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worldserasingandcreatinginmymind · 4 years

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The Intern | Part Two

Summary: You move to New York to focus on your art but end up working as an intern at Stark Enterprises

Chapter Summary: you get an surprise visit on your day off

Pairing: Tony Stark x Reader

Word Count: 1600 and something (kinda short but i’m already half way through writing part three)

A/N: for the purposes of this story Stark Enterprise is set out like an office building in New York and the story does not follow the same timeline as the movies. Reader does not know Peter is SpiderMan. Also, spelling and grammar is not my strongest skill so please be kind :)

Masterlist Part One

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It had been a week since your meeting with Tony and since then the two of you had become quite good friends. Tony would make sure he came to the desk everyday or found you at lunch with Peter to catch up with you both.

Today was your first day off in a while and it was much needed. You’d spent the day in your loungewear, doing some painting and listening to old 80’s rock music. In the evening you decided to order pizza, and do some baking while you wait for it to be delivered. You were just getting the ingredients ready when someone knocked at the door. ‘Pizza is early’ you thought as you put down the flour and headed to answer the door.

“Wow that was quick- oh” you said opening the door surprised to see Tony on the other side.

“Sorry were you expecting someone?” He asked.

“No no, just thought you were the pizza guy” you laugh awkwardly.

“No pizza here I’m afraid. Just me. Wanted to check in, see if you’re okay? Didn’t see you in work today”

“It’s was my day off. I’m back in tomorrow”

“Ah right. Good. Well, that’s great then” he turns and goes to leave.

“Would you like to come in for a drink, and maybe some pizza? Seeing as you came all this way.” You ask, surprising yourself with your sudden confidence.

“I don't want to intrude..”

“you wouldn’t be. Ive been on my own all day, it would actually be nice to have some company.”

“Thanks” he smiles and walks past you. You shut the door, silently cursing yourself as you realise that your boss, THE Tony Stark, has now seen you in your paint stained loungewear. You follow him into the open plan kitchen/living room of your apartment and wish you’d cleaned up first. Your paints, brushes and sketchbook still all over the coffee table from earlier and the kitchen messy with baking stuff.

“Sorry about the mess” you apologise, fiddling with the messy bun you’d thrown your hair into this morning, attempting to tidy it up a bit.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s not that bad”

You raise your eyebrow at him.

“no really, I’ve seen rooms in much worse states than this after some of the parties I used to have back in the day”

You both laugh and Tony walks over to look at one of the paintings hanging on your wall “this is nice” he says pointing at it and you walk over to stand next to him. The painting is of a beach with the sun setting over the ocean, the orange glow reflecting off the waves and ripples in the water.

“its the beach I used to visit every summer when I was a kid. Some of my favourite memories happened there” you stare at the painting daydreaming about the past. Picnics with your parents, playing fetch with your childhood dog, swimming on really hot days. Tony watches you out the corner of his eye, smiling when he notices the content smile that has appeared on your face. When you suddenly take a breath and snap back into the present he turns his attention back to the painting.

“this is actually one of the first paintings I ever did-“

“you painted this?” Tony interrupts, turning to look at you and you give him a shy nod. “wow, you have a real talent. When you said before that ‘painting didn’t pay the bills’, I presumed that just meant you weren’t very good”

You burst out laughing his blunt honestly which takes Tony by surprise.

“no, no what I meant was, the art world is a hard one to get into as an unknown artist. I couldn’t risk waiting around for that big break.”

Tony nods, looking at you thoughtfully.

“can I see some more of your work?” He asks.

“yeah sure, I’ve got some stuff in a folder in my room” you say as you run off toward your bedroom. When you come back out carrying the folder of paintings you notice Tony sitting on the sofa looking through the sketchbook you’d left on your coffee table.

“these are really good y/n, really I mean that.” He says, turning the pages and you take a seat next to him “you’ll have to paint something for me to hang in my office, that place needs brightening up a bit-“ he stops when he reaches a pencil sketch of Steve Rogers and you feel your whole body cringe. “this guy? really, you drew this guy?”

“what, I, uh..” You stutter “..he’s got a good jaw line. It’s very satisfying to draw” you shrink down into the sofa wishing it would swallow you whole, then theres a knock at the door.

“ah that will be the real pizza guy” you say jumping up to walk to the door but Tony stands in your way.

“no let me get it. You get us some drinks. I’ve been here a full five minutes and you’ve still not got me one” he winks at you and you roll your eyes playfully.

As you get glasses out the cupboard and put them on the counter you notice Tony is acting suspiciously. He walks slowly and carefully toward the door, and takes a long look through the peephole before finally opening the door. You presume he’s just always on high alert because of who he is. Being a high profile business man and one of the best known superheroes must mean he’s used to having dangerous people lurking around every corner.

After pouring two drinks you move over to the sofa and place the glasses down on the coffee table and hiding your sketchbook under the sofa. Tony appears with the pizza and you quickly move your paints off the table to make space for him to put the box down.

“thanks for grabbing the pizza, you’ve saved me the embarrassment of anyone else seeing the state of me right now” you say gesturing to your clothes, as he takes a seat next to you and you hand him his drink.

He looks you up and down, shrugs and says “I’ve seen worse” and winks at you. He holds his glass up for you to toast and you hold your glass up too.

“to you, and your weird fascination with Captain America’s chin” he teases you and you shake your head at him.

“I am not toasting to that” you laugh

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An hour later you’d both got through the whole pizza and almost a whole bottle of wine, talking and laughing the whole time as Tony told you about some of the things he used to get up to pre Iron Man. You get up to carry the empty pizza box over to the bin in your kitchen and refill both your glasses.

“hey what’s for dessert” Tony shouts over to you.

“well I was just about to start making brownies before you arrived”

“I was only kidding about dessert but actually I would kinda love some brownies right now” Tony says, getting up and walking over to join you in the kitchen.

“well I guess we could bake some?” you say half joking but Tony grabs your apron off the hook on the wall and ties it around his waist which makes you laugh.

“what are you laughing at, I'm ready to learn”

“wait, you’ve never made brownies before? Not even as a kid?” You ask in disbelief and Tony shakes his head.

“my family weren’t really into that sort of thing” he shrugged.

“well then Mr Stark, I am about to change your life” you say, handing him a wooden spoon and he smiles at you.

Tony mixed together the melted chocolate and butter with the eggs and sugar while you measure out the flour into a bowl. You handed him the flour to add into the mixture but as he poured it in he dropped some of the flour onto the arm of his suit and you laughed covering your mouth with your hand.

“oh you think thats funny do you?” He says and he takes a hand a handful of flour and chucks it at you, laughing. You gasp and wipe some of the flour off yourself before grabbing a handful and throwing it back at him. He grabs your hand mid air and pulls you slightly but you trip over your own feet and stumble into him. He catches you and the laughter dies down as you both look into each others eyes, faces dangerously close to each other. His eyes flicker down to your lips and he moves in slightly. But then he stops, and lets you go. Clearing his throat and taking a step back. You take a deep breath and brush some flour off yourself.

“well, uh, this was fun” he says, slightly awkward “but, I should probably be going now”

“yeah, yeah..” you agree walking him to the door “it’s getting late”

He stops at the door and turns around to smile at you.

“thanks for the pizza, and for the baking lesson”

“no problem” you smile “i’ll bring some of the brownies in to work tomorrow”

“Good night y/n” he says walking out the door

“Good night”

You close the door behind him and press your forehead against it, replaying what just happened in your head. Did you really just almost kiss your boss? And did he almost kiss you back? Did you overstep your boundaries even inviting him in tonight? Would things be awkward tomorrow?

You let out a frustrated sigh and go back to the kitchen to finish baking and tidy up the mess from your flour fight. You know there’s no point thinking about it tonight but you also know that you won’t be able to think of anything else.

Part Three

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outside-the-mailstrom · 3 years

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GENERAL BACKGROUND

I've always been a fan of Marvel comics (or, Marvel Comics' properties, at least) I've fragmentary early memories of Batman The Animated Series, and some associated Batman and Superman comics (aimed at younger readers, in a 'Timmverse' style of the TV shows then airing - gorgeous, simple, iconic Art Deco inspired designs), but for the most part my early conception of superheroes came from what was called "Marvel Hour", a Saturday morning television timeslot ft. back-to-back episodes of cartoons from between the 60s and 90s, starring basically the big names you'd expect. I was quite wee, and don't rightly remember who did and didn't have their own show; obviously the big titles are easy enough for you to guess but I also feel (nebulously) that Iron Man, Hulk, Daredevil, and even the Silver Surfer had their own programs; the line-up jostled, there wasn't an Avengers or Defenders team-up show as there would be these days. There was always Spiderman, of course, and there were generally The X-Men.

X-Men The Animated Series, which was written and produced around the same era as Batman The Animated Series, does not (it has been noted) hold up near so well as its famed compatriot; it has its charms, and is a fascinating window into history, but it's not... strong on revisits. It's a little hard to say how much all this galvanized my interest in the subject matter, and how much it merely looks like it as an artefact of looking back through years of other things layering up (notably the early 00's onward movies, the X-Men Evolution tie-in cartoon [of which I was still, as a viewer, at quite a formative young age], a steadily developing interest in the concept of transition and transformation in all things, and ways that my own self-reinforcing creative projects drew from my standing experience of X-Men as a source material in ways that deepened my interest in, and sympathy for, it as a set of signifiers). Substantial engagement with actual X-Comics, however, comes later; primarily as a fan of the podcast Jay & Miles X-Plane The X-Men (which is pretty much as it sounds; a two-hander deep-dive through X-History & continuity, which settles early in its own run into a charisma and humour driven analytical recap of the major story arcs of the history of the franchise, starting at the Bronze Age [70s onward] and working forward practically issue by issue), aboard which bandwagon I found myself early in its days as a snowballing project (less than a dozen episodes as I recall? Certainly some time before it began to resemble a leading voice in intersectional leftist queer focal fandom, although it was always stridently those things, as well as advocating for a pro-soap opera, pro-minor characters, pro-Cyclops revision to popular understanding of what makes X-Men great).

Of course, if you sit two X-Fans down to talk comics for an hour a week for any length of time, really, under no x-ternal supervision or hard guideline parameters for what subjects are, and are not, on topic (amongst many other things more broad ranging and personal) they're going to get to discussing contemporary releases as well as ancient history. So, at the same time as learning, by glitzy guided tour, the history of The Hellfire Club, how the Phoenix Force actually works, why Scott Summers is autistic and Kitty Pryde is queer, I also got the nod-here-reference-there back ally tour of the contemporary X-Line, as it was shaping up; the early days of the Brian Michael Bendis run, the stuff that came out of Schism and Battle Of The Atom.

Consequently this particular period has always seemed, to me, beguiling.

I spent a period intrigued by it (not least because it’s intriguing, and this is a creative, perhaps even visionary author with strong, distinctive, and original ideas for stories that could be done with this premise and set of characters, and [by the accounts that I was receiving] was executing said ideas, if not flawlessly, at least with panaché). The podcast soon became somewhat of a bonding point between myself and my sister, who (being close in age to me) has always been very immediate in my life, but in such a way as can mean a lot of treading on one another's toes (less risk of that now). Like me she was a long time X-Fan, like me mostly from growing up on related media and finding them abstractly cool (we both had tween crushes on Evolution Nightcrawler - I remember printing out pictures of him from the school library, she now has a tattoo). My sister's completionist tendencies led her to track alongside the podcast, reading originally trade paperbacks and eventually Marvel Unlimited (with a cursory reading of revisionist takes on the Silver Age [60s] - X-Men Season One by Dennis Hopeless and Jamie Mckelvie, then hard-in with the real Bronze Age [70s onward], starting at All New Giant Size X-Men #1, and just working forward). I don't know quite where she's up to now.

I gave this a go, I certainly appreciated things about it, but in general it didn't grab me as my starting point - and while there are many other jumping on points between 1975 and 2013 (already three years in the rear-view by the time I decided to get around to this) the more-or-less present day just seemed the more-or-less obvious point to jump on, so I jumped.

Actually I read the first volume of G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel, up to the 2015/2016 Secret Wars event, then I backed up and read Bendis' entire runs on Uncanny and All New X-Men (which notably, themselves, conclude at the start of Secret Wars), I also read, to my knowledge, all accompanying X-Titles coming out concurrently with the Bendis run, comprising what I'll generally refer to as the wider Bendis Era; Storm by Greg Pak, Cyclops by Greg Rucka, Magneto by Cullen Bunn, X-Force by Si Spurrier (all of which were really quite good, to my mind), and All New X-Factor by Peter David (which wasn't really for me - by which I seem to imply that it's probably for someone... in practice I think perhaps it is simply not really that good). I then read all of the X-Related crossover material that tied in to the aforementioned Secret Wars event (as well as a few non-X-related Secret Wars titles on general recommendation from Jay & Miles' Patreon stretch-goal video reviews of contemporary [primarily X] comic publications). My general process was to read an issue or two at a time then cross-reference with video reviews, as a lot of my engagement with media involves parsing it through the lens of critical voices who represent known quantities relative to my tastes (although it would be erroneous to suggest that by this point I'm not in some way attached to somewhat of a cult of personality around the public personas of the hosts, albeit what seems quite a calm and good natured one).

