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geekns · 6 years

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I am at the point where i love the fanfic versions of my ships more than the actual canon versions of them because my ships rarely, if ever, actually get to a point where my hopes and fears and anticipation and tears are actually rewarded. Like...

Five years of Philinda for one kiss and then they’re off the team (i’m sure they’ll be back... they better be back).

Three years of Twissy to no real fruition, nowhere near enough screen time for Michelle and the tragic death of Missy with no reward, then the regeneration of my favorite Doctor.

This after getting my heart broken over Doctor/Donna and feeling like i was being forced to accept Doctor/River (i love Alex Kingston but ship her with the Doctor i do not, which sucks in a way because i love River, too).

Kylo and Rey still haven’t even kissed... they’ve got one movie left to fix things and it’s just too depressing for me to put myself through watching the Last Jedi repeatedly because they’re still not together...

...and i would love for Star Wars to actually do pregnancy right in recompense for ruining my then-favorite female character in the SW verse.

One of my first ships ever having a ~decade long separation after apparently being the shitiest parents of all time, and no happy ending.

Carter/O’Neill with the no fraternization and RDA not even being in the final episode

Roslin/Adama happening just in time for Roslin to die (just one of the ships that frustrated me to no end on this show)

Janeway/Chakotay never happening

Picard/Crusher being promised for the TNG films, never actually happening, and then we don’t even get TNG films anymore like...this is one of the best shows of all time and i don’t even get to find out what they’re up to without reading books that are not considered to be canon.

No happy endings for anyone. Like what happened to true romance? Are they even making RomComs anymore (which aren’t even my standard go-to in terms of enjoyment, like Fools Rush In being my fave because it makes fun of Rom Coms and Decoy Bride being amazing because of its witty awkwardness)? Because i can’t find anything on Netflix that isn’t old. It’s a bunch of international stuff that i don’t even want to get into, i know the K-Drama is all full of angst and pining and they apparently never pay off (at least, the one my sister got me into has driven me up a wall in this way. And she told me that no one kisses in these things, so that must be where they’re going with Reylo).

The current trend in sci fi and action films seems to be to eschew romance entirely as unnecessary or unwanted.

Hope/Scott seems to be on hold if in the works at all.

No real T’Challa/Nakia

Peter (Parker)’s a free agent

Christine doesn’t want Stephen and Stephen is too much of a coward to commit to what he obviously wants.

There’s no Thor/Valkyrie (not complaining, but what happened to Jane? not that Natalie and Chris have chemistry)

We get Agent Cap (or whatever else they call it, no idea) where they never even had a first date and knew each other for a couple of years out of four score...

...and Hulk (who is still hung up on his ex last we actually checked in?) gets Nat (but then discards her) rather than Cap or Bucky or even Hawkeye (any of which would make more sense).

Pepper doesn’t want babies and Tony does?!?

Loki, the apparent womanizer of the comics and father and mother of monsters in the mythology, never gets so much as a flirtatious look in his direction from any significant characters (yeah the tittering party-goers in the background of Ragnarok do not even count). All the ships for him are with Thor (his brother, so incest, and i know it’s not genetic incest but they grew up together and still love one another as brothers. It’s canon that Thor is abusive and dismissive towards Loki and the couple of times i’ve tried to read Thorki fanfic they were wildly OOC) or with characters he has zero screen time with (i loved TaserTricks for a while). And he’s the most popular character in the MCU but gets his abilities and redemption arc retconned repeatedly to the point that he’s just a guy with knives who doesn’t even know how to use magic.

Oh and Scarlet Vision, which is apparently in fact canon from the comic books but is just boring. And is already over.

I could go on.

I mean even in Frozen and Moana there isn’t anything going on there and this is Disney we’re talking about. Perhaps i should clarify that Anna clearly fell in love but then spent the rest of the movie with a guy who she was just friends with (are they more in the shorts???) when her fiance was only using her. And Elsa has zero chemistry with anyone. So yes, all of these films have some moments of chemistry, flirtation, but no real character development of a romantic bent, no real intention of even forming an exclusive, long-term relationship that might lead to cohabitation, marriage, babies, etc. Like even Peter and Gamora are not quite an official thing even as Infinity War did a lovely job of making it feel like Peter was meeting her dad because they are a thing.

