#it's really weird being latina and always wishing for representation everywhere

[tothedesert]

ok im about to rant hard so brace yourselves

i feel richie’s pain SO HARD. 01x06 was so hard for me to watch, i almost couldn’t finish it.

it was so uncomfortable for me to watch patrick fiddle with his escapulario and agustín (who i was never a big fan of) teasing him for it. when richie explained what it was in spanish and agustín kept answering in english even though he KNEW what richie was saying??? it’s happened to me to speak to someone in their mother tongue only to be answered in english and it’s incredibly disrespectful and diminishing. and then agustín telling patrick to stop giving richie false hopes by calling him his boyfriend (when it was patrick who even started calling him that!!!! hated him for a second for not standing up and saying it). richie’s reaction was totally justified and i really wanted to punch something when agustín started speaking spanish to him like boy!!!!!! go choke on something literally. ‘oh i’m your hermano now?’ YOU TELL HIM RICHIE!!!!

and that thing with kevin ???? ‘he’s gonna get his own place soon’ like i GET it you wanna impress your boss and his bear bf but like... don’t act like your boyfriend’s job (who is literally standing next to you) is only justified if it’s a stepping stone to an actually “dignified” job??????? god i was LIVID  

patrick not even apologizing for what was obviously a very uncomfortable afternoon for richie got me madddddd. richie is such a sweetheart and patrick pulling that ‘come with me to my sister’s wedding’ annoyed the hell out of me. richie doesn’t need you showing him off, he needs to know you actually respect him!!!!! i really expected an actual apology from patrick and not him pulling that card to get out of the situation instead of just asking richie what he feels and what he needs!!!!!!! 

#i don't to say you gotta google someone's ethnicity when you start dating but you have to understand there will be things #you can and cannot say ESPECIALLY when you don't know what you're talking about #i 10000% get richie being defensive about his culture and customs #it always makes me uncomfortable when patrick teases him about them and i KNOW he doesn't mean any harm but i mean #if you clearly don't know what it's about and what richie's opinion on the matter is then just shut up and listen!!!!!!!!! #there will be time to joke about richie's señora soon!!! after you've learned he believes in what she does and it's important to him #i really feel richie's pain i hope he gets the respect he deserves #also agustìn can literally fuck off lmao i never liked him and i've got reasons not to now #it's really weird being latina and always wishing for representation everywhere #and then getting it and it being so accurate #literally 01x05 was what dreams are made of and 01x06 made me wanna rip my hair out #ok im done #looking hbo

[dailyfantastic]

IT’S ONLY FOREVER: THE ETERNALS RECAP PART 5

NOT BACK ON IT, STILL ON IT: THE ETERNALS ISSUE 5

Have you missed an installment of It’s Only Forever? Click here!

Did you know: in the United Kingdom, the game most of us know as Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots was originally released as Raving Bonkers?

I’m starting this installment of It’s Only Forever by telling you this because I want to ensure the next fact I tell you isn’t the wildest Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots fact you learn today.

Because here is another fact: in Olympia, the futuristic city the Eternals call home, the Eternals use all their infinite wisdom and power to play giant Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.

Depicted: proof that the Eternals love fads

This is hardly an exaggeration. The robot boxers are controlled with little joysticks and are red and blue. The Eternals call them Auto-Boxers, but we all know what’s going on. This comic came out 12 or so years after the popular toy was released, and that toy was a best seller for years, so I find it hard to believe Jack Kirby could have been completely unaware of the game’s existence. 

This piece of lore is not really dealt with, but it is lore. I bring this up because A) I am now treating it as essential canon that must be in all adaptations of the Eternals and 2) this issue is back to being about lore again...

I can’t stress enough that I personally love lore, but surely this is not the best way to dole out superhero action. I don’t know enough about what was going on at Marvel at the time (I hear that editorial was not fond of the Eternals, which we’ll discuss more later in the run). But I do know that this is a great example of a comic that could have used more editorial oversight.

