#wolverine: the best there is (2010)
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LOGAN (2017)
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#filmgifs#movie-gifs#userfilm#marvelgifs#marveledit#logan#hugh jackman#james mangold#boyd holbrook#dafne keen#patrick stewart#blood#2010s#wolverine#charles xavier#cinematography#violence#one of the all time best comic book films
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WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS 01 - 12 / PUBLISHED: 2011 / ARTIST: BRYAN HITCH
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Black Widow, Winter Soldier, and WinterWidow reading list
I made this list for another post, but I thought I'd put it here too.
Black Widow (1999) by Devin Grayson - Natasha's first solo. It's only three issues, and it's the start of modern Black Widow. It introduces important aspects of her character, like the Red Room. Yelena is introduced for the first time.
Black Widow (2001) by Devin Grayson - Another three-issue comic, which I thought was a fun read. It's a Natasha, Yelena, and Matt team-up comic. It's a part of Marvel Knights, which told more mature and darker stories so I have a soft spot for the 1999 and 2001 runs for this reason.
Black Widow: Pale Little Spider (2002) by Greg Rucka - Another three-issue comic. While not focused on Natasha, it's a Yelena solo. It's part of the Max comics line, which was an attempt to tell adult-only stories, and it definitely shows because Yelena visits a bondage sex club. A very important comic for Yelena.
Black Widow: Homecoming (2004) by Richard K. Morgan - I think this comic was extremely influential for modern Black Widow. A lot of her mythos originated from this comic. The movie took a lot of inspiration from this comic as well, like the pheremones thing.
Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her (2005) by Richard K. Morgan - This one is decent. It's not entirely important, but I think it's worth a read. A classic Black Widow story where Natasha is on the run and doesn't know who to trust. While it's overdone at this point, I think this was the first comic to portray it. Yelena and Matt show up in this one too.
Captain America (2005) by Ed Brubaker - VERY IMPORTANT. Bucky is reintroduced as the Winter Soldier and shows up in #1. While it's long, every issue is worth it. Natasha doesn't show up until #27, but #27-#50 is peak buckynat. This run is one of my fav comics of all time.
New Avengers #48-64, Annual #3, Finale (2005) by Brian Michael Bendis - Natasha isn't super important in this, and she barely shows up, but Bucky shows up frequently. I wouldn't say it's entirely important, but it's during Bucky's time as Captain America, and when he interacts with the Avengers, so I recommend it just for that. Also, I'm a little biased because New Avengers (2005) is probably my favorite comic ever.
Black Widow (2010) by Marjorie Liu - The best Black Widow story ever written. I don't think anyone has disliked it. 10/10, I always love to reread it.
Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2010) by Paul Cornell - A miniseries about Natasha's origin. Not entirely important, but it's a solid Black Widow story. Appearances from Bucky and Wolverine.
Captain America #600-619 by Ed Brubaker - Again, it's very important for both Bucky and Natasha. It's a continuation of Captain America (2005).
Captain America & Bucky #620-624 (2011) by Ed Brubaker - Pretty important. It's a retelling of Bucky's life. #624 is all about buckynat and how they met. A lot of iconic buckynat content that the fandom gushes over is in it.
Widowmaker (2011) - Not super important and Bucky isn't in it. A fun team-up story about Clint and Natasha with Bobbi. I enjoyed reading it.
Winter Soldier (2012) by Ed Brubaker - I cannot tell you how much I love this comic. It's the best Bucky's ever been written and I don't think anyone will disagree when I say that no one has ever understood Bucky like Ed Brubaker. Extremely important for buckynat.
Winter Soldier: The Bitter March (2014) by Rick Remender - I'm not going to lie; I don't really remember much from this comic, but I know people like it.
Black Widow (2014) by Phil Noto & Nathan Edmondson - Another popular comic for Natasha. It's probably my second favorite Black Widow comic after Liu's. Another Black Widow is on the run story, but Liho is introduced in this! Bucky is in #8, 15, 17-18. A must read.
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014) by Ales Kot - This isn't my favorite, but the art is absolutely beautiful. I don't think it's essential. Natasha is not in this.
Black Widow (2016) by Mark Waid - I enjoyed reading this comic. I'd rank it third after Liu and Noto. Bucky is in #9-10. Essential Black Widow comic.
Tales of Suspense #100-104 by Matthew Rosenberg - A Winter Soldier and Hawkeye team-up where they look for Natasha after she was killed by Hydra Cap in Secret Empire (no need to read it; SE is trash). A fandom favorite, and I absolutely love it. Winterhawk exploded in popularity after this run.
Winter Soldier (2018) by Kyle Higgins - Natasha does not show up in this, but it's very important for Bucky. It's a short five-issue miniseries, and it's probably the best Bucky has been written since Brubaker.
Black Widow (2019) by Jen and Sylvia Soska - It's a miniseries, and it's a fairly dark one. Natasha is back from the dead, and she's PISSED. Bucky doesn't show up in this one, but Steve does, and it's after her murder at Hydra Cap's hands.
Web of Black Widow (2019) by Jody Houser - Another Natasha miniseries where she's on the run and her friends are worried about her. Bucky shows up in #2 and #5.
Falcon and Winter Soldier (2020) by Derek Landy - A fun team-up comic with Sam and Bucky. Natasha doesn't show up. Not essential.
Black Widow (2020) by Kelly Thompson - It's...not great. Many people have already talked about what they didn't like, so I won't go over it, but it has some fantastic buckynat moments. However, I will say that I really love Natasha, Yelena, Clint, and Bucky teaming up in this comic. That group together is highly entertaining. It doesn't seem like anything from this comic will be paid attention to in the future, but I would still read it.
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (2022) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Really trash. I didn’t like this at all. Bucky isn't written well, and I think Natasha shows up like twice. Skip.
