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[seaweedmakesart]

The first chapter of My Spider-Man AU is up!

Fractured Reflections - Chapter 1 - SeaweedWrites13 - Marvel Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own]

Hope you guys like it!

[stariel-and-stuff]

Comic Log

Writing all the comics I'm reading here as I deleted the Notes app :P

-The Amazing Spiderman (reading to understand Spidey's story but not very enjoyable)

-Spiderman/Deadpool (love this comic sm!! Reading too quickly need to read sum else before I finish it XD)

-Love Unlimited: Deadpool loves the Marvel universe (just #40 as I heard there was Spideypool in it)

-Ultimate Comics Spiderman (only just started but I LOVE Miles so I'm pretty certain I'm gonna love this comic)

-Spider-Gwen (love her in Spiderverse [movies] so wanted to learn more about her)

-Spider-verse (Gwen's comic takes place after and I do love the movie so I started reading this one too)

[twerkyvulture]

If you had to write a dating sim set in the Marvel universe, which characters would you feature in it?

[rowinablx]

Sentry has one of the most twisted and convoluted origin stories in Marvel Comics, and it’s a big part of what makes him such a compelling character. His backstory is a mess of trauma, addiction, and cosmic power, all wrapped up in a fractured psyche that’s as dangerous as it is tragic. Here’s the breakdown:

Sentry’s origin starts with Robert as a junkie, a lowlife meth addict desperate for a fix. He breaks into a lab where he stumbles upon a secret super-soldier serum—a leftover from the Weapon X program, juiced up with some experimental cosmic sauce. He drinks it, and boom, he’s suddenly got “the power of a million exploding suns.” That’s not hyperbole; it’s how his power level is described. Instantly, he’s one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, on par with or exceeding heavyweights like Thor or Hulk. But here’s the kicker: the serum didn’t just give him power—it split his mind and birthed the Void, a dark, apocalyptic alter ego that’s basically his ID unleashed. The Void isn’t just a villain; it’s a part of him, a reflection of his guilt, self-loathing, and repressed rage.

What makes this so fucked up is the psychological toll. Robert’s not a hero by nature—he’s a broken man who accidentally becomes a god. He tries to do good as Sentry, but his mental instability and the Void’s constant presence mean he’s a walking disaster. Early on, he’s retconned into Marvel history as this Golden Age-style hero who’s been around forever, but his mind’s so shattered he can’t even trust his own memories. Turns out, he begged the world—including his best friend Reed Richards and Doctor Strange—to erase him from existence because he couldn’t control the Void. They mind-wipe everyone, including him, to forget he ever existed. That’s some dark shit: a guy so powerful he’s a threat to reality, yet so fragile he’d rather be unmade than live with himself.

Then there’s the reveal that the Void killed his wife, Lindy, in a fit of rage—or maybe he did it as Sentry and blamed the Void. It’s ambiguous, and that’s the point. His whole deal is unreliable narration. He’s schizophrenic, delusional, and his perception of reality is a mess. Every heroic act he does is shadowed by the fear that he’ll snap and end the world. In Siege, he loses it completely, and the Avengers have to take him down—Thor yeets his corpse into the sun. Even then, he comes back, because death doesn’t stick for a guy like him.

Why does this matter for Thunderbolts? The upcoming MCU movie is bringing Sentry in, played by Lewis Pullman, and it’s heavily implied if not outright shown he’ll be the major antagonist. If they water down his origin—make him just another strong guy with a generic villain arc—they’ll miss what makes him tick. Sentry’s not a straightforward hero or villain; he’s a cautionary tale about power without stability. The Thunderbolts are a team of antiheroes and misfits, and Sentry fits that vibe perfectly—a wildcard who could save them or doom them. His addiction, his mental illness, the Void—it’s all crucial to showing why he’s not just a Superman knockoff but a deeply human fuck-up with godlike power. Strip that away, and you’re left with a bland cape guy. Keep it, and you’ve got a story that could rival the best MCU character arcs, like Tony Stark’s or Loki’s. Messing it up would be a disservice to one of Marvel’s most unhinged and tragic creations.

*just found out that Sentry's creator has been involved from the beginning with Sentry's character in Thunderbolts and is basically contracted to write a Sentry project!!!

[magnetothemagnificent]

So I was a bit disappointed that even though Arnie Roth was featured in a story in this year's Pride special, he didn't get a varient cover and he wasn't featured on the cover of the Pride special. Also, in Avengers Academy, the most recent depiction of an older Arnie Roth, his fatness is erased. I've been pretty upset with how Marvel Comics has been capitalizing on the sudden surge in awareness of Arnie due to MCU Bucky, but also hasn't been giving him the full respect he deserves.

So. I decided to make my own Pride cover, for a made-up story that envisions Arnie as an older adult protecting Steve again. Maybe I'll write a fic of that someday.

[id in alt text]

[comicaurora]

Earth's Mightiest Heroes is just such a goldmine in the Marvel adaptations; especially if you like Hulk as much as I do it's such an ideal interpretation and strikes the ideal balance between the ambiguity between him being a hero or a monster (he can't be TOO straightforwardly heroic or he loses a lot of what makes him compelling, but Hulk shouldn't be malevolent or mindless and MUST be a hero in some way) that I don't think has been properly captured since Planet Hulk or Immortal Hulk. Maybe Thor Ragnarok if you look at the subtext around him.

One thing I consider is that EMH specifically seems to take the earliest characterizations of the Marvel heroes, without being too influenced by the MCU (which if I recall was only just starting out then, enough to influence things but not so much that it completely dominated the characterization) and reinvents this earlier characterizations, making something rather new and unique to this series, so you get things such as Wasp (who is one of the most liked takes on the character here) and as noted, Hulk. Much like the Devil Hulk alter from Immortal Hulk, in this series his characterization here reads as a reinterpretation of his initial characterization as a smarter and unpredictable entity driven by his resentfulness.

Hulk is done so well! I feel like part of why season 2's writing suffers overall is that they had to put him on a shelf for the entire Secret Invasion plot.

What I also like about it is how Banner is incorporated into the story. Bruce Banner is a lot more unconditionally heroic than The Hulk, and that's shown right from the jump when he essentially makes a heroic sacrifice by agreeing to let The Hulk stay transformed indefinitely in exchange for him helping the others fight Graviton. Hell, when Hulk gets briefly mind controlled by the Enchantress, the person we see doing the standard Heroic Willpower Fighting From The Inside stuff is Banner. Banner's appearances are a rare treat after the opener, because he's characterized perfectly - brilliant, businesslike since he's always on a clock, and completely up to speed on everything the others have been up to. And it's also kind of fun how the other Avengers are always quite protective of Banner on the rare occasions he gets forced out mid-fight.

And I like how it's clear that Hulk and Banner communicate more than we get to see. There's Banner knowing exactly how to stop the Gamma World plot even though he hasn't had Using The Body Privileges in weeks, and later there's a cute moment where Tony is trying to analyze some mysterious energy and Hulk just immediately IDs it while noshing on a turkey leg. Banner isn't useless or mired in angst, and Hulk isn't dumb. It really feels like they've long since stopped trying to fight each other and have accepted that they're on the same side, and that's a nice change for Hulk storylines!

