#give me a few years and I'll @ him

[charmre]

Thank my father before me His mother before him Who would I be without you, without them?

#Dragon Age #Dragon Age: Origins #Eden Cousland #Warden Cousland #Alyssa arts #been working on this on and off again for a while now #yes that is a boygenius lyric what about it #∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿ #I never finished the game bc the PS3 I was playing it on crashed and lost all my data for ALL of my games ahahahahah #I got past Orzammar and I had Alistair give me the rose bc 17? year old me romanced him #And then I got cold feet and stopped playing #and THEN all my shit crashed when I went back to play it a few years later #(yes it took me a few years to get back to Alistair confessing his love for my Cousland I'm sorry Alistair) #will I ever get back to the game? I've tried to but it just feels like me trying to speedrun where I was before and that takes the fun out #so idk :( #but if I ever do y'all will know lol I'll stop rambling now

[eddis-not-eeddis]

Dealing with newcomer's embarrassment gets easier if you are surrounded by people you have no respect for.

#oh this other professional saw me do something stupid that messed up my paperwork? #but she does shady things worse than the mistake i just made on purpose to make a buck #oh i just said something dumb to my boss #give him a few hours and he'll say something even dumber to me #oh no the guy who has been working at this job for twenty years just saw me make a rookie mistake #agony abounds but he just did six other things a lot worse than I did all in one day so i'll live with it #oh no the manager is a little disappointed with my performance? #so what he's a pushover and he won't say or do anything about it anyway i'll do better next time #oh no my one coworker hates my guts #she hate's everyone else's guts too and literally never shuts up about it #i'm not special #it sounds kind of depressing--and it can be #but i have a lot of affection for these people regardless of their issues #i just don't really let my failures around them bother me too much anymore because i honestly don't care what these people think of me #i'm not going to make the same mistakes ever again #but i don't have to let this stuff keep me up at night because i did something wrong #if i'm not going to go to them for advice why do i care what they think about me? #it was something that i realized a few months ago and ever since it's made things a LOT easier to deal with #plus #these people aren't dwelling on my failures either #they all have their own stuff going on #yeah they might harp on it for a while bit new things will come up and eventually they forget #they aren't thinking about me that much anyway #XD

[ruelpsen]

having a somewhat shitty evening which means it's time to think about my fave burping for me so I don't lose my gd mind

#only a few more weeks in this godforsaken place and i'll never have to deal with these assholes again 🙏 #i'm so tired of this place man #thinking about my fave has gotten me through... maybe a concerning amount of frustrating things this year #my baseline for how often i think of him is already pretty high but he's on my mind almost constantly here #bc i am that desperately in need of something happy to help me take my mind off of stressful shit #if there's any genuine advice for me to give on this blog it's this: #when considering a college do some digging online about the culture #ESPECIALLY if you're a minority #and i mean dig deep too #if a school has money they may try their damndest to hide all the problems they have through whatever means necessary #people told me i'd fit in here which is true academically #but socially and culturally this place is full of the most toxic people and mindsets jfc #i could go on about this place and how much it sucks for hours #but anyway... my l*ndo burping 🤤🤤🤤 #thinking about drinking soda with him and him not letting me touch myself or burp 🥴🥴🥴 #sighhhhhhhhhhhh #not sfw #londarling

[becca-e-barnes]

i miss sub!steve rogers

I really miss him too! I think he'd fit really well with a thought that I just can't shake this week, I'm so wrapped up in the idea of backshots and then taking pictures on a polaroid camera. To the point that I got a fucking polaroid camera this week

I just love the thought of a sub!Steve trying out different positions for the first time and using it as a chance to explore his interests. Particularly because I don't imagine he's tried many.

I think he'd like to start off with the more intimate ones, where he gets to see your face and gets to whimper his pleasure against your hot skin. He can lose control and watch your face while you take it, and you let him give in and ground himself in sensation, rather than thought.

