#the others wanted to torment bruce lmao

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His kids made him do a wildlife preservation photoshoot 🥰🦇

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Hiii, I have read all your work and it is very good :D!! I've read it several times and never get bored.

Can I ask about something? I'm curious about the characteristics or signs of yandere appearing in Tim. Will he be the last family member to become a yandere? Sorry I asked like this because I feel like he's not getting enough attention in drabbles, questions from other readers, or anything else. So I'm curious.

I hope you understand my question. Because English is not my first language.

— masterlist !

don't mind me using the tags here, i want to clarify a lot of things.

hi anon!! don't worry about your english, i understand perfectly and it's also not my first language too hehe. and to all the others who have asked about tim's (or any other characters') appearance in the series: fear not, nobody is getting ignored at all, i intend for everyone to have their designated events/moments that trigger yandere characteristics for the reader for each chapter. it's my plan to make them each as unique as possible with their intentions, motives and goals, not just them being simply "obsessed" with you, so i'm trying my best to add depth to the story.

that means the entire series will stretch out quite a lot (i already have outlined multiple arcs, flashbacks, and all the characters' individual traits and significance). it's not just going to be ten chapters, i want to remind others that there's more lore to just the neglect, your mother's dark past, and characters that haven't even been introduced to the plot yet, so if you guys prefer one-shots or something shorter, then the series is not for you folks, sorry 😭

as for tim, he is quite literally my favorite character (surprise!), so of course he's going to get special treatment. he's not going to be the last to become yandere, but his spiral to becoming a yandere takes quite a lot of time since compared to others, it's him who spends the least amount of moments with you. even in the non-neglected au i wrote, what triggered his obsession was mere curiousity.

though just because there're lesser events with him, doesn't mean there will be none. he certainly plays a major role in the "wild goose chase arc where the family tries to negotiate (kidnap) you whilst you try to escape to multiple cities/end up in a completely different country". he may not express his love for the reader well, but he most definitely knows the most about you.

oh! and the traits that he does have as a yandere looks tame when you compare it to others, but it's also because it manifests through his personal dialogue (as i reckon he's keeps most of his thoughts about you to himself most of the time (gatekeeper archetype) and he's the character with the most internal dialogue/thoughts too). he's the worst stalker you could have, the one who you should look out for the most with just how much he knows about you in such a short period of time. tim's intelligence and detective skills knows no bounds, and he won't stop exhausting himself until the very knowledge of what the blood pumping under your skin feels like and the exact temperature of your body— is extracted and stored into the terabytes of data he has into his personal batcave.

and spoiler alert: he's also the one who uncovers your mother's past and alongside bruce, what had happened between the period of time when you were dragged out of the closet and the other time in elementary when you were nearly kidnapped, which completely leads to another arc wherein it's where their obsession drives off to a completely different plane of existence, exalting vengeance on the people who tormented you; but tim's pettiness is just on a whole nother level.

and i have to stop here before i (excitedly) spoil the entire series' plot LMAO. my answer to this is a bit more casual to the other asks, so i hope it doesn't irritate anyone.

so thank you for asking this! i also have a question for you people too:

how is the current progression of the plot? i get that it isn't even 10% finished and some moments feel slow, but i try to be as immersive as possible to the readers. so for those who have read the entire thing, what do you want me to possibly add, or does anyone have other clarifications? can anyone tolerate a fanfic that can possibly lead to more than 250k words??? 😭

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Okay but like genuinely so often Bruce is characterized as a human piece of shit and the Justice League just does not care but if they wanna call themselves heroes then I think in those verses they would have to do something about it. But what? He's Batman. He's the most powerful man in the world. He's the main funder of the League itself. He knows all of their secrets. He knows every weakness and has detailed plans on how to exploit them if he ever thinks he needs to. He has near infinite money and resources and a reputation as a happy go lucky bumbling fool. He's one of their founding members, he's part of the Trinity. How do you take down Batman without bringing down the Justice League with him?

