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TFATWS thoughts.

I came back to the fandom years later and found that some people have rather mixed opinions about Karly and Sam's stance on her. Which some people find hypocritical. I can agree that the TV show did a pretty poor job of emphasizing the Flagsmashers motivation. But it seemed so obvious to me what happened. From an economic standpoint. What do you think happened when half the population disappeared? Businesses lost half their employees. Half their customers. They would have to cut their production in half. But then would they be able to afford their space and equipment? The economy would collapse if these people weren't replaced. Production would suffer greatly. It wasn't necessarily the useless, uneducated poor people who moved to rich countries as migrants. The richer countries simply vacuumed up everyone they needed from countries with a even a little lower quality of life. And for these people, it wasn't just a matter of moving to a better place. It was a race to get to a place that would last. Because I'm sure that the economies of countries that couldn't attract enough people were destroyed. Even a small local business can't survive if there are too few buyers for their products. So in a way, richer countries Cannibalized economies of the weaker ones. In a time of crisis and chaos. And when the people erased by Thanos returned, the government wanted to send back the people they attracted to save their economy. But do they send them back to their home as they left it? No. In a few years, it turned into a poor semi-medieval society. And it will take decades to somehow fix it. The authorities used these people and wanted to throw them out when they were no longer needed. They were victims of the situation. And that's why Sam sympathized with Karly's ideas. And asked not to call her a terrorist. I've seen more than enough people call Sam a hypocrite on this. (mostly on my side of the fandom. I'm not sure if there are many with these ideas on the English-speaking side) And it's just so stupid. But at the same time, his lecturing the government seems a bit unfair. Because he's not offering a solution to the problem. And the problem is really complicated. Just "being better" isn't really an answer. And it won't help provide people with housing, jobs, and food. And the TV series did a really bad job of communicating the problem itself. So some people saw the displaced people as just invaders of other people's places. Ugh. Does it really require much knowledge of History and Economics to imagine what happened after half the population disappeared? And I'll add the TB* tag. Because I feel like that misunderstanding adds a little bit of negativity to Sam's position. Sorry.

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As a Russian speaker I found it annoying that everyone calls Yelena by her full name all the time. Why not just Lena (without the Ye)? I have a cousin named Lena and I have never called her Yelena. And we are not even close! The rest are fine. But her father? Her friend Anya in the flashback?

Is it also correct that she called her little friend Anya (instead of Anna which would be an adult full name).

I wish her father called her Lena, or Lenochka which is more affectionate (that -chka ending for the short form of the name works a bit like the -chan part in anime). When a Parent calls you by your Full Name… It sounds like getting scolded to me.

Like where is the logic in this? Why did her sister Nat get Natasha (short friendly form of Natalia. Yes, that's one same name in Russia) for her official name, But Elena got Full name (Like in her passport and not Lena as her friends might call her in Russia). Also, she calls her father by his full name works correctly. Because it sounds like she is distancing herself from him by doing this. Which is what she does.

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I have a weird thought. You know, there's this repeating scene where Bucky just freezes if someone stops his metal arm. I get that it's supposed to be to draw attention to the opponent's strength. But it makes me think. He's trained as a killing machine. He could use his other arm and try to break free. Could it be something instinctual from the Hydra days? It made me think of the scene in the second Captain America movie. When Hydra was restraining the Winter Soldier in the chair to "wipe" him. They only used one strap for his metal arm while they used two for his normal arm. Like if you're restricted in movement then you shouldn't try. On an instinctual level. Just a vaguely supported theory.

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I almost didn't notice Ava on my first watch. The others are just so much louder. (Bucky is quiet too. But oh well. It's Bucky.) But now I see that Ava is a pretty good character in the group.

Just watch her! She vibes!

She listens to everyone's stories without the amounts of malice and cringe that the others do. She smiles. Unsure but not negatively when Alexei says heroic shit. She teams up with Yelena to laugh at Walker.

Yeah. She killed that mercenary. But after the others helped her escape - she had no qualms about helping them in return. Her story about Bob is the most incoherent. She just mumbles.

She looks really interested. She even bends to peek from behind the Red Guardian.. She has that little tentative smile when she agrees to give it a try. And she goes with it!

