needed coffee.

“morning Bucky” You greeted your best friend Bucky. ‘Morning” He replied; still half asleep you opened up the fridge to find the milk, only too see that the milk was not there. “I just bought milk yesterday though?” you whispered to yourself, you turned on your heal to confront the other boy about this mysterious missing milk; only too see Bucky sitting at the table with the milk and sugar beside his arm and two cups of coffee, one in his metal hand and the other by the chair opposite to him.

“You have no idea how grateful I am for this.” you sigh, sitting in the chair with the cup in front of it, blowing the top and taking in its warmth. “Well I figured you’d need it, after staying up all night watching Netflix, on the night before school starts.” Throwing your head on the table and groaning in annoyance from Bucky reminding you of school, while the boy in front of you chuckled aloud. For the next hour the two of you shared small talk and got yourselves ready for school.

School was not a far walk from your apartment, so seeing as you were a little early you and Bucky strolled along the footpath at a slow pace. While walking in a comfortable silence, you began to think; looking over too Bucky you thought of what a lucky guy you were to have Bucky as a best friend, thinking of where you would be without him, for as much as you guys did all the normal things together, you too both were cyborgs. Bucky had grown used to his arm and it didn’t change how he went about life; he didn’t let the fact he has a metal arm and because of it he can’t play any school sports (due to safety) get to him. You’ve always admired him for that, you of course still can’t play sports, but you’ve always been embarrassed about it; not all, day everyday but one the off day, sometimes people’s stares become to much. Bucky has always been there for you and comforted you when you need him. This was always something that bought you closer together, you two knew everything about each other; he knew you were gay and you liked the schools nerd Peter Parker, and you knew he was bi and liked Steve Rodgers the schools football co-captain with Flash Thompson, you and Bucky were occasionally helping out Tony and Bruce with testing machinery and medicines and on a rare occasion fighting thugs or bad guys on the street.

You were cut from your thoughts when you heard Bucky’s voice. “ Earth to (Y/N), hello?” startled and immediately snapping out of it you apologised. “Uhhh…Sorry I wasn’t listening what was that?” Smiling at your words, he repeated his sentence. “I said, do you mind if we go visit Tony and the guys this afternoon? I need to get a screw tightened on my arm.” “Yeah, of course, you don’t have to ask Buck.” “Cool.”

The two of you walked into school grounds and noticed it was quite, probably because it was still a while till school started “Yep…I don’t miss it here” you muttered, Bucky just laughed at your statement. “We’ve got a bit of time before class, do you wanna go get our books for class and then go sit outside till the bell?” “Sounds good too me.” The two of you went your separate ways, seeing as your lockers where on the other side of the hall, promising to meet in your spot by the large tree just off to the side of the schools football field. Taking sharp left and not looking where your going someone suddenly came running into you; they fell to the ground quickly and before you could help them up or see who they were, they jumped to their feet and hid behind you. Feeling rather awkward and not really knowing what was happening you heard a voice yell out, but not too you. “Oi, penis parker, stop hiding and get out here so I can beat your ass.” Flash Thompson; then it hit you, the person behind you was Peter Parker; schools nerd and your crush.

“Leave him alone Flash, go be a pain to someone else for once.” Your words were harsh, standing up straight so you were just the bit taller than Flash, you felt Peter cling tighter to your shirt behind you and you couldn’t help feel bad. “Well if it isn’t-“ you cut Flash off by using your lower strength to lunge forward and pin flash against the locker, your robotic eye turning red with anger as your body unconsciously put you into a protective overdrive. “I’m going to say this one more time Flash, one; go and piss off someone else, I don’t ever want to see you near him again, got it?” your voice dropped an octave as you said this, you let go of Flash and he instantly bolted for the other direction.

After taking a moment to collect yourself and calm down, you turned around to see peter with his head down standing right where he was before, and was in a almost frozen state, walking up to him and placing you right hand on his shoulder and your left you use to tilt his head up so he was looking at you. Thats when you noticed the tears down his slightly red face and the occasional whimper leavings his lips. Signing slightly as you wiped his tears with your thumb. “I-I-I’m sorry, I should have b-been s-so clingy and s-scared like that” “No no, its okay, really, I’m glad you ran into me, I would have helped you either way.” Peter just ended up crying more and the only thing you could think of doing was too pull him into a hug; and thats exactly what you did.

