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Random X-Men 97 thoughts

Magneto and Storm are still as over-the-top as I remember. Gotta love it

Speaking of Magneto, he's the epitome of chaotic bi energy

Oh yeah, Cyclops is actually cool

Me: Wait, Archangel's in this? Brother: That's Morph. Me: Oh, yeah.

Looks like Roberto got some of his melanin back

Rogue and Magneto? Shout out to their comic-book relationship. High five Rogue and oh, my Romy heart (for the moment, at least)

Logan has to take the woman he loves to the hospital as she gives birth to another man's baby? That's cold.

On a separate note, Morph seems really into Logan's romantic anguish. Are they shooting their shot? This picture may come into play for real:

Finally, Storm gets depowered and leaves? Luckily, I know several storylines this could lead into, so for the moment there's no need for

#x men 97 #x men 97 spoilers #x men

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Thank you, Toriyama-san. Rest easy now.

#akira toriyama #dragon ball #dragon ball z #dragon ball super #dragon ball gt #dragon quest #sand land #jaco the galactic patrolman #doctor slump #chrono trigger

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I'll bet my left shoe that Toph in the live action ATLA series is just going to be GOT Arya

#toph beifong #toph #arya stark #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender live action #atla #atla 2024 #atla live action #atla tv show #game of thrones #got #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #atla netflix

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If I had a nickel everything a murderer humped the grave of the victim he was most emotionally invested in, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

For half-context

#saltburn #saltburn spoilers #oliver quick #felix catton #death note #light yagami #l lawliet #Youtube

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Live your life in a way where people aren't celebrating when you get shut down

#tumblr #tumblr live #are they going to fix the mobile interface now

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The End of Kang and the Multiverse Saga?

So, today Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Before I begin this post, I will say this: I hope that the ruling brings Jabbari and Majors' other alleged victims peace, justice, and hopefully protection.

In response to the verdict, Disney/Marvel fired Majors immediately and quickly retitled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to Avengers 5. Now, many people originally suspected that Majors would simply be recast, as DisMarvel has done in the past. A Variety article that came out several months ago stated the Marvel Studios execs were contemplating shifting the focus altogether from Kang to another villain, like Doctor Doom.

Now, changing the trajectory of your franchise due to one actor is an extreme, especially since recasting is an option. The only one DisMarvel has done it for is Chadwick Boseman after his death, which is definitely much different than an abuser being removed in the role of tentpole to the next three phases. So why would Marvel go through such drastic measures over Majors?

Answer: It's not about Majors at all.

Phases 4 and 5 of the MCU has been, to put it bluntly, a mess. There seems to be three lanes that the movies and tv shows are operating in: showing the consequences of the Blip, introducing new characters, and developing the multiverse. The problem is that the multiverse is really underdeveloped and mainly used for fanservice, most of the new characters are interesting but completely divorced from any happening in the grander MCU making them feel superfluous, and the consequences of the Blip are only explored in a couple of the Multiverse Saga's properties rather than being omnipresent in all of them. Worse, there are so many MCU properties that people have to watch to understand everything that many won't bother, especially if those properties are of inferior quality to those in the Infinity Saga. DisMarvel has started to see that in both the critical and commercial failures of their latest projects. Naturally, of course, they would rather climb out of the hole rather than continue digger themselves deeper.

To that end, Majors makes the perfect scapegoat; not in the sense that he was unjustly fired from Disney- his firing was not unjustified- but in the sense that DisMarvel can now set up Majors as the reason for all of the failures in the last two phases, and getting rid of him will be a return to form. In reality, however, the failure of the Multiverse Saga lies in DisMarvel spreading itself thin in media, storylines, characters, and worldbuilding. Getting rid of Kang, however, means they can step back for the Multiverse, or at least retool it to be more cohesive rather than throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks.

#jonathan majors #mcu #he who remains #kang the conqueror #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #multiverse saga #phase 4 #phase 5

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Sir, why are you in the Senate Hearing Room?

