#i can't believe waititi did that

[uniiiquehecrt]

In the very least, I'd definitely blame him, Hemsworth and the Marvel execs for making such drastic changes to Thor's character ain particular s Phase 3 progressed. (looks directly at Endgame.)

....And, unfortunately, Taika's influence can still be seen in LOKI. The titular character acts eerily similar to Taika's rendition for no apparent reason. TVA!Loki relies too much on sprawling metaphors to make his points, is incredibly conceited and condescending in the way he talks and speaks to others, his tricks and schemes and the battles he picks and chooses makes absolutely no sense. When Loki became a supervillain in Avengers he exhibited very, very few of these traits. And when he DID show off the above traits, it was calculated, cruel and specifically to put on an act. (The act being that he didn't care ... mostly for Thor lol.) He was cold, conniving, clever and ruthless, but he wasn't nonsensical about it, nor were his theatrics nearly so constant. ...He also didn't make nearly as many jokes. He, like Thor, was sassy, and a bit sarcastic, but it worked not because Loki was usually saying anything deliberately funny, and more so because he was pointing out the obvious. Or interacting with an incredibly stoic, serious character. (Usually Thor. Sometimes Nick Fury. And the one time with Natasha.)

.... but yeah, no, feel free to blame Taika because god he was such a horrid fit for Thor and his franchise and us long-time Thor fans, have been CHEATED as a result !!!  😭 😭 😭

Oof. That bad huh?

Oh so I can blame Waititi for the "always have to quip about every scene cause can't have something serious happen for five minutes" style everyone talks about.

[therese-lokidottir]

I am not understand with thor I meant he looks understand enough what's meaning being king but Sam time no. He showing being king need trust from peoples via verse. But same time he look... Not care.

I am not saying thor didnt have problem but meaning being king or leader is that giving what you have for them, this probably extrem to say but being leader that menat sign up your own death, because you know you not just carry yourself but you must carry everyone with you.

And mcu thor he didn't have that quality , he only listen with someone that like him (like fight). And he looks likely more focusing onto fight rather peoples that stuck on the fight.

To be honest why I so negative with thor it's because how he treats loki, it's not because I am his fan but because loki is close person to thor, yet thor didn't respect him , while I believe thor love loki but how he act it's not look like love. And in my perspective if someone can't be good for peoples that close and around him then how they can be good for stranger.

So that's why in my eyes thor is not good person, or good anything but good as fighter. Sure thor have potential but just... 😬

Also the fact he just dumped his own peoples when he in depress ( I am not blame him but still ), luckily valkery even sex slave trader understand how to be leader, take care Asgard' peoples. So yeah thor really make me uncomfortable.

Also did everyone ever called for him? Beside loki and odin

I don't think I can ever say just how much damage Waititi did to Thor. Remember the end of TDW through AoU and Thor had shown clear development. Remember when he was boasting about the fight and the Hulk but then tried his best to pulled backed when he say how it was negatively affecting Bruce, or even the crux of TDW where he lead a team to lure Maliketh away from asgard because he didn't want wave after wave of man to be sent to fight dark elves until they reached their limit 

Honestly, constant kicking Loki while he's down just make others look bad. He's on the ground he has nothing, and people just look like bullies when they won't lay off

[twelfth-dykector]

a list of things from ofmd s2 i haven't seen talked about enough on here because there SO??? MUCH???

KEVIN!!!!! he's so babygirl i want to kiss his lovely bald head

"izzy... you don't believe in curses... do you?" jesus fucking christ the stizzy shippers are WINNING

ed recreating the blanket fort on anne and mary's sofa I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

"frenchie's got hideous sores all over his beautiful body😰"

ARCHIE?????? im so in with her i can't handle it. SHES SO. THE TATOOS??? THE MUSCLES??? run me over a train please.

eds face when stede asked him to come help him find the ship!!!!! THE MULTITUDE OF EMOTIONS PORTRAYED IN THOSE FEW FUCKING SECONDS. take waititi i am in your walls. THE WAY HE WENT FROM ALMOST CRYING TO THAT LITTLE SMILE???? THE LITTLE SMILE. I DIED. DEAD. CARVE THAT SMILE ONTO MY GRAVESTONE.

"how's that feel BITCH" i love him so much.

LUCIUS'S MASSIVE DRAWING OF BLACK PETE??? i NEED to see everyones reaction to that. for my sanity.

BUTTONS!!! the most underrated character idc. my deranged sea witch babygirl just?? flew off?? so real of him honestly.

eds apology!!! EVERYTHING about it. "safe space ship" i want to devour his brains (with love).

jim, olu and archie all coming out of the same corner?? together?? what were they doing in there??? snuggling??? like penguins??? i haven't seen ANYONE talk about it and its driving me insane.

the hug after anne burnt down their antique shop. say what you want about their homoerotic stabbing but the hug was SO cute!!!