Captain America: Cold War (2023) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Another trash event. Skip.
Thunderbolts (2023) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Buckynat FINALLY get back together after they broke up in Winter Soldier (2012). A boring comic otherwise.
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I've been out of the loop with X-men comics for more than fifteen years, and actually I was in the loop for a year, maybe year and a half - I'm not from US, so they've been hard to come by. My love for mutants came mostly from cartoons.
BUT. Your fixation on Laura reminded me of my fixation on Laura from the times I discovered that she exists, so I thought you're the best person to ask this: If I wanted to read something recent and good about her, where should I start?
Actually, doesn't have to be recent, just good :D
Hiiii!!! First of all, thank you so much for this ask!! I'm so flattered that you consider me to be a good resource!! I am unhealthily obsessed with Laura haha I could talk about her for daayyyysss!!!!! It's always so fun to connect with other people with the same interests and passions!! <3 <3 <3 I love it!!
Laura's been in so much!! But here's my personal favorites, and they're all things that I feel like are important to her characterization as a whole :)
LOVED NYX (2003) - her intro into comics!! So much angst and trauma and allllll the insight into who she is!
Uncanny X-Men (I'm pretty sure 456 is the first appearance for her here!)
New X-Men (she's not there until the 20s!)was really important - a lot of big moments as she tries to navigate her first time at a semi normal life.
x-23 Target X - SOO important, we see more of her backstory and transition from the facility!
X-Force (2008) MORE TRAUMA AND ANGST. I hate what happens to her here but love the angst from a story telling perspective. You can really feel her slipping throughout this arc!
X-23 solo (2010) It is a beautiful story!! So many amazing things! and SO IMPORTANT to Laura's character development!! Love her and Remy here, love her becoming friends with Jubilee, and LOVE her reallymeeting Akihiro - the start of an amazing story of chosen family!
I like her in Avenger's Academy - to be honest I mostly skimmed. I do like the angst of the brief friendship she had with Finesse though! To me it offers another look at how Laura is growing as a person!
Avenger's Arena was okay - I personally didn't feel like there was a ton of development for her, but it's good if you like angst and it just shows another layer of her slipping through the cracks again. The same with circle of four! I think they're good to read to get into her headspace for when she's introduced in all new xmen.
All New Xmen... I didn't love until it was over. I didn't understand all the things going on, but it made sense after the fact. You do see Laura's first official romantic relationship, and she has quite a bit of development, some set backs, some leaps forward... over all good and I would recommend reading for her overall story!
Wolverines was really good!! It shows the transition of tolerating each other to deciding to be family for her and Akihiro! I personally am OBSESSED with this story and I've read it countless times!!
Her All New Wolverine solo was AMAZING!! Loved this!! There was just so much that happened for her! Gabby, Akihiro, Sarah, Kimura... you get a dose of EVERYTHING and I think it ties the loose strings nicely!!
XMen (2019) isn't a favorite of mine but I do think it's important to read just because a lot happens for her here! It continues into the reboot in 2021 with an older version of her that comes back after she's presumed dead from a mission!
XTerminators is a resounding YESSS!!! Super fun, super cute! She's a little more relaxed and we get to see her reconnect with Jubilee!!
X23 Deadly Regensis was a nice bridge between her leaving the XMen and leaving with Remy in her early days. We get to see more of Kimura and more of what Laura went through!
X-Force (2019) was alright - it was a set up for her current appearance in Sabertooth War, which is also kinda meh lol but it's where she is now!
There are a lot of other things she's been in but I feel like it can get REALLY overwhelming, so these are just, in my opinion, most of her major stories that really showcase who she is :)
As a bonus - I loved her in Trial of Magneto and Deaths of Wolverine strictly for her interactions with her siblings. And there have been a lot of little crossovers between major events too where she just has shown up everywhere haha but I hope I answered your question!!
Please feel free to ask me anything else - I LOVE interactions like this!!!
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IMO the absolute best starting point for xmen is of course giant size x-men 1974 and then continue with xmen 94-- one of the things that i like about claremont, or at least the first 100ish issues of his run (which is just what i've read), is that a lot of characters do question their morality and rules and whatnot. in particular, wolverine and storm have this ongoing dialogue about, like, "is it ever appropriate to take a life?" that i found very engaging.
i think ive heard pretty good things about uncanny xmen 2013, but i havent personally read that to be able to verify.
xmen red 2022 is phenomenal, but i dont think very approachable for someone who isnt familiar with the krakoa era. Death of X is in a similar vein-- its short (4 issues) but it's pretty involved in an event and the inhumans.
matt fractions run on uncanny xmen (500-524, i believe?) was also something i know i enjoyed, but that does have a pretty expansive cast from what i recall.
for general marvel recs: Immortal Hulk (2018). al ewing is hands-down my favorite writer and immortal hulk is SPECTACULAR. you dont need any prior hulk knowledge going into it, IMO-- i went in with very little prior knowledge and was absolutely just blown away. it IS a horror comic, but theres more body/transformation horror than there is gore, and the gore isnt, like, gratuitous, at least not in my opinion.
also obviously i have a legal obligation to rec x-23 2010 by marjorie liu. warnings for self harm, though.
omg thank you for the detailed recs!! the sheer number of xmen comics was super overwhelming so this is so helpful <3 and i've heard great things about immortal hulk too. i'll start by checking out xmen 1974 mwah mwah
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[IDEA THAT'S NOT YET A PITCH]
Marvel's Damage Control
What is it —
A female-led Marvel action-superhero series that instead of being the type of pandering and obnoxious girl power schlock that we have today, is a throwback to 2000s and early 2010s action cartoons that wipe the floor with modern garbage.
