#yeah. stan the ives women for clear skin

[a-shadowedvales]

LETS TALK ABOUT BECKY IVES FOR A MINUTE!

when you think about becky, you have to remember that she spent at least four years listening to terry’s “crazy theories” about hawkins lab, and the big bad man taking jane away. she knew terry took part in “hippie crap” and assumed that messed with her head. that those experiences combined with miscarrying in the third trimester had a terrible strain on her mental health, ultimately losing her connection to reality. she spent those years watching terry fight and lose legal battles against brenner and hawkins. she pleaded for her to stop, to get help, as their relationship grew stressed and strained because becky didn’t believe her, and terry hated her for it.

and then when terry’s mind was completely broken, she spent her days and nights caring for her. the show never touched on this. just what did becky think happened to terry? what story was she told? was terry put into a random hospital with doctors from hawkins lab, under a guise of caring for her, just to tell becky there was some kind of accident? maybe a car accident. did they claim the drugs used in the mk ultra testing from all those years ago took affect on her mind? probably not, because then becky would be in an opportunity to sue. i highly doubt there would have been any mention of the lab, opposed to some, "unfortunate accident." it really bugs me that there’s no story about what becky believed made terry catatonic. terry knew becky didn’t believe her, and as such, definitely did not tell her about her plans to break into the lab. so a story could have easily been concocted.

and then, one random day, a kid shows up at her doorstep, claiming to be the daughter she didn’t believe existed. immediately, by jane opening the door with her mind, becky held some kind of belief for she'd heard terry’s rants about her baby being used for experiments, experiments which gave her powers. and in comes jane, demanding to see her mother, able to open a locked door, blood dripping from her nose. all too soon she realises that there has so be some semblance of truth. the girl says her name is jane: she fits all the descriptions. the descriptions of the niece she never had. this child who her sister fought tooth and nail to get back. i can’t even imagine the guilt that would begin to fester for not believing terry, for thinking she was having a mental break, for trying to get her to see therapists and get her some real, serious help.

scared and confused for herself and her sister, and unable to fathom what is happening, what does she do? she comforts jane. there is distance, there’s awkwardness, but this girl is her blood and every moment that passed only proved that she could actually be jane ives. she makes her a sandwich, tries to comfort her, tells her that her mother is in a dream. probably a good dream. she comforts and tells her that terry never stopped believing.

she always believed you were out there. she always believed you’d come home one day. home? yeah, home.

she offered her, this strange little girl, a place in her home with her and her mother. she didn’t push, she didn’t need to know everything in that moment; she focused on jane and nothing else. the girl was obviously traumatised judging by the way she spoke, the way she sheltered herself. if everything terry claimed was indeed true, then becky couldn’t even begin to think about what she’d gone through.

i wanna help you, but to really do that, i need you to talk to me, okay? it doesn’t have to be now. it doesn’t have to be today. when you’re ready, okay?

she never moved a single thing in jane’s room. although she didn’t believe terry, she respected and loved her enough to keep it exactly as she’d planned. and at least she could give jane that, the vision her mother had for her, what the first steps of their wonderful life would have been like. becky claimed terry was “stuck” living the “same dream” over and over. where becky, too, was the one who was stuck. terry became 24/7 care, and unless she had helpers (which i highly doubt), becky would have given up her job, her out of home hobbies, her entire life to care for her sister. stuck in an endless routine until jane came along and struck her with the reality of it all.

as soon as jane contacts the void, you can see becky looks on edge and nervous. which, fair enough! she asks if she can sit and watch, but doesn’t interfere or distract jane. she even sits a little further away from her, perhaps out of fear (which would be completely justified. this girl physically moved things with her mind, who knows what else she can do) or just trying to take this all in within her own time and space. but the moment, the second jane departs the void and is in a state of distress, she moves to comfort her. she isn’t sure how, and doesn’t expect it to be returned, but offers it nonetheless. as far as she knows jane just spoke to her sister; she would be dying to know what happened, if she said anything. but remains silent and focuses on the child.

