#justice for mary jane

[tobeyandkirstendunstfan4life]

PeterMJ forever!

petermj 🤭

[romancemedia]

Cartoon Romances + Aww he made her blush

[ian-thebean]

Loving Mansfield Park is like being soul-bound to the Necronomicon. It has cursed me with love for a book I cannot endorse. I am tethered to this tome of intellectually stimulating misery.

"What's Jane's worst book?" my friends ask me

"Ah," I say, solemnly shaking my head, "let me tell you the woeful tale of Mansfield Park. It is an unpleasant book to read. All of the characters make me sad in different ways. Fanny Price is deeply loveable and constantly unhappy. Edmund is her father figure and first cousin. Yes they do get married. Sir Thomas is a slaver. Mrs. Norris is abusive in a horribly familiar way. I love this book tenderly, with all of its awful awful vibes, and I need to talk about it constantly. Unlike Austen's other works, however, I cannot ask a friend to read it in good conscience. The pacing is frustrating, the characters infuriating, the regency morality utterly unpalatable. How can I recommend that my dear friends spend their precious free time reading 350+ pages of less-than-pleasant prose??"

And then comes the all-present question: why do I, a deeply transsexual leftist with very little patience for hierarchy of any kind, think about this book so much? The things I could do instead are legion (play the flute, color, sew, bake, hang w/ friends, to name a few), so why don't I do them?

Anyway there's no conclusion to this post. We stay slaying

[madame-helen]

[hedonistbyheart]

✨Miss Watson✨

[dearestgentlereaders]

a BBC adaptation on Mary Bennet?!!?! *cue excessive pterodactyl screeching* MARY BENNET MY BELOVED I’M SO GLAD YOU ARE FINALLY GETTING YOUR TIME TO SHINE. MY MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN TORTURED POET YOU ARE FINALLY THE MAIN CHARACTER.

[farosdaughter]

AND I OP—

[tobeyandkirstendunstfan4life]

PeterMJ deserves better

Stop hating on PeterMJ, you dumb, stupid, misogynistic wimps and losers who were never loved by their mothers.

PeterMJ deserved better, so much better because this ship is underrated, underappreciated, misunderstood, and overlooked.

I hate how Mary Jane and this paring are being hated these days, I blame Joe Q, Slott, Wells, and Lowe for ruining everything. Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson are meant to be together forever!

I love Mary Jane Watson.

[shinigami-striker]

Vanessa Marshall | Saturday, 10.19.24

Same voice actress - featuring Vanessa Marshall. Happy 55th birthday! 🎂

2001

Cleopatra (Time Squad) - Time Squad (TV series; 2001-2003)

2008

Mary Jane Watson - The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series; 2008-2009)

2010

Natasha Romanoff - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (TV series; 2010-2013)

Black Canary (Dinah Lance) - Young Justice (TV series; 2010-2022) and Injustice 2 (2017 video game) Lego DC Super-Villains (2018 video game)

[sarah-maclean-completist]

veryromance: Sarah MacLean | Kimberly Lemming

[partywithponies]

Every time I think about how dirty the disney Mary Poppins films did the character of Jane Banks I want to cry.

[romancemedia]

A Hero's Broken Heart

[redhoodie1723]

rant abt mcu spider-man and how it's good writing for a bad adaptation

okay so this wasnt really inspired by anything, i just wanted to put this into words. before i start, idc if u love or hate the mcu and ur thoughts on the spider-man adpatations. this is just my personal opinion and what i understood after watching the movies (numerous times). feel free to add on or respond (i do love having convos abt this lol).

for me, the difficult thing abt mcu spider-man and his supporting cast is not that they're badly written, they're just bad adaptions. for the most part, the character development of peter (and some of the supporting cast) makes perfect sense within the context of the universe and creates a compelling story that affects the viewer emotionally. that's not the issue. the issue is the story they're telling is not a story that aligns with the history and values of who spider-man is in the comics.