PREMISE:
Heavily implied to be in the same continuity as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Wolverine and the X-Men, a now college student Mary Jane Watson is looking ahead for her future but is currently struggling to keep up with the rest due to certain personal issues in her private life.
Accepting an opportunity that could potentially make her life now easier and even set her future in stone, MJ learns the hard way that sometimes taking what appears to be the easy route isn't always the best option when she discovers it's nothing more than a horrible ruse that lands her into a secret street level conflict between a now solo Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, a now solo Emma Frost, Felicia Hardy/Black Cat, Sable Manfredi/Silver Sable and a now solo Tandy Bowen/Dagger. That is until a series of new threats emerge that affects them all in some way, shape or form and the six of them end up forming an unlikely team whose job is to be a clean-up crew that specialize in dealing with the aftermath of superhero conflicts, rescheduling events because of the conflicts and retrieving lost items. Turns out for Mary Jane, it pays really well.
NOTES/TRIVIA/DETAILS:
• Yes, it will be directly implied to be set in the Yost-Verse continuity. Not only will all the voice actresses — Vanessa Marshall, Erin Torpey, Kari Wahlgren, Tricia Helfer and Nikki Cox — reprise their roles but there will be a definite wink-wink, nudge-nudge to the events of the previous three shows. The idea for it is that several things (in this case, Spectacular, EMH and Wolverine) happened, they all of a sudden went dormant but now BOOM! it's back and the shadows here are moving again, everything is moving under the goddamn sun and you pick it up from there.
• The Damage Control team will be a more than unconventional team that come into conflict over different things with the big ones being Black Cat and Silver Sable aren't afraid to get their hands dirty since they're basically villains-turned-anti-heroes while Mary Jane's personal life plays a role in the events for the team. However, it's at the end of the day that it's revealed they're an incredibly effective and capable team that get the damn job done.
• One thing that will be played for humor and help define and establish the tone of it where it's more on a somewhat grounded level is that the team, much to her dismay, decide to live together in Mary Jane's apartment where she shares the same bed as Sue and Sable who ultimately act as caring mother figures to her.
• Another thing that will differentiate it from others is that the six leads will actually have their bumbling and screw-up boobish moments (a la Elastigirl checking herself out in the mirror, Kim Possible accidentally landing into the arms of a Bebe and then being thrown etc.) to show that despite being "strong, female characters" they are far from perfect but it makes sense in context because Mary Jane is just starting out as a superhero, Susan, Emma and Cloak are just starting as solo heroes and Black Cat and Sable are just starting out as anti-heroes so they're all bound to screw up when they're in action.
• Now this is just for fun but there will be a few easter eggs, references and flat-out and direct cameos either to or from other non-superhero media that establishes a retroactive shared universe. I mean hey if fucking Ultimate Spider-Man can do it with Jessie, thus having it be part of the Disney Channel Universe officially than why can't I with this. For example, Sable finds herself stuck in an elevator with a certain eccentric black woman who turns out to be security after having worked at the infamous C.U.R.E. Institute — it's motherfucking Denise Hemphill from Scream Queens with Niecy Nash reprising her role.
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I don't know anything about X-Men but I've been playing Marvel snap recently and it's v funny to me to check the steam discussion and the top thread is someone saying cyclops was done dirty (2 b fair he's kind of a bad card 😒) and suggesting alternate powers for him that are. Completely overpowered lol
(also side note but most of the X-Men are pretty mid tbh, tho beast is extremely good and I love him)
it's so insanely and hilariously fucked up to me that BEAST is the best xmen card. this is anti-mutant bias within marvel snap. i know we're past the 2010s when marvel was trying desperately to make all their other teams more popular than the xmen bc they dont own the x-movie rights but my conspiracy brain is stroking its chin and humming suspiciously.
anyway SO FUNNY that the beast card is the best xmen card. beast is:
1. one of the xmen who has been an avenger (🤢). like when wolverine is an avenger we roll our eyes because 1. he's pretty apolitical wrt mutant politics 2. it was marvel using one of their most popular characters to prop up avengers sales (bc pre the last 15 years nobody gave a FUUUUCK about the avengers). but HANK? okay chump go join the cops with wanda and pietro
2. one of the xmen who is a war criminal BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY PUSSY OR SWAG TO JUSTIFY HIM BEING A WAR CRIMINAL like yeah jean blew up that planet of broccoli people when she was dark phoenix. WHO CARE. she has PUSSY. beast... beast has zero pussy hes like if winston from overwatch sucked. hes currently doing crazy war crimes as the head of xforce (mutant cia black ops squad) and even JEAN was like "hey dude... maybe... you shouldnt have bombed the fuck out of that central american country... not a good look" HES THE CIA INCARNATE HE SUCKS!!
3. he is THEEEE most militant follower of xavierism of the main xmen like he LOOOOOVES to be a self-hating assimilationist it's so pathetic. hes one of those centrist libs who has zero spine.
4. hes like "women dont like me because im a blue furry guy" (note that he has never dated any mutant women... weird...) MEANWHILE NIGHTCRAWLER (blue furry guy) IS DROOOOOWNINGGGGGG IN PUSSY!!!!! NIGHTCRAWLER IS LIKE SCROOGE MCDUCK BUT INSTEAD OF COINS IT'S PUSSYYYYYYYYYY.
5. right before the current krakoa era he was doing so many war crimes and unethical experiments and bad shit that the anniversary special issue of uncanny xmen (#600 iirc) was all about him waking up in the middle of the night and The Watcher standing over his bed and showing him all these beautiful alternate realities of the xmen and all their potential happiness (all done by different artists - just gorgeous stuff) and then the issue ends with the watcher going "and because YOU have fucked up SO MUCH... NONE OF THESE REALITIES EXIST ANYMORE. like THE WATCHER felt he needed to say something. the guy whose WHOLE THING is NOT INTERFERING is like "i have GOT to say something to this dude because he sucks SOOOOO MUCH."
i assume this is not what you were asking for when you dropped this ask in my inbox but tbh i don't even know what you wanted from me so this is what you are getting: MY THOUGHTS.