After finishing the Secret Wars titles I faced a relaunch of the line, and, eager as I was to find out what this experience (and the itemized content within) was like, I'd been a diehard Bendis fan through the process so far and wanted to let my recent reading mellow somewhat; to ruminate, and take a beat to work on other projects - breathe, mourn, let my first formative era of fandom settle before steam-rolling on with a new age.

It’s been… a few years, and while I really do have plenty else I ought be on with I've decided to throw myself back in and read some damn X-Men.

As follows are broadly my thoughts on what I will, somewhat snarkily be calling the 'Ordinary Era' (that is, post Secret Wars, through to the end of Jeff Lemire's Extraordinary X-Men, concluding with the Inhumans vs X-Men event), and beyond.

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tomfreakinghollandneedsaoscar · 5 years

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I hate you 3000 | Tom Holland Imagine.

Warning: My honest opinion rant (that's never ending since I need help in life) with a lot of spoilers and some cuss words

Note: How I would act after watching Endgame with Tom. Mostly wrote this for me, myself and I. I'm sorry if there's any errors...I started writing and didn't stop for ten solid mintues. I hope you like it! Please feel free to comment or message me so we can talk about Endgame.

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Flash.

Smile.

Pose.

Walk beside Tom on the red carpet for the premiere of Avengers endgame and whisper in his ear, "Are you going make me cry again at the end of this movie,Spiderman?"

He laughs. "You did bring tissues, didn't you?"

"You know nothing will stop me from crying like a little bitc-" he puts his finger against his mouth with shock and a small smile forming in the corner. "Language!"

"Sorry,Cap." He shakes his head as you add, " I understand that reference."

His head rolls back as his laugh is louder than the last time. "I love you."

"And I love you."

Flash.

That'll be your favourite picture when you check the internet later. Making sure your dress is still looking good, you can't help to wish you were wearing leggings instead. It's a three hour movie... the heels that Tom thinks makes yor legs look longer will come off when you finally sit down.

"Aren't you hot wearing that black tux?"

"You know I am." You playfully hit his shoulder when he winks. "This will be worth it when the movie starts, trust me, Y/N. You are doing great and the cameras love you."

Eying him closing, you say. "Thank you... that was nice for you to say...a little too nice though, especially since you are in the movie and knows what happens..." sometimes he sucks a actor because he knows how to have a straight face and look forward. "Its my not my fault you forgot to bring tissues."

He has been saying that ever since you watched the first trailer in your pjs and told him you'll start a countdown for the premiere since you were gonna go no matter what ."I'm gonna kill you!"

"Thanks for the warning, darlin. Since you know, I told you to bring ti-" you try your hardest to make sure the front theater doors hit him in the face.

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Silence.

Body shaking.

Wet cheeks.

Thumb rubs against your hand and you don't need to see his face to know he is not trying his hardest to smile and yell, "I told you so."

"Tom."

"Yes, Y/n?" Who knew you could hear a smile in a a voice? "I hate you so much right now. You! Like seriously, what in the actually fucking fuck? We had dinner with him a week ago! And now I just watched his characters funeral? But it's not his character, it's him! RDJ is Iron Man! He said that! He said that in the ending of Iron Man and it was his last words ever!? No! I read that his concert was ending like years ago but holy shit! And Chris Evan too!? For a second I thought they both were gonna get killed off but he finally got the dance with Peggy! And Thor got to talk to his mom on the day she dies?? That's fucked up and made my heart cry out for him. I saw a fan's painting of Thor with his beer bully and it said, "you don't need abs to be worthy." and now I want it on a shirt but I also want a picture of when all the ladies line up, which I know Natasha would feel like a proud mama of - did she have a funeral too? Okay wait answer that later when I'm okay because I'll never be okay and I feel like they did her dirty. I should've seen it coming but when the wide angel showed Vormir I started to have a heart attack because that's when I knew Marvel was gonna be that bitch again even if I wasn't over the fact that Ant Man didn't even know his daughter was still alive or what the fuck was going and how he will never to able to get those five years back to watch her grow-"

He pulls you up with both of your hands but doesn't let go when he starts pushing you to the staircase. "I'm really loving this right now, but I really need the bathroom, love." If a single look could kill, your boyfriend would be ten feet under.

"You hold it for three hours, you can hold it for a couple more seconds."

"Really? I have a gut feeling I'm gonna listen to you all night."

"No." He gives you a confused look as he holds the door for you after you throw away your trash. "I'll stop when the next movie comes out so I have other things to talk about."

"You mean mine?"

"Yeah, and you better give me a heads up if you are gonna be a happy dork one second and be crying and needing to win a oscar the next." He starts walking backwards in the hallway towards the men's bathroom and he shugs his shoulders and says, "There may or may not be a new trailer coming out soon." Before you can say anything, he stops walking and asks "want me to grab you toilet paper?"

Getting the hint that yes, you should've bought tissues, you flip him as he turns and disappears.

#tom holland #tom holland x au #tom holland x reader #tom holland x you #tom holland fluff #tom holland fanfiction #tom holland imagine #tom holland oneshot #peter parker imagine #peter parker x reader #peter parker #peter parker headcanon #ton holland headcanon #peter parker x you #avengers endgame #ae #marvel

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carynsilver · 5 years

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Marvel 20 Questions

I wasn't tagged, but I saw this on @musette22‘s Tumblr and decided I wanted to play. Thanks!

1. Favorite solo film? It’s so hard to choose. It would be easier to list my top five. :-) But, I have to go with Thor: Ragnarok, because it is funny and heartwarming and I love it. Plus I have been a sucker for Thor since his first movie. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a really close second, though.

2. Favorite team-up film? The Avengers. It was so cool seeing all the characters we’d watched in the solo movies come together for the first time. Marvel really did the solo movies to team-up movies formula right--didn’t rush it like DC did. The payoff in that first Avengers movie was great. Plus a good villain, high stakes, and a plot that I didn’t have problems with. A good mix of humor to action. Love it. Also, I’m really partial to the AUs where the Avengers all live on their own floors in the tower, and that is the movie that sets that up (even if I’ll forever be sad that they did nothing with it).

3. Favorite female character? There are a lot of BAMF chicks in the MCU, but my absolute favorite is Peggy Carter. She is strong and gorgeous and knows her worth, even a time that is worse that today about allowing women to have that value. I liked her in the first Cap movie, but I loved her even more in the Agent Carter TV series. While I like the Peggy/Steve backstory, I like Peggy better on her own. Darcy Lewis is a really close second favorite--only second because, while I liked her in the Thor movies, it was fic that really fleshed out her character, while Peggy got all that character development on screen. But we’ll see how things go with Wandavision. Maybe Darcy will get the more developed character in cannon that she deserves. (I guess the Netflix shows no longer count for the MCU, huh? Because Jessica Jones was pretty awesome, too.)

4. Favorite male character? Oh my gosh. I love both Thor Odinson and Bucky Barnes SO MUCH--it’s nearly impossible to choose. However, I have to use the rule that I used for favorite female character, and give Thor the number one spot because his character’s awesomeness is fleshed out on screen. While I still think that his first movie could’ve used a bit more middle (more time than just one night on Earth to grow and change into someone who would give his life for others), I’ve loved watching Thor’s character grow and change over the years. He tried so hard to be a Gryffindor, but he’s really a Hufflepuff. While he would’ve been an all right king due to training, he doesn’t have the heart for it, and I think he finally realized that. He is so much more than muscles and a weird accent--he’s loving, supportive, and really smart; he forgives; he’s just an awesome guy. Bucky has that whole tragic redemption arc, which is great, but they really cheated his character out of development on screen after CA:tFA and CA:tWS. Like with Darcy, a lot of his development comes from fic and head cannons. I’m really hopeful for the Falcon & Winter Soldier TV series. Maybe now Bucky will finally get the character development he deserves!

5. Best canon ship? I’m not really tied to many of the cannon ships in the MCU. I liked Tony/Pepper a lot; probably because they got a lot of screen time, and Pepper is another favorite BAMF MCU lady. Scott/Hope is also pretty good. I would’ve said Thor/Jane, except then they broke up. Maybe they will resurge to the top of the list when we get Thor 4.

6. Best non-canon ship? I love so many non-cannon ships for the MCU! I like Stucky, Stony, WinterShock, WinterHawk (but only with the more comic-esque Clint who is deaf and a disaster; not boring family man movie Clint), WinterIron (but only in no power AUs without the Bucky killed Tony’s parents angle), ShieldShock, TaserTricks a bit... Basically any ship with either Bucky or Darcy in it would have a chance, and even though I don’t love cannon Steve all that much, I like a lot of ships with him in fanfic, too. Weirdly, I never read fic about Thor or Peggy--maybe because they are so fleshed out in cannon, I don’t need more from them.

7. Favorite actor? Man, another rough one. I love Chris Hemsworth and Sebastian Stan so much. I think I have to go with Sebastian on this one, though. Chris is great, hot, and I adore him, but Sebastian did so much with a character that had relatively little screen time overall. I mean, Bucky was in five movies, but in a lot of them he was there more for the action than the actual character development (which makes me sad! he deserves more!). But the fact that he took a smaller, supporting character and made him one of my favorites in the whole universe says a lot for Sebastian’s acting. Like, a lot of actors can make you love a character when they are the main character in multiple movies, but how many can do it from the sidelines? (**crossing my fingers for lots of good Bucky in the F&WS show!**)

8. Favorite actress? Gotta go with Hayley Atwell here. The way she played Peggy was masterful. I also really love Kat Dennings, though. Second only to Hayley.

9. Favorite director? Taika Waititi, hands down. He should do all MCU movies from here on out. Prior to him, it was Joss Whedon for his great work on the first Avengers, but Joss let me down with A:AoU.

10. What was the first MCU movie you ever watched? Iron Man. Aside from Spiderman: Homecoming and The Incredible Hulk, I watched all the MCU movies in theater in the order they came out. We are dedicated Marvel fans that way. :-)

11. Which MCU movie have you watched the most? Hmmm... I’m honestly not sure. I’ve never specifically counted viewings. I know the top contenders would be Thor: Ragnarok, Ant Man, The Avengers, Thor, Captain America: the First Avenger, and Iron Man. I have definitely watched every MCU movie except the Spiderman and Hulk solo films more than once, though.

12. Favorite super-suit? I think I’d have to go with the Iron Man suit. I mean, it’s by far the most useful, and it has Jarvis (or Friday) inside. And it lets you fly! That said, if we take it as most attractive suit, then I’d be torn between Steve’s navy and white suit (sans cowl) from the beginning of CA:tWS and Thor’s suit when it bared his arms (the long-sleeved version was weird looking).

13. Favorite weapon? Mjolnir, by far. Even though it creates some weird questions/plot issues, I love the idea of a weapon that only someone with a worthy heart can use. I think my favorite moment in End Game was when they paid out on that bit from AoU and Steve busted out fighting with his shield and Mjolnir. Steve and Thor fighting together with the hammer and the axe was fabulous. I do also like Cap’s shield, even though it’s a weird choice. I’m really looking forward to Thor 4, if the rumors are true and we’re going to get to see Jane use the hammer. That will be excellent!

14. Favorite origin story? Oh, another hard one! I am a sucker for a good redemption story arc, so I think Bucky/Winter Soldier edges in for the win here. Overcoming 70 years of brainwashing and mind wipes for his best friend, struggling to get back to human again, and then trying to make up for some of the wrongs from the past (which I hope is where we’re going in the F&WS show) is excellent. Though, Thor’s journey from spoiled brat to someone who is willing to sacrifice himself for others to king to someone who realizes that he isn’t the best king and is willing to hand the crown to someone else for the good of the people that he loves is a really good one, too. I also like tiny anger-ball Steve taking a risk to become a hero with a good heart. Didn’t necessarily agree with all his choices later, but did like the origin. Solid third.

15. Favorite villain? Definitely Loki. His arc in the first Thor movie is great. And knowing that in the first Avengers movie he was affected by the mind stone adds a great layer. Plus watching him continue to mature and grow until he finally was willing to be there for his brother in Ragnarok. That was a great arc, and the character toes that line of gray morality but redemption that is so compelling to watch. His death was the worst one to me in IW/EG--I really thought he was pulling some other con, and I’ll forever be sad they dropped that thread. I hope that his show is good, and I’ll give it a chance, but I’m still bummed that we’re going back to post-Avengers Loki and losing all that character development from Thor 2 and 3. :-(

16. Favorite fight sequence? Honestly, the action and fighting are probably my least favorite parts of these movies. I know, that’s atypical, lol. Like, they are the less interesting bits I have to put up with to get the character growth I want from my superheroes. Often, the action sequences go on too long. Shorter action sequences would allow them to both keep up momentum and put in more character development, but no one in charge asks me. :-P That said, I like the action sequences best when they show character development, and the best one for that is the highway fight in CA:tWS where Cap and co. fight the Winter Soldier for the first time. No one in the whole movie had challenged Steve that far, but the Winter Soldier truly put him in danger for the first time, and his friends, too. The Winter Soldier was menacing, and then paired with the Bucky reveal at the end. Best action sequence. Though I do also love the Revengers vs. Hela in Ragnarok when Thor finally gets his full lightening powers down and crashes into the battle. He is so OP now, but in an awesome way.

17. Favorite line from any of the films? I love that bit in the first Avengers movie when Thor snags Loki, Tony flies out after him, and Nat tells Steve not go because they are basically gods. I love Steve’s line of, “There’s only one God, Ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.” That one cracks me up even now that I’ve watched it so many times.