The sight of you on the bed, on your hands and knees for him is one he won't forget though. The way your back curves, presenting your soaking wet, fluttering core to him almost makes the man drop to his knees and delve his tongue deep into your warm heat.

He doesn't do that though. Not on that first occasion anyway. His head is ruled by an uncomfortable, throbbing need in his cock and it's one he can't ignore for much longer. All thoughts of a condom leave his head, he's just so keen to be inside you like this. "Oh my God." He groans with one huge hand on the small of your back, pressing gently to guide you onto his dick, rather than thrusting it inside you.

You gasp at the initial slide. You always do. There's something so delightful in the feeling of him rubbing against your velvety walls and feeling your body accommodate him. Your head almost spins at the realisation that he's now fully seated inside you. There's nothing at all keeping you apart anymore and it doesn't get more intimate than this.

"Fuck, you should see yourself." Steve's voice is almost a whisper, gripping and massaging your ass and groaning at the sight in front of him. This position is a little more than what he's used to but he's entirely convinced it's one of his new favourites.

"Take a picture, Stevie. It'll last longer." You tease but when you look back over your shoulder at him with a fond smile on your face, he does his very best not to fuck you as recklessly as his brain tells him he needs to.

You'd left the polaroid camera on the bed for a reason, he now realises. That's new to him.

Things get just a little bit away from him though. He can't bare to be so deep inside your throbbing heat but not moving so he gives himself a few little test thrusts first.

One turns into two. Two turns into three. Three turns into Steve moaning and sobbing, mesmerised by the bounce of your ass when you fuck yourself back on him. "Oh h-holy shit. God, that fucking ass. Sh-shit, I'm not gonna last." That's fine. In fact, it's essentially a compliment. The slap of skin on skin fills the bedroom, along with Steve's soft whimpers and your moans.

"That's okay, Stevie. Make a pretty mess for me." That's all he needs to hear, just your soft, gentle voice, coaxing him to completion. He knows better than to finish inside you but he's never been more tempted to just press as deep as he can and fill you as he is in that moment.

He resists the urge though, pulling out as he always does, this time cumming over the swell of your ass with a few frantic sobs. "Fuck, fuck, fuck." He chants, spurts of hot cum painting your skin, marking you as his.

"Holy shit." He sounds totally spent and you can't help but notice how he lifts the camera with a shaky hand, snapping two photos of his spend glistening over your ass. "One for you and one for me." He smiles, kissing you gently before going to fetch a damp cloth.

#asks answered <3 #anon #becca writes spice #sub!steve #I have an account on tiktok where I post some original poetry #just tugging on recent life events and seeing how my brain manipulates it? Nothing serious #and I woke up this morning and one of my old best friends had viewed the profile #We haven't even properly spoken in like a year #but I know damn well that if I popped up to her now and told her I needed something #she'd be at my house in seconds #so I might run away to avoid the painfully awkward conversation that will no doubt be coming in the next few days #I feel like I have caused chaos this week #and I'm cool with that #I was giving a presentation to 50 something senior members of staff on Tuesday #and then noticed my cousin was one of them 🙃 #mf didn't even ask me any questions #I'll pull him up on that when I see him again #most likely at the family Christmas party

[wolfnight2012]

Wait, is anyone actually taking Laszlo at his word that he could convince Nandor to finally bite Guillermo?

Like, do we think Laszlo really is that persuasive/cunning/has that much influence over Nandor?

