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Marvel’s Hawkeye Reaction-Episode 6 (season finale)

Okay time to finish this off! I’m super nervous because I think this has been the strongest of the marvel shows so far but it’s left so much to be concluded in this finale… I really hope they finish off all the set ups in a satisfying way

I swear if marvel kills off Clint I will genuinely consider not watching marvel anymore lmaooo

I 100% don’t trust the dude who was with Maya. Like he acts like he cares but I think he’s the informant who tipped off Ronin. My guess about the mom was right, so let’s see if I’m right about this too

Oh dang this episode is an hour long

KINGPIN BABY!!! I’ve seen some people complain about the casting choice here but I don’t get it. This dude looks perfect for the role lmao.

Oh dang so she’s working for kingpin because her husband had a debt to him!

DID SHE KILL ARMAND???

Why does kingpins eye keep twitching lmao?

Okay so she’s tryna leave the business to protect Kate

Awwwww Clint called Kate his partner. CMON HAWKEYE DUO LESGO

Now Maya is meeting with Kingpin too.

Oh even kingpin knows some ASL. Nice

Time off? Do mobs allow for mental health days off lmao?

“I love you” dang really? didn’t get that kinda familial relationship

“My maya…” ayo bro how exactly do you love her again?

“The people need to be reminded that the city belongs to me.” Bro imagine if we got a spider-man cameo. I mean, this is also in New York City, no?

Dang Clint is savvy with tech for arrows and makes his own? Noice.

Okay but these seem like overkill lmao

Lmaoooo she’s printing labels!!!

Stark and Pym arrow heads. Where did he get these???

Awww she’s learning how to make trick arrows too!

I want Kate to ask about Natasha.

Oh she’s telling him how she first got inspired by seeing him fight the chitauri. Cheesy but heartwarming.

You’re a hero Clint.

Lmao I love all the Christmas music

Omg Kate your black gown is gorgeous holy crap

Oh they’re using the LARPers to help!

Wow jacks already out of jail and carrying a sword lmao

“It’s a weird flex but, sure.” LMAO CLINT

Ugh spoiled, rich little kids are so annoying

YES JACK BULLY THE CHILD DO IT!

QUEEN YELENA

Yelena, please team up with Clint and Kate! You sensed something was off with the job, that’s why you took up Kate’s suggestion of finding out who hired you!

Oh crap the dude from the tracksuit mafia is tryna snipe her lmao

Oh shoot now he tryna snipe Clint

Cmon Yelena do something good pls

“You’re the reason it’s dangerous out there mom.” Snap

Lmao poor Jack is so out of it. He really was innocent huh?

NOOOO JACK DON’T BE A HERO

Yelena’s hair is so amazing omg

Oh come on stop trying to kill Clint. He didn’t kill Natasha

Lmaooo of course she was gonna try the floor gag

OH KATE JUST SLAPPED YELENA BAHAHAHA

GO GET HER KATE!!! STOP YELENA

Cmon Yelena why

Oh poison gas arrow,

Lmao why is there a dude still working in the office

Lmao I love this scrolling one shor

Okay I love the banter but I need y’all to take this a bit more seriously

Wall run cool

Oh lord now Kate is gonna try a wall run

Or a wall fall

That too

Ouch

LMAOOOO HES THANKING KATE FOR HELP WITH HIS GF

JACK JUST SAVED KATE

Please no one kill Jack he’s too good lmao

Uh oh is that a bomb? Multiple?

Clint kick his butt! You’ve fought Natasha and ranked close after her, you can take this shlub

Well those bombs took care of those guys lol

Ah his name is Kazi. Well. He’s out cold now.

OH MY GOSH

Well good thing the friggin Christmas tree was there to save him…

Awww a cute owl

Jack just stabbing and fighting in NYC

“Guys I think it’s time.” Oh lord are they about to pull a big nerd moment?

Okay I’m sorry but why is Maya in this story lol? There is so much going on and the shoe keeps framing her as an important character but she hasn’t really done too much of importance

Oh lord the LARPers are in costume

“(Chuckles) we’re all gonna die.” Mood

Kate, that was incredibly stupid

Wow you’re lucky that didn’t kill him lmao

Now he’s in the open and surrounded

MAGNET ARROWS

HE HAS A UNIFORM TOO LMAO YES FINALLY

Super dangerous arrow time?

