#yessss thank you for beetles :)

[atramenting]

Sooo are you still interested to hear about FoM farmers?

Mine’s Robin (she/her) (and not her original name), who’s got ENORMOUS glasses that make her eyes teeny tiny dots, and big sticky-out red braids on either side (she privately theorises that March doesn’t like her because she’s a natural redhead). She is a monster maniac, like Steve Irwin style enthusiasm, with added Merlin from Sword In The Stone vibes of being such a kooky brainiac that she loops back around to slightly feral cryptid energy. Often spends days without talking to anybody, but mention any item in a positive lens, even briefly, and she will eventually pop up and hand one to you without saying a word. This is how March was given a Magma Beetle. May not say much, but clearly listening. Classic pebbling.

‘There are MONSTERS in the mine!’

‘Oh no that’s terrible! Is it too dangerous should we seal it again?’

‘You have a huge population of Terraventia Brutalis and you’re suggesting NOT LETTING ME SEE THEM?!’

She’s somewhat perturbed by the advancement of the plot in the game. See, she’s originally from Capital, and circumstances conspired so that she wound up saving some important noble from a fairly basic monster. However, aforementioned noble felt embarrassed, and they couldn’t disguise that she’d saved them, she had to drag them back to civilisation. So instead, he elected to spin it as having been an infinitely more deadly encounter, and the rumours have spread such that she wound up a somewhat famous adventurer based on a story blown completely out of proportion. So when she saw the posting for Mistria, she made the executive decision to change her look, change her name, and go into hiding until it blew over. So a ghost calling her a hero and finding the Dragonsworn armour out of the blue is not exactly conducive to ‘lying low’. But then she fell in love with Mistria, and the people there, and found all the cool stuff in the mines, and now she is never going to leave come Hell or high water.

Her favourite townies are Errol, Eiland and March, but she really does love all of them. She likes Errol and Eiland for the shared love of knowledge (she and Eiland have great infodump trading sessions, it’s fantastic). March she finds funny more than anything else, she is 0% intimidated, and just finds it fascinating that he decided she was his nemesis based on literally less than nothing, he’s like a puffed up cat.

Of COURSE I am I LOVE hearing everyone's take on their characters!!!! :D

I love characters with special interests, and since monsters are one of mine, I feel a kindred spirit has appeared in Robin! I also love the little bit about March being jealous of her hair color -- it's so him lmaooo. Even if her suspicions aren't correct, they TOTALLY could be, and that's what makes it so funny.

It's really cool when characters are trying to hide from their past, and the setup of FoM really allows for the crafting of a good backstory in that regard. The fact that nothing especially heinous happened, and that she's gone into hiding to cover up a secret/lie that was never even one that she, herself, crafted? Perfection. It has the setup for either drama or laughs, or a bit of both, and I feel like it fits the spirit of the story and the increased presence of "the capital" as it all progresses. And now that Robin's been granted ACTUAL heroic powers from Caldarus... well, it sets up for a great reveal!!! Yessss more love for Errol, we love a knowledgeable and friendly old guy. He's such a sweetheart. And so is Eiland!!! I can imagine the three of them meeting at all hours, letting time get away from them just blabbing about today's cool find. Very cozy and nice vibes there.

And yes. March is 100% like a puffed up cat. Stay in your lane, lil fella. lollll Thanks so much for sharing with me!!! :D

[sleepyhomosexual]

ppinned?????????? YOU PINNED IT?? THANK YOU ily <33333 :']

GET PINNED BITCH!! (endearing) YESSSS OF COURSE I LOVE YOU TOO AUGH!! THAT LITTLE BEETLE ANGEL GUY IS AN ANGEL IN MY HEART !!!! <3333333 I LOVE YOUR SONGS AND POETRY OF COURSE IM PINNING YOU!!!

[patchworkgargoyle]

How aboutttt D and 6 for Dom? c:

Yessss, thank you for asking about my beloved and most troublesome boy!!

D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?

Dom's always had the same appearance, for the most part! His faceclaim has never changed (which I still worry about, because I had no idea when his face showed up on pinterest that he was a.) a bit of a popular artist and b.) on tumblr, and I dread the hopefully impossible day that he'll see my icon and go "is that me???"), but in some au's we've cooked up he can look pretty different.