Pretty sure Nandor would threaten him with bodily harm if Laszlo even joked about having an opinion over Nandor's master/familiar relationship with Guillermo (especially now that we've seen how jealous he gets over the two of them spending time together)

#wwdits #never you mind #L: Say old chap Gizmo's been a might fine familiar these past-i want to say five years? That sounds about right... #N: Yes it has been at least a few years! #L: say how about you just give the man what he's after & bite him already? #N: . . . #L: . . . #N: haha you are so funny laszlo! =D #N: try to tell me how to treat my own familiar again & i'll tear your head off >=( #L: understood! *walks away* #next scene is him talking to the camera like L: well i tried. looks like gizmo's well & truly fucked #laszlo cravensworth #nandor the relentless #wolf's posts

[sysig]

Only the cutest prettiest sparkliest aliens (Patreon)

Bonus comparison | 2023 | 2021

Oh no he’s been yasssified

#Doodles #SCII #Arilou #ZEX #YIK #Leftover SCII doodles! Remember how I left off on SCII at the end of September? That feels so long ago! #I had a few ancillary doodles left over ♪ A bit of Pirate Fic a bit of just general silliness :) Fun! #Outfit designing for the guest Arilou at the Captain's defense-planning table :D Cute! #I went looking for references of maritime naval uniforms for them as well but nothing in particular stood out to me :P A shame #So I mostly went with something comfortable and easy to move in :D And cute of course! The Arilou's shoes in their actual outfits are ♪ cute #They also give me Knifecat vibes lol - I guess I'll have to see how that holds up once I meet one for real #Looking forward to it for sure! #A couple of ZEXes - thinking around flintlock pistols! Again while I was rewatching Muppet Treasure Island lol #Gosh that feels like years ago now haha - but the scene where Silver leaves in the boat with the stolen treasure #I just like ZEX with weapons ♪ Doesn't intend to use them just puffing up to appear more deadly than he wants to have to act on #Always always paired with the knowledge of his history and where he stands with other humans - the blood on his hands! (Arms? Tentacles?) #But he wouldn't really want to hurt him <3 Would he even be able to? I guess it's mostly a matter of aim and fire #One arm around the barrel - ouch - and one squeezing the trigger #These weapons are not made with VUX in mind! #A Very pretty ZEX - there was an animation meme going around and my brain was Fighting me for who it would better suit #Between Scriabin and ZEX actually lol - normally it'd be an easy choice (which way??) but I was So in on SCII at that moment #It was the GOD meme - first of all so many gorgeous entries hhhh <3 <3 But they are honestly both kinda perfect for it?? #ZEX wins this time ♪ Good for him #And rounding off with a YIK <3 <3 <3 #I don't remember if there was any inspiration for drawing her in a veil other than just - she pretty ♥ No thought just YIK 💖 #She did end up super pretty :) I think veils would work well for VUX! Especially like jewel or gold embroidered ♪ All the decoration! #Oh and technically sort of one more - I had forgotten I'd made a similarly-posed doodle of ZEX a bit back lol #Interesting style evolution and Totally Nothing Else lol

[fionnaskyborn]

THE IPOD IS WORKING

I REPEAT

THE IPOD

IS WORKING

#OKAY CONTEXT A FEW MONTHS AGO I BOUGHT AN IPOD CLASSIC‚ THE A1238 MODEL FROM 2007 TO BE EXACT #ON THE FLEA MARKET FOR THREE EUROS #THIS BAD BABY IS CAPABLE OF STORING EIGHTY GIGS OF MUSIC ON IT #TROUBLE IS‚ I WAS IN TOO MUCH SHIT TO GO LOOKING FOR A CABLE I COULD ATTEMPT TO CHARGE IT WITH #(the people at the flea market in my hometown are usually very honest about whether or not a piece of tech is working but i'll always have #my doubts until i see for myself) #TODAY I FINALLY MANAGED TO BRING MYSELF TO GO TO MY FAVORITE TECH STORE AND AFTER SOME DIGGING THEY ACTUALLY FOUND A 30-PIN CABLE #(it took them a while because the younger of the two dudes who were in the shift didn't exactly know what he was looking for. he brought a #package to the older guy and he said ''that's a samsung cable.'' in his defense‚ that cable and the actual 30-pin are incredibly similar in #shape so i don't blame him lmao‚ it was an honest mistake) #and i plugged that bad boy in tonight and NOT ONLY IS IT GIVING SIGNS OF LIFE (CHARGING)‚ IT SENT ME RIGHT TO THE MENU SCREEN AS SOON AS IT #GOT TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NOW I FINALLY HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO GO THROUGH MY ENTIRE YOUTUBE DOC AND EXTRACT EVERY SINGLE SONG I'VE LISTENED TO IN THE PAST THREE YEAR #(that's as far as they date the watch history logs‚ sadly - they start deleting them after some point so everything before late 2020 is los #to time‚ but fortunately enough there is PLENTY left!) #CAN I GET A HELLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY #logs #I AM IMMEASURABLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[magentagalaxies]

