#six original avengers

[ephemic]

"we're the avengers, man… 🤨" pt. 1/2

[marveluniversehero]

Avengers 2015 MTV Movie Award Title Cards

[averizz]

In case you didn't know, 4 out of 6 of the original Avengers casts are Oscar nominees 🏆

Robert Downey Jr. for Chaplin (1993), Tropic Thunder (2009) and won for Oppenheimer (2024)

Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit (2020)

Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Alright (2010), Foxcatcher (2014), Spotlight (2015), and Poor Things (2023)

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2010) and The Town (2011)

[karenlous-blog]

I'll always love the original six Avengers , six of my favourite actors. I'll always have their backs.

[ireallyhopethismakesuseven]

Me watching Avengers: AOU over and over again because I knew this was the softest the avengers/MCU will ever be when everyone was complaining over trivial details. I’m sure you miss this Era now, don’t ya?

[oldtvandcomics]

Fuck this. I just wish that stories were allowed to END, you know. No spontaneous seasons added on. No cliffhangers in the hope that the streaming service doesn’t cancel the whole show anyway. No hints of future movies in the ones that are supposed to finish off a story arc. No talks of actors coming back. No dragging up stories that were finished and done with over a decade ago and give them yet another movie.

I’m so tired.

[gay-mike-wheeler]

the party in a 2000s AU dressing as the young avengers for halloween. do you see the vision.

specifically lumax as kate and eli but like the others match up pretty well as well.

[cogentranting]

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[mrslectermoriarty]

Headcanon Series #11

POV, the original six Avengers (minus Tony and Bruce) sitting in the living area in the Tower and just chilling, cause they need some vacation from that constant trauma exposure. Tony enters.

"Thor, my Nugget. Tell me more about that asgardian alcohol. Natasha, my Whiskey. You look stunning as ever. How do you do that? I need that moisturiser of yours. Clint. My coffee. I fixed your hearing aides. Steve, my Cheeseburger! You know you can always ask me if you need any art supplies. Now where is my non-fat vegan double choc mocca latte with oatmilk and hazelnut?"

Four disturbed pairs of eyes turn to him.

"No one seen Banner?"

Yeah, so the explanation to the nicknames is actually quite simple:

Thor is Nugget because they don't exist in Asgard and Thor grew very fond of them.

Natasha is Whiskey because she's strong and can knock you out cold. (Nat also prefers Whisky as an alcoholic drink)

Clint is coffe because he's the only sane one, according to Tony. No crazy business, just a cup of good old black coffe, no sugar, no milk.

Steve became Cheeseburger because Tony loves him most it is the American food and it just made sense.

And Bruce became the non-fat vegan double choc mocca latte with oatmilk and hazelnut, because that coffe order is as complicated as the things Tony and Bruce work on and it's sort of a metaphor for Bruce intelligence and competence.

Yes, it all makes sense in my Tony's head.

[xwisegirlx]

(via "The Original Six" Pullover Sweatshirt for Sale by xWiseGirl)

[tony-might]

Avengers Assemble

(Avengers movie scene)

[marveluniversehero]

The Avengers Battle Of New York Memorial

[karenlous-blog]

Happy hawkeye Wednesday, the last one of 2023.

[biromantic-barbie]

the ORIGINAL SIX AVENGERS as featured in: THE AVENGERS ▪ AGE OF ULTRON ▪ INFINITY WAR▪ENDGAME.

Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans). Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr). Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). Bruce Banner / The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Thor Odinson / God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth).

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[metamorphesque]

On March 1, 1984, a short article titled "Imprisoned Armenian Dies" appeared in the New York Times: “Gourgen Migirdic Yanikian, an Armenian author and engineer who killed two Turkish consular officials in California in 1973, died Monday in prison of natural causes. He was 88 years old. He was sentenced to life in prison in July 1973 for first-degree murder."

But who was this man? And why did he commit this "crime"?

Gourgen Yanikyan was born on December 24, 1895, in the city of Karin, Western Armenia, into a traditional Armenian family. Gourgen was six months old when the hamidian massacres began, claiming the lives of approximately 300,000 Armenians. His father had good relations with the Persian consul in Karin, and with the consul's help, the Yanikyan family found refuge in the Persian consulate, escaping the massacres. After two weeks of safety, they were transferred by a mountain road to the village of Kyotah near Kars on the consul’s orders. Suddenly, it was discovered that Gourgen was missing. He had fallen on the road from his mother’s arms that were numbed from the cold. Despite the danger, his mother and brother Hakob went back and, after walking about six kilometers, found Gourgen nearly lifeless. They revived him with the warmth of their bodies.

Six years later, the mother returned to Erzurum with Gourgen and Hakob, intending to take back the money and documents hidden in their barn back. While digging, two turks arrived, captured Hakob, beheaded him, and took the iron chest. The mother and Gourgen witnessed everything from their hiding place. A terrified Gourgen tried to scream, but his mother held his mouth shut. Gourgen never forgot this tragedy throughout his life. For political reasons, he became a Persian citizen and later moved to Switzerland with his family, where he continued his education, which he later pursued in Tbilisi and Moscow.

Like many Armenians of his time, he experienced the devastating effects of the massacres committed by the turks against Armenians. He lost 26 family members to the Armenian Genocide of 1915, as well as his homeland—Western Armenia.

Although Gourgen was far from his homeland, the injustice of the genocide never left him. He had exhausted all peaceful means to inform the world about the genocide and hold turkey accountable for the atrocities they committed.

He chose cinema as the means to achieve his goal: “Our plan was very simple. With our personal funds, we secretly planned to make a film showing the world the sufferings of our people and the barbaric turkish massacres, not forgetting the Armenian genocide and the conspiracy of so-called civilized nations against our rights."

Yanikian's factual book "Paradise" (originally in English), which his wife Shushanik had titled, became the basis for a screenplay. Several foreigners joined the film project, and they shot 20 hours of material depicting turkish atrocities with striking authenticity.

"The film was to be shown simultaneously in the capitals of three different countries, free of charge. Flyers explaining the purpose and our demands were to be distributed with the tickets… The goal was to return the land stolen from the Armenian people to its rightful owners and provide compensation for our two million victims. Many individuals were to join the cause once the film was ready."

Despite the strong dedication to completing "Paradise," the endeavor was unsuccessful because U.S.-Turkey alliances and strategic interests were prioritized, and the US government hindered the production of the film.

Yanikyan, by then old but not despairing, had spent decades using every peaceful means to punish the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide and avenge his compatriots, but he ultimately felt compelled to choose an alternative.

"In all my writings, I always defended the belief that violence should disappear from our lives. But when all of this happened and humanity and the world remained silent about the Armenian Question, I made the decision to take action in order to bring the Armenian cause to the attention of humanity and world governments."

On January 27, 1973, at the age of 78, Gourgen Yanikyan, without hesitation, fired 13 bullets at the turkish consul and vice-consul in Santa Barbara in his room at the "Baltimore" hotel. Following a highly publicized trial, Yanikyan was sentenced to life imprisonment, and in 1984, with a clear conscience, he passed away into eternity.

But his sacrifice was not in vain: the Armenian Question was finally brought back from the dusty archives of history. By sacrificing his freedom, Yanikyan ignited a movement. His act became the catalyst for a wave of Armenian activism, inspiring the creation of ASALA, who would go on to fight for the recognition of the genocide.

Everyone condemns violence but, alas, it is the only language the world understands.