Options:

Execution: PR nightmare. The world would wanna know why, and the League would have to admit that it turns out Batman was evil btw and they just never noticed, or worse, they noticed and turned a blind eye, because he was useful. This would decimate trust in them and any authority they might have over what justice is or looks like. The only way it could be pulled off is if it was completely covered up and they immediately had a new Batman take Bruce's place. But that runs the risk of a leak happening someday about how the JL is conducting secret executions and cover ups

Prison: lol. Lmao, even. Words cannot express how terrible an idea this is. Anyone who legitimately suggests that putting evil!Batman in prison is in any way a real solution would get laughed out of the room

Arkham: when has this ever actually accomplished anything. Aside from making people MORE mentally ill. Look what Arkham did to Harley Quinn

Suicide Squad: there's only one thing worse than abusive evil Batman: abusive evil Batman under Waller's control

Mandated therapy and community service: unfortunately you have to want it to work and actually work at it in order for therapy to have any tangible effect. Just showing up is not enough. Doable solution, though, depending on the characterization

Indigo Tribe: fuck Bruce I guess lmao. This is poetic justice. He would hate a Lantern ring, and a parasitic one that destroyed his sense of self would mean the end of Bruce Wayne in all the ways that mattered. This is like community service in a way, but without the hope of any future rehabilitation, and instead he's just endlessly enduring all the pain he's caused others all at once. Most sadistic option on this list, but it's also the safest bet in a situation where no one thinks Bruce would ever change

Alternate universe: throwing Batman into an alternate dimension is not a solution. It is a new set of problems for somebody else

Give Jason a free pass: presenting the Evidence™️ and turning off the cameras is one way of dealing with Batman, sure, but it has a 99% chance of ending in tears instead of bloodshed. If Jason was gonna kill Bruce he would have done it by now. Also he deserves better

Beat him up real good: fucked up AND ineffective. No matter how permanent or severe the injury, it's Bruce's mind that's the real weapon, not his body. He would find a way to work past anything and then he'd be out for blood, seeking vengeance

Let the Flashes decide: 👀 it's not a war crime if no one's ever done it before. They would create the Torment Nexus

Ignoring the problem: 1000% success rate. Just keep cashing in on that sweet sweet Bat money and the JL's stellar reputation. They need their strategist. The fate of the world is on the line

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batkids and their relationships with their siblings headcanons. under read more because this got fucking LONGGG

dick

dick is the eldest so he doesnt want to bog down his younger siblings with his problems, but if he DOES, he tends to talk to jason about it

dick and cass start to really begin to bond when Cass shows up to dicks gymnastics class for 3rd-6th graders and then cass shows up all the sixth graders and they get frozen yogurt after lmao

dick and tim are Very much thick as thieves. tim is very much like bruce on the Emotional Suppression scale, so dick just really wants to make sure his little brother is safe and happy ALL the time

Duke and Damian are the only two really permanently at the manor anymore, so when dick drops by he tries to do something with both of them. duke frantically zoom calls dick every other week to help him with his his trig homework. dick shows up to dukes high school graduation with literally the BIGGEST SIGN

everyone insists damian is dicks favorite but he does actually genuinely love all his siblings equally, his relationship with damian is just Very different from the others because of the age gap and being dami's primary caretaker for a year. dick babies dami every chance he gets

jason

would sell Dick to satan for One corn chip

him and cass don't have the greatest start to their relationship because cass is very much Against Killing so it takes a while for jason to warm up to her and earn her trust. now, though, jason is competing with steph by showing cass all the classic American Teenager things she missed out on. steph is currently winning but jason is like 98% positive a crunch wrap from taco bell is going to push him over the edge

tim and jason are currently competing over who can solve the most cases in a month. tim is winning. that won't last long.

jason Loves to Big Brother duke its so embarrassing. duke will get out of school and go to his car and jason is SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT FRANTICALLY WAVING TO GET DUKES ATTENTION. JASON THAT IS MY CAR. signal has one (1) mission with arsenal and arsenal goes hey did you ask that girl to homecoming yet and duke is like I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.