#chirps#i highly recommend the cerebro podcast episode abt beast. the guest is spencer ackerman who is a swag leftist national security journalist
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Moon Knight Fail Compilation (Part 4)
1. Being a hero that only uses non-lethal force is hard; “The Resurrection War: Phase 4 - Full Moon,” Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #4.
2. I swear this is one of those "Wolverine's on a slightly incriminating but ultimately for the best mission and has no time to explain" sort of situations, but Wolverine using Marc's extended hand to flip him just gets me every time; “The Great Escape, Part 2 of 6: Choice in the Matter,” Wolverine (Vol. 2/1988), #134.
3. Feels like loony tunes, I love it; “High Strangers: Phase 1 - Top Secret,” Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #1.
4. Marc has a questionable grasp of CPR; “High Strangers: Phase 1 - Top Secret,” Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #1.
5. Part of this is typical comic book cliff hanger shenanigans, but I love that Marc still canonically thought he was seeing a UFO and not, like, a frisbee (and yes, this is the volume with the aliens and the Loch Ness monsters); “High Strangers: Book 3 - Mind Maze,” Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #3 and “High Strangers: Book 4 - Dragon’s Madness,” Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #4 respectively.
6. Unironically one of my favorite comics of all time; “Master of the Ring (Part 4),” Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3/2004), #10.
7. To confirm, yes, Marc did get sent to the upper atmosphere; “World’s Finest,” Hulk (vol. 2/2008), #8.
8. Remember that time Marc left his armor to hold up a building, so he was stripped to his boxers and socks for at least part of his big showdown with Bushman?; “Chapter Five: Past is Prologue,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2009), #5.
9. As is to be expected of a fight with Deadpool; “‘Killed, Not Dead’: Chapter Two,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2009), #8.
10. Tbh, considering all of the heroes in New York, it's more surprising that this doesn't happen more often; “Collision,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2009), #9.
11. A classic; Moon Knight (Vol. 6/2011), #1.
12. That time Marc made a TV show about his life and it wasn't even good; Moon Knight (Vol. 6/2011), #8.
13. ....yeah; “Moonwalk (Part 2),” Daken: Dark Wolverine (Vol. 1/2010), #14.
14. Careful, Marc might perform his questionable "CPR;" “Moonwalk (Part 2),” Daken: Dark Wolverine (Vol. 1/2010), #14.
15. *insert The Incredibles reference here*; X-Men: Legacy (Vol. 1/2008), #266.
#Marvel#Marvel comics#Marvel 616#Moon Knight comics#Moon Knight#Marc Spector#Moon Knight fail compilation#that brings us up to about volume 7 so I'd imagine there might be maybe one or two more of these kinds of posts???#and it does not escape my notice that there is nothing here from volume 5 hahaha#gosh what a time that was :)))))#long post
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ive been thinking about this way too long and im forcing everybody to hear me out
The 2010s Cinnamon Roll vs The 2020s Blorbo
both words have extremely similar meanings and intentions, but entirely different effects
the term ‘precious cinnamon roll’ was mainly used in the 2010s in fandom to describe someones favorite character (and is still used to this day but with much less frequency esp since its seen as a “cringy” word or a millenial word even though it was used in the 2010s which many gen z were definitely there to witness but i digress)
then the term ‘blorbo’ is also a word with the same meaning, a fandom word to describe someones favorite character, but this time it is the word for the 2020s and much like ‘precious cinnamon roll’ it will likely be looked down upon as an outdated internet slang in a few years (or maybe even by next year considering how fast the internet goes compared to before)
but while both terms mean the same thing, they come across completely differently. for one, ‘precious cinnamon roll’ is not only a lot longer but is a word that drips with sweetness, like something your grandma would call you, and is generally reserved for characters who are sweet in themselves. and while you can technically call any character your precious cinnamon roll, it is undeniably weird/funny when you call a character like Wolverine your precious cinnamon roll. its longer phrasing also leans in well to the kind of internet culture before, as in the 2020s things run a lot faster so a word that is easy and quick to say like “blorbo” makes sense. i also find it interesting that the term is generally also said as “my precious cinnamon roll” adding a personal quality compared to “the blorbo” which can sound more impersonal due to its phrasing.
now before i go onto blorbo i do want to mention that another thing both terms share is the idea of “!!!!!XD sO RaNdOm!!!!!” just different flavors of it. the 2010s used randomness in a way that involved using familiar things in unconventional ways but not too unconventional. cinnamon roll being a perfect example as using a random food to describe a fictional character is, very random. the 2020s meanwhile, use randomness in a way that makes everything feel like an elaborate inside joke that is completely incomprehensible. someone who isnt familiar to the internet can probably put together why people call things “precious cinnamon roll” pretty fast but how in the world would you understand “blorbo”? theres no way to tie the term to anything in real life, blorbo is a purely internet joke that simply cannot exist outside the internet because its basically an inside joke that we’re all in on
and that brings me to blorbo (also associated with scrunkly, scrimblo and the works): blorbo originated from this hellsite, being a term originally to parody fandom spaces. its a bit hard to describe but the best way to put it is, you make a post and it blows up and fandoms immediately keep naming a shit ton of characters you have no idea who the fuck they are so you just pick a random word out of your ass and you say “guys i do not care about Blorvo Blingblong please for the love of fuck stop saying it”
annnd thats how you end up with the term Blorbo. it is the definition of a stupidly elaborate inside joke that only chronically online people will ever get. and that perfectly describes the type of humor of the 2020s.