Also Hulk's friendships with Wasp and Hawkeye are just. Absolute highlights. The dynamics are so good.

[sevspins]

i love laura kinney so much. Innocence Lost is so beautifully written and so meaningful. I honestly relate to it in a metaphorical way and I think it’s important to have stories like this. I want to see more of her in the MCU, specifically, I want to see her cope with the things she’s done and trying to be better. How wolverine helps her through that, like in the comics. And even Gambit maybe (even though I doubt they’ll do that)

I also think it’d be so cool to have her reiterate the line she says at Logan’s funeral, but this time in relation to herself and her journey. “There’s no living with the killing. There’s no going back. Right or wrong, it’s a brand. A brand that sticks.” I think this is just so beautiful and could be used so well again as a tie in parallel.

There’s another quote she says in “All New Wolverine Vol 1 #18”;

“I'm not X-23. I'm not your experiment. I'm not your fucking property! You are the last person who will ever think they can own me. No one owns me! I'm not a thing. I'm Laura Kinney! I'm the daughter of Sarah. I'm the daughter of Logan. I'm Wolverine!”

Maybe they tie this line into one of the new Avengers films but Id give anything to have this said on screen!

Anyways, point is Laura Kinney is amazing and has a beautiful story about self discovery and imposter syndrome. I recommend X-23: Innocence Lost, to everyone.

[dracowars]

Heyy!! I loved your peter x gwen!reader fic...I wonder if you could also do a long NWH one shot with the same gwen!reader ... Where when peter 3 enters the portal for the first time he sees reader and get's flashbacks of his gwen and gets a little sad but reader is really suspicious of him at that time and throws bread like mj and wants to confirm that he's Spiderman and all .After this when peter 3 tells peter 1 tells about his gwen . The fall part where reader falls instead of mj but gets saved by peter 3 . Finally the last part where peter 1 tells ned , mj and reader that they're gonna forget about him... Ikkk it's long but pretty pleaseee 😭😭😭😭❤️ I really wanted to see peter 1 with his gwen and you wrote your fic (which I loved) which gave me this story's motivation .

in another life | peter parker

pairing: mcu!peter x gwen!reader, tasm!peter x gwen!reader (platonic)

word count: 3,5k

summary: where two peters protect their gwen

a/n: i absolutely LOVE this idea!! tasm peter and his gwen always make me cry so i hope you like this <3 don't forget to reblog, it means the world

warnings: angst, mentions of blood, mentions of injuries, mentions of death

universe: marvel

“I just wish we could see Peter”, Ned says with his eyes closed, moving his hands the way you’ve all seen Doctor Strange do. To MJ’s and your – as well as Ned’s grandmother’s – surprise, however, one of those magical portals actually opens right in front of you in the middle of the kitchen. Ned’s grandmother slowly emerges from her hiding place and speaks to Ned in Filipino and MJ whispers something in amazement, but your gaze is solely focused on the dark alleyway the portal now leads to.

Wide-eyed, you notice the silhouette at the end of the alley slowly approaching you, which causes you to take a careful step back. MJ and Ned, however, don’t seem too frightened by the sight, and they call out to the silhouette, who, as he approaches, reveals himself to be Spiderman.

But you immediately notice that something is wrong, because this isn’t Peter’s normal suit – something about it is different you just can’t quite pin-point what it is.

Ned’s grandmother is the only one sharing your fear considering that when Peter suddenly jumps through the portal, she immediately throws a pillow at him.

“No, no, no! It’s okay, it’s okay! I’m a nice guy!”, Spiderman calls to you with his hands raised in the air. When he pulls off his mask the next second, your breath catches in your throat. The boy in the suit isn’t Peter. Ned explicitly asked for Peter Parker when he summoned the portal and this boy isn’t him. He can’t possibly be Peter; the suit must have been stolen. Or the magic didn’t work after all. Either way, the stranger seems just as confused as you, his hands still raised in surrender to show that he poses no threat to any of you.

“Who the hell are you?” It’s MJ who breaks the silence first, her body in a fighting stance right next to you. When he tells you that he is, in fact, Peter Parker, you stare at him in utter disbelief.

“That’s not possible”, you say, giving him a once-over. When your eyes meet, you feel the lump in your throat tighten.

“I am Spiderman. In my world”, he starts explaining, looking at each of you. “But then yesterday I was- I was just here.. Wow!”

You and MJ exchange a confused look and you mouth the word ‘crazy’ while this Spiderman imposter continues to throw around some physics terms, which only Ned understands.

“So, magic’s real here too?”, he asks Ned, who in his naivety immediately starts talking about sorcerers and magicians before MJ can finally silence him.

“Prove it”, you speak up, throwing a stern look at ‘Peter’.

“Prove what?”

“That you are Peter Parker.”

“I don’t carry an ID with me, you know? Kind of defeats the whole anonymous superhero–.”

He can’t even finish his sentence before you quickly grab a piece of bread from the dining table and throw it against his chest. His face is completely bewildered as he asks you, shrugging: “Why’d you do that?”

“I was trying to see if you have the tingle thing”, you tell him in all honesty. MJ and Ned also look at you in surprise, but they don’t actually seem averse to your idea.

“I have the tingle thing, just not for bread”, ‘Peter’ says in a voice that sounds as if he’s sorry for what he just witnessed. Since his answers do not convince you in the slightest, you arm yourself with the next piece of bread.

“I see. You are a deeply mistrusting person and I respect that”, he tells you and before you know it, he attaches himself to the ceiling with his fingertips.

“Crawl around”, MJ orders him, pointing to the other end of the room.

“Crawl around?”

“Yes.”

“Why do I need to crawl around?”

“This.. is not enough”, MJ gestures to what he is doing right in front of you – hanging from the ceiling.

“It’s plenty”, he answers, but when MJ still does not give in and Ned’s grandma asks him to clean up the spider webs while he’s already up there, he finally complies. With his mask in his mouth to prevent it from falling, he crawls along the ceiling. Just like your Peter. How is that possible?

“We’re good?”, he asks when he jumps down right in front of you, studying your face as if something in there interests him and he can’t quite understand what it is.

“For now”, MJ answers, still feeling a bit defensive about the whole situation. “Gwen, what was Peter’s.. our Peter’s last known location again?”

The second MJ says your name, something changes in Peter’s face and he abruptly takes a step back, as if someone had shot him. You watch in surprise as his eyes glaze over and you answer MJ, not sure how to interpret his strange behaviour.

“You’re... You’re Gwen Stacy?”, he stutters, taking a tiny step closer to you as if you intrigue him in some way. Which, to be fair, makes you feel a bit uncomfortable.

“I am. And apparently you are Peter Parker”, you tell him, still not fully convinced of what happened in the last few minutes. “Why? What happened to the Gwen in your universe?”