like for peter, a lot of his development within the mcu is all about learning to be a hero without all the fancy tech and stuff.

in homecoming, it was in the end when he became a true hero, not because of the tech, or even his powers, but his desire to do good and be good. he chose to sacrifice parts of his personal life to do the right thing, he chose to save the vulture when he could've gotten hurt, etc.

this is continued in far from home, where peter's reliance on the iron spider suit and the edith glasses prevents him from developing as a hero in his own right. only when he has to use his own intelligence and start to hone his powers is he able to see through mysterio's illusions.

even in no way home, peter tried using the fancy stark industries tech by himself to fix the villains, and failed. however, when he worked with the other peter's using just their intelligence and materials available in a school, they came up with a better plan to save the villains.

so in order, he had to separate himself from the fancy tech and tools given to him by tony stark to learn how to be good, how to use his powers, and how to work with others.

now, he had other arcs and aspects of development in the films, but that was one that continued throughout his story. this is not a badly written arc at all, in fact its very compelling (to me at least) and helps solidify peter as one of the better heroes in the mcu. if you contain his story to just the mcu, and don't consider the comics, it's good writing. in fact, the spider-man films are the only mcu films that have been consistently good since endgame (exception of wakanda forever).

however, this isn't a self contained story. spider-man is a comic book staple and his character has a few key mark traits that should be present in any variation of the character for it to be a good spider-man. the mcu was missing a lot of that.

the most prevalent of which is his financial situation. the parkers are a poor family, peter grew up with financial struggles and this continued on in his adult life. in the mcu, the parkers have lived in at least two different apartments that are fancy, in a nice area, and have no signs of financial difficulties. the only thing that even hints at that is the dumpster diving referenced in civil war, but that can be attributed to other things.

not to mention his reliance on the tech he got from tony stark. it took till the end of no way home to see peter actually sewing one of his suits. spider-man has typically been a very low-tech hero outside of his webshooters. he's smart enough to handle any tech, but he doesn't have the resources or need for it. and like i said, while a lot of his story is about learning to not be reliant on all that stuff, it makes no sense to his character that he would have access to the first place.

peter isn't as 'uwu' in the mcu as fandom makes him out to be, he's actually pretty mature for his age and a strong character. however, peter parker should be more than that, the mcu peter parker lacks spider-man's distinctive biting wit. spider-man doesn't just make bad puns and a few quips, he actively makes fun of his opponents, both superhero and personal ones. mcu peter doesn't do this.

and the complete lack of uncle ben is atrocious. i know may got the iconic responsibility line, but ben's impact on peter and his path to heroism is only vaguely alluded to. i understand not wanting to rehash spider-man's origin story for the millionth time, but the mcu didn't even include a name drop of the most important motivation for peter becoming spider-man.

(side note: some people are upset he was on team iron man for civil war. i dont really care, the accords/circumstances were a lot different from the comic and while i do think if peter knew the full extent, he would've leaned team cap, i also don't think it was a huge characterization issue in regards to the adaptation)

and there's other stuff, but the point i'm trying to make is that mcu peter is a good character. he's well-written and complex, and i know why a lot of people like him (i do too). however, the fact is, until no way home, he wasn't even close to an accurate spider-man adaptation. things can be good while still not being correct.

and then there's the supporting cast.

controversial take: i hate mcu mj. zendaya is a phenomal actress with incredible range, and i know she would've been an amazing mary jane watson, but the writers ruined it.

like at least peter had some things in common with his comic counterpart. with mcu mj, the made an OC and then slapped mj's nickname onto it, not even her full name, just the nickname.

i don't wanna go into it much because this is already so long, but it just feels like the writers don't think female characters can be traditionally feminine while still being strong characters.

with mcu peter, it at least feels like he was well written. mcu mj had little to no character development. she was written like a fully formed character but given no hints of backstory, motivations, etc. she was just pessimistic for three films, said one line in no way home about thinking more positively, and then the writers called it a day.

she shares no backstory, no personality traits, no aspirations, or anything with comic mj.

