#marvel stuff

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Deadpool and Wolverine might actually be the best love letter to Marvel that I’ve seen.

On a meta level, the movie feels like it was written in response to people dismissing the Marvel properties that aren’t the MCU. The MCU is the “Sacred Timeline” while everyone else gets thrown into the trash aka the Void. Wade even tried to become an Avenger because he feels that his life doesn’t matter. Then, Wade gets a chance to join the MCU. Of course, he’s thrilled, but is then told that the rest of his universe is getting destroyed since they lost its “anchor” (aka it lost its relevance). So, Wade decides to fight for his universe.

On a surface level, you can read this movie as a criticism of the MCU in that it’s treating the only stories worth a damn as the ones coming from that universe. But I don’t think that’s the case. I mean, first off, this was made by Marvel Studios. Feige and Co had to sign off on this and a great deal of the plot stems from the Loki show. Second, the movie felt more like it was trying to say that ALL Marvel stories matter. It’s not really criticizing the MCU, it’s criticizing how audiences view the Marvel movies/shows that aren’t the MCU. The “why should I care about this movie if it doesn’t lead to the next Avengers movie” attitude.

That’s why I say this was the best love letter to Marvel I’ve seen. It’s a celebration of the company’s works, both MCU and non-MCU. You can see that from the Easter eggs, the cameos, the nods to the fandom, and the emphasis on forgotten characters getting a chance at redemption. Even the jabs at the company and fanbase feel like they come from a place of love.

But what really sold me on this movie being a love letter to Marvel was the ending. Instead of a tease to a potential De4dpool movie, it was a montage of the development of the Fox Marvel movies (I can’t say X-Men since clips of the Fantastic Four were there). On one side, it’s a touching send-off to the Fox X-Men franchise. On the other side, it felt like a reminder of why people love Marvel to begin with. It’s these people - actors, writers, directors, producers - coming together to make these entertaining stories for us, to bring the comics to life on the big screen. It’s like Ryan Reynolds was telling us to take a step back from all the conspiracy theorizing, nitpicking, and fanbase drama for a couple of hours, that we should just enjoy this Marvel movie as it is.

And it worked. It was genuinely just a fun, awesome movie to watch. If we’re using the MCU-as-a-TV-show-analogy that people love using, Deadpool and Wolverine is the 100th episode that is made dedicated to the fans and celebrating the show as a whole. It’s a fanservice movie done right, one that goes beyond just references and cameos.

[amalgamatus]

I know it's hard cause his comics are from, like, the 90s at the latest and kinda hard to find unless you go into shady sites or find used copies, but what I need people to understand —at least until Across The Spiderverse part 2 comes out and proves otherwise— is that Miguel O'Hara is a severely depressed guy who comes from a background of abuse. His stepfather was incredibly abusive, he was bullied his whole childhood and he has at least 2 half siblings he found out about later in life who hate him, one for being Spiderman and the other for being himself. He's never had any sort of stability- especially not familial stability. He's reclusive and self destructive, he isolates himself and ruins his relationships with others either because of his isolation or because he's actively self-sabotaging. And that's all without the addition of the child for the sad backstory.

Then, in Across The Spiderverse, he had a seemingly perfect life waved right in front of his face, like the universe —both his own and that perfect one— is taunting him with what he's never been allowed to have, but also giving him a chance to just take it, to finally have that without any extra effort needed. I'm not at all surprised by his actions and the choice he made, and I can't wait to see how that goes in Part 2.

[multiverseofseries]

New clip from Agatha all Along episode 5 has been released!

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF FRIDAY NIGHT PUNCHGROUND

DAMIAN WAYNE AND PETER PARKER GET THEIR TITLE SHOTS

Previously, Damian Wayne (DC) and Peter Parker (Marvel) decided to join forces based on a mutual feeling that they were being disrespected in the ABW space. They agreed to turn against their father figures, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, and carried out their plan at Fictional Wrestlemania. Both Damian and Parker turned heel as a result of their actions.

In this episode of PunchGround, the unnamed commissioner decided that instead of punishing the duo, he will give them a chance to prove themselves. Damian Wayne and Peter Parker will have a shot at the Universal Championship in the next pay-per-view/event poll series (Fictional Backlash). However, the setup of the match will depend on if they can beat the team of Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne in a tag team match.

The stipulations are:

1) If Damian and Peter win, they’ll both face against Tony Stark in a triple threat match for the Universal Championship. Basically, they have an equal chance at becoming champion.

2) If Tony and Bruce win, Damian and Peter will fight each other to determine who’ll fight Tony Stark.

[that-cartoony-villain]

after that agatha finale i have many thoughts about rio as death and all the symbolism behind her actions so beware of spoilers for the whole series also in no particular order its gonna be stuff i remember so I'll be jumping around

I'm going to start with the last agathario scene that we gays were hoping The Kiss™️ which is kinda obvious about a kiss from death which is very common in literature and it symbolizes dying so that part was very direct, idk if this means they never kissed before or not but in that moment agatha had a clear goal of getting rio's power for herself and they both knew it would kill her as she said in the first ep... this does imply that she probably tried to do this before but rio stopped her when they were in love all those centuries ago

which kinda goes into a theory that maybe their first entanglement (whatever that implies) created nicky, cause agatha says she didn't do a spell or incantation to create him, he was made from scratch, and rio being The green witch™️ deals not only with death and decay but the cycle of life and death, creation and destruction, so it makes sense that he is their child, created from their love, which is why it hurt them both when she had to take him away, he was also something that challenged the balance of the universe, like billy, and rio allowed agatha to keep him with a timetable that nobody knew

and that takes me into the witches death that agatha killed to keep her son alive, she knew that giving bodies to death would allow rio to turn a blind eye to her child, and it makes for great symbolism with the sentence "death follows wherever they go" because it wasn't that agatha wanted to kill people, she had to so nicholas could survive, because death *was* following her wherever she went, they fell in love and rio had to make the tough decision of leaving her so she wouldn't take away agatha's most prized possession, their kid, and once she did have to do it she still kept following agatha because now she was actually killing witches just to have power and stay alive, she was grieving and murder became her go to (not a good thing) but death kept following wherever she went

and that is possibly why rio never got over her, she was always pursuing agatha and she didn't have time to let go, so at the end when agatha makes the deal to give up billy in exchange of rio letting go of her it had both the meaning of allowing her to be immortal and to forget about agatha, she was tired of having death follow her and they both knew the only way that could happen was for rio to give up her feelings and stop wanting to be with her

another thing is the whole tarot symbolism of death, as a major arcana in most decks death means the closing of a cycle, it isn't a bad card even though people see death as a bad thing, but the whole lilia ep was about showing how her cycle was about to finish (not necessarily meaning her death btw) and through all of the road each of them had their cycles closed, alice managed to get rid of her curse, jen got her power back, lilia finally understood her timeline and organized her thoughts to save her coven, billy found more power and possibly where his twin could be, agatha got the power she wanted for a bit and rio finally put agatha on the ground

also i could talk about how lilia might still be alive but that's a different rant that will come some other time

anyway i just really loved all the death symbolism throughout the whole show and how well they portrayed everything, aubrey did an amazing job as rio and i do hope they use her again in the mcu since we've had so many deaths and there will be more and how she deals with some of the things that don't necessarily follow the natural order of things (just please don't make it comic death cause rio is a lesbian she would never fall in love with thanos)

[delusion-with-mel]

The shows i watch have way too much impact on me.

Today i saw Bahrain on a map and my breath caught in my throat

I literally stared at it in disbelief as if it shouldnt exist and must stay fictional

[r4inyclouds]

I got... bored. And had an epiphany so I shall gift and bless the Tumblr land with my memes from scratch with pictures I pulled put my ass/gallery

They lit just kept getting worse and worse

[marvel-hq-dc-srver]

Good greetings! This is an account made specifically for the Marvel HQ discord server! All its advertisements, events, and important announcements will be kept here. The owner of the server is @er1th4cz

Here's all you should know about the server:

° it is a community server! It allows you to make friends, talk to people from everywhere, and overall have fun conversations about your favorite heroes, movies, and series!

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(ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE OWNER IS A MINOR SO IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, NO NEED TO INTERACT!)

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Here's a whole tour of the designated channels we have!

That's all for now, please do join and have fun in the server!

Me and you pulling up to the server fr:

[justsomefangirlie]

Random Thought:

(Slight X-men 97 spoilers)

I know I’m not the first one to point this out or address it, but…

The parallels between the fifth episode of X-men 97 and WandaVision. The way both Rogue and Wanda look at their respective love’s deceased bodies, sobbing and both saying how they ‘can’t feel them’ in the exact same way!

The fact Marvel studios has now given us two tragic love stories at this point… (why must my favorite characters always be the ones who suffer!)

[acupofsolace]

Something I'm noticing in these early comics is that Tony Stark is consistently the one stopping others from escalating conflict. When tempers run high he's the one holding people back from fighting within the team etc. He will put his own body in between stronger people regularly too, even though if his armour gets damaged he could die within minutes.

[er1th4cz]

Me looking at you to click the link to my Marvel Discord server

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

The Deadpool variant with the flag of Wales on their chest is even funnier when you realize Welshpool is an actual place in Wales.

[biromantic-nerd]

Everybody shut UP they gave Bucky Barnes his hair back And Yelena is there

[multiverseofseries]

New TV spot for Agatha All Along  has been released.

[amalgamatus]

I'm out here hoping for crumbs of Xina like