#Michael waldron

[thestarlightforge]

Friendly, good natured reminder to the lesbians, as it looks like tonight will be a Wiccan backstory episode.

I love you, I’m with you, and Agatha x Rio will get their turn.

But Billy is a big deal, he���s headlined Marvel Pride literally every year since its inception, and it was horrific what Multiverse of Madness did to him (going from the “love is for souls not bodies” WandaVision ethos to “two of Marvel’s only queer characters exist exclusively in the imagination of the mentally ill woman we’ve now decided is homicidal and suicidal” 🙃).

He needs this moment. Wiccan x Hulkling (Wiccling), Marvel Pride & yes, Wanda—who was also blatantly character assassinated—they need this moment.

Before Jac Schaeffer has to hand them off to another writer (again).

We shouldn’t be in this position: Where Jac Schaeffer has to join the likes of Allan Heinberg, Anthony Oliveira, Tom King and Steve Orlando as Wanda’s cleanup writer in the MCU—battling Michael Waldron and Sam Raimi the way they have long done battle with misogynistic comics writers, like John Byrne and Brian Michael Bendis. Her colleagues should’ve treated WandaVision as the precious gift it was, not left her an editorial mess to clean up.

But this is where we are. Billy, Tommy & Wanda didn’t deserve to be discarded—they deserved proud legacies as representation for the women, people with mental health struggles, and queer youth who look up to them. So she’s fixing it. Then, she’ll get to the lesbians. Have a little faith and

Let her cook.

(And enjoy watching one of my all-time favorite characters step into his own!! Wiccan is a Gem 😊💙 & he supports the lesbians as much as you do, trust, lol.)

[house-of-maximoff]

I’m so sorry Jac Schaeffer and Mary Livanos that your dream in WandaVision was ruined by the writers and directors of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness. You guys gave her that multi dimensional version of Wanda Maximoff that you wanted her to have, but then Michael Waldron ruined. If she appears in a role in something you two direct, I’m sure you will masterfully turn her around. I trust you two with my Marvel witches more than anyone!!!

[agentoffangirling]

I will forever hate how Multiverse of Madness treated Strange's arc, I would wonder how they managed to miss the point that badly, but it's Michael Waldron so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised

Bc in the first Doctor Strange movie, Strange prided himself on perfection. Being the perfect surgeon, the perfect man, the perfect person for Christine. When he got in that accident and his hands were mangled, he wasn't just angry at the fact he could no longer perform, but that he was no longer perfect. He was forever broken

That was why the watch meant so much to him. It was given to him by Christine, sure, but even after the accident the face remained perfect. The watch mirrored Strange, it represented his old life; it was the one part of him that was still "perfect". When it was broken, he cried not just bc he loved Christine, but now it was flawed, just like him

By the end of the first movie, Strange has learned that he doesn't have to be perfect, and that he's okay with not being perfect. He doesn't need to fix the watch. He doesn't need to fix himself. Being flawed is fine

But they completely throw that out the window in Multiverse of Madness! Not only do we still have him pining over Christine, which hey, the first movie showed him getting over, but we have his whole perfection thing again. It's the exact same arc from Doctor Strange, only Waldron fumbled it all

They have him fix the watch. The watch that represented him, the watch that kept him humble, the watch that reminded him being broken wasn't a bad thing? They have Strange fix it and give it to America. Why? Oh, bc now he's over Christine

HE WAS OVER CHRISTINE A LONG TIME AGO. What was the point of this??

Giving it to America isn't that big of a deal, since it still represents humility and being flawed, but getting it fixed says: "yeah, I don't really care about keeping myself down-to-earth, I'm totally perfect la la la la la". Even if that wasn't Waldron's intention, it still comes off that way. He completely missed the point of the watch and assumed it only represented Strange's love for Christine when if he had just bothered to watch the first movie, he would've known this wasn't the idea of it

But hey, missing the point is Waldron's point, ig

[missathlete31]

OKAY THIS SYNOPSIS = 🔥🔥🔥

Glen was MADE for this type of role! He’s going to rock this!

[psicopathya]

[lokiondisneyplus]

Congratulations to the 'Loki' team on once again being nominated for a Hugo Award!

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who: “The Giggle”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)

Loki: “Glorious Purpose”, screenplay by Eric Martin, Michael Waldron and Katharyn Blair, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Marvel / Disney+)

The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists”, written by Kathryn Lyn and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Jonathan Frakes (CBS / Paramount+)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”, written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Dermott Downs (CBS / Paramount+)

Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Tom Kingsley (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)

The Hugo Awards will be presented August 11, 2023, at WorldCon in Glasgow.

[prettywitchiusaka]

Not gonna lie, while I wish Clea was in more of MoM beyond a cameo, I'm actually kind of glad she isn't the more I've thought about it.

Putting aside the fact that Michael Waldron is (apparently) SO media illiterate/lazy he thought the emotional core of DS1 was Stephen and Christine's lost romance (it wasn't), I really don't wanna know what Clea Strange would be like in his hands.