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#this might be both oversharing and being too vague rn but it's 2am and i'm emotionally exhausted #i can't believe during one of the most traumatic moments i've had in the past year i was lucky enough to have scott as my biggest supporter #the entire time as i was going through it he was so supportive giving me space to process shit and always having my back #and yet there are some people in my life who are always going to villainize him for one comment he said during that time out of context #or even if they're not ''villainizing'' him i now feel like i have to begin every sentence about scott with #''yeah we don't agree on everything but we're still friends and isn't that amazing!'' #which yeah that is true and i do genuinely enjoy when scott and i disagree and are respectful about it #BUT WHY DOES THAT HAVE TO BE THE FIRST THING I SAY ABOUT HIM???? #and honestly that whole experience made me agree with scott on way more than i started out with #i'm proud of how i was able to grow as a person and for the fact that it brought me and scott much closer together #but that shit i went through at my college was still traumatic. and it did change me as a person #it completely changed my relationship to activism in a way i'm not happy about bc i want to be more of an activist #but when i had someone use social justice language to justify horrible things against me it's hard not to be wary #of how hollow and performative a lot of conversations can be #and like i'll even say it. like people might get mad at me for admitting it #but that whole traumatic situation has irrevocably changed my relationship to gender as well #or at least how i label myself and how i move through these conversations #and in some ways i'm grateful for it bc i do feel like i know myself more and like i don't have to worry about what others' think #or even what other people understand #but it shouldn't have had to go down like that. and as much as the time i got to spend with scott during that time was so much fun #and such a great experience and he was truly the perfect support system during that time #he shouldn't have had to deal with that and neither should i #and the fact that scott somehow got villainized in some people's minds while the person who actually caused that trauma #is instead treated like ''yeah he was a bit misguided and made a mistake but he was probably anxious about it!! he's just a person!!'' #that's never going to stop being painful. especially the idea that with the importance people put on labels #i would supposedly have more ''community solidarity'' with that asshole than a cis gay man like scott #idk i think i'm past the timeframe of that traumatic experience bc it's not consuming every day like it used to a few weeks back #but something triggered it tonight so i just need to process it. anyway shoutout to scott for being there for me i really needed it

[syncrovoid-presents]

I will continue being gone for a few days, sadly my original al plan of releasing the newest chapter of The Consequence Of Imagination's Fear has also been delayed. My apologies

Can't go into detail because its hush hush not-legally-mentionable stuff but today is my fifth 12 hour no-break work day. I'm also packing to move too in a fortnight (which is a Big Yahoo!! Yippee!! I'll finally have access to a kitchen!! And no more mold others keep growing!!! So exciting!!!)