You see, Jack Kirby was his own editor on The Eternals. This sounds great at first, but let’s be honest: no one should have to edit their own work, especially not when you have a tight deadline and you’re also doing the art and the writing. Archie Goodwin was apparently involved in the editing process, but it seems very likely that a lot of the editing work fell on Kirby. Why wouldn’t they? As has been established, this comic isn’t a part of the Marvel Universe. So it’s not like we need a Weezie Simonson to keep the lines consistent.

And as a result, we get a lot of extremely lore heavy issues back-to-back-to-back. We also get a lot of weird inconsistencies. Sersi’s name is spelled Sersy for the entirety of Issue 3. In this issue, Sersi calls Margo “Carol.”

Depicted: perhaps this is just Sersi asserting her dominance by pretending to forget Margo’s name

And in the end, in part because of a lack of oversight, we get yet another issue where very little happens. Sersi and Margo get kidnapped and Sersi tries to escape, only to be forced to submit to save Margo’s life. This is exciting, but brief. Earlier, Sersi calls Olympia for help, summoning Makarri and Thena, who won’t affect the plot for another issue.

But we don’t even see much of Olympia. I can’t tell you a single fact about it other than, yeah, they play Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots there.

What we do learn about is characters, so let me take some time to introduce you to the four that will determine the fate of the world.

Makkari: He wears red and loves fast vehicles and levitating. Humans misheard his name as Mercury, do you get it??? Of all the adult Eternals, we’re told he’s the most childish. We know he has a flying machine that can travel at the speed of light, which he and Thena to get from Olympia (presumably near Greece) to New York. This means that he and Thena take about 0.0000069 seconds to get to their destination and they probably destroy everything in their flightpath.

In the film, Makkari will be played by Lauren Ridloff, who is a woman, Afro-Latina, and deaf. This is an amazing swerve and brings some much needed representation to the MCU. Makkari is technically one of the most important characters in this series! Likewise, in the upcoming Eternals comic series from Gillen and Ribić, Makkari appears to be a woman with fairly dark skin.

The fact that you have not heard horrible people complaining about this on the Internet via bad faith arguments tells you just how little anyone other than me cares about the Eternals.

Zuras: He is the leader of the Eternals, and as such is the wisest and most powerful. He’s kind of like Odin if Odin lost at Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots more often and had red hair everywhere that made him look half wizened and half like a sasquatch. When Zuras gets mad, he shoots lightning everywhere, which I guess means he’s supposed to be Zeus, but Zeus doesn’t really sound that much like Zuras.

By all accounts, Zuras, King of the Eternals, is Sir Not Appearing In This Film.

Thena: Zuras’s only daughter is quick-witted and hot-headed, kind of like Sersi if Sersi were a super strong bruiser and significantly less flirty. Presumably, she inspired our legends of Athena, or I guess maybe the theistic concept of gods in general, or alternatively The Nanny. She’s always getting one-up over her father and friends, is absolutely more narratively-important than he is, and in general is extremely cool--by far my second favorite Eternal.

In the upcoming film, Thena will be played by Angelina Jolie, which makes me believe she’ll be an incredibly prominent role. I am somehow completely devoid of opinions about Angelina Jolie so, I dunno anything else?

Domo: Domo is featured on the cover of this issue, where we’re told he’s important. I cannot tell you a single notable thing about Domo. He’s basically like mission control or maybe a guard for the Eternals, and tells Makkari to be less rash. I don’t believe he ever does anything important in this series and I don’t believe he’s appearing in the movie either. 

Anyway, so now you’re caught up on all the lore. Writing it down now, I’m realizing that it’s somehow too much and also not enough? As we’ve discussed, these characters are pretty broadly drawn. It shouldn’t take so long to introduce us to these basic archetypes. But it would surely be more interesting if we learned more about the characters? We’re five issues in and no one is well-rounded, but also no real superhero combat has happened. It’s a weird push and pull, and I wish someone would have untangled it.

Like it or not, we’re still on the lore train.

And coming next time: What’s the best title a Marvel comic ever had? I’d argue it’s GODS AND MEN AT CITY COLLEGE! Which is this issue!

#the eternals #eternals #it's only forever #mcu #marvel #thena #makkari #domo #zuras #sersi #eternals 5