#I'm not even Mexican; he also said I'm a mean kinda nice when I'm very clearly just being hostile.

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NO HE CALLED ME A SPICY MEXICAN MOM WTF 💀

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As a non-US fan, I think MCU's portrayal of the US is terrifying if you take it seriously. The superhumans are all American or US-affiliated, and apparently, the US was secretly controlling the world for decades via a high-tech/superhuman Nazi cel. Only Wakanda could stand up to them. Lots of non-US people must haaaate America in MCU So in TWIFFON, if I'm understanding it right, Tony is selling himself internationally as more inclusive and checking his privilege?

Disclaimer: I’m a very broke college student who’s main knowledge of international politics stems from a military history class I took years ago, so odds are it’s very much not nuanced. [Well, that, and being second-generation.] So, again, I’ll admit I’ve probably got my biases going on, which aren’t helped at all by the current very stressful sociopolitical climate. 

Secondary disclaimer: TWiFFON was meant to be nothing more than self-indugent crack, not sure where the hell the rest of this angst and legal drama came in, and apologies if I got anything wrong there that couldn’t be explained/hand-waved away via ‘this is MCU, we’ve got magic and aliens and mind-control and secret Nazis’. This was just me messing around with what I had at hand, and tried to take things to their most logical conclusions. I’m just derping around, probably reading too far into things that were probably not meant to be taken beyond face/shock value. 

Okay, now that that’s out of the way: yes, quite a few aspects of what the MCU’s implying puts me on edge. I mean, I’ve seen it since it started, back in 2008 with the first movie, and I loved quite a bit of it—but the further it went along, I keep getting put off by the turn it’s taken, in more ways than one.

The escalation in terms of villains, I kinda get: this is comic book science, okay, got it, I can work with that. However, the escalation in other ways, and the anti-Tony turn it took, during Phase 2? Not so much. Ditto as to the borderline imperialistic tone it took, too: Civil War’s just the straw that broke the camel’s back, in some ways [the fandom’s reaction is what inspired me to even write this fic], but even in The Winter Soldier I was just kinda mentally screaming when the HYDRA reveal happened. 

However, I will say that some parts of it, I could kinda see it as terrifyingly plausible, in some ways, especially with factoring in said comic book science: SHIELD, especially later on, was very heavily-coded to be basically another CIA, which…hasn’t been nice, to some countries in the past. [I guess that’s my personal bias, though: I’m a Latina, so I’m always especially low-key bitter hearing people talk crap about ‘those Mexicans’ and keeping my mouth shut while remembering that Chile’s and Venezuela’s and Guatemala’s infrastructure in the ‘70s was okay before—anyway. Sorry for the random tangent.] So, all things considered, and allowing for comic book extravagance, SHIELD’s past influence sounds plausible. I don’t like it, but it sounds plausible. 

That doesn’t excuse what’s going on in the modern day, however, and it’s why I’ve tried to deal with the fallout of the HYDRA reveal the best I could. The MCU just sort of…dropped it, after the fact, but in TWiFFON the world now has complete, unredacted proof of the shit SHIELD/HYDRA pulled, so there’s consequences. [I’ve mentioned this before in another meta post, too. Plus nobody’s happy about HYDRA having existed. No one.] 

So, yes, quite a bit of the world’s pissed off right now. 

They now have proof of what went down, but have to be careful as to how to deal with this because yes, the US has quite a bit of power and not very many countries can really compete. I mean, Wakanda’s one, but I can’t help but think that Russia’d be another, since I’m assuming the MCU parallels our world in some ways, especially when it comes to power dynamics. […no comment about rl nope this is stress relief dammit]. Plus, they’ve got Tony Stark, who for decades was one of the biggest names in the arms industry. You’re probably sick of hearing this, but I really can’t understate it, because the threat he presents was huge. [Jericho missile, anyone?] 

So, yes, while the US flipped out when Tony came back from Afghanistan and did what he did, the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief. 

Because after Afghanistan, that is definitely how the rest of the world’s seeing it: Tony’s focusing on the bigger picture, literally trying to make the world a better place, and trying to be a better man. He’s checking his privilege, in a way, and pushing for accountability and privatizing world peace and everything else is just proof that he’s on the right track.

(Kinda spoilery, but that’s also going to be a major component behind the power dynamics behind the Civil War arc; because here, Johannesburg didn’t get swept under the rug, and Lagos onward is going to result in a clusterfuck and a half if all goes according to plan.)

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200, 192, 189, 174, 171, all in the believe in category, 154, 149, 146, 145, 142, 141, 138, 131, all in the here's what i think about category, 86, 84, 76, 66, 60, 54, 49, 44, 22, 18, 15, 11, 6, 2 Only answer the ones you want - there's a lot...Sorry lmao. I'm just curious