honestly, idk enough abt comic ned to speak on him, although i do know that he's essentially a ganke rip-off. however they should have used a character like harry as peter's friend smh. additionally, they did flash dirty.

i know that modern day bullies are often not jocks. like ik from personal experience that the athletes at my school are much nicer than the average student because they're held to such high expectations by the coaching staff. no one is shoving nerds into lockers or giving people swirlies (as far as i know). a guy who is jealous of someone else's academic achievements when they believe it should be theirs, and then verbally insults/talks trash abt them because of it is entirely realistic.

and for a minor, background antagonist, he still had a few referenced backstory and motivations. thats not to say flash is a particular well fleshed out character in the mcu, he's not, but considering he's a background character, thats a lot more forgivable than what they did to mj.

but like peter, hes not a bad character, just not the correct character.

once again, financials are changed. it's like the mcu is allergic to working class or poor characters. flash's parents in the comic are a police officer and a stay at home mom. they are not buying flash new cars and fancy phones like he has in the mcu. the only similarity is that flash's father seems to be a bad parent in both universes, but since we dont know much about his parents other than the references in far from home, i dont know how deep those similarities go.

anyways thats my rant. there are other issues with the spider-man adaptation in the mcu, but overall im disappointed with how it's handled. im glad no way home set up a more accurate version of spider-man, but they should've had that from the beginning.

plus, there are many significantly worse adaptations in the mcu that are not only bad adaptations, but bad writing too (cough cough mcu w*nda). in the big scheme of things, spider-man fans got lucky, the mcu has butchered characters much worse than that. and at least it seems like things are going to be better from now on.

[xxtrixster]

Yeah! Finally objective point! There was another book written from a servant perspective of the Bennetts that also highlighted the other disparity of the classic romance of higher society classes. But this sums it up well to.

If none of them married, how desperate would the Bennett girls actually have been?

Well the only dowry they have is £50 apiece from their mother’s small inheritance, per year; so that’s a total of £250 generated by Mrs. Bennet’s inherited investments per annum.

The Dashwoods (four women) are living on £500 a year when they are forced to live in Barton Cottage (with good-will making the rent presumably ridiculously low thanks to Sir John Middleton’s good nature, to say nothing of all the dinners and outings he invites the ladies to, which will help them economize on housekeeping costs for heavier meals.)

So there would be six Bennet women left to live on half as much as the Dashwoods are barely scraping by on. £250 is roughly considered enough to keep ONE gentleman at a barely-genteel level of leisure (presuming he does not keep a horse or estate or have any major expenses beyond securing his own lodgings/clothes/meals at a level becoming of a gentleman.)

None of the Bennet girls have been educated well enough for them to be governesses to support themselves, so…yes, their situation would heavily rely on mega-charity from others to just help them survive, much less maintain them in the lifestyle they’ve been accustomed to. The Dashwood women have NO social life beyond the outings provided by Sir John and the offer of Mrs. Jennings to host the older girls in London–otherwise they’d be stuck in their cottage, meeting absolutely no eligible men, creating a cycle of being poor and unmarried and too poor to meet anyone with money they could marry.

If the Bennet girls don’t at least have ONE of them marry well enough to help the rest before their father dies, they are really, truly, deeply fucked.

They may joke about beautiful Jane being the saviour of the family, but…it’s true. Mr. Bennet failed his daughters several times over in A) presuming he’d have a son, B) not saving money independently from his income to support his family after his death when it became clear he wasn’t going to have a son, C) not educating them well enough to enable them to support themselves in even in the disagreeable way of being a governess, D) not making any effort to escort his daughters to London or even local assemblies to help their matrimonial chances because he just doesn’t feel like it, E) throwing up his hands and shrugging when faced with the crises of Mr. Collins and Wickham.

Much as we are relieved on a romantic level that Mr. Bennet’s support of Elizabeth saves her from parental pressure to accept Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet is NOT A DICK for pushing for the match, because on a material level it very much means they get to KEEP THEIR HOUSE and gain a connection to the powerful patron Lady Catherine de Bourgh, which could be VERY advantageous for the other unmarried girls.

