#isaiah buchanan

[snug-as-bugalugs-in-rugalugs]

Very happy for Isaiah and Violet. Their relationship seems very healthy and happy, and they both love each other a lot so I'm sure they'll be very happily married when the wedding comes around :D

But there's just, erm. one little problem...

Isn't her husband Mr. Meadows still out there somewhere?

[lgspears]

for The ThunderCats movie, i nominated Jacob Elordi, Andrei Lenart or Tanner Buchanan as Lion-O, Isaiah Mustafa, Henry Simmons or Djimon Hounsou as Panthro, Blake Lively or Kathryn Newton as Cheetara, Brenton Thwaites or Cameron Monaghan as Tygra, Brooklyn Prince and Gavin Warren as WilyKit and WilyKat, Bill Hader, Alan Tudyk or Josh Gad as Snarf and Stellan Skarsgård or Liam Neeson as Jaga.

[new0bsessionss]

I wish more diehard Captain America fans realized and acknowledged that Steve Rogers' backstory is a eugenist wet dream.

First of all, Steve wasn't picked because he was special, he was picked cause he was disabled and willing to throw his life away for others. The Captain America movie reinforced this multiple times by mentioning how Steve tried to enlist but was rejected due to his chronic illnesses. Do you know how bad your disability has to be for THE UNITED STATES MILITARY to reject you during a time where people of color, women and children were enlisted???? And even when he lied to get they were thinking about kicking him out until this moment.

Where he straight up proves that he is willing and able to put other's lives above his own. And most importantly that he knows nothing about proper protocol cause if we get down to it, the Super Soldiers Program was borderline if not straight up illegal which is why they were so sneaky about it. And it was still in the testing phase.

In America there's a certain order in which dangerous stuff is tested to make sure it's cleared for the public (Aka white men).

It's a person of color, usually black.

Isaiah Bradley

Then it's a disabled person

Steve Rogers

And James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, (I picked this image in particular because this is the moment that disabled him)

Followed by a woman

Margaret "Peggy" Carter, (and I think Natasha mentioned something about how the first Black Widows were enhanced in her movie)

Followed by literally everyone else! And when Steve was on his press tour to hype up the super serum one of the selling points of it was literally that it could cure your disability and make you The White Supremacy Standard™! And it was shown through Bucky that even if it didn't cure you it would make it possible for you to have these highly invasive and painful procedures that would basically make it so it's like you're not disabled at all! Whereas a normal person wouldn't be able to undergo these procedures cause they'd literally die.

The only time they acknowledged this in the cannon was when Isaiah Bradley was talking to Sam Wilson. This is why I'm so glad he took up the mantle of Captain America without some sort of whatever that made him enhanced because every Captain America that came before him was a fucking eugenist wet dream and unlike them he's a human who rose to the ocation and he's actually standing up for the little guy.

TLDR YOU CAN PRY SAM WILSON'S CAPTAIN AMERICA FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS CAUSE EVERY OTHER RENDITION IS A FUCKING EUGENIST WET DREAM!!

[moonmoonthecrabking]

hi friends. important question. should i make my instagram url, which real people i know use to talk to me, a veggietales reference?

pros:

gets across the whole "chaotic christian" vibe i have very quickly

funny (to me)

moonmoonthecrabking was a joke url i had for a day before i made it my url on here

cons:

how many of my non-christian friends know veggietales?

does it make me come across as homophobic (ref: i don't have a Bible verse in my bio atm but i do have isaiah 53:6 colin buchanan in there - "baa baa do baa baa". would i have to come up with something funny not just for christians)

does it make me seem like a tryhard

discuss

[reformationcartoons]

The Wicked Sodomite Theology of Paradox & What to Do With It

by Monty L. Collier

The importance of logical deduction from Scripture alone in the formulation of Christian doctrine—especially the doctrine of justification by faith alone—cannot be emphasized enough. The Bible is logically consistent, so it can be rightly divided. The Bible is infallible and inerrant, so it has no mistakes, nor can it make a mistake. The Bible alone is the special revelation of God, who cannot lie, so there are no contradictions in Scripture.

