#will we ever see this film coming out zag?

[mx-julien]

each ninja was a different kind of teacher (except Lloyd who basically went on a year long press tour) and it also explains why Rebooted and after they seem a bit more responsible than in season 1 and the pilot

Cole has my favorite teacher characterization because he's objectively an interesting person with cool hobbies but when he is responsible for a group of children he just becomes Dad Who Is Helping Out At The Summer Camp. we never see his classroom, but given his proficiency in the arts we can assume he's the English teacher

since he went to art schools, he's probably not used to kids who aren't actually interested in what's being taught. the louder kids seem to dislike him (ref: running gag of "Mr Cole is the worst"), but that doesn't mean he's necessarily a bad teacher- just not one to humor pranks

also his and Kai's teacher outfits belong in the 1970s. I like the touch of making their ties the same color as their gis

little bit of meta: most of the people who worked on this show went to school in the 80s/90s so to them "older/boring" teacher outfits would look like this. also, as someone who was in the intended age range and saw it at the time of release, this sort of clothing conveyed that the ninja were doing a stuffy adult job- juxtaposed with their colorful gis

Kai appears to be the history teacher? his teaching style is likely structured and straightforward. given his nontraditional childhood, his frustration with the kids likely comes from both his jealousy that they aren't aware of how valuable schooling is and that Nya was much easier to work with when she was their age. at the end of the day he's an older brother who's now in charge of a bunch of kids

he's using an old-fashioned projector with film, which I assume (1) shows how low-budget they are, (2) emphasizes that Kai is out of his element (pun not intended), and (3) juxtaposes them with New Ninjago City

Zane is the one who doesn't know what a vape pen looks like but will listen to you infodump for an hour after class, then drive/walk you home because you missed the bus. he probably doesn't get any of the classroom humor or notice if the kids make fun of him. I can't imagine him ever getting angry at the kids, and he probably is very good at keeping them to a routine and a schedule

in rebooted episode 1 he seems to be teaching science? and the use of catapults is actually quite endearing- he's probably explaining tension and going to get his kids to make little models, which shows that he both is a pretty good teacher and hasn't realized that giving elementary/middle/primary schoolers their own catapults will only lead to chaos

he and Jay have personality-based outfits, with the snowflakes being an obvious allusion to Zane's element and the zig zags on Jay's emulating lightning

the little bowtie on Zane reminds me of Bill Nye the Science Guy (program with a a host of the same name who taught kids about science in a fun and accessibly way- very nostalgic for kids who went to american public school)

Jay is the exhausted teacher who's more interested in his hobbies than class material, and if you get him talking about that hobby, he won't stop until the bell. as a jokester, I think he'd get along well with the kids and definitely encourage them to annoy the other ninja

we don't see his classroom, but given Jay's skills he's probably the math teacher. he'd have a difficult time explaining things in different ways- very gifted people who learn well on their own often find it hard to teach things to others, though he would make sure he doesn't leave anyone behind

Nya definitely teaches math classes, but she probably handles tutoring as well since she's well-balanced in most subjects. it would also give her an intelligence network- kids come to her room after class/during lunch to complain and gossip. she uses it in the noble pursuit to antagonize the others

i'm used this video and the ninjago wikia because I'm on mobile and finding other sources would've taken too long

extra group photo I found! love the detail that Zane blinked (Dr Julien probably took the photo)

[redsbrainrot]

My Review on the Miraculous Movie

I’ve divided the review into sections with a final personal statement on it at the end. Spoilers ahead!!! Obviously.

Animation: 10/10

Absolutely gorgeous. Probably the most stunning animated film I’ve ever seen. The glow, the mist, the kwamis, the setting, fucking exceptional. Chloe’s hair especially was gorgeous. The sheer amount of detail that went into every frame is admirable. Everyone who worked on the animation deserves a massive raise.

Character Designs: 9/10

Of course most of the characters remained the same, besides the change in animation style. Like I mentioned above, I adored Chloe’s hair. Her dress at the end of the movie was also so glamorous. Marinette’s ladybug themed dress suited her so well, she looked beautiful.

The Mime and the Magician are also worth mentioning. Mime was so buff? Definitely gonna end up on thirst edits on TikTok. The magician too… very thicc…

Gabriel all disheveled waiting for Adrien to come home was so weird to see. But I liked it. His Hawkmoth suit as well was so refreshing. I couldn’t stand Shadowmoth and Monarch in seasons 4 and 5. Nice to see him again. The wings on the final fight too, mesmerising.