In his main universe, though, his hair and face and piercings have never changed. His tattoos have slightly in that he has a couple more sentimental tattoos (a matching ferret for his platonic soulmate, Keziah; a big skull beetle for his best friend/"unrequited" love/eventual partner, Tig; a kiss mark for his partner Sam; two wedding band tattoos for both Kez and Sam) than he started out with.

6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

If they aren't flexible then Dom will break them xD sometimes solely for the purpose of being a little shit. But generally, he sees laws as very flexible, or at least thinks they should be. Like, he'd be legally married to two people if he could be, but had a ceremony for his second marriage anyway, legal or not.

Now that my ask box is back open Ask me some oc questions!!

[phantompoguefangirl]

It's not easy but it's mostly okay. Thank you!

Yeah there had to been a time gap or something because it makes no sense. This is why 10 episodes is not enough.

Yessss Axel being like ah so YOU'RE the boyfriend and Miguel's just like Sam why is this dude looking at me???? I was dyingggg 🤣🤣

Blue Beetle was so good and it was supoosed to have a trilogy, which I so hope it gets because YES HE SERVED SO HARD. And yesss I need a Peter and Jaime crossover bc they would so be friends!

Kenny seriously killed it this season!

Yesss a love triangle would be so entertaining!

Yesss the stupid rivalry between Johnny and Daniel is so funny at this point.

cobra kai s6 pt 3 possible ending??

my guess is that after the brawl, they show robby getting seriously injured, and then he hands the captaincy over to miguel and he wins the sekai taikai. the show started with miguel so it only makes sense to end the show with him. i will sue if it doesn't. miguel has been fighting his ass off this season, and if we're being honest, he is WAY better than robby rn. he deserves it. plus, stanford??? there's no way they're going to end the show with him not getting into his dream uni. he didn't fall off of that balcony for nothing.

[galaxyofghouls]

I looked up musical beetlejuice one time after you talked about him and now,,,, I’m thirsty for the beetle man,,, he’s just,,, 10/10,, so thank you for showing me the light,, 💜🥰

yessss!!!!!! i love gross beetle man so much!!!! 💚💜💚💜

[godslush]

A quiet inkling in the back of my mind today before work told me that maybe I should post my “playable Nerubian” sketches from 2010-2011. They’re not particularly great, and I detest the female design now, though I suppose it’s in-line with Blizzard’s usual handling of things like that.

I also had a write-up that I made even earlier, as well, but reading it now just makes me cringe.

...I’m including it anyway.

Faction Title: Azjol-anak? Racial Leader: Kilix the Unraveler? Home City: ??? (Faction-dependent)

This would only be an option after the Lich King is defeated, and seeing how that is imminent, it makes this at least partially possible. Faction siding is up in the air, though. On a personal and selfish note, I would group them with the Horde, probably through Sylvannas and the Forsaken, whom, like the Nerubians, were directly victimized by the Lich King and the Scourge. Additionally, their monstrous nature is likely to be somewhat more accepted by the Horde (arguably, the Alliance welcomes the Worgen in Cataclysm, but Worgen are just humans with an unfortunate shapeshifting condition, as opposed to the straight-up beastly nature of Nerubians). However, Brann Bronzebeard appears to have a decent amount of diplomacy with the Nerubians of the Sundered Monolith, leaning towards them joining the Alliance (though Brann himself seems to be slightly more neutral than straight-up Alliance, especially in Wrath of the Lich King, where knowledge is more important than who helps him obtain it, as implied by instances such as Halls of Stone). It could go either way, and would probably depend on what race is introduced opposite of them.

What exactly these 'playable' Nerubians -are- is also questionable. Either they are a secretive caste that had remained hidden for all these years, or the few remaining living Nerubians used magic and science to combine their blood into that of more humanoid races in an effort to bring forth a new, stronger caste with the hope of using such a caste to regain the race's foothold in the war-torn world.

In my head, I see them as quite different. Unlike the typical six-legged-two-armed nerubians, four-legged-four-armed 'priest' nerubians, or four-legged-two-armed winged Crypt Lords, these 'playable' Nerubians are humanoid in build, with two legs and two arms, as well as a pair of seemingly useless 'vestigal' arms with two claws sticking out from the sides of their torsos just under their ribcages. They also have a pair of longer 'arms' sticking out of their backs like wings, armed with a single large claw. Most clothing or armor does not accomodate the extra limbs, and holes need to be cut into them. Both pairs of arms are usually tucked close to the body, because they're usually left unarmored, and therefore vulnerable (despite carapace).