and the term itself has a very different connotation to ‘precious cinnamon roll’ while that terms connotation of sweetness is extremely obvious, blorbo is extremely vague and very much left to personal interpretation and its absolute randomness, while adding a funny factor that cinnamon roll could only wish to achieve, is undeniably very inpersonal as it was designed that way. it is designed to fit literally ANY character, its a throwaway name, you could use it anytime on anyone, Walter White can be a fucking blorbo if you wanted him to be.
now this isnt trying to actually pick a fight between these two terms, thatd be fucking stupid and if you did try to you need to get offline more. i just wanted to analyze these two words and how people use them.
im personally a fan of neither while loving both, cinnamon roll comes across as very ‘grandma’ and can have a fan-girl attribute to it that, as a masculine dude dont personally like but still find myself appreciating its use as it was the word i grew up seeing used in fandom and was pretty commonplace till 2019. i also appreciate how much more personal the word is, it conveys an overwhelming feeling of sweetness and personal investment and that is probably why some people still prefer the term. meanwhile blorbo is pretty gender neutral (albeit mostly used by girls it still has no gendered connotation) its a lot quicker to say, its an extremely funny word to say, and its the word that is the most popular now, but it loses a lot of the personal feeling that cinnamon roll had and is very reflective of the time period its from, its funny and quick for a moment till it becomes bland and meaningless in a year or so
idk how to end this off, this is just some linguist hobbyist’s rant about two stupid words but which ones do you prefer if you read all this way?
#internet linguistics#? thats the only way i think i could call this#internet culture#fandom#linguistics#hobbyist
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So, favorite character from each modern Disney TVA show you've seen like: Phineas and Ferb, Fish Hooks, Kick Buttowski, Motorcity, Tron Uprising, Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, Penn Zero, Pickle and Peanut, Future Worm, Billy Dilley, The 7D, Star vs, Milo Murphy's Law, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Ducktales 2017, Big Hero 6 The Series, Big City Greens, Amphibia, Owl House, Molly McGee, and Hamster & Gretel?
Okay so given your starting point of Phineas and Ferb: (I.e. from the 2010's to present day, though I know P and F started sooner), and omitting any shows I haven't seen...:
Phineas and Ferb: It's Doof. This was both easy as it was predictable. Look he's well loved by most of the internet for a reason, being a charming character who despite being evil you can kinda get why as well as easily see why he flat out retired from trying to get petty revenge with over the to pinators and his relationship with Perry was amazing.
Fish Hooks: Yeah I tried to find one but I was never really that heavily into the show nor attached to any of these characters.
Motorcity: Texas. I love my dumb redneck son.
Gravity Falls: Stan. The Man, the myth, the legend, the wallet full of other people's money he conned or pick pocketed, who else could it be? Out of the cast, which is pretty stacked, he's the one that just comes easiest to me whenever I think about or write him and the fact he ended up being shockingly layered just made him better.
Randy Cunningham: Theresa as I thought she and Randy were neat together. I don't have a huge relationship with the show but it wasn't bad at all.
Wander Over Yonder: Wander himself. I just think Jack did such a godo job with him and he's such a unique character: While an obliviouslly kind unintetional trickster isn't new, the way he acted and behaved as one felt so damn nice to see.
Star Vs The Forces of Evil: Tom.. just Tom. He's brilliantly written, and has an impressive character arc going from a fairly loathsome stalker.. to a kind young man who wants to be better but dosen't know how. There's a reason he got a whole retrospective out of me and still lives rent free in me and @jess-the-vampire's head
Milo Murphy's Law: Milo himself. Al did a great job with him and I love his kind nature, lazzie faire attitude toward the batshit insanity around him and just genuine charm. There's a reason despite his bad luck field destroying everything around him the only two people in town who outright hate him are someone who secretly wants to be him and a thorughly unlikeable prick whose thorughly miserable. Being played by Weird Al in what is so far his only starring cartoon role dosen't hurt.
Ducktales: This is a monumentally hard one but ... it has to be Donald, with Lena a close second thanks to her deep character arc and Kimiko Glenn's performance. But let's face it this is probably THE best version of Donald Duck, kind, thoughtful, a wonderful father but still the loveable mess we all know. While also somehow being the wolverine of his family's x-men.
Big City Greens: Gloria, Gloria in a chealsea's day o, gloria. Relatable, hilarious, and having , as is a theme here, a good character arc, who dosen't love her?
Amphibia: Sasha. I mean I love a lot of characters from that, Maddy and Marcy would also have a good shot at this, but once again it's the character arc that wins out, going from a controlling bully to a capable leader and a kind and thoughtful young woman.
The Owl House: Hunter. once again you can partially blame @jess-the-vampire but frankly the character just made a splash from minute one and the more layers you peeled back on this bad sad boy, the more he became one of my faviorites, and easily the performance of zeno's career.
The Ghost and MollyMcGee: Libby. I loved my mildly depressed boehemian daughter.
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On this day, August 10, 1984, John Milius's "Red Dawn" hit theaters...and a generation of moviegoers was never the same.
On this day, August 10, 1984 “RED DAWN” was released.
I didn't see the movie in theaters because I was a bit too young, even though the modified ratings system had introduced the “PG-13” rating just a month earlier, in July 1984. However, I've more than compensated for that over the years with dozens of repeat viewings, thanks to the expanding universe of TV channels as cable became widespread—much like the invading Russian army in the movie. (Shout out to TBS Superstation, Channel 27, New York. Much love.)
The scene where Russian paratroopers land on the grounds of an American high school and initiate their attack was, and still is, utterly thrilling for me.
“I would say they are way off course. Very unusual.”