For the next five minutes you held peter in your arms, he was the perfect hight for his head to fit just under your chin, with only a little stretch to your neck which you didn’t mind. Peter finally stopped crying but neither him or you made an effort to let go “Y-You’re really strong, you know.” Peter whispered into your chest, now it was your turn to blush. “Well, I am kind of half robot.”  Peter chuckled at that, his laugh made you feel warm and fuzzy inside, just the thought of him happy made you happy. “Oh shit, Bucky! I forgot.” You yelled to yourself, forgetting that you were supposed to meet Bucky by your spot. Pulling away from Peter, you looked him in the eye and said “I’ve got to go okay? If Flash ever bothers you again come and find me, I’ll break his nose if I have too. Anyway, I must be off.” You quickly gave him your phone number and, before you knew it, you kissed him on the cheek and ran down the hall to your locker, grabbed your things and ran to the football field.

“What took you so long!?” Bucky yelled at you, after you explained what happened, and Bucky teasing you for it being Peter and you of course liking him. “Shut up, Buck I mean it.” “Alright, Alright, my bad, I’ll shut up.” Telling your story of your encounter with Peter and Bucky telling you as he waited for you he spent the entire time staring at Steve practicing football.

School went by rather slowly and not much happened, just a bit a homework and a re-introduction to classes and teachers. You and Bucky caught the bus straight to start tower and made your way up the elevator and into Tony and Bruce’s lab. Greetings and small talk were exchanged before Tony interrupted it all, “(Y/N), Bucky. There’s some trouble going down in the old abandon construction sites just south of the city and there’s evidence to suggest that thugs could be setting up a potential base there, can you guys go there and just, you know; check for trouble?” “Hell yeah!” You and Bucky yelled as you two got to go on another mission. “Actually, Bucky needs to stay here for a while, I need to fix the internal wiring and that might take a while, (Y/N) are you okay to go alone?” Bruce cut in, Bucky had a face a disappointment. “Yeah I should be fine, don’t worry Buck, I’ll tell you all about it when I get back.” “Well it’s getting dark, now so go suit up and ask JARVIS for directions, you know your training.” “Yes sir.”

When you arrived at your destination, it was just as said old construction sites that looked like no one had been there for ages. Scanning your surroundings and beginning to look around you came across a room that had light coming from it. Slowly making your way up to the window, you peered through and saw the friendly neighbour-hood Spider-Man, you’d met once for a brief moment when you both decided to help a small robbery from the local bank. He was hanging upside down from his web and seemed to be mixing chemicals, your eyes drifted to the rest of the small room, test tubes were everywhere and formula sheets littered the floors. Opening the window and letting yourself in. He immediately turned around ready to attack, until he saw it was you. “So this is where you keep all your gadgets.” “Y-yeah I guess.” The stutter, his voice; something about it seemed so familiar too you, staying silent for a moment and thinking hard about who Spider-Man could possibly sound so familiar too…then it clicked; Peter.

“Peter?” Spider-Man’s eyes clearly widened as he stood there speechless for a few seconds “I-I-I don’t know w-what you’re t-t-talking about.” You chuckled quietly, you’d never forget what he sounds like. “Oh common Peter, I know it’s you, I’d never forget that cute little stutter of yours that you get when you’re nervous.” You slowly walked up to Peter and placed your fingers under his mask, you took a moment to look at him and see if he was okay or in distress. When he nodded slightly, you pulled his mask off and gazed at his brown doe eyes and slightly ajar lips. Peter stepped forward so that there was almost no room between you and him, he stood on the top of his toes and wrapped his arms around your neck. He hesitated for a second before placing, the most sweet, softest kiss too your lips almost scared to do more. Before you could react he pulled away slightly and apologised profoundly “I-I’m sorry, it was my fault-“ You cut him off by wrapping your arms around his waist and placing a your lips to his. Peter melted instantly and returned his arms to around your neck. The kiss was full of passion and love, but also care; your tongues danced as Peter let you in and take control of the kiss. Eventually he pulled away for air and he rested his head on your chest. “I like you (Y/N), I really do; you make me feel safe and protected, thank you.” This brought a smile to your face as you held him closer and whispered back “I like you too Peter, you’ll always be safe with me, I promise. Will you be my boyfriend?” Peter just nodded and pulled back to kiss you again. Man you could not wait to tell Bucky about this.

