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Such a display of loyalty. Don't see that much anymore.

Aaron Moten as MAXIMUS and Xelia Mendes-Jones as DANE in Fallout (2024—), season one

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John 117: Perez, Kai, keep an eye on Ackerson today. He’s going to say something to the wrong person and get punched

Perez: *rolls up her sleeves*

Kai: Sure, we’d love to see Ackerson get punched

John: try again

Kai: *sighing* we will stop Ackerson from getting punched

Perez: *rolls down sleeves angrily*

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Kwan Ha: *looking into the camera like the office* You know those days where you’re like, “well this can’t get any worse”?

*John runs behind her carrying two pistols chasing screaming covenant soldiers*

*Perez and Kai are yelling at each other off camera*

*explosions in the distance*

*miranda is somewhere rocking in a corner*

*Ackerson in the distance being held in a full Nelson by a yelling Parangosky*

Kwan: yeah. Turns out it can.

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I am so glad the writers had Miranda say "Halsey?" in the scene where Miranda realizes she's been infected because if Miranda had said "Mom?" in that moment I would have burst into tears

ITS THE FACT THAT SHE REALIZES SHES ABOUT TO LOSE THE ONLY PARENT SHE HAS LEFT 😭

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what a beautiful scene

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don’t let the critics trick y’all on this one bc the marvels is so fucking good I’m so serious. “oh it’s rushed” “oh it’s not serious enough” “oh the villain is cookie cutter” you know what. is it not enough that movies can be fun anymore

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THE MARVELS over the weekend grossed $110M worldwide making it the highest grossing film opening weekend debut by a Black female director.

Congratulations Nia DaCosta!

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The Marvels is such a GIRLS movie FOR THE GIRLS the girls get it I LOVE WOMEN i love my girls i missed them

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Behind the jokes and badassness, Captain Marvel is a fascinating character to me, because of how death follows her.

She causes an explosion. That explosion, which gives her powers and her immortality, canonically kills her. The Kree Empire resurrects her and makes her as Kree as they can. She shares Yon-Rogg's blood and his life, she's his creation, she's his victim, she's the one who causes his downfall, she's the one that destroys the system, the society, the planet that allowed her to be abused.

It's the Kree that see her as a killer and Annihilator. She's a monster of their own making, but it influences every species and planet she touches. Her victories cause death and her mistakes cause more death. Carol's triumph, the death of the Supreme Intelligence, results in the death of probably millions of Kree, and by consequence, almost causes the death of Hala's star.

"I'm only human" Carol says, before killing the Empire that is the reason that she can't ever be human again.

"We'll be back for the weapon," Ronan says, but that weapon will kill everything he stands for.

"Your life began the day it nearly ended," The Supreme Intelligence says, coldly, calculatingly. It's an AI. It doesn't have a good concept of death. It doesn't fully grasp that Carol had genuinely been killed that day, because she's still in front of it. Carol kills it.

"Death seems to follow you," Dar-Benn says, before she causes an explosion with the bangles, trying to defeat Carol. The explosion kills Dar-Benn.

Death follows Carol. Death follows Carol! Mar-Vell is dead. Maria is dead. Talos is dead. Soren is dead. Ronan is dead. Minn-Erva is dead. Korath is dead. Dar-Benn is dead. Yon-Rogg is, probably, dead. The Supreme Intelligence is dead. Natasha is dead. Tony is dead.

The only people in Carol's life who aren't dead are Kamala, Monica, Yan, Valkyrie, and Fury.

She watches helplessly as Dar-Benn almost murders Kamala after Kamala tries to save Dar-Benn's life, tries to find a way to solve the violence without death.

She watches helplessly as Monica gets torn into another reality, which for all she knows, she could die in. The tear in reality that was caused by Dar-Benn's death.

She tries to hide Yan's existence from her friends and tries to warn him and his people. The Kree soldiers aren't fighting to maim, they're fighting to kill. He escapes death by his own fighting skills and the fact that the Kree would rather focus on killing Carol than him.

Valkyrie and Carol interact once, and she only calls when she needs help after a fight, not during. Think about it. Valkyrie and the Bifrost could have helped the trio enormously. But Carol doesn't call until the fights are over. It would be very easy for a regular Asgardian warrior to die compared to superhumans.

And Fury... have you seen how often Fury comes close to dying? He's alive from skill and luck. He is lucky that he isn't dead.

Captain Marvel is so, so fascinating. Her story begins with her own death, and the more it goes on, the more death happens around her. Nobody is safe. She causes almost all of them, even the ones of her friends - not directly, but through the consequences of her actions. The consequences of her victories and mistakes. The consequences of her anger and revenge, her power and powerlessness. It is caused by both the Human and Kree sides of her, by both Carol and Vers, Captain Marvel and the Annihilator.

Carol is immortal. She can't die. And death follows her anyway.

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The Marvels was a great time. It was colorful and fun and had really lovely moments of depth and character growth.

If you didn’t like The Marvels bc it’s style just wasn’t your cup of tea kind of movie then valid.

But if you’re one of those “this is the worst MCU movie ever it completely sucked” film guys…

1) I’m sorry that you hate fun (and maybe women)

2) you are objectively wrong

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if you told me there was a mcu movie featuring a cats the musical song, two alien species of the queerest looking people ever, including one that can only communicate through song and dance, mentions of fanfiction, three female superhero leads, only one of whom is white (and she has multiple romantic coded interactions with other women), found family, and iman vellani living her best life?? i absolutely would not believe you. anyway everyone should go see the marvels.

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The Marvels trio consists of an amnesiac woman with PTSD, an overworked astronaut with major emotional trauma and a sixteen-year-old forced to confront the horrors of war when she should be fighting low-level crime at most. How the FUCK are they the most emotionally healthy and responsible team in the MCU.

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Intercom: please let yourself get eaten

S.A.B.E.R. Employees: wtf no I don’t want to die

Flerkitties: mew

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Carol: how do you feel about kids?

Y/N: you want more?!

Y/N continues chasing the little flerkittens around…

Carol: I’m talking about our own!

Y/N: oh…then ye-

Y/N gets swallowed by a flerkin…

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Nothing heals me more than Carol Danvers canonically being an 'old' cat lady. Like, she has loads of cat toys on her ship, has tubs labeled Carol's snacks and Goose's snacks, and carries Goose on her shoulder everywhere she goes. Miss "I don't want the Flerken" my ass. Ma'am you live for the Flerken. She's your emotional support cat and your mental health would spiral without her.

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Oh to be a cute, little, alien cat monster riding on Captain Marvel's shoulder as she flies.

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I just watched DAMSEL ON NETFLIX. lemme tell you. It is glorious.

I have another name for it though ….The Medieval Version of Who The Fuck Did I Marry ?