I had the pleasure of meeting John Milius during my time at AMC. He's a force to be reckoned with—a big man in height, girth, and personality. He regaled me with tales of surfing in Southern California and the best spots for shooting guns in Connecticut. I probably spent the first ten minutes of our meeting gushing about my love for “Red Dawn” and how I used to reenact key scenes as a child. To which he responded that he still acts them out himself.
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success, grossing $78 million against a budget of $17 million.
Years later, when I launched my production company, I pitched the idea of turning “Red Dawn” into a TV series to MGM. By then, a movie remake had been released, which, although a decent film in its own right, didn't quite match the original's magic.
During this period, the Russians weren't the adversaries they were in the 1980s—and might be becoming once more. There wasn't much interest in the 2010s to portray Red China as an invading power. Many movie and TV execs were wary of being banned from China, viewing the Chinese theatrical market as the future of entertainment. I had hoped that Milius would direct the pilot, but this notion seemed too audacious for some execs, many of whom deemed him too red-blooded and volatile. I begged to differ.
Sadly, I never got to find out how it might have turned out. MGM didn't buy into my vision for the material. It's a pity, as I would've loved to see the story of the “Partisan Rock” signers evolve in the aftermath of World War III.
I still would.
Wolverines!
“In the early days of World War III, guerillas – mostly children – placed the names of their lost upon this rock. They fought here alone and gave up their lives so that this nation shall not perish from the earth.”
-Inscription on fictional Partisan Rock
#movie life lessons#Movies#storytelling#stories#Russian Invasion#Wolverines#Freedom Fighters#USA#America#The Cold War#red-blooded Americans#John Milius#Patrick Swayze#Charlie Sheen#C. Thomas howell#Jennifer Grey#LEa Thompson#World War III#theatrical release#Jeremy Elice#elice island
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I Have so Many Modern Betsy Braddock Thoughts:
In my preparation for BB:CB, I have been re-reading a lot of Betsy appearances. So I just have a lot of thoughts!
I understand that Tini Howard is not a perfect writer (I personally find her dialogue a little purpley - heh, get it? - sometimes), and that Betsy’s current direction is controversial. I do not think that people who do not like Betsy should suddenly like her and I’m not going to try to convince people to like a character just because I do...
…Putting aside that a lot of it has to do with Marvel continuing to market the Jim Lee design of Psylocke as the ‘real’ Psylocke... and that a 26 issue run on a book post 2010 is not easy to do...
What I don’t understand is the tendency to lay all of the changes to Betsy’s character post Mystery in Madripoor at Tini’s feet. A lot of the things people cite as changes to Betsy that the current X-Office made actually predate Krakoa.
Using a psionic broadsword and shield instead of a katana. This comes from Disassembled.
No longer using the psychic knife. This starts before the body-swap-back as she starts to develop more psionic weapons she also stops relying on the knife.
Also, the knife is now being implied to have begun as a manifestation/offensive application of Kwannon’s empathic powers, not Betsy’s telepathy. Something that she found in Kwannon’s body, which is why Kwannon also uses it now.
Onset of depression, body dysmorphia and a lack of self confidence. Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends and Age of X-Man: X-Tremists.
Guilt over the body-swap. Implied to be the case multiple times by villains like Cassandra Nova and The Future.
Seems to lose a lot of fights. Psylocke getting her shit-wrecked is just a common “We have to use a character to show how powerful the villains are,” trope. That’s also how she died.
Lacks her ‘edge’ or whatever. I don’t know what this means so I can’t refute it. But I would also point back to Disassembled? When Betsy is not in a fight, she is portrayed as very weighed down. Having to break Warren also really fucked her up.
The three things that I think Excalibur/Krakoa definitely added, however, were:
Lack of Butterfly.
Dislike of the Psylocke codename.
Doesn’t use her psychic powers as much as her magical ones.
I’ll get the last point out of the way fast: her telepathy is mostly ineffective against fae in Otherworld, she says this in her first outing as CB. The one time it is effective, in an anti-magic field, that is the only power she uses and she wins. In the previews for BB:CB she uses her telekinesis to shatter earth. Nice throwback!
Now, the Butterfly: I’ve seen people say that they only added the butterfly back to Betsy because of fan backlash. If you read through Excalibur again though, it’s definitely a story beat decision:
She has the butterfly in Disassembled. This is before she (or anyone else) knew that Kwannon was alive. When she comes back from Age of X-Man, Kwannon has revealed herself. Krakoa happens; suddenly no more butterfly. We see her powers manifested in a curved shape but never the complete butterfly.
When does the butterfly come back? The first time Betsy’s body manifests the butterfly again, it’s when Malice is in possession of the husk she stole from Jamie. Something else of note with Malice!Betsy? She uses the psychic knife! Malice knows enough about Psylocke that she uses her greatest hits to show everyone else that she is who she claims to be. But she doesn’t know about where Betsy really is right now as a person. I just think that’s neat.
Anyway, Kwannon shows up and implies directly on panel that Betsy is missing the butterfly for a reason. That reason being the changes and the guilt she has experienced since coming back to her body in Madripoor,
“I think she won’t fit back together because pain shapes us. It changes us so we don’t fit where we once did. We lose parts of ourselves we don’t even miss until we reach for them later and they’re gone.”
In Excalibur #13 (best single issue of the run, do not @ me), the art and narration imply that Betsy has "reached for” the knife and the butterfly and subconsciously rejected them both. We see her meditate, and her power signature is rendered in pieces. It’s broken.
After coming back and dealing with the Malice arc - and, by extension, beginning to accept that her guilt is self-serving, self-sacrificing and unproductive - guess what? Butterfly’s back!
Second, the codename: While we don’t know this for sure because no one will flat out say it... this is almost one-hundred percent a marketing thing because of the Jim Lee design being the one people associate with the name Psylocke. They are not going to take what most people at a glance see as an Asian superhero and give “her title” to what appears to be a random white lady.
