#marvel thunderbolts

[rayofsuunshiine]

And just like that.. I’m back on my Bucky Barnes bullshit.

[chaxan08]

Bucky: I know you're in love, Belova.

Yelena: I am not in love with Kate Fucking Bishop!

Bucky, staring at Yelena with a smirk: I never said with who…

Yelena, realizing: Shit. Anyway—

[lives-in-midgard]

They are back

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

The Thunderbolts movie poster was bugging me because it felt so familiar for some reason. Just now, I realized what it reminded me of:

[generallemarc]

Marvel is using AI art-the bottom left hand has an extra finger

This is a billion-dollar company. I get that the asterisk next to the name implies this isn't final, but this company is owned by Disney-at no point in the development process should ai "work" be acceptable. Literally the only time ai-assisted anything isn't lazy and scummy is if you're two dudes trying to animate a project way bigger than you could manage on your own in your spare time(and you don't 'train' it on other peoples' art), like that one animated short that made Mother's Basement flip his lid because he either didn't bother checking to see if it was made by a big studio or not or he just didn't care. This is not that. This literally could not get further from that.

[lovelyy-moonlight]

Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova in "THUNDERBOLTS."

[loserbaby66]

Y’ALL I’M TOO FUCKING GAY FOR THIS

(Ignore the shitty quality on some of them)

[strawberrysnscreams]

I'M SHAKING

[those-fucking-marvel-fans]

Marvel didn't give us the version of The Thunderbolts we needed bc can you imagine the raw, uncontainable levels of cunt that would be achieved just from simply having these three in a room together

[rayofsuunshiine]

every super solider needs their widow

[chaxan08]

*after a team night out*

Kate, absolutely hungover: Please tell me I'm just imagining this—I said I was the queen of unicorns?

Yelena: I would, but then I'd be lying to the queen of unicorns.

Kate:

Yelena: Your majesty.

[kaitlinamberxo]

“Pain and suffering is every day and we are both still a trained killer. Except I'm not the one that's on the cover of a magazine. I'm not the killer that little girls call their hero.”

kaitlin's 100 favorite female muses — 49/100: Yelena Belova

[romancomicsblog]

Movie Redo: Fixing Marvel's Thunderbolts*

Marvel's Thunderbolts* recently came out with a stellar trailer, watching some of our favorite MCU anti-heroes going through the motions while uncovering a mystery and becoming a team.

While many have praised the trailer for its style, action and tone, I have had some problems with the movie from the beginning. For one, the group Thunderbolts* tends to be villains pretending to be heroes as opposed to morally gray characters.

The movie tackles the spirit of this by having several characters fill in classic roles of the MCU Avengers: Yelena as Black Widow, U.S. Agent as Captain America, etc. But this stops at about half the team.

For example, we have three different variations of Captain America. Each are not Steve Rogers, morally gray super soldiers. The main difference is their range of comedic quips.

We also have two different variations of (basically) Black Widow.

This makes the lineup a bit stale power wise, and makes most of the lineup side Black Widow and Captain America characters.

While it makes entering the film easier, this doesn't give us the same feeling of "assembling" characters from the MCU like the Avengers did. The characters should come from many different projects as opposed to 2.

Finally, the team is made up of 7/8 white people. So in so many ways, this movie is suffering from a lack of diversity.

My goal is to liven up the team with characters across the MCU, villains and antiheroes alike. I'd like this team to:

Fill roles of the classic Avengers

Have a wide range of abilities

Reward long time MCU fans for watching along

Lets get started with an obvious question:

Who Stays & Who Goes?

While this group is full of some great MCU characters, too many unfortunately are redundant.

We will be saving 4 Characters, starting with:

1. Yelena Belova - White Widow (Black Widow / Hawkeye)

One of the smartest moves made by this movie is having Yelena be the lead. I love Florence Pugh, and one thing that can differentiate this team from The Avengers is having White Widow be the leader.

She is the clear and funnest Black Widow stand-in, so I will be choosing her over Taskmaster.

2. John Walker - U.S. Agent (Falcon & The Winter Soldier)

Of the Captain America knock offs, U.S. Agent is by far the most interesting.

No hate to Red Guardian's jokes or Winter Soldier's angst, but having a sad, broken not as good Captain America who is not a good man but a perfect soldier, there's so many ways you can go with it. He can be a traitor to the group, the eventual villain or just the guy who thinks he's the leader.

He is also the character we've seen least of the 3, and deserves his time on the big screen.

3. Ava Starr - Ghost (Ant-Man & The Wasp)

One of the most underrated characters in the MCU, Ghost was a highlight for me in the Ant-Man trilogy. With a tragic backstory, skills to match the Winter Soldier and an actual interesting power, I'm really excited to see where they go with this character.

Plus I love her new suit.

4. Bob - The Sentry (Thunderbolts*)

Lewis Pullman is playing "Bob" who is most likely Robert Reynolds AKA The Sentry, a Superman like superhero who struggles with memory loss, and has the power of "a million suns".

