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With the MCU's current framing, you can only do a storyline like Secret Invasion in a setting like BSG or The Last of Us, where you raise the stakes by eliminating the superheroes and leaving the humans to fight for themselves against a seemingly unbeatable enemy.

Otherwise, you dedicate a whole Phase to it, like the Infinity Saga.

You can't just shit it out in 6 streaming episodes, Disney, you greedy, cheap, mediocre bastards.

What a convoluted mess.

#sharon carter #secret invasion #rhodey #secret invasion spoilers #talos #nick fury

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been watching secret invasion and while I obviously want PB Sharon Carter to be a Skrull, I have my doubts

Like all the characters revealed to have been Skrulls so far have been prominent high ranking individuals, like world leaders or government officials. Positions where they could wield influence. Idk how useful an agent on the run would be to a rebel Skrull? If anything it would be a hindrance as they have been impersonating people placed in trusted positions.

I can fanwank a scenario perhaps wherein Sharon was deep undercover in Madripoor, had useful connections to the underworld, and a Skrull replaced her to take advantage of that. But idk it seems convoluted AF.

#sharon carter #secret invasion #secret invasion spoilers #Sorry for the Debbie downer post y'all

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Would do you be willing to write Bucky Barnes/Sharon Carter? “Both of us broke up with our significant others before midnight, what do you say? Let’s kiss each other so it’s not awkward?” (Optional plot twist: It becomes awkward) If you can't/won't, I can send something else.

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Pairing: Bucky/SharonWord Count: 230Warnings: ANGST  

A/N:  Oh my god.  How could 230 words hurt me so badly?  Like…okay, I’m sorry this came out angsty.  It couldn’t get it to work any other way.  But…oh my god.  This pairing.  The FEEEEEELINGSSSSS.  

But He Would

Bucky knew it probably wasn’t the smartest thing he’d everdone.  Of course, it wasn’t the stupidesteither, but he had made a lot of bad decisions in this life, so it would haveto be pretty bad to be the stupidest.  

This was probably going to rank up there near the top,though.  

It didn’t matter if Sharon and Steve had broken up.  

It didn’t matter if Sharon and Steve hadn’t really been theposter kids for perfect relationship.  

It didn’t matter that Bucky and Natasha had been on therocks since they took off.  

None of that mattered because the bottom line was…you didn’tkiss your buddy’s girl.  You just…didn’t.  And Sharon had been Steve’s girl up untilfour hours ago. Dumped on New Year’s Eve. That was rough.  

“Buck?” Sharon’s voice was quivery.  Like she was gonna break down in tearsagain.  “It’s okay…I take it back.  Dumb suggestion…” she took a deep breath,adding quietly, “Stupid suggestion.  Theworst…”  

So why was it so hard for him to say no?  

He reached for her, pulling her into his apartment.  Slamming the door.  Sliding the metal arm around her waist, theflesh one pushed back her hair.  “Stevedoesn’t hafta know…” he heard himself say before he pressed his lips to hers,swallowing the moan that escaped her lips.

Steve didn’t have to know.

But he would.

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Question for the culture

#sharon carter #feel free to add ur thots in reblogs or comments #secret invasion

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Ok hear me out

I know it's the oldest soap trope in the world (but let's face it IWTV is basically a soapy gay gothic vampire horror)

and I know it's not in the books

what if Lestat wakes up with fucking AMNESIA

#can vampires even get into comas #idk idk #but like say he wakes up and doesn't remember ANYTHING #other than the instinct to drink blood in order to survive #but it's like the first time all over again and he shrinks away from killing humans until eventually he decides just to kill bad ones #perfect way to retcon his character like ann did in book 2 #imagine he goes into rockstar mode but genuinely doesn't remember anything #and louis can't help but be drawn to him again and then is like weelllll he doesn't remember anything #so maybe this time it will be different!!! #but eventually the memories come BACK #and lestat remembers what a monster he was #and that louis and claudia killed him #scene set for angst #etc etc #9pm rambings #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #iwtv amc #iwtv 2022 #louis x lestat

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Sorry this is long

Engaging with a piece of media critically is not and should not be compulsory - a TV show is something that you should be able to just enjoy casually without thinking too much.

However, I've seen some takes on here that made me pause.

I adore Lestat's character and Sam Reid in the role but I'm worried fans are getting carried away by his charisma by unfairly criticising Louis.

For example, a black man hanging a "Coloureds Only" sign outside his own establishment is not remotely the same as a white man doing it to black people in Jim Crow era. That's like calling an ant a tyrant for biting a cat on the leg. It does not make Louis a hypocrite in the slightest for protesting against a system that does not even grant him half the rights that his white business counterparts enjoyed.

Similarly, Antoinette was not the tipping point for Louis deciding to kill Lestat; he was afraid that Lestat was going to continue mistreating and torturing Claudia.

On a related note, I hate Episode 5 and wish it never happened because I have no idea what the writers are planning to do. I've seen this happen before, where the writing team consciously and concisely write a relationship as abusive but then get stuck in the middle by continuing on this path while trying to sell it as a romance. This is what happened to Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl.

They have two choices. Either double down and portray the relationship as abusive and Lestat as a pure villain, or do an Ann Rice and retcon his actions. The show's choices here however would have to be Armand altering Louis's memories or the like.

