#suicidesqaud

[wineponyu]

Saw suicide squad today and tbh I thought it was really cool to watch (especially the gorey parts lol)

[always-and-forever-pan]

MCU Vs. DCU in Character Arcs

The DC universe made me care about their villains, gave them better backstories and semi redemption arcs more in 1.5 movies than the MCU gave any of their characters in 23 movies, 3 short TV shows and numerous shorts.

And I'm honestly kinda mad about it. Mostly because MCU is one of my 3 most favourite fandoms of all time. They're my go-to action movies. But I've only seen Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey and am watching Suicide Squad as I type this.

To make a villain likeable, to bring them back to a hero or an anti-hero, or even just make them a villain we stan, you need to show something that views can get behind, something to make them relatable. Most commonly that's empathy, understanding of wrongdoing, and an active desire to fix their wrongs.

It's why the Winter Soldier works so well, we were given this assassin who's cold-blooded, deadly, the worst of the worst, but once he is a person again he's soft, he feels bad, he's actively trying to make up for it even though it's not truly on him.

And in direct parallel, we have Deadshot, a cold-blooded assassin working for money, deadly, one of the worst people. But then they put him in a team setting and within hours of meeting the team he has formed enough of a relationship with them to literally risk his own head to not have to kill one of the members. And when Harley's plane is shot down any way he is visibly upset and another teammate actually says "You couldn't have saved her".

And we love both of those characters for that. We want that! We NEED that! But where the DCU was able to do that on a smaller scale for some of their others, the MCU didn't do that for anyone else.

(Warning for some salt from here on)

And I hear you arguing "Oh Wanda showed empathy", and sure they showed her feeling bad in CA: CW but the context of that scene, and the lines they gave her made it so she was feeling bad because people were saying mean things about her and not because she accidentally hurt and killed people.

Like don't get me wrong, I was so excited when they decided to make Maximoff's MCU characters because what little of the comic I have seen made me STAN them. But the MCU butt fu*ked those two raw and I'm PISSED.

Like honestly they had the twins join a terrorist organization. Had Wanda mess with Tony's head making her an accomplice to the creation of a murder bot. Had Wanda mess with the teams head and then Bruce's so the Hulk would go on a murderous rampage with no one to stop him. Had them willingly working with Ultron, only to switch sides when he wanted to kill the entire world instead of just a few people making it seem more like a move of self-preservation than actual good motives. Then summed the movie up by saying "Oh her brothers dead so that good enough".

Only to turn around in the very next movie and have her show 0 empathy about the people who died past "They're saying it's my fault". Then they backed it up by her causing physical harm to some she's supposed to love with 0 hesitations.

Then the next time we see Wanda she's with the same guy we just watched her put through god knows how many floors, and within minutes of them being on the screen together she is refusing to allow him to choose between his life and the lives of half the universe. She is an accomplice to the decision of sacrificing an entire Black nation to save her white presenting boyfriend only to decide otherwise at the very last minute as her boyfriend begs her to kill him (Which in itself, MCU WTF!!!).

Even in endgames when she goes up against Thanos they give her some shitty line about "You took everything from me". They made her character revolve around the love of a man like she wasn't a complete person in her own right without him. They made her fighting Thanos seem like she wouldn't have if Thanos hadn't gone for Vision at the base of it when they could have had 1000+ other lines to make it seem like she was fighting for the right things and not just 'cause boy, love'.

The next time we see Wanda she has enslaved an entire town of people. Is forcing them to act against their will and for her enjoyment. The one person woken up while under the influence talks about how it hurts. And then they brush it off with some quip about how the people should be happy because Wanda wasn't doing it with malicious intent, that it was an accident. But still, Wanda shows absolutely 0 remorse for what she's done.

Now having said all of that let's compare her to Harley Quin. Harley Quin also willingly joined a terrorist, in her case, it was a person and not an organisation but still. The first we see of Harley in Suicide Squad we see her enjoying the pain and suffering she's causing, we see her willingly killing people including herself. And they summed it up with "Oh she did it cause she loves him" which I have some massive issues with.

We see Harley willingly steal, and kill, and hurt over the course of both movies. And yeah it's not making her a hero by any standards. But the DCU never tries to push that she's a good person either.

But what they also do is show us a Harley who is affectionate, who wants friends, who mourns when she thinks her love has died. They make us see ourselves in those little moments. They make her funny to offset her heavy crazy weirdness. They show us Harley who is empathic with her team and later with Cassandra.

They make Harley an anti-hero when they have her turn down bringing her love back in favour of saving people. Something the MCU did the opposite of with 'WandaVision'.

Do you see how those are different? Do you get why I can get behind Harley but not Wanda? And I will always say it but I hate that they made Wanda so HARD to like because if you ignore the red flags she is a BOSS ASS BI*CH.

And they did it to Tony as well, gave us so many likeable characteristics and boss moves, but never actually bothered to address personality flaws that lead there. They just made him go from 'not a single F for anyone else' to 'all the F's for everyone except me'.

They did the opposite to Rogers, made him go from 'countries and governments may be flawed but a single dictator having power isn't okay either' to 'I am going to ignore 117 countries and do what I want anyone even if it kills/hurts/maims your citizens because governments are wrong and I know best'

And I'm not saying that one is better than the other, actually, I kind of am saying that DCU did better than MCU here but the point is you cannot expect an audience to love and support a character you are unwilling to show to have humanity, to have empathy. And I really hate (Mostly out of jealousy) that the DCU, a fandom I'm not in was able to get that and the fandom I am in is still wandering in the dark with problematic lessons being relayed to us.