Emilie looked extremely different from her version in the show. I’m not sure which version I prefer. I loved her curly ponytail when she was on the stage.

Characters dialogue/actions: 6/10

Unfortunately I did have some problems with some of the minor behaviour changes in some of the characters. Specifically Adrien and Plagg. Plagg was funny in some parts (didn’t know Kwami’s could get gassy) but in others he was a bit of a dick? I can’t really explain it but there was just an off vibe with him.

Adrien also was slightly different. I actually loved seeing him stand up to Gabriel. Very much needed. I didn’t really like how distant he was with Marinette for most of the film. The Adrien we know and love from the series finds her awkwardness funny and I quote, “charming”. This was less so implied in the film. He was weirded out.

Chat Noir being extra cocky when he first met Ladybug was fucking hilarious though, I loved it. Made me giggle.

Pacing: 7/10

The pacing was mostly good… aside from the Adrienette scenes. They felt rushed. That’s all I really have to comment on this part. The film wasn’t slow though, which is a massive problem in the industry these days. I like how you were just thrown straight into it, no waiting around. As someone who zones out a fair bit, and very easily, I didn’t find the film drawn out.

Voice acting: 10/10

Exceptional. The voice actors never fail to disappoint. Especially Bryce Papenbrook and Keith Silverstein. Bryce singing “Cat Noir” in the Notre Dame scene was so funny.

And I’m sorry, Keith Silverstein’s fucking singing? I’m gonna dedicate a section to the singing but come on, worth mentioning here too.

The ending where he finds out his son is Chat Noir, made me sob. It was so well animated and acted, that I was uncontrollably sobbing.

Christina Vee also never fails to amaze me.

Chloe did sound different in this film, but it was somewhat refreshing. Her tone was less whiney like it became in season 4 and 5 of the show (I blame the writing for that though).

Songs/Singing: 7/10

I feel slightly conflicted on this subject.

Yes, the singing is good. The songs didn’t make me cringe like most musicals do. Will definitely be listening to Hawkmoth’s song again.

However… the drastic change between Marinette’s dialogue and her singing was hard to take seriously. I wish they voice matched her a little better. Adrien’s sounded different too, but it was more believable than Marinette’s. I had Monster High flashbacks from …that… film.

ANYWAY Keith FUCKING Silverstein? My jaw DROPPED. Fucking amazing.

Same with Tikki! Her singing parts were so enjoyable.

Story: 8/10

Overall, the story is good. There are some tweaks I would personally make. But I definitely prefer Jeremy ZAG’s version over Astruc’s. While there are some beautiful plots and stories lurking about in Astruc’s version, if I had to choose, I would pick ZAG’s take on it.

I will make a likes and dislikes list on some of the changes.

Likes:

- Adrien actually says “my mum died”. In the show he always just says “disappeared” or “went away”. I’m not sure if that’s just some odd Disney censorship though. But in this version, he actually says she’s dead.

- Chloe. Just Chloe. She was kind of iconic. Wasn’t over the top like she is in the show.

- Subtle hints of Nino’s feelings for Alya. They weren’t completely subtle obviously, but I like the simplicity.

- Gabriel having a fucking bob, HAHAHSHAH.

- Emilie Agrest being a stage actor

- “Watermelon”.

- Plagg being gassy

- Adrien having balls and yelling at his dad

- The way the butterfly miraculous was portrayed

- Careless whisper

- Gabriel finding out his son his Chat Noir. Like, that is the best. His reaction was beautiful, in a way? I don’t like how in the show he got off basically scot-free, and never found out his son was the hero he was fighting against, and vice versa.

Dislikes:

- Marinette having 0 friends… not even Rose, Juleka and Mylene. Sick of the loser hero trope.

- Plagg being a little condescending towards Adrien

- Adrien rejecting Marinette after Ladybug rejected him - like bestie go for the opportunity to discover new things with someone else

Overall rating: 7.5/10

Felt like 7 was too low, but 8 was too high. Don’t get me wrong, I love this film. I’ve already watched it multiple times by the time I’ve written this. Now I look at films with two different perspectives: average viewer and critic. So my final ratings always have a fair balance. If the film has a good premise, I usually enjoy it. It’s the execution of it that really matters however.