I miss romance. So apparently shared disaster scenarios do not equal lasting love in today’s storytelling (Jurassic World, Speed, Age of Ultron, etc.)...and everyone is so busy kicking butt that who really has time for relationships? Unless they are the relationships that i do not care for in the slightest and i feel like are being forced on me. I’m not against pining, i’m reading tons of it as Reylo fic, but the pairing eventually needs to get to the point where the characters are actually together and working on doing things as partners.

I love Robin Hood, Tangled, the Princess Bride, Much Ado about Nothing (Beatrice/Benedick), and Pride and Prejudice. I want some tension there, for the man to actually pursue a woman and prove himself to her. I want verbal sparring. Even better, i’d like for the dynamic to shift to where they are fighting side by side as equals (which to be fair Philinda and Hope/Scott is working towards). And apparently i really dig it when the older couple is the one that gets to finally find love (because yeah, now i’m getting to the point where i’m the woman who’s running out of time).

But my real question is how Feige is supposed to give us Young Avengers when none of the Avengers are pairing off? The settled with a family dynamic is sadly missing in the MCU and watching Incredibles 2 has made me bitter about it. Like it feels like Pepper is nowhere near as invested in the relationship as Tony is. Thor wanted Jane but wanted to wander around looking in all the wrong places for info about the stones even more (like why didn’t he go back to his father? Odin clearly knew a little about the stones in Dark World and, result, Loki knows more than anyone else?). Nat can’t even have a family, Clint and Scott are the only ones with kids. Christine and Nakia and MJ aren’t even a shadow of a thought in IW.

Does anyone have a fandom to recommend that actually has this sort of dynamic to it? I’m hoping that Judy and Don heats up a bit in season two of Lost in Space (as my niece puts it, they need to repopulate) but that could be ages yet like post-A4 or even post IX. I am so tired of feeling like the people who i want to be happy together are doomed to be working together but never together together. Please help.

#mcu #rant #confession #meta #romance

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kallypsowrites · 6 years

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Infinity Wars Deaths: Place your bets

Alright everyone, with this most recent trailer full of suffering plus the Infinity Wars article that called this movie a “conclusion” for many super heroes, I think it’s about time we start taking bets on who’s gonna kick the bucket in order to ease our pain (It’s still gonna hurt, but let’s make a game out of the suffering)

There’s no way we’re gonna have a giant superhero battle and not have anyone die. Statistically, someone’s got to. And if this is a conclusion for some of the characters, that doesn’t improve their chances. That’s not to say that characters HAVE to die to get closure. Obviously, they don’t. But comics have a time honored tradition of just...murdering their characters, so let’s take some guesses.

Tony Stark-- 85% chance of death

See Tony is the one who started it all, and he’s had a strong presence in many of the movies. Most recently he appeared as a mentor figure to Peter Parker in Spiderman which does not improve his chances. See, Tony is the first of the MCU superheroes to take the stage, and now he’s a mentor figure to one of marvel’s biggest heroes. Peter is set up to be Tony’s successor, being a smart kid with a bright future and now a fresh new iron-spidey suit. I won’t be surprised at all if Tony sacrifices himself for a brighter future and leaves Peter to pick up where he left off. It will break me, but the trailer seems to be foreshadowing that.

Steve Rogers-- 85% chance of death

If a character has a prominent possible successor, their likelyhood of death goes way up. Steve has several: Bucky, Sam, Sharon...all sorts of people who could take the American mantel from him. Steve Rogers initially died in Civil War but I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept him around to die in this one, sacrificing himself for the greater good and finally getting to rest with Peggy. Let the man rest. Let others take over for him. It’s significant if both Tony and Steve die, considering so much of the Avenger’s plot has revolved around them.

Thor-- 50% chance of death

Thor, while being part of the old guard, has a much better chance of survival. He’s stepped into the role of leader for his people and it’s easy to take him out of the films but putting him on a mission to find a new planet for them. Therefore, they don’t need to kill him. However, if most of Asgard dies, Thor could still perish. Much less likely than Steve or Tony though

Bruce-- 40% chance of death

I don’t know how they would kill Hulk, necessarily. I don’t know if they can? Is that possible? If it is, Thanos is going to have to bring out a big infinity stone for that. Still, there is a possibility that Hulk will die in a blaze of glory. But if not, there’s also the possibility that Bruce will become lost inside of Hulk forever (like what almost happened in Thor Ragnarok). I don’t think they’ll go in that direction, but keep the possibilities open

Natasha-- 60% chance of death

In a war of gods and infinity stones, Natasha is going to be exposed. She sure has been in a lot of movies too, introduced before most of the old guard in Iron man 2. Since there is no Black widow movie in the foreseeable future, Marvel could end her journey right here to make room for new characters. It would be a big gut punch to a lot of other characters

Clint-- 90% chance of death

Dude has a family and didn’t even appear in the trailer. Good chance he’ll be killed off early as a gut punch to others. He has too many death flags around him, and since he doesn’t have big super powers, he could easily go down. Will he and Natasha die together in a blaze of glory? Who knows? Still, I’m not optimistic about his fate

Loki-- 60% chance of death

I really don’t want him to die, especially after Thor Ragnarok, but he could very well die a noble death in order to bring his redemption full circle and save earth. He looks pretty damn scared in that clip from the trailer, so I think he’s going to have a big encounter with Thanos. Either way, his character is going to come to a major turning point

Rhodey-- 70% chance of death

Mostly because I feel like this movie is trying to break Tony, and Rhodey has been around since the beginning. Then again, they already death scared him, so we’ll see

Sam and Bucky-- 50% chance of death

This is an easy way to screw with Steve, and while I think one of them is likely to take over for him, I think the other is likely to die. They’re both supporting characters with no movie of their own in sight, and therefore easy to kill off to hurt the audience

Wanda Maximoff-- 50% chance of death

Her brother has died already, and I don’t like Vision’s odds. They could keep her alive to help keep the Avenger’s going (or the X-men), but she could follow her loved ones into death. Speaking of her loved ones.

Vison-- 70% chance of death

Man they sure did feature Vision and Wanda’s romance a lot in this trailer didn’t they? Those are some big death flags right there. Vision has an infinity stone which means he’s gonna be a major target for Thanos. he’s also pretty powerful and it can be hard to work with such a character. Marvel might kill him to get him out of the way.

Nick Fury-- 50% chance of death

He’s been around for awhile, but they’ve already fake killed him off once. Not that comics are above doing that multiple times, however. He’s the mentor figure. The boss. So, yeah, maybe he gets the ax toward the beginning to confirm that shit has gotten real

Peter Parker-- 0% chance of death

He’s not going anywhere. Marvel just got spiderman back. They aren’t going to kill him. Plus, he’s got other movies after this, so he’s gonna survive, though he will no doubt suffer.

The Guardians of the Galaxy-- 0% chance of death

They also have another movie after this, so I think they’re going to survive this round. Gotta wait to kill them in their own movie

Nebula-- 60% chance of death

On the other hand, Nebula has made it her life’s goal to kill Thanos, so she might go down with the ship trying to take him out. Her and Gammora have to play a big role in his demise, and I think Nebula could die in the process.

T’Challa-- 10% chance of death

While I can see a scenario where T’Challa dies I HIGHLY doubt he will. Black Panther is looking to be a big success, so they’re going to want to keep that avenue open. He’s too new to die.

Dr. Strange-- 20% chance of death

I think Dr. Strange is also too new to the franchise to die. I only give him 20% because he’s also extremely powerful, and Marvel might find it difficult to write with him in certain conflicts. So who knows?

Antman-- 0% chance of death.

He’s got another movie coming so...

Thanos-- 100% chance of death

He’s gonna be dead as shit before this arc is over so. Yep. Get em guys

Sorry if I missed anyone! I know there are one million characters so, yep. I don’t think this movie is going to kill a bunch of characters, but at least a few are probably going to meet their maker. Let me know about your death guesses.

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