This question seems to struck a nerve, because once again he looks as if someone had inflicted serious harm on him. All of a sudden, you’re not sure you even want to know.

“It’s.. it’s not important. So, where do we find your Peter Parker?”

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Your heart shatters when you spot Peter sitting on the roof, completely devastated, his cheeks damp from all the tears he’s shed because of his aunt. When you see him like this, tears threaten to well up in your eyes, but you know you have to be strong for him now, for the both of you. So, without a word, you go to him and take him in your arms, which he gratefully accepts, his bloodied hands wrapping around your arm. You place a gentle kiss on his temple, causing a gasp to escape his lips, rocking his entire body and yours with it. He continues to let his tears flow freely in your arms – the only place he can feel safe now –, the loss of his beloved aunt too heavy to bear. You adored and loved her dearly too – she had always been so kind and sincere.

‘If I can no longer be there for Peter one day, I know you’ll be there for him in my place.’ Those were her words to you just a short while ago, and you simply cannot comprehend the fact that she’s now forever gone.

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, my love”, you softly whisper in his ear, his violent sobs tearing your heart to pieces. You stay in this position for a while, holding each other or rather Peter holding on to you. You don’t know how much time passed when Peter’s spider senses kick in and he lifts his head to look around for the source.

“There’s.. There’s some people here”, you tell him, cupping his cheek in your hand. Since you don’t want to force him to do anything, you leave it up to him whether he wants to get up or continue to curl up in your arms. However, his senses seem to be telling him that there might be a potential danger, so he quickly jumps up, pushes you behind him, and looks up at the tower, where two silhouettes are now illuminated by the moonlight.

When they come jumping down and reveal themselves, Peter is completely taken aback and one of his hands gestures for you to stay close behind him. He doesn’t know yet that you have not only accumulated one, but two Spidermans from other universes. It doesn’t take him long, however, to recognize them for who they are.

When they try to express their condolences, your Peter immediately interrupts them.

“Please don’t tell me that you know what I’m going through”, his weak voice says, quivering. “She’s gone. It’s all my fault. She died for nothing.”

You listen to him trying to get rid of them while talking himself down for what he did or didn’t do. You’d love nothing more than to hold him tightly in your arms again and protect him from all the evil in this world, but at this moment, you’re not the superhero he needs. The only thing you can do is wrap your hand around one of his.

“I lost- I lost Gwen. M-My Gwen”, one of them now says, his gaze switching between yours and Peters and suddenly it all makes sense. Why he acted so weirdly once he found out your name. Why it felt like he was seeing something or someone in you. Why his heart shattered upon seeing you.

Peter immediately squeezes your hand tightly.

“I couldn’t save her. I’m never going to be able to forgive myself for that”, he continues his story, tears pricking not only his eyes, but your own as well. “But I carried on, tried to uhm.. tried to keep going, tried to keep being the friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Because I know that’s what she would have wanted, but at some point.. I just.. I stopped pulling my punches. I got rageful. I got bitter. I just don’t want you to end up like.. like me.”

A tear runs down your cheek and you quickly wipe it away with the sleeve of your free hand, feeling like you have no right to cry in this situation. This Peter lost his Gwen because he wasn’t able to save her in time. You, on the other hand, are still standing here, alive and well. But the thought that you could face the same fate as your twin from another universe terrifies you. And your Peter seems to feel the same way, because he takes a step forward, losing your hand from his grip.

In this moment, both of you realize that just because you are a superhero, doesn’t always mean being able to save the ones you love.

“I want to kill him. I want to kill him so he can’t hurt the last people I have left. I want to tear him apart”, he says with so much anger and hatred in his voice that you almost do not recognize him. But, somehow, you understand. You feel for him. You feel with him.

Because he is your Peter Parker and you are his Gwen Stacy.

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Everything happened so fast: one second you were standing on the scaffolding with MJ and Ned, surrounded by villains from different universes, the next second a bomb explodes, almost tearing the entire scaffolding apart, and you lost your balance. You fall down, not being able to hold onto anything as the solid ground comes closer and closer. An earth-shattering scream escapes you, your mind not able to form any clear thoughts – no last memories or words, nothing.

Helplessly, you wag your arms in the air, even though you know it’s utterly useless. Your free fall into certain death could hardly be stopped now. But then you suddenly see your Peter throw himself after you, coming much closer much faster. His hand reaches out for you. Your fingertips touch lightly before he’s suddenly pushed aside by one of Green Goblin’s gliders.

As if time slows down, you watch as all hope of rescue fades right in front of your eyes. However, you didn’t expect Peter 3, as you’ve started calling him so you can distinguish them, to also swing after you to save you, and suddenly you’re overcome by a strange feeling, as if you’ve experienced this situation before, perhaps in a previous life.

Or in another life.

When he finally reaches you, he pulls you into his arms, turns both of you around in the air, and breaks your fall with a spider web, smoothly landing on the ground, loose parts from the scaffolding hitting the ground around you. It’s hard for you to breathe as you look up and see the long distance you’ve fallen.

“Are you okay?”, Peter 3 asks you, still carrying your entire body in his arms as he looks at you with tears in his eyes. Your vocal cords fail, so you can only nod several times in rapid succession to tell him that you are, in fact, alright. But even though you’ve been saved, your heart feels incredibly heavy.

“A-Are you okay?”, you ask him now, watching a tear run down his cheek. He has to think about the answer to that question for a moment, examining your face before finally nodding as well. As he lowers you to the ground, you throw your arms around his neck, holding him tightly because you feel like that’s exactly what he needs right now.

“I couldn’t.. I couldn’t let it happen again”, he sobs into the crook of your neck, hugging you back.

“I know, I know”, you try to soothe him, running your hand over his back. “Your Gwen would be so proud of you.”

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You run into Peter’s arms as soon as he lands in front of you. He catches you with a groan, and even though everything must be aching like hell, he doesn’t let it show. His hands gently wrap around your waist and tightly press your body against his.

“Oh, you’re okay!”, MJ breathes a sigh of relief behind you and before you know it, her and Ned join the hug. The relief you all feel is immeasurable and yet you can sense a little reluctance on Peter’s part, his body stiff.

After several seconds, his grip on you loosens a little so he can get a better look at all of you.

“Are you okay?”, he asks, looking at each of you in more detail.

“Yeah, we’re okay”, Ned tells him with a smile, nodding. Peter smiles back, but when he looks at you more closely, really looks at you, fear fills his eyes all of a sudden, and he takes your face between his hands. Worry is etched all across his torn but handsome face.

“Oh my god, you’re bleeding!”, he exclaims, his thumb softly brushing over the spot on your cheek. It doesn’t even hurt when he touches it and you place your hand on top of his.

“I’m fine, I’m okay.”

“You sure?”

“I’m fine. I promise”, you genuinely smile at him, the worry in his eyes slowly making way for something else. If you didn’t know better, he looks sad. Defeated. He looks at you with so much intensity now, as if he were memorizing your face, every tiny detail, every little part he loves so much, so he would never forget it.