18. Favorite scene from any of the films? Pretty much any scene with Darcy in it is a favorite. Her stuff in the first Thor movie is gold. I also like Bucky and Steve’s goodbye scene at the beginning of CA:tFA.

19. If you could pick an Infinity Stone to keep, which would you choose? Huh... I don’t know that I’d want any of them. I guess, if pressed, I’d choose the Space stone because I think it would let me teleport. The Time stone/time travel seems interesting, but I’d be afraid I’d mess up the timelines.

20. Which Disney Plus MCU series are you most looking forward to? Falcon & Winter Soldier, hands down. Though, when I heard Darcy would be a character, that jumped Wandavision up to second place.

I think that @virtual-insomnia would enjoy this. :-)

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theinquisitivej · 5 years

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Spiderman: Far From Home – A Movie Review

After an animated masterpiece gave us what many consider to be the new best Spider-Man film, and after a monumental finale to a developing narrative that was twenty-two movies in the making, what hope does a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming, a movie praised by many but seen by others as not much more than just middle-of-the-road, have of satisfying an audience who have been especially well catered for when it comes to superhero movies connected to the man who does whatever a spider can?

Well, it turns out it’s got a pretty good shot, because I got a lot more out of Spider-Man: Far from Home than I ever expected I would.

Jon Watts returns from Spider-Man: Homecoming as the director for its sequel, and with that comes a cemented sense of identity, as Far from Home takes the praiseworthy parts of Homecoming’s personality and places even more emphasis on those elements. The aesthetic for the Home series isn’t as palpably noticeable as something like Guardians of the Galaxy or Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok, but it nevertheless maintains a consistent tone with the previous film which makes this particular perspective of the MCU feel lived in. There’s a charmingly grounded feel to how characters will engage in idle conversation about certain major events from other MCU films in a way that jokingly downplays moments or story beats that were presented with heart-wrenching gravitas in other films. It’s amusing for invested audience members, but it’s also an effective method of reminding you that this world is inhabited by a population who are routinely affected by world-spanning comic book shenanigans, but don’t have the advantage of hearing first hand what the hell is going on. As such, developments like Captain America going on the run become background news that gym teachers are only semi-aware of in the previous film, and, in Far From Home, the “blip” that erased half the population then brought them back 5 years later is just another thing that people have grown to live with. The film even feels comfortable enough to use it for comedic effect when one of the characters uses the blip to put Flash in his place when he’s being insufferable, and that is so endearing. As a result, while the visual aesthetics of these MCU Spider-Man films may not be as immediately striking or distinctive as other branches of this franchise, they provide a consistent tone of down-to-earth sincerity and people just getting on with their lives that makes them really pleasant experiences.

And while last year’s Ant-Man and the Wasp was an enjoyably sprightly heist movie which nevertheless felt out of place and too rushed out after we were still reeling from the weighty punch of Infinity War, Far from Home not only improves on its namesake predecessor, but also acts as a remarkably suitable follow-up to Endgame. The sombreness of Endgame’s first half and the epic scale of its second half are contrasted by the everyday levity and more personal stakes shown in this film. The action is inventive and varied enough that you’re interested to see how Spider-Man deals with foes we’re not used to seeing cinematic depictions of him fight against (elemental and… other, more spoiler-y threats), in environments that are labelled as ‘far from home’, outside of his typical comfort zone of New York. The comedy works because of a comforting sense of cohesion to the characters which make them work well together, and yet the dialogue is natural and flexible enough that you always see the individual traits of each character shine through. With a diverse cast of commendable talents like this, that’s a treat.

But while the film is a remarkably appreciated light-hearted palate cleanser, that doesn’t mean it’s pulling its punches with its heavier dramatic moments. This film deals with a teenager who watched someone he looked up to die in front of his eyes, and is now confronted with a world filled with iconography and heated discussion about that idol, and some of that fervent conversation is even directed at him as everyone asks if he will be the person to step up and take the place of his hero. It’s an emotional state that makes you feel so much for Peter, especially as Tom Holland has gone from strength to strength and solidifies himself as the definitive version of a young Peter Parker in my eyes. He’s killing it in this, selling the subtle balance between Peter having some newfound confidence to be able to stand up for himself and make his own decisions about what he wants and who he is, while also being racked with guilt, expressing uncertainty of the world of large-scale superheroics that he’s had a taste of but isn’t sure he wants to go back to, and retrospectively questions his own actions. A subtle detail in the film that does a lot to convey Peter’s current state of mind is his spidey-sense (Peter-tingle) not being quite as sharp as we might expect it to be – Peter is having trouble trusting his instincts. This, and his general anxiety over where he’s heading and his fears of the past are masterfully represented in one reality-bending sequence which shows some of the darkest imagery Marvel has ever put in their films as it puts all of Peter’s inner turmoil and doubts up onto the screen.

SPOILERS IN NEXT PARAGRAPH

But what works especially well in this film for me is how it creates these brilliant parallels to the first Iron Man to commendable effect. Both films feature ceremonies near their opening in which the hero is expected to attend and someone close to them criticises them for not quite presenting themselves correctly (if at all), as well as protagonists who question how the legacy that’s been left to them should be best used, villains who seek to use that legacy and the technology of Tony Stark for their own selfish ends (and both villains use the distraction of a more immediate seeming threat to disguise their manipulations behind the scenes), before concluding with the heroes having their secret identity revealed to the world. And of course, both feature tech-savvy geniuses working on their superhero suit in a holographic workshop while ACDC music plays, and the only thing I love more than that unspoken “this kid has everything in him that made Tony Stark great without him realising it” moment is Peter saying “Oh I love Led Zeppelin”. These parallels allow for a neat bookend of this whole arc of the MCU with Iron Man starting us off while Far from Home brings it, well, home. But they also reinforce the main theme of Peter’s emotional journey as he asks himself if he can, or should be the next Iron Man. The answer, as Happy tells us, is that no one could live up to Tony Stark, not even Tony. Peter doesn’t need to worry about being the next version of someone else, but the first version of himself. The film uses these connections between his character and Tony’s, between Far from Home and Iron Man to show us that we can move forward with confidence as we establish our own identity and take the parts of the people who inspire us along with us. Far from Home echoes a lot of the characteristics of Iron Man but ends up being something new, and it is exactly in that way that Peter ends up honouring Tony’s memory while still moving forward by the end of the film.

There’s a lot at play which could have stacked the deck against this film being a critical success; between the explosion of artistic creativity on display in last year’s singular Into the Spider-Verse, and Endgame’s entanglement with gargantuan levels of audience investment allowing for once-in-a-lifetime emotional payoff, I expected for a long time that Far From Home would be unfavourably compared to these two relatively recent blockbuster triumphs. But it was exactly the film I needed for this series after Endgame, and full kudos to the showrunners, I wasn’t anticipating that. It’s packed with youthful sincerity, delivers an adventure with scaled back yet more personal stakes which makes the whole thing feel that much more meaningful, and while I enjoyed seeing the kids in their own environment in the school in the last one, the trip through Europe makes it an enjoyable journey. The more time passes, the more I appreciate about what it achieves under the surface with its character development, inspired connection with other films in the series, and its ability to capture the experience of trying to find your way.

Final Ranking: Silver.

When all the threads of the MCU have been tied up by Endgame, who better than a spider to start weaving the first strands of the next web.

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show me your love — peter parker x plus size!reader (1)

Abstract: After the “blip”, (Y/N) assumed everything would go back to normal, including being best friends with MJ and Peter. Especially Peter. Because despite the continuous growth of affection for him, she would only remain his best friend. All because of her insecurities. The blip didn’t change a thing but it did remind (Y/N) that Peter wouldn’t be around forever with his job of being Spiderman.

A/N+Disclaimers: So I don’t really read a lot of plus size readers x Peter Parker, and I thought I would give it a try! A few disclaimers are: Spoilers for both Endgame and Far From Home. All information I know from Marvel is from the movies (I KNOW I’M SORRY) and there is mild cursing/mature content so maybe like 14+?

— & THEN THE WORLD KEPT SPINNING

It was more than a relief knowing Peter was alive and well.

(Y/N) remembered ever so vividly of the horrible incident that overruled the entire world, more importantly, the entire universe. She watched as her family slowly started to fade away into non-existence, leaving her alone to cry on the floor before her own body was wasted away. How could it have been five years that she would see her family again? Why did it only feel like a blink of an eye? She could remember nothing after that, only knowing that she feared for one life more than others, including herself. And that was Peter.

She had called his number immediately, tears welling in her eyes as she tried to focus on what he sounded like, where he went, did he disappear as well? It all happened so fast but the moment she heard his voice calling out her name, she broke down. Her larger body collapsed to the floor in utter shock and love to this boy that she was so overwhelmed. Peter seemed to be crying as well, trying not to sound all shaken up but hearing the sound of one of his best friend’s sounding so concerned for him? Well, it definitely was worth the waterworks. They had spent the entire hour afterward crying to each other and feeling nothing but fortunate that they were okay. Because Peter was more worried about her than most people. Never would he admit it to anyone but it’s true; (Y/N) was not just a best friend.

The next day at school was full of emotions for everyone. Friends littered the hallways and hugged the people they hadn’t seen in what felt like an eternity. Teachers smiled with joy at the sight of being reunited and having things go back to normal. Not to mention that their planet was saved and no harm would be coming for a while. At least they hoped.

(Y/N) had her hair tied up in a ponytail, a usual she did when getting ready for school, and threw on the forest green hoodie hanging up on the rack. She had gotten up earlier than normal due to the fact that this would be the first time seeing her friends since the beginning of the mess. Her mother insisted she ate something but she only grabbed a slice of toast that hung from her mouth as she ran out the door, excitement in her eyes. Peter would be there, Peter would be safe and that’s all that mattered.

“Fuck,” she grumbled as she almost tripped getting on the subway, catching her toast as it fell from her mouth. It was nearly a five-minute ride to school taking the transit so she stood impatiently near the door, tapping her fear in the process. Peter. Peter. Peter.

The doors slid open and she booked it, forcing her larger body to cooperate with her as she chased the sidewalk towards her school. The familiar sound of school buses opening and closing could be heard, teenagers goofing off coming from the distance. She could see the school colors peeking from the corner of her eye and she slowed down to a walk, not wanting to sound out of breath for him.

“Finally!” she cheered to herself, wiping her face of crumbs.

Her footsteps led up to the front of the high school and a few people waved at her causing her to smile. She always tried to be the happiest person because nobody liked a mean person, especially if they were bigger. It just meant more attention was drawn to her and that is not what she wanted. (Y/N) entered the doors as she fixed the strands of her backpack, her (E/C) hues shifting from one side of the hallway to the other.

All she wanted was to see one person, just one.

“Where are you?” she asked herself. She continued to walk forward, noticing that the bell would be ringing soon. A frown almost made its way onto her face until she saw that familiar head of curls. Her lips curled up into a rather large smile, rushing forward and pushing people out of the way until she grabbed MJ into the biggest hug. Surprised, MJ’s eyes grew wide until a content, small smile decorated her lips.

“Damn, Slim. You scared me.” she joked and (Y/N) shoved her jokingly. MJ loved called her Slim, and not to be rude, but more of a positive note. Because MJ only saw a beautiful girl and not her weight. It would be an understatement to say that the nickname stuck, and it was actually one of (Y/N)’s favorite things to hear. It had been too long..

Her eyes met Ned’s next and she offered a hug as he did the same, laughing lightly as well. Something in his eyes signified that he was so relieved, so happy that nothing could spoil this moment.

“I never thought I would see yourself again, (Y/N)!” he smiled and patted her back. She could only grin. “I could say the same about you.”

That meant there was only one person left.. She turned her head to that gorgeous boy seeing him with glossy eyes, almost like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. (Y/N) was here, she was standing right in front of him looking as beautiful as ever, and she was real. It was all real. He had to remind himself that this was real. (Y/N) felt herself grow overwhelmed once again, instantly grabbing the boy into a hug and clinging to him for dear life. Peter wasted no time in returning the favor, head burrying in her neck. Her arms clung to his torso, trying so hard not to lose herself once again. (Y/N) could finally feel him in her arms, every part of him, and know that this wasn’t a dream.

The other two could feel a sense of privacy was needed so they secretly escorted themselves out of the way, however, MJ looked back with someone dismay. Peter hadn’t hugged her like that, almost like he wasn’t so concerned for her. Ned noticed the behavior. “What’s wrong?”

MJ shrugged and plastered a fake smile, something she was so familiar with. “He looks really happy to see her.��

Ned nodded, trying to play dumb but he knew how she was feeling. It was more than obvious. As they entered Biology, Ned sighed. “I don’t think it’s anything serious, they’ve known each other since I don’t know, birth? Kinda like siblings.”

MJ understood but knew it wasn’t such. But she brushed it off, pulling out her binder and starting to write down the bell ringer for the beginning of class.

Meanwhile, (Y/N) sniffled as she pulled away, trying to smile away the tears. Peter thought she looked so beautiful whether she was crying or not. He had to hold himself back from brushing away her tears with his hands because who knows where it could lead to. Peter chuckled softly, wiping at his own tears. “I’m just so glad you’re here. Everything seems real again.”

(Y/N) punched his shoulder slightly to which he pretended to wince. “We talked on the phone last night, silly.”

Peter cocked his head to the side bashfully as he let out his honest thoughts. “I just, well, I-I didn’t know if I was dreaming or not. It felt so unreal that I could hear from you again. I’m just glad I didn’t wake up to blackness.”