Flaskbang arrow, spike shooter arrow, ice arrow, stun arrow, etc. Good lord that’s a lot.

How many guys are there lmao???

This is a lot of blood to put on someone’s conscience lmao

LMAOOO SHE SHRANK A VAN WITH PPL INSIDE AND AN OWL FLEW AWAY WITH THEM. Good lord those guys will never be seen again lmao.

“I’ll have to ask Scott about that one.” Ohhhh so he gets his Pym arrows from Scott Lang

Did he just catch an arrow?

Dangit Yelena! Stop trying to kill Clint!

Now Maya and Kazi are fighting

Wow Yelena is actually asking what happened?

YELENA HES TELLING THE TRUTH!!! Cmon why is it hard to believe she would sacrifice herself?

So Maya actually wants to leave the gang and Kazi wants the power

And now kate is hunting down her momma

Oh but kingpin found Eleanor first

Kate to the rescue!

Bro so chonky an arrow to his chest didn’t hurt him lmao?

Oh dang Eleanor just rammed into kingpin with the car lol

Now Kazi is trying to kill maya

Oh wow okay that was quick. Maya killed him fast. Kazi didn’t even stand a chance.

I need a lil more emotion from maya lmao.

Good lord kingpin is literally a brick house

Kate, he’s gonna kill you

I feel so bad for Clint. Has to face off the sister of his best friend who is blaming him for her death.

Dang kingpin just broke all the arrows

YELENA STOP TRYING TO KILL CLINT

YOOOOOOOOOOOO KATE DID THE COIN FLIP TRICK THING

Eleanor you deserve jail. Stop being so blasé.

Kate go help Clint. He’s kind of giving up… I don’t want him to die.

“Is this what heroes do? Arrest their mothers on Christmas?” BAHAHAHA shut up Eleanor. Heroes don’t have bias.

CLINT KNEW THE WHISTLE

THE WHISTLE NATASHA AND YELENA KNEW

SO NAT NEVER FORGOT AND ALWAYS SHARED THE THINGS WITH CLINT

YES

Bond! I need you two to bond over Natasha.

Clint crying is gonna make me cry

TRUCE??? DON’T BE A FAKE OUT

Invite her for Christmas

Kingpin escaped lol. Nice

Oh Maya found him

Please don’t kill off kingpin. If this shoe kills him off istg he will be the most wasted villain ever.

(Gunshot) did Maya really just kill kingpin? The camera didn’t show it, only implied, so he’ll probably be revealed to have survived, but that’s such a stupid thing to try and imply. Kingpin is a legendary villain. No way marvel would be that stupid to kill him off in his first full outing and an outing in a TV show no less.

Lmao Jack is getting a invited to join the LARPers

“We gotta walk that dog.” Yes. Yes you do.

YOOOO HE MADE IT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

AND HE BROUGHT KATE AND LUCKY THE DOG

Family united once again!!!

Watch? We gonna bring back the Rolex?

What’s the significance???

The watch has a shield emblem on the back… so was she an agent? Did it belong to someone she knew?

Burning the ronin suit. I’d that smart to burn leather?

“Lady Hawk?” “Hawk Eve”

He’s definitely gonna give her the title of Hawkeye

That’s it??? We don’t even get to see them celebrating Christmas more? What about the watch???

There HAS to be a mid credit scene on this episode. There hasn’t been on any of the others.

Okay finally a post credit scene!

OH MY GOSH ITS ROGERS THE MUSICAL

Save the city lmaooo

So does this show take place before or after no way home? Either or, you’d think this fight would get on Peters radar. Especially if it takes place after no way home.

Lmao they really give us the entire “I Can Do This All Day!” Number. This is beautiful.

Where and when did they film this musics number lmao?

Okay so that was it. I liked the ending, but I am left very underwhelmed. Maya felt like she didn’t matter to the story at all, only existing to set up her solo show coming out; in regards to her actress, I could go for some more emotion from her. Kingpin felt to be such a red herring because of how little importance to the plot he really proved to have. Then there’s Yelena. I’m so glad she got some disclosure of Natasha’s death, but I wish it was… more? Like I wish Clint went more into detail regarding how she sacrificed herself and what for exactly. Like after she learned that, she just kinda dipped. All gone.