“We should go, right?”, MJ now says, looking up at the sky where Doctor Strange is still hovering over the Statue of Liberty. Her words finally pull Peter out of his trance, and he shakes his head, swallowing a lump. He looks back and forth between the three of you, then up at the magician, before looking you straight in the eyes when he says: “You- You’re gonna forget who I am.”

“What?”, Ned immediately asks, confused. You can’t interpret his words either. Forget Peter? As if you ever could. However, something in his face tells you that you will, no matter how much you resist.

“Forget who you are? What are you even talking about?”, MJ asks, stepping closer while you take an almost imperceptible step back.

“It’s okay”, Peter starts, taking a tentative step towards you, but you can only shake your head in disbelief, retreating even more.

“None of this is okay! I won’t forget you!”, you tell him, making clear where you stand.

“I’m gonna come and find you, and I’ll explain everything”, his voice breaks at the end, seeing how a tear slips down your cheek and you immediately wipe it away with your sleeve.

“No, no, no. No!”, you yell at him now, knowing only that one word. How can he expect something like that from you? How can he expect you to agree to all of this? You don’t want to forget him. You can’t forget him.

Within seconds, Peter grabs your hand and pulls you towards him, but you resist with all your might. You pound your fists against his chest, and he lets you, only for that one word to leave your mouth over and over again. No, no, no, no, no.

“I’ll make you remember me”, he softly whispers. Even though you hit him and push him and take out all your anger on him, he remains calm and eventually holds you so tightly in his arms that you give up, sobbing, your body shaking.

“Please, love. Please stop. I don’t want to let you go like this. I don’t want you to hate me in our last moments”, he pleads with you, running one hand over your back soothingly. “I promise I’ll make you remember me. And it’ll be like none of this ever happened. Okay?”

“B-But what if that doesn’t work? What if that doesn’t work?”, you cry into his chest, listening to his heart hammering against his chest, trying to memorize the rhythm.

“I-”

“What if we can’t remember you? I don’t want that”, you tell him as he gently lifts your chin, forcing you to look up at him. His eyes search yours, but you can only scan his face, all the injuries, all the scars, all the little details that make him him. You only have so much time to memorize his face.

How is it possible that you’ll forget this face, his eyes that always greeted you with so much love and affection?

“I know, I know”, he sadly smiles, his hand running through your hair.

“And there’s nothing we can do?”, MJ asks now, her eyes teary as well. “We can’t come up with a plan? There’s always something we can do.”

“I fear there’s nothing we can do. But it’ll be okay”, Peter answers, directing the last words at you.

“You promise?”, your voice comes out weak, tears staining your cheeks.

“I promise”, he smiles, but you can clearly see the pain in his eyes. How much all of this hurts him, especially considering that he just recently lost one of the most important people in his life. Now he’ll lose all of you, too. You can’t imagine how he could ever handle that.

Peter slowly lets go of you, which you don’t want at first, but MJ and Ned also have the right to say goodbye to their best friend. MJ hugs Peter tightly and does his trademark fist bump with Ned, the one they always did in school, before hugging him too.

When he finally turns back to you, you want to burst into tears and never stop. It feels like your heart is shattering into a thousand pieces and can never, ever be mended. How are you supposed to go on without your Peter?

You can’t help but briefly think of Peter 3 and how he must have felt at that moment, losing his Gwen forever. You know this is a different situation, but who’s to say your Peter won’t lose you forever, too? That he’ll be able to make you remember him? As if reading your mind, he takes your hands in his, squeezing them, before saying: “I’ll come find you.”

“You better”, you sob, pulling him closer by your intertwined hands and placing them on your waist. “If you don’t, I’ll just figure it out. I’ve done it before, I can do it again.”

Your words actually make him laugh a little, and you too have to smile when you think back to the moment you found out he was Spiderman. It seems like so long ago now.

“I promise I’ll fix this”, he says with determination in his voice.

“I really hate magic.”

“Me too”, he chuckles, taking in your beautiful face one last time.

“I love you”, you say and you want to say it over and over and over again so all of New York knows. So that all of New York won’t forget and neither will you. Or him.

“I love-”

“Just wait”, you interrupt him, smiling sadly as you see the confusion on his face. “Wait and tell me when you see me again.”

A tear finds its way down his cheek now too as he softly nods. The energy around you crackles, the magic in the air sizzling and it feels like the whole world explodes the moment his lips meet yours. It’s a desperate kiss, but also full of love and promises. He doesn’t need to tell you how much he’ll miss you. You don’t need words to understand each other, you never did.

“I love you”, you whisper against his lips, but when you open your eyes, he’s gone.

Your Peter Parker is gone. And he took your heart with him.

[sleepystarryskies]

just saw your reply and id love to hear regressor kate headcanons if you have any!!! she’s my absolute favorite :3c

I had so much fun doing these thank you for asking, i love regressor kate too!! currently rewatching hawkeye and it’s probably one of my favourite shows within the mcu !!

Little!Kate Bishop Headcanons

🏹 When she’s feeling small i think she likes to go by Katie

💜 I think she’s had some form of regression since her early teen years, due to trauma. But she’s insecure about it and hides it from her mum, locking herself away and such.

🧸 She’s got a stuffie dog called ‘Pluto’ which she’s had since she was really young which is her favourite thing ever when shes small. Has had many meltdowns when its missing or it needs to be washed.

🐕 She’s quite open about her regression within people she trusts a lot as she gets older, I think Clint would find out after the shows set/christmas time.

⭐️Yelena would eventually know and become the best auntie ever even if little katie is nervous around her at first.

🏹 Clint definitely got her one of those bow and arrow sets for kids with the velcro targets for a birthday as a joke but she loves it and uses it all the time.

💜 She’s a talker, when shes slightly older in her age range (5/6) she will talk about anything and everything, tv shows, her stuffies, her next birthday, i mean anything!!

🧸 When she’s feeling younger (1-2) she babbles, random words or just making noises or blowing raspberries for the fun of it- she’s a baby why shouldn’t she?

🐕 She’s an energetic kiddo, loves to run wild in the park with Lucky the pizza dog, climb trees and scare the daylights out of Clint by doing so.

⭐️ When her energy runs out or she’s feeling younger she loves to nap with Lucky, and this girl can sleep anywhere, the sofa, her bed, the floor, lucky’s bed if its big enough- anywhere if shes comfy enough.

🏹 Poor baby does have nightmares sometimes though, but luckily enough if she’s feeling small she’s usually hanging around with Clint or Yelena who can help. Laying with her, playing with her hair, or Yelena talking to her in Russian oddly helps.

💜 She’s so fussy when she’s little, Clint has to sneak vegetables into sauces and cut fruit into cute shapes for her to eat. Yelena’s not so fussed, she will happily let the girl live off of mac n cheese and juice.

🧸 She eventually meets Laura who loves little Kate, but they aren’t as close as Kate is too the other two, she’s able to babysit if neither are available though.

🐕 Clint’s kids love Kate when she’s big or small, they play with her either way as she’s usually in a toddler/kid space around them, and they love how an adult will play dress up or run riot in the garden with them.