(Y/N) felt her heart beating in her chest rather loudly as she felt her cheeks redden at his comment. It was so sincere and pure that she smiled. Until the thought of Iron Man came up, knowing the entire ordeal with him being an Avenger and losing someone so important in his life.

She placed a hand on his shoulder, rubbing gently. “Hey, I’m sorry about Stark. Truly, I am.”

Peter felt his heart clench at the thought of Tony and all the work he did to help not only him but the world. Nothing hurt more than knowing he was gone, that he wouldn’t wake up from this dream. So he pulled (Y/N) in tight once more, closing his eyes as he relaxed into her.

“Thank you. But I have you here with me so I think I’ll be alright.”

The bell range signaling one minute to get to class and they removed themselves despite wanting to be there with each other once more. (Y/N) waved goodbye as she headed to the first period, which happened to be AP English, and sat down in her usual seat in the front. It was easier to see and quicker to leave class.

She thought to herself that maybe she and Peter were more than friends. Just Maybe.

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so um this is kinda like a little drabble to start it off, like to explain where i want to start? i’m sorry if it kinda sucks i promise the next will be better! or at least i hope lol i just love angst especially knowing that mj and peter definitely have feelings for each other

#tom holland #peter parker x reader #peter parker #peter parker x plus size!reader #peter parker x bigger!reader #angst #peter parker x reader angst #avengers fanfiction #fanfiction #spiderman #spiderman far from home #spiderman homecoming #avengers infinity war #avengers endgame #marvel #mj #zendaya #peter parker x mj

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giveamadeuschohisownmovie · 6 years

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Hypothetical plot outline for “Spiderman 2”

We start off with a cold opening. The year is 2010 and Norman Osborn, CEO of OsCorp, is meeting with smuggler Ulysses Klaue over a trade for vibranium. Klaue suddenly flees when he realizes they are being watched and Osborn is attacked by members of the Dora Milaje. T’Chaka shows up and tells Osborn that they knew about the deal weeks earlier and that the original plan was to kill him. However, T’Chaka decides Osborn’s punishment should be more severe and so he lets him live...but exposes his affiliation with stolen vibranium and Ulysses Klaue. Osborn is forced out of OsCorp and is sent to prison, which leads into present day. It’s a few months after Infinity War. Peter Parker has been brought back from the dead but is haunted by his time inside the Soul Gem pocket dimension. This is mainly to mirror Tony Stark’s anxiety arc from “Iron Man 3”, with Peter being reluctant to return to his Spiderman suit. Prom is approaching and teen love is in the air. Ned Leeds tries to get Pete a date but Pete isn’t having it. At the same time, Princess Shuri arrives in New York City to attend a Young Geniuses’ Convention. Ned, still wanting to be a good friend to Pete, puts out a joke request on Twitter and Instagram. “Hey Princess Shuri, my friend Peter Parker has been feeling down a bit for these past few weeks. Problems at home and stuff. Do you think you can be his date to prom? Help cheer him up a bit?” It’s a complete joke but to Ned’s surprise, Shuri publicly accepts the request (mainly because she already knows he’s Spider-Man from T’Challa). Peter isn’t thrilled and is about to cancel the prom date until he comes across a group of thugs discussing Shuri’s arrival in the city. Peter listens in and learns that someone is offering a hefty reward to assassinate her. Horrified by this, Peter decides to stick close to Shuri in order to look out for her assassin. Who’s the assassin? The movie’s “main” (actually, secondary) antagonist, Rhino. Rhino is a Russian criminal whose Rhino suit is made of OsCorp technology. He’s personally approached by the person who puts the kill order in the first place. Their identity is a secret...for now. Anyways, Rhino attacks and Peter gets into a big fight with him. Although Peter can hold his own, his anxiety attacks nearly cripple him in the fight. Rhino escapes and Peter and Shuri begin their investigation on who put out the kill order. As this is happening, Ned introduces Pete to his date; Peter’s childhood best friend, Gwen Stacy who has recently moved back to New York City. Gwen is also an awkward genius who immediately clicks with Peter due to their past friendship. At the same time, Michelle Jones starts getting closer to Peter, noticing that he’s not fully well. A love triangle forms between Peter, Gwen, and MJ, with Shuri and Ned following the drama. Now, Gwen’s interest in Peter feels intentionally forced. Although she’s going to prom with Ned and has history with Peter, she keeps trying to spend time with him, forcing him away from everyone else, and most of her dialogue is a bit cliche. We do get some backstory, mainly that her mother struggled to support her. Gwen’s mom in the MCU was a maid who worked for the elite. MJ’s interactions are a bit more realistic, with her giving space to Peter when he needs it. Peter tells MJ that he’s been having panic attacks since Thanos and MJ says she understands. This leads us to one of the big moments of the movie; MJ says she knows Peter is Spider-Man. She says she figured it out when Peter abandoned Liz Allan at Homecoming. Ned confirms this, saying that he revealed Peter’s secret identity to MJ sometime after Homecoming when MJ pressed him about Peter’s disappearances. Noticing that Peter and MJ are getting close, Shuri tells MJ that even though all of them are going to prom together, MJ’s first dance should be with Peter. The day before prom, Peter tracks Rhino down and tries to capture him. Rhino escapes but Pete manages to catch one of his henchman. It turns out, Rhino’s been working with OsCorp employees. Originally, Pete thought that Rhino stole the suit but with this revelation, Pete learns that the person who sent out the kill order on Shuri is tied to OsCorp. Prom arrives and MJ, Shuri, Ned, and Gwen head over without Pete. Pete decides to cancel, deciding to follow up on the OsCorp lead. Shuri tells him that when it comes to OsCorp, a reason why someone would want her dead is because her father ruined Norman Osborn’s reputation. Peter then decides to sneak into the home of the current CEO of OsCorp, Mendel Stromm, and see if he can pull any information on Norman. Peter doesn’t find much...except a letter which grimly says “YOU RUINED MY FAMILY” at the top. The rest of the letter mainly blames Mendel Stromm and OsCorp for not defending Norman in his trial. Peter focuses on the “my family” section and he realizes that whoever is out to destroy Shuri is related to Norman. Also, the henchmen who are working for Rhino are OsCorp employees that are still loyal to Norman, hinting at a civil war within the company. Unbeknownst to Peter, MJ, Ned, and Shuri leave prom halfway through the night to help him. Gwen tags along, much to MJ’s chagrin. While on their way to Stromm’s mansion, Rhino attacks and captures everyone but MJ. Peter arrives and tries to rescue them but suffers another anxiety attack and is knocked out. MJ nurses him back to health and tells him what happened. Peter brings up the “YOU RUINED MY FAMILY” letter and they do some investigating. There’s no records of Norman ever having a child...except an affair with one of his maids. Cut back to Shuri, Ned, and “Gwen”, we learn that the person who put the kill order on Shuri is none other than “Gwen”. Turns out, “Gwen Stacy” was the name her mother gave her. However, her father knew her by another name. Harriet Osborn. Yes, in addition to benig the MCU Gwen Stacy, she is also the MCU Harry Osborn. We learn through flashbacks that Harriet is Norman’s illegitimate daughter due to her being a result of an affair. She’s been planning her revenge against OsCorp and the Wakandan royalty for years. Although she originally wanted Rhino to kill Shuri, she changed her mind and wanted to do it in person. Thanks to Ned making the joke request for Shuri to go to prom with Peter, Harriet made the move to reconnect with Peter in order to get close to Shuri. Shuri says Harriet’s insane and Harriet says, “True...my mind’s been all over the place after I did this to myself.” Harriet pulls out a vial of the Goblin formula, showing that she’s already enhanced herself, at the cost of her sanity. Harriet pulls out a knife, ready to kill Shuri, when all of a sudden, Rhino’s suit explodes (during the scene where Shuri and Ned were kidnapped by Rhino, she threw one of her specialized grenades at him which didn’t go off until now. Shuri makes a joke about how the delayed fuse saved their lives). Shuri and Ned escape and Harriet orders Rhino to go after them, unveiling a bigger, more destructive suit for him. Meanwhile she puts on the Green Goblin suit and flies out on the glider. Peter and MJ arrive at the scene. The final battle mainly goes like this: Peter and Shuri fighting Rhino and Green Goblin Ned and MJ trying to warn people to get off the streets. Rhino goes down first, with Shuri disabling his suit and Peter delivering the final blow. As the team cheers Rhino’s defeat, Peter is captured by Green Goblin, who takes the fight away from Shuri, MJ, and Ned. Harriet throws Peter through the walls of the now-abandoned Osborn mansion. They have a heart-to-heart, with Harriet saying that her father’s legacy are now these ruins and Peter snaps back, saying Norman is responsible for his own downfall. Peter says he doesn’t want to fight her but stops just short of telling her his secret identity. Harriet says, “It’s too late for that,” and they fight. Harriet ruthlessly taunts Peter the whole time. Eventually, Peter fights through one last anxiety attack and gets the upper hand and has Harriet webbed to the floor. Harriet than taunts Peter some more, saying that he should just finish her off since she’ll just escape and go after Shuri again. Peter then coldly states that he’ll be ready if she ever goes after him or Shuri again. However, Harriet gets the last word, saying, “I’ll see you again soon...Peter,” revealing that she knew about his secret identity the whole time. As the movie ends, Peter is sulking on the roof of his apartment. MJ joins him and says that he saved the day. Peter’s sorry that he ruined prom and MJ tells him to not worry about it. “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel then starts playing and MJ and Peter see that Shuri is at the base of the apartment, holding a boombox over her head (hopefully, anyone reading this gets the reference). Pete says, “What is she doing?” and MJ says, “I think she wants us to dance.” Peter and MJ dance, ending the movie. MID-CREDITS SCENE: Aunt May is watching the news and is talking about the Spider-Man to Peter. She points to the news, saying that Spider-Man saved a woman falling from a bridge. Peter says that’s impossible (mainly because he didn’t do it) and when he turns his attention to the TV, he sees Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) swinging away. Peter is stunned at the sight of another person with spider powers. POST-CREDITS SCENE: Ned storms the offices of the Daily Bugle and throws their latest paper at J. Jonah Jameson. Ned shouts that he hates their negative coverage of Spider-Man before he is kicked out by security. Jonah simply shrugs and goes back to what he was doing.

#Spiderman #Peter Parker #avengers #Michelle jones #Shuri #Ned Leeds #Aunt May #Gwen Stacy #harry Osborn #Marvel #MCU #Spider Woman #Jessica drew

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why-this-kolaveri-machi · 6 years

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avengers: infinity war

um. SPOILERS.

so i finally watched spiderman: infinity war avengers: infinity war yesterday with the inimitably awesome aakanksha ( @franklyineedcoffee). it was great! very cgi and very Epic.

like. mcu movies were never terribly remarkable to me, but then they got Spiderman involved (and made him great!) and the ensuing trifecta of extremely enjoyable films (homecoming, ragnarok and black panther) finally made a fangirl out of me. which basically primed me perfectly to enjoy the shit out of infinity war.

a few thoughts! a second reminder for SPOILERS because i discuss about basically everything.

1. the film did a great job juggling so many characters and so many plot threads? of course some parts were under-served (the whole wakanda stretch was a bit meh to me), but at no point was i just waiting for the film to get back to the Interesting Bit. almost all of it was equally engaging.

2. i’d heard a lot about thanos going into this film but what i wasn’t expecting was to be reminded of two villains that the mcu had done really, really well recently: adrian toomes/the vulture from homecoming, and erik killmonger from black panther. thanos isn’t nearly as compelling as either of them and certainly doesn’t deserve a fraction of the sympathy we can reasonably afford to either toomes/killmonger, but the kind of sad, single-minded conviction that he used to justify murdering trillions of people? yeah, that was all-too-familiar. far from the cackling, evil villain trope, both toomes and killmonger were shaped and scarred by unforgiving circumstances; you didn’t approve of the stuff they did but their pathos was palpable. thanos plays this part of the villain arc very well--he doesn’t visibly delight in death and destruction, but does it because he is burdened with it. and isn’t that how it usually goes in the real world? the worst people in the world never believe in their own evil--just their own status as a Special Person Who Knows Something Better Than Everyone Else. a special destiny, a special responsibility with all that power. sometimes the line between superhero and villain is so, so thin.

2.5. because looking at it objectively, his motivation was some malthusian bullshit, yeah? and in a way recalls some of the most harrowing repercussions of bullshit science from the early twentieth century. so if i read one more thinkpiece about ‘errrrr guys maybe thanos had a point’ i’m going to lose it. both the writing and performance for thanos was fantastic--he practically dripped with gravitas, even under all the layers of cgi and chaotic fight scenes--but let’s not confuse that with actual sense/decency, yeah?

3. the groupings were great--so great that i could’ve readily watched an entire film based on any one of them. my favourite had to be thor with rocket/groot. i would’ve never guessed it, but it turned out to be the most poignant dynamic of them all. that little conversation that rocket had with thor was a little oasis in the middle of a terribly chaotic movie and neatly tied in and mirrored the incredible character development both the characters had undergone in their last movies--GotG vol 2 and ragnarok. this scene for me was an example of the ultimate reward of getting a film like infinity war--a moment of truly resonant emotional connection between two wildly differing characters and genres.

3.5. and, btw, the genres! can we talk about that a bit? it was a really cool mix of generic superhero stuff with sci-fi, a touch of horror, magic, swords-and-sorcery, opposites-meet comedy, a bit of romance, and just good old-fashioned family drama.