Damian is proof that Actually, Little Brothers are Pests. Jason fully believes that he was brought back from the dead PURELY to torment damian and he will fulfill this mission at any cost

cassandra

it actually really upset her when Dick didn't accept her at first. she knows her other siblings really adore dick so his lack of trust was really disheartening. it takes dick a while but once he Actually Accepts that cass is going to be a permanent part of their life and oh, wow, dick you really hurt her feelings he really hyperfocuses on bonding with cass for a couple of months which definitely improves their relationship

she really likes jason!! their relationship doesn't start well but because he's close with steph and tim who are cass's top two favorite people to exist ever, cass is like well i GUESS ill hang out with him more. jason is fun to talk to because he always tries his best to explain jokes and give context to what people are talking about (also tim took her to taco bell already but she didn't tell jason she just wanted to hang out)

cass LOVES tim. they just click okay. tim always seems to know when to give her space and when to push and come closer. Tim's "guest room" is just her room lets be real. tim and cass occasionally get mistaken for twins and Cass Loves it.

duke makes cass listen to metal once and cass loses. her. damn. mind. they bond over music a lot because they both Love Music to a degree the others in their family don't.

damian!! damian is her little brother!!! dami isn't As Hostile to cass at first because he is 100% aware cass has the edge in fighting and respects her. cass likes all of his instagram posts and they have a snapchat streak going

tim

tim Loves dick, dick was his first sibling!! he had Very strong hero worship when he first met dick but it mellowed out when tim got older because wow 17 is really not that cool and mature lol. tim has an open invitation to dick's apartment which he does occasionally take advantage of. tim has more than once scared the shit out of wally when wally comes over and wally is convinced they're being robbed (HA) for half a second. i mean. he's not wrong.

listen. tim understands that forgiving the guy who tried to kill you would be a Struggle for some people and it was! definitely! but also at least he can trust jason to, uh, be open about if he doesn't like tim. which is not an assurance he has with other people. so if the guy who tried to kill him tells him tim is cool now then like. maybe tim isn't that bad or annoying a person? also jason arrested a whole gang and won the cases competition but then it created a power vacuum that the whole batfam had to clean up the rest of the month. thanks, jason.

tim LOVES cass. you know how most of the time theres this empty feeling inside you and you just kind of ignore it because you don't know what will fix it or if you do, you know you can't fix it? cass makes that empty feeling feel a little less empty. they just click. tim always tries to travel with cass whenever she leaves gotham.

tim and duke. Tim is actually the sibling who duke goes to whenever he has questions he doesn't want to ask bruce or alfred about, like, life or vigilante-ing or school or college or whatever and Tim is always like yes!! i love Giving Advice and Solving Problems!! tim and duke and jason fill out their college applications together.

tim and damian. LMAO. ROUGH START THAT'S ALL ILL SAY. at some point alfred goes like fuck it. family therapy. and tim and dami are PISSED. tim and damian get along best when they have a common enemy to work against. their relationship gets much better when damian is older and they actually talk about their feelings like emotionally stunted bats. despite how bad their relationship was, tim will ALWAYS protect damian

duke

very much intimidated by dick at first. dick is so much older and has his own job and friends and life and is very much AN ADULT. dick likes to take duke out to do lots of cool stuff (paintball, lasertag, tech exhibitions, concerts, etc). also, dick PERSONALLY introduced duke to superman and is dating THE FLASH. 10/10 awesome big brother.

was intimidated by jason for 0.5 seconds before jason actually opened his mouth and started speaking. jason is literally. So Embarrassing. which is weird because nobody else really seems to feel that way about jason but duke knows he's 100% in the right here. like yeah jason is also An Adult and does Adult Stuff but he's also at the manor like every other weekend???? and he always complains about bruce but always seems to be in the same room bruce is in????? like okay jason. they bond over literature!! jason and duke and alfred will spend literal hours talking about books and duke loves it. duke is the only one who doesn't think jason is funny and jason gets so upset about it lmao.

cass has this one week where she gets really into photography and by virtue of being nearby (and also not nocturnal), duke becomes her victim subject. duke prints out all the pictures and hangs them up in his room (his favorite is one he took when he stole the camera and took a really bad selfie of them together).

tim is closest in age to duke so duke tends to hang around with him a lot. tim introduced duke to his young justice friends and duke is like yes!!! meta-friends!!!! tim really helps duke out with his powers because tim is always like wow i wonder if your powers would work if we did This? can you see farther than other people? is your visible spectrum of light different than other humans? Bruce does the same thing but bruce is boring about it lol.

damian and duke live in the same house and will be in the same room and just send each other social media posts back and forth. they follow each other on instagram and will, OCCASIONALLY, make tik toks together because they're tik tok fiends. each of his siblings have visited his parents once or twice but damian routinely comes with him.