THE LITTLE HANDSHAKE JIM AND OLU DID AND HE WIGGLED HIS TOUNGE THEY BOTH LOOKED SO HAPPY AAAAAAAAHHHGHHHHHH

[disgracefulthings]

I gotta rant a bit about Loki

I have not seen season 2 of his show, but season one killed my love for MCU Loki

Let's start with the movies. The first two Thor movies are usually regarded as some of the worst MCU films (especially the second), but what I like about them is at least Loki has a consistent character arc throughout them (along with the first Avengers film). Loki learns that he's a part of a race that is treated like monsters on Asgard, and this destroys him. He tries to off himself at the end of the first Thor movie, only to end in the hands of Thanos. He went through so much shit throughout all three of these movies, and Thor 2 ends with him on Asgard's throne, leaving the audience wondering what he will do now he got what he thought he wanted.

Then Thor 3 happened. Look, I like Taika Waititi, and Thor 3 is an enjoyable film, but it destroyed Loki's character arc. He's just a silly guy now. Why does he try to backstab Thor? Because he's silly, no other reason. Plus, after Odin has lied to Loki for his entire life, he tells him that he loves him and magically all that trauma about him being a frost giant is gone! In fact, I think the MCU has forgotten that Loki is a frost giant at all! (Shut up, I know about What If). Ok, but what about the next movie. Thanos has finally come and now Loki can confront the person that gave him the mind stone to take over Earth- and Loki's dead.

I really don't like how they killed Loki. Loki is not a character you kill off to show how dangerous this villain will be. Mostly because the movies had forgotten to finish his character arc, but I guess everyone had forgotten he had one at this point.

Did anyone cry when he died? I sure as hell didn't, and I'm a crybaby when it comes to my faves dying. I was more shocked, and I convinced myself that this was another fake out. Honestly it may seem like cope with all these fans believing that he is still alive, but he has faked his death before, and nobody wanted to believe that his story will end in a dumb way that felt like the writers not believing that he mattered as a character.

But he did, and now we have season 1 of Loki. I honestly thought the writers realized how loved Loki is and they would finally finish his character arc. I mean, the show takes place after Avengers 1, and that's when Loki still hated himself for being a frost giant.

But no, Loki is silly again. Thor 3 has really ruined Loki. I understand that the first 2 Thor movies weren't as beloved, but I loved all the Loki scenes. There's a reason why his character became so popular despite the movies not.

Anyway, the first season of Loki isn't all bad. I love that it gave Loki a friend, and Mobius plays off him really well. And... yeah, I think that's all I like about it.

Now on to everything else. To start off, I really don't like Sylvie x Loki. Not only does it give me incestuous vibes, I really don't think Loki should have a love interest at this point (I don't ship Mobius x Loki too because of this point, but I will admit they have way more chemistry than Sylvie x Loki). But as I said, the writers didn't care about his character arc and so they forced a romance they had no time to build up, leaving me confused on why they had them fall in love in one episode, and ohh boy, the episode is super fucking dumb.

They established that you can do anything in an apocalypse situation and there would be no anomalies detected, SO WHY DOES LOKI AND SYLVIE FALLING IN LOVE CAUSE AN ANOMALY??? Because the plot said so, I love lazy writing in the show with my favorite character!!

God, and there's the queer baiting. Now, I can excuse the train scene because daddy Disney can't have shows say the word bi, but the scene where Loki asks the other Lokis if they ever seen another female Loki, and they say no???? WTF!?!? Is Loki gender fluid or not! Also, this is a stupid ass line that didn't need to be in the show? There are an infinite amount of universes, but only 1 female Loki who got caught by the TVA?? That doesn't make sense!

I'm done with Loki and I'm done with the MCU. The only good MCU show I've seen was WandaVision, and they still botched the ending and had a horrible follow up movie.

I heard Loki season 2 was better, but I still don't know why I should even bother

[vidreview]

VIDREV: "Why Did Link's Cel Shading Disappear?" by Jasper

[originally posted december 2nd 2022]

when i was in college, i worked in the oklahoma film industry for a few years as a grip-electric swing. in simplest terms, an electrician sets up the lights and a grip shapes the light. the swing's job is to, naturally, swing between both departments depending on what they need. this gave me an intimate understanding of all the ways a set is fictionalized by skilled workers so that it might appear real on screen. that experience colors much of how i approach creative work both practically and critically, because i very much dislike how the labors of so many talented technicians are conglomerated to one of a handful of names on the poster. there is an art to carving light into a proper shape. you can spend hours lighting a room just to make it look like night. it's not easy and it's not automatic. it is exactingly technical work that requires measurement and precision (if you want to do it right).

i say all this to say that video games are impossible. you can't just write some random symbols and numbers and then seriously expect me to believe that creates an immersive triple-a gaming experience. how do they do that? how does a horizon zero dawn exist? math is the devil's playground. my nvidia gtx 3070ti is the apple of eve, and i partake with reckless abandon on a daily basis (especially now that the associated credit card debt is almost paid off). it's sorcery is what it is, and i will never understand it. those wizards whose tongues have been trained to fork in C++, fingers long and spindly with wretched computational vigor, are sinners in the eyes of god, and i have nothing but respect for the thankless work they do to create the vile abominations we all know and love.