Due to the S in the trailer and his general confusion, Sentry will likely join the team, and his archenemy The Void will may even be the main antagonist.

As a powerful longhaired hero, he fills the role of a Thor for our Avengers, which is a definite need.

The mystery behind Bob as well as the inclusion of a new Superman like character is very fun. I do think a need for every MCU movie is an addition of a new interesting character, so Bob must stay.

Now that we have our 4 stays, let's make some fun additions.

5. Agent Dex Poindexter - Bullseye (Daredevil Season 3)

Agent Poindexter fills a couple of significant roles from the Avengers and from the Thunderbolts* who we took off the list.

Like Taskmaster, Bullseye is an assassin, who worked for a puppet master who is still very much alive and around in the MCU. But unlike many of the other killers on this list, he enjoys killing. As the teams resident sociopath, he can be the devil on their shoulder, egging the team on to go further than they have before.

He also nicely fills the teams role as their Hawkeye. The both have perfect aim, have taken on new identities to commit atrocities, and started off as law men.

It also gives all viewers great homework, because everyone should watch Daredevil.

6. Aaron Davis - The Prowler (Spider-Man Homecoming / Across the Spider-Verse)

The Spider side of the MCU has very much stayed in its place due to Sony. One character who has appeared in both Sony and Marvel, portrayed by the same actor I might add, is Aaron Davis.

Aaron Davis first appeared in Spider-Man Homecoming, and if we believe him to portray the same character in Across the Spider-Verse, has evolved into his role as Prowler now.

Prowler with his tech, claws, skills, and general goofy vibe, could fill the role of a Black Panther or Spider-Man for our group, and much like Spider-Man, be the ground level criminal entering this world of Assassins and Gods.

You can also view him as more of a thief than anything else. Like Aladdin or Star-Lord, fitting him into this team but definitely bringing a different perspective as opposed to Bullseye.

I see Prowler as a secondary lead character, one who has Yelena's back over some of the others, and hopefully makes it out of this mission alive.

7. Titania (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law)

Where there are Avengers, there is need for muscle.

Titania is one the secondary villains from Marvel's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, notably played by Good Place actress Jameela Jamil.

Titania fills the role of a Hulk / Captain Marvel to the group as our resident strong woman, but also takes up Red Guardians role as comedic relief.

As a social media influencer and fashion icon, she'll bring a very different energy than our other two heroines. She also has the tendency to back whoever to keep herself alive, meaning she may team up with the worst of our titular team if there is a coup.

Plus I'd like her to dawn her wrestler outfit.

8. Justin Hammer - MACH-1 (Iron Man 2)

With many of the Avengers roles filled, all we need is left is a billionaire genius playboy.

Since his debut in Iron Man 2, Sam Rockwell fans have been clamoring for the actor to return as Justin Hammer. While we have inklings of him in All Hail to to King & What If, having Justin as comedic relief and the teams resident tech expert can add a different flavor to the team.

While Justin Hammer doesn't have an alter ego in the comics, he could take on the role of Titanium Man like he does in the animated show, Iron Man Armored Adventures.

My only gripe is the name is a little too close to Titania, so I recommend he takes on the name Mach-1, the alter ego of the Beetle when he joined the Thunderbolts.

While he is not The Beetle, he is still a villain pretending to be a hero, and several have taken on the name of Mach-1, so I think it'll be fine.

With just a few notable changes, my MCU team is now complete.

We now have heroes and villains from across the MCU, all with unique skills, powers, tools and motivations.

And once they all suit up...

They'll make one hell of a team.

Thank you so much for reading! Please consider following, and check out my socials and other sites here! And let me know: Who do you think should be on the Thunderbolts*?

[th3d0nutl0rd]

Imagine it turns out that Cavillrine is MCU Wolverine and he appears in a post credit of the Thunderbolts. Like Bucky says he's gonna come with an old friend of his then its revealed that he couldn't come cause his friend said some flying lunatic (Sentry) blew up his motorcycle. Smash cut to a post credit of Sentry destroying a familiar motorcycle and Cavillrine walking out of a bar like "Oh for fuck's sake..." then begins calling Bucky saying he can't come there.

STOP THIS WOULD BE SO PERFECT!!!!

[multiverseofseries]

The first trailer and poster for 'Thunderbolts*’ has been released. The film is set to hit theaters on May 2, 2025.

[mimkpikaboobies]

*the squad is at a dinner party but someone has been murdered*

Ava: You’re acting pretty carefree for someone who’s life’s at stake. Who’s to say you aren’t the killer?

Yelena: It’s a murder, not a tax audit. I’ll be fine.

John Walker: What about Alexei? Nobody ever suspects Alexei!

Alexei: Well what about Antonia? She have a gun!

Antonia: James has a knife.

Bucky: Yeah, for fun, not for murder! *stabs Walker in the arm*