In general, males are more beetle-like and heavyset, while the females are much more slender and spiderlike. The most defining male facial feature is their single facial horn, while the defining facial feature of females are mandibles.

Modifiable features are probably: Carapace color (essentially skincolor, though may only extend to their armored portions: anything unarmored would probably be black or dark gray) Hair style (A mainly variations and stylings of "unruly mess of quills", but also makes egyptian-style headdresses available as 'hair' with varying stripe patterns) Hair/headdress color (Hair tends to be subdued, darker colors, headdresses are bright) Face Type (Generally denotes layout of eyes, but also the presence or lack of mandibles or horns) Spikes (Chooses the style of their claws, as well as mandibles or horns (if present).

Without class bonuses, Nerubian base stats could be: Higher than average Spirit (22?) Higher than average Agility (22?) Average Intelligence (20?) Lower than average Strength (18?) Lower than average Stamina (18?)

Racial abilities that come to mind include (not ALL, obviously, just brainstorming):

Enhanced Unarmed - Moderate additional damage (scaled with level) when attacking unarmed, as they additionally strike with the limbs on their backs as well as their hands. (Passive)

(PERHAPS) Natural Armor - The natural carapace of a Nerubian gives them an additional 1% (2%?) armor contribution from items. (Passive)

Silk Weaving - Being mostly arachnoid in nature, leaning towards spiderlike, nerubians have an innate skill with silk and webbing. Therefore, they have a +5 tailoring bonus. (Passive)

Shadow Proficiency - Long-time practitioners of dark magic, Nerubian's chance to hit with Shadow spells is increased. (Passive)

Sticky Web - A racial rooting ability that can trap fleeing opponents. (2 min cooldown)

Filament Floatation - Constructs a 'parachute' of silk webbing to slow falling speed for 20 seconds. (1 (2?) minute cooldown)

Available classes: Hunter? Rogue Warrior Mage Priest Warlock Death Knight

Racial Mount: Anaki Tank - A large beetle, modified over years to be more streamlined and to run on only four legs (it carries its extra two vestigal limbs close to its body between its front and hind legs). Its head is similar to that of crypt-lords (or male playable Nerubians), with a large, single horn that helps their riders charge down foes. Their hunched, molded pronotum supports a decorative yet comfortable saddle with a horn. The pronotum on the Battletanks also has large spines raking forward from the front, reminiscent of tough slightly less pronounced than on an Atlas Beetle. At the apprentice level, the tanks' natural armor is left plain and unadorned. Battletanks are embellished with colored, jeweled trim. -Colors- *Apprentice: Brown Anaki Tank, Gray Anaki Tank, Beige Anaki Tank *Journeyman: Blue Anaki Battletank (silver trim), Green Anaki Battletank (gold trim), Yellow Anaki Battletank (black trim) *PvP: Black Anaki Battletank (gold trim) *Argent Tournament 5-mark: Royal Anaki Battletank (purple, gold trim) *Argent Tournament 100-mark: Azjol-anak Battletank (red, gold trim)

-==Gender Specifics==- Both have normal laughs, as well as a "Kekeke" laugh. Because the Nerubian language seems to accommodate it so well.

Knowing little to nothing about Nerubian aside sounds, I won't bother to make things up. Anything in Nerubian will be notated with an [N] and left to later interpretation, with [C] being relapses back into Common. Some vocals not covered because I can't think of anything 'original.'

FEMALE: Dance - Walk Like an Egyptian ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk )

/attack - "Attack-k!" "Sstrike them noww!" /goodbye - "We bid you farewell." "'Till nex-xst we meet." /charge - "For Azjol-Nerub!" "There isss no escape for you!" /cheer - "[N]Fortune smiles on us!" "Yessss!" /congratulate - "[N] Good work." "That wass a fine job." /flee - "SSscatter!" "We fight again another day!" /flirt - "I'd love to have you in my web." "I'm no widow... Not by choicce, at least." "I give an -ex-xc-cellent- massage." "I can take care of the k-kidss. All sseventy-eight million of them." /followme - "Follow. Follow the ssilver thread." /healme - "Woundss... need healing." /helpme - "I req-quire assistanccce!" /hello - "Greetingsss." /incoming - "Danger coming our whey!" (8D) /oom - "Running-g out of mana!" /openfire - "Shhhoot!" /rude - Leans forward, thumb on 'nose', waggling fingers upward. /silly - "I sew my own clothes. With my own silk." "I would like a maggot burger with everything on it, and fliess on the sside." "I know nothing of thiss... tuffet of which you speak-k." /thanks - "Thhanksss." "Many thankss." /wait - "Hold up." "Wait here." /welcome - "We bid you welcome." " /yw - "It wass my pleasure." "It wass not a problem."

