#taskmaster mcu

[rebecca--barnes]

Now Marvel are finally giving the people what they really want

[chiisomandi]

does anyone else think that taskmaster looks like general grievous or is it just me

[mcudc616]

╰☆☆ 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐬* (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) ☆☆╮

[justa-personn]

getting sick of taskmaster being left out of almost all the group shots in the thunderbolts trailers and barely having any screen time in them overall, where is my girl :( istg if it’s because she dies early on in the movie or gets separated from them and not seen again until the end i’m gonna riot

[loganpine]

I need her injected directly into my veins 😩

[buckys-arm-and-rios-dagger]

I choose to believe Taskmaster won't die in Thunderbolts, but instead after that one fight we see her in in the trailer Antonia will realize that she's about to get roped into another Situation™️ and is like "nope, no, absolutely the fuck not, nice meeting all of you, lovely to see you again Yelena, but I refuse to be used again I am going HOME" and is isn't demonized by the narrative about it because she's allowed to not want to be used as a pawn in a larger scheme again

And also if they really wanna make me happy before Antonia goes to leave they can have her stop in front of Ava and be like "when whatever this Nonsense turns out to be is done, call me 👀🏳️‍🌈" but like. I'll JUST take her being alive at the BARE minimum

[diviedrawn]

Avengers Thunderbolts, Assemble!!!

[ava-starrs-girlfriend]

She is EVERYTHING TO MEEEEEE

And im SO excited to see Taskmaster again.

Im excited to see Yelena's development in this movie, and her dynamic w the girls. And her dynamic with Antonia?

Oops i got rambly, putting that under the cut!

Antonia Dreykov was of course something fans were not expecting in BW, and lots of folks (*cough* comic bros *cough*) were really fucking annoying about her story- mostly the fact that she was a woman instead of the comic version (a man). Now, honestly, because she's Dreykov's daughter and her whole story is so interesting, i'm really much more intrigued by her. I dont think i would have cared much for the "comic accurate" version. Just would have been another run-of-the-mill man-used-as-weapon story which the MCU has enough of, especially with Bucky.

Also, i love that the team is 3 guys and 3 girls. And Ghost is the only super-powered one, altho Yelena and Antonia are their own powerhouses. I didnt know John was even a super soldier, and so its kinda boring that all three of them are super soldiers, but it *is* interesting that they're all failed symbols. Well, tbf, we dont know Red Guardian's MCU story, beside that he was put in jail. Im guessing we may see a Red Guardian prequel show if people care enough abt him. But its Disney so i wouldnt really trust it to be a good representation of communist/cold war Russia, but like. Could be good.

Also love that the US government is trying to like rebrand John as "~U.S. Agent~". Lol.

[mikyapixie]

⚡️🌩️⚡️

[justanotherbuggysimp]

Just saw Thunderbolts, can confirm Lewis is amazing in it and so adorable, also his character literally lookin radiant as the sun

[-hiddlesdweeb-]

Thunderbolts gives me hope, and I'm scared...

I haven't been a fan of the MCU's ventures after Infinity War (I have severe beef with Kevin Feige) so seeing The Thunderbolts and The Fantastic 4 having such interesting concepts, I am terrified Marvel won't let the writers breathe/do their jobs well. If they lean into differentiating the movies from what we've come to know (aka Kevin Feige/Taika Waititi "humor") I will consider it a success. JUST PLEASE DON'T BUTCHER BUCKY'S CHARACTER I'LL TRULY RIOT.

Okay thank you! :D

[meltedbrains]

Re: MCU Taskmaster

At what point do you think Dreykov decided to turn his own daughter into a weapon?

He'd already been trafficking, training, and brainwashing young girls for a while (and per Agent Carter this had been going on since at least the 40s).

Prior to Natasha blowing her up, Antonia seemed to live a relatively normal life, she certainly didn't appear to be undergoing black widow training. Did he see an opportunity as she was undergoing life saving surgery? A chance to save his daughter and create a more powerful, more efficient, more loyal widow all at once? Did Natasha seal her fate?

Or was she always destined to be her father's weapon? Would he have sold her off as an oligarch's wife to secure a political/financial partnership? Did her facial scarring and brain damage prevent her from being a beautiful chess piece and force him to pivot into something else?

Did her traumatic injuries save her from a miserable marriage only to doom her to be a killing machine that answered only to him?

I doubt we'll ever know, and honestly, it's probably better if we don't. My hope for the thunderbolts (and future projects?) is that she's allowed to develop a personality. Instead of dwelling on the wheel of trauma that seems to plague female comic book characters (and some of the men) we focus on the present; giving her agency, plot relevance, friends, quirks, flaws, strengths, all of the things we can so easily take for granted in well rounded characters.

[abutchwithbooks]

Scrappy!! Anti-heroes!! ⚡️

Bonus - leaked post credit scene:

I’m still holding out hope for u Antonia dw 😔✊

[mcu-marvel-world]

I love MCUs Taskmaster costume

[justa-personn]

“she’s surviving thunderbolts!” me and the four other antonia dreykov fans scream as we are dragged away to the padded room

[northwest-good-witch]

💀Antonia Dreykov💀

SHE IS VERY GORGEOUS TO ME!!!!

(This cosplay is not sponsored or paid for, I am in full support of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, this is simply a hobby.)