#senate #senate hearing room #us politics #the boondocks #booty warrior

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The Boys: Mexico

#the boys #the boys mexico #gareth dunnet alcocer #diego luna #gael garcia bernal

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Rosas, where a young Black girl can grow up to be an old White woman

#disney wish #disney's wish #asha wish #wish asha #asha hernandez #fairy godmother #cinderella #wish spoilers

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Mishimas and Kazamas as Fire Nation Family Members

Note: Spoilers from Tekken 8 leaks/Avatar: The Last Airbender, including the comics

Heihachi as Ozai

Megalomaniac

Instigated his father's death to take his place

Hates his son(s)

A test of his son's strength led to said son being permanently scarred

Reina as Azula

Takes on Daddy's mannerisms

Cruel and arrogant

Proficient fighter at a young age

Mocking/dismissive relationship with an older brother/brother figure

Jin as Zuko

Betrayed by his father/father figure

Compelled to fight against the family's evil ways

Wrestles between being good and being evil

Mother disappears under mysterious circumstances

Lars as Iroh

Noblest member of the family

Leaves the family military for more honorable pursuits

Mentor figure to his nephew

Stands with his nephew when he's doing good, and against him when he's doing bad

Jun as Ursa

Comes from a family of high spirituality

Deeply loves and is protective of her son

Disappears under mysterious circumstances

Willingly/unwillingly leaves her son with an untrustworthy father figure

Asuka as Kiyi

Connected to the main family but not a part of it

Fiery personality

One of the youngest members of the combined family

Mostly divorced from the main family's machinations

As for the other family members, I couldn't fit them cleanly in like I could the others

Kazuya would have been the perfect Zuko (Heihachi even scarred him as well), but he utterly loathes Heihachi and becomes as evil as his old man. He doesn't have Zuko's desire for acknowledgement nor his struggle with good and evil (although Tekken 8 may change that). Since he also doesn't have the "normal" father/son relationship with Jin (having been dead until he was an adult), there's not enough emotional investment on Jin's part for him to be Ozai

Lee is working on the side of angels, but it's more out of convenience, opportunity, personal vengeance, and some affection for Lars and Alisa rather than morality, so he doesn't fit the Iroh mold. Also, like Kazuya, his main motivation is not Heihachi's love, so he doesn't fit Zuko either.

Kazumi is almost the opposite of Ursa: whereas Ursa loathed her husband and loved her son, Kazumi loved her husband, and although she also loved her son she wasn't above having him killed if he turned out evil. She also tries to kill her husband rather than kill for him. They both do come from a storied lineage, however.

Jinpachi was a peaceful man who loved his grandson and, as far as we know, his son as well. He doesn't fit "Wage war on the world" Sozin or "Kill your son for your hubris" Azulon. He probably would've work as an Iroh who's a balancing influence on his descendants, but he gets possessed and dies before he gets the chance.

#tekken #tekken 8 #avatar the last airbender #atla #heihachi mishima #fire lord ozai #reina #reina mishima #azula #jin kazama #zuko #lars alexandersson #iroh #jun kazama #atla ursa #asuka kazama #atla kiyi

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They made him get a divorce?!?!?!

#yuzuru hanyu #hanyu yuzuru #figure skating

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"Hi Barbie!"

"Hi Ken!"

High Freddy

#Barbie #barbie movie #stereotypical barbie #beach ken #fnaf #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddy's movie #freddy fazbear

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And when he smiles, the whole world stops and stares for a while

#bakugou katsuki #katsuki bakugou #mha 405 #bnha 405 #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bruno mars #just the way you are #great explosion murder god dynamight

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Jordan's Gender Expression

I like how Jordan's feminine form exhibits the more stereotypically masculine traits like aggression, snarkiness, and stoicism, whereas their masculine form exhibit the more stereotypically feminine ones like emotion and vulnerability. It really shows how fluid gender is as a concept.

#gen v #jordan li #the boys #gender identity #genderqueer #bigender #nonbinary #gender

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#gen v #marie moreau #the boys #bloodbending #avatar the last airbender #atla

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Kevin McCarthy's tenure as Speaker

#kevin mccarthy #us politics #speaker of the house #house republicans #house democrats #matt gaetz #house of representatives

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Who would win?

#kagurabachi #kagura bachi #chihiro rokuhira #ultra instinct shaggy #shaggy rogers #scooby doo