#that might be the first time he smiles in the whole of avengers {via ink-phoenix}
#it is #i watched it again to make sure #on screen the last time he smiles before this is when he’s teasing Bucky about Coney Island
(via thunderboltsortofapenny)
Sad.
Always reblog this bit of meta. The first time Steve Rogers smiles genuinely in the MCU since 1945, and it’s because Tony’s prattling about shawarma.
marvel mcu meme: [1/7] male characters → Iron Man/Tony Stark
HOLY SHIT I NEVER NOTICED THIS PARALLEL AHHHHHHHHHH.
I want to bring some positivity into the world today, because I REALLY want to move away from all this awfulness, so let me talk for a little while about MCU!Pepper Potts.
Pepper Potts is a woman whom I have absolutely nothing in common with. She is tall, graceful, and effortlessly feminine; I am a petite punk girl with a lot of tattoos. She enjoys expensive high heels; I spend a lot of time wearing tactical boots. I’m not her, and I don’t aspire to be her, and in the face of women like Natasha Romanoff and Peggy Carter, who are more obviously admirable for someone like me, it’s easy for her to get overlooked.
But I love Pepper Potts. To me, what stands out about her is the way she negotiates a path between love and necessity. She is a character who consistently offers real kindness to those around her, regardless of their flaws, and also while having to overcome her own impatience: to Tony at his most unbearable, to Maya as Maya betrays her, to “Natalie” after the two of them have been put at odds, to Happy when he’s being ridiculous. You get the sense that what she wants to offer to the world, always, is this kindness.
And I don’t think that kindness ever really abates— but it doesn’t prevent her from doing what needs to be done, even when that’s unpleasant.
Because I matter.
ink-phoenix: why isn’t anyone marketing to women
ink-phoenix: i am flabbergasted we dont have a line of avengers make up
boopboopbi: well, im sure in mcu land people are desperate for nat to sponsor a line of badass makeup
boopboopbi: your lipstick will not smudge come food, kissing or alien invasion
boopboopbi: and natasha isn’t signing on until she’s ACTUALLY tested it against an alien invasion
ink-phoenix: and then she’s like im only going to do it if they ALL do it
boopboopbi: and tony gets on board because hey, quality control is his thing
boopboopbi: lets test it on bruce….
ink-phoenix: bruce wants to be left alone
boopboopbi: bruce is feeling angry
boopboopbi: also, that shade will clash when he goes green
boopboopbi: ‘hold still rogers, i might stab you in the eye’. ‘why do I have to test the mascara?’; ‘because it brings out your peepers, stop complaining, bucky let me do his eyeliner’
boopboopbi: clint doesn’t even protest
ink-phoenix: clint just sits down and gets his nails done like a good marskman
boopboopbi: and this chip proof french polish is actually fairly resistant to bowstring damage
boopboopbi: and sam
ink-phoenix: oh poor sam
boopboopbi: ‘why do I have to get involved?’; ‘because there is an appalling lack of foundation options for anyone who isn’t a lightly tanned white girl surfer’
boopboopbi: while pepper and maria just bitch about the names all the products have
boopboopbi communist red? is that really appropriate? patriotic purple, hulk smash…actually that one works
boopboopbi: rhodey walks in and backs the fuck out quickly
boopboopbi: nope. nope. do not want. do not want at all.
ink-phoenix: rhodey’s like i wasn’t trained for this
ink-phoenix: and tony wanders in and he’s like nope you gotta try this. gel for helmet-proof hair. will withstand mark 42.
ink-phoenix: iron man tested, war machine approved.
boopboopbi: yes well this is how the us air force got a contract with l’oreal
boopboopbi: nobody talks about it
boopboopbi: ever.
Earth’s mightiest heroes
1. He killed Rogue and Scarlet Witch on his way out the door on Uncanny Avengers. (Two female characters who feature heavily in just released/upcoming movies)
2. He fridged Sharon Carter for Steve Rogers’ manpain. (ANOTHER female character who features in a current movie, wow what are the CHANCES he’d find another one to kill?)
3. He just wrote a story that features a sex scene that a lot of people (especially females and POC, two groups that often feel that their concerns are not taken seriously by comics culture) are finding to be very problematic. It involves alcohol, Sam Wilson (ANOTHER character that was just introduced in a major movie, WOW!) and a female character who may or may not be of age. Although the narrative has established her to be an adult, the fact that Remender felt the need to clearly state her age in the middle of the sequence means that he was aware that most people did not take her to be an adult. To put it another way, when Natasha Romanov has a morning after, it does not involve her saying, “I’m thirty-six.” She doesn’t need to. Everyone KNOWS she is an adult. The fact that the character’s age must be stated indicates that the writer and the editorial staff KNEW it would be an issue, and they moved forward with it anyway.
4. He wrote a speech where a (white, cis, het male who could pass for a non-mutant) character states that he does not approve of the “M-word,” or Mutant, that he considers it divisive. IT IS BAD TO HAVE SUCH LABELS WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH THEM. This kind of speech, written and spoken from a position of privilege, does not feel like inclusion. It feels like erasure. Having a pretty blonde white boy dismissing the very real problems of people who CANNOT hide their minority identity, dismissing the way they define themselves, because he doesn’t like that word, but doesn’t offer an alternative, smacks of the worst kind of white male privilege, and it sticks in the craw.
4. I do not appreciate his writing aesthetic. I do not appreciate how he treats female characters. I do not approve of the choices he makes. I do not appreciate how he handles his interviews or how he treats fandom. I do not appreciate the fact that every time I get an ask saying, “I’m new to comics, but I love the movies, can you recommend a comic?” I cannot, in good conscience recommend Captain America. I will not, especially to a new, female reader who loves the Cap she’s seen on the screen. Because Remender does not write that Cap.
5. He is a hack. I’ve seen more compelling plots and character development from the average AO3 fic.
I don’t like him. I’d be happy to see him driven from comics. I’d be happy to have Cap in better hands. I will not buy anything else with his name on it. I have let Marvel know as much, and I continue to support comics with creators who, in my opinion, treat their characters and their fanbase with more respect.
villanelleve-deactivated2018051:
You are so brave and quiet, I forget you are suffering.
Wee, this is my 10,000th tumblr post! o/ Naturally, I wish to celebrate with Clint/Coulson feels, so I made this.
Clint/Coulson AU – when SHIELD falls, Clint Barton barely makes it out alive, suffering retrograde amnesia in the process. Phil Coulson and his team find Clint, and attempt to teach him about the man he is, by showing him the man he used to be. However, in a misguided bid to spare Clint unnecessary pain and provide him with a fresh start, Phil decides to leave out a few details about their relationship…
Oh my god are you kidding me? This is gorgeous! Love it! Particularly Clint’s dream/memory and then Phil’s “we were”. Damn I love gif fic. *____*
knitting in the dark 