damian

damian gets a special bullet point to say that it took him. forever to come around to the idea of having siblings. he very much believed that he was Bruce's Blood Son and everyone else were just tagalongs or allies. it took him ages to acknowledge that dick, jason, tim, and cass were his siblings, so when duke came and like a week later damian was like Ah, Yes, this is my brother Thomas everyone else was like dude wtf

listen. LISTEN. Obviously. Richard is very highly skilled. and also Father values him highly. and also Richard will listen to Damian complain about his schoolmates. and also Richard is much more patient with Damian than other members of his family. listen....,,, (all this to say damian kind of fucking adores dick lmaooooo this kid).

Todd is kind of unbearable but damian has been informed this is both a normal feeling when it comes to Todd and also big brothers. damian was an only child for ten years so yes, Father, if Todd attempts to tickle me I WILL break his fucking nose. yes i WILL put money in the swear jar but I want you to know i don't regret it. they always try to sneak up on each other but mostly fail.

DRAKE!!! but no lol once damian grows up and is like I Apologize for attempting to murder you it was wrong and you are just as much a son to Father as I am tim is like UGH i guess its cool since ur being so emotionally mature and all. also im 2 for 5 on siblings trying to murder me so im definitely going to win trauma bingo and damian is like i take it back you are insufferable. When Will My Older Siblings Stop Joking About Their Trauma.

CASS!!! listen. cass is cool. Cass Gets It. They have a special Bond. also damian really likes it whenever cass is home because 1) he gets to hang out and do something cool with cass and 2) he feels significantly safer with cass in the house because Nobody will be able to hurt any of their family if Cass is there. ALSO he tries to call her cain but everyone is like DONT DO THAT and he doesn't want to call her wayne bcus theyre ALL wayne (dick adds it on as a middle name but also Richard John Wayne West-Grayson is just. the lamest name ever so dick needs to reconsider it before his upcoming nuptials)((dick will not reconsider it except maybe whether grayson-west would work better)) and so he tries cassandra but cass is like :) call me cass and damian is like cassandra is more formal and respectful and cass is like :) and finally damian just has to give in.

Duke! him and duke actually live together so they get the Most Bonding Time and have a bunch of inside jokes as a result. (is it bad i wanted to laugh because inside jokes... joker... i'll see myself out). they're eating breakfast together (and also alfred sits with them IM NOT A MONSTER ALFIE'S LIKE 70 NOW OKAY) and duke laughs and bruce is like what are you laughing at, son? and duke is like oh damian just showed me this funny meme and then he shows the phone to bruce and bruce grabs it (both the boys groan) and after WAY TOO LONG is like "i don't get it" and so now duke and damian have to try and explain the comedic intricacy of bob's burgers

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MCU/Marvel Characters Tag Game

Thx 4 the tags @dodqerevans & @thorlokis ! :)

Had almost written out this entire post before it deleted the first time, so let’s try, try again lmao

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most):

Unquestionably Tony Stark. He was my absolute favorite character while the first phases of the MCU were still coming out. IM3 was basically a transformative theatrical viewing experience for me, I can still remember the exhilaration I felt after weeks of anticipation when Blue started playing in the cinema at the beginning of the movie! I think at first I was really drawn to him because of the way his mental health was central to the IM movies and I was completely head over heels for RDJ, but he’s kept my interest and affection over time because of how complex his character is, he’s self-sacrificial to a fault, unwilling and unable to accurately assess his own importance to the team even though everyone else can recognize how valuable his intellect and loyalty are. Now I’m just getting into the comics, and it’s so fascinating to see other interpretations of him beyond what the MCU presents.

Long story short he’s just a guy and I’ve loved him all these years and I’ll love him forever!

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped):

Hmm, I think this would have to be Bruce Banner. He just wants to do some science!! Just let him follow the scientific method and mentor some students and hang out with his bro Iron Man in their private lab where he NEVER has to worry about getting his funding cut and he doesn’t have to put so much pressure on himself during grant apps and the university admin aren’t breathing down his neck until (if?) he can secure tenure and he can do more of what he loves which is actually getting his hands dirty (metaphorically, of course, lab safety and cleanliness is a must) doing the research!