MALE: Dance -

/attack - "Get them!" "Desstroy them!" /goodbye - "We anticcipate your return." "Ssso long-g." "Your company wass... appreciated." /charge - "For Azjol-Nerub!" "Victory shhhall be oursss!" /cheer - "[N] Fortune smiles on us!" "Mossst fortuitouss!" /congratulate - "We c-c-commend you." /flee - "Flee, young oness!" "You haven't sseen the lasst of uss!" /flirt - "Will you let this arachnophilia?" [Arachno feel ya] "Don't mind the cobwebss. They add a touch of gray that sstands for... ex-xperience." "C-come. Let uss kisss with tongues." " /followme - "C-c-come. Thiss way." /healme - "I am in need of mending!" /helpme - "C-come to my aid!" /hello - "Good day, morsel. I mean... friend." /incoming - "Danger approachess quick-kly!" /oom - "Mana hass run dry." /openfire - "[N]They are in sight! [C] Open fire!" "Hhhasssha!" /rude - The 'common' rude gesture, hand in crook of elbow with other fist up, but with both the main arms and the 'vestigal' limbs. /silly - "What'sss sso interessting about a water ssspout, anyway?" "With g-great power, c-comes great ressponsibility." "C-c-common sensssse tingling-g." "You asssssk t-too much of me. I'm not a sssssuper man, you know." /thanks - "You have my eternal g-gratitude." "Thank-k you." /wait - "Sssstay." "Follow not." /welcome - "The Empire welcomess you." /yw - "There iss no need for thankss." "Ssurely you would have done ssimilar."

[cerberosthehellguard]

I have one question... can I /please/ scream you with about drarry? I have /no one/ else to talk to them about and also thank you the long fic rec. Short fics always ends to early for me and makes me want more!

SCREAM AT ME FRIEND!

I HEREBY GIVE YOU EXPRESS PERMISSION TO SLAM THE ASK BUTTON AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN TO HOLLER AT ME ABOUT THE GIFT THAT IS DRARRY.

I am not particularly good at organising fic recs and I am doing these just based on my personal interest and mood right now but here are a few ones that I missed out on in the previous rec post!!

Hope you enjoy and spazz to me and the authors on how much you enjoyed them!! They would LOVE to know what you think!

This is a long post. Please click “J” to skip it. Thank you!

Right Hand Red by @lqtraintracks - 73k words

Harry felt Malfoy’s breath on his lips as they came together over the bottle, hands firmly planted on the floor as though they each needed their familiar soil, refusing to cross into enemy territory.

Except that Malfoy no longer felt like his enemy.

Malfoy felt inevitable.

You want UST? You want Eighth Year Snarky Draco? You want Muggle game nights that turn just this side of naughty? Well! Look no more! This fic offers all that and more!! Gods, yes this fic. SO MUCH LOVE. 

All Life is Yours to Miss by Saras_Girl - 115k words

Professor Malfoy’s world is contained, controlled, and as solitary as he can make it, but when an act of petty revenge goes horribly awry, he and his trusty six-legged friend are thrown into Hogwarts life at the deep end and must learn to live, love and let go.

Anything, I said, didn’t I? Anything by Saras_Girl is worth giving your soul to. Its so good, so perfect, so sweet that your heart melts everytime the beetle rushesover to Draco. Everytime Harry and Draco interact and everytime you read this fic. Again and again. 

Stately Homes of Wiltshire by waspabi - 58k words

Malfoy Manor has mould, dry rot and an infestation of unusually historical poltergeists. Harry Potter is on the case.

Oh man this fic is so lovely. Its so carefully crafted and Harry’s emotions are so hilariously written I feel like reading this all over again. Just do it, please!