3.75. and speaking of drama, the whole arc with gamora was gutting and inspired more tears from me than the much-talked-about snap. the sheer range of emotions she went through right before and after she realised that thanos was going to kill her and why! zoe saldana is fucking amazing.

4. aagh i just wished we had more time but all of the groups played really well off each other: i enjoyed iron man and company in particular because duh, spiderman, and watching three gigantic egos clash in the form of tony stark, dr strange, and peter quill was entertaining as all hell. and i know tumblr fandom in particular likes to give tony a hard time but i was impressed not just by his quick thinking, his surely-impossible technology, and his raw physical strength, but also his ability to lead, well, any team. he had spiderman covered (summoning the iron spider suit! appointing him an avenger! collaborative flying of an alien spaceship!), had dr strange figured out pretty quickly, and tried his best to steady peter quill.

4.5. the group on wakanda wasn’t nearly as compelling, but much of their screen time was filled with fighting cannon fodder and that’s literally the least interesting part of any mcu movie, so. i guess i was also annoyed by rhodey basically throwing away the principled position he took in civil war--the narrative had to essentially make the regulatory body a one-dimensional super-villain. and, like. whatever. the avengers have to reform, etc. but it still stinks. i kind of dozed through the parts of civil war that didn’t involve spiderman but some of the issues that it raised were compelling. but then those issues were just used as an excuse to get a slugfest between iron man and captain america and now somehow an agreement signed by 150+ countries is all about oh no! will steve and tony ever make up?? like, fuck that shit.

4.85. i didn’t expect to be as moved as i was by vision and wanda, though. unlike the nat/bruce thing that also kind of came out of the blue in ultron, these two were weirdly compelling. (although wanda’s missing accent is bothering me.)

5. there was so much cgi in this movie! some of it was truly breathtaking but more often than not it felt suffocating. i feel like tony stark and co. were especially ill-served: the deep blues of the doughnut spaceship and the flashy, dusty oranges on titan just made it more difficult to see the characters and, idk. i’m not a fan of the effect.

5.5. everything involving thor was great, tho. couldn’t possibly match the climactic bridge scene in ragnarok in terms of pure Epicness but came close several times.

6. mmm, what else? i really liked that this film undercut a lot of the truly dramatic scenes with humour--it just lent a dreadful sense of finality to the scenes that left us with death rather than a punchline.

6.5. another note: i realise that thor continually calling rocket and groot ‘rabbit and tree’ was supposed to be funny, but why would he do that? the ‘captain’ has a name. and he speaks groot’s language! why would he call him something as reductive as ‘tree’? (unless groot’s actual name is tree) it’s just a little niggling thing but it’s starting to bother me a lot now.

6.55. but i do find it a little endearing that prideful, extremely sensitive rocket never once bothered to correct thor.

7. ultimately the Epicness that made this movie possible is also one of the things that repeatedly threatens to bring it down. i just don’t want this film to fall down the rabbit hole that SPN finds itself in--expand its scope exponentially and find itself unable to remotely do it the justice that it deserves. what do you do with a character who could kill half the universe with a snap of his fingers? what do you do with characters who, in their individual movies, have expressed powers and resources that are seriously large-scale?

we see the film sputter in this respect a couple of times: i never understood why thanos didn’t just use the reality stone to, say, turn tony’s tech into cheesecake or something. out of respect at the man’s sheer tenacity? idk. and loki going out by trying to stab thanos was weird to me. was he deliberately sacrificing himself? is there something else going on? doesn’t he have much better weapons in his arsenal? at least he was aiming for the head

and the consequences of the final snap where more than half of the heroes disintegrated in front of their friends’ eyes should’ve felt more devastating, but the neatness of the old avengers being spared so that they could save (avenge if you will) their next generation in a final hurrah in the next movie seemed way too obvious. that’s not to say it wasn’t impactful. watching peter parker disintegrate in tony’s arms, fighting till the very last minute to stay he was so scared oh god he just wanted to stay and for mr stark to make it all right was gutting, no matter how much i’d prepared myself for it. i may have whimpered.

8. i’m sure i have a lot more to say but it’s getting late and i’m tired, so. another post in the near future maybe.

but before i go, how could i not talk about spiderman?? i screamed my throat raw at the first sight of peter parker, and although he doesn’t actually get all that much screen time he made every second count. the awe-inspiring appearance of the iron spider. “have you ever seen that old movie, aliens?” the sheer range of emotions that passed his face when tony stark officially made him an avenger. flying spaceships along with tony. fun with magic portals! almost getting the gauntlet off because he is Just That Strong. saving mantis and drax. and clinging to life till the very last second even as the edges of his body were starting to wisp away. this boy. god. how mcu hit the perfect formula to represent my all-time favourite superhero on screen is a mystery, but i’m so so glad it happened.

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such-a-common-girl · 7 years

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Maybe More Than Friends (Peter Parker x Stark!Reader)

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Peter Parker x Reader

Summary: After Peter joined the Avengers, you were basically forced into spending a lot of time with him, being that your father is being that your father is the Tony Stark. Your relationship starts off fairly innocent being as Peter was fairly shy around you, and not to mention that Tony had strictly forbid you two from dating. But despite your best efforts, the sexual tension between you two is undeniable. And one night while the rest of the Avengers are out on a mission, leaving you and Peter alone, the sexual tension comes to a peak. Peter is 18 in this fic.

Warnings: Extreme fluff. Language. Smut smut smut

You remember the first time you met Peter Parker. It was embarrassing, to say the least.

It was a pretty unexpected meetup. You didn’t even know that he was in the tower. You were working in the lab with another one of your dad’s employees, helping design a suit for the new Avengers recruit, Spiderman. It was your first major job, and you were so focused that you hadn’t even noticed when your dad and Peter walked in.

“Hey, Y/N, meet the new recruit, Peter. Peter, meet Y/N, my daughter.” Tony said loudly as he entered the lab, startling you and making you hit your head on the wall.

“Jesus Christ Dad, you scared me. I didn’t even know anyone was in here.” You had laughed softly. You turn to look at Peter, who you assume is Spiderman, and you’re shocked. When your dad had told you that they were recruiting him, you just assumed he would be older like the rest of the Avengers. But much to your surprise- and maybe happiness- he was around your age. And he was cute.

Peter blushed when he saw you, giving you a small wave. “H-Hi, Y/N.”

“I’m just showing the spiderling here around the tower. You’ll see him around here often. Peter, no making moves on my daughter. Off limits.” Tony said sternly, but there was definitely a hint of humor in his eyes. You had glared at your dad, embarrassed that he would have even said something like that.

“Way to go, Dad. Thanks.” You mumbled under your breath, not loud enough for either of them to hear. It’s not like you’re a little kid anymore. You’re eighteen, not twelve.

“O-Okay, Mr. Stark.” Peter nodded as he tore his stare away from you, making you blush this time. So maybe he was interested, too.

“Oh god, I might’ve just unintentionally played matchmaker.” Tony had mumbled, already starting to usher Peter out of the room. “Well, Peter, here’s your suit we’re working on, but unfortunately there’s no time to stay in this room any longer so let’s move along.”

It was an awkward and embarrassing first interaction, but it was something that you’d never forget.

You had only just moved in with your dad, Tony Stark, after graduating high-school. You had got a great job offer with Stark Industries (something Tony claims he has nothing to do with, but you know that’s bullshit). Much to his happiness, though, you gladly accepted the job. You love your mom and it’s not that you wanted to move away from your small town in the middle-of-nowhere Nebraska, but you knew that you were destined for bigger and better things. You did have the brains of your dad after all- the Stark last name definitely lived up to the hype with you.

You started living in the Avengers tower not long after, your own quaint floor to yourself where no one could get in without a passcode. Ever since then, you’ve loved it. It’s nice and private, giving you enough time and space to study and work, but at the same time a little daunting. New York is nothing like Nebraska and you’d be lying if you said that the Avengers weren’t a little intimidating. Tony tried to get you to warm up to them, and you tried, but your shy personality got the best of you. The only one you even felt like you could remotely talk to without getting tongue tied was Bucky, and that’s only because he didn’t talk much, either.

But then Peter came along.

That’s the one thing you didn’t inherit from your dad. Your personality. While Tony was outgoing, cocky, and admittedly sometimes stuck-up, you’re the complete opposite. You’re shy and mostly keep to yourself, and while that turns most people off of being friends with you, Peter loves it. He was patient with you with allowing you to open up with him- mostly because he was the same way. He was shy, too. It took him three months to be able to talk to you without blushing and stumbling over his words. Somehow, you two fit together like a puzzle.

Now, you two are best friends. You hang out with him almost every day (unless he’s out on a mission with the rest of the Avengers), he knows everything about you and vice versa, and you two just feel completely comfortable around each other. You love him to death, much to your dad’s dismay. Tony’s not the biggest fan of your guys’ friendship, always saying that one day it’s going to “give him grandkids before he’s ready.”

No matter how much you try and tell your dad that you and Peter are just friends, you’re not even sure that you believe it yourself. Yes, your relationship is technically platonic. You guys have never once said that you have feelings for the other, or even shared a kiss. But there is definitely something else there and you know that you’re not the only one who feels it. Sometimes whenever you’re watching a movie together, you’ll casually lay your head on him, or cuddle with him. He’ll kiss your forehead before leaving, and he’ll always put his arms around your shoulders if you’re out in public together. And sometimes, just sometimes, you’ll just look at each other in this certain way, and you both know… This is so much more than a simple friendship.

The other Avengers have asked so many times if you two are together, claiming that you’re both “too close” to not be dating. Even Steve thinks so. You guys always deny it, but you guys both know that there’s truth in what they're saying. You and Peter both know that you’re basically in love with each other, but neither of you will act on it, for many reasons.

One reason, the main reason, would be your dad. Neither of you forgot his warning on the first day he introduced you guys. “Peter, my daughter is off limits.” And as much as Peter may love you, he doesn’t want to cross Tony Stark. That’s his hero. He wouldn’t ever want to intentionally go behind his back. You, on the other hand, couldn’t give a shit about pissing off your dad or getting in trouble by him. You’ve done your fair share over the years of doing that. But, you don’t want to risk Peter’s job. If Tony finds out that you’ve broken his rule and gone behind his back… You’re not sure what he’d do to Peter. You’d rather not find out.

“Miss Y/N, your father told me to inform you that he is in the elevator heading up to your headquarters.” FRIDAY blares through the intercom, tearing you from your thoughts about Peter.

“Thank you.” You respond, pushing pause on the TV (that you weren’t really watching, anyway) before walking over to the elevator to meet him. Whenever the elevator dings and opens, you’re surprised to see that your dad is in full Iron Man suit, sans the headpiece, and holding a stack of papers in his hand.

“Woah, where are you going?” You furrow your eyebrows, your heart sinking. You hate when the team has to go out on surprise missions. You always worry about the safety of your dad and Peter. Especially Peter. “Fury sending you out on another emergency mission?”

“Yeah, unfortunately,” He sighs, walking into your living room to set down the stack of papers. “Should be back in a few days tops. Run these papers down to Bruce tomorrow morning by seven, will ya?”

“He’s not going?” You question. Hope rises in your chest- if Fury wasn’t sending the entire team out, there’s a chance Peter’s staying back, too.

“Bruce, Peter, and Bucky are staying back. Bruce will be stuck in the lab the whole time, Bucky probably won’t even be here- who the hell knows what that guy does in his free time. Peter… God, Y/N, just make good decisions, okay? No fonduing. No kissing. Not even any cuddling.” Your dad sighs dramatically, making you roll your eyes. “I asked Bruce to check up on you every once in a while and I’ll have Pepper swing by if I’m not back by Monday. I gave her and Bruce your key code to get onto your floor. I know I’m being overprotective and I know you’re an adult- but please spare me the sass. You’re my daughter, the enemy’s ultimate weapon against me. You need protection. And you already know that you can call Happy for anything. See ya soon, pumpkin.”

“Me and Peter are just friends, remember?” You follow him back to the elevator, ignoring everything else he said besides the part about Peter. You didn’t feel like arguing with him before he goes out to risk his life for the sake of the world. “Thanks to you.” You say the last part under your breath.

“What was that?” Tony raises his eyebrows.

“Nothing,” You smile sweetly. “Be safe.”

“Always am.” He kisses your forehead before heading back down the elevator. You go into your room, deciding to change into more comfortable clothes before making dinner. You throw on a cropped t-shirt and sleeping shorts before walking over to the window to watch the quinjet take off. You’ve never been this alone in the tower without the team. Normally, half of them stay back, keeping you somewhat of company if you didn’t want to be alone. At least Peter stayed back this time.

You debate on if you should text Peter to come over or not when you feel your phone vibrating, a text from Peter coming in. “Speaking of the devil…” You mumble, picking up your phone from its charger and reading the text.

‘Wanna eat some greasy pizza and watch some dumb comedy movies?’ The text reads, making you smile. He always knows how to make you feel better after your dad leaves for a mission.

‘Come on over, P. I’ll order the pizza now. But I’m getting pepperoni this time.’ You send back.

“FRIDAY, please let Happy know that there’s going to be a pizza order coming in for me soon and if he could ever so kindly bring it up to me that’d be great.” You speak out loud to the system. “Oh, also allow Peter access to my floor whenever he arrives.”