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave):

Ho Yinsen and Abraham Erskine!! They are the entire reason I’m doing this because I admire them so much and I don’t think they get talked about enough. Which is perhaps fair, since collectively they appear in the MCU for like maybe 40 minutes but still!

I love these two characters so much because I adore Steve and Tony, and you literally cannot have either of them without Erskine and Yinsen, respectively. These two created our heroes and in doing so gave the men behind them a new opportunity to do good, and the story of how they use those opportunities is the story of whole first three Phases of the MCU. Their contribution to the series cannot be understated.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week):

Also Yinsen and Erskine! Though perhaps Yinsen is the only one of that qualifies here, I was over the moon when he appeared at the beginning of IM3.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave):

Loki??? Loki. He’s the most fun Avengers villain, hands down. I think his character design is really beautiful, and I like the ambiguous nature his morality takes on throughout the MCU. Most of the time, he’s just looking for a laugh, and who are we to deny him that?

But note I haven’t watched the Loki series (or watched/rewatched any MCU properties since getting my heart torn out in 2019 except for Spider-Man: NWH which is arguably the reason I’ve been sucked back into this fandom), and idk if I will. Still love him though.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason):

Steve, I think, but only because he’s a stubborn hardass who could stand to communicate a bit better with his teammates. But I’m fine.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell):

Probably the Red Skull, though I will say I did audibly gasp when he pulled down his hood and revealed himself to be the guardian of the Soul Stone and that was a fun little experience. so.

This was a lot more fun than I anticipated! I’m tagging whoever sees this and would like to participate! Please indulge me and let me read all your opinions on your faves!!

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avengers endgame reaction (spoilers!!!)

**if youre on mobile scroll fast bc idk if the keep reading works

holy shit holy shit fuck fuck fuck

i am an emotional wreak right now

ahhhhh it was so good im crying still

tony fucking stark my heart i guess ill start there 

tony stark i love you three thousand. he got his happy ending with morgan and pepper for 5 years they had 5 years together and he knew that the time heist (lol) would jeopardize that and he still went and helped

that scene where he had it out with steve at the beginning fuck my heart was breaking and i was crying .

i cried a lot in this movie. legit sobbing when nat died but ill get to that

that scene was everything i wanted it to be and perfectly executed. of course hes angry and lashing out because they were supposed to do it together and lose together and the emotion behind that ughh rdj killed it

he literally hands steve his heart the arch reactor

tony and howard ugh everything with them together. tony got closure with his dad 

everything tony was great. 

steve 

he got his happy ending. he got his dance with peggy (now im crying again) fuck. and he PICK UP MJOLNIR omg that scene was amazing and everything i never dreamed could happen when the hammer started moving ughhhh omg i was cheering so loud in the theatre and i dont normally do that. that whole scene ugh theres so much to react to

and he got to say assemble. 

ok now from the beginning. 

i started to cry literally before it even started. the screen was black and i was already tearing up but when clint and his daughter came up and then his family disappeared i was full on crying.

carol coming in clutch and saving tony and nebula yessss

steve and tony’s conversation right when he gets off the ship was everything i wanted it to be. (crying again) everything. 

when they go to thanos’s house thing and thor chops off his arm . its what ive been saying they shouldve done on titan 

and then he went for the head! 

five....... 

years later

fuck them. literally when the ‘five’ came up i was like no no no dont you dare do it dont you dare and then they did it. fuck them

five fucking years?!?! they made them live through 5 years of that trauma?!?!? 

nat was everything in this film. she became the leader and keeping track of everything and her moment of breaking down was just so human. she couldnt move on in those 5 years and it just shows how much the avengers had become her family. 

scott and cassie omg cassie all grown up made me so emotional 

tony and morgan i love you three thousand she is the cutest and sweetest thing 

tony fucking stark figured out time travel. he did that. 

when tony gives steve his shield back my heart could not take it

the scenes where they were trying to pinpoint the exact time to go back and it was like a sleepover sesh and all the domestic avenger fanfics 

going back a little bit

clint killing all the people that should have been killed and deserved to be killed and being a total badass showing up all those people who said he was just really good with an arrow and every scene he has with nat.

