#atop the fourth wall

[inbarfink]

Okay, so to recap…

Lesley’s room is at the top (?) of a staircase found on the wall across from the Three of Them’s kitchen - the one normally obscured by the camera angle.

That’s a very obvious reference to the meta concept of the ‘Fourth Wall’ - the name coming from how a theatre set of a room obviously has one wall ‘missing’ so that the audience can see. In this case, the ‘Fourth Wall’ is where the camera and crew would be, but the concept is very similar. 

And since Lesley sits seemingly on the top floor of this Fourth Wall…

you can say that she’s….

Atop the 4th Wall?

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[atopfourthwall]

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[cosmignon]

"Harvey, where do you think you are right now?"

ID: An illustration of Harvey Finevoice, a middle aged white man in a lounge singer suit, standing in the middle of an early winter graveyard. The sky is clear, many trees are bare, and there are patches of snow on the ground. Harvey's expression is distant and upset as he stares at a specific cross shaped grave that takes up a majority of the image. End ID.

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#at4w #atop the fourth wall #harvey finevoice #thefinearts

[samasmith23]

Kamala Khan's death in Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #26 leaked NOT once... but TWICE in a row!!!

It looks like someone at Marvel RRREEEAAALLLYYY wants this whole publicity stunt of killing off Ms. Marvel (aka, Kamala Khan) to FAIL super hard considering that the pages for tomorrow’s Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #26 have been leaked not once, but twice now! And now we sadly know exactly just how Kamala dies…

Umm… last time I checked, Kamala has a healing factor. Sure it’s nowhere as powerful as Wolverine’s (and it does require Kamala to eat a lot in order to replenish her energy reserves), but unless that sword is powered by some kind of magic bullcrap which completely shuts off her healing factor, this makes zero sense! Kamala literally healed from a bullet wound to the stomach in her opening arc, and even survived having an entire building collapse right on top of her (just barely, but still)!

Also, it feels so random and arbitrary to have Kamala randomly use her shape-shifting powers to pose as a body-double Mary Jane, especially since she’s not utilized them a lot due her opening arc centering around Kamala becoming comfortable in her own skin after previously trying and failing to resemble her idol Carol Danvers (therefore overcoming her personal insecurities and internalized Islamophobia).

Plus, last time I checked Kamala's only since then shape-shifted into a couch, James Rhodes, and a scary cartoon face.

While it does feel somewhat in character for Kamala to risk her life to save someone she barely knows as part of her characterization as a superhero, the actual execution of it feels incredibly at odds with her past character development (whether it be struggling with her fears of death and mortality in Magnificent Ms. Marvel, or already receiving validation from her family, friends, and dozens of other superheroes, including Peter Parker, so why does she need it from him again when she dies?!).

Based on these leaked pages, I get the general impression that Zeb Wells originally fully intended to kill off Mary Jane here since all throughout his Spider-Man run he’s heavily hinted at it and foreshadowed it with that Paul guy (seriously... WHO THE HECK IS PAUL?!) and their two kids (who are apparently actual mystical constructs or something…), and that mystical supervillain wanting “the Scarlet Woman’s blood” (I know the phrase "Scarlet Woman" is specifically meant to refer to MJ’s red hair, but it is also unfortunately a derogatory slang term for a sex-worker). But maybe Marvel editorial told him to rewrite his planned death of Mary Jane at the last minute as a desperate effort to promote the upcoming The Marvels movie (which Wells shares a co-writing credit for the screenplay of), or Wells wanted to subvert reader expectations but did so in a distasteful manner?

I honestly don’t know... but if I had to guess I’d probably say it’s the former option since Marvel previously killed off Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch before resurrecting them a few months later to hype up their upcoming MCU films, plus the Spider-Man offices in particular are notorious for their editorial mandates and interfering with writer’s plans at the last minute (just look at how they recently forced Nick Spencer to settle on retconning Sins Past out of existence instead of One More Day like he was originally building-up towards). And do I think that Zeb Wells himself is an Islamophobic misogynist because of this? Probably not... especially considering I don’t know the guy’s personal politics (maybe he's a swell person IRL) and editorial mandates are likely at play here. I do think that killing off Kamala in such a random and distasteful manner is still a bad look and does give off those unfortunate implications. However, based on what I know I feel that this is more a case of judging the actions as bigoted (whether they were intentional or not) instead of labeling the person themselves as a bigot.

But regardless of whether or not the decision to fridge Kamala Khan is the fault of Zeb Wells, or Nick Lowe or someone else over at Marvel Editorial, I do want to make one thing perfectly clear... DO NOT... I repeat... DO NOT SEND ANY OF THEM DEATH THREATS! Like, I've already lost count of how many people I've encountered on both Twitter and Tumblr who are seriously outright calling for both Wells and Lowe's blood in response to these leaks.

And since the issue is being released tommorow, I feel the need to reiterate that harassing creators and sending them death threats is NEVER acceptable under any circumstances, and that doing so makes you no better than the kinds of supervillains that Kamala regularly fights against! We can criticize a bad story WITHOUT becoming supervillains ourselves! Follow the advice of @atopfourthwall here for heavens sake people:

Now this is hopefully going to be the last time I discuss Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #26 here on Tumblr as I have zero plans on giving any actual money to the issue myself. I may consider reading the Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel one-shot, if only because it's being written by several of Kamala's past creators G. Willow Wilson, Saladin Ahmed, and Mark Waid, so I trust them to be able to salvage something decent out of this whole fiasco. But that's it. I do plan on releasing a future post which provides an in-depth analysis about the ways in which Ms. Marvel comics have discussed themes of death in a much more nuanced and respectful manner, but I have no idea when it will be released.

Until then folks... vote with your wallets. Please do not cave into the outrage machine and feed into the publicity stunt that this whole mess so obviously is. Don’t give tomorrow's issue of Amazing Spider-Man any more attention than it's already received. Instead go support all of Kamala's past adventures to show your love and appreciation for the character if you do not own the graphic novel collections already. And most importantly... for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT attack the creators involved with this terrible decision and especially DO NOT send them death threats!

#ms marvel #kamala khan #amazing spider man #marvel comics #spider man #peter parker #women in refrigerators #zeb wells #john romita jr #g willow wilson #saladin ahmed #mark waid #nick lowe #editorial mandates #linkara #atop the fourth wall #R.I.P. Kamala Khan #invincible iron man #brian michael bendis #james rhodes #tony stark #muneba khan #nick spencer #the marvels 2023 #mary jane parker #who the hell is paul?! #Youtube

[silikat]

Atop the Fourth Wall and @animatedtext - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

#AT4W #Atop the Fourth Wall #Jaeris #Linkara #Linksano #Joanna was blogging when she got beamed in headcanon #Rootin' and tootin' and totally not in a depression spiral huh Jaeris #Also Pollo is here now! Love that lil blue guy

[fauslayer]

him and his only friend, the dead child hes theoretically been waiting ~15 years to meet

#at4w #atop the fourth wall #mechakara #mirror margaret #mirror magic gun

[ankhkheperure]

Got another pin to add to my hat :D

#undertale #lindsay ellis #persona q2 #area 11 #iron widow #gild the mourn #persona 5 #atop the fourth wall

[keresacheron]

Sadako-San and Sadako-Chan - Atop the Fourth Wall

#sadako yamamura #the ring #atop the fourth wall #linkara #sadako #youtube video

[nitpickrider]

@atopfourthwall I mean the joke makes itself.

#marvel #marvel comics #marvel universe #marvel heroes #superhero #comics #linkara #atop the fourth wall #at4w #luther manning #deathlok

[l0nesome-gh0st]

AU where everything is the same except Jaeris has cowboy boots

I actually used the photo of the guy on the Big Iron album cover as a ref for this pose dghffdgvgv

#i cannot emphasize how little thought i put into designing those cowboy boots #i maek post #i need a new art tag. a better art tag #at4w #atop the fourth wall #jaeris at4w

[nashscribblings]

Change of plans for tonight; I'm going to be over on Linkara's stream in about an hour or so to help them out tonight.

See you there!

#radio dead air #nash #linkara #atop the fourth wall #Youtube

[technicallyoneofakind]

I found this place in Cyberpunk 2077 and couldn't resist the joke.

They're definitely atop something, @atopfourthwall

#cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #atop the fourth wall #at4w #it's hard to make out but they're gearing up for a punch #obvious joke is obvious.

[cosmignon]

my favorite atop the fourth wall arc

ID: A redraw of a Tails Gets Trolled panel with Pollo and Linkara. Pollo says "linkara wake up! you fucked up big time" and Linkara responds "pollo". End ID.

#at4w #atop the fourth wall #linkara #thefinearts

[samasmith23]

"Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do."

The story of Kamala Khan (aka Ms. Marvel) is a story of self-discovery, kindness, compassion, community, confidence, heritage, and identity!

While @atopfourthwall once described Superman as “the most human superhero of them all,” Kamala Khan is the one character who fits that description even better than Clark Kent IMO!

From Ms. Marvel (2014) #5 by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona.

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[silikat]

Atop the Fourth Wall and @animatedtext - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

#AT4W #Atop the Fourth Wall #Boffo the Clown #Harvey Finevoice #Linkara #Linksano #Viga is so pretty in this screencap #I mean she's pretty all the time but like I noticed it in this cap #Linksano is a Big Mood #Pollo being salty about his arms will never not be funny #And that's...all I got! #Thank you for indulging my nonsense #:D

[fauslayer]

was watching some at4w at work and did some messy sketchings. worm world.

#atop the fourth wall #at4w #linkara #mechakara #theyre the prevalent ones so they get tagged #my art