⭐️ As much as she goes by Katie, Clint often calls her ‘kid’ or ‘kiddo’. Yelena calls her ‘Kitty’ while big Kate insists she hates it, little Kate is another story, she loves it.

🏹 She is an outdoorsy kid, loves to play in the mud, jump in puddles after it rains, and make little houses for bugs in cardboard boxes.

💜 This girl chews, a lot, her sleeves, her nails, even poor Pluto’s ears have faced her teeth. She has a few pacis but i don’t think there her first choice as she can’t talk with them, so Yelena gets her some chewy necklaces which she loves -especially one in the shape of a pizza!!

🧸 Yelena braids Kate’s hair a lot, either due to Kate wanting them to match, or she needs to calm down and the feeling helps her relax.

🐕 As much as she loves being outdoors, if its too rainy or cold she stays indoors as she doesn’t wanna get sick. Clint will make fun shaped pizza’s with her, and Yelena will happily get a bit messy painting or doing crafts with her to keep her entertained though!

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That’s all i could think of at the moment, hopefully thats what u wanted and feel free to ask for other characters/send more requests!!!

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One of the top 5 most obnoxious people I know just went on a whole rant about how Thanos was right and the world was better after the snap, and also how the Avengers bringing everyone back was the real problem that ruined everything. So uh. I don't know enough about Marvel to understand the exact implications, but this is a massive red flag, right?

(please be gentle if I've entirely misunderstood everything ahaha)

Ok short answer. No, whoever this is, is WRONG and would be a huge red flag, but only if the person still believes that after being presented with what im about to explain. Bc on the one hand, i do understand where this persons line of thinking is coming from and im gonna try to take them in good faith for the time being.

If you take the thought and motive of thanos' problem and solution as presented by the mcu, then its simply one big trolley problem. Would you flip the switch to save a majority of people if it means sacrificing some? The conflict of infinity war is this: thanos' home planet was destroyed seemingly from overpopulation and lack of resources. The solution? Killing half the people so that the rest can survive. Thanos then saw other planets and decided to extend this to the entire galaxy as a way to save everything.

So taking this info at face value, this person is arguing the trolley problem. Is it ok to sacrifice a few to save the rest? If society is already doomed, is it ok to snap half the population to save the remaining population? Which, you know, can be debated, just like how the trolley problem is debatable.

Theres just one teensy little problem. The second you think critically on thanos' plan, the SECOND you apply it to real life, is the moment you realize thanos was WRONG and his plan MAKES NO SENSE if you use in universe rules and real life parralels. Bc unlike the thought experiment of being granted only two choices, the overpopulation problem presented by marvel does not have a this or that solution.

The narrative of the film WANTS you to think theres only two choices (kill half save the universe, or let everyone be doomed), bc THATS what will make a fun thought experiment and a compelling story and quite frankly create marvels BEST villain. But to quote tony stark in the first avengers film when asked a this or that question, "I think Id just cut the wire", there is always another way around the problem then what is presented. And for thanos, it all comes down to this--

Why did thanos choose to snap half the population, when he couldve doubled the universe's resources instead?

Having possession of all six infinity stones grants you the power to pretty much do anything you want. Time, space, reality, mind, soul, power. Its how he was able to destroy. Why couldnt he create? (Bc thatd be a bad story).

But lets say he couldnt. Or that it wouldnt fix the issue. Hypothetical. Even being unable to snap resources in, THE REAL LIFE ISSUE OF WORLD HUNGER IS NOT OVER POPULATION TAKING UP RESOURCES.

IT'S CAPITALISM AND THE INABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE SAID RESOURCES WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO.

Unless theres some real world famine Im not aware of effecting THE ENTIRE EARTH, then no. We are capable of feeding the entire population many times over with the amount of resources this planet has. The real issue is the complications of distributions, labor, corporate greed, making a profit etc etc. (Thinking of all the corporations that choose to throw out perfectly good food or lace it with poison, instead of giving it to shelters/homeless) So thanos' problem and solution is inherently flawed. He saw a problem and came to the wrong solution.

Uhh also the russo brothers shot themselves in the foot by saying in a tweet that animals also got snapped. (I think they did it to make people sad without realizing the implications itd mean in universe). But if we take their words as canon then NOTHING CHANGED. THANOS DIDNT DO ANYTHING CUZ HE CUT HALF THE RESOURCES ON TOP OF THE POPULATION. So really, he screwed everyone over on top of killing all the people that died from proxy of the snap. The person having an operation whos surgeon got snapped? The kid on his way to a soccer game but his mom driving him got snapped? The swimmer drowning bc the lifeguard got snapped? The pilot flying a commercial airline? And so on. So many people died that were not randomly selected to be snapped. Its actually horrific when you think about it. More then half died from the snap.

Oh boy. The comment on the avengers making things worse by bringing everyone back. That out of everything is the biggest red flag to me. Because you can excuse the other points as someone taking the story at face value and not thinking a bit more critically in real world context. But there is no way that the avengers made it worse on an economic factor or a moral one. The mcu was left devestated in more ways then one post snap. Humanity survived, but we saw evidence of how horrible everything was at the beginning of endgame. And if you look at any real world disaster that wipes a population. Things arent better bc of it.

I wont lie, snapping everyone back also creates its own horrors and complications but...are we really gonna say its worse then leaving things how it was? Heres what i hear anytime someone says the avengers were wrong for bringing the people back--

"I would rather have these people dead then have my life inconvenienced"

Cuz unlike thanos snapping, nobody DIES in being brought back. The new status quo does get shaken up again, but NOBODY DIES. Unless you think the world was in immediate threat of dying from no resources. Which wasnt remotely true. It is in no way "the actual problem". The actual problem was thanos being stupid enough to think he'd solve world hunger by killing half of everyone. This is all thanos' fault and you cant blame the avengers for trying to fix it. Is someone really gonna tell me if given the chance, you wouldnt bring back everyone taken by covid? (Hm yes thats right. There is a real world equivelant to this dilemna. Funny. We are also 5 years post 2020)

Having said that, i do like how in universe there ARE people who also think thanos was right. Theyre wrong, but it does make the mcu feel a bit more realistic. People are not immune to blaming their problems on the wrong thing.

So ya. Tldr: Thanos was wrong about snapping everyone bc his issue shouldve been with capitalism instead of lack of resources. The world was not better post snap, bc everything was halved. The avengers were right to bring everyone back bc its the morally right thing to do.

Infinity war and endgame are still amazing films despite all that. Its just the second you make a serious claim that the villain is right, is the second I have to sit you down and tell you how very wrong you are.