“I will inform Happy right away,” FRIDAY responds. “Mr. Parker is already on the elevator to your living quarters.”

You smile a little bit, shaking your head. He must’ve already been in the tower when he texted you. That, or he was already on his way to hang out with you and just conveniently forgot to tell you until he was already almost there. You’re leaning more towards the latter- it wouldn’t be the first time.

Looking down at your outfit, you think about changing into something a bit more… modest, but ultimately decide not to. It’s not the end of the world, it’s just a cropped t-shirt and comfortable sleeping shorts. The shorts are a bit short, and the shirt shows off more than half of your stomach, but Peter’s seen you in a bikini; this shouldn’t be a big deal. Besides… Maybe you want him to look at you.

“Don’t worry about the pizza, I got it!” You hear a voice call out as the elevator dings, a voice you instantly recognize as Peter.

“You know, for someone who only asked me about five minutes ago if I wanted to hang out, you got here pretty quickly.” You tease, walking over to meet him. He must’ve just gotten out of class since he still has on his regular clothes. Normally when he comes over, it’s in-between or just after being “the friendly, neighborhood Spider-man.”

“Hey, I was in the neighborhood.” Peter shrugs, and he hands you a pizza box. You squeal with happiness and run over to the kitchen, setting it down on the counter. “I got you pepperoni.”

“Oh god, you’re a lifesaver.” You hug him gently before grabbing a slice of pizza and walking in front of him to grab a plate from your cabinets. “How was class today?”

“It was crap. You know, I thought that when I got into college, Flash wouldn’t be such a- oh.” Peter stops talking mid-sentence, and you look at him confused.

“What?” You ask. His cheeks are turning red and he’s not looking at you in the eyes, indicating that something is definitely wrong.

“N-Nothing, I’m going to go pick out a movie, okay?” He says. You squint your eyes as you watch him practically run out of the room. Shrugging your shoulders, you decide to not press it. Peter might be your best friend, but he can be a little weird sometimes.

You finish up getting your food before walking into the living area, taking a seat on the couch next to Peter and curling up under a blanket. You can feel him scoot away from you further, and you look at him weird, but he doesn’t meet your stare so you just accept it.

“You want some pizza? You forgot to grab some in the kitchen.” You hold your plate out to him, your entire side of your body now up against his. He tenses at your touch, which just confuses your more, so you set down your plate and look at him, exasperated.

“What is going on with you?” You furrow your eyebrows. “Seriously. You’re acting weird.”

“No, it’s nothing, I promise.” He doesn’t look at you as he scrolls through the movie options on Netflix. You sigh, snatching the remote from his hand and throwing it on the other side of the couch. “Hey, I was using that!”

“Not anymore,” You roll your eyes. “What’s going on? You’re acting repulsed by me.”

“What? Why would you think that?” He finally looks at you, and you notice he looks panicked. “You could never repulse me. You’re beautiful. Wait- I mean, you’re my best friend. Not that you’re not beautiful, wow, because you are. You’re freakin’ beautiful.”

“Peter,” You stop his nervous rambling, a smile escaping your lips. “I got it, thanks.”

“Oh no, now you’re mad at me, dammit.” Peter groans. “I’m sorry, I’m not repulsed by you at all, but theoutfityou’rewearinglooksreallygoodonyouanditturnedmeon.“

“What?” You heard what he said, but you want to hear him say it again. You need to hear him say it again. “Peter, you’re gonna have to repeat that.”

He looks torn but ultimately decides to talk. “I don’t know if I should or not.”

“Why not?” You frown. “Nothing you can say is going to make me hate you. I just wanna know what’s going on.”

“I said your outfit turned me on. Those shorts…” He mumbles, just loud enough for you to hear. “Shit, I’m sorry, Y/N. I- I shouldn’t have said that Now our friendship is going to change, and I don’t want to lose you, and Mr. Stark going to murder me, and I won’t be an Avenger anymore, and-“

You don’t know what comes over you, but you lean over and press your lips against his. It’s only a quick, simple peck, but it’s enough to get the message across. You’re tired of holding yourself back because of your dad- you love Peter, definitely as more than a friend, and now you want to show him.

“Peter,” You whisper as you pull away from him. He looks at you in awe, a small smile peeking through. “Nothing between us is going to change. I can promise you that.”

“I-I love you, Y/N.” He breathes out. “God, I love you so much.”

“I love you too, Peter, but I think that’s pretty obvious. Even though you’re a giant dork.” You smirk.

“Hey!” He laughs airily. “What about your dad? He… He could take my job away. He could literally kill me. You know that’s the only reason I haven’t done,” Peter looks at you in a way to reference what was going on between you two, “this, right? Because holy crap, Y/N, it’s been so hard to not tell you sometimes.”

“Yeah, Peter, I know,” You smile, kissing his cheek. You pull yourself on top of his lap, straddling his waist, your need for him increasing. You’ve both held back for so long, the sexual tension between you two always high, and sometimes your own hands just can’t do it for you. You want him. You can feel his erection through his jeans, his eyes lust filled, and it gives you even more confidence to continue. You lean down to whisper in his ear, “But what my dad doesn’t know won’t hurt him, right?”

He doesn’t respond, he only cups your face with his hands and brings you into a kiss. His lips move against yours sweetly; it’s a little clumsy since neither of you are super experienced, but it’s perfect. You’ve never felt so right kissing someone before.

His hands run up and down your bare back, hesitating as they reach your bra. He pulls away, looking at you as if asking for permission.

“You can take it off,” You nod your head, and he fumbles with the clasp for a few moments until it comes undone. You lift your arms up over your head and allow Peter to take off your shirt before removing your bra completely. He looks as your chest in pure admiration before beginning to massage one of your boobs in his hand, twisting at the nipple a bit before taking the other one into his mouth.

“Oh, Peter,” You arch your back into him, wrapping your arms around his neck as he sucks and makes love bites on your chest. For a guy who’s relatively inexperienced, he certainly knows what he’s doing.

You begin to fumble with his jeans, beginning to unbutton and unzip them. You climb off his lap enough for him to remove his pants and for you to remove yours, leaving you both only in your underwear. He looks at your body up and down as you stand in front of him in, unable to contain his smile.

“You are so beautiful, I don’t know how I got so lucky,” He mumbles as he walks over to you and brings you into another kiss, grabbing your waist and picking you up. You don’t break the kiss as you wrap your legs around him, your hands tangled in his hair.

“You know,” You pull away, breathless, “We should probably move this into the bedroom and away from these windows.”

“Good idea,” He laughs, kissing you one more time before he wraps his arms around you tighter and walks you both into your bedroom. He tries to lay you down gently on the bed, but his strength (and undoubtedly also how urgently he needs you) makes it more as if he’s shoving you onto the bed.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” He apologizes, looking genuinely concerned.

“It’s fine, I kind of liked it,” You smirk, pulling him down to you. His fingers travel down your body before stopping at your underwear, looping his finger underneath the top and pulling them down your legs. He begins to rub circles on your clit, your wetness spreading onto his fingers. You moan loudly, unable to stop yourself from bucking your hips up against him.

“You’re so wet,” Peter mumbles before lowering his body, kissing his way down your stomach until he reaches the spot right where you need him. He kisses your inner thighs before, finally, licking a stripe up your clit. You moan ever louder, and Peter uses his left hand to hold your hips down as he begins to quicken up his pace, his right hand now pumping in and out of you slowly.

“Oh, fuck, Peter,” You moan out, your hands gripping his hair. “Fuck,”

Just before you can feel your orgasm starting to near, you pull him up, and he gives you a confused look. “I don’t want to cum yet,” You say in a sultry tone as you push Peter down onto the bed, beginning to remove his boxers. “I want to wait to cum on your cock.”

His eyes go wide as you kiss the tip of his dick, realizing that you were going to go down on him.

“Babe, you don’t have to if you don’t want- oh, fuck,” Peter hisses as you take him into your mouth, swirling your tongue and bobbing your head up and down. You use your hand to pump the rest of his length that you can’t reach as you work on him, his hands holding your hair up in a ponytail.

“Jesus Christ, Y/N, fuck,” He curses, and you can tell he’s straining to keep himself from bucking his hips up into your mouth. You’ve never been with someone this vocal before. You begin to go faster, and you know he’s almost done with.

“I’m gonna come, fuck, so unless you want me to come in your mouth I would stop,” Peter says between grunts, and you release him from your mouth with a pop.

“You’re absolutely amazing,” Peter mumbles as you crawl back up the bed, allowing him to pin you down underneath him. “Dammit, do you have a condom?”

“I’m on the pill, please Peter, just fuck me,” You breathe heavily, and Peter breathes a sigh of relief, both of you happy that you don’t have to stop since you don’t have condoms. He begins to slide his tip up and down your slick, excruciatingly slow before he aligns himself with your entrance and pushes into you.

It’s slightly uncomfortable as he stretches your walls out since you haven’t had sex in a while. Peter notices the look on pain on your face and he stops pushing in immediately, looking at you in concern.

“Are you okay? Do I need to stop?” He asks, and you smile at how loving and caring he’s being. You’ve never been with anyone like that before.

“No I’m good, it’s just been a while,” You explain. “Keep going.”

Peter nods and pushes himself in all the way, earning a moan from the both of you. He begins to move in and out of you slowly, and you wrap your legs around his waist, giving him the go ahead to go faster and harder.

“Oh, fuck,” You moan out as he begins to slam into you, pleasure radiating throughout your body. You run your nails down Peter’s back as he pounds into you, your bed frame hitting the wall repeatedly. You know that neither of you are going to last very long at this rate, but you don’t care.

The sounds of skin against skin fills the room, along with both of your moans, and you’re suddenly glad that the other Avengers are gone. You have no doubt that even with your own floor, they would’ve still heard what’s going on right now.

“I’m gonna cum, babe,” Peter voices, still fucking you so hard you know you’re not going to be able to walk tomorrow.

“Me too, please don’t stop,” You cry out, and Peter latches his fingers in between yours as he brings both of you two your climaxes, his warm cum filling you as your walls clench around his dick.

He pulls out slowly, a bead of sweat dripping off his forehead as he collapses on the bed beside you. Both of you are breathing hard as you come down from your high, your hands still latched together. He turns his head and looks at you, smiling.

“What?” You giggle.

“We waited way too long for that.” He laughs.

“Mhm,” You agree, and you swing your leg over him, pulling yourself on top of him again. “I need to go take a shower, you can join me if you want.”

His eyes immediately get lust-blown again before nodding his head furiously, picking you up and taking you to the shower.

“Miss Y/N, Mr. Banner is on his way up to your floor.” You hear FRIDAY through the speakers of your room, making you groan and pull the blanket up further to hide the sunlight from your tired eyes. Just as you’re about to fall back asleep, you feel Peter shift in the bed beside you, making your eyes dart open.

Shit.

You jump out of bed immediately, desperately trying to find clothes to wear. You had totally forgotten to bring those papers to Bruce last night, considering you were…busy. You and Peter definitely made up for all the missed time, to say the least. In the shower, in the kitchen (unplanned, you were just going to get some snacks when Peter snuck up behind you), in the bed again…. Yeah, you were busy.

“What’s going on?” Peter mumbles from your bed, half-asleep.

“Bruce is on his way up to my floor and we’re both fucking naked!” You whisper-shout. Peter darts out of bed immediately, and just as you’re searching through your closet to find clothes to throw on quickly, you can hear Bruce calling out your name in the other room.

“My clothes are in the living room,” Peter looks at you with wide eyes.

“Shit,” You curse. “Just… Stay in here. I’ll be back.”

You find your robe and throw it on quickly, not even bothering to look in the mirror to make yourself even more horrified. You already know you have sex hair and probably a million hickeys. You quietly shut the floor behind you as you walk into the other room to meet Bruce, hoping to just get this awkward encounter over and done with.

“Hi, Bruce.” You say awkwardly. He looks up from his phone and meets your stare, his eyes widening when he sees your appearance.

“Uh, hi, Y/N.” He clears his throat, and you notice his eyes travel to the pile of yours and Peter’s clothes. It wouldn’t be as bad if Peter’s shirt wasn’t one that the Avengers saw him wear all the time. “I’m just here for the papers…” He scratches his head uncomfortably.

“Yeah…” You cringe and refuse to make eye contact with him, just quickly running over to the table to grab the papers for him. You basically shove it in his hands and rush him back over to the elevator for him to leave.

“Not to pry, but, does your dad know about this?” Bruce asks.

“Absolutely not, and please don’t tell him.” You beg. “Peter would be in so much shit.”

“Yeah yeah, okay… Well… I’m gonna go now.” He points to the elevator and he rushes into it, leaving you alone again. You sigh, your heart beating fast. At least he’s not going to tell Tony.

You pick up the pile of clothes and run back into your room, shutting the door behind you. Peter looks at you in nervous anticipation as you throw his clothes at him, obviously scared you’re going to give him bad news.

“Well, we’re off the hook.” You explain to Peter how awkward it was, but he’s not going to tell your dad. Thankfully. Peter is probably more relieved than you are.

“Thank god,” He mumbles, and you sit down on the bed next to him, and he puts his arm around you. “We’re gonna have to tell him eventually, you know that?”

“Yeah, I know.” You sigh. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”

You rest your head on his shoulders and his kisses your forehead, pulling you in closer. Yeah, you’ll probably be in deep shit whenever Tony finds out. But at least for now, you’ve got Peter. Your best friend, your dork, and fortunately for you, the guy you love.