unfortunately we really don’t see much else of their dynamic on screen, but it is very justified that becky contacted hawkins and tried to get a hold of hopper. he and joyce were the only ones who seemed to have some kind of understanding; of course she would want to contact them. she put on a brave face in front of jane, focused on her and her needs. but as soon as she put the bed down and jane wanted some time alone in her room, becky had a moment to breathe. to think about her, her sister, all those wasted years because she didn’t believe. so, weeks later, when she gets a phone call from a weak sounding girl, saying she was sorry, the relief is immense. when recovered from her illness after closing the gate, the first thing jane wanted to do was call her aunt. hopper got on the line after the initial apology and asked if becky would come to hawkins, so they could work things out from there.

i just think becky is such a neat, complex character for the literal twenty minutes (probably less) screen time she gets. i adore the way she treats jane, and think she is such a good influence in her life. imagine all the stories becky could tell her about terry. things no one else could. her relationship with her aunt is one like no other, for both the sake of her mother, and that she is the only true family she has ever known, or as far as she knows, even has. becky never expects anything from jane (unlike a lot of the people in her life), and in that respect, jane does actually open up to her overtime. to becky, jane isn’t a girl who’s saved the world a few times. she’s the niece she didn’t believe in, and would spend the rest of her life making it up to her and terry.

[presidentrhodes]

mcu ironhusbands propaganda time

1. rhodey and tony have cute nicknames for each other including, but not limited to honeybear, sourpatch, platypus, starkster, and tony stank

1a. can't believe i forgot this but drunk!rhodey was practically all over tony on that plane. the accompanying comics showed them going off to have a foursome with two women they met at a party so.

2. rhodey put his highly successful military career on hold for three months to search for tony when he went missing, so much so, his commanding officer told him people would kill to have a career like his

2a. tony literally melting into rhodey's arms and "next time, you ride with me, okay?" this is so fucking symbolic because this is rhodey's way of expressing guilt that he wasn't there to protect his tony (that bothered him more than the fact he could've potentially been killed if he rode the same humvee as tony)

3. though he didn't initially take him up on it, tony wanted rhodey involved in building the mark 2 from the start

4. tony's biometrically coded suit did not shock rhodey or give him a heart attack when he put it on to try and stop tony's recklessness

4a. tony literally took out his heart and handed it to rhodey, so that rhodey could fix it and return it back to him. that symbolism was fucking epic

5. after whiplash was defeated, tony meticulously stripped every last bit of hammer tech from the mark 2 and built a brand new war machine armour for rhodey

6. when tony is presumed dead again, rhodey never gives up hope. after tony calls him, they don't waste time with boring shit like "are you ok?" no, they literally started a conversation with:

"you ever have a chick straddling you and you look up and she's glowing from the inside out, kind of a bright orange?"

"yeah, ive had that. who is this?"

"it's me, pal."

there is honestly so much to unpack in this dialogue lol

7. tony distracting killian's guards, despite having an armour, just so that rhodey could barrel roll in to shoot them like the god damn hero that he is

8. that entire sequence where they worked together to save pepper, save the president, and kill killian *chef's kiss*

9. "we get through this, i'll hold your own." when will ur faves openly flirt like this?

10. tony putting aside his own issues (finding out his parents were murdered) to make rhodey his leg braces and rhodey reminding tony that the horrific accident didn't change his mind because the fight needed to be fought.

10a. the fight literally left tony as soon as vision's shot hit rhodey.

11. them finding a soft moment during that tony stank scene

12. rhodey trying to get tony to calm the fuck down when he was losing it at the avengers and then being the one to take off his glasses. the way he touched tony's arm akaksjsjss

13. rhodey being the first one to reach tony and that sad, broken smile they shared because they knew their time together was about to end. they didn't need words, their eyes spoke volumes

14. rhodey's never distrusted tony. even when he had to fight his own colleagues at the air force and take on the fucking pentagon, he never lost his temper at tony until he became a public nuisance during that party scene. even then rhodey apologised the way best friends do — he didn't grovel but there was sincerity behind his words, and tony's as well

anyway stan ironhusbands for clear skin and a happy life.