[show-us-kaidenshenandoah]

(i was reminded of this opinion that ive had for years now; bc i just saw a Peter Parker and Aunt May edit, including all their adaptations, but this is mainly directed at the MCU Spider-man, Andrew Garfield's Amazing Spider-man, and the general trend of making Aunt May younger and overall less sickly. this has nothing to do with the quality of those adaptations and their story)

if y'all want to make Aunt May young and hot, i am completely okay with that

but i do also want The People In Charge who decide how young/old Aunt May is to know WHY it matters that she was this old lady to begin with: and that's because Peter doesn't want to tell Aunt May his secret identity due to, not only how much she hates Spider-man, but bc she has a bad heart and is a frail person and he is worried the news will kill her

if you dont do that last part especially, it makes no sense why he is SO desperate for her specifically to never know, which then translates further to why he doesn't want the public to know his secret bc what if the news kills Aunt May

if you want to make Aunt May young and sexy, go ahead. but i specifically need y'all to make that hot Aunt May be chronically ill and disabled. give her a port, you can incorporate an Apple Watch heart-monitor ad even, you can make her an ambulatory mobility-aid user, give her mobile IV therapy, a medical alert dog, whatever you want. but you gotta keep her delicate and frail and have Peter be concerned about her health. it isn't enough for her to have 1 or 10 wrinkles. give me actual "he is worried about her health and he has good reason to be concerned about it" scenes and details

i personally prefer if you also keep in that she hates Spider-man, because i think Aunt May and J. Jonah Jamison play important roles of accountability and how "even people who hate you (or hate a part of you, hate what you do, however you want to spin it) can still be, ultimately, on your side and care about you". because my favorite Spider-man runs/adaptations are the ones where Jamison and Aunt May will defend Peter in a room he isn't in. they won't for Spider-man. but for Peter? of course, he's a good kid. but, to them, Spider-man needs to be held more accountable (and ill stop there because otherwise i will ramble about my favorite ways Jamison and Aunt May hating Spider-man in front of Peter then betters Spider-man as a hero). and it also teaches Peter as Spider-man to humanize the people who hate him, to still want to protect indiscriminately, even protect the people who hate him or take his efforts for granted. because even if they might hate you, there's a p likely chance those haters are still good people

but, sure, Aunt May finding out about Spider-man and supporting Peter as Spider-man is cute, ill admit that. it is nice to see Peter be comforted and have her be stronger than he gave her credit for

and im not terribly opposed to see Aunt May support both sides of Peter (id argue that should moreso be on Harry, MJ, and his other friends and love-interests. as Aunt May hating Spider-man but loving Peter unconditionally is more interesting a dynamic, to me. but, sure, it's nice to see Aunt May support Spider-man before she even knows that's Peter, it's an adorable small-win for Peter, sure)

but more people gotta keep in that Peter— when Aunt May doesn't know that he is Spider-man, regardless of if she likes Spider-man or not— Peter is scared out of his mind to lose the one last family member he has that's alive, who is sweet and wonderful to him, but who is also so much more fragile than his friends and love interests to the point that he's petrified the shock of learning he is Spider-man will KILL HER. not even just villains coming after her, no, scared that THE NEWS itself will KILL HER. and it was a recurring thing in the comics that the shock and stress DID cause her health problems with her heart to flare up so much that Peter would have to go to her hospital-bed and— and btw, she would indeed get a LOT physically better after this— Peter would have to tell her "no, Aunt May, the news isn't true, i'm not Spider-man, i promise", y'know, like a liar. bc the idea of Aunt May finding out freaks him out for a REASON. and if you don't want to do that hospital-bed-liar scene, you don't have to, People In Charge, you can do "the stress of Uncle Ben dying and the funeral landed her under emergency care for a few weeks" or "i remember when Uncle Ben got fired and how that stress made her flare-up to being practically bedridden until he got a new job" or something. he just needs validity to his fear about her health, he needs validity for him being scared the news and stress will kill her, even if she turns out to be fine when he finally tells her. because it adds so much conflict, nuance, and tension to his story, and it makes me sad when Aunt May's poor health is erased from the narrative. it needs to haunt him that him not being Spider-man killed his Uncle Ben, and him being Spider-man might kill his Aunt May next

[seaweedmakesart]

Out of context snippets of my Civil War AU (which is really turning into a Spider-Man AU the more I write it lol)

“Is there something I can do for you?”

“Punch Flash in the face the next time he calls me Jacquattack?” She laughs as he releases her.

--

“Yep, I saw it, and I didn’t want it to get stolen, so I took it.” She says, like it’s something she does every day.

--

As he crawled on the ceiling of his room, he slowly got onto the floor, trying not to make a noise. He settled down onto the floor quietly, making sure not to hit the floorboards that creaked so loudly you thought someone was screaming. 

--

“Welcome home, mi gatita!” Her mother called from the kitchen. The tall woman walked out of the room, wrapping Jackie in a warm hug. “How was school?”

“It was okay. I had a test today.” She shrugged off the hug and put her backpack onto the tan couch, sat down, her tail resting on her lap, and sighed as the headache went away.

“Oh? How did you do?” Jackie’s mom asks, picking up the blankets her younger brother left on the floor.

“Good. I got an A-,” She says.

--

They knew each other, sort of, from being lab partners once.

--

Jackie loved ropes.

--

Jackie Chandler was no ordinary 16-year-old. She was a mutant. And she was also minding her own business.

[tiptapricot]

🌙✨Travelers of the night!✨🌙

The time has come for us to share the month of prompts for Moon KnightCember! This is a collaborative list put together and shaped by many lovely fans who have contributed ideas, designs, information, guidance, and more to make a fun December fan event for all!

This event is open to all forms of Moon Knight, from comics to the MCU show, and participants are welcome to create for any version or mix they desire. Prompts are available every other day to give people the ability to choose their pacing, and one or both prompts can be used depending on preference. When participating, please use the hashtag #MKcember2023!

Good luck in your creative fight, we can’t wait to see what you create!

Big thanks to @crystaljelly64 (who also did all the graphics here), @belablue222, @fdelopera and all the others that contributed to the making of this event! :-D

(Basic IDs in ALT and full image descriptions including written out prompt list and live links under cut! A transcript of the Cinco Pa’ Las Doce Instagram highlight is also included under Resources.)

[ID:

Image 1: The moon knight-cember prompt list. Moon knight envelops the prompt calendar with his cape, white cloth encircling the edges and black filling the background behind the prompts. The Moon Knight-cember title is written in stylized text above the calendar, the C a golden crescent dart and the background behind it light blue and snowy. The prompts read:

1st: “Headspace” and/or “Home Is Where The Heart Is”

3rd: “Supernatural Encounter(s)” and/or “Good Friends”

5th: “Cab-allero” and/or “Constellations”

7th: “Chanukah Sameach” and/or “Gelt and Gus/Crawley”

9th: “Candles” and/or “Chanukiah”

11th: “Chanukah Food” and/or “Dreidel”

13th: “Tzedek” and/or “Perseverance”

15th: “Shabbat” and/or “Kiddush Cup”

17th: “Rainy Day” and/or “VHS Tape”

19th: “Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives” and/or “Notes”

21st: “Judgement” and/or “Negative Space”

23rd: “Blast Off!” and/or “Sink”

25th: “Calm Before The Storm” and/or “Little Bug”

27th: “Floating/Blurry” and/or “Phone Call”

29th: “Reflection” and/or “Every Grain Of Sand”

31st: “Cinco Pa’ Las Doce” and/or “Together”

The days of Hanukkah, December 7th through the 15th, are highlighted in glowing gold. The rest of the prompt text is a light blue.

Image 2: A list of basic definitions for words on the prompt list. The definitions read as follows:

Caballero (Spanish): “Knight” ; “Gentleman”

Chanukah Sameach (Jewish): “Happy Hanukkah”; common greeting during Hanukkah

Gelt (Jewish): chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil and given to others to inspire charity

Chanukiah (Jewish): menorah or lamp used for Hanukkah

Dreidel (Jewish): spinning top; played with during Hanukkah

Tzedek (Jewish): “Justice”; “Fairness”; how things should be

Shabbat (Jewish): the Jewish day of Rest

Kiddush Cup (Jewish): cup of wine that’s blessed during Shabbat/Jewish holiday meals

Cinco Pa’ Las Doce (Spanish): “5 minutes til 12”; a New Years Eve song from South and Central America

Image 3: Text that reads: Links and Sources. For more info on Hanukkah and Shabbat, you can go to myjewishlearning.com, and you can also find examples of prayers and services from Jewish YouTubers!

Check out @belablue222’s story highlight “CPLD 🌙 🕰️” for more details on the song and tradition, as well as how it connects to Moon Knight! (Transcript from Instagram below ID)

Links and recommended posts will also be added below cut!

Image 4: text that reads: Slide 7: Text that reads:

Reminder!

During a time of folks using current events to spread hate and vitriol, it’s important to stand firm with love and support for Jewish people and make sure our spaces are firmly free of antisemitism. Fighting fire with fire is never the solution, and support and action for groups in peril does not and should not require falling to different types of bigotry or antisemitic tropes. MKCember is a celebration of a beloved Jewish character and all aspects of that should be respected and loved, and focus on joy and genuine exploration. While creating your works, be aware, be vigilant, and be informed, and together we can make something lovely! /end ID]

Resources:

MyJewishLearning.com

Chanukah Sameach

Gelt

Chanukiah

Dreidel

Tzedek

Shabbat

Kiddush Cup

Post by @fdelopera about engaging with Moon Knight and Jewish celebrations respectfully and carefully during this challenge

Cinco Pa’ Las Doce Instagram highlight (transcript below)

Transcript of Cinco Pa’ Las Doce deep dive by @belablue222:

“Cinco Pa' las doce: a cultural deep dive and its ties to the moon knight system.

Disclaimer: I am latina, but i cannot speak for all of the traditions practiced or not practiced in all latinoamérica countries due to how many of us there are, as well as how unique each of our traditions are. Because of this, I will be using traditions that are more widely practiced.

As we approach the end of the year, places all over the world prepare to bring in the new year with all sorts of traditions and customs. It is a time of celebrating, mingling, and integrating. It’s a time for one to connect to their background of where they come from, and embrace tradition.

New Years is especially important in latinoamérica, and has traditions that go back decades or even centuries. Today, i will be talking about a well known and beloved tradition, as well as others that are commonly practiced in central and South America.

Cinco Pa’ Las Doce

Written in 1963 and performed by Venezuelan actor and singer Néstor Zavarce, Cinco Pa' Las Doce is a hauntingly beautiful song about a person wanting to run home to hug their mom for New Years, with the sound of bells playing throughout the street. The song became immensely popular throughout latinoamérica throughout the years, and there are many different versions with many different styles, but the original one still remains the iconic classic widely known.

In typical tradition, people with gather together at 11:55pm on New Year’s Eve and spend time together, thinking about past memories, wondering what the new years will bring, and enjoy each others company as the song plays. Once the song ends, it is midnight, and people will celebrate this by doing many different traditions, here are a few of them that are most commonly practiced...

Typical traditions:

Fireworks: like a lot of other places, fireworks are often lit in the biggest of cities, or the smallest of villages, the colors brightening the sky of the new year.

12 uvas: eating 12 grapes at midnight is a tradition that is ment to bring good luck for the new year, and represent 12 wishes that will only come true if the grapes are eaten quickly.

Walking a block with a suitcase: when the clock strikes midnight, some people will grab a suitcase and walk (or even run) a block around their neighborhood for them to be able to travel and go to many places in the new year

Lentils: lentils have significance in many different ways for latam countries. some will eat lentils or lentil soup at midnight, others will pocket them or even wrap 12 of them in a bill, no matter what, lentils are meant to bring good fortune and prosperity for the new year.

Yet what does this all have to do with Moon Knight?

The Moon Knight system in the MCU are both Jewish as well as Latino. New years is a great way for them to connect with their latam roots, while also being respectful to their other traditions as well. They can enjoy latinoamerican foods that are customary to the winter seasons, sing songs in spanish, and enjoy many other things. they could even intigrate things or come up with new traditions so they can comfortably celebrate el año nuevo.

From an artistic standpoint, it's a good way to ponder what their relationship is with these traditions that have deep ties to family, and the potential effects it has on them due to their own relationship with their family. Do they struggle? Do they reclaim? Do they pass these traditions on?

An interesting thing to ponder to the ethereal bells of Cinco Pa' las Doce.” (End of transcript)

[strangethings-everywhere]

20 Fanfic Author Questions

thank you to @sassyandclassy94 for the tag! i love doing these

1. How many works on AO3?

Ten!

2. Total word count on AO3?

245,149 (holy shit)

3. Top five fics by kudos?

proof that harley keener has a heart (405), the injury of finally knowing you (246), star-crossed in the worst way (168), all i’ve ever known (80), and hantez-moi, je vous en supplie (haunt me, i beg of you) coming in at 40

4. What fandoms do you primarily write for?

boys in the boat, band of brothers, lockwood and co, marvel (parkner/spiderman specifically), and 1917

5. Do you respond to comments?

oh my god i’m soooooo bad at it. i’m just bad at commenting in general lol

6. Angstiest ending?

uhhhhhh as of right now it’s my WWII tbitb fic or the scream au, even though it’s happy in the end. it’ll probably end up being my hunger games au because unfortunately not everyone can survive 😁

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

uhhhhhh probably star-crossed

8. Do you get hate?

the only hateful-ish comment i’ve ever gotten was actually pretty legit criticism but COME ON GUYS bring it on, i’m ready lol

9. Do you write smut?

nope but i’ll get close. i’m not sure if i’ll ever go to full sex just because i feel like im so bad at it but it’s whatever 🤷🏼‍♀️ id rather write a ton of soul-crushing angst lol

10. Do you write crossovers?

no i do not and im not sure i ever will? i dont read them and i usually write what i want to read soooooo who knows

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of but if so i WILL find you (this is a threat)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no but i am so down for it!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

YES! check out like a prayer, the don church boy au @seasidesandstarscapes and i wrote together!