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theantisocialcritic · 4 years

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Archive Project - January 25, 2014 - Unlikely Avengers Villains

I've been wanting to write a new article series along side my movies reviews to talk about stuff going on with movies and the entertainment culture and this particular topic is one i've wanted to do for a while. As the Avengers movies build up the the next installment, Avengers: Age of Ultron, a lot of people not well versed in Comic books are probably wondering what kinds of stories and characters the upcoming movies will introduce. Here i intend to put to bed some speculations about famous Marvel Supervillians that cannot and probably will not be making appearances, largely due to copyright law. j In the movie industry, when somebody wants to make a film based off of an Intellectual property (IP) they approach the owner and are acquire the exclusive right to make a movie off of that property. In the late 1990s, with the boom in the Superhero genre started by the 1989 Batman movie, Marvel Comics began selling off the rights to their more well known super heroes like Spiderman, Daredevil, Hulk, etc. Over time, many of the characters had the movie rights returned to Marvel when their movies failed to prove successful in the box office. With the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the aftermath of The Avengers, a common complaint of the series became that the series was severely prone to weak villain characters: Whiplash, Obediah, The Abomination and Malekith are all terribly forgettable bad guys that exist to push the plot forward in the respective movies. To date the only really strong villains in the Marvel Universe have been Red Skull, Loki and Guy Pierce's character. Its a big problem for this franchise that in 8 movies, there have only been 3 memorable Bad Guys. Thankfully this appears to be changing with some of the upcoming movies: The Winter Soldier, Thanos, Ultron and Baron von Strucker are all making appearances in the next 3 movies. Unfortunately, due to Marvel's current predicament with having sold off it's movie rights to other studios, the vast majority of better known supervillians in the Marvel Universe are closed off from their movies which could pose a possible threat beyond Avengers 2. As it stands, here are where the major superhero character's movie rights are currently standing: Fox: The Wolverine, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four Sony Pictures: Spiderman Marvel/Disney: The Avengers, The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, etc, and the vast majority of unlicensed characters in the Marvel Universe With this in mind, lets see some of the great Marvel Supervillians that will never make an appearance in The Avengers due to Copyright Law. ————————————————————————————————————————— 3. Dr. Doom ————————————————————————————————————————— In the comics, Dr. Doom is considered to be one of the most dangerous super villains on Earth. He's a super genius with super powers and maintains diplomatic immunity to arrest due to him being the dictator of the fictional nation of Latveria. When Marvel sold Fox the rights to The Fantastic Four, the contract came as a bundle with the vast majority of side characters and super villains from the supporting cast of the FF, including Dr. Doom. So unfortunately, neither he nor the Fantastic Four will be appearing in the Avengers side cast. ————————————————————————————————————————— 2. Galactus and the Silver Surfer ————————————————————————————————————————— Similarly to Dr. Doom, Galactus is tied up in the FF bundle and reserved by Fox. At appearance, Galactus seems to be one of the sillier concepts in the Marvel Universe, being a 200 foot tall man in a silly purple hat. The silliness really stops at face value though as he does come with an interesting backstory. Galactus is not a being, but an entity that consumes planets. In order to survive he must convert matter into energy and has attempted to destroy the Earth several times throughout Marvel's history. He appeared alongside the Silver Surfer in Fox's 2nd FF movie, however his form was changed from giant purple cloud to Evil Space Cloud because this was the time when Superhero movies were still too ashamed of their source material to portray them accurately. Then Thor came out and shame got thrown right out the window. ————————————————————————————————————————— 1. Magneto ————————————————————————————————————————— Magneto is arguable one of the most interesting characters in the Marvel Comics as while he is commonly associated as a supervillian, his portrayal usually is deeper than just being evil. He represents a philosophy, a brutal harsh one but one that makes sense given his background. In the X-Men comics he is portrayed as the rival of Charles Xavier. They are both mutants and their rivalry is founded on their philosophies towards interacting with normal humans. Do they try to get along and integrate into society (Xavier) or do they stand above the humans and look down on them as lessors (Magneto). His story is much better explained than that and i'd definitely recommend checking out the X-Men movies where his story is better explained. Unfortunately, he is tied up at Fox until the X-Men series stops making millions of dollars and I finally get my dream of The Avengers Meet the X-Men that is still so far away… ————————————————————————————————————————— BONUS: MODOK ————————————————————————————————————————— Yah… MODOC isn't technically tied up in Copyright, he's never been in a movie but theres a very specific reason why he hasn't and probably won't be staring in the Avengers anytime soon or ever. Look up a photo of MODOK on google right now and you'll see why… ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Yah… while he does have some interesting moments in the comics and cartoon shows, there is no way they could ever pull that off in Live Action without scarring hundreds of little children for the rest of their lives… O.o ————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————— Thank you for reading! Live long and prosper! Sources: The Big Picture: Wrongs and Rights, The Escapist Magazine

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valereth2 · 7 years

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Spiderman Homecoming thoughts

I saw Spiderman Homecoming at the dollar theater, and it was good. It is not one of Marvel's best. Don't go in expecting to be blown away like the first Iron Man, Captain America 2 and 3 or the first Guardians of the Galaxy, but it is still an enjoyable film, and it is the best Spiderman flick since the second Raimi film.

In the grand scheme of things, this is a fairly non consequential movie to the overarching plot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It does have connections to it, but you really don't need to see the other films to know what is going on here. This works pretty well as a stand alone film.

This is, also, a smaller story than a lot of the big Marvel films. There is no huge plot to destroy the world that in this flick. There is no MCU altering plot twists in it, either. This film keeps it fairly simple in this regard, but I kind of like that about it. Not every movie in the MCU need to feel like a huge event.

Anyway, from a story perspective, this mixes the things that you want to see from a Spiderman flick with teenage high school drama that you may or may not give a fuck about. It may annoy you too, but Peter is younger in this film. He is played well. He is a believable and likeable character, and he is well played by Tom Holland. Michael Keaton is great as the Vulture, as well because he is Michael fucking Keaton.

The action scenes are, for the most part, great, but it does have some shaky cam. It has some dark shots at night and close ups where it can be difficult to tell exactly what is going on. I hate when films do this kind of stuff. Your action scenes are supposed to be highlights of the film so let us see them clearly, damn it. Still, it does not go too overboard with that kind of thing.

As far as the story is concerned, it has a simple set up that ties in with the end of the Avengers. You know how you pretty much never get to see the aftermath of major battles in these kinds of films? You never see clean up crews or repair work going on? This film starts off with a clean up crew cleaning up the streets after the battle at the end of Avengers. I thought that was cool to see. The film is basically about the Vulture and his construction crew using alien weaponry to build their tech secretly and Spiderman trying to find out who they are and trying to stop them. This is not an origin story, and I like that about it. We have already seen his origin twice. We really do not need to see it a third time.

As far as the whole social justice warrior controversy that surrounded this film, it does have a few lines here and there that you can tell were put in there to force a stupid left win SJW political message. It is not enough to make me not enjoy the film, as a whole, but every single time this happened, it was so cringey, ham-fisted and forced that it took me right out of the film. I could not help but groan at it, and I am not going to lie. The film would have been better without that unnecessary political shit in it.

Having said that. I still think this is a fun film worth a watch. If you like Spiderman and want to see his films not suck again, this is the film you have been waiting for. It is a good one. Just do not go in expecting anything as good as Marvel's top tier. You will not get it here a fun, fairly grounded and simple fun comic book movie.

#spiderman #spider-man: homecoming #spider-man #spider man #movie #thoughts #movies #film #films #marvel

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1upmushrooms · 7 years

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My Thoughts on Spiderman: Homecoming.

This Saturday, I’ll be doing something different. Instead of uploading a short story I thought I’d talk about a movie I just recently saw. Namely this one:

Before I get in deep, I wanna warn all of y’all.

I will be getting into SPOILERS for this movie.

If you don’t want to be spoiled, here’s a quick spoiler-free review: It’s great. One of the most fun Spider-Man movies I’ve seen and it is easily my favorite of all the 6 Spider-Man films (I even like it more than Spider-Man 2). So yeah, I highly recommend it.

Again, SPOILERS from here on out. If you don’t wanna be SPOILED, read no further.

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I really can't state my love for Spider Man: Homecoming enough. It's really good and so far one of my personal favorites of the MCU (though both the Guardians of the Galaxy movies are a very close second).

Obviously, Tom Holland is an incredible talent. The previous on screen Spider-Men have been commonly critiqued for expertly portraying one side of the character and falling flat for the other side. Toby Maguire was a great Peter Parker but an awkward Spider-Man, whereas Andrew Garfield was a fantastic Spider-Man but his Peter Parker came off a bit too cool and confident. Tom Holland was great at portraying BOTH.

I also felt that this incarnation was the most relatable. Peter's eagerness to join the Avengers on another mission (to the point where he's constantly leaving voice messages on Happy Hogan's phone) is absolutely adorkable and his sheer devotion to his duties as Spider-Man is admirable to a degree. At the very least, he's taking "With great Power, there must also come great Responsibility" seriously.

And good God, when he's in peril it's actually a little tough to watch. Especially the scene where he’s stuck under the huge amount of debris and there’s no one to help him. After all, he's still a kid with only a little experience to this whole superhero gig. So when he's in true danger, danger that might actually do him in this time, it's both suspenseful and even heart wrenching to witness.

I also found Parker's friend, Ned Leed's to be a rather fun character. His constant squees of joy are rather relatable (I know I'D get excited if I knew my friend was Spider-Man). While there are moments where he comes dangerously close to being a guy Peter should stop hanging out with, he fortunately manages to never get TOO annoying and he also proves to be truly helpful as he saves Peter from the Shocker and then goes on to be a rather promising “Guy in the chair”.

The interactions with Peter, Tony, and Happy Hogan are also really good. I really like that they got Faverau back for Happy Hogan and he does a great job of portraying a grump with a complete disdain for Peter. However, he also grows to respect Peter later one. The scene near the end where Happy straight forwardly tells Peter he did him a solid by fighting the Vulture is a really touching scene that shows how much his perception of the kid has changed from the beginning.

Tony Stark is...well Tony Stark. You really think RDJ's gonna turn in a bad performance? But yeah, he's fantastic in the few scenes he's in and I appreciate that he doesn't steal the spotlight from Peter. He's there when he needs to be there, and he leaves when he needs to leave.

Flash Thompson......eeeeeeh. It's not that this is a bad character or even a bad performance. I just think it's a bit too far removed from the original character. Really, the only real similarity between Movie Flash and Comic Flash is that they're asshole bullies. Sure, Ned Leed's is nothing like his comic counterpart but he's an extremely obscure character in the comics. Flash, on the other hand, is practically one of Peter's most pivotal and most enduring antagonists.

It'd be like if they included J. Jonah Jameson and made him a young man in his 20's who rarely raises his voice and is rather supportive of Spider-Man. I dunno, I think they could've at least made Flash a Spider-Man fanboy to give him some more ties to his comic counterpart.

Peter's crush, Liz is fine. She didn't really leave that huge of an impact on me. Though I did feel sorry for her after Peter ditched her at homecoming. (Not that he didn’t have a good reason, mind you).

Alright, I honestly fought myself to keep this post from just being a Michael Keaton praise-fest and I think I did alright so far. However, I think I’m gonna stumble a little on this next part because I cannot praise Michael Keaton enough.

His performance as Adrian Toomes (AKA: The Vulture) is the highlight of the movie for me. His backstory as a blue-collar family man who, along with his cleanup crew, have had their jobs taken away from Damage Control (Hey, Comicbook reference!), is sympathetic in and of itself. It also makes Adrian a scavenger of sorts (fitting). However, Adrian Toomes has a fair amount of sympathetic qualities as well.

For starters, the major reason Toomes is an arms dealer is so his family (not to mention the families of his employees) doesn't have to suffer in poverty. He's also a benevolent boss to his underlings and only kills an employee who coldly threatened to harm his family (it's even implied he didn't intend to kill him). He's even surprisingly grateful to Peter for saving his daughter's life. In fact, because Peter saved his daughter, Toomes was actually willing to leave Peter alone....provided he leaves HIM alone of course.

Of course, this doesn't mean The Vulture is a soft villain. God help you if you continue to interfere with his business. Adrian Toomes is incredibly ruthless when he has to be and, since he's played by Michael Keaton, is downright terrifying when he gets serious.

My absolute favorite scene is the one in the car where Adrian figures out Peter is Spider-Man. You see, Adrian turns out to be the father of Liz, Peter’s crush. And as he takes them to Homecoming, Liz let’s it slip that Peter has been disappearing a lot lately. It's genuinely chilling to see Toomes' face glimmer as he slowly puts two and two together.

I also liked how they handled the Shocker. He's not 100% faithful to the character but there is definitely one element I'm glad they got right. Near the third act, Shocker actually announces that he's leaving the Vulture's crew. The job has gotten too much unwanted attention from both the feds and Iron Man. He even urges Adrian to do the same and only stays when he thinks there's a much better chance of success.

THAT is the Shocker of the comics. Yeah, he's a butt monkey with a silly costume, but he's also a career bank robber who's a veteran in the field for a reason. He always keeps a low profile, he never holds grudges, and always tries to get out a job when it goes sour. Yeah, this version of him isn't shown to be a technical genius (at least from what we've seen so far), but at the very least he's still a pro who knows when to fold 'em. I hope we see more of him in future installments.