The Pure and Simple Truth by lettered - 65k words

Harry, Draco, and Hermione go to a pub. Harry, Draco, and Pansy go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Pansy, and Hermione go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ron go to a pub. Harry, Draco, Hermione, Ron, and Pansy―you guessed it―go to a pub. I could go on. In fact, I did. Harry, Draco, Hermione, Pansy, Ron, Blaise, Luna, Goyle, Neville, and Theodore Nott go to a pub. In various combinations.

There is literally nothing better than this. The conversations in here are sparkling! I am so enamored with anything Lettered writes but this remains close to my heart!

The Light More Beautiful by @firethesound - 81k words

Thirteen years after Draco accepts Potter’s help escaping the horror of his sixth year, he returns to England where he makes the unfortunate discovery that Potter is still as obnoxious as ever. And worse, more than a decade overseas hasn’t been enough to dim Draco’s obsession with him.

This fic man!! Oh man! I could very well marry this fic I love it SO MUCH. It has everything! Sixth Year AU, creature fic, auror fic, banter, UST, bonding (mating which is SO GOOD). This remains my favorite of creature fics argh just please do yourself a favour and read it ok?

The Shape of The World by @bixgirl1 - 48k words

Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Draco’s life is finally getting back in order. Until, that is, he sees a familiar face that has been missing since that last awful morning of the war.

When has knowing Potter done anything other than complicate his life?

Although, for two people such as Potter and Malfoy, how can they fall in love except to put aside their preconceived notions about one another?

Memory loss fics are tricky and oh man this fic is so carefully crafted, so wonderfully dealt with that you THINK its effortless but damnnn! Draco does everything to help Harry here and MAN their interactions are GOLD. So good, so well done, just trust me, read it!

Harry Potter and the Future He Doesn’t Really Want, Thanks. by @seefin - 70k words

It was addictive, the feeling of Draco Malfoy telling him things in a soft voice early in the morning. Harry felt like he was taming a wild animal, or petting a cat that hated everybody else. This train existed outside of time, that was the only explanation Harry could come up with as to why Malfoy was actually having a civil conversation with him right now. 

Harry can see the future. He gets visions. And. Then there is Malfoy in them. So naturally, Harry now wants to chat up Malfoy. You would think the boy has had enough of fates playing with him, but no. This fic is just so snarky, so classy, its the best thing to read on a snowy night with hot chocolate on your side. 

There’s a Pureblood Custom for That by lomonaaeren - 106k words

The day that Harry stops Draco Malfoy and his son from being bothered in the middle of Diagon Alley starts a strange series of interactions between him and Malfoy. Who knew there was a pure-blood custom for every situation?

Lomonaaeren is like a force to be reckoned with, ok? There are no genres, no tropes, no writing style they haven’t dipped their fingers in and made it their own. They bend things to their will and make a fic so classy it leaves you speechless. So beautiful man….like wow. 

In Pieces by @dysonrules - 85k words

Harry returns to Hogwarts as the new DADA instructor, only to find his teaching efforts thwarted by a very familiar ghost.

Dysonrules was one of the first authors I read when I ventured into drarry and damn she stole my heart and still has it. Her writing is so wholesome and funny and sweet I cannot imagine going a month without re-reading some of hers. Here, Malfoy is a ghost and Harry works extra hard to bring him back to life. Also, ghost sex which REALLY wont freak you out trust me. Its so hot!

Playing the Hero by @l0vegl0wsinthedark - 30k words

Nobody kissed me like Harry did. He kissed like he flew; he kissed like he duelled - with his whole being, not caring about anything else. I had never felt as vulnerable as I did when he kissed me, seizing all and any control I had over myself. But when Harry kissed me, I felt free…

Break up and Make up fics ARE MY CALLING I TELL YOU. You write that a hundred times, I will still read it. A hundred times. This fic is so hot, the writer has some extra smut writing gifts I tell you because the porn is just too awesome argh//clenches fist// 

Anyway! These are just 10 fics, once again off the top of my head. I have missed so many, and oh man so many are gonna be added with the New Erised (//screams// YESSSS!!!!!!!) I cannot wait to read them all!!!

[taaroko]

Post-IW MCU Rewatch: Captain America: Civil War

Time for a bunch of in-fighting!

Was there any significance to those code words?

Howard and Maria. :(

Freaking Runlow.