                                                      ~fin~

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Ermanda's Inner Sanctum: Scorpion 3.17 "Dirty Seeds, Done Dirt Cheap"

This is a really great episode!  It is all about the cyclone.  Ray comes back to troll Cabe in his hallucination.  Happy keeps breaking our hearts.  Toby kills us with his fluffy, romantic self.  Young Happy and Toby will be with us forever!  Ralph is a darling!  Walter and Paige amuse me to no end.  Callie makes me smile!  And Sly makes me wish I lived in West Altadenia so I could vote for him.  He throws down the gauntlet and I am so proud him!  As great as the episode is, it is a victim of “too many elements” and some great dialogue is cut that would have melted us even more if we weren’t at that point already!  There are so many things to discuss!  It all centers around the episode’s core message on the relationship between logic and fear.  Let’s get to it!

Waige: Toby and Ralph

The episode’s theme is first explained through Ralph’s conversation to Toby about Walter and his mother in the midst of his history lesson.  Ralph sounds like hallucinatory Walter from 3.03 It Isn’t the Fall that Kills You.  He knows the logical plan is for Walter to ask Paige out, but that didn’t happen.  He hopes that Walter’s ability to use logic to beat a fear of snakes can extend to his fear to romantically pursue Paige.  Toby explains that this is a possibility, but concludes that Walter and Paige are likely going to remain friends.  I suspect Toby comes to this conclusion given everything that has happened between Walter and Paige since she started dating Tim.  Walter would need a bold, respectable move to change the course of events.  Even Veronica, with her wacky plan, tells Walter that he has to think of something because Tim is “planting roots.”  Toby is doubtful that Walter is capable of working past that fear and coming out successful.  The last time Walter tried he hurt Paige in the process.  Toby is also aware that this is in addition to a series of opportunities that we’ve seen as the audience since season 1.  So his statements to Ralph are likely said to protect him.  This is unfortunate but understandable.  

So Ralph seems to be the only person actively captaining the Waige ship right now because they feel like Toby or are busy invested in their personal relationships.  Let’s all give a collective “Aw!”  On another note, I am laughing out loud at the visual in my head thinking about this because I am a Deadliest Catch fan.  I have this vision of Ralph driving one of those crab boats, named Waige, in inclement weather! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Paige’s Internal Conflict

The secret is out!  Walter is on an apology tour.  The team is all like, “say what now?”  Kudos are given to Paige for getting Walter to do something that, in Happy’s words, is a sign of the apocalypse.  Lol!  This is good news since Walter and Paige have renewed their friendship.  They are spending time together like they have in the past.  And it seems as if this has inspired Walter to jump onto an accelerated path to improvement.  

Paige is in mother mode when it comes to the froyo.  No desserts before lunch children! 😂😂😂😂  As she places the items in the fridge, Toby approaches, or shall I say scares her, to commend her on the adjustments she has made with Walter.  But before he speaks, she assumes that Toby is coming to tell her something about Walter and her spending more time together.  She is mildly surprised when he doesn’t say that.  Yet, we all can see that Toby is also trying to butter her up to get his froyo!  😂😂😂😂

This exchange with Toby is another depiction of Paige’s hesitations that started in season 2 but are more apparent in season 3.  The most notable examples are 3.01 Civil War with Tim, 3.05 Plight at the Museum with Toby, 3.14 The Hole Truth with her mother, Veronica Dineen, and this episode with her own mind’s manifestations.  These moments highlight the episode’s theme, but the main component of that message is choice.  Walter has his emotional struggles, but some of his difficulties this season stem from his choice to ignore that which he already knows (e.g., episode 3.14).  Paige’s hesitations expose an internal conflict with her own choices.