‘dont give me hope’

thor. oh where to start. he really did lose everything and he was blaming himself for all that happened so i get where hes coming from. every time you could see him remembering and tormenting himself about what happened broke me. his scene with his mother (crying again)

also hulk/bruce was an interesting choice (not a huge fan of it but ok) 

the time traveling

everything about the new york scenes were amazing. the aftermath of the end of the avengers, loki turning into cap for a second, seeing rumlow and sitwell come out, steve getting into the elevator and channeling that winter soldier energy (i was slapping my sister on the arm so hard at this part) hail hydra and outsmarting them all. cap fighting cap “i can do this all day” lmao i was dying ‘bucky is alive” again dying they really nailed it with this. i was worried beforehand because like it would change how we would see the og avengers but i still think it works

also can talk about how tony (and scott) was checking out steves ass????

“i forgot how that suit did nothing for you ass” (be still my heart) “i like to think of it at america’s ass” (or whatever the line was) 

loki getting away with the tesseract (is that in this timeline im confused about that hopefully someone will explain bc does that mean loki is alive in this timeline or not? lol)

them going back to the 1970s (do you trust me? i do) and tony meeting howard and introducing himself as howard potts. again i know i talked about howard and tony already but i loved their scenes. and JARVIS FROM AGENT CARTER MAKING AN APPEARANCE OMG

PEGGYYYYYYY (crying) when steve walked into her office (grabbed my sister again) and when he was watching her through the window and you could feel his pain. 

thor and rocket are the pairing that i never imagined but amazing none the less. i loved that we got the return of mjolnir here even though idk what that does to the timeline (again who knows at this point) 

rhodey and nebula again another pairing i didnt expect but are great together. everything about nebula in this film. she really has a great arch. i was stressing out so hard when the alternate timeline thanos found out that they came from the past. the scene where peter quill is dancing and singing to no music was great.

clint and natasha. this pairing thie duo the og. fuck my heart. when they started going off to vormir i knew. i knew it and i cannot handle it. the whole scene where they are fighting each other to sacrifice themself i was SOBBING. LEGIT SOBBING. ‘let me go’ i loved this so much and also hated it. she deserved her happy ending too. after everything she gave up everything to save those people. her arch is so good too. im excited for her origin. i kinda want to see her when shes a bad guy and killing everyone and her journey to shield. i hope thats what we’ll see in her movie. 

but also that scene emotionally fucked me up hard. 

the og avengers (minus nat) sitting on the edge of the lake 

thor trying to put on the glove and redeem himself (in his own eyes not my own bc he doesnt deserve the shit he gets for not going for the head)

hulk doing it and the calm before the storm where everything goes back before that missile comes firing down. 

steve tony and thor facing off with thanos. everything about this scene. tony getting a juice-up from thor and lightning to max out his powers. steve jump kicking on thanos’s ass. thanos beating up thor and steve coming in with FUCKING MJOLNIR AGAIN CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I WAS CHEERING AT THIS POINT HE IS WORTHY MY BOY STEVE IS WORTHY

also on that note tony coming up to steve and saying “theres my man” or something and giving him back his shield again. 

steve standing there with his broken shield ready to face off with thanos’s army and sam coming in on the comm. and then EVERYONE COMING THRU AND KICKING NAMES AND TAKING ASS

legit cheering and crying so much 

valkyrie with her pegasus

shuri with her blasters 

peter parker and his reunion with tony was heartbreaking. tony looked so broken and complete at the same time. he got him back. 

PEPPER FREAKING POTTS 

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (YEESSSSSSSS)

peter quill’s semi-reunion with gamora and how she doesnt know him but he gets her back

also gamora, nebula and still-evil!nebula was a great scene. nebula killing her past self is some symbolic shit right there AND to protect her sister who she hated

CAROL FUCKING DANVERS COMING TO SAVE THE DAY AND KICK THANOS’S ASS 

im sad that she wasn’t in the film as much but i get why they did it and it also makes me really excited for her future films

but carol getting the gauntlet and peter saying “i dont know how youre gonna get through that” 

and ALL THE BADASS MCU WOMEN COMING UP BEHIND HER READY TO FIGHT AND REPRESENT FOR THE FEMALES (CRYING) 

this is something that couldn’t of been done a few years ago because there weren’t a lot of female superheroes in this universe and just the fact that this scene can make such an impression and become probably one of the most badass scenes of the mcu is one of the best things that came out of this movie.

side note: ‘activate instant kill’ great callback 

and then we get to the sacrifice.

i knew it. i expected it. i read it in fanfics.

i was still not prepared. 