I read something about how they’re all being very bad at undercover, sitting around in sunglasses and hats. They’re being like actors undercover from paparazzi, not low-profile spies. Whoops.

Runlow’s team is kinda lucky the rubble from that crash didn’t block their entrance.

This is some top notch fighting from both Cap and Sam. Sam’s wings are super versatile.

Whee, Steve getting a telekinetic boost from Wanda!

Ohh, it’s Nat who used the motorcycle as a projectile in this one. Okay. I thought it happened at least twice.

Heeeey Cap’s shield is half covered in soot. Symbolism.

FREAKING RUNLOW.

That blast was either going to kill everyone in the square or the people in that building. If it had been the former, it wouldn’t have been a big international crisis.

Aged-down Tony is easily the best of that kind of special effect we’ve ever seen. *suppresses memories of CG Leia*

I think that seminar was the first we've seen of the "philanthropist" part of billionaire genius playboy philanthropist. (Donating a collection of modern art to the Boy Scouts is too weird to count.)

Hi Dean Pelton.

Awkward actress recycling! But it was worth it. She’s so good as Mariah.

Vision’s social graces are so funny.

Uggggggh General Ross. Who is now Secretary of State.

Man that footage would’ve made Bruce so sad.

“For the last four years, you’ve operated with unlimited power and no supervision.” Wait does that mean it’s been four years since Winter Soldier? This timeline is a freaking mess.

I know where Thor and Banner are!

Okay, Zimo talks about painstakingly decrypting the Hydra files Nat leaked on the internet, but did he start doing that before Ultron or after? How long has it been since Ultron?

Tony’s face.

What makes this movie so good is that both Tony and Steve have very good points and multiple movies of backstory that brought them to those positions. The Tony of IM1 would’ve been anti-Accords, and the Steve from the ‘40s would’ve been pro-Accords, but here they are now. And the Accords were very inevitable after Ultron.

Noooo Peggy.

Headcanon: the non-Steve pall-bearers were Peggy’s son and grandsons.

“Plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say ‘No. You move.’”

I love that Nat’s priority is sticking together as a team, but she does get Steve’s position. (I mean obviously; she defects to his team halfway through.) Steve’s friendships with Nat and Sam are so wonderful.

Hey T’Challa!

Does the actor who plays T’Chaka have a glass eye? *internet research* Holy crap, he does. This is from John Kani’s IMDB page: Kani lost his left eye during a beating by South African police after returning home from a Broadway production of "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead", which was critical of Apartheid. He survived after being left for dead and subsequently won a 1975 Tony Award for his performance.

They did a really good job introducing T’Challa, and his arc in this movie is excellent.

Dangit Steve and Sharon would’ve kissed if Sam hadn’t interrupted.

More hats and sunglasses. You guys look real suspicious wearing hats and sunglasses INDOORS, especially when you start passing files around.

Man, Bucky just wants to buy some plums. Also, so cool that Seb got to go home to Romania and speak his native language for this bit.

Isn’t it easier to shoot out the lock than all three sets of hinges?

Bucky just came here to buy some plums and honestly he’s feeling so attacked right now.

So much multi-storey falling! I know these guys are all tougher than normal people but it’s still very stressful to watch!

These movies are always doing ridiculously cool things with motorcycles.

Rhodey makes a pretty good enforcer.

Vis and Wanda are adorable. But the conversation about the Mind Stone is really painful now.

The heck?! Tony thinks Wanda is unstable enough to cause another “incident” just by going to the store? Do Tony and Wanda still dislike each other or something? I guess they never reconciled over the whole thing where his tech killed her parents and she used her powers against him.

A fancy pen is not a convincing argument, Tony.

Steve was so ready to be thrilled for Tony if he and Pepper were gonna have a baby!

Tony just called Wanda a weapon of mass destruction. Either he’s playing devil’s advocate or he’s being really unsympathetic right now.

Bucky! Plug your ears and go LALALALALA!

I like how every time someone does the sleeper activation codes, he walks around Bucky in a circle. Is that part of it or just a cool filming thing?

Aaaaargh that elevator shaft fall.

Tony’s face when Bucky fires his gun into his glove.

Nat’s signature move is useless against Bucky.

RECOGNIZE YOU FROM WHEN?! The mission he foiled, or something else? I must know. Please answer this question, Black Widow movie.