No selfishness. No overthinking. She is the first to jump and run to help Yelena without even understanding where she is going. She is often in the frame with someone. Nodding their heads together. Always looking at the reaction of others. And she looks the most scared in front of journalists.

An unsocialized girl just wants to be a part of something. And when this something was offered to her even in the form of this crazy group, she clutched it with both hands. She is way too relaxed with the murders though))

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There are so many little details that you can't notice because this part of the movie moves so fast. But it's interesting that everyone was just immobilized. While John was pierced by a piece of metal. Probably because Bob had a grudge against him. And because he called him Bobby. Like his abusive father did in the memory. As I remembered it.

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"The question is, who's in the room with you when you're making those decisions?" -said Sam in his final speech in the series.

Bucky you shouldn't have taken things so literally! Damn! I guess that's the root of the whole idea of ​​going into politics…

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I'm thinking about while Yelena was just hugging Bob in the scene where he was fighting the Void, John grabbed his arm to stop him.

I think it's good that they chose this character to do this. The one who killed a man in a fit of rage.

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My day in fandom results

Not a single person commented on the Thunderbolts sketch I did. But I got a Walker hater in my comments on a joke post. And got myself into an argument with a person who argued to me that Valentina can't be impeached because Trump. I'm not even a normal level English speaker. And America is on the opposite side of the world from me. This fandom is wild. But definitely alive. Lol.

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Thunderbolts quick sketch

Ok, I love this family.

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Ok. Imagine.

One of the next movies with several teams coming together. The first phase is a big chaotic fight like it usually is against aliens or something. Sam, flying above the fight. He throws the Shield down. And this leads to a crazy shield-throwing pinball game between Bucky, John and Alexei. Since they are all able to use it well. Until Bucky returns the thing to its owner. Throwing it back into the sky)

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Random Thunderbolts* thought

I'll be one rare person who loved the "Congressman Bucky" arc. The main antagonist was Valentina and the character played on her field. Politics. Bucky was obviously not on her level. He was just experienced in something else. But his work was not for nothing. Access to "high society" gave him access to Valentina's circle. And he used it to recruit her assistant. Sort of. And that's how he got information on where to get evidence against Valentina. And he got his evidence. In the form of the other four characters. Lol.

And I wasn't annoyed at the "BOB!" scene. I don't think Bucky was playing dumb. I think he was weighing if these guys were really invested in this "Bob" guy enough to do something against Valentina instead of running away.

And in the end, I can't say that Valentina won this game cleanly. Bucky could have turned the tables. Use his status as a congressman and the "evidence" that was right there (like five of them!). Win this semi-political game and impeach Valentina.

But that would be the price of setting up the people who had just saved the city next to him. To say that they are not heroes. Just physical evidence of Valentina's actions.

What I'm trying to say is that Bucky didn't win not because he's bad at politics. But because he's a decent person who cares about others.

I don't think this arc was stupid or unnecessary, I think it just didn't have enough screen time to show the character's decisions more clearly.

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AU idea

Ok. Imagine Dishonored 2. But Delilah didn't turn Corvo into stone. She wants all of Jessamine's favorite toys. She trapped his consciousness in a picture of better days. Where Jessamine is still alive. She is Jessamine. And Emily, trying to play against Delilah, is just a dangerous assassin. Imagine Emily fleeing Dunwall not just from a coup but from death itself. Corvo in his mask is chasing the girl. And he is absolutely invincible at the beginning of the game. Emily will have a chance only in the final. When she becomes much more experienced. And Corvo will begin to doubt the justice of his task. Of course, if Emily does not turn Karnaca into chaos. If she is a monster then Lord Protector will have no reason to listen to her. And Emily will have to fight her father to the death before getting to Delilah.

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Dishonored Sketches

I haven't drawn in too long. What a shame. I completed the 1st Dishonored again))

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Ok. I haven't posted for a long time) I modeled a new androgynous female body. (Yes, this is another 3D printed doll) I can't help but think about making a Lady Oscar doll on this base. And also here is a video of the shoulder joint functionality.

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I realized that I never posted her here.

Her name is Elain. And she's my 3D printed MSD girl.

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new adault body

Around 31cm tall. Still a bit of a work in progress)

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Conqueror of my mom's yarn))