‘I am inevitable’

‘I AM IRON MAN’

FUCKKKKKKKK they really know how to write these movies. 

he knew he would die. he knew he would never see morgan again. but he knew what he had to do. 

his character arch from a selfish man to a selfless man has been the most profound and powerful story. 

rdj and tony stark have really carried this franchise. they were the start. and it makes sense that his death closes out this era of the mcu. 

to rdj: i will never forgive my mom for telling me that she didn’t like you way back when. that really influenced how i thought about you and about tony stark for years. and i limited me from really appreciating and loving iron man and those movies and tony’s character. but as i continued to watch more of you in the mcu and in real life and have seen how you have grown and who you are today, i have so much love and respect for you and your character. im just so upset at the time i lost where i could have fallen even more in love with you. thank you so much for everything you have done over the last 11 years for this franchise. thank you for the time thank you for the memories and the laughs. the journey has been amazing. 

the funeral scene with ‘proof that tony stark has a heart’ 

(also was the the kid from iron man 3 in the back?)

VALKYRIE BECOMING KING (queen? i say king but who knows) of new asgard. look at my killing baby all grown up and being the leader they need.

thor becoming a guardian basically. 

also was quill looking for his gamora? where was the gamora from this timeline on the ship? she wasn’t there in the scene so idk

also fighting with knives to see whos in charge lol

im glad people mentioned/mourned for nat too 

steve rogers 

steve.

i knew he wasn’t coming back.

bucky knew it too.

im wreaked

but at least he got his happy ending. he got his peggy (again idk what that does to her timeline) 

captain sam wilson america in the house.

(old steve looks like joe biden or is it just me lol)

they ended it with a steggy dance and kiss

it really was a perfect end to his story and it wrapped up his character really well. he got that life he deserved 

to chris evans: as this is probably the last time we will see you as captain america let me thank you too for the years and joy that you have brought to my life. youre it for me. you are the reason i became so invested in this world. when you jumped on the fake grenade i was in it with you. chris you are and will always be the best chris in my heart. your passion for this character and understanding of steve rogers and his motivations have created such a memorable performance. steve rogers will always be the og. he will always have my heart. i am so thankful that you took this opportunity and used it and made this character your own. you live up to the standards that steve holds for himself and i am so excited for your future. i am also so glad that you didn’t die in this movie bc i definitely could not have handled it if i had to watch both my favs die. i love you three thousand.

i literally cried throughout the whole movie. there were laughs, cheers, groans, stress, tears, and love throughout this film. i am so grateful that i am alive during this time in cinematic history. there will never be something as great or momentous as this film. a true culmination of 22 films. its never been done and i doubt itll ever be done again

i am also so impressed and amazed by how well this film turned out. it is just amazing how everything fell into place 

im sure ill read other people’s reactions and they will bring up points or problematic things that will taint my view on this movie but i dont want that to ruin my own experience

and for me, this was truly emotionally draining and fulfilling. the feeling of being in that theatre with all those people who love the characters as much as i do and experiencing this film for the first time is something i will never forget. 

people talk about how they remember lining up for star wars.

well i remember sobbing my eyes out when nat died, cheering along with everyone when cap picked up mjolnir and whipped thanos’s ass with it and when carol and the rest of the badass women of the mcu ready to kick ass, crying with everyone as the light went out in tony’s chest and eyes, watching as history was made in front of our eyes.

and the end credits with the og avengers getting recognition with their photos and autographs. 

i love this franchise and these films and these characters i dont know who i would be without them. 

one last thing

thank you to the og avengers. steve tony thor nat clint bruce. chris robert chris scarlett jeremy mark. you will always have a special place in my heart. you were there at the start. you were the reason this all could happen you were the reason i became so invested in these movies. you brought these characters to life and embodied them. you are all so much like your characters the casting is perfect. thank you for your dedication to your work to you fans and to your characters. it means so much that you all stuck through this together and that you are such great friends in real life and i can only hope that one day i can be so lucky as to meet you all and thank you in person. 