Okay. The helicopter thing. It does not make sense. It should’ve just lifted Steve right off the ground. It is capable of carrying several passengers. One dude hanging onto it when there’s only a single occupant would not weigh it down. The part where he holds onto the railing and keeps it from flying away does work, though.

Heeeeey the scene with Bucky’s arm in the clamp is the exact midpoint of the movie. I don’t know why I find that interesting, but suddenly I very much want to analyze the significance of these moments. This one is a major turning point. The revelation of other Winter Soldiers. Team Cap now has an urgent mission.

Tony has an arc reactor scar!

HI PETER! *hug attacks him*

I love every single second of Peter’s intro scene.

“It’s a long story. I was—” “Lordy! Can you even see in these!” Bahaha, Tony cut off even a conversation of origin story.

Okay, the moment Tony leaned forward while Peter was talking obliquely about great power and responsibility. That was when he became emotionally invested in this kid. They’re both motivated by a sense of guilt and obligation.

Wanda and Clint’s methods for getting past Vision makes their team lose a bit of high ground.

Steve and Sharon’s kiss could’ve been handled less like an afterthought, but the reason I’m still cool with it is Sam and Bucky’s reactions.

How’d these three big dudes end up in a little VW Beetle anyway?

Hahaha, each team has a fanboy on it. Scott on Team Cap and Peter on Team Iron Man.

“Thinks for thanking of me!”

Yessss. Airport fight.

Um, why did Tony not even pause when Cap mentioned the other five Winter Soldiers?

Oh Peter I love you so much. And I love that Tom has this rivalry with Anthony and Seb in all the behind the scenes stuff.

“He also said I should go for your legs.” Man this is almost a vine reference.

Scott in Tony’s suit is hilarious.

Scott’s reaction to becoming Giant-Man is probably the single greatest two seconds in the movie.

Man, Clint just wants to make new friends, but T’Challa isn’t interested in this Avenger nonsense.

More tasing!

100%, Peter is trolling these geezers by pretending he’s not a gigantic Star Wars nerd.

It took me several watches to realize that when Scott says “Does anyone have any orange slices,” he’s making a reference to little league sports, and how the moms bring orange slices for after the games.

Tony went to check on Peter even though they hadn’t caught Steve and Bucky yet!

Rhodey’s fall is horrific. And the way they frame it so that you only see the ground when he hits it. Agonizing.

Part of me thinks Rhodey should’ve died right there, but there is rather a lot of precedent for falls not being fatal if you’re in an Iron Man suit. And if he’d died, I don’t think they ever would’ve been able to get past this split. Getting kinda paralyzed is an acceptable compromise.

“Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?” Okay that is a really interesting line. Tony is being pretty egotistical about the concept of surrendering accountability to the UN. He has been rather bad at considering alternatives. Admittedly, he’s on the clock, and then worse people will go after his friends, but he’s allowing for zero nuance here. He knows these people. He knows they don’t do things without good reasons. Steve was right that you can’t let accidents stop you from doing the right thing. Tony is letting it cripple him.

Tony is practically on Team Cap at this point, with the secretly flying after him and all.

Hahaha, Nat has a labeled gun rack. And Bucky is using her guns!

I’m freaking pissed at the trailer for this movie. It would have been a very good twist that instead of going to Siberia to fight five more Winter Soldiers, they were walking into a trap where the in-fighting was about to become far more personal. But I didn’t get to experience that twist, because the trailer includes shots of Tony fighting Bucky and Steve in this location. That trailer made me stop watching trailers entirely for over a year. I do think trailers can be good so you know at least the type of movie you’re about to see, but they should not give away stuff like this. I think Marvel has gotten better at that since then.

Okay, so it’s been over a year since Ultron.

Green is not a flaw in blue eyes, jerk. It’s cool.

Surveillance cameras don’t usually have sound. But oh boy this is devastating.

This moment. Tony coming apart and attacking Bucky. This is exactly the same thing that Peter Quill does to Thanos. This is the reason Tony figures out what Peter’s about to do before he does it and tries to get him to stop and think. But he knows pretty well that there’s no stopping and thinking in a situation like this.

Zimo is a lot like Frank Castle, except that his family died as accidental collateral damage, not a targeted setup.

“The living are not done with you yet.” Such a great line.

“I could do this all day.” Tony has taken the role of the bully from the first one now.

