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Art by Sviatoslav Barabash

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Anastasia Trusova, “And the sunset came” Acrylic on canvas / 60 x 80 cm / 2022

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“There’s no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid.”

R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane (March 30, 1950 - October 14, 2022)

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Cambusnethan Priory, Scotland. Built in the 1820s

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Well I ranted about Black Widow, guess I have to do it about Wandavision too.

The unreasonable amount of people saying shit like “I’m a marvel fan and Wandavision wasn’t good”. First of all, what the fuck does being a marvel fan have to do with your bad taste? You think being a marvel fan makes you qualified to talk about Wandavision? Take a seat please.

Wandavision had the sort of depth most tv shows now lack so severally that they’re all cookie cutter crap and so dry that you get bored part way into the first season. Without giving away the whole story for anybody who wants to watch it, Wandavision touches on grief in a way I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody do with a tv show. Knowing what’s going on and knowing Wanda is in the wrong, we still fucking root for her because we’ve connected with her pain and her loss. We root for her because the writing was so damn good it bound us to her and shifted our own morality. Is what she’s doing fucked up? Yes. But the whole time we’re wishing she didn’t have to stop because we want her to be happy. We know she deserves it.

Wandavision showed respect and tribute to the history of tv, to icons that paved the way, and it tied it in so beautifully with Wanda’s backstory that I cried. Cried! The psychology was brilliant. The reality of our own lives hits hard, that we’re all looking for that childhood happiness and clinging to it and making it our coping mechanism in adulthood.

Wanda is all of us.

And Elizabeth Olsen’s portrayal of this character was spectacular. She got robbed of that Emmy she rightfully deserved. She is an incredible actor who made me cry and laugh and root for her and wish beyond anything that I could help her somehow. She made Wanda this badass woman who suffered over and over and over again. Losing her parents, then losing her brother, having her powers grow out of control and hating and fearing herself for it, losing Nat, and Vision, and crumbling. But still, despite all that she persists and hangs on and learns her powers and even with all her grief we witness a transformation of Wanda into the Scarlet Witch yes, but also into this hero who acknowledges her faults. Who acknowledges what she did wrong and who she hurt, and she willingly sacrifices her happiness (again) to make things right.

And don’t even get me started on how incredible the other characters all were. Agatha was insanely amazing (another Emmy that was robbed) and Monica too. Of course we always love to see Darcy and her sassy amazing self. Agent Woo gave us all feels and of course Vision. Billy and Tommy being cute as hell. I mean honestly the freaking depth and portrayal of even the side/minor characters! It was amazing!

Personally, it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. And it’s fine if you didn’t think so but if you don’t have a soul that kind of sounds like your problem.

Kidding kidding but let’s be real, it’s usually men who complain about Wandavision. The same men who complain about Black Widow. If you didn’t like it or it wasn’t for you that’s fine too. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Just stop going around acting like an expert on the writing, on marvel, or on psychology. I’m tired of the mansplaining of female heroes. And I’m tired of excitedly discussing it just to be cut off with a “that show was garbage”. That’s so discouraging and mean. We’re too quick to shit on female run shows and movies that we barely give them a chance to begin with. We set them up for failure immediately. The bar is so damn high for them (and they fucking meet it but you’re still mad) and yet it’s on the floor for the dozens of sequels or remakes of the same couple of stories (yes I’m looking at you fast and furious and Spider-Man).

Maybe reflect on why you don’t like Wandavision. If it’s because your fan theory didn’t happen (ie most people who shit on the show) then that’s on you. Not on the show, not on the actors, and sure as fuck not on the character.

I said what I said. Wanda Maximoff is a queen. Nothing she does is wrong ever. Thank you and see you all at my next rant.

#wandavision #wandaviz #wanda maximoff #wanda vision #mcu #scarlet witch #marvel #elizabeth olsen #emmys #agatha harkness #feminist #black widow #marvel rant #shang chi #natasha and yelena #yelena boleva #natasha romanoff #vision #marvel opinions #female leads

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Getting a little irritated at this constant “Black Widow flopped” bullshit. So here I am, ranting.

How about we stop saying it was a shitty movie, or the villain was “lame”, or that it’s Scarlett Johansson’s fault?

Let’s look at some facts;

Disney waited 10 years to make this movie.

Made the movie after the character was gone.

Constantly delayed the release date.

Released it on Disney+ because of “Covid” as they said, which doesn’t seem to apply to Shang-chi or the Eternals despite Delta being progressively worse now than it was in July for Black Widow.

Honestly all of this seems to stink and is really irritating me.

Let’s call it like it is. Disney wanted it to flop because they had no interest in giving us a good female led film (hell, all Captain Marvel got was hate). Black Widow “flopping” will be the excuse for “well we tried a female led movie and it didn’t do well so it’s just not profitable to make any more”. Personally, I’m really tired of that excuse. I’m so tired of hearing “it won’t be profitable” and “nobody will watch”. Women will watch. But we don’t matter the way men’s viewership does.

People complain about Black Widow’s film because it wasn’t as interesting as other Marvel films. She’s an Avenger without powers, as is pointed out in the movie repeatedly. She doesn’t have magic or super soldier serum or billions of dollars worth of tech. She doesn’t compare. And comparing is trivial and a waste of time. She’s a victim. A traumatized adult. Kidnapped and forced to be an assassin as a child. She reclaims everything she lost. Fuck, she reclaims herself. The movie even touches on trafficking and the ties between human/sex trafficking and powerful figures like world leaders. It’s more real than any Marvel film but Disney failed it so amazingly.

And as always, they turned and blamed a woman for its failings.

Personally I loved the movie and stand by it being a good fucking movie. I don’t see how people think it’s not a good movie.