Yes, I know that the name predates the body-swap. Most people (who do not read comics) do not.
However, if we want to give it an in-universe decision... it’s not really that difficult. The name Psylocke was not a name that Betsy chose for herself, it was given to her. By Mojo. When she was his slave. She reclaimed the name because that’s what Betsy does: a role is forced upon her, she accepts it and makes it her own. But just like with the butterfly, at this point in the story, she is tired and worn down and just isn’t able to muster that same “fuck me? fuck you!” attitude.
But by the time we reach Excalibur #25-26, and Betsy is facing down Arthur without the Starlight Sword or her CB powers, using only a sword and her telepathy: “I don’t need the Citadel’s power to stop you. I never have.”
“Fuck me? Fuck you!”
Finally, she is Betsy Braddock, she is Psylocke, she is Captain Britain.
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That was a lot, but like I said I have been reading and re-reading a lot of Betsy (and Rachel, and Rachel/Betsy together) books in preparation for BB:CB. It has only made me love her more.
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Girlies are so insane cuz they come with their stuff like: "Omg, Scogan!! Spideytorch!! Darkice!" as if any have what Cablepool and Daken/Johnny had back in the late 2000's and early 2010's.
Like, being fair... those two came from writers actually wanting them to be gay but alas.
No for real. Because like Cablepool and Daken/Johnny were INTERESTING. There was DEVELOPMENT there. Like was Cablepool frequently kind of homphobic? YES. But it was ENRICHING.
Like WHO ELSE was putting an old man and a gross man nobody likes together and saying they were both married and divorced? Nobody. Nobody else was bringing that kind of energy because all anybody else cared about were young hot pretty people. Not people with wrinkles and scars. Not people who are objectively kind of terrible people.
And like Daken/Johnny was SUCH an interesting couple because they didn't exist to just be hot guys who are gay together which is like 90% of gay couples in comics lets be honest. Marjorie Liu was exploring THEMES and IDEAS with that. She was diving into Daken's self-hatred and self-destructive tendencies. Like every relationship she wrote Daken in was about exploring his development as a person, or his REGRESSION as a person as a result of him trying to figure out what his place in the world should be. Daken/Johnny was him getting a glimpse- through Johnny's eyes and the way that Johnny chose to see the best in him- at who he could've been if he was raised with love. It's him seeing the possibility of the happy, loved person he could end up being and then REJECTING that because it would mean letting go of the only purpose he has ever had in life.
And we are never gonna get that shit again because, thanks to certain writers who shall not be named, Daken is now firmly just a dickish good guy because yay Wolverine fam type content! Makes me SICK.
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My Hero Academia is the far or alternate future of X-Men
My personal theory
Short disclaimer: I'd like to state this theory might have a lot of holes seeing as I'm more a follower of the films and what I've researched online than being an avid comic reader (I just don't know where to start with them but I'll get on some soon). Also I've never made a theory post before so this'll be kinda sloppy.
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Horikoshi
Horikoshi is known to be a Marvel fan. It's present in some of his characters' design motifs and their names. Quirks aren't just "superpowers" they usually have a scientific explanation (fake or no, its scientific) for mutations that vary in genetics or mental abilities (Ex: Ashido isnt just pink for funsies her skin is like that as a result of her body mutating to adjust to the toxins she releases). Much like how powers work in X-Men. Bringing me to the next theory.
The beginning of Quirks and metahuman society
It's established that this has gone on for maybe hundreds or so years. The theory is that it likely started somewhere in the 2010s and the era we see atm is in the 4th generation, somehere in 2300. (That's a hole considering X-Men has established mutations were likely before even the force was established and so on but hear me out).
I think back to the movie X-Men (2000), when there was a cure being given out for mutants to rid them of their mutations. There was a whole line of otherwise regular looking people, some homeless and some not, probably with nonvisible mutations. Indicating mutant population is more prevalent in society than we thought.
Discrimination in Metahumans and human society
Discrimination is present everywhere - yes, even amongst the metahuman. Quirkless discrimination and human discrimination is a common theme in both the X-Men and MHA franchise. But I feel a lot of people overlook that as long as your deemed "less powerful", people will pick on you either way.
In X-Men there are Mutant Supremacists, mutants that think some mutants are better than others and despise humans completely. Back to the point with the X-Men movies, more specifically X-Men: First Class. I don't have enough evidence to put Magneto up here but I do have the example of Astrid Bloom and likely Sebastian Shaw (I mean, he was a N*zi so...)
Even in a world where the parties both "peacefully" coexist, there's bound to be infighting on who's the most powerful. AFO or ReDestro might be the closest example to a Quirk or Mutant Supremacist; seeing certain people below them and wanting a society in which the ones with absolute power rule and those that crush the weak determines your status. Bakugou is a tamer version of this, personal or current growth aside, he was very adamant on establishing he was the best back in junior high and the only person he looked to surpass was All Might, who he considered not just super cool but super powerful.
Selling a Hero IRL
Ok hold out for me here cus this is half of where my theory began to grow.
(Art credit to Keiid Aka Mya on Twitter)
Check the poster in Shinsou's room. That isn't just some cool girl the artist made for his room, Karma is an actual character in Marvel canon (this is probably obvious for y'all who actually read comics 😅). But you might be thinking, "Ok cool but that's just crossover fanart ain't it?" Yes but actually no.
It's shown in a translation that Sero is a fan of an American Hero. It's Spider-Man, let's not beat around the bush, his tape power is influenced from his webslinging abilities as well. Some might think the heroes of the Marvel universe are fiction in their universe and maybe so, but I can counter this.