While absurdity, irrationalism, and mysticism have always found a home in Roman Catholicism, they also flourish in Neo-orthodox theology, dialectical theology, and the theology of paradox. Even so, and by logical contrast—such insanity and confusion are entirely absent from theology based on Scripture alone (a.k.a. Calvinism).

There is simply no place for irreconcilable paradoxes, antinomies, apparent contradictions that cannot be harmonized, unsolvable mysteries, nor logical paradoxes in Christian theology—for the Bible does not teach such nonsense.

Presbyterians should not tolerate men who peddle such satanic irrationalism. When churches teach absurdity and confusion, should we be surprised when society calls good evil or vice versa?

It is not a surprise that many Americans are confused about their gender and their sexual orientation, for men like Cornelius Van Til, Greg Bahnsen, Douglas Wilson, R. Scott Clark, John MacArthur, James White, and others have been teaching ministers that the Bible is replete with irreconcilable paradoxes for decades.

According to the absurd and satanic teachings of men like Van Til—since all the teachings of the Bible are irreconcilably paradoxical—when the Bible teaches that boys are male, then it also necessarily implies that boys are NOT male. Simply put, Van Til’s theology results in gender confusion, as well as the moral affirmation of every behavior condemned by God’s Law—and the moral negation of every work required by God’s Law!

To persuade chumps to accept their idiotic teachings, men like Van Til had to disparage logical deduction and advocate for non-linear reasoning. The wicked theologians of paradox had to convince their followers that the Bible was wrong when it describes God as being reasonable: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord” Isaiah 1:18. The satanic imposters had to convince men that the Bible is wrong when it describes Christians as men who reason in a linear fashion—using logical deduction—from Scriptute alone to establish clear and authoritative teaching: “And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures” Acts 17:2.

The blasphemous wolves that disseminate the lie that biblical teaching is irreconcilably paradoxical should be removed from any and every Presbyterian teaching position they may hold.

In the old days, Presbyterians refused to tolerate absurdity, irrationalism, and confusion thinly disguised as Reformed doctrine. This can be seen in the subsequent quote on Sola Fide by Scottish Presbyterian James Buchanan (1804-1870):

“The reasoning of the Apostles with the Jews on the subject of justification relates chiefly to the doctrine which was revealed in the Old Testament; and, apart from its inspired authority, or considered simply as a process of logical deduction from the facts which are there recorded, it is one of the finest specimens of close, consecutive, conclusive reasoning to be found in the whole range of human authorship.”

(The Doctrine of Justification, Lecture 2, page 51)

Actual Calvinists, for example, do not accept the heretical notions of those who follow Norman Shepherd (a Van Tilian). Shepherd spent his career arguing that Romans 3:28 could not be logically reconciled to James 2:24. Shepherd was rightfully fired from his seminary job for espousing that Papist heresy. It’s too bad his defenders escaped termination and excommunication (Cornelius Van Til, Greg Bahnsen, John Frame, and a host of other professors at Westminster Seminary, Pennsylvania publicly defended and endorsed Shepherd’s justification-by-faith-and-works heresy).

We have pointed out for years that the dialectical theology of men like Cornelius Van Til and Herman Bavinck necessarily leads to agnosticism, utter skepticism—or to speak plainly—satanism (i.e., do whatever you want). If Presbyterian churches are to ever be reformed, then the sodomite theology of paradox running rampant in our land has to be thrown out, along with the bums that teach it.