Speaking of villains I wanna see more of, Marc Gargan (The Scorpion) is in this for about two scenes...and boy does he make good use of them! We don't know much about him, but we do know that he is bad news and is out for Spider-Blood by the end of the film. Also, in a post credits scene, he mentions "Several friends" outside who might wanna have a go at Spider-Man. I'm probably reaching here, but what if there are "Six" friends of his? Six friends that happen to be quite "Sinister"? Ah? AAAAH?

But seriously though, I really hope Marc Gargan makes another appearance in the sequel. It'd be a terrible waste if he just disappeared with not even a mention.

One more thing I wanna mention before I (mercifully) end this post: Michelle Jones....whose friends call her MJ.

Honestly, it's another Flash Thompson situation of a good character and performance (One of my favorite jokes in the whole movie is when Michelle snarks about the Washington monument being built by slaves) having absolutely nothing to do with the comics character. Michelle is a love interest. Mary Jane is a love interest. That is literally it.

This instance is even more egregious because Mary Jane Waston is one of the franchise's most iconic characters. Even regular Joes who don't read comics can easily tell you who Mary Jane is and for this movie to completely change her personality is annoying. Not helping matters at all is the fact that the Raimi films didn't get her right either so we can add "Wasted opportunity to get the character right" to the list of problems. Again, Michelle is great as her own character but the MJ stuff just annoys me.

However, that is still a blemish in what is otherwise a fantastic addition to the MCU. I’m definitely getting this one when it comes to blu-ray.

#spiderman #spider-man: homecoming #thoughts on

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spideymovey · 4 years

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Spiderman Movie Pitch

Okay so my friend Cody has this idea for a Spider-Man movie and gave me permission to post it to Tumblr. It was written out on his phone and sent in a Discord server so please excuse any errors. “Otto(who is a perfect sane and normal man at this point that also works at Oscorp) gets a job at Peter's school near the end of the year. The two become close, with both being thoroughly impressed by the other's intelligence eventually leading Otto to offer Pete a summer internship at Oscorp. Peter accepts and things follow pretty similarly to Peter and Otto's story in the ps4 game in the background as the rest of the story continues. While all this has been happening, Spider-Man has been following a mysterious string of large scale tech robberies being committed by some "flying green beast". Off of this description Peter assumes these crimes might be the return of the Vulture so at some point he visits him in jail(to tie things together and make it feel like hes learned from his past conflicts) where he and Tombs have a serious but informative conversation. Peter would thank him for keeping his secret, Tombs would check in to see if Pete ever hears from Liz and if shes ok, to which he would probably mention something about her doing fine on social media. The important take away from this scene though would be that this string of crimes isn't tied to the Vulture gang, but Tombs promises to ask around and tells him to visit again in a week for more info. Peter goes off and we get a few more scenes of him and Otto bonding along with some more investigations by Spidey as he interrogates gang leaders and discovers more devastated crime scenes left by the since titled "Goblin". As things progress Peter would actually start showing up to crime scenes on time, occasionally blowing off work with Otto and straining their friendship, and catching the goblin in the act. The two would have a few fights, with Peter getting his ass kicked each time, leaving him to ponder the question of the Goblin's identity. Throughout the film Otto has also been mentioning a big science convention that Oscorp will be hosting later in that month, where he and Peter would show of their new engineer safe "building limbs" which would assist workers in the field safely lift and saw large objects.(this gives the tentacles a reason to be so strong and also have that saw thing they seem to do in every show and movie. Also there would probably be a scene of Peter using his iron-spider suit schematics to assist in the development in the arms, also providing more reason for them to be so powerful while also referencing previous films.) At this point in the film the big Convention has rolled around and Peter and Otto with the help of Ned and Mj are preparing their booth and having light hearted discussion about what the big Oscorp official tech reveal might be. Ned and Mj wish Peter luck before going off to sit in the audience for the main opening event, while Otto goes to take care of some last second preparations. During this Peter notices that Otto has been acting a lot more nervous and jumpy, displaying withdraw symptoms like arm scratching and shifting eyes. This has been progressively getting worse throughout the film, but Peter hasn't noticed it as he's been ditching Otto and preoccupied with the Goblin. He explains that Otto is going to be fired after this quarter and that he would like to offer Peter a full time, paid position as his personal lab assistant. In the background Otto begins to approach, overhearing their conversation and running off before he is able to hear Peter decline the offer and defend Otto. A bit of time passes and Peter meets up with a much more confident and cold Otto who ignores Peter's lighthearted remarks before their stage reveal. Otto straps on the tarp covered arms and the two make their way on stage. Otto gives a passive agressive speech that slowly becomes more and more malicious before he finally rips the tarp of his arms and calls out Osborn. As the doctor lifts himself off the ground with his mechanical appendages an empty pill bottle falls out of his pocket and lands next to Peter, who grabs at one of the arms, begging him to stop before being slapped away violently by the arm and thrown into the backstage. Peter quickly recovers and quickly changes behind the curtains. Meanwhile out front the crowd has broken into chaos as Norman begins to escape. Spiderman swings in and pulls Norman away from Otto just in time and the two have a short fight that ends with Otto passing out from his overdose, and falling backwards into another display and being brutallyelectrocuted. This display is a large metal contraption made up of parts Peter instantly recognizes as the stolen Goblin tech. Spidey rushes over to help Otto and notices that Norman has left. Cut to the hospital where Otto lays in a bed, the arms now fused to his body and dangling around the room as they are being held up. Peter sits in the lobby, clearly upset before side glancing the mask slightly sticking out from within his bag. Peter grabs the bag and heads out to confront Osborn. Spidey swings through the window of Norman's penthouse and confronts him in his study. Norman makes a passing remark about his son sleeping in the other room, they talk and eventually he confesses to being the goblin. Spidey gets ready to take him in, but Norman quickly begins to inform him that he is the most powerful man in the city. He explains his influence over the police, criminals, and news and how he couldn't be taken in even with the proper evidence. Spidey asks about the stolen parts and Osborn responds with a "number of important side projects of mine"(referencing a potential sinister six movie) at this point police sirens go off outside then penthouse and Spidey makes a quip about how hes not the only guy in red and blue whos here for Norman, to which he coldly states that those aren't for him. Pete quickly turns to look out the window and sees them heading towards the hospital. Spidey jumps out the window leaving Osborn in his study. Cut to the hospital where Otto has had a severe mental breakdown, and is rampaging through the hospital. We would have a full scene of him crashing his way through the hospital and causing general chaos. Spidey shows up and the two have an emotionally climactic fight that moves although out the building and eventually ends outside infront of a crowd of people, cops, and the news. Otto is arrested, Osborn is still out there and the film ends with Pete looking out over the city the next day, filled with dread for whats to come and chucking a rock a jumbo screen of Jameson ranting about how spiderman just beat up a hospitalized man. This is just a pitch, so a lot of the ideas would get more fleshing out and focus then I wrote here and some of the holes would get fixed.”

Constructive criticism welcome!!

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marvelousmoviemarvelthon-blog · 7 years

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Captain America: Civil War

Jen and I have been on a great run of martial arts/action movies over the past few weeks… The Raid (1 and 2), John Wick (1 and 2), Blade (1, not 2), Hard Boiled, (re-watching) The Matrix; the one thing they have in common is great action throughout.

Why am I bringing up these brutal action movies when discussing a fantasy comic book movie? Well the most important factor of the action in all these movies is that it is realistic/relatable. No matter how fantastical the rest of the movie gets (usually in the sequel instalments), the action is always realistically performed. Realism in action shows the audience that there are real stakes and worries the audience into thinking the protagonist could get into serious harm. It is exhilarating to see hard and intense action scenes being performed by capable actors/stunt-people, and lets every hit feel real, as if each punch or kick is its own plot point in the story of the characters moving the film forward.

Basically, realism = relatability ; as an audience, we understand what the human body is reasonably capable of, in the same way we can read emotionality to understand the stakes of a drama, we feel the intensity with which a character physically fights against their obstacles to overcome. When the audience is fully immersed in the belief of that reality, an action movie is successfully doing its job.

That brings me to Captain America: Civil War; the previous movie, The Winter Soldier, set the standard for street-level action for the MCU. It was hard, fast, brutal and, most importantly, realistic (mostly!). Great scenes as Nick Fury’s car chase (still the best action scene in the MCU) or the fight in the streets of DC against the Winter Soldier, sold the violence as consequential and destructive without going outside the realms of realism created immense tension for the audience. I consider it a legitimately great film for that reason.

Unfortunately, Civil War’s overall success is more muddled.

I’ll start with the good… the action scenes set in Berlin during the first and second acts were the real highpoint of the movie for me. Right from the moment Steve Rogers finds Bucky at his apartment hideout, through the stairway battle, down to running and driving through the streets of Berlin. The stakes and the story have been set, and that is underlined by the realistic and heavy action (a few building-to-building jumps and Vibranium laced cat-suits aside). The inter-twining of high stakes story and realistic action places us in the moment with the characters.

However, for me, the real action highpoint of the movie is the fight scene at the beginning of the second act where the reprogrammed is confronted by a number of the avengers as he makes his escape from captivity. It only lasts just over a minute, but the action is more brutal and better choreographed than at any other point in the movie. Yes, there are a few too many cuts to see a lot of the hits land, you can tell which actors are better trained for action choreography by how long the cuts are in their relative action moments, and maybe there is a bit too much shaky cam to make up for this. But, you can see the desperation on each characters faces (helped immensely by them all being in street clothes) as the situation spirals out of control.

This desperation manifests in the action, the intelligent character-based actions of Tony Stark using his technology to get the upper hand on Bucky, the great moment when Stark re-directs Bucky’s gunshot and the look of relief on his face and subsequent beatdown, Sharon Carter’s karate-style kicks being swiftly followed by Natasha’s more acrobatic form, and lastly T-Challa’s athletic beatdown tries and fails to stop Bucky’s brutal street-fighter style. This moment shines because it wraps up story stakes, characterisation and realism in a well-choreographed action scene, literally the height of the show-don’t-tell philosophy. It is easily the best moment in the Captain America movie, and it doesn’t even feature Captain America!

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So, on the other side of this scale is the airport fight. Now, don’t get me wrong, it is a very well-done slice of fan service, but that is all that it is… By putting the street level characters back in their super suits and adding the more comic-booky characters into the scene (Spiderman, Antman, Scarlet Witch and especially Vision, being the worst offenders) the realism, and therefore relatability, is lost. It is a lot harder to relate to action scenes that feature a giant man and a god-like being with a laser beam in his head. This effect reduces the stakes and removes the audience further from the action. We have to be told more often that things are bad rather than seeing it through action.

The three-way battle between Cap’n, Iron Man and Bucky at the end of the movie improves as it removes the super-powered characters and is more closely tied to the core story, but after the highs in the first half of the movie, and the bloat of the airport battle, this one is a bit of an anti-climax. To the movie’s credit, this fight makes up for this by leaning harder on the emotionality of the story moment, but in my humble opinion, it is not enough.

This also speaks to the overall problem of this movie, there is just too much going on. The success of the previous Captain America movie (and a lot of the other stand-alone movies) is that only a few select characters are taken along into the story, allowing for both plot points and character moments to breathe and co-exist. In this movie, the sheer amount of characters and plot (and fan service) we must get through leads to the bloated airport battle and incredible tonal whiplash throughout the movie.

This also doesn’t help with the introductions of the new characters of Black Panther and Spiderman, who are kind of to periphery. Black Panther’s participation in the story is both more effective and appreciated than Spiderman’s. As much as I like Spiderman, I would have preferred he’d been left out of this one for later, in favour of Black Panther’s greater inclusion in the story.

With the impending Infinity war movies on the horizon, the chances of seeing much more realistic and relatable street-level action in the MCU is highly in doubt. At least we still have this movie, The Winter Soldier and the fantastic Netflix shows (especially Daredevil season 1, most of season 2 and Jessica Jones; Luke Cage was a bit more heightened than either of those, and I haven’t even watched Iron Fist yet) to keep us action fans satisfied, even if they aren’t always as effective as they could be…

The Super-Marvel-O-Score We gave Captain America: Civil War 81/100 upon initial viewing, but I would possibly rate it a bit lower than that these days…

Next Time Next time… things get real… strange with Doctor Strange, but not nearly strange enough…

Stray Thoughts

- I was pleasantly surprised to discover the first Raid movie was a huge influence for the action in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I think this is plain to see.

- By the way, all those movies I mentioned up top should be on any self-respecting action fans movie list, if you haven’t seen them all, you should (asap!).

- Spiderman gets some great lines in the airport fight, [while fighting Falcon] "You have the right to remain silent! ", but its Ant-Man who steals the show… "It's your conscience. We don't talk a lot these days." and "Something just flew in me!"

- Baron Zemo gets a lot of truck for being a weak villain, but I like the intensely personal motivations he has as an antagonist. Again, in relatability terms, he is a villain who we can identify with as someone who has suffered the consequences of disaster. It would have been great if we could’ve seen this moment set-up in the Avengers movie and if more time could have been given to seeing his perspective. But at least he isn’t some crazy person/monster looking for a magic stone or something…

- It was a good idea for the writers/directors to remove Thor and Hulk from proceedings, realism is out the window when these guys are around…

- Easily, the runner-up to the best fight scene in the MCU is the hallway fight from Daredevil season 1, just beautiful brutality…

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