In the beginning of the manga, Volume 1 Chapter 1, silhouettes are shown of mostly Marvel heroes, one of them being Wolverine from... oh take a guess! The lines on the panel was also "fiction became reality."
In Logan, Laura points out that "Wolverine" had saved many people in the comics, that she has possession of. He tells her that some of that was real but a lot was also overexaggerated for media. Meaning while they and their adventures were real, their images were also used as a source of entertainment for nonmutants. It's the same as celebrities appearing on TV and in commercials with their signature looks. They're a brand. Heroes in MHA do the same, with merchandising and otherwise. At least those non-underground.
Conclusion
I don't really know how to make a conclusion, since these are all a bunch of my half-baked theories stitched together. Like I said, comics probably counter this a ton. But it's not like I don't read comics at ALL, at this point with how much I've come across, some comics nowadays have proven to be officialized fanfiction. Anything goes as long as you can write or don't try to contradict the old rules I guess.
Plus there are so many universes for futures I can't even count on my fingers, so My Hero might as well be one of them.
#mha#my hero academia#mha theory#my hero academia theory#xmen#x men#marvel theories#marvel comics#manga#anime#not art#kuro talks
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What's the timeline for Carol Danvers and Jessica Drew's friendship supposed to be? Because after Avengers Annual #10 Jess go to live in Madripoor with Lindsay McCabe while Carol leave Earth feeling she do not have any real friends on Earth, and I... don't recall them even acknowledging each other's existence ever again (even under Claremont's pen) before Bendis? At least before Alias. But Bendis himself has Jess state that Carol was her closest friend before being abducted by Veranke in his 1/2
lol, as with much of comic books, it’s a lot of handwaving and playing fast and loose with canon. Especially with Jess, as the Veranke swap really muddies what of her history was actually hers.
I’m not as familiar with Carol’s pre-2000s history to pinpoint when exactly she left the Starjammers and returned to earth for good, but she’s definitely back by the 2000s–she’s back on earth and on the Avengers by the launch of Avengers v3 in 1998. As for Jess, it's a bit inconsistent (she pops up in Madripoor again later in Wolverine v2 and Heroes for Hire v1 in 1998), but I think it's safe to assume Jess (and Lindsay) moved back to the US after she stopped appearing as a regular in Wolverine (around issue 30 in 1990). Now, granted she would've moved back to San Francisco with Lindsay (as seen in the Sensational Spider-Man Annual (1996), which I believe is her first post-Wolverine regular appearance), but she does eventually move to New York when she gets wrapped up in mentoring Mattie (starting in Amazing Spider-Man v2, then carrying over into Spider-Woman v3 in 1999-2000). That leaves a decent chunk of time for the two to be in the same city to reconnect and establish a friendship, albeit off screen.
You mention Brian Reed writing Carol hadn’t known Jess well in She-Hulk: Sensational (2010), but he actually did write them as close friends in Ms. Marvel v2 (2006-2010) (specifically, that first issue with Carol saying they’re close friends when introducing them grabbing brunch together), which I think is what established for a lot of subsequent writers (and fans) their modern friendship. The She-Hulk:Sensational (2010) story is a big point of confusion because, while it was published after Ms. Marvel v2, New Avengers v1 (2005-2010), and Secret Invasion (2008-2009) (where Jess and Carol are established friends), it actually takes place at some indeterminate time earlier in continuity, prior to Secret Invasion.
(I’d put it occurring somewhere after Spider-Woman v3 (1999/2000, when Jess was mentoring Mattie), but probably before Alias (2003) and definitely before Giant-Size Spider-Woman/New Avengers (2005) and Ms. Marvel v2 (2006), as this is before she’s been roped back into Hydra/SHIELD. But you could argue it belongs as far back as just after the Sensational Spider-Man Annual (1996, when she meets Julia Carpenter and seemingly has her powers fully restored), as her powers appear to be fully functioning here again (so possibly before Spider-Woman v3 where she gets depowered again by Charlotte). But Marvel was pretty inconsistent after Spider-Woman v1 ended with whether her powers were working or not and how well they were working until they permanently restored them in Secret Invasion.)
My best guess is sometime during/after Ms. Marvel ended, Reed realized that there was no point where Jess and Carol actually were established as close friends, he’d just written them like they always were. So since he had the opportunity to write an earlier (nebulous) in the continuity story, decided to write about the impetuous for their friendship. Seeing Jess in trouble with Hydra, Carol regretfully admits to Jen that she’d never gotten close to Jess after Jess had saved her life. But the story ends with Carol offering Jess her support in the future. Seems like a good set up for why they're close by the time of Ms. Marvel v2/the events surrounding her kidnapping/rescue in Secret Invasion.
#am i uhhh ever capable of writing a normal number of words about jessica drew? lol no#sorry this is both so late and so long anon OTL#ask me about jessica drew and i can't stop talking and also get sidetracked re-reading about a million old comics lmao#anyways. i ended up adjusting my read order/tweaking the chronology of it a bit thanks to this ask!#(/can share if it would help clear up further confusion! i started annotating what happened in guest appearances so hopefully it's clearer)#problems is i don't believe in h*pless so i stopped updating my master read order around ANAD lol#anonimo#domande#sto parlando#jess meta#ramblings about comix#jessica drew#spider woman
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Past Midnight is easily the Russos' most exciting project. Details on the Netflix movie are sparse, but the project is about a completely original superhero that isn't based on any comic book source material. Rick Famuyiwa, the director of Dope, is at the helm, and it stars Keanu Reeves in the lead role.
While fans are clamoring for Reeves to appear in the MCU as Wolverine, playing an original superhero is the next best thing. Between Reeves having a mid-career peak and Famuyiwa having made one of the most heartfelt coming-of-age dramas of the 2010s, Past Midnight could be a truly unique superhero movie.
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