[sportsradioamerica]

2024 Houston Roughnecks Roster

No. Name Position College 13 Luis Aguilar K/P Northern Arizona 15 Ronheen Bingham OLB Arkansas State 30 Richard Bowens III CB Saginaw Valley State 80 Braedon Bowman TE South Alabama 88 Woody Brandom TE Sam Houston State 20 Jamari Brown S Gardner-Webb 66 Nick Buchanan C Florida 22 Manny Bunch S Tulsa 18 Emmanuel Butler WR N. Arizona 72 Cam Carter OT Murray State 40 Isaiah…

[newdelosfm]

hi! do you have fc recs for ares? thank you!

adria arjona, dev patel, brian michael smith, michael b. jordan, danny ramirez, isaiah mustafa, lewis tan, mena massoud, tanner buchanan, rahul kohli, dev patel, john boyega, david castaneda, ryan reynolds, chris hemsorth, dianne guerero, lindsey morgan, melissa barrera, nathalie emmanuel, brie larson, or tessa thompson.

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hi! do you have fc recs for ares? thank you!

hi friend! fc recs for ares coming right up: any of the chrises (evans, hemworth, or pine PLEASE), brian michael smith, michael b. jordan, danny ramirez, isaiah mustafa, lewis tan, mena massoud, tanner buchanan, rahul kohli, dev patel, john boyega, david castaneda, ryan reynolds, or henry cavill.

[peterth3parker]

just finished falcon and the winter soldier again and FUCK it gives me chills like it is so amazing what sam does for the flag smashers AND for isaiah bradley. i think it is amazing that isaiah bradley is given the proper recognition. and then bucky finally after years of struggling overcomes the winter soldier, literally let’s kids hang off his arm !! i love sam wilson as captain america and i hope they bring back the pair for more films or series

[theobligatedklutz]

Not gonna lie I struggled with the idea of a Black man taking up the mantle of Captain America for a long time because of the negative connotations that the shield holds (Isaiah calls it a "white man's shield") and the fact of the matter is that America stands for a long history of Black slavery and the erasure and rejection of Black lives and legacies ("Them stars and stripes don't mean nothing good to me"). So why would any Black man –especially one so determined to learn about people and find the right solutions (in a world where the wrong solutions are always so much easier) like Sam Wilson– want to take up that shield?

We see Sam struggle with the same idea when he holds the shield; "Feels weird. Picking it up. The legacy of that shield is complicated, to say the least." And even Bucky acknowledges it; "I don't think [Steve and I] really understood what it felt like for a Black man to be handed the shield." So Isaiah Bradley really hit the mark in saying "they will never let a Black man be Captain America and even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever want to be."

But ep 6 changed a lot of things, made me realize that Sam Wilson isn't trying to fill Steve's shoes or mold into America's image of who Captain America should be. He isn't an avenger, he's an amender. He's no super soldier, he's a normal human being fighting for justice and he likes it that way, even though everytime he goes out there, he's vulnerable. And most of all, he's no star-spangled man, he's the Black man who's of service to those who have been wronged in the past, present and future. He is the voice of those that are sooner murdered and vanished from existence to quiet them than heard and given justice. I never saw Steve Rogers stand up to the country senates and show them how wrong they are in their judgements but Sam Wilson did that. He actively showed the minorities that he'd stand for them. Steve Rogers could never do this because this man was white and blind (as much as it hurts to hear, no white man on a high pedestal and blindingly privileged as Steve Rogers could stand for people he cannot personally, psychologically or physically relate to) and he was "blonde hair, blue eyes, stars and stripes" and he was the "great white hope" that the world was chasing (which might as well be the comparative equivalent of "the great America dream"). He could never understand the Black experience, people of colour or any minorities for that matter. Not like Sam Wilson can.

Sam said it best and honestly, I would've applauded if I wasn't watching at 3:00 in the morning; "I'm a black man carrying the stars and stripes. What don't I understand?" This punches you right in the gut, shows the audience and the people that the man holding the shield now knows them; (he may not know every experience but he knows how it feels to be helpless and to struggle because of his colour). "Every time I pick this up, I know there are millions of people out there who are gonna hate me for it. Even now, here, I feel it. The stares, the judgement. And there's nothing I could do to change it. Yet I'm still here. No super serum, no blonde hair, no blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can so better." And this– god this, the fact that he uses his newfound wisdom, erased injustice he's learned and understood (from Isaiah) and that he's a man willing to keep learning and growing to make the world a collective village and America a place for the people who built and shed blood for the country despite the hate and disrespect he'll be getting for it just stuns me.