I’m just a little disappointed because the build up had so so so so much promise. A lot of these marvel shows unfortunately feel less like they’re trying to be their own big stories equivalent to movies but in TV form but more as like filler and set up for future projects. Like this just set up the new Hawkeye, Echo, and Yelena. It also provided questions in regards to what the frick the watch is that Clint got back for Laura. I heard rumors it’s because she was mockingbird, and I really hope not because that would be such a wasted character.

The show up until now was probably like a 7.5/10 or even an 8/10, but now because of this somewhat lackluster finale, I’d give it a 6.5/10. It’s still good and enjoyable. Has a lot of great acting and character development. But the plot itself seems more built on moments rather than a cohesive plot.

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I'm opening a high-end, late night, delivery only restaurant in DC because I noticed it's really hard to find quality food past 10pm. Despite being a mid-tier, expensive city to live in, everything closes after 10pm. Whats left is junk, like pizza and convenience shops, McDonalds, and Subway.I want to get your opinions on what I need to do in order to be successful and whether you think I'm crazy.Set opening, Nov 20, 2019Time: 7pm-6amKitchen lab with all appropriate licenses. I only have to pay $900 per to gain access to the kitchen from 6pm to 6am. An extra $400 grants me 24 hour access everyday.Target market. I am targeting-hospitals, nurses order out a lot and want better options. Hospital workers will get a discount.-congress: bunch of people slave away late at night-working professions (consultants, lawyers, etc). 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amylanchester · 7 years

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PitchWars #PimpMyBio

Hi, I’m Amy.

This is my first ever PitchWars, and I’m hyped af.

About My Manuscript

Title: More Fierce Than Fire (title comes from here)

Genre: YA Contemporary Fantasy

Word Count: 75,000

Comps: The Young Elites by Marie Lu, The Story of Owen by E. K. Johnston

Sixteen-year-old Abigail Hunter, the best healer in Grady Hospital’s Magical Trauma Ward, has a secret. Ten years ago, Abby wished her mother dead on the worst possible day—the day dragons awoke and brought magical powers to everyone in the world. Abby's angry wish became the powerful spell that ended her mother's life.

Abby has devoted her life to healing magic to atone for the sins of her past. Though she’s still afraid of losing control, she has become increasingly aware of the threat the dragons pose and frustrated that she is helpless to do anything about it. Hoping to develop the skills required to protect others, she joins a new United Nations-sponsored program which promises to give her the chance to work directly with the dragons and their victims. Training with some of the best young mages in the world, she prepares for the war to come.

And the war is coming. When a group of unregistered mages leads the dragons in a deadly attack on American cities, Abby must decide if she’s ready to join the fight against them, or if she’ll be stuck reliving the mistakes of her past forever.

A Note About Diversity

Diversity is extremely important to me in my writing. Most of the characters in my book other than my MC are POC and/or LGBTQ. I did not feel that I had the skill or experience to write a first-person perspective for a POC/LGBTQ character, so I didn’t. However, I have been fortunate to grow up in an extremely diverse place, so I’ve included a number of POC/LGBTQ characters (loosely) based on real people. I feel that authentic, thoughtful representation is important in all forms of media and am hoping to find a mentor who feels the same.

MS Pinterest Board

Novel Aesthetic (Quotes & More on My Instagram)

About Me

Let’s start this the way you did back in pre-school. My name is Amy Lanchester, and I’m twenty-eight years old. My favorite color is pink (and has been since long before millennial pink became a thing #ILikedItBeforeItWasCool). More Fierce Than Fire is my first novel.

I’m “from Atlanta” in the way that most people who say they are “from Atlanta” are “from Atlanta,” in that I actually grew up about thirty minutes away and only moved to the city as an adult. I set my book here because I feel that entirely too many books are set in NYC, London, or Chicago.

I’ve been funemployed for the past year.

I started my first “real job” before I’d even finished my master’s degree, and after working there for three years, I decided I wanted to do a few things before I’m too old/settled. So I’ve traveled Europe:

ALL

OVER

EUROPE

and the western United States:

ALL

OVER

THE

WILD

WEST

and I finally achieved a life goal in writing this book. I highly recommend taking a “gap year” to anyone who is able.

I live with my boyfriend and our beautiful asshole of a cat, Bret. We found him about two years ago at a local McDonald’s hanging out near the drive-thru. We went back the next day and lured him out with bits of hamburger, and he’s been our lovable jerk of a pet ever since.

Why You Should Mentor Me

- I am really, really serious about this. I’ve devoted an insane amount of time, energy, and research on this project in the past year and fully intend to see it through all the way. I love and believe in my work.

- I am crazy meticulous. I come from a STEM background, and I use the tools I learned there in my work. I’m a firm believer in spreadsheets, outlines, automation, and using technology to the fullest. I am a grammar nut who googles everything she isn’t sure about and spends hours nerding out reading style guides and grammar blogs.

- I take criticism well. I’m a fairly self-critical person who is realistic about her flaws and shortcomings. Though I love my work, I know it is far from perfect, and I am greatly looking forward to receiving a thoughtful critique. You won’t hurt my feelings. I want my work to be the best it can be, and I know that takes knowledge and experience I don’t have.

Writing History

I had the idea for my MS in May 2016. It was inspired by this tumblr post which made its way to reddit (a site I love and hate and spend entirely too much time on):

I decided I could write that book, and so I did. I wrote a prologue that I cut and part of the first chapter on a train from Warsaw to Berlin in September. I made an outline when I got back home in October, and I wrote the rest of the book during NaNoWriMo 2016. I did finish my 50,000 words in November, but the book wasn’t done. I had a completed (terrible) first draft of about 55,000 words by the first week of December.

My first draft was mostly just dialogue and action. I discovered that I hate writing description as much as I hate reading it. So my next several drafts mostly involved adding description to scenes, and it took forever. I cut several scenes and characters entirely during this process and added a few more scenes and characters, bringing my final word count to 75,000 words. My current draft contains very little from the original NaNoWriMo draft, and believe me, that’s for the best.

Writing Style

I am definitely a planner. I would have gotten nowhere without my outline or character spreadsheet. However, most of my character’s personalities came out through writing their dialogue. I used dialogue (that I went back and cut because it was boring and redundant) to solve plot problems and work out motivations in scenes. If I ever got stuck, I just started writing a conversation between my characters, and it solved basically all of my problems.

How I Write

I started writing in Scrivener, a program I’d gotten for free when I worked at the Apple Store back in 2010. It helped me a lot with organizing scenes and research. I transitioned to Google Docs after a save file got corrupted and I spent an evening panicking that I’d lost everything (I hadn’t, thank God). Google Docs sucks for long documents, but it saves to the cloud every few seconds, so I suffered through it.

I write at night almost exclusively. My best creative work comes after midnight, and usually once I’m already in bed.

I dread having to get back on a normal schedule because the night owl life is best for my writing.

Favorite Writing Resources

- Excel/Google Sheets

- Grammar Girl

- Chicago Manual of Style (I’m too poor to actually own this, but I use their FAQs and this hyphenation table all the time.)

- Hemingway Editor

- Grammarly

- ProWritingAid

Upcoming Projects Preview

I have so many ideas. I think of new project ideas every day, and I constantly struggle not to get distracted by my newest, shiniest concept. Here are a couple of things I’ve started planning:

- Shakespeare’s plays retold in a combined setting like into the Woods or Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles. A central, overarching series plot with individual volumes devoted to some of the plots of the original plays. I’ll be combining side characters from one show with main characters from another.

- A space opera/sci-fi series centered on a girl who rescues an alien from a hostile species at war with Earth’s space empires. The aliens have superior technology and are annihilating the space colonies, but we can’t communicate with them. My MC and her android nanny devise a method for rudimentary communication and are captured by government forces who have ulterior motives.

Stuff I Like

Books

- Harry Potter, obviously. Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite. I spent years convincing myself I was a Gryffindor like Hermione, my hero, but I’m really a Ravenclaw.

- The Young Elites by Marie Lu

- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston

- A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

- 1984 by George Orwell

- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

TV Shows

I freaking love TV.

I’m convinced that if Ray Bradbury had lived in the Golden Age of Television that we’re living through, he would never have written Fahrenheit 451.

A short list of shows I love: Futurama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Parks and Recreation, BoJack Horseman, Game of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Jessica Jones, Broadchurch, Steven Universe, Stranger Things, You’re the Worst, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Musicals

I love Broadway so much.

I’ve been in (school productions of) Once on This Island, Les Miserables, Into the Woods, and Dreamgirls. Other shows I love include Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, The Last Five Years, Aida, Phantom of the Opera, Evita, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and West Side Story.

Cosplay

I picked up cosplay a few years back. I didn’t own a sewing machine, didn’t know how to sew, and had limited crafting experience. I taught myself using books, online tutorials, and YouTube videos. Some of my projects:

Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones