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Absolutely loved the new movie, and especially these two 🫶

(Also decided to do the apple trend that’s been happening lately)

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Flirting with a cosmic demigod, that's why he's the GOAT

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Johnny and Reed are ADHD v AUTISM violence

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the summer of daddy richards

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I do enjoy that in the movie Johnny Storm took one look at Shalla-Bal and said “I can fix her”

And he did.

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i love you, i’m sorry

Pairing: Johnny Storm/Shalla- Bal

Summary:

She looks at him empathetically. “Tell me this. Are you okay?”

“I will be. It’s just…”

Johnny stares down at his outstretched hands, hoping the longer he looks it’ll give him some kind of answer.

Sue surveys the room, takes in all the papers strewn about.

“You miss her.” She says simply, hitting the nail on the head.

“Yeah. Is that weird?”

ao3

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THEM

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Hey did y'all ever think about that if doctors blame all fat people's medical issues on them being too fat without proper investigation and then feel justified in neglecting their medical concerns, then statistically more fat people WILL develop and potentially die from serious health issues and it might not actually be because of the fat when everything comes down to it

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JOSEPH QUINN as JOHNNY STORM

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) dir. Matt Shakman

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…no thoughts just this🫠

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There's down bad and there's 'learning your alien language from just a three word phrase and several hours of space audio recordings' down bad. I love whatever's wrong with Johnny Storm

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Johnny Storm who loves space and follows around Reed because he's genuinely interested in everything he could learn from him, who is an annoying younger sibling without being mean to people and actually treats his friends like he likes them instead of going for their insecurities, who sees a silver woman who heralds their end and despite that describes her and her words as warm without even understanding them, who figures out a language and how to speak some of it because he's passionate, curious and determined AND because he gets that connection is important

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So much of my impression of Reed Richards as autistic in the new Fantastic Four movie comes from Pedro Pascal's delivery. The way he chooses to say these lines makes such a difference--like "I am that smart" or "Anyone can build a crib, only I can build this" could EASILY have made him read as an a-hole, but Pedro's Reed says them with a sincerity that feels very autistic to me. He's not bragging or being snide, he's just stating the truth, and there's even a lot of gentleness in it. (And, I mean, come on, his confusion about the extra screws for the crib? "They included two extra...I have no idea why." He meant that!) His argument with Ben about how "cooking is more of an art than a math or a science" and how he failed his driver's test because of "poorly placed signage" (I love him) could have felt pedantic or prideful, but he says them with this sweet, almost abashed feeling that feels very genuine and familiar.

His reactions to Sue's pregnancy and the press post-Galactus excursion also read as autistic: he is clearly feeling a lot, but he isn't sure how to express it, so with Sue it comes out as immediately moving to problem-solving ("we'll have to design tests to account for our mutated DNA--") and with the press it shows up as reassurance-seeking: even though he's at the mic, he is constantly looking over at his family as if they could tell him what he should say. They even do end up answering some questions for him, and the most he says without a very long pause is his first comment: "I'm sorry we don't have a prepared statement" (which because of its delivery also feels very autistic).

And there's also his face, which is highlighted as very expressive in contrast to his fairly monotone voice. "I finally crossed it off the list," is said very simply and without context (true autistic information-sharing lol) but when Johnny jokes with him afterwards about taking back all the bad things he's said, Reed's face is telegraphing that he doesn't know how much of it is a joke. And at the start of the film, it's joked that his face is what gives away the pregnancy. (Not to mention Ben's joke about being surprised Reed isn't in panic-induced sweats and his reply that "I had that scheduled for later"...sir. You're not dodging the allegations)

Even in his fight with Sue the entirety of what he says is just so autistic to me. "I don't dream, I don't wonder. I let all of the worst things into my head, because it's my job to think of the bad things so that we can do them to them before they do them to us!" and Sue responds, "It's not your job, it's you." And he immediately agrees. And when Sue says "Sometimes, you being you hurts me," he can only pause and say "I don't mean to..." And Sue responds, "I know." And both of them feel so honest in how they say these lines! Reed really doesn't mean to hurt her, of course he doesn't, but he also doesn't know any other way to be, and he doesn't know how to make it hurt her less, and you can feel that he's really at a loss for what to do. Thankfully he is met with understanding, but the experience of the way you are and how you function being something that can hurt other people without your intending to or being able to help it is extremely relatable to autistic people. On top of this interaction, Reed feels like his whole family's pain is his fault, because he "should have known" that the suits "were...inadequate"--self-blame which makes him even more relatable.

And then there's the heartbreaking scene with him and Franklin where he quietly tells him, "I hope you're not like me. There's something wrong with me...always has been." It wasn't just the mutated DNA that made Reed feel wrong. He says he's always felt that way. There's nothing more autistic than that.

Anyway yeah I'm used to Reed feeling like a colder, less-emotional version of Tony Stark, but Pedro Pascal really breathes new life into this character. He is anxious and particular and warm and very, very autistic.

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i will never forgive rtd for fumbling them all so badly