And the scandal of Wickham very nearly scuppers the chances of ANY of the other girls, and Wickham is a further DRAIN on the family finances, not a man who is going to substantially be able to support them. It is SUCH a disaster, and of course there’s not much Mr. Bennet can do until they are found, but he’s away in London and doing…what, exactly? Mr. Gardiner takes over and manages everything and Mr. Bennet seems happy to just let him.

Mr. Bennet does the ABSOLUTE LEAST, and actively damages his children’s futures by his inaction AND by his one action to support Lizzie’s individual needs being prioritized over the collective gain, which…I mean, Lizzie is going to be JUST as homeless and destitute as her sisters when he dies, so much good being Dad’s Favourite is going to do her. :/

[ericaranns]

Eu tinha o costume de fazer reviews de coisas no meu twitter e fazia capas para essas reviews. Postando aqui pra arquivar e portfólio de Thumbs.

[lara635kookie]

Alright, let's do it one more time.

"My name is Preciosa Paragon.

I was bitten by a radioactive spider,

and for the last three years and eight months I've been the one and only

I'm the Princess of Paragonia, an amount of little islands near Europe and the Middle East meaning:lots of gold, petroleum and precious gemstones.

The Paragonians love me, the house of Paragoniums, my family not so much, depending on who you ask. At least I have my friends. They call me "Priss" or "Prissy". I'm 18 years old and second in line for the throne, meaning I'll never be queen so the republicans hate me less.

I've saved the city more times that I can count, fought some villains, I made marketing for a jewelry brand, I apologized for making market to a jewelry brand, met my hot american exchange student boyfriend Glen Stacy, saved the city some more, I received the city key(in both my spider and civilian form), saved the whole entire country, lost Glen in the process...And now I'm at college."

"My name is Piper Prescott.

I was bitten by a radioactive spider,

and for the last two years and five months I've been the one and only

The 90's are the best year to be a spider-woman. Things can get a little crazy at the disco parties, I speak from personal experiences. I'm 17 years old and I can't wait to graduate high school to fully focus in my super hero job!

Most people would say I'm the life of the party. I'm always invited to the greatest dances, balls, proms, reunions, celebrations. Whatever you wanna call it, I'll be there. Always the first one to arrive and the last one to leave. That also applies to spider-me. I've got flawless hair(self love is everything) and I'm not the best dancer out there but that never stopped me from dancing anyway!

I saved the city a couple of times, sang in a karaoke party, got some drunk people to safety, made a cosmetics brand, apologized for making a cosmetics brand, learned a new language, started yoga, found out I have too much anxiety for yoga, inaugurated a hotel, went to the hotel's spa, gave a bunch of autographs, had my own talk show, had my talk show cancelled, went on a blind date Gregory "Greg" Stacy, kissed him at the kissing booth, introduced him to my family, lost him...And now I go to therapy."

"My name is Paige Pyeong.

I was bitten by a radioactive spider,

and for the last four years I've been the one and only

I'm half korean and half american. I live in the year 4001 at New Soul City. I'm 19 years old and I'm currently taking a gap year. Just trying to relax and figure out what I'm going to do with my life from now on.

My asian family didn't aprove that so I moved to a little apartment and now I have a part-time job as an internship at Sungsam(none of my co-workers know it, but I have an IPhonee, tho).

I saved the city a fair amount of time, I appeared in a cover of a magazine, I apologized for appearing in a cover of a magazine, I made a podcast on YourTube, it got cancelled, I met my full american white boyfriend Marc-John Watson, I trained singing, rapping and dancing, made my debut as a kpop soloist, apologized for making my debut as a kpop soloist, I made a special appearence in a celebrity's Metflix documentary, I apologized for that too, I revealed to Marc-John that I'm Spider-Girl, he proposed, I said yes and now I'm engaged to the best future husband ever."