#syncrovoid.txt #delete later #OKAY SO! this makes it sound like i have a super important job but really we are understaffed and ive barely worked there a year now #graduated college a few years early 'cause i finished high school early (kinda? it's complicated) #now i am in a position where i am in the role of a whole Quality Assurance team (testing and write ups) #a Task Manager/Planner #Software Developer and maybe engineer? not sure the differences. lots of planning and programming and debugging ect ect #plus managing the coworker that messed up and doing his stuff because it just isnt good enough. which i WILL put in my end day notes #our team is like 4 people lol. we severely need more because rhe art department has like 10 people?? #crunch time is.. so rough.. #its weirdddddd thinking about this job since its like i did a speedrun into a high expectations job BUT in my defense i was hired before #i graduated. and like SURE my graduating class had literally 3 people so like there was a 86%-ish drop out rate?? #did a four year course in 2 BY ACCIDENT!! i picked it on a whim. but haha i was picked to give advice and a breakdown on the course so it #could be reworked into a 3 year course (with teachers that dont tell you to learn everything yourself) so that was neat #im rambling again but i have silly little guy privileges and a whole lot of thoughts haha #anywho i am SO hyped to move!! I'll finally get away from the creepy guy upstairs (i could rant for days about him but he is 0/10 the worst) #it will be so cool having access to a kitchen!! and literally anything more than 1 singular room #(it isnt as bad as it sounds i just have a weird life. many strange happenings and phenomenons) #<- fun fact about me! because why not? no one knows where i came from and i dont 100% know if my birthday is my birthday #i just kinda. exist. @:P #i mean technically i was found somewhere and donated to some folks (they called some different people and whoever got there first got me) #but still i think it is very silly! i have no ties to a past not my lived one! i exist as a singularity! #anywho dont think about it too hard like i guess technically ive been orphaned like twice but shhhhhhhh #wow. i am so sleep deprived. i am so so sorry to anyone who may read this #i promise im normal #@:|

[a-koschyei]

i need to make a koschei rancidness meter because whew if the man isn't checked ? yea the range truly is verse and dynamic dependent.... and will determine if i permit him to live so choose wisely

#if u tell me to turn the dial on high i'm telling u to sharpen those knives or else i will slit his throat MYSELF #dragon age koschei has some rights i'll give him a few years to touch grass and calm tf down or else 🔪 #deathless..... ok MAYBE i'll give him a semi redeemable end #regency...... min 50 life sentences in the basement for crimes against humanity and just being nasty. we'll see if he cleans up after that #winter trilogy....... i get it but he's ON THIN FUCKING ICE begging for a tragic end #dnd.... he's the prince of demons... like the actual devil????? KILL HIM ! i don't care i don't want to hear it #fairytale and modern are the wild cards idk he can be anywhere on this spectrum but pls stab him at least we don't need a legal reason

[where-did-the-groove-go]

a PSA for anyone dressing as Ron Mael for Halloween

(Or any other time of year, because that is also completely valid :))

Idk if deciphering horrendously pixellated scans of old magazine articles is a talent unique to me, but I managed to decipher the entirety of that Groom at the Top one so here you go: Ron's hair regimen.

The article is from 1974, so Sparks would've been living in England at the time and thus the Yardley brilliantine will be most authentic -- but if you're in the US and want to grab everything on one trip to Walmart, there's another brilliantine from a brand called Tres Flores. A bit stickier and shinier, but it works just as well.

And okay, Ron didn't actually use Aqua Net, but the hairspray he mentioned is no longer made. Everything I've ever read about 1970s hair care, though, says that all the "dry look" spray products for men were basically just repackaged Aqua Net.

So without any further ado, let's hear the facts from Ron. (Article transcribed below)

"First of all it's essential that your hair is fairly short. Remember that maintaining this style involves a daily ritual every morning. Otherwise it won't last very long."

"To start with wash your hair, to get rid of all the grease from the day before. After it's washed leave it quite damp, don't towel it off too much. This is quite important."

"Then spread some Brylcreem on one of your index fingers, rub it between your palms and apply it to the hair. Then do the same with an equal amount of Brilliantine."

"Next you have to comb it using preferably the wide end of the comb so that it leaves wide tracks in the hair, for some reason it looks better if you have fairly fallow grooves running across your head."

"Once that's done you can then spray it with a kind of lacquer called Brut Extra Hold Hair Spray. After that you're all set for the rest of the day. It's a long process, about 10 minutes every morning, but once you've done it you can forget about it for the next 24 hours."

"If you suffer from electricity in the hair you can add some anti-static spray -- the sort that's meant for records. We tried it for a while. I don't know whether it cured the static, but it sure does wonders for the hair."

