#that is literally illegal

[buckydeservesthebest]

I'm sorry, but this is one of the most absurd arguments I've read as to why Tony is supposedly “justified” for his attempted murder of Bucky.

Simply put, NO, there is no justification whatsoever, neither moral nor legal about the attempted murder of a man who is perfectly well known to be a VICTIM and NOT the perpetrator of what he is accused of. And NO, Tony was NOT acting in self-defense when he tried to kill Bucky in cold blood, Tony was literally acting on the basis of revenge.

It couldn't be more irrelevant whether or not Tony knew that at the time of the Winter Soldier rampage, Bucky was being mind controlled, because that is something he without a shadow of a doubt knew afterwards.

After in 2014, Natasha leaked the SHIELD/ra information to the public, Tony and everyone (or at least those in positions of power) knew perfectly well Bucky's story, that he was kidnapped by HYDRA since 1945, that he had been tortured and experimented on until he was turned into their mindless tool.

Hence the reference to Manchurian Candidate, hence the reason why Tony offered Steve the opportunity to transfer Bucky to a psychiatric center and prevent him from being taken to a Wakandan prison (even though RDJ said in an interview that this was false because Tony didn't have the authority to do something like that).

There is no doubt that Tony knew full well that as the Winter Soldier, Bucky did NOT have the remotest control over his actions, and that he was as big a victim as his own parents. What Tony saw on the tape was not cold-blooded murder by a ruthless killer, it was an innocent man whose agency was taken from him and whose body was being used against his will, being used to cause harm.

Tony's own friends and allies like Clint, Bruce, Erik Selvig, Hellen Cho, etc, have already been victims of mind control and he never held them accountable for what they were forced to do in state.

Tony himself knows what it feels like to have someone play with his mind. That's why it's horribly hypocritical and unjustifiable of him to have lashed out at someone he knows is just another VICTIM of his parents' real killers.

Tony himself personally experienced proof that Bucky was still a dangerous active weapon

Are you serious? NO. What Tony experienced was proofs of mind control taking away Bucky's identity, agency and autonomy.

“A dangerous active weapon” is a very convenient description to try to make Bucky look like an irredeemable monster being under mind control. ANY. OTHER. AVENGER. IS. A. DANGEROUS. WEAPON. UNDER. MIND. CONTROL. As was Clint, as was Bruce/Hulk, who literally attacked Tony, and who he never blamed for it.

And no, Tony did not attack Bucky “in self-defense.” Tony attacked him with the direct and undeniable intent to kill him in revenge. It is Bucky who only acted in self-defense, who was only trying to flee and avoid confrontation.

And worst of all, not only did Tony intend to kill a man he knows perfectly well is innocent, just to “avenge” his parents, Tony wanted to hurt Bucky to get revenge on Steve, the writers literally confirmed it.

Tony was going to take the life of an innocent victim to get revenge on someone else.

Not only is there no moral or legal justification for this, but it is one of the lowest and most dishonorable acts anyone could do.

I always see Anti-Team Cap and Pro-Tony discuss how Tony attacking Bucky and Steve was justified and made sense, and yes, I totally agree with them, and regardless of the fact that Tony attacked Steve first because Steve was the one who lied and betrayed him, there is one thing that I haven’t seen be discussed much.

And it’s this scene right here:

Look at Tony’s face. Look at the shock and fear.

Bucky had no way of knowing that Tony could have protected himself, and he aimed right at Tony’s head. Look at the proximity of the weapon to Tony’s face. He could’ve blown his mind clear off if Tony wasn’t fast enough.

Tony had absolutely no way of knowing that Bucky “had changed” when literally just what? Days? Hours? Moments? ago, he could’ve died at Bucky’s hands.

That’s all I have to say.

[destielmemenews]

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[mollyeep]

She looks more like sandstorm actually (just oranger) and her tail is more firestar coded

[queenielacy]

Every Olympic cycle I’m reminded how little ��the West” knows about “Non-Western” countries because to think Algeria, of all countries, would send a trans athlete to represent them in the Olympics is so dumb.