I JUST WANT A REDEMPTION ARC THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME HATE THE MOVIE IS THAT SO HARD!

[logicaljake]

Review of the Day: The Suicide Squad

I tend to drag feet into any DC comics movie. I've been hurt before. The newest Suicide Squad took a page out of the MCU playbook by adding humour into the film at key parts. It had a deadpoolesque feel to it and threw a lot of gritty dark comic death and destruction that I think plays well in the DC universe. The cast of characters were of interest and the often short lived lifespans of stupid plans made the movie easy to laugh out loud at. The film gave me faith in the DC Cinema Universe. Equipped with a heavy dose of interchanging comedy and action the film was a joy to watch. I just wish I got to see more of the Weasel.

8 out of 10

[movienewsdaily]

Peacemaker is my new favorite DC show. What did you guys think? Comment below #dccomics #peacemaker #suicidesqaud #hbomax https://www.instagram.com/p/CYz8WA-tUSy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rockstarjackets]

Suicide Sqaud Harley Quinn White & Red Varsity Jacket

https://rockstarjackets.com/product/harley-quinn-varsity-jacket

[goldenfeathersaga]

They love me in Beverly Hills. I’m supposed be off for three days but I’ll be working in Beverly Hills and Malibu as executive protection officer. You know while I’m there I will be networking, shooting and rehearsing with people! Of course before or after my shift #thelastglow #executiveproducer #actor #director #nowcasting #indiemovie #perfectchaos #suicidesqaud #camerashots #lightingdepartment #dreamcast (at Beverly Hills, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7sskfhObd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[torontojoker]

#selfiesunday Is that a thing? #jokeredits by me. #jaredjoker #madlove #releasetheayercut #harleyquinn #joker #suicidesqaud https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuRRhLjEvB/?igshid=g2kw5uibi789

[erasedfromhistory777]

My joker cosplay #suicidesqaud #thejoker #jaredleto #cosplay #altboy #altboy https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjyrGZjNeA/?igshid=11r0to20vitdj

[blacksparkj]

A Collection of Snapshots, Imagines & Lemons (Might Delete) (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/WmQlxCPS9L So lately I've been reading a lot of snapshots, imagines, and lemons and I was like, I can do this it doesn't look to hard. These are going to xreader. If you have anyone you'll like me to do just send a pm. Also I won't mind some new ideas.

[mobiuscinematicuniverse]

Oops

[legionqueensav]

Some Harley Quinn sfx makeup. Half Suicide Squad Harley and half Jester Harley. ❤️ I haven't done sfx in a long time but I'm happy how this one came out! #harleyquinn #makeup #sfxmakeup #sfx #jester #suicidesqaud #batman

[unpleasantdreams570]

Face of horror

[klbwriting]

O COME ON!

Fandom: Suicide Squad

Pairing: Digger x Reader

Warnings: PMSing reader

Request: Reader is PMSing and Digger deals with it

Digger knew something was wrong the moment he walked in the door.  You didn’t immediately run to greet him like you normally did, instead you stayed put on the couch, buried under blankets and looking ill.  He cocked his head to the side and frowned.

“You alright there little miss?” he asked, moving around to face you.  You groaned and glared.

“You’ve been gone awhile...and I’ve been in pain...how could you just abandon me?” you demanded, sniffling.  His eyes widened.  O no, o come on! Not when he got home!  This was supposed to be the time you two got to get down and dirty, but not this time.  “Digger?!  DIGGER?! Do you even care?!”  You looked angry now, sitting up and staring daggers at him.

“Yes I care, you know that!” he said.  He folded his arms and watched you for a moment before moving over to you.  “Lay down, I will be right back ok?”

You were yelling at him as he left your place again, but he was on a mission.  An hour later he came back to find you curled up in a ball on the couch, looking miserable again.

“Where’d you go? Are you leaving me? Is there someone else?” you cried.  He sighed, knowing this was just your mood swings talking.

“I didn’t leave ya and I ain’t ever leaving ya, I love ya little miss,” he said, handing you a bag.  Inside was Aleve, your favorite chocolate, a heating pad, and a bouquet of flowers with a stuffed unicorn.  “Thought you would like this,” he said.  You looked from the gifts to him and then smiled a watery smile.

“O Digger!  I love you so much!” you said, now crying for happiness.  Digger smiled and leaned in, kissing you softly before settling on the couch to help you get comfy and eat some chocolate.

[andromedabattie]

[thedarkpixie11]

Tomorrow is the first day of @phoenixcomicon I've been waiting all year for this!! #Katana will be at #PhxCC on Friday! Saturday this Pixie will be representing @ladydeathofficial #fiendclub & Sunday a very laid back #hufflepuff If you're there come find me if you dare!😜It's going to be an awesome weekend just like every year! #PCC #PhoenixComiCon #phoenixcomicon2017 #PhxCC #phxccbra #Katana #katanacosplay #suicidesqaud #LadyDeath #fiendclub #sworntotheblack #hufflepuff #harrypotter #harrypottercosplay #hufflepuffcosplay #badgerpride #HouseOfYellowAndBlack #proudhufflepuff #awesome #random #awesomeness #randomness #YouKnowWhatTheNextOneIs #YepImADork #AndDamnProud 😜🖤💋

[model-motionlessguren]

Harley Quinn is back. Thank you @isas_extensions_paradies_ #harleyquinn #suicidesqaud #paleskin #redlips #longhair #gothicbeauty #cosplay #badeballbat #mamaesbaby #daddyslilmonster #blondhair #bluehair #pinkhair