#also starring tiny baby flashback bruce

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friendly reminder that the adopting streak started with Alfred

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infinity war liveblog:

hey killing the last asgardians is super rude!

omg netflix calls thanos an ‘intergalactic sociopath’. the name of my new band 😂

awww poor bruce

also when will they stop hurting my space golden retriever he’s already lost his dad and his home and his eye

this movies just gonna be all actions, isn’t it?

damn thanos is so ugly

‘i consider experience experience’ ok loki. this is the point at which i just turn off the audio because of second hand embarrassment

i know he’s gonna die and i’m not ready for it!!!! like poor heimdall already was sad tho i’m happy he sent bruce home

i admire ur spirit loki but do u really think one tiny dagger will go against two infinity stones? or is it just a last ditch effort because you won’t go down without a fight... which i understand

STOP. HURTING. THOR. CMON ITS SO FUCKING SIMPLE

i mean i feel bad for loki obv but like- i can’t get over the fact that thor has to watch everyone die

yikes why did they need to make his death so graphic

WOULD YOU FUCKING STOP HURTING THOR GODDAMNIT. STOP MAKING HIM WATCH AS THE PEOPLE HE LOVE DIE (i know this is like the entire point of this movie but whatever)

i havent seen strange’s movie so im probs missing quite a lot about him. but i like his sentient cloak that somehow also gives him a cool outfit

okay now im gonna start getting mad about them hurting tony he’s also been in a lot of shit and him and pepper are being all adorable and dear god stop saying ‘no surprises’ so much ur jinxing urself

oooooooooo im loving the star wars style universe projection all around you storytelling bit. very pretty

tony would you stop insulting people at random. this is why i dont like you

god poor bruce he’s seen thanos firsthand and hes just hardcore panicking which i SO understand

i need strange and tony to stop trying to one up each other this is supposed to be a team effort where are the guardians of the galaxy when you need them?

awww bruce im sorry u cant get hulk to come out hes probably still upset at you about the whole.... ragnarok thing? god i miss that movie right about now taika waititi save us from this bullshit

‘wong youre invited to my wedding’ oh man mood i do love a good beaming someone to a desolate ice planet

love that tony has a suit ready for peter thats fuckin adorable

man i feel bad for bruce ‘im going to make a call’ among wizards and people with robot suits and shit

omg yes the guardians i missed them

‘its like a pirate had a baby with an angel’ oH MY GOD MY FAVORITE LINE

aaaand here comes the alpha male bullshit again just STOP IT QUIL NOBODY CARES. this is what i never liked about the avengers, they were always fighting in some way, never really a team except by necessity

on the other hand, rocket and thor’s banter gives me life

wanda calls him vis!!! too cute

and it surprises nobody that wanda is my favorite avenger

ITS STEVE MY BABY. and sam omg yes

oh god what is nat’s hair doing 

oh no its a gamora flashback isnt it

okay the reality stone is gonna give me nightmares

i know this is not the time but zoe saldana looks gorgeous with that lighting on her curly hair.... 💖

IM SO EXCITED TO SEE SHURI AGAIN ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY 

also peter is adorable and i need him to meet shuri. peter’s reaction to the suit by the way is the most precious thing ever (sidebar, but wasnt peter an adult in the infinity war comic? cause it would make much more sense for him to be involved as an adult rather than a TEENAGER)

and then tony and strange ruin it all again with their stupid annoying posturing

ugh i really go through this cycle of being bored and wanting the next part to happen and then enjoying it for like two minutes, then being annoyed, then being bored again

oh god will thanos ever stop talking hes like every straight entitled white man ive ever met

i think im done i want to cancel my netflix account before they charge me again tomorrow but i dont rly wanna finish this movie enough to keep it

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Endgame *spoilers*

I’m so grateful for the existance of AO3 and other sites featuring fanfiction and fanworks in general, NOT BECAUSE I’M MAD AT ENDGAME, not by a long shot, but because while Endgame was the grand finale to the Avengers’ arc of the MCU, there are hundreds of other paths the story could’ve taken (not ever on the big screen, of course) that people online can work into beautiful, compelling stories (or just ridiculous ones for fanservice). Here’s my take on the film and a list of questions I have now that it’s over. Tagged as such but this post contains HELLA FUCKING SPOILERS.

I held it together better in this one than I did with Infinity War; I came very damn close to crying when the portals opened and the battle royale ensued. It was everything I wanted from the final battle sequence. Everything.