This is a man not carrying the legacy of Steve Rogers, this is a man carrying on the legacy of who could've been the Captain America if he wasn't brutalized and erased, he's carrying on the legacy of Isaiah Bradley. And I'm excited to see him break away from navigating his identity just through Isaiah and create and carry his own legacy and identity in the future (whatever the future may be) but man, do I want them to explore the Black roots of America and the wreckage of colonization and slavery as well because that's what Captain America should be about: The injustices to POCs, Black people and minorities of America (and the world) seen firsthand through the eyes of a hero.

With all said and done, I'm so glad to finally say that Sam Wilson is and always will be my Captain America (and I'm in the first row screaming "Nice job, Cap.")

[samsilverlight]

Hello its them,

The Falcon Captain America And The Winter Soldier

Comic book vs MCU

[charliewrites99]

A warning to the people

The good and the evil

This is war.

A warning

This is war.

This is war. (tfatws edition)

by 30 Second to Mars

[dbnightingale24]

Not me crying over the Isaiah Bradley memorial 😩😩

[mejcinta]

The government will use you...

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until you're of no use to them...

#supersoldiers

#riseoftheantihero

[ellestra]

Superpowered life

I really liked how this episode took time to humanise both John Walker and the Flag Smashers.

I like how it gives us those moments from Flag Smasher’s point of view. Showing the small moments like Karli taking time to make sure the guy Walker shot is OK. And then her clear heartbreak for the friend who sacrifices himself. This is so different from the opening of last episode when Sam was killing LAF men left and right and Batroc didn’t care his people died. They were treated as disposable but Flag Smashers aren’t. They think themselves the heroes who fight for those who lived through Blip.

Last episode we saw the hurdles the returned have to go through but we also got a taste of the way those extra five years changed those left (from Hayward to Sarah). This episode we see the Walker and his group created as enforcers of the Global Repatriation Council so the returned at least have a body that takes care of their needs (even, as we see with Sam imperfectly) but it just makes those who grew up in the world without them more resentful (this movement seems to attract a lot of young people for whom the world without half of humanity became norm).

They had to give up a lot and their needs got swept under the rug when billions of people came back wanting the world to be just like when they left. It’s a misplaced anger (it’s not like those people had a choice and they are refugees often with even less than FS) but it is understandable and it’s no wonder there are so many people willing to hide them. And it’s hard for them not to feel vindicated when GRC sends men to “pacify” them. Making the Flag Smashers so diverse and throwing a guy dressed in American paraphernalia to fight them somewhere in Europe just drives home how not completely wrong they are.

But it looks like neither Walker nor our heroes are really the Flag Smashers big problem. It looks like they stole the serum that makes them super soldiers form Power Broker and that’s what was in those creates not vaccines. I wonder if they want to make so many more super strong followers or d the powers wear off with time and they need to keep taking it.

In many ways John Walker is a lot like Steve. He wants to help people and make the world better. He believes in the ideas of America and wants people to believe in them too. He wants to be the hope Steve was. He jumped on top of grenades. And he got really good at throwing that Shield fast (the way he saved Hoskins was pretty cool). He’s the best man for the job, isn’t he?

He’s even appropriately bashful about being lauded for his accomplishments. Feels weird about being trotted for shows in public. And have doubts he can live up to being Captain America. He’s also a little cocky and likes to use his influence (the government line, releasing Bucky) but that’s not that different than Tony. Or Thor. And he even has the same Big Three idea as Sam. He’s just like our heroes.

He’s just like those guys before they learnt their lessons about humility and blind trust. So isn’t us, or Sam and Bucky, not wanting to have to deal with that journey again just unwillingness to give him a chance?

But then the uncomfortable parts hit you. From the fact that he took the job over a black man. Sam isn’t completely wrong about becoming his own symbol and not just using Steve’s clout. The fact that John took it like it was something he deserved is already telling something about his confidence and show points us to the “white men confidence” on that by making it uncomfortable. From the way they have people of colour telling him he can do it. To the black best friend/sidekick. That last one really hit hard.

This is, however, not fully on John really. It’s on people who created him. In universe, the men who lauded Sam for giving up the Shield only to give it to a white dude. In real world on all those who keep creating protagonists like these.

This hit differently when the character of Captain America was created almost century ago and we were already so accustomed with him it’s easy to ignore the dissenting voices for the comfort of it’s always been like this. But there is still to many media that repeat this pattern over and over again with new characters.

The patterns so ingrained it has to be pointed out again and again how skewed that is and the show rammed it home with Walker calling both Sam and Bucky Steve’s wingmen. He was implying he wants them to be his now and they both went clearly “sorry, man, we are the protagonists now”. And that made him resort to threats and that is on him.

The thing about Steve was that there was plenty of brave, smart, decorated men with him in that camp. He wasn’t chosen because he was better then them at fighting but because of his heart and willingness to stand up for what is right no matter what. And when he jumped on the grandee he didn’t know he would survive. Walker has special helmet. And he clearly enjoys the privileges and power that comes with the position.

It’s all fun when he is the main character in this story - saving the Avengers and getting them out of trouble - but when they refuse to be appropriately grateful and fall in line his generosity turns to anger. And that really drives home that white man entitlement, doesn’t it? (I hope it does.)

And the show doesn’t stop there. There is still the way US government treated Isaiah Bradley. Bucky got pardoned for everything with just Steve’s backing but the man who protected Americans from him got nothing but abuse. All Bradley can have is being left alone while Bucky is recognised as an Avenger. At least Steve was always a hero but Bucky used to be a villain and he still is better off. It reminds us how long this has been and issue. (The kid is Eli, though, isn’t he?)

And then there is the way police treat Sam. The tone they use when they ask Bucky if “this man is bothering you”. And then complete change when Bucky says “do you know who that is” and the celebrity status hits and suddenly Sam isn’t jut a black guy but Mr. Wilson, the Avenger. But it really hits when it turns out Bucky is to be arrested because he missed his therapy session for a trip to Europe. The policeman is still polite and all “Mr. Barnes” and “sorry about this”.

We see Bucky’s super soldier serum powers in work (with jumping and running) and Walker I think just has the suit and good coordination but it’s clear their greatest superpower is being white men.

I liked this episode take on racism better as it was better at showing it as a background didn’t involve Sam ignoring his sister’s agency and her knowledge. And because it showed the status his celebrity grants him better, especially when contrasted with the life of Isaiah Bradley who has powers but not fame so none of the perks and all the burdens of being experimented on.

And I like the way it shows it also gets to those who are discriminated. After all the kid who calls Sam Black Falcon is black too. It’s just Falcon. No qualifiers necessary. But then Sam calls Bucky White Panther. The colour coding gets to all of us. (In Polish pantera = lampart and both mean leopard so we actually say żółta pantera = yellow panther along with black but I’m glad no one uses that for people.)

I also liked that Sam thought Bradley meant white people when he said Bucky’s people. I mean he wasn’t wrong since Hydra was pretty much white supremacist but still funny.

The only thing that bothered me was Bucky’s therapist forcing Sam into the session. The excuse was flimsy, the was no real indication she knows they fight all the time and the whole thing seemed to be only for that one line when Bucky admits he’s afraid Steve was wrong about him. But the execution of this was clunky and the moment with Bradley worked much better.

[quxntumvandyne]

the falcon and the winter soldier no context spoilers ep. 5