So successful has Ron's image been that he is quite prepared to adopt it for the rest of his life.

"I've got quite used to it now, it's become a habit. It's my natural style. I'm not trying it out to see how it works. This isn't a phase I'm going through. This is the way I am. Till death do us part."

Naturally enough as with all progressive ideas, there are many drawbacks to the Ron Mael look. Ron is only too well aware of them.

"When I'm walking on the streets I get people yelling wanting to know who let me loose or telling me how much I look like their father. Also having short hair means you can get very cold in the ears at times."

But there are still advantages.

"It's a good way of starting conversations at a party. All you have to say is, 'So what do you think of my hair then?'"

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A couple tips from me: "quite damp" doesn't mean "still dripping", you'll want a VERY generous fingertip full of product if your hair is a bit longer (like present-day Ron length), and try to fuss with your hair as little as possible when combing it into the desired shape so that it doesn't lose too much of its hold.

Not gonna lie, I'm still looking for a more "socially acceptable" way to wear this stuff as a female, 'cos it makes my hair feel soooooo soft and nice, and it smells fucking AMAZING...

#ron complaining about cold ears is so endearing #gotta love how he lied and changed his hairstyle a few years later too (I'll give him a pass cos it didn't last long) #also we can infer from this that ron smelled like lavender and I'm not quite sure what to do with this information #also also #I remember seeing the article amongst some other vintage hair product adverts before I knew who ron was #for the record I am a HUGE proponent of 'the dry look' and the luscious locks that many men sported in the 1970s #so that first time I saw it I was like 'who tf is this guy trying to popularize this hairstyle' #please forgive me 😅 #ron mael #sparks articles #sparks cosplay #my posts/additions

[caffeinatedopossum]

I've always really wanted to make music (almost all of the 250 notes on my phone are lyrics I've been compiling for months and there were hundreds more on my other phones that are lost forever now) but I've been so scared and idk why. I should just do it because I think I'll regret not doing it but there's so many things I'm scared of.

I feel overwhelmed when people talk about making music and it sounds so hard and like their process is so intense and requires so much knowledge and equipment and and *insert x thing they need here* and I'm over here, recording a bit of audio on my phone and trying my best with pre-made instrument loopers on a free app. Idk, it's like somehow people convinced it can't be easy or I'm doing it wrong and I honestly still don't know if they were right or not

#im also so scared about people not liking my music #but also scared of people liking it too #its like i dont want people i know to hear it i think because their opinions matter too much to me maybe #im scared people i know will like it and actually really listen and realize im talking about myself and see me differently or smthn #its not that theyll see me differently... its that theyll see me at all #thats a terrifying thought #but sometimes i also wonder if some stranger on the internet will listen to a song- maybe just once or twice #but for a small moment theyll be there with me in a way #getting lost in what the song feels like and appreciating it #maybe it will be the shitty song someone shows their friends when they pass the aux #maybe as an artist I'll be some small treasure to a few people. something that they feel they can keep forever even tho it isnt me #idk i like those thoughts i think. i dont want to be famous or anything i just kind of want it to be recorded #i want to be able to be seen even i dont ever decide i want that #i want to make something that i love now and in 5 years listen back on and go 'wow this sucked ass lmao. good for him' #i want to know something and i dont know what it is but i feel like if i keep digging and writing and exposing myself #and thinking and trying and making things... maybe I'll be able to give form to some new concept #maybe ill put it into words- what i really want to say but dont know how to. maybe ill make something out of these abstractions and chaos #and most of all... maybe I'll actually enjoy it too

[star-shard]

i need a few days of recovery time knowing Deathstroke is a drag race fan

#Slade? More like Slay 💅 #That moment when ur about to kill a bunch of vampires 💃 #every few years I have a DC kick here we are #DC vs Vampires #(not enough Superman in this comic tho I'll say that) #(Where is Evil Clark give him to me)