Anyway…I’m mad about it and about the people comparing it to Shang Chi this weekend saying “well Black Widow was just a shitty film”. Don’t even get me started on the whining about how lame the villain was (FYI for women he’s more horrifying than any Marvel villain ever but men don’t worry about villains like him. To you he looks lame).

But whatever, I digress.

#marvel #black widow #Natasha romanoff #yelena boleva #natasha and yelena #shang chi #feminist

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fuck it. be creative even if you never really *make* anything. write out plot synopses of stories and then move on. design OCs you'll never use. make mood boards and concept art and don't do anything with them. life's too short to forget everything that inspired you and creation doesn't have to be "complete" to be worth the time you put into it.

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No matter how busy a person is, he must find time for the little joys that “feed” the soul - rest, meeting with nature, a book, talking to a friend, dreams …

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No importa lo ocupada que esté una persona, debe encontrar tiempo para las pequeñas alegrías que “alimenten” el alma: descansar, encontrarse con la naturaleza, leer un libro, hablar con un amigo, soñar …

poetry-siir ©

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I was feeling alone and I didn’t know what to do. So I wrote about it because the words on the page felt like a voice echoing back. And it was better than the silence. 

#alone #feeling alone #loneliness #struggling #writer #short poem #i understand #self expression #mental health #silence #my voice

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Happy International Women's Day to all the beautiful women out there🌷 remember that you are loved, you matter and you are so strong for just being you♡

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Everyone’s talking about the racism around Archie’s birth and while I don’t and never will negate the importance of this topic, I think we also need to have a frank discussion about mental health.

Meghan Markle had to BEG the institution for help because she didn’t want to live anymore. She had to beg her husband not to leave her home alone because she was afraid of herself. Her mental health deteriorated and she had to beg for help and she still didn’t get it from the institution. Instead her and her husband had to pick up and leave to literally save her life. Not only is this disgusting but it’s just another reminder that mental health matters aren’t taken as seriously as they should be. That women, especially black women, go ignored by an overall bigger system that simply does not care.

#meghan markle #mental health #mental health stigma #prince harry #black women #women’s empowerment #women’s history month

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The Power of Fandoms

When the credits roll or I read the last page of a book, I spend hours, if not the whole day thinking about the world I just left. It seems like a much better world than the one I’m in. And for a while all I can think is, I wish I really was a part of one of these worlds. 

I may not actually have gotten a letter from Hogwarts, or been given the power to become an Avenger. I wasn’t a part of an ancient coven, or born the daughter of a cursed king. I’m not a mythical creature on a journey. I wasn’t chosen to travel all of time and space. I may feel the Force but I can’t use it to move things with my mind. I’m not a demon slayer or a monster hunter. I’m not a member of the hidden leaf village. I’ll never sit on the Iron Throne. I’m not the daughter of a Greek god or a hobbit. I wasn’t ask to choose a pokemon when I turned 10. And I can’t control one element much less all of them. 

But I kind of did get all of those things...didn’t I? Hell, we can’t physically live in those worlds, but the way human imagination thought them up, made them real, made our lives better with them...Shit I think that’s pretty amazing. We imagine ourselves in those stories. We dream them up. We argue passionately and take quizzes to find out what our roles would be in these worlds. We discuss hypotheticals, write fan fiction, scream and cry our excitement, and love characters like family. 

So I’ve lived a lot of lives. House Slytherin, Avenger, Daughter of the Women the Trials could not burn, Princess of an Ancient nation, mermaid, Amazon,  Companion to the Doctor, Jedi, ANBU ninja, Daughter of Athena, Pokemon master, Firebender, and all around badass. 

In a universe nearly 14 billion years old, I got to live at the same time as these stories, and I’m pretty damn happy about it. So don’t grieve that it’s not real because It is. And all we can do is keep the imagination running, enjoy, and live long and prosper. 

#fandoms #avengers #hogwarts #slytherin #gryfindor #hufflepuff #ravenclaw #star wars #jedi #the mandalorian #iron throne #avatar the last airbender #atla #fire bender #waterbender #earthbender #airbender #all the fandoms #wanda vision #game of thrones #percy jackson #supernatural #star trek #scarlet witch #pokemon #fire type pokemon #water pokemon #grass pokemon #starter pokemon #doctor who

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The Truth of MBTI

We’ve all heard, and will keep hearing, that our Myers Briggs Personality test results are meaningless. 

Probably. 

But you know what isn’t? The fundamentally human desire to find and grasp onto some sense of understanding about ourselves, each other, and the human condition overall. 

Maybe the Typing doesn’t matter. But we’re trying to find sense in this world that sometimes feels like it has absolutely none. We’re trying to understand who we are. And even if the assessments aren’t accurate or scientifically proven, who cares? In the end, the results helped you feel less alone. Knowing your type made you realize that you’re not broken. 

We've created a whole world around this with all the funny content that makes us laugh and scream “omg that’s so me!”. And there’s nothing wrong with that. There’s nothing wrong with a sense of belonging. 

In the end, we all just want to understand ourselves, understand each other, and feel a bit less alone. So the truth is, it doesn’t matter if the letters mean anything, or if they're scientifically accurate, or if some people rolls their eyes, because seeking understanding is beautiful enough to stand on its own. 

So do you. Keep associating with your personality type. Be proud. Read up. Tell everyone who’s negative to find something else to complain about (trust me they will with ease) and just fucking be happy and belong. 

#mbti #mbti personalities #myers briggs #personality #personality types #mbti memes #being human #the human condition #mbti stuff #mbti shitpost #intj #intp #entj #entp #infj #infp #enfj #enfp #istj #isfj #estj #esfj #istp #isfp #estp #esfp #you do you #fuck everyones opinions #im going to go look at memes now

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