I love when I can go on and on about questions, thank you

200 My crush’s name is:I have two and people irl have my tumblr and one of them has a tumblr so :x they’re both a K name. 192 I am allergic to:Cats which does not stop me, all kinds of pollen, and lavender. 189 Last book you read:I’m currently working on When The Moon Was Ours174 Do you have any siblings?Not biologically but my friends may as well be my brothers, we say we are. 171 Do you play an instrument?I’ve been on flute since late third grade and I’m learning both guitar and bass. Do you believe in169 Love at first sight:Mmmmm not really? I dunno. 168 Luck:In a way to just describe entropy yeah. 167 Fate:Again not really but I like to use it in a poetic sense. 166 Yourself:Pfffft not really165 Aliens:HELL YEAH164 Heaven:Nope163 Hell:Nah162 God:Nada161 Horoscopes:No but I think they’re neat160 Soul mates:It’d be cool but no159 Ghosts:No but I like supernatural shit like that158 Gay Marriage:OH YEAH BABEYYY157 War:No but I don’t really like involving myself in that discussion, i don’t know jack about psychology or sociology. 156 Orbs:In the supernatural sense no but I do believe in my friend’s cat we call Orb. He deserves all the love. 155 Magic:No but another thing I think is cool. 154 Hugs or Kisses:I love bear hugs so much but I’ve also never been kissed. Cheek and forehead kisses are good but I’m going with hugs. 149 Hot or cold:Cold but with warm sun146 Chocolate or vanilla:Vanilla! Swirl is the best though145 Night or Day:Night but like just as the sun is starting to set. 142 McDonalds or Burger King:mcnaldos. I was gonna italicize it but mobile sucks. 141 White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate:Milk unless it’s cookies and cream which reminds me of the summer, when Uzii and Abbas bought out the whole stock at the general store on Kelley’s Island. 138 Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor:I mean I’m ugly and poor lmao. If we’re talking personality, sweet and poor. If it’s appearance, i don’t care ab looks sooooo ugly and rich. 131 Small town or Big city:This is so hard for me because I live for Pittsburgh but Kelley’s Island was so perfect. Here’s what I think about122 War:Like I said in the do I believe one, I don’t know enough to say anything. It’s a complicated issue but for the most part I hate it121 George Bush:I have no idea120 Gay Marriage:I may be gay married one day lmao119 The presidential election:I mean this past one gave us some top notch SNL. It’s a shame though that the first on I kept track of was this shitshow. 118 Abortion:I’m very pro choice117 MySpace:Idk116 Reality TV:I love me some drag and cooking competitions but not things like the bachelor. 115 Parents:Mine? I’m fine with. Our relationship is a little weird. Plus I was raised by grandparents so it’s a complicated thing. I can go more in depth if you want. 114 Back stabbers:Rot in hell Alexa. Sorry just a vent. 113 Ebay:I dunno really112 Facebook:I barely use it but it was good to come out on lmao111 Work:I need it110 My Neighbors:I don’t talk to them but my old ones were creeps109 Gas Prices:I don’t drive so 🤷🏼‍♂️108 Designer Clothes:Hate it when they steal my culture 🔪🔪🔪 but other than that idc. There’s some stuff that is ridiculously priced but others, it’s just people making money doing something they love so power to them107 College:Let me in106 Sports:I bleed black and gold. I’m such a pittsburgher. 105 My family:Strange. I love em but they’re weird. Like I’ve got Opa’s side in Detroit which is all 6’+ and fairly well off, although we did lose the matriarch. There’s Oma’s in the Netherlands that I don’t know anything about. Papaw’s who are also well off, Aunt Martha outbid a college for her house but other than that I don’t really know them. Grandma’s Mexican yinzer family I love. We get petty over refried beans and guacamole. There’s some issues with me and coming out though. 104 The future:I’m kinda of afraid but there are days where I’m not and those are the best. 86 The thing that I’m looking forward to the most:Testosterone tbh84 People call me:Scottie, Scooter, Scoots, Major, two people are trying to push Scrotum and Scootums, along with various things like faggot and dumbass lmao. By friends, it’s not in an insulting way. 76 Right now I am talking to:Mack and attempting to get tumblr to let me talk to @kairoth although answering all these did take time66 People that make you happy:This list would be bigger if I talked to some people more and others didn’t betray me but the big ones are Mack and Kennedy60 I lose all respect for people who:Oof I can’t remember any of the big ones but if I heard them I’d remember. Deadnaming and misgendering is the biggest tho. 54 The worst pain I was ever in was:I can’t remember what it felt like when I got the fishhook through my shoulder but it left a scar. Granted falling in the parking lot during practice did too which didn’t hurt a lot. The one I can remember though is waking up in the middle of the night not able to move my knee, and so my leg, at all. It stills hurts from time to time and it’s got a mysterious bump that’s stressing me out. 49 Do you want children:Yeah, I feel like I’d be a good dad. I have dreams about it sometimes. I had one where I had a little tan freckles blonde haired daughter was teaching how to box. Another with a little brown haired brown eyed son, tying his tie, talking to him about how if he likes a girl, not to be mean but to treat her like a princess. If he ever makes a mistake, to buy her and her mother flowers, maybe even her sisters. I dunno. It’s nice to think about. 44 One person that you wish you could see right now:Carson so I can have a serious talk with him. Opa because got i miss him, and Great Grandma Laney. Dad, although I saw him recent enough that I’m not desperate. And the two crushes, not gonna name names. Favorites22 Animal:I love hyenas with all of my heart18 Sport to play:Hockey. Not only am I good at the actual game and get so much enjoyment out of it, but there’s nothing like a solid shoulder check. I threw a kid way bigger than me into the wall in middle school. 15 Day of the week:I used to really like Tuesday for some reason but now it’s probably Friday, especially if I go out and do stuff with friends right after school. 11 Food:Wedding soup I guess? It’s a comfort food. 6 Flower:I really like snapdragons, bleeding hearts, and warm colored roses. I’m also a huge fan of daffodils, tulips, hydrangeas, snowball bushes, and pansies for nostalgic reasons. I just really like flowers. 2 Dog breed:Oh man that’s tough. I really like big dogs, not quite in size but like stature if that makes any sense??? Things like bulldogs and pitties. Xolo dogs are great too

Thank you again!