#crispy thinks

[crispys-records]

john walker's helmet-to-beret uniform change: a uniform analysis by a guy who frankly knows very little about marvel

as a reference, i never really read any of the marvel comics as a kid depicting john walker as either captain america or u.s. agent. i did NOT watch falcon and the winter soldier until after i watched thunderbolts which may or may not be an insane watch order. but the little things i do know give me the tiniest bit of confidence to make this analysis, because its got very little to do with him as a character and more in the way he is portrayed to other people.

still, im a little out of my league here, so if this is total bullshit, common knowledge, or both, you can... call me mean things in my ask box i guess

lets start with his first, captain america-esque uniform.

when you look at steve rogers, the star is in the center of his chest, and he has both red and white stripes vertically on his stomach. although with a little more embelishments, sam wilson has the same kind of set up, sort of hammering home the fact that he's following in steve's footsteps and carrying his legacy. on the other hand, john walker's initial uniform has the star on the right side of his uniform and there are only red stripes horizontally across his chest.

comparing the "real captain america" uniform to the john walker one, there are some pretty easy patterns i can connect here. for starters, the fact that the uniforms are different brings to mind john's hopes about being captain america--that he isnt there to be another steve rogers. he wants to be his own captain america, so obviously, he would have a different uniform. also, the fact that john walker, steve rogers, and sam wilson are very different people can also be seen in that.

going a bit deeper, let's look at the designs themselves. steve's, and sam's, uniform is more symmetrical, more controlled and neat. it shows a more level-headed approach to the title of captain america, and represents steve's nature. on the other hand, john's uniform is skewed to one side. when he faces the camera, the star is on the left, which is where your heart is. john is more emotional, less controlled and calm than steve rogers was. he loses himself to rage and emotion. and then he kills someone in front of the public, and now the blood that he spilled will be a part of his image forever. theres no white on his uniform to stain. theres only red stripes.

now, i didn't even realize this until i started watching falcon and the winter solider, but his uniform actually changes at the end of the series going into thunderbolts. he has white stripes now. and oh my god, am i going to unpack that.

the fact that there are now white stripes shows a change in character. john goes through this character arc in the show which kind of goes to shit in thunderbolts but thats just him getting the ghostbusters "every movie has to start with them at rock bottom even if things start looking fine at the end of the last movie" treatment. i think john, as he steps away from the mantle of captain america, starts allowing himself to be hateful. while before, it was more of a struggle to be "righteous", to be the government's golden boy. so imagine that now, hes not the governments perfect soldier anymore. hes a disillusioned mercenary, down on his luck and coming out of a post-captain america spiral, and obviously hes letting whatever kind of resentment he had boiling during fatws dictate him. it cements him as a human character, like steve. he's strong and hes righteous and hes just. hes also miserable and angry and an asshole.

also, notice how in the dark, the only thing you can see is the white stripes? how the red, which was brighter in his first uniform, is obscured in the dark? im cornplating, sorry

and finally, the thunderbolts after credits scene uniform which i had to scour many a john walker fan account and fan blog for (ty guys i love you all).

it hasn't really changed much, apart from the lack of a star (replaced by an A) which i think could signify his full seperation from the us government. theres no longer a part of him that glorifies it, not after valentina tried to kill them more than once. like yelena threatened when val announced the Avengers: they own the government now. he doesnt have to worry about being that perfect government pawn, although he probably still will worry about being perfect human, because all he has to do is say "no, i wont fight this country ending disaster for you" and the government is toast.

also, the helmets, which i just thought was so cool to think about.

in the beginning, his helmet is pretty much a near one-to-one replica of steve roger's helmet. its smooth, its hard. it covers up his face, shows the bare minimum facial structures: two eyes, a nose, a mouth. it shows only what people want to see, the A on the front, for America. this is not john walker. this is Captain America, a hero for the people. a hero meant to replace the one that they lost.

as u.s. agent, his helmet is still the smooth, undefining helmet, but its lost the A. because like valentina says, they don't need a captain america anymore. she just needs a soldier who can do the dirty work for her. it obscures the wearer, and takes away the definition, leaving just a nameless figure. because u.s. agent isn't meant to be a public hero, just a soldier.

for a majority of thunderbolts, john walker doesnt wear his helmet. the helmet was originally something to hide behind, but he's not hiding behind anything througout the movie, and it shows. his divorce, his spiral, its all out in the open for bob and the rest of the team to disect. hes not trying to pretend to be nice, he's bitter and miserable.