I think it is interesting that Paige’s short hallucination is an image of Walter with another woman.  Isn’t this the first reason why she starts a relationship with Tim?!  Allow me to recall events that lead  into the Walter/Linda and Paige/Tim rooftop scenes of 2.22 Hard Knox.  Walter takes Paige’s advice to put himself out there and make new friends.  This manifests into speed dating as a social experiment and eventually dating Linda.  Paige doesn’t anticipate that Walter would take her advice in this manner.  Tim comes as a Homeland trainee assigned to Scorpion detail.  Paige spends time with him, but their relationship does not become official until that moment on the roof.  Walter breaks up with Linda after Toby reveals to him that her infatuation with him is a result of “damsel-in-distress syndrome.”  At the same time, Tim asks Paige out on an official date.  Before Paige answers, she looks at Walter and sees him sharing a laugh with Linda, which doesn’t look like a amicable breakup to her even though the audience knows otherwise.  The disappointment is shown in her facial expression.  She turns to Tim and accepts his request.  This link is about to come full circle.  If you have been following my reviews, then you are aware of the pattern that is unfolding.  If this episode on its own doesn’t give you a big hint about what is next for Waige, you must be sleeping!  THE WAIGE FLIP IS ON FIRE!!! 🔥🔥🔥 THESE ASSOCIATIONS GIVE ME LIFE! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 WAIGE IS ENDGAME YO! 💙💙💙💙

Immediately thought of this song!  I think it is fitting! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Logic vs. Fear feat. The Cyclone

Cabe/Callie

Cabe: I don’t want to play this game.  Ray: Well, nobody does, but we all have to play it eventually, even badass, ex-football-playing Marines.

Cabe enjoys Allie’s company.  Their relationship is getting off to a great start, but he still feels uneasy about their age difference.  In addition, he really feels his age when he considers that he uses reading glasses.  He’s so insecure about these things that they mostly have dinner dates at places that match her vegan interests, Cabe supplements the loss of meat with beef jerky, and he accidentally orders unfavorable meals because he can not read the menu without his glasses.  (Side note: I am glad that Allie’s veganism is pushing Cabe to eat better because he was inching himself close to an MI with those meat-filled sandwiches he would make for Happy. Lol!)  So it is no surprise that his hallucination is a short version of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 😂😂😂😂 He fears that his age will make him unwanted because he can’t keep up with the younger generation.  He is already a father figure to the team and multiple times the team has reminded him of his age when he drops pre-1980s pop culture references.  He has already felt the pressures of his age with Tim as a younger version of him and Walter’s speech in 3.12 Ice Ca-Cabes on how everyone is replaceable.

During his hallucination, Walter manages to get his attention by reminding him that his fear is not aging.  He fears weakness.  His age gives him a unique advantage and his headstrong personality pushes him to do anything he desires!  In result, Cabe mobilizes himself, drops the white hair and the age spots, puts on his signature glasses and flips the breaker!  The glasses bit is GOLD!!!  Reminds me of Horatio Cane from CSI: Miami and his sunglasses.

His path to enlightenment doesn’t stop in the vault.  When he sees Allie again at Sly’s debate, he asks her to accept him as he is.  Allie confirms that she is all in.  What a great win for Cabe! 

Sylvester & the W. Altadenia Alderman Election 

Patel: The matter at hand is taking private property to help, not the populace, but a big box store.  The kind of store grown-ups go to.  Sly: Yes.  I patronize the Warlock’s Chest.  I had a tough childhood, I was picked on.  Make-believe was my refuge.  I found solace amongst the fantasy and I would gather up my courage to face another day.  And trust me, when I was a kid, I needed courage just to show up at school.  And I need it now for my job.  But the difference is, with Scorpion, I have a team to help me remember that I can be brave.  And if the Warlock’s Chest will provide refuge for more kids who don’t know they’re brave yet, well… I want it to stick around.