Much like her hubbie, Clea's one of those characters that, in the wrong hands, can come off as incredibly unlikeable. There's a lot more layers to her character than one might initially think, and I don't think has the skill to write a character like that, nor does he have the desire to learn how to write nuanced characters properly.

At best, his Clea would be bitchy and hypocritical. At worst, she'd probably be another one of Waldron's patented sexy, over-powered murder bot with no personality beyond being angry (he wants to fuck), and be bitchy and dismissive of Stephen for no reason until it's time for them to fall in love which...yeah, I don't know if you guys heard, but that's not how things are in the comics. Clea falls in love with Stephen for his inner beauty; she sees that he's a brilliant, brave and compassionate man and she loves him for that, and always will. More over, he's the man who taught her to love and she grew through their relationship as much as he did. To do anything else would be an insult to her character.

P.S. I know I keep going back to the "Waldron's horny" jab over and over, but come on! Look at how he writes Sylvie in Loki Season 1, and how he writes Wanda in MoM, and tell me Waldron doesn't have a fetish for that kind of woman.

[itsjustkeira]

Michael W*ldren is the writer for The Kang Dynasty.

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WELL THERE GOES LOKIUS BECOMING CANON, WE'VE LOST ALL HOPE 😭

[tv-moments]

Loki

Season 2, “Breaking Brad”

Director: Dan DeLeeuw

DoP: Oliver Loncraine

[thestarlightforge]

Why “I’m Billy Maximoff” Mattered to Me — A Queer Disabled Person’s Journal

10/17/24

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Call it silly if you like. But I feel actually healed. Because these stories, they’re not just “superheroes”—they’re modern mythology. They’re how we teach each other and our children who deserves a place in the world.

When I watched WandaVision, like a lot of people, I identified with Wanda’s grief/depression/trauma journeys. And of course saw myself in the queer kids she gave a loving home, more so the more Young Avengers books I read. But with the WandaVision versions of Billy and Tommy in particular—more so even than the comic books—I also read into it the disability/childhood terminal illness allegory. It’s something on Schaeffer’s mind while writing them—leaked audition tapes from actors not cast as the boys revealed as much—even if it didn’t occur to all the viewers.

But I wasn’t supposed to live, either. Wasn’t even supposed to be born.

I don’t talk about it a lot because it’s hard to talk about. But when my mom was pregnant with me, doctors in Tennessee (pro-life peons they claim to be; it’s all an act) tried to get my parents to late term abort me, all because of a genetic condition they suspected I had—which I don’t even have lol, turns out I had a different handful of impairments, but anyways. A lot of people with the genetic conditions I DO have die within two hours of being born. My whole childhood was spent ducking in and out of hospitals, I had eleven major surgeries and almost died a dozen or so times before I turned twenty… I am so pro-choice it’s insane, but I was one of the “inspiration porn” kids that white, southern Republicans used in their crusades, screaming their “pro-life” BS at the Democrats who gave MY mom the right to choose my life.

I know. It’s WILD.

All that to say, though: It hit me in a particular place when Wanda married her trans husband, had queer kids who the entire world screamed at her (either weren’t real or) shouldn’t have been allowed to live, and then believed in them and loved them. With her everything. Thanked her queer, disabled kids for the honor, for choosing her to be their mom. (And Multiverse of Madness asked us to hate her. It baffles me to this day.) She didn't give up on them, did everything in her power to rescue them on the faintest hope they had survived (calling out for help in the Darkhold), even as some of the most powerful mages on SEVERAL worlds gaslit her for years... And when the gaslighters finally convinced her they were right, she destroyed the artifact that could be used to hurt anyone like her boys ever again.

For years, since Schaeffer had to relinquish creative control to the Multiverse of Madness team, I have felt that “the only creator amongst my favorite stories who feels like I belong has had to let us go, and the people who follow her don’t even believe we deserve a chance… we’re crazy, imaginary, and the world is better off without us.”

A slam-the-door narrative, Doctor Pandemonium & Avengers: Disassembled come again, the likes of which Byrne & Bendis would be proud.

But Agatha is an anti-hero/anti-villain story about ALL misunderstood, outcast people who deserve a second chance, no matter what the world may think.

The fact that Billy’s story in the MCU is now a meta-commentary on that publication history narrative… That Schaeffer took the episode to say, “I don’t know how many times or in how many different ways I’m gonna have to spell this out for y’all, but Wanda’s kids are HERS. They are and were REAL. They have their OWN SOULS and they BOTH DESERVE to FIND THEMSELVES and FIND LOVE and LIVE.”