But they can't have it both ways. As fucked up as Heathcliff was, for instance, if he had beaten Cathy black and blue, it would have changed the story completely.

Loustat is my OTP in the sense that I love their story in the first three books (the rest of the books are so BAD I just don't consider them canon lol). So I really want to root for them, especially since Sam and Jacob have such intense chemistry and a beautiful understanding of their respective characters.

#intervew with the vampire #iwtv amc #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #louis x lestat #iwtv spoilers #cw: domestic violence #iwtv 2022

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legit the best we can hope for at this point is that Sharon shows up for like 5 minutes as the B villain in Armor Wars and gets killed off.

And then maybe America Chavez can bring in the real Sharon from a sane universe not directed by Kevin Feige

#sharon carter #I'm sorry I just can't buy into the skrull theory #It makes no sense #armor wars

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She-Hulk wants what Better Call Saul had

#better call saul #she hulk #i see what you're doing mcu!!! #i'm not in my early 20s any more you can't bait me with your shallow corporate feminism any more #kim wexler could take all of these losers

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Nobody talks about how "Borrowed Time" by Tennis is the perfect Jimmy/Kim song and it upsets me tbh!!!

#better call saul #mcwexler #jimmy x kim #borrowed time

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When Feige & Co inevitably end Sharon's story in the exact same way as Wanda's, what then

#kevin feige you will not see heaven #dr strange spoilers #sharon carter #mom spoilers

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Having finally watched Black Widow I sadly have to say that MCU Sharon has far more in common with Dreykov than Yelena.

With her history of being experimented on, manipulated and trafficked? Yelena would hate Sharon.

Gawddd I hate the MCU.

#sharon carter #yelena belova #Yelena will get a redemption arc though #Sharon who knows

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I mean, even the media is complicit in this shit lol. What do you even say at this point?

#sharon carter #hawkeye trailer #it's not even funny?

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The level of unprofessionalism — far too much.

Directors who do their jobs properly would and should rake your ass over the coals for this. I’ve said less than this and was called by a misogynist by the whole room and told to fix how I view my characters. If you hate your characters you have to have a reason. That was not a reason. That is why petty shipping bullshit stays out of the writers’ room.

Marvel continuing to hire shit writers because no writer worth their salt will work with them? It continues to fucking show.

~Mod R

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I'm disgusted but not at all surprised by what the writers of What If came out with regarding Sharon's character in the latest episode.

Apart from the obvious misogyny, they displayed a clear lack of professionalism that was utterly cringeworthy.

Again, let me go with the example of Vince Gilligan, the showrunner of Breaking Bad - widely considered to be one of - if not the best - shows ever.

If he had chosen to pander to the idiot Walter White incel stans, Skyler would have been killed off in one of the most gruesome manners imaginable before the ending of Season One.

Instead, he took note of the hatred being spewed against the character and actress, describing the latter as a "wonderful person, a kind and good person who's as smart as a whip" in interviews.

The difference between Gilligan and the MCU is that the former knows which criticism to pay attention to and to ignore insane fandom hysteria.

Marvel will continue raking in the dollars and will enjoy critical success and fan loyalty, probably for years to come. But they'll never receive the sort of respect or recognition given to true professionals in their field.

#sharon carter #what if #breaking bad #vince gilligan

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Having just binged all 5 seasons of Better Call Saul, I strongly suggest Kevin Feige signs up for a writing masterclass with Vince Gilligan to learn how to create morally flexible, three-dimensional female characters.

#good #bad #sharon carter #kim wexler #ngl kim really reminds me of sharon from the comics in certain ways #vince gilligan #can you imagine a marvel series written by vince though #the characters would have believable flaws and the characters would have properly fleshed-out motivations #and the actual villains wouldn't be excused for their actions #just dreaming of the proper pacing and character development etc #better call saul #kevin feige #marvel phase 4

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No but imagine mcu samsharon headlining Cap 4 as the male and female lead. Both dealing with the insurmountable weight of legacies and the people they each have to live up to. Sam also working alongside a Carter and Sharon still fighting alongside Captain America, just not the one she imagined.

But we can't have that because TPTB are tools.

I hate you, MCU. I truly do ❤

#sam wilson #sharon carter

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Look I don't want to rag on Peggy Carter or her stans too much, but I'm already seeing takes on Twitter like "Sam is cool but she is the best" ahead of the "What If?" premiere. WTF?

It's already annoying enough that she replaced Sharon, even worse that Marvel is now pushing Sam out of the picture to promote a white woman as Captain Carter literally only a few months since Sam became Cap!

Literally they don't know how to keep Peggy in the past, and the MCU has this habit of turning their characters into cash cows to make audiences watch and pay for their content until it becomes overkill.

The MCU is nothing if not reactive. Peggy happens to be one of the very few female characters fandom doesn't hate so yes let's keep bringing her back!

Everyone hates Sharon so let's go ahead and make her a villain to keep everyone happy!

We've gone and cast a black man as the new Captain America, but let's bring back a dead white woman as Cap if only for a little while because my god we do realise we might have gone a little too far as far as our white fans are concerned. /s

#sharon carter #sam wilson #not tagging peggy in this because i don't feel like arguing with her fans #i'm not anti-peggy really i'm just anti-mcu