I’ve always thought miraculous has a good premise. The execution in the show… is another review I can make. In the film, it’s certainly improved. Not perfect, but improved. What made the film so great came down to the animation, songs, and character interactions. The changes made impacted the film massively, and I love most of them.

The ending where Adrien and Marinette go to kiss and then it cuts to “the end” was very rage inducing. Personally I can’t stand those types of teasing. However the next scene with Nathalie, made up for that. Having the film end on sort of a cliffhanger was unexpected I must say. I knew they’d tease at Emilie being under the Agrest mansion, but not in the way they did. Plus, she was wearing the peacock miraculous. I loved that. Even with the reveal of identities they’ve still left room for a sequel. For this franchise, I don’t think a sequel to the movie will hurt. It can’t be nowhere near as messy as the series, as the film has already proved it is not.

To anyone, in or out of the fandom, I recommend you watch the film. Definitely worth it.

[giuliafc]

Go figure...

[mimifics7]

Bicycle

-> idol! Namjoon x gn reader

-> genre: fluff, comfort/angst

-> Summary: After a long day of work, all Namjoon needs is to spend time with his s/o while they cycle around in bliss…♡

Warnings: non (-)

‘If you are sad, let's ride a bicycle Let's put the wind under the feet Oh, let's ride a bicycle With arms opened freely’

The feeling of a small peck on your cheek made your lips spread in a knowing smile.

You turned around, hands still gripping the handle of the bike to prevent it from falling. You pulled out the headphones and looked at the man in front of you Although he was someone you saw almost on a daily basis, his beauty would never cease to amaze you.

As usual his eyes were slightly closed, twinkling with warmth as deep dimples carved into his cheek. The way he looked at you… the kindest eyes you had ever seen.

“Hey love” he greeted softly.

“Hey to you too. For a second there I didn’t think you’d show up”

It was meant as a joke but the two of you knew that it has certain truth to it.

”I‘m sorry… I got caught up in making a song and didn’t realise it was 1 am until you called… did you really wait for me for an hour?”

The sweet warmth of his voice laced with concern, realising that if he didn’t meet his love at 12 am as promised… you waited for an hour just for him to show up…

“Yeah but it’s fine…. I was listening to your songs actually”

His smile widened. You listening to his songs and praising him brought him much joy and after a long day of stress… the praises he received were exactly what he needed.

His muscular arms wrapped around your frame, head moving into your neck. Immediately worry bubbled in you. Was he stressed? Or just tired from work? Or maybe something‘s bothering him?

“What’s wrong Joon?” You questioned as softly as possible, one hand rubbing his back in hopes to sooth whatever concerns he carried with him all the time.

“I’m ok love… just tired…” he mumbled, voice muffled in your neck.

You hummed.

The song you were listening to came to your mind.

“I brought your bike” you nudged him from your embrace.

He stood straight, now looking at his bicycle.

You took the opportunity to hop onto your own.

"Come on Joonie. Since youre sad, let’s ride a bicycle and put the wind under our feet~” you sand teasingly.

His eyes widened in realisation as you began moving forward. The once quiet area now filled with you singing the lyrics of the song he produced and wrote. He laughed at your mischief and hopped onto his bike, beginning to chase after yours.

“Y/N! Slow down!” He laughed heartily.

You started singing another song, completely off key as you screamed into the night sky.

The air blew against your face as the two of your laughed at your shenanigans, Namjoon occasionally throwing a joke or two here and there. You raced like little kids in the quiet streets, chasing each other and betting who‘d get past the random mark first.

It felt as if the world had stopped. Namjoon’s stressful work didn’t exist as his face began to feel cold from the wind hitting him but that didn’t stop his heart from melting at the joy you were giving him. It was times like these where he wished time would simply stop, letting him keep this moment with you forever.

Out of breath the two of you had no choice but to slow down.

Namjoon began whistling, slowly directing his bike to turn in zig zags in front of you. The two of you quieted down again. Enjoying the ride and each other’s presence once again, you sped up to catch up to him. Finally the two of you rode slowly side by side and calmly.

“How was your day today” you asked Namjoon. “A lil stressful. Our schedule was packed today. We got done by 11 but I needed to work on some songs. I’m a lil worried though…. these days we’ve been so busy filming all kinds of content that I barely have time for you let alone ARMYs. What if they become bored of us?”