[altair214]

i wish my family weren’t so transphobic

#so today my father informed me that my cousin is 'confused' and thinks he's trans and a lesbian- worded in the most transphobic way possible #of course i already knew this because my cousin and i had come out to each other years ago #but i just played it off and didn't give anything about what i thought away #honestly i think my father thought that i had transphobic thoughts about it and was afraid to say it out loud #like what did you think i thought you weren't transphobic????? #my dear father i am not an idiot #so yeah i don't think he suspects that i'm not transphobic #which honestly just makes me laugh #because i'm doing a terrible job of hiding my political opinions from my parents #i guess it goes to show how far a parent's denial of their child's ability to have a completely different world view from them can go #anyway but after that conversation i talked with my cousin because i'm going to visit him in a few days #and i wanted to clear up who he had come out to so i didn't accidentally out him or drag him into any unwanted arguments #but the whole interaction with my father nearly made me have a panic attack #i guess it was a reminder that my life is about to change a lot #that i'll come out to my parents as trans and probably be met with lots of 'you're just confused' #they'll probably be infuriatingly condecending #and there are few things i hate more than being told that i don't know what i'm doing or who i am #i hate it so much #but it'll be fine #i'll be an adult and they can't control me #i won't let them #i just wish i didn't have do deal with this alone

[evilkitten3]

i will say that i find it annoying how quick mcu fans are to blame fury about every little thing. like i've seen people object to nat's "eighty people in two days" comment by saying that fury was responsible for most of them (which he was, but quite frankly a government agency that exists to protect earth from extraterrestrial threats should be willing to accept members dying to keep a hostile alien from escaping with the most powerful object earth has literally ever seen, so i actually have no problem with that decision of his - everyone in that base was shown to be highly trained and aware that death was a likely outcome– note that loki knifing several people in the throat did not cause anyone to turn and run. they're secret agent soldiers, this is their job)

BUT nat pinning that on loki isn't fury's fault. we have no reason to think he told her anything but what actually happened, as nat is as much of a professional as any of the soldiers in that base were. i don't know if that was intentional manipulation on nat's part (again, i have no problem with that– twisting the truth to motivate people to fight back against the alien whose stated intention is world domination is fine by me), or if she just made an assumption and fury didn't care enough to correct her (in which case the blame would be somewhat on him but frankly getting into semantics when you need to be focused on the actual alien threat is kinda pointless), or if nat just has a mindset of root cause->fault (which would've been interesting but g-d forbid we focus on nat's personality instead of her ass), but it's still not fury's fault that she said that

fury was one of the best characters in the first avengers movie (which wasn't like cinematic brilliance or anything but you know what it was a fun movie and i enjoyed it cringe isn't real in this instance), and people are way too willing to ignore the surprising amount of depth that movie gave him in favor of "government man bad" (which. ok yes i agree with that in principle irl but tony stark is a billionaire and thor tried to invade a sovereign nation like a year ago; you gotta make allowances for fiction or else they're all horrible)

the council fired two missiles at new york. everyone remembers tony yeeting the second into space, but i think people forget that fury took down the first one (somehow without killing the pilot):

to be clear, the world council are basically his bosses. they ordered him to nuke the city and he refused. they went and did it anyway. hill warned fury and he managed to stop the first missile himself and was also the one who alerted tony to the second.

just..... credit where credit is due, yeah? fury's not a cardboard cutout of a character, he's probably the mcu's first real attempt at a protagonist character entirely in the morally gray zone whose decisions and actions as a character are both shown in a way that also the audience to understand where he's coming from while also giving them the space to say whether they think he was right or not.

the whole "using the tesseract to make weapons" thing makes sense. he has a good reason for it too– even ignoring what we learned in captain marvel, the events of the first thor movie made it clear that aliens were out there and could fuck shit up, something agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. then established he'd known even before that. and he's right– earth really, really, really isn't prepared to defend itself against what's out there.