Sylvester is really coming into his own as a politician looking to achieve the greater good for his county.  The chickens in his hallucination are both literal and metaphorical representations of a childhood memory.  Sly is a world class ornithologist, but he is terrified of birds (mentioned in 2.24 Toby or Not Toby).  This is why he asks Cabe to handle to falcon during the mission in 3.05 Plight at the Museum.  Sly is also a germaphobe and chickens have been known to spread disease.  Furthermore, the label “chicken” is thrown at those who fear confrontation.  Sly was bullied as a child and relives the fear of that moment when Bucky Hanson and other jocks locked him in a chicken pen.  But Sly is a man of facts.  Facts are his life!  When Paige reminds him of all the brave things he has accomplished with Team Scorpion, he comes out of hiding, moves his bully to the side, and moves a chicken out of the way to pull the lever.  Go Sly go!!!  The way he screams from the time he lifts the chicken to when he drops it is HILARIOUS!!!  At the debate, he applies the same lesson and creams Patel!  Sly is getting more people on his side each time he shows his courage.  His courage is giving him a voice and I love that we are seeing this unfold in Sly’s story this season! 

Walter & the Emotional Conundrum 

Walter: I don’t know how to talk someone out of being scared.  I can’t relate to that kind of emotion.  Paige: Really?  'Cause you seem pretty scared now.  Your biggest fear isn’t snakes, was it?  It’s problems you can’t solve.  Now do what you did with the yogurt guy, and put yourself in Cabe’s shoes.

This episodes features another moment where Walter uses what he knows in order to find a way to relate to emotions.  He just needs a push.  Holy character development!  As I have said in past reviews, he has the tools.  He just needs to unlock them when the time comes.  Therefore, it is possible that Walter can independently do this in some instances, gaining more experience each time he does it.  This links to what he says to Cabe about his age giving him knowledge, wisdom, and experience.  In that moment, he uses the feeling of powerless in encountering problems he can not solve with Cabe’s fear of weakness.  He has done the same in previous episodes (e.g., episode 3.14).  

His doubt in this moment also parallels Happy and her judgment of her own emotional capabilities and expectations.  One can say that this extends to Sly and Cabe too (when they’re not hallucinating), but here’s the difference.  When Cabe and Sly finally do something they thought they couldn’t, they do not doubt it later.  They recognize the change and use it to their benefit.  For example, Sly jumps off a boat in 1.16 Love Boat, which is something he never anticipated doing in his lifetime.  He was fearful, but he mobilizes himself and succeeds.  He does this again in 3.04 Little Boy Lost when he climbs over the silo’s railing to jump on canisters to pull Walter and Daniel to safety.  In the second scenario, Sly doesn’t say that he can’t do it.  He just whines a little about it and puts himself into action to save the day.  

Walter and Happy’s doubt have caused them to question pivotal moments in their lives.  This has affected their romances.  Walter walks away from the Tahoe situation, but Cabe gives him hope that self-improvement will give him a fighting chance if the opportunity to win Paige arises again.  He has struggled in this endeavor, but he is now gaining new ground.  For Happy, doubt is evident in her hallucination, which continues off of her development arc from 3.15 Sharknerdo and 3.16 Keep It in Check, Mate.

Happy & the Abandonment Saga

Dr. Curtis: I’m not sure about this.  You know, if I commit to her, I’m stuck with her for the rest of my life?  There’s got to be something wrong with her if she’s here, right?  Hallucinatory Happy: I try hard.  I’m just a little bit different from the other kids.  Dr. C: Well, I’m not so sure this will be the right fit.  HH: No, you promised to be with me for life.  You proposed to me.  Dr. C: Quick to anger.  Volatile.  I think I’d regret this decision.  Sorry, I… I don’t want her.  Not for me. […] HH: But I’m perfect for you.

This version of Toby is rigid and noncommittal.  Happy is envisioning Toby as a man who uses psychological logic to reject her for her differences.  THIS IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THEIR ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP!!!  Happy has experienced a lot of rejection.  Her father’s recent imprisonment feels like another wave of abandonment.  Yet, she finds happiness in her relationship with Toby.  When he accidentally flakes on a promise, Toby asks for second chance.  Happy gives it to him even though it took some time.  He consistently loves her despite her faults.  Happy notices that Toby is a chance at family and marrying him represents stability which he has never experienced with others.  She may be the world’s unfunniest person, but she makes Toby want to be a better man.  And she acknowledges that they are perfect for one another!  In essence, her doubts are like pre-wedding jitters that are projected onto Toby in this hallucination.  The realities of their relationship continue to manifest in Toby’s words to her through young Toby.  In the end, her dreams match reality.  Just… just call the morgue already!  I AM DEAD OVER ALL THE FEELS!!! 💕💚💚😍😍😍💀