You smiled at his worry.

“Joon stop worrying about me. I admit, sometimes I miss you a lot and wish you didn’t have work, but that doesn’t change the fact that I know how important your job is to you. I understand that youre busy. Joon I’ll always be home waiting for you. Same for ARMYs… they know how hard you work and how much effort and time it takes to do your job. No matter what, just like I do, they’ll always wait and will always love you”

“Thanks love… Now let’s see who passes that street light. Loser has to buy Jungkook food!”

[famedexclusive]

29 AUGUST— The ninth and final episode of the Base x Mnet competition show Crowned aired live on August 28.

The episode started with a live view of the studio where the performances for the night would take place. After a short introduction from the host, a segment was shown of the groups preparing for their lakefront trip. As the cut began to show the first group pulling up to the lakefront houses, the segment cut off and returned to the live stream from the venue.

Quantum/phase were the first performers of the night. The clip package before their performance recounted their journey so far on the show, from their theatrical first performance of “Wonderland”, to their cover of “Come Back Home”, to their preparations for their finale performance. At the conclusion of the clip package, Quantum/phase entered the stage and gave the first ever performance of their new original song “The Real”.

Next up were Titan. Their clip package showcased their journey from the top to a disastrous fall in round two, leaving open the question of whether they can rise up again. Member HARU shared his hopes (“Titan has been practicing hard day in and out to show Gaias a better performance than we did last round. I think that Titan is ready to make our full gambit for the final win.”). They performed their song “Checkmate” at the conclusion of the clip package.

Ultraviolet took the stage next. The clips before their performance point out that Ultraviolet has yet to break the top half of rankings as they juggled the show with their world tour, but they’ve been rising as world stars outside of the show. Viewers got last words from the members (JAEIN: “This has been a pretty long journey, but I’m glad Ultraviolet got to be a part of it.” / SOPHIA: “Once the music and lights comes on and all I see is an ocean of Beyond waving their lightsticks in front of me, suddenly, I feel very brave, very bold. Kind of like now. I’m ready to give my all.”) before their performance of “ME”.

Platinum won one competition already in their careers, pre-debut, and their introduction pointed that out. After a few clips of the group rehearsing their elaborate staging, their full performance of “Finale (Show and Prove)” aired.

Lily were introduced as another group who, like Ultraviolet, had yet to break into the top half of the rankings, though they’ve been busy with a successful comeback and their tenth anniversary celebrations outside of the show. Lily’s performance of “You Think” showed new charms they’d yet to reveal through their performances on the show.

The next series of clips showed how Cloud made a strong impression in their first week and ranked fourth, but suffered from a less well-received cover of Selene’s “Decalcomanie” in the second round that earned them eighth place for that round. They came out with a vengeance with their performance of “Hit”.

Equinox won the vote among other groups for favorite first round performance, leading to high expectations set for the group. Their performance of “Dazzle Dazzle” was led into by way of a calm MINJUNG (“We’ve drawn up so many squares and zig zags, and now it’s back to the point where we draw conclusions. No nerves or claws out, I’m ready to just lay back and relax as the final performance ensues.”)

Andromeda brought their own brand of girl group mysticism to the show and managed to raise up several spots from the results of the first round to the second. With hard work, could they rise to the top? the clip package asked. Their original song performance, “Aura”, used their unique concept to show their charms.

Candy’s emotional journey was highlighted with a revisited clip of SUN crying after their first round results were revealed. Their final song promised to signify a journey of its own. Viewers heard from a few of the members (SUN: “It feels as if filming started both yesterday and a year ago. The idea of it ending makes my heart jump. The people in the competition are also all so busy. It’s hard to know when I’ll next be able to see the majority of them, and through this process I’ve been able to grow closer to many of them as well. I’m nervous, excited, but above all, I feel ready. When a door closes, you must take the sadness of loss with you, while feeling hopeful for the next door that will open.” / YERIN: “We’re determined to do our very best and our final stage will be a reflection of our passion.”) before their live stage of “So Bad”.

Selene entered the competition as the most senior group and climbed up the rankings between the first round and the second, but weren’t able to break the top three yet. The members were heard sharing their determination (KAMI: “I think those watching in the audience and those who see us on TV will be able to experience seeing a cool stage.” / MIRAE: “The biggest strength of our final stage is the Selene-ness. It’s a stage I believe only Selene could pull off the way we plan to.”). Their final stage, “Destiny”, was an emotional one and had enough impact to get the crowd singing along by the end.