I did cry when Pepper said 'we're gonna be okay.' Letting Tony go, letting what he did finally be enough for the world, got me everywhere at once. Tony Stark has always been my favorite MCU character (Team Iron Man, Tony Stark Defense Squad, I'm here for it all). I do understand why he had to, and this is a super fitting end for his story, it just irks me that he was taken away from the happiness he'd finally built for himself and Pepper, taken away from his baby, and then died before ever seeing her again. He knew he was going to the second he signed up for the time-travel game, and though I'm sure the guilt over not being able to stop Thanos on Titan never left him, he didn't deserve to lose what he'd gained.

I really didn't like that Thor's depression-induced weight gain was played for laughs; it made me think of how the theater reacted to Giant Dwarf Peter Dinklage in the last movie, it was just uncomfortable.

Tony's canon appreciation of Cap's ass was very on point. Marvel tossed in a lot of 'fanservice' scenes, but they didn't feel tone deaf in this film; they were all things we could actually, unironically enjoy. Tony instructing Scott to give him a heart attack in 2012? Classic. Loki transforming into Cap before getting muzzled? Callback to Thor 2's best scene. Fabulous.

It was really an interesting choice to keep the Hulk big and green through the whole movie; interesting and expensive. My friend-who strongly disliked Hulk as a character every time he showed up-said this was her favorite portrayal of Hulk by far. It didn't do much for me, it wasn't the worst choice they could've made, but I do enjoy some good ol' non-green Dr. Banner.

I wish Peter Quill hadn't gotten more or less shit on all three times he showed up; Rhodey calling him an idiot during his iconic introduction and then knocking his ass out, past-Gamora kicking him in the balls (I get it, even though Nebula told her who he was it's probably weird asf for her), and then Thor press-ganging his way into the Milano. Like, come on, let my boy be for a few minutes!

I'm glad Gamora wasn't a perma-death (I couldn't imagine her staying dead) but she lost ALL her character development from Guardians 1 and 2 and from Infinity War as well. I figure the plot of Guardians 3 will revolve the return (?) of her memories (or something along those lines? They aren't exactly her memories anymore since she didn't experience them).

Nat's final scene with Clint was beautiful, I don't care what anyone else says, and I stand by it as a final catharsis of the Black Widow's storyline; she spent her entire life (every movie we saw) fighting to do good to counteract all the harm she ever caused in her life.

Like I said, I understand, narratively and also the real life reasons, why Tony had to die. I just wish he didn't. His death brings up the rear of the now-four permanent deaths following the finale movies; Loki, Vision, Natasha, and Tony. Steve isn't dead, but he's an old man and effectively we all know that scene by the lake will be the last time anyone sees him on screen (except flashbacks, of course, and midquel-type scenarios).

I also don't think we'll get any more Captain America films with Sam as the new Cap; I think the Iron Man and Captain America film series', like the Avengers series, are finished. I did just find out, to my surprise, that there will be a Falcon and Winter Soldier movie, confirmed along with Guardians 3, Black Panther 2, Black Widow, Dr. Strange 2, and the two TV spinoffs for Scarlet Witch and Loki. There's also internet talk of something starring Hawkeye, and though I think the Thor movie series is finished as well, he may very well be present in Guardians 3 (just please don't steal the entire film, Hemsworth).

QUESTIONS I HAVE Will Morgan Stark inherit the Iron Man (Girl? Woman??) title? Will she somehow take the persona to another level in the future?

Why could some characters just hold Infinity Stones in their hands like it was nothing? Bruce held the Time Stone (because he's the Hulk?) and Clint the Soul Stone (because he was part of the sacrifice ritual?)?

Loki 'yeeting' himself the fuck out of captivity with the Tessaract? Where the hell is he going??

How did they get Natalie Portman back for tiny cameo scenes? Was it even her or was there just a chunk of editing devoted to it?

Where did Valkyrie get another winged horse?

Another Peter Quill thought...could he have done the snap and survived it? I know Ego is dead, but he was able to hold the Power Stone for a good minute or two and even longer with help; how would the gauntlet have impacted things?

I've been wondering this since before Infinity War and it's been hotly debated all across the web, but of the previously-defeated villains, who would've stacked up best against Thanos? Could Ronan have taken him down if left unchecked? What about Dormamu from Dr. Strange? Ultron? What about the literal deities Surtur, Hela, and Odin? Could they have taken Thanos down at his full power? Could Ego, a literal celestial?