also, kudos to that scene in particular for doing a pretty good job of giving characters reactions that made sense for those characters (usually this is something that shouldn't need brownie points, but it's whedon, so not basing the whole thing on snark that could come from anyone is a step up). steve is against making weapons with the tesseract bc that's what hydra did (and while he has every right to feel that way and be angry about fury not mentioning that, i feel like it needs to be said that there's a noticeable difference between "i'm making this to take over the world" and "i'm making this so we don't get murdered by fucking aliens"), tony is against it bc he has weapon-making trauma, bruce is against it bc he doesn't trust the government (nor should he), thor is against it bc he thinks humans are meddling with what they shouldn't (which. sure but that's sorta our thing. we're the "hey what's that let's meddle with it" species), clint isn't there, and nat doesn't give two shits.

anyway this is a whole lotta nothing but i love nick fury and he deserves better than being written as a cardboard cut-out convenient antagonist in fanfiction (especially if the author goes out of their way to have coulson and hill be good guys trapped under fury's tyrannical thumb. real subtle, y'all.)

#mcu #marvel #nick fury #samuel l jackson #i know someone is going to interpret this as me saying ''all power to the american military'' so i'll just address that here: #fuck the government fuck america fuck the military fuck colonialism give the land back #also i don't care what the movies try to say shield stands for strategic hazard intervention espionage logistics directorate #and it's international fuck you movies #first director was still richard stoner but only bc his name is hilarious #also no one asked but in my hc clint is only an agent bc people call him that #as far as most of the higher ups are concerned he just showed up one day and wouldn't go away and they let him stick around bc he was funny #and useful sometimes #fury: coulson there's a guy in a nest over there #coulson: oh that's barton. i let him live here and sometimes he shoots stuff for me #fury: ...you adopted him didn't you #coulson: HE NEEDED A HOME NICK #clint: *visibly a grown man who absolutely has a home* *munches doritos* yeah nick what are you gonna do send me back to the circus #fury: ...fine he can stay. (seriously phil just let me know ahead of time when you bring home strays that's all i'm asking) #a few years later clint shows up with natasha #clint: hey she followed me home can we keep her #fury: are you actually asking or...? #clint: not really. i mean i offered her my nest but she said she wanted a job #natasha: i was a black widow #fury: cool gonna need to vet you a LOT but hired

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sometimes i randomly remember that instead of 'cute, innocent, funny guy' jun's fandom-assigned archetype used to be 'narcissistic fuckboy' back until like 2018ish 🧍‍♀️

#do baby carats know about this? lol those were dark times #like there were definitely some things that were better and simpler about the fandom back then but also a lot of shitty things too lol #idk what's wild to me about it is like. u see this kind of change in perception a lot bc rookie idols get assigned these roles #that don't fully suit them. but when they're a few years in they're allowed to grow out of that and show more of their actual personality #like mh is a good example of this bc he's said he was marketed as the 'little cutie' and u can see that if u go back and watch old content #but honestly i don't think this perception of jun was really pushed by plds? #like i guess they might have labeled him as a handsome/cool member so that's probably where it came from #but i feel like it was carats that took it to a whole different level that was frankly kind of gross #like when i FIRST watched svt content i got the impression that jun was kind of a greasy guy based on the way fans talked about him #but what's wild is if u go back and watch old svt content it doesn't feel like jun himself acts that differently compared to now? #like he was still very cute and innocent back then. and even now he'll still hype up his own looks #i feel like the main thing that's changed is he's learned some tact for when and where to say things + he's gained confidence #which is wild considering at the time ppl saw jun as confident almost to the point of excess #and then u watch cyzj and the whole thing is about him building confidence!! esp for performing by himself!!! #i think that's why that show was such a big turning point in how carats (including myself) saw him #SORRY this was meant to be a funny post about wow how were ppl so wrong about jun's personality back then? #but it turned into me rambling in the tags again skjfd #tbf i've been good about not doing that as much so i'll give myself a pass lol #melia.txt