this video, nominally about an obscure graphical glitch in the legend of zelda: breath of the wild, did not convince me that video games are "real" as such. but it did give me a momentary glimpse of what it would be like to be a me who, instead of working in film, had worked in video games. i felt for a second like i had a real appreciation for the kind of labor that goes into making a game, beyond the popular imaginary of "some folks sit at computers and type." i don't think i've ever appreciated just how ruinously complex even the simplest of digital visual expressions can be to produce in real-time, and i appreciate how patiently Jasper lays it all out. i may be a digital native of the world wide web from the age of aol instant messenger, but i'm still a poetry animal who has to do basic math on her cloven hooves. talk slow and i'll get it, but you gotta talk slow.

i understand some things about how various mediums treat the film frame. celluloid is a physical surface with depth, a lumaphilic topography of the universe as visible to a piece of glass. digital sensors, however, capture raw signal data and either store it in RAW files or process it through the manufacturer's proprietary algorithm to create a suitable recreation of the universe as visible to a piece of glass. i just think it's interesting. i like to understand the rote physical processes which produce the raw materials of art, and i find it endlessly fascinating that the constituent parts of a medium are so often the realm of highly skilled technicians, and yet the final product is somehow produced by an artist who is not necessarily expected to know a single solitary thing about those processes. think of taika waititi just sorta casually throwing cgi effects artists under the bus in a press video for the bad thor sequel he didn't want to make. i know he knows a lot about the technical production of cinema because he's been a hands-on guy his whole career, and by all accounts he seems to care a lot about his crew (often making sure maori and indigenous film workers are on set and getting real experience). alas, solidarity is an elusive quality even among the decent ones.

besides having an interesting premise with a surprising amount of depth, this video reminded me that in games as well as movies, nothing you see is an accident. also light is magic no matter what medium it's captured in. anyway it's a good video and you should watch it

[whythehellnaut]

Why's Next Goal Wins review

Next Goal Wins is an interesting movie for this season, partly because there's really not much out right now, but I do feel there's a bit to talk about here. Inspired by the true story of the 2011 American Samoan soccer team hiring a former MLS coach to help them score a single goal in a World Cup qualifier match after being the worst team in the world for over a decade, its main draw is Taika Waititi's trademark whimsy threaded throughout its silly and innocent story, and ultimately provides a decent, albeit predictable, feel-good comedy for those inclined.

Michael Fassbender, who I personally believe to be one of Hollywood's most underrated actors, plays the protagonist coach in the story, so I appropriately feel he delivers a solid performance here. At no point did he phone it in, acting convincingly frustrated with his comically incompetent team, even when the script makes the mistakes of repeating scenes with him, which ought to have been written at least somewhat differently to improve the flow of the film. For example, there are not one, but two scenes in which he angrily quits and must be emotionally convinced to return by a team member, and two scenes where he becomes destructive on the sidelines, which winds up having little of its intended impact on the viewer the second time around. It's all made worse by the fact that, this being a true story, there is never any doubt that he will turn his attitude around and succeed in helping the team. Plenty of other cliches can be spotted in the film, fitting with the almost Disney-fied presentation of the story.

There's plenty of humor, thanks to Waititi's directing. Much of it is focused on Fassbender's fish-out-of-water experience, being an irritable European-American placed within a Pacific Islander culture that's so laid back and friendly that the players see nothing wrong with sitting down in the middle of a game or leaving mid-game to socialize. It's not all laugh-out-loud, but it's silly and relaxed enough to hold the viewers' attention for the 100 minute duration. That said, as fun as it is, it can't quite cancel out the nuisance of some of the aforementioned lackluster story writing.

One of the most interesting and prominent aspects of the movie is the inclusion of a transgender character, based on a real person who was the first non-binary FIFA player and is now a FIFA ambassador for equality. I applaud them for including her, but, as I am not transgender, I question how truthful and appropriate this portrayal is. For example, there is a scene where she punches Fassbender for intentionally deadnaming her, but she later apologizes for it, which, even when he apologizes back for disrespecting her, is not something I would expect any trans person to realistically do, as this is akin to a slur. There is also a dramatic scene where she emotionally admits to going off her hormones to continue to compete on the men's team, which, again, I don't think someone like her would realistically do, and might send a bad message to the viewers, even if she was upset that she felt she had to do it. Perhaps these things happened in real life, and I'm in the wrong (after all, 2011 was a different time), but when the writing comes off as very cliche and focused on overdramatizing events to create a nice story, I definitely have doubts on the intent of the filmmakers or their level of education on the matter.

At no point does the film feel like it's trying to be more than it is, or show any pretentiousness, so I feel that the film succeeds at its goal overall (no pun intended). It's a perfectly serviceable and enjoyable dramedy to spend a couple of hours with, though will likely not be remembered by many, outside of the aspects of Samoan culture it teaches.

[liver-of-prometheus]

A conversation I had tonight part 2, electric boogaloo: a thread

Me: So, on the subject of Loki and Hogun

ever notice how in Thor, Hogun is the only person to not do any of these?: a: brush off Loki's abuse, b: convince him it was fine, c: mock or hate him, d: deny Loki's abuse existed bc "they're our friends, how could they hate you?" "your friends Thor, your friends."

Jay: Yes

Me: and, when Thor flips a table, Loki's watching him

the warriors 3 and sif walk into the room

Hogun takes one look at the overturned table, then looks at Loki

he has an expression as if he's asking "What did thor shout about this time? Are you alright?"

when they're walking to the bifrost, Hogun watches Loki talk to the guard

he says nothing, and the look on his face suggests he also wanted to have a guard get odin, and quickly

i bet he also hoped heimdall would stall them

he's the only one that ever shows genuine concern for loki

in jotunheim, Hogun heeds Loki's yell first

he doesn't want to be there either

he'd hoped there wouldn't be fighting

Jay: Too bad they just fucking stabbed him to death

Me: and in the throne room, when they want to retrieve thor, Hogun looks confused, then understanding, and then even worried about loki's well-being

the "arrogance" from loki sitting on the throne?

it's power rush

hogun can see it

and he's secretly hoping that bringing thor back will help

I'm fairly sure in their youth, loki and hogun would've had some very intelligent discussions

but as they grew older, loki started seeing hogun's concern as suspicion

all because of how everyone else treated him

just because he's kinda emo, and looks kinda adopted, didn't make him less of a prince

I think that as thor's advisor he'd be one hell of a politician, and tactician

he's an Odinson in name, if nothing else

Jay: And Odin was like you can both be kings, but not you loki you're a d o p t e d

Me: that makes him a prince

"you were both born to be kings but only one can rule"

wakanda bullshit is that?!

Jay: They would be so much better as a team

Even though thor kinda sucks

Me: Thor's head has been up his ass his whole life

Jay: That might be mostly odins fault tho

Me: he's blind to his brother's plight

and was coddled and over praised by literally everyone

no wonder he doesn't understand loki's anger

thor fans are idiots

Jay: Mmhm

Me: also, [I showed a picture of Thor, Loki and Hela]

who looks adopted

Jay: THERE WE GO

Me: the brown-haired jock with lightning powers?

Jay: the two who got fucked over by Odin are the emo ones

Me: or the two magic users with the most badass colour scheme out there

and loki's supposed to be adopted

Jay: Its a p a t t e r n

Me: sure

yeah, loki's the foundling

says the guy who made his daughter into a blood-hungry war mongering lunatic

who covers up any and all mistakes

who coddled and built up his second, making him feel as though he could have anything

Jay: He literally wanted to erase both "problem children" by locking them away

Oh my god I'm getting really pissed Odin FUCKING S U C K S

Me: while simultaneously breaking down and shattering the personage of his youngest, teaching them to fear their own blood

and body

ODIN IS THE WORST FATHER IN CINEMATIC HISTORY

Jay: bitch don't even deserve the title

Me: howard stark and thanos wish they were as terrible as him

ODIN SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN KING

I WOULD'VE EVEN SETTLED FOR FUCKING TYR

HE WOULDVE BEEN A BETTER DAD

SURELY THE LITERAL GENERAL OF THE ARMIES WOULD SEE SOME VALUE IN AT LEAST POWERING UP AND COMING PREPARED WITH AN EXTRA KNIFE

AND STRATEGY OVER BRUTE FORCE

BECAUSE THAT WORKED SOOOO WELL WHEN ODIN SENT THE VALKYRIES TO FIGHT HELA

Jay: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Me: why do asgardians hate magic anyway?

Jay: I was actually about to get into that

Me: in the myths, even though it wasn't very vikinger or manly, the aesir and vanir and alfar were cool with it

welcomed it

and used it so often

THE LITERAL MONARCHS AND ALL SEEING GATEKEEPER OF ASGARD USE MAGIC ON A DAILY BASIS

WTF IS WRONG WITH CONVENIENCE?

magic makes things easier

and it's great for augmenting fighting

and works great on trial

Jay: and not only convenience long range is better strategy than melee

Me: if they even really have those

long range produces fewer casualties

Jay: exactly

Me: surely a society built on war would recognise that

it's easier

Jay: But no

Me: volley arrows, have people with knives and swords come round from the back, surround the enemy, kill them

Jay: Odin just likes raw power that only he can have at whoever else's expense

Me: then pick up your stuff when it's over

ODIN is a control freak

no one can convince me otherwise

Jay: Odin is a bitch

Me: anyone that likes mcu odin is destined to be an abuser in a relationship

Jay: Pissing me off Odin and heimdall

Heimdall is all seeing Yet loki is getting tortured by thanos after he tried to kill himself when Odin still told him he wasn't good enough, and he's getting tortured and what does Heimdall do?

N o t h i n g

Thor still thought loki was dead

Me: Heimdall couldn't him see my ass

he can see through space and time

but not a collection of asteroids?

bullshit

they didn't look

Jay: Plus they should be keeping track of thanos anyway

Me: yeah

Jay: So maybe they did look

Me: he's been killing for decades

Thor, Odin, and Frigga are three of the worst people

"it is only by the grace of your mother that you are alive"

bitch he wanted to die

he knew thanos would come for him at some point

frigga didn't want him to die because it would look bad on her as a mother

Jay: That makes me mad too when people are like lol loki faked his death on the bridge

Me: "define worse" is right

Jay: BITCH no

He wanted to die

Me: not faked

tried

and failed

he wanted to die

he couldn't

Jay: And launched himself off a fucking bridge

Into the void

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

oh I didn’t even realize thor: love and thunder is out in like, 3 months

[tiredsciencebro]

DUMBO!

The elephant! That thinks he can fly because he has a magical feather! And then he loses his feather one day and he realizes, it didn’t have anything to do with him flying at all!

Dumbo / Thor Ragnarok

[wysteria-clad]

Our little thing

paring: Marc, Steven, Jake x fem! reader; established relationship.

warnings: none, domestic fluff.

a/n: soft moon bois <3

summary: you have a specific thing with each of them. It's not like you don't do it with other two, but you do enjoy a little act of intimacy that is special to each of them.

a/n: Can we appreciate Oscar in the first gif? I'm looking disrespectfully Also, I believe the third one is Jake.

gif credits: @nightofthecreeps @kingjackless @waititi

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Marc:

Shaving his beard.

"So serious" he smiled at the sincerity on your face. Your eyebrows furrowed in pure concentration, your fingers slowly glided the razor down his left cheek with one hand, your other hand cupping the other side of his face for support and fingers casually resting on his neck. You were sitting on his lap, facing him.

You stopped, glancing at his playful eyes with a glare. "Stop, smiling" you chided him playfully. "What if i cut you accidentally?", you asked, putting down the razor.

When you playfully asked him if you could shave his face one day, he nodded sincerely, warming your heart in a new way you didn't know was possible. It was a subtle act of trust, the way he trusted you with a sharp blade near his throat. And it implied 'I want your touch even when I'm doing mundane things'. Your heart fluttered at the thought of sweet intimacy. Soon enough, it became a little routine for you and him. Everytime he wanted to shave his face, you did it for him.

A sweet little gesture between you and Marc.

"I can't help it, baby. The serious pout on your lips is cute"

"Yeah, yeah. If you don't stop talking, I'm gonna cut your handsome face" you carefully swiped a dollop of shaving cream off his cheek and smeared on his nose.

He wasn't a very playful guy but around you, he couldn't help it. With you, happiness came easily. Every laugh of him was unrestrained, so natural and carefree. You brought out that side in him often.

Few seconds passed. Marc's eyes glinted with mischief. Already knowing him, you tried to move back and get off his lap, but he had faster reflexes. He grabbed your face and pressed his cheek all over face, smearing the shaving cream on your nose, cheek and forehead from his face.

"Marc!" you laughed. You grabbed his chin pulling him closer for a kiss. One, two. And you went back to work. "That's your bribe, now stay still" you fixed him with 'I'm serious, now, babe'

"Yes, ma'am"

You couldn't help but smile at that. You managed to finish shaving his face, but not without exchanging few more kisses inbetween as bribe.

Steven:

Him sleeping on your chest.

The moment he walked into the bedroom, you knew something was up. You watched the gloomy expression on his face, which made your heart sink.

"Hey, what happened?" you lowered the book you were reading, closing it and placing it on the table next to you.

"I'll talk about it later. Y/n, love, can I have a hug?"

The way he asked you was soft. His voice was painfully soft.

"Come here, honey" you adjusted your back into the pillows for a better and comfortable position. Your open arms invited him, which he gratefully accepted.

His legs made way to the bed, he lied down next to you, burying his face between your breasts.

You wrapped your arms tightly around him, your fingers stroking his back in comforting manner. "It's alright, it's alright, darling" you began to gently run your fingers into his soft curls. "I've got you" you pressed a light kiss on his head.

You felt him relax under your touch and comforting word. His grip around your waist tightened, you felt him shake and shudder.

Is he crying?

Your heart hammered faster. "Steven, honey...hey, it's alright, it's alright, baby", you threaded your fingers into his hair. You hated seeing him like this.

Whatever made him feel like this...you wanted to rip it off and shred it.

"Bullocks, I must be some sight to see, huh?" he tried to joke but his voice was strained, threating to let out a cry.

Gently taking his face between your soft palms, you placed a kiss between his eyes. Another one on his nose, and one on his lips, shushing him and wiping his tears away with a gentle swipe of your thumb.

His breathing became regular, his body once again relaxed in your warm presence and gentle couch.

You continued whispering sweet nothings in his ear, playing with his hair, until you could hear his steady breathing. He fell asleep. You smiled down at him. You didn't dare to get up with him sleeping on your chest. Very carefully and slowly, you moved one arm to grab the book on the table.

With him finally calmed down from his breakdown, you resumed playing with his hair and continued your reading, occasionally pressing a soft feather kiss on his forehead.

Jake:

Showering together.

The particular mission was rough.

Jake Lockley wanted nothing more than to run into your arms, have a couple drinks and sleep.

He wasn't the one to openly admit his needs and wants. You were aware of that.

Tonight you wanted to take care of him and make him feel extra special and loved.

You decided to have a warm shower.

"Jake" you kissed his lips. "Walk with me?" you took his hand, leading into bathroom.

A tiny smile eased into his face.

Victory. You cheered mentally. Keeping your eyes fixed on his dark ones, you slowly discarded your clothes. When he wanted to do the same, you grabbed his hand. "Let me take care of you tonight" you whispered in his ear.

"Princesa, I-" you cut him off with a passionate kiss. And began to undress him. "You always make sure I'm adored and taken care of, let me do this for you tonight, yeah?"

He reached out his calloused hand to touch your cheek. You smiled, leaning into his touch.

"Whatever you say, mi corazón"

How can he say no to you?

.

Your hands rested behind his neck. "Come here"

At your command, he craned his neck, his face hovering centimetres away from yours. "You are cute when you are bossy, Y/n/n"

"Gods, you are so damn handsome"

The hot steam from the water and the water droplets dripping off his hair, face only confirmed your statement.

You leaned closer, brushing tip of your nose against his.

Many men shuddered at the mere sight of him. But with you, he melted. The very source of his love, his sweet, sweet love.

He wasn't used to being taken care of. When you uttered those sentence, it felt strange to him, alien even. But he trusted you. He would do anything for you. He would move the stars if you asked him to.

You squeezed the shampoo bottle into your palm, lathering the shampoo into nice foamy texture. You moved your hands into his hair, slowly and gently massaging his scalp and washing his hair.

He repeated the same to you.

The hot water was soothing to his sore muscles.

"I want to kiss every part of you" you admitted, moving your hands down reaching his chest, peering at him through lashes laden with water drops.

"What's stopping you, mi amor?", with a wanton smirk plastered on his face, he picked you up bridal style and carried you out of the shower and towards bed.

Jack Lockley did not have drinks that night, but he got something way better—you.

Sometimes it was baths, sometimes it was showers, but quickly it became your little thing with him.

[yharnamsnewslug]

The OFMD kiss was important because in no fucking show or movie with this money have I ever seen two men, up-and-center, PROTAGONISTS, kiss.

A show that isn't marketed as queer. A movie that isn't marketed as THE GAY TEEN MOVIE.

I can't think of any show, but I can think of a thousand shows and movies that queerbait the fuck out if people. And it's always men. And while the influx of queer rep with trans people, lesbians, bisexuals, ace people is WONDERFUL (I'm trans and greyaroace!)...

They just....forgot queer men in the process, you know? They forgot *us*. They forgot the years and years of queer men who wanted to see the kiss. Wanted to see with their own eyes that it wasn't queerbaiting.

Good Omens is NOT AT FAULT or anything like that, but I understand the people who did want a kiss. Because we never got one. We don't have one, guys. We don't have the tenderness without the pain of homophobia over our heads. It has to be a tragedy. It has to be played for laughs.

Even the creators of OFMD were surprised that they made it so explicit, yet people didn't believe it's happen. "We've been blatant!" Taika Waititi said in an interview, distraught. "I guess we just have to really make it present."

And they did. And I watched Ed kiss Stede. The framing close, intimate, soft and sweet music playing. The slow part and Stede's quivering smile of disbelief.

Two men kissing. In love.

I thank the creators for Our Flag Means Death. It think it has healed me of so much I've been holding onto.

[beheworthy]

First, let me congratulate you on your TLAT writing. There are so many things that I would also like to say, but in summary I agree with almost all of your opinions. Although, sometimes I'm not sure who is to blame for turning Thor into a clown: Taika, Marvel or the fans themselves. I still don't understand how many of them loved Ragnarok, but hated TLAT. And the truth is that Marvel has leaned too much on comedy in most of its projects. Do you think Thor can still return to his glory?

Post being talked about - X

I don't think there is any doubt about who to blame for turning Thor into a clown. It's Chris. I'm surprised you didn't even mention him. Before y'all shoot me, I don't hate him. It's just a statement of fact.

Marvel was ready to make their third Thor movie the way it was supposed to be. Chris came in and said he can't do it anymore yada yada. So they got him Waititi.

Chris is the biggest culprit. Second is Waititi. He took the opportunity with both hands and self-inserted himself so hard as Thor AND in Thor's story as his best friend. He has been nothing but disrespectful to every aspect of Thor's story it's shocking.

Third are the fans. They bent over backward to hail Thor3 as a masterpiece AND THEN hate on Thor4 for the same exact things they praised Thor3 for. Like? You can't do both. I can't wrap my head around this at all. Make it make sense.

Not to defend a soulless billion-dollar corporation, but isn't it good that they respected/incorporated the wishes of their artist and gave him whatever he wanted for the third movie? Sure, they did it because he brings in the box office but something tells me they won't do it for everyone on their payroll.

To answer your last question, Thor can absolutely return to his former glory. In fact, that is what is next for him I believe. The general consensus after Thor4 is that fans totally want more Thor but not with Waititi at the helm/sans the overly comedic tone. I'm sure that is what Marvel is going to do or they lose the fans (read: money). Someone will have to sit Chris down and explain this to him, I'm afraid.

[doctor-disc0]

um... not to be rude but isn't not having Loki in the next Thor movie what you wanted? I can't help but remember a bunch of anti-Ragnarok posts about how Taika Waititi turned the franchise into a big joke and calling CH "Chris Odinson" who insulted TM? Wasn't it keep Loki away from that at all costs? I don't understand why you changed your mind...

Hi sorry this got buried in my notes and I didn't see it

I haven't really changed my mind? Sorta? I still think that Taika Waititi did a terrible job with Ragnarok. One of the things I liked about the Thor franchise was its darker themes, at least compared to the rest of the mcu (and I also liked Loki. Obviously) and TW just kinda smashed that up and replaced it with awful characterization and like, butt jokes (idk it's been forever since I've seen Ragnarok).

But ever since the Loki series, I've kinda been like...actually, can we go back to Ragnarok? Cuz despite the shittiness of that mess of a movie, at least it didn't give us false hope at representation. At least its creator never pretended to like Loki. And at least it gave us a few good moments (I did love that Loki used their horns as a weapon, and I did like Thor's power upgrade).

Obviously, I still prefer Thor 1 and 2. But I've lost all hope that the mcu will ever be as good as it once was.

Also, as Tom Hiddleston once said (I think, idk): there is no Loki without Thor, and no Thor without Loki.

Actually, I think that's another reason the Loki show sucked. Thor did not show up at all, and was rarely talked about. We all know how much Thor means to Loki ("I may be envious, but never doubt that I love you") so the fact that their love for Thor wasn't really addressed (or even mentioned) really bothered me.

So, having a Thor movie without Loki is like having a Loki series without Thor, in that it's inevitably going to suck (even more than I predict it still would with Loki in it).

Also, maybe it's the optimist in me, but I really, really want to believe that Taika can make a good Thor movie if he really tried (as in, correct characterization and all that). I am glad that he sees Jane Foster's Thor as the Mighty Thor instead of just "Lady" Thor (though I do have my anxieties about how he'll go about portraying Jane). I think that if he gave Loki a chance, he could see our favorite god of mischief as more than just a pampered jerk (like they were portrayed in more recent mcu projects) and instead as a broken but loveable trickster who has gone through so much and received so little.

So, to summarize my feelings: yes, I think that Taika did a bad job with both Thor and Loki in Ragnarok, but I do think that Love and Thunder will be even worse than Ragnarok if Thor's love of Loki is not acknowledged and if he doesn't bring Loki to life in the form of kid Loki or if Loki doesn't at least make a cameo. Because let's face it, Thor's story and Loki's story are tied together so tight that you can't possibly make anything good about one without the other

I mean, Loki was way, waaaayyyy worse in the comics (literally called themself the god of evil for a while) and Thor still missed them and brought them back. Also the fact that Thor thought of Loki more as his brother than Balder is pretty hilarious considering Balder has never tried to kill Thor and is also actually related to him

So, yeah. I at least want a Loki cameo because Thor and Loki are important to each other, dammit

[soundsfaebutokay]

How are you liking ofmd?!

You know, because Our Flag Means Death flooded my dash out of nowhere and I have no self-control so obviously I didn't block anything 😅, I thought I'd been spoiled enough that I was totally ready for it.

I. WAS. WRONG.

Ohmygod??? I can't believe it's real. I can't believe this is a real thing that's happening to all of us. Where did David Jenkins, Taika Waititi, et al. acquire the technology that let them peek into our collective fanfic fever dreams? This is like the ultimate wish fulfillment.

Anyway, so yeah, I've been clutching my face a lot, rewatching scenes over and over, and just generally trying not to lose my mcfreakin mind. It's so much fun. 😍🥰😘

[oh-so-heavenly]

It's time for chapter four of Our Flag Means Death

mary and stede 💔

they look constipated on their wedding,

THEY GAVE THEM GRAVESTONES?? (tbh i'm so dramatic i would like it, i'd show it to everyone i know)

"and don't play pirates with them" aw, why not :(

TAIKA WAITITI MY BELOVED

he's so hot. i mean, he's always hot but here, covered in leather, with long hair and the beard, looking like he hasn't taken a shower in years -he looks extremely hot

AND THE TATTOOS ❤️👄❤️

"they die quite dramatically, don't they? The Spaniards?" I mean, just above in this post i was saying how I'd like to have my own grave as house decor so, yeah

HE LOOKS SO GOOD

(sorry but the highlights are gonna probably be just Blackbeard from now on, he deserves it 🔥😌)

What's a frankfurter???

"Can we please focus?" I've got ADHD and I don't like your attitude, so, no :)

Ohh sausages, he's already seeing dicks on the clouds #mood

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that jump was so unnecessary and dramatic I LOVED IT

"hello, everyone I'm Blackbeard" hi, can i get your ig??

"huge fan, sir" that's a simp if i've ever seen one

I CAN SEE HIS BELLYBUTTON I NEED TO BOOP THE BELLYBUTTON BOOOOOP

"they've got a bird guy" unsupervised kindergarten kids indeed

#karl's the bird that's my mental state from now on

once again Stede is there with his tits out... as he should >:)

The Lighthouse 🥺

"and the children did that" look, Stede, my boy. I love you, alright? But AAAAAAAAAA

Blackbeard giggling owns my heart ❤️

"if you don't make a decision soon we're going to fucking die" "oh, now, there's an idea. I haven't done that one yet" i'm DEAD

I'm convinced Blackbeard is justa Gen Z: obviously not straight, has ADHD, loves trinkets and being dramatic all the time

NOT FRENCHIE NAILING HIS SHIRT

"hooolaaa" jsjsjs me encanta

"who's this Mary then?" R U JEALOUS??

the whole nightmare with Blackbeard looking like how Black Pete described him is hilarious

HE'S TOUCHING HIS HAND HE'S TOUCHING HIS HAND HE'S-

"do you work for blackbeard??" error 404 ed.exe has stopped working

"I'm Ed" SHUT UP AND KISS ALREADY

"if you're not jim, can I be jim" jsjsj

"most pirates i know, they're dead" ok so the bar is pretty low then

✨rather exquisite cashmere✨

THE SECRET PASSAGE AND ED IS SIMPING FOR HIM HE'S LIKE A CHILD ON CHRISTMAS

"is that Blackbeard" "mh? No, I'm Blackbeard" I CAN'T- 💀

oh, fuck me, his sly smirk and the little "shh"

Frenchie is so stupid but I love him, this guy doesn't have a single braincell

HE'S SHOWING HIM THE LIBRARY

AND HE LIKES IT

idk viking vampire clown sound's fucking terrifying to me dude

"Nine guns??" That's what bothers him

"You're a fucking lunatic and I like it" that's explicit eroticism and i like it

WHAT IN THE- HE'S WEARING ED'S CLOTHES, HE LOOKS SO FANCY AND COOL AND LIKE HE'S SERIOUSLY TRYING TO LOOK COOL

HE'S MOVING THE SLEEVES, HE'S DANCING they are both dorks

Izzy just went out of the frame like, i'm done with this shit

"you can be a real bummer sometimes" all the time, don't be shy ed and admit it, he's a party popper

"That's Blackbeard" I love Ed so much

oh, wow, that was a resignation

"do you speak Spanish?" I do, cariño, in case you need any help

Ecclesiastical latin??? (The worst thing is that he's kinda right, Latin is easy when you know Spanish)

Asdfghjkl I cannot believe they were saved by fucking dick clouds

Please no don't make Blackbeard sad he can't be sad, he's like a puppy, he deserves to be happy :(

"just kind of rocky and flat" yes it is, Frenchie, yes it is

THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME A LIGHTHOUSE

They are hugging

!!!

he got rid of some gunpowder so he could have his marmalade, you gotta love this guy

WAIT WHY IS HE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE HE WANTS TO KILL STEDE. I DON'T LIKE THIS

More highlights: episode one / episode two / episode three / episode four / episode five / episode six / episode seven / episode eight / episode nine /episode ten

[mithrilhearts]

Hey, can I just leave a quick rant here? You can totally ignore it if you like it's fine, I just need someone who watched wwdits and I know no one irl. 😥

So anyways, Guillermo and Nandor... there's something more, right? No one can deny where their relationship is heading since season 1!

I think season 2 did a really great job of showing us more about what they're meaning and feeling for each other. I mean, just the episode in which Guillermo went to Celeste... it was perfection!

But then season 3 happens and I'm just so frustrated. I love the show and I love Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and I don't want to accuse them of anything but boy... They're doing the thing that every show does as soon as there's some gay tension: Throwing one of the men at women like there's no tomorrow.

First Meg, then Gail and then the Jan. Two season NOTHING (I don't count the Orgy that didn't happen anyway) and then three women in one season.

Idk, maybe I'm just too much team Nandermo or I've been through too much BS in other shows, but I'm so frustrated. 😔

Hey Anon!! Always feel free to drop a rant on me anytime!

These two have been on a wild ride, haven't they? I totally understand where you are coming from in all of this, I myself had some frustration and skepticism going through season three specifically, but I think they're trying to set it up for something more.

Based on interviews I've read about what Season 4 is supposed to be about, and how they wrapped up Season 3, I firmly believe Nandermo will one day become canon. You're absolutely right, there IS more. S4 is supposed to be where Nandor finds love, and just look at that huge step he and Guillermo took in the season finale there.

Now, I can't guarantee it because I am very deep on team Nandermo and may be biased, but I think they're trying to set it up like this purposely. All of these women that Nandor's had eyes on never worked out - but he has someone who's always been there for the past what...11 years? With them being separated and Nandor truly being on his own, I think he'll come to realize just how much Guillermo means to him, how he -misses- him. (Or maybe I'm just hoping that's what it is!)

Fingers crossed we'll find out sooner rather than later. Season 4 just wrapped up filming, so maybe we'll find out come this spring!!

PLUS. Harvey is a huge Nandermo supporter, so that has to mean something!!

I know this probably doesn't ease your frustration or any doubts you may have, but we're all right there with you, Anon. Eagerly waiting to see what happens next.

💜💜💜

My inbox is always welcome to you, Anon!