14. All time favorite ship?

i will preface this with the fact that I KNOW i haven’t updated this fic in forever but it has to be parkner, my first AO3 published fic, my sweet boys, the most criminally underused dynamic in the world. harley keener we WILL get you back into the MCU even if i have to fist fight kevin fiege myself

15. WiPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

right now, it’s looking like it’s my locklyle fic. for some reason my brain refuses to work on new ideas for it and it is devastating because i love them sooooooooooooo much 😭

16. Writing strengths?

angst angst angst. i like to make my readers cry and scream at me in the comments 😁 i also like to think im good at a characters inner monologue or narrative

17. Writing weaknesses?

um i think it’s literally everything because i have a ridiculously low opinion of my writing but realistically it’s starting a story and also physically intimate scenes. i don’t just want to give a play-by-play BUT i struggle with just getting it to flow

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

ahaha it’s me and google translate against the world (baberoe i’m looking at you)

19. First fandom you wrote for?

once upon a time on wattpad when i was like 13 because i had a gigantic crush on their peter pan (the hottest thing they ever did was making him a villain)

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

this is like picking my favorite child AGH. honestly it has to be proof that harley keener has a heart because it’s just been a part of me for so long and i’ve poured so much into it. i also enjoy the amount of wiggle room i have with harley since we don’t know that much about him after iron man 3, so i’ve gotten to make him my own and that’s been so fun

NO PRESSURE TAG LIST: @seasidesandstarscapes @dogwooddiaries @effervescentyellow @sparrow-in-the-field @kcsplace @arokel if i missed anyone, i am so sorry, but i am eternally bad at tagging people lol

[magnetothemagnificent]

I sent you an ask a week or two ago about the new marvel show, Secret Invasion, and possible antisemitism. Did you respond to it and I just can’t find it? Please tag this post as “secret invasion” or “anon ask” or something so I can find it when you respond. Thanks!

Previous anon ask:

I am so sorry, anon, things have been really hectic in my personal life in the past few weeks (past few months, honestly), so I haven't been able to answer many messages, and I have quite a few sitting in my inbox.

I haven't watched Captain Marvel in a long time to be honest, so I had to do some good old googling to refresh my memory on Skrull culture.

It's.......definitely concerning.

This backstory is a classic antisemitic metaphor. Jews as a people have been defined by their exile from their homeland and their "infiltration" of the various countries they were exiled or migrated to. Having faced genocides upon genocides through the centuries, it is true that Jews as a people are adaptable, and have built prosperity and community for themselves even in unforgiving environments. This has made Jews the topic of suspicion for their ability to "blend in" to the population, while also maintaining their own cultural and spiritual integrity as a people. The various European inquistions, blood libels, the Holocaust, and today's dual-loyalty paradigm in regards to Israel are all manifestations of this suspicion of Jews as the outsider. In terms of media and culture, the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, the New World Order conspiracy theory, and Q-anon are also manifestations of this belief that Jews are inherently untrustworthy and deceitful, invading other nations and cultures.

It doesn't help that the Skrulls are literally lizard-people, which is a page taken straight of David Icke's ramblings.

Long story short? Yes, absolutely it's an antisemitic trope.

But are we really surprised at this point with the way the MCU has been conducting things?

[id in alt text]

[ingydarwp]

this isn’t really an ask it’s just something i’ve been thinking about and feel the need to say. so, basically, i’m a HUGE black widow fan, and i’ve read pretty much all of her solo comics, so i feel very protective over her. i really loved the way GT started, and i really don’t mind having natasha be a sort of antagonist in gracie’s story, because i DO understand. it makes sense than natasha doesn’t have the bandwidth nor the mental soundness, especially considering that in the mcu timeline she would have taken gracie in as her child pretty early in her career with shield, to take care of such a young and sensitive child. so i do understand how their relationship SHOULD be rocky and imperfect and painful on both of their ends. HOWEVER, i see a lot of people, including yourself, saying that the way natasha treats gracie in GT is a reflection of her comic counterpart, and i just don’t agree. sure, natasha in the comics is damaged and traumatized and vengeful, violent in many ways, it’s fair to say she’s morally gray but i do not agree at all that’s it’s fair to think that she’s be so blatantly cruel at times. sure, she can’t raise gracie as she needs to be raised, she’s got a lot on her plate and a lot going on inside of herself, so i can see natasha’s personal problems would bleed into gracie, and leave her with lifelong wounds, but to think that she wouldn’t have any good intentions taking gracie in seems sort of.. i don’t know, impossible to me. natasha saw that nobody was there for gracie, and—on top of trying to CARVE out a place for herself in the ranks of male-dominated shield—tried to help the little girl who she probably saw so much of yelena in. of course, it makes perfect sense that she would resent gracie and have a lot of mental turmoil surrounding having to parent her, but it’s still a decision she, herself made. i’m just saying that id really love to see their relationship be painted as less black-and-white, natasha can cause gracie trauma and be a major antagonistic figure in her life without being a bad person, without having evil intentions, or thinking of gracie as solely her possession. truly, i don’t think that thing you talk about a lot, how natasha thinks of gracie as something she OWNS, something that is hers, while that is such an interesting trope, is in-character for natasha, nor something she’s capable of. natasha romanoff is hurt and she’s got a dark side, but just like frank castle, i don’t think that means she would inflict such blatant cruelty onto a little girl. i really hope this doesn’t come across as mean, and i love your writing, i just felt like i had to share how i feel about it it.

hello!!

as someone who can get super frustrated over mischaracterization, i can see where you're coming from on this!! ik that when you're very attached to a character, it kinda sucks when you feel like people misrepresent them. however, i think it's a little different when it comes to fanfiction.

while i do often describe gt!nat is resembling comic!nat, i'm realising now that that might not have been quite the right choice of words?? because gt!nat isn't supposed to be a direct reflection of comic!nat!! or mcu!nat, or any other nats at all!! try and think of her as some sort of frankenstein's monster natasha, where i've taken bits and pieces from different versions and stitched them together. while she does often seem out of character, i guess that's because she's never really in character, if that makes sense?? she's become her own division of natasha for me at this point, who just happens to have some comic-like qualities.

i do understand your frustration, though. up until super recently, i took mischaracterization very seriously and it made me mad, but i've tried to change my mindset on that. in fanfiction, every character -- even the canon ones -- is always going to be a touch different from their official selves, but that is ok!! that is good!! fanfiction is a creative outlet and people deserve to be able to express themselves through characters how they want. recent-past-adri should also acknowledge that.

however!! this has been very helpful, actually, as it's now let me know to stop referring to gt!nat as a depiction of comic!nat, so thank you!! i would just like to say that i will not be changing gt!nat, though. i really like how i write gt, especially gracie and nat's dynamic, and at the end of the day, it is my fic that i write for my hobby. i completely see that your intentions weren't to be rude, btw!! but everything i do is both for fun and for free, and a lot of fic writers don't really want constructive criticism unless they ask for it primarily for these reasons. there are a lot of other fics out there that are probably more comic!nat-coded than gt -- though i do apologise for the false advertising!! -- so if you're not really a fan of gt!nat, those would probably be more up your street!!

have a good day :))