#what if...? 1.05

[salty-ironstrange-shipper]

I never talked about What if...Zombies?!

On a purely objective level, I thought the episode was pretty meh. There were parents I really liked — Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa one last time, the whole thing with Vision keeping Wanda as a zombie was SUPER fucked and I loved it — but even for the MCU, everyone was WAY too glib about all their loved ones dying and becoming zombies. Like. You are now covered in your former friend's and ally's rotting blood and body. Could you show an emotion that is not "ewwwww!"

But with that said. I am going to rank this one higher than it probably deserves on a quality level, because it gave us one thing — and that was zombie ironstrange husbands.

It's like 2 minutes of content and pretty stupid. And I loved every second of it. I think it was the first direct ironstrange content we'd gotten since Endgame, and I soaked that in like a plant coming into contact with sunlight for the first time in a decade. Fucking love these messed up little guys. I hope they're still having little zombie adventures in their awful little universe.

[portraitoflestatonfire]

"...you've been my instructor in loving..."

[panelshowsource]

random gifs of alex horne 4/∞

[anne-lida]

Happy Halloween, Kazuya :)

[incesthemes]

i love that the episode about secrets comes immediately after the episode about fear. because if dean's fear is of losing his family and being alone, then this scene carries incredible meaning for him.

because secrets keep people apart. they're a rift in a relationship, a gap that can't be crossed. that gap leaves an uncertainty in the relationship, a lack of trust, a space separating two people. if dean is afraid of being apart from his family, then secrets are a threat to his security.

and to that end, dean's shock at the notion that sam hasn't told dean everything implies that this isn't a normal occurrence for them, that it's typical for sam, at least, to be open and honest with dean. if that's the case, then sam's college excursion has changed his attitude toward his brother, put some distance between them that dean clearly doesn't like and, based on the scene and what is later revealed about his character, has a hard time coping with.

this is the first time dean really makes an attempt to exert control over sam. he puts his foot down and tries to take the reins, and importantly this happens immediately after the security of his relationship with sam is threatened (or at least, he perceives it to be that way). this becomes a recurring theme throughout the series, so these early signs of this behavior pattern become retroactively strengthened through hindsight.

it's an interesting follow-up to phantom traveler, because now that seeds of doubt and conflict have been planted in dean's mind, his sense of security is breaking down and his fears are growing. sam is trying to put himself in harm's way, which could kill him: dean could lose sam in a very physical way. sam is keeping secrets from him, which is keeping them emotionally distant: dean could lose sam in an interpersonal way. his fear of losing his brother is being dangled twofold in front of him, and the threat of losing his dad is looming over them in the background.

the ground is crumbling under dean, and so he reacts the only way he knows how: by trying to take control of the situation, to protect his family and keep them by his side.

[hithelleth]

MORFYDD CLARK and LLOYD OWEN as Galadriel and Elendil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 1x05 “Partings”

[kent-farm]

—Lois & Clark, “Illusions of Grandeur”, Smallville, “Cool”, and Superman & Lois, “What Lies Beneath”

[danlous]

Thinking about the implications of Louis using his cane again in 1.06 for the first time since the first episode i think. When he was human he used it as a protection and as a literal and figurative crutch to feel stronger and appear threatening. When he became vampire he didn't need that anymore. Except now he feels he does again because of Lestat

[powerfultenderness]

🤔

[deancasforcutie]

Urban legends in Supernatural + Snopes

Bonus:

Aren’t You Glad You Didn’t Turn on the Light? // The Boyfriend’s Death // The Hook // Is the Bloody Mary Story True? // Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill “Little Mikey”? // Kidney Theft

[tyrannuspitch]

so you're telling me they sacrificed loki Again. in the let's talk about how fucked up sacrifice is show. in theory i want to withhold judgement bc with s1 i was always going nooo it's self subverting it's clever u don't get iiiit and bc i've only seen 2 eps of s2 but i will not lie the 2 eps i have seen were shit and this might be the last straw

[vinmauro]

adult nat in that fishnets, hot pants & pink floyd tank is killing me. i want to be her, i want to kiss her, i want to be her, i want to kiss her. bisexuality & gender crisis activated

[niklausxcaroline]

omg what is his deal 😭

[book0ftheday]

Vanity Fair, September 1900.

[monsterslament]

the autism