and then, in the post-credits scene, he's wearing that stupid little beret which is so cute. im giggling just thinking about it. the symbolism is kind of obvious here. val or john, or both, decided that they're done trying to hide john's true persona from the public. his whole thing is that hes not captain america, hes a shitty, grittier, worse thing. so instead of hiding his face, they leave it out in the open, but they dress it up a little so that he doesnt look like a total deplorable freak to the citizens of the us. its all a little pr.

for all the hate that the beret gets, i do kind of like how it ties up john's character arc.

if youve made it to the end of what is kind of a really impromptu essay then thank you... im very unlikely to write thinkpieces like this again until we get more new avengers content or until i watch something about one of the characters that makes me think, like Black Widow or rewatching Antman and the Wasp. anyways thanks for reading

[crispys-records]

fairy tail would be immensely better if mashimas punchline wasnt titties

I really wish Hiro mashima was less of a weirdo because genuinely fairy tail can be so incredibly funny when the joke isn't sexual harassment/assault, pedophilia or misogyny. Even stuff that could be risky like nudity or fanservice scenes can be funny as long as it doesn't have these elements.

Let me make it very simple

Natsu breaking into Lucy's house- funny

Natsu grabbing Lucy's tits for the 400th time- unfunny and gross

Juvia being harmlessly weird only making people annoyed/very mildly uncomfortable- funny

Juvia making gray anywhere between uncomfortable to genuinely scared by being creepy as shit- creepy and terrifying

Erza yelling at pillar for an entire ass episode- funny

Erza being genuinely afraid of ichiya because he will not stop harrassing her- deeply uncomfortable

Wendy being clumsy or naive because she is a child- funny

Every other joke this dude makes about Wendy- good lord check his hard drive right now

This shouldnt be as hard as it is for you mashima please

[imalilshitlord]

I saw these mammals by @pileofslop on Twitter and I became inspired.

I made them experience horrors beyond comprehension.

Thank you.

[crispyliza]

Fanfiction in the late 2000s-early 2010s was wild bc you'd find a beautifully written story with the most compelling heart-wrenching plot you've ever seen and the author's note would be like:

Author with a username like ~SasukesWaifuxD~ : Ohayo gozaimasu! ↖(^▽^)↗, I'm sowwy it took me so long to update (๑•́_•̀๑)

tsundere twink from their fic : It was about damn time you idiot (눈‸눈)

~SasukesWaifuxD~ : Hey now! It's not my fault the plot bunnies kept wunning away fwom me (╥﹏╥)

tsundere twink: W-watever, it's not like I missed you or anything (💢,,>﹏<,,) b-baka!

[crispys-records]

the difference is garroth welcomes friends, even if hes too shy to actively seek them out. he cant make friends on his own bc he will get so comedically nervous. its is rlly his downfall bc hes got tons of ppl who think hes cool and only like 4 real friends

whereas zane will actively attempt to AVOID making friends if he can help it unless absolutely necessary/desired. as soon as zane saunters over and strikes up a conversation you already want to be his friend its involuntary

Reminder that Garroth Ro’Meave is very shy and Zane Ro’Meave has charisma to the nines

[alienmiilk]

fantasy

[crispys-records]

that new thunderbolts promo art

its cornplate hour my loves, lets analyze the new thunderbolts* promo art

starting off, of course, with the composition of it

they use sentry, and the rest of the promo is completely black. black, obviously, is the void. and what stands out? bob, the sentry. in bright, bright gold. a really nice way of making him a center focus, something your eyes are naturally drawn to before anything else. youve never met this specifc character before the movie, so obviously hes going to be a main selling point.

and the fact that hes entirely basked in gold isnt lost on me either. hes the one in the image with the most gold on him. sure, its a nod to how important he is, but also how powerful he is compared to everyone else.

the use of gold highlights is especially interesting in this image.

we have the sentry, obviously, totally covered in it. but also yelena and john, who have a pretty similar amount of gold on their person. yelena, in her hair. john, in his shield. they're the centerpieces to which the development of bob's power is built on.

yelena, the kinder one, the one who builds up his confidence while simultaneously and accidentally breaking him down by admitting his worst fears, that hes useless and life sucks.

john, the ruder one, who throws insult after insult and has no intention of babying the civilian, which, sure, might hurt bob but also heals him, because john doesnt treat him any differently from the others.