Dannii (aka. @tobiasmquinn​) questioned Dr. Curtis’ outfit in Happy’s hallucination.  I first get Dr. Rizzuto vibes from the wardrobe, but the mannerisms of these two men do not correlate.  Dr. Rizzuto is witty and charismatic.  So I think the wardrobe is fashioned after Sigmund Freud who has several images of himself holding a cigar.  Plus, Toby dresses as a famous psychiatrist from the past each Halloween.

Drabbles…

Callie is killing me with their cuteness!

Can we take a moment to freak out over the open Quintis PDA in front of the team?! Happy has her legs crossed over Toby’s leg and Toby is resting his arm on them! 😍😍😍😍🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Scorpion trivia: The words “not good” are said by Happy in every episode.  Now Toby is the one to deliver it… love it!!!  More Toby being Happy! 🙌🏾

Happy (to Cabe): You don’t need to warn me about getting lost in a blizzard.  Been there, done that. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sly: Back away, hens.  I will deep-fry the lot of you. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I died with Ray’s appearance in Cabe’s hallucination! That was perfect!

Have you seen the titles on the game show wheel from Cabe’s hallucination?!  They are hilarious!  Kudos to the art department!

Young Toby/Toby: You know who I am, and my biggest regret in life is that we really didn’t meet when we were eight because I would’ve fallen in love with you from that moment.  The truth is you’ve never been alone.  My love for you has always been there.  It just took a while for our paths to cross so I could share it with you.  And under all those neurotoxins in your head, you know I’m right.  You have nothing to be scared of, ever. 💚💚💚💚💚💚😍😍😍😍😍😍 *swoons forever*

The mother/son moments between Ralph and Paige in this episode are so sweet!  I love them! 💜💜💜💜

Walter: You are a military man, a government agent, someone who is strong for their friends, but when you fear weakness, you feel that you’ll lose your identity because of it, and the people that you care about, like Allie.  Is that right?  Cabe?  Cabe: God?  Is that you? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Walter: That’s because I’m worried about you, but I shouldn’t be because getting old is not a detriment.  It is a strength.  Now, with age, comes experience, knowledge, and wisdom.  What you’ve forgotten, others will never know.  Now what you’ve lived, others will only read about.  What you can do, others can only dream about.  Cabe Gallo is stopped by nothing.  Me: I’m not crying, you are! 😭😭😭😭😭👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Paige using her phone to grind the seeds… 😂😂😂 Total “make it work” moment! 👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

That fire is really pretty!  Excuse me, I was a chem major!  Lol!  But let’s clear up something here.  Oxygen is not flammable!  It’s not a fuel.  Toby states this as a potential danger in the episode.  The process that creates the fire is described correctly, but the designation is incorrect.  It’s a misnomer.  Probably done to save time considering that this moment is happening close to the 50 minute mark.  Plus, it is easier to communicate the danger of adding oxygen to a flame by making such a statement to a general audience who may not know this.  I know, I know… kinda weird for a show about geniuses, but everyone who watches this show isn’t.  

My only disappointments: 1) We didn’t see Riley Go as Young Happy in the middle of Happy’s hallucination.  2) Funky age moment… if Happy is technically 29 going on 30 now, then she should be 12 going on 13 in the year 2000.  However, she says she is 8 and Toby doesn’t make that adjustment because it’s not insinuated by his statement, “we just exited the 90s.”  The year (1996) was right in the sides.  Maybe this is done to save time or Toby made his statements to account for all the years Happy had been rejected for adoption.  3) I wish young Toby moved more in the scene to be a little more animated like adult Toby.  4) The line, “I know you’ll never let go,” was cut from the end scene.  I thought it was perfect and I am disappointed it ended up on the cutting room floor.  Maybe it was taken out because of time or because of what’s to come for Quintis in the season finale storyline.

Last edited: February 22, 2017