[multimandy6]

They both are I D I O T S

Plus HC about Scout and his illegally-dysfunctional family

[girldriveroscar]

can someone watch my cat for me

[luetta]

[sophsicle]

listen, we’re all here in this space engaging in hp content in the year of our lord 2024 and i’ll be honest with you, i do not feel great about that. hate it, actually. but i comfort myself with the belief that what we’re doing in this space a lot of the time is critically engaging with the og text and the politics of its author not mindlessly consuming or supporting it. which is why it makes me INSANE when people in this space go out and buy licensed merch or play the video games or watch the sequels or prequels or spin-offs or whatever the heck they’re doing these days, or buy the books (like guys u can steal all that shit you know that right??? what are you doing) or go to the studio or the theme park or WHATEVER. it especially makes me insane when they go to those places or do those things and talk about fanfiction because like. i feel implicated now. i am not interested in providing free advertising for Joanne goddamn Rowling. i thought we were on the same page here boys. and like i said, i get it, we’re all here, me included, so im not exactly speaking from a moral high ground, but goddamnit the least we can do is not give her our money fuck me.

[strongermonster]

one of the funniest news things in canada that always tickles me is the ongoing war between magic mushroom shops and the police.

this is the absolute height of humour to me right now

[yvisoul]

Different portrayals of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton.

names in this list.

[despazito]

TIL australian veterans will get mad if you call a biscuit a cookie

[qqueenofhades]

Anyway, since All Presidential Official Actions Are Absolutely Legal, I for one suggest that Biden sends a drone to Mar-a-Lago to vaporize it and/or Trump and then tell SCOTUS it was an official action.

[alaskan-wallflower]

i think people forget that the gang is made up of hoodlum teenage guys living in poverty in the 60’s-let them be dirty and gross. like even soda and johnny, who pony paints in SUCH a positive light get up to their own amounts of trouble. soda literally got arrested for doing aerobatics with two bit and “disturbing the peace”—even he gets into trouble. darry too, like i don’t think darry would even attempt to do anything illegal now but like…he was hanging out with two-bit in high school, he’s probably stolen or driven recklessly too, and even now he still likes to get his knees scraped and his hands dirty. let them be dirty and gross and do illegal things.

[card1gan]

i have some thoughts that shouldn’t be shared .

[gingermintpepper]

There are many things people expect from one called 'God of Blood'. Always, the first thought is the blood of war, the blood of violence, the blood of the weak shed for the goals of the strong. Ares doesn't think of the blood of battle at all. When he thinks of blood, he envisions the many tied knots of blood bonds and bonds forged in the blood of battle. Blood sons and blood daughters, blood brothers and battle sisters, blood oaths and blood vengeance - he watches over them all and keeps close each one of these bonds.

One cannot begrudge his displeasure then when he realises he cannot tell Leto's offspring apart just by looking at them.

It was easier when it was just Artemis. Dark hair curled about her shoulders, a fierce mien whenever Father summons her to the mountain, a scattering of bones and blood shed whenever she was disturbed; the eldest child of Leto was a wild thing, sharp toothed with sharper claws always at the ready. There's whispers of her being a twin, of her other half being made to crawl on their belly as penance for their sin of god-slaying but Ares pays it little mind. What twins look alike among their number? Even dog litters are born distinct with all their unique markings inlaid in their fur. Artemis' twin too would be much more than their sister's mirror image.

Pouring over his list now, he wishes anything about Phoebus Apollo was that simple.

Mirror image did not begin to describe it. The twins were the same height, the same build, had the same colour and texture hair, ate the same raw food and drank the same amount of nectar. There was no difference in how they dressed, no difference in the company they kept, no variance in the weapons they used. There are some days Ares still cannot believe Phoebus will grow into a man and not some nymph with the way his ears have that slender point. He watches them now, sitting together beneath a shady palm and stringing their bows in an uncanny unison and curses because he still cannot tell them apart. What use is his skill in knowing blood when they both have the same damn blood running through their veins? What bond is there to sense when they are tied so tightly together, Ares can scarcely tell brother from sister?

He sighs. Unadorned and completely alone, the only way to know who is who is to speak to them. He'll have to find more ways to tell them apart from a distance. Surely they cannot stay this similar all the rest of their immortal lives.