in the movie, this is more obvious, because theyre the only two whos shame rooms we see. and then we have bucky

the smallest, barely noticable hint of gold in his arm. and this is important. because bucky plays a critical role in this movie too, and the gold is a direct understanding of that. hes the leader, hes the one who we cut to the most, who agrees to bring everyone together to take down valentina. hes important, just not as much as the other three. and yelena and john are important, just not as much as the sentry.

notice how bucky is also in the center next to bob? well, hes the leader of the team when they approach the tower, so of course he'd be in the center.

anyway i love this stupid movie im gonna be so annoying abt it forever

[thebibliosphere]

I’m editing a chapter of Pennyworth where Alfred teaches Richard how to make doughnuts and I realized it’s been seven years since I last had a doughnut and made myself sad then decided: fuck that and made myself gluten free doughnuts.

Several more attempts may be needed to get it right—or as right as I can with my dietary limitations. But for now I have doughnut-shaped cake and that’s good enough.

[crispys-records]

there wasnt even an option for your parents to reccommend it like i only started watching it cause my dad said i'd like it

[crispy-art-on-fire]

I adore and treasure how bliztop and shockjazz are just two autobots pulling bad bitches like damn one's a powerful triple-changer who is insane (in general and FOR Op) and another is a scary shapeshifter who can and will turn someone into a puppet/destroy an entire fraction slowly to have a whole family. Do Optimus and Jazz ever just sit down for a drink and be like ...whoa? O.O

ps I imagine if the day shockjazz 'accidentally' have a sparkling together, the War just takes a break because Shockwave cannot have that in the background

Post-Calculated Love they have support meetings of "in a relationship with a Decepticon" in order to deal with habits that make others look at them like they're going to die. (Blitzwing conflict resolution being "fight to the death" while Shockwave is. Himself.)

Also that is so true ShockJazz sparkling is gonna grow up in peace times and Primus help anyone who tries to stir the pot.

[oneroomjestershow]

CHICKEN NUGGET!!!!!!!!!!!!

I deep fried him for you

[heustons]

TOM HOLLAND as PETER PARKER Spider-Man: Far From Home・dir. Jon Watts

[crispys-records]

gosh you get it so well

zanvis was the kind of thing that ppl who rlly were obsessed with aphmau would ship. like people who had aphmaus notifs on, who would watch every mystreet or mcd related video that she posted. and in the beginning, she really played into it bc it was just so so popular. id even argue that she was like fr queerbaiting with zanvis 😭

now we're in the future where those ppl arent kids anymore. fujoshis are far in between and a lot of the zanvis shippers either moved on entirely, rewatched mystreet and replaced zanvis, or only started shipping it due to the sheer amount of fan content and has since stopped due to the lack of aphmau fanbase in recent years. the stragglers are sort of left to pick up the pieces of a formerly popular ship. one of the worst things ive heard is that some people stopped shipping zanvis because the fanbase was just so bad, which is even worse!

its tragic it really is. its like watch the titanic sink right before my eyes.

speaking of zanvis, i think the downfall of it is actually so? so? so? soooo??? crazy. it's like smth i think about constantly bc it used to be so popular like from seasons 1-seasons 3 if i remember correctly and it just gradually went downhill

i love zanechan as much as the next person (travlyn not so much) but i miss my "suave" loser x emo loser, where you guys at kings. it's like that taylor swift song, "everybody moved on, help i'm still at the restaurant" because i quite literally never got over zanvis. this au is actually me indulging because i cant indulge anywhere else bc theres so little zanvis now.

i think it was mainly popular bc of the old minigames and how they interacted plus the whole "garrance, zanvis, vlyante" thing, but still its crazy; almost all the content i see of them is like from 2019. i'm never moving on from this ship and js to spite everyone else, i'm gonna make a mass zanvis post

[katnumdrum]

Here's to hoping 2025 will be a better time than the last

[camarilla-arts]

While still fixated on TMNT at large, I am especially not able to stop thinking about Bad End Ninja Turtles, an au comic by @butterfilledpockets. 2003's "Same as it Never Was" Raph may not have ever experienced the Ninja Tribunal arc, AND I don't think Rise movie Leo still has his powers, so maybe this was just as much of a surprise for the both of them as it was for Ronin. at least we know for sursies Don-bot has seen magic shit before.

[alanide-arts]

A fate most unfortunate.