[amorremanet]

@thecorruptedquietone see, like… there were parts of the Barbara-centric prologue that I liked or that I at least saw the potential in? And I can see at least three reasons why they maybe might’ve felt like it was a good idea

—1. padding, since… “The Killing Joke” isn’t that long, itself, and a lot of the parts that makes the comic kinda dense doesn’t necessarily translate well to any other format, because Alan Moore is such a comic book writer that it makes his work tricky to adapt 100% faithfully

(which isn’t a slight or anything that, “comic book writer” might imply; like, if I wanted to criticize him tonight, I’d go with something other than, “he’s a comic book writer.” I just mean that Alan Moore really clearly loves writing for the comic book/graphic novel format and knows his way around that medium best, so he comes up with things that don’t always translate well to anything but a comic book. Different book, but certain infamous yonic squid monsters definitely come to mind)

2. getting the audience more invested in Babs, which is… eh? A questionable point, like?? Okay, they had a really brief theatrical release, but…… come on, DC. You know good and goddamn well that if you put out a Killing Joke movie, most of the people who are going to go see it will already be fans of your comics, or at least fans of the Batman mythos. If you’re going to expand on Barbara, allegedly in the name of “not just using her paralysis as fridge material,” then……… uhhhhh

You should, like? Actually expand on BABARA??? And not on whoever this character is whom you are calling Barbara???

And like, on her own? She isn’t a bad character. Her treatment by the movie is pretty, “oh wow, most of the white men writing comics and comic book movies are still misogynistic as fuck, next you’ll be telling me that the Pope is secretly Catholic or something,” but she’s not a bad character. She’s just also not Barbara Gordon, which sucks because she can’t be anyone else because of the story

Then, you add in the way that they threw out all of Barbara’s actual characterization in the name of forcing Bruce/Barbara down everyone’s throats and it’s just…… no. why. why are you all doing this.

oh, and of course, 3. money, albeit indirectly, since the scheme here goes kind of like, “step one: do a Thing that we know will make fans of the comics get all in a tizzy and cause ridiculous ~*controversy*~ and shit like that because lmao clearly, there is not enough inherent projected revenue from a goddamn Killing Joke movie; step two: ?????????; step three: PROFIT”—

and then the Bruce/Barbara just adds further insult to what was already pretty insulting, and?

As for the rest…… ehhh, let’s see. It was a pretty tame R-rating overall, which makes me inclined to think that they were intending to go with the, “yeah, Joker definitely raped Barbara Gordon, is this not awesome” interpretation (especially with Brian Azzarello as the screenwriter), which is just……… the fuck, come on, you did not need to do that, and it defeats the entire idea of NOT using what the Joker does to Barbara as fridge material and nothing else, because the maybe-rape is literally only used to torment her father and Batman

The music was good, the art was okay (I can appreciate the difficulty of trying to balance between emulating Brian Bolland’s style from the comic and the more streamlined but not very visually exciting style that the DC animated movies have, and there were enough good art moments, even with the really bad CGI on the carousel), Kevin Conroy and Tara Strong gave pretty good performances (especially given what they were working with in some places, like most of the prologue). I did appreciate the “Barbara becomes Oracle” stinger. Even with all of the glaring, “what the fuck were you people thinking” and how much I did not like the Bruce/Barbara nonsense, I don’t personally regret watching it?

But…… I mean. The single biggest reason why I don’t regret it is just, “Mark Hamill is back (and he is the reigning King in my Joker-view, since all of the other Jokers are either dead like Heath and Cesar, good but not great like most of them, or abjectly horrible like Leto and Nicholson), and he’s doing Joker’s monologues from The Killing Joke, and he’s doing them really well. Also, I’m perpetually trash for a fun villain song, whoops.”

So, like…… if someone on youtube made a cut that was just the present-day Joker stuff and nothing else? I would totally save that and watch it forever instead of the full movie. Because for me, Mark Hamill didn’t disappoint (though it would’ve been hard for him to do that because I am biased as Hell in his favor here), but the rest of the movie is just like……… yeah, I can see the potential in most of it?

But ultimately, the execution is just……..………….…..…… Bad. :/