I can’t think of a better way to have honored us. 💙

“It’s nice to see you again, Billy” 😭

(for the record, Agatha saying this totally genuine and with tears in her eyes—she will never be a villain to me, not ever again 💜🖤)

Thank y’all for listening. ❤️

This one’s for Tommy 🥹💚

[dean-winchester-is-my-cherry-pie]

IF SOMEBODY FROM MARVEL STUDIOS IS HERE ON TUMBLR PLEASE DON’T HAVE MICHAEL WALDRON WRITE KANG DYNASTY AND SECRET WARS!!!! I BEG YOU!!!! THE MAN DOESN’T KNOW ITS A UNIVERSE!!! YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN PAST AND NOT WING IT YOUR WAY!!!! DEFINITELY ONE DOES NOT INDULGE YOUR CHARACTER IN SELFCEST!!! THIS GUY WROTE LOKI SEASON 1 AND DOCTOR STRANGE IN MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS AND YET FAIL TO CONNECT THE TWO ????? NOT JUST THAT BUTCHERED ALL THE CHARACTER ARCS!!!!!! MoM HAD THE MOST STUPID WRITING EVER????????? PLEASE ANYONE ELSE BUT MICHAEL !!!!! ERIC MARTIN WOULD DO OR MAY BE CHANGE UP A BIT GIVE POC WRITERS A CHANCE INSTEAD ???????? IMAN IS RIGHT THERE!!???????

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

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[agentoffangirling]

I feel like we need to discuss how creators' respect for a character influences the project they're doing

If you don't know what I'm talking about, I don't blame you, I had no idea how to word that, but you'll get it in a sec. Let's take a look at both "WandaVision" and "Loki"

See, when Marvel started production on WandaVision and brought in Jac Shaeffer and Matt Shakman and all those people, it was very clear that there was a singular goal among the team: how can we depict Wanda Maximoff well? How can we treat her character with dignity and grace? How can we discuss her psyche in a respectful manner? And everyone delievered

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany gave downright beautiful performances, the supporting cast played their role well. The writers did research on Scarlet Witch's character and her comics, everyone fully understood what type of project this was and they used it to its full potential. I'm no fan of Olsen for numerous reasons, I'm not even a big Wanda Maximoff fan. But I can fully admit that "WandaVision" is a stellar story, and every person on the team poured their heart into it

And hey, let's also look at the promotions for this show. When Schaeffer and others were interviewed, in no moment did they mock Wanda's character or what she goes through in the series. They treated her very similarly to how they treated her on the show, discussing the deeper parts of her character with an obvious interest. They like Wanda. They want the best for her. They want to make a story Wanda would be proud of

But now to "Loki". I've said my pieces on the Loki series too many times to count, so I will keep this brief. From the very beginning we know that Waldron was not interested in developing "Loki", only to develop his original script (which is pretty shitty anyway). He wanted to make a time-travel, sci-fi, romance type story, and Loki was the character he was saddled with

Now, this doesn't mean that he still couldn't develop his script, in fact he did, and I could think of dozens of ways that type of story could work with Loki. There's a lot of potential there. But Waldron never cared. He never cared to develop Loki. He never cared to examine his character past pop culture. He never cared to make Loki fans happy, only himself

Look at the promos he gives! He refers to Loki as a "little shit" multiple times, talks all about how they're taking him in a different direction (aka completely tearing down his character), it is so obvious he just wanted to fulfill his own personal fantasies. At least Kate Herron treats the subject material with some ounce of respect; Waldron proudly proclaims he's never seen it

And to quickly switch gears here, it's very similar to Kevin Feige vs Brad Winderbaum's view on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Where Feige dismisses it, giving it general statements and never hinting at a possible future, Winderbaum speaks of it with a clear love of the series. He's all but admitted that he wants the characters back in the MCU, and if someone like him is heading that, I just might trust him with it. Feige is Waldron. Winderbaum is Schaeffer

In the end, it all just makes me wonder, why didn't Loki fans get their WandaVision? Why did we get the creator who puts down his characters? Why did we get the story that only existed to introduce a multiverse? Why did we get the short stick?

Loki fans deserve a WandaVision. After a literal decade of waiting for a solo project, we should've gotten the respectful, genuine creator. Pretty much every other character got it-- why not us?

[missathlete31]

Wake up honey, a new Glen's project just dropped off!!

https:// variety.com/2024/tv/news/glen-powell-michael-waldron-hulu-comedy-series-eli-manning-chad-powers-1235919371/?fbclid=PAAaaGS8kmBykSHlP8y6pgw-kllRtjARHRxp3sON3lwaGAku5scq_W4LnI9DA

Okay this is what I needed today!!!!! (I apologize for not posting sooner)

But THIS!!!!

As a big blue fan this is so exciting and honestly Eli is my favorite Giant 💙💙. He just is such a down to earth guy and I love his humor!!! The Chad Power Clips are hilarious and also everyone should watch his dirty dancing commercial!

And adding in GLEN!!!! I don’t think I can take it!!! I love him busy and thriving and every new project is music to my ears!

Eli Manning and Glen Powell!!! @hangmanbradshaw we are getting even closer to your universe!!!!

This is great news!!!

[mcuconfessions]

Loki series should have been a movie. Michael Waldron ruined the series. Taika ruined the last two movies. The og Loki was the best.

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[cinemgc]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022, US)

 • Dirección: Sam Raimi

 • Guion: Michael Waldron

 • Cinematografía: John Mathieson

 • Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch