Okay, so I just finished the Captain Marvel MPower episode...
I have literally so, so many thoughts about this and I am literally gushing, so just be ready when you move under the cut.
But before the cut...
THEY SAID CAPTAIN MARVEL WAS THE MOST POWERFULLLLL!!!!!!!
Okay, now that I’ve gotten it out of my system, please proceed under the cut for more Carol fangirling/obsessing.
Gosh, where do I even start....
The fact that Brie Larson was an absolute queen when training for this role? I mean, this girl was pushing cars, climbing mountains, flying in a real freaking jet?!!! And she kept a smile on her face the whole time, handling it like the true hero that she is 🥰🥰🥰
And then when it got time for them to talk about Maria and Carol.....
My gosh, I literally was grinning like an idiot. Their relationship is not romantic. It’s friendship. It’s love that you have for another person without romance required. It’s one of the purest kinds of love you can have. It’s platonic and it’s beautiful. Brie said that the love of Carol’s life is her best friend, and she truly could not have phrased it more beautifully.
And then there was that little extended cut where they were showing Carol and Maria’s hug after Carol had the flashbacks of who she was before, and Maria’s little “I got you” had my heart positively melting.
Maria and her were so, so sweet, and it was so nice to hear validation of the understanding that I’ve always had regarding the nature of their relationship. They’re best friends, and sisters even and they have such a deep bond that completely moves past the idea of the romantic. It eclipses that and pulls them into a league all of their own. A relationship doesn’t have to be romantic for two people to be insanely close and hold each other in the highest esteem and as their number one.
And don’t even get me started on Akira Akbar’s portrayal of Monica and just her relationship with Brie. Granted, I only got one little shot, but you perfectly can see just how sweet Brie is with her and how that truly is her little Monica 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Monica is literally her baby, and I cannot wait for her to meet with her in their upcoming movie. They’ve got to fix this rift between them and I need to see some hugs, Marvel 😤
And then there’s that part of the movie where Carol says “My name is Carol” with the tear rolling down her cheek? Brie did that. She brought that side of Carol forward, showing her emotions and the beauty of combining ultimate power with ultimate vulnerability. It was truly an artful moment with so much depth that so many people seem to overlook in favor of calling Carol “too emotionless.”
Carol had emotions. People try to claim that she’s too cocky or something, but to that, I say look at Tony. He’s the most arrogant of them all, and somehow a ton of people excuse it and love him. Steve was arrogant in his own way. He was closed-minded and unable to understand reality for the sake of his own idealism. I love both of these characters dearly, but you can’t make exceptions for these and condemn Carol when Carol wasn’t even as arrogant as them.
Carol had a sense of cockiness to her, sure, but it was not overwhelming to the point that she walked around like she had the whole universe in the palm of her hand (like she definitely did). It was actually even cute in a way. Many people actually seem to confuse her lack of knowing how to work on a team as arrogance when she simply just did not have that much experience with working with others often.
Carol is so inspiring and Brie, too. She’s literally the perfect pers on to play this role, and she truly brings such a real and human quality to this character. She is this character. She has put her heart and soul into Carol and even though she says that she’s simply a conduit for a concept, she truly is Carol in so many ways.
I mean... if she wasn’t that awesome, then why in the world did Airforce enrollment of women go up by 50% after the release of Captain Marvel? Like I said, she’s an inspiration and truly the best actress to play this role. Carol’s my favorite character, and I will be eternally grateful for Brie’s incredible ability to bring her to life in such a meaningful and powerful way.
Which brings me to another of my most favorite points of all.
Carol being confirmed as the most powerful character in the MCU was extremely gratifying for me. I’ve been saying this forever, and while so many people want to get upset about that and argue that Wanda or Thor or someone is most powerful, it comes down truly to seeing it for what it is. I love Natasha. She’s one of my most favorite characters, but I have the ability to see that Carol could mop the floor with her if she wanted to. Carol could mop the floor with pretty much any MCU character with the greatest of ease. She faced Thanos effortlessly and he had the full glove of Infinity stones. Of course she’s going to be the most powerful. She may be my favorite, but I can view it with enough objectivity to know that she is truly the most powerful character of all.
So many people are going to hate her even more now that it’s confirmed that she’s indisputably the winner in terms of power. But I love my strongest and most powerful Avenger 💫💫💫⭐⭐⭐⭐✨✨✨✨
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Serious KP question time: does Kim, at any point in the show, call Porchay "Angel" or not? 'Cause, in fanfictions, it seems to be his default nickname most of the time but i can't remember if it actually happens in the show? Or is that just something the fandom collectively decided on and it stayed?
100% fandom. neither Kim nor Chay ever use pet names for each other in show canon, nor does Kim in show ever carry that sort of religion-related symbolism or references (unlike Vegas or Gun)
some context for why 'Angel' is a Thing despite that;
kinnporsche was hugely popular when the original filmania trailer dropped. there was like 50 fics for the show before the BOC trailer came out, and the Kim/Porchay pairing made up a third of them.
I think Kim calls Chay 'Angel' in the Kinnporsche novel, just because several people did start reading the novel in that year of the show being in limbo and the nickname was even more prevalent in fic back then? I can't say for sure though because I've never read the novel. but even if it is or isn't a thing in novel, the same case occurred: people were really, really hungry for kinnporsche when it first dropped. then there was a year of no news in which we all turned to the novel and/or other fic to supplement the lack of a show, and some nebulous shared fanon most fics drew from started to emerge and grow the longer the show was in limbo. Kim calling Chay 'Angel' was one of those fanon tropes, and then it stuck around even as the show properly got started because they're a secondary pairing and this fandom isn't very good at moving past that old shared fanon or book canon, even though all 2.5 canons are completely different stories from each other
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2, 28 & 43 for the OC asks!
2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?
I love all my children equally!
Okay, but being honest -- it's definitely Will. I've written extensively for dozens of 'flagship' OCs over the years, but over the last few years Will has installed herself in my head in a way that's totally beyond any of the others. I never would have expected it, since she's pretty intentionally different than most of my past protagonists. She was meant to be something of a creative challenge - and she's turned out to be my Lassie/Old Yeller/Skip/insert 'soulmate dog from Boy and His Dog story.' And I'm glad she has!
28. Your most dangerous OC?
I think it really depends on the context!
Arguably it's Thom Darner (original fic), since he has both a tremendous degree of power, political and otherwise, and the highest likelihood of using it maliciously in pursuit of his own goals.
Magnum (F76) and Leo Becker (Sidestep, Fallen Hero) are also contenders; Magnum is the most frightening and powerful in combat, and Leo is a hero-hunter with the ability to read minds and hijack other people's bodies. But Magnum needs to be provoked in order to pose a threat, and Leo is trying to get off the bus to Being a Bad Person ASAP.
Loyal (76) is an extremely competent and dangerous hunter, but if you're not a radstag or a deserting raider, they're probably not that interested in you.
And I answered 43 here! But I'll add (from the second answer on that set) that across the board, I like playing with characters that have a strong pull in one direction or another -- a firm conviction, an intense desire, a powerful fear that shapes their action, that kind of thing. Usually they have more than one - and they're usually in conflict with each other or the mandates of the narrative. I enjoy making characters interrogate their beliefs and behavior and identities. A lot! Love that Man vs Self and Man vs Nature conflict!
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