I think for a second, Tony was legit afraid Steve was going to kill him. But Steve was never the one driven to that point. This still does not count as Steve having a dark side.

Okay, Steve dropping the shield was pretty much a concession. You don’t want me using the shield your dad made if my best friend killed him? Fair enough.

TONY STANK.

Tony trolling Secretary Ross will never stop being funny.

Okay, on the whole, while I sympathize more with Cap, I think I’m actually on Team Iron Man when it comes to the Accords. The Accords are an overcorrection of long-running problem. There should have been oversight this entire time, and I think the idea is that SHIELD was that oversight until Winter Soldier. Steve didn’t want to be the dupe of a corrupt system again, so he no longer tolerated oversight, but that really can’t be his call. How transparent are the Avengers being about their missions? He doesn’t run around saving people from street thugs, he does military-style operations all around the world. That’s not the kind of thing anyone should be able to make unilateral decisions about. He’s doing what Tony used to do in his solo films. But now that the PR has gotten bad enough and the novelty of superheroes has worn off, suddenly everyone realizes it’s not a great plan to let them run around unsupervised.

But Cap’s side of the argument is valid too. Superheroes save the world. Collateral damage is a much better outcome than what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been there. Obadiah would’ve continued supplying both sides of conflicts in the Middle East, stoking the fires of war for his own gain. Red Skull would’ve blown up most of the major cities in the US and taken over. Killian would’ve had the world on its knees with his scam. Malekith would’ve destroyed all the nine realms. Loki would’ve taken Earth. Hydra would’ve wiped out anyone who could challenge their reign of terror with Project Insight. Etc. Some of the villains rose up as consequences of the heroes (Ivan, Ultron, and Zimo, for instance), but most of the threats exist independent of the heroes’ actions, which is why we need heroes.

After how much I’ve loved Tony in all the movies so far (though he was a bit iffy in Ultron), I was really surprised by how many moments he has of being kind of a jerk in Civil War. But it doesn’t make me dislike him. This is his guilt complex on overdrive. And losing it over finding out about how his parents died is heartbreaking. But the most redeeming thing for him in the movie is Peter Parker. He recognized a similar guilt-based motivation in Peter while they talked, and in that moment, he became extremely protective of this kid. He brings him in because he knows he’s got a really handy method of incapacitating people without harming them. He’s not recklessly endangering a child, because he knows none of the Avengers will use lethal force. And his concern for Peter’s well-being is actually what costs him victory in the airport fight. He could’ve apprehended Steve and Bucky, but instead he had to make sure Peter was okay.

So...if Thor and Bruce had been in this. Thor wouldn’t be cool with being beholden to Midgardian governments. He cooperates as a courtesy, but he doesn’t actually answer to Earth authority. And I’m pretty sure he’d be very sympathetic to Steve about Bucky, given that it’s a rather similar situation to him and Loki. Bruce, on the other hand, has never felt confident about his ability to stay in control, and he was a major source of collateral damage in multiple countries in Ultron, not to mention the extra footage Ross showed the team. He’d probably think Bucky needs to be under guard for the same reason. I think he’d not only side with Tony but be relieved that Tony was on the side of the Accords. However, you really can’t have two powerhouses like Thor and Hulk in this fight. On their own, they could demolish the entire opposing team. The only option would be to keep them fighting each other the whole time, which would be kind of lame. Much better for them to have a gladiator battle on trash planet where no on else can steal their thunder. (I am not sorry.)

My mind is pretty much blown by how well the MCU has traveled the path from the first few movies to here, and from here to Infinity War. The Avengers have pretty much been getting broken down since Ultron. This was where they fell apart. Infinity War is the consequences of falling apart.

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bioxdroid replied to your photo: (THE WHITE SPOTS ALONG WITH THE DARK, YESSSS. Lovely traditional art and June looking so lovely! <3)

awww thANk you<33 felt like i coulda done better with the coloring but i think the idea of her bein like a monarch came across.

forgot to mention, summer june is really the only time where she retains her beetle wings, since orchid mantis june would have four wings, autumn june with her butterlfy wings, and winter june with her moth wings

i’d imagine she molts A LOT during the changing seasons and her wings would molt along with it when she starts changing, elytra growing in rather painfully during the summer since they are protective shells, etc.

i can just,,, talk about this headcanon all dAY TBH