Despite a last place ranking in the first round, Catalyst were able to rise up to the top three after their cover performance of Polaris’s “Dionysus”, despite a difficult penalty to overcome. Catalyst solidified them as underdogs with the potential to win, and that was shown through the clip package before their live stage of “Wolfgang”.

Calypso shot to public attention via virality shortly before Crowned began and they proved they were more than a viral trend with high rankings in both rounds so far. Member YENNY was shown in Calypso’s introduction participating in their finale song’s styling and she got the last word (“So far, we’ve been able to defy my wildest dreams and highest expectations and having come so close to being first… I think I’m a little extra greedy to actually rank first. we’ve worked hard and come so far, I’d like to be able to prove for once and for all that we’re not to be underestimated.”) before their stage of “Whistle” as well.

Polaris made an impressive showing of ranking second in the first round and then rising to first in the second round. As the current first place title holders, their pre-performance clip packaged built the suspense for how they might place in the final round, the ranking that would really count. TAEYONG shared his thoughts (“I hope that audiences will see and understand the message in our finale performance, and I hope they’ll say that it represents Polaris well.”), and then Polaris gave the final live stage of the finale with “Basquiat”.

At the conclusion of the live stages, the audience was informed that the live finale audience voting was open.

While voting took place, the episode returned to the lakefront trip. Each groups’ accommodations were shown, ranging from luxurious to cramped based on how well they ranked for the second round. The groups settled into their rooms and several clips were shown of new housemates interacting, such as Candy’s SUN and Selene’s HYOJUNG and Selene’s KAMI and Candy’s YERIN.  Cross-house friendships also shined, such as through the interaction of Ultraviolet’s LUCIA and Equinox’s MINJUNG. Titan’s DAEWON was dismayed at Titan’s��“exile” ( “It’s been... an adjustment.”). Meanwhile, groupmate DURI, who earned private accommodations thanks to his first round MVP title was shown relaxing and choosing to forgo his private chef to cook his own meal.

The BBQ party that night followed. A montage was shown of groups bonding and interacting despite the tense air of competition. 

A series of other moments throughout the trip were then shown, such as groups hard at work rehearsing and groups being kicked out of the warehouse so others could practice, including Titan’s DURI using his special pass, ending in a rock-paper-scissors match with Candy’s YERIN. Ultraviolet’s LUCIA was shown repeatedly helping out around other houses with their cooking and cleaning in several clips with a halo edited over her. 

The second day’s lyrics competition resulted in Ultraviolet and Polaris having to switch houses and privileges.

Finally, after the extended segment dedicated to the groups’ lakefront trip, the host announced there were only five minutes left to vote.

Each group was then asked to come out on the stage, one at a time. One more suspense-building montage of the lead-up to the final ranking was shown.

“First things first, our special judges have gotten their votes in. For this round, we asked Mnet staff to evaluate both the finale performances and their personal interactions with each idol on the show to vote for their MVP. The winner for this round’s MVP is... Selene’s Kami!”

The audience cheered and the cameras focused on Kami and Selene.

“While you won’t get any special housing for this like our first round MVP, these votes have been factored into the final ranking and will help Selene’s final score.”

After the announcement of the MVP, the focus turned to the big moment.

“Voting has now closed and all of the votes are in. I have on this tablet a direct line to the vote totals. We’ll start with twelfth place. In twelfth place is a group that came onto the show with an explosive impact, but couldn’t manage to keep their momentum.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring TITAN won 12TH place. Titan was then dismissed from the stage.

“Eleventh place is a group that has had an amazing year. They impressed viewers and their fellow competitors alike, but not enough to become our final champions.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring CALYPSO won 11TH place. Calypso was then dismissed from the stage.

“Tenth place had to prove themselves on a competition show even before debut. All of the members are winners, but they weren’t able to snag the first place this time around.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring CLOUD won 10TH place. Cloud was then dismissed from the stage.

“In ninth, we have a group that has proven themselves over and over again in their long career, but they weren’t able to prove themselves the winners of the crown tonight.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring SELENE won 9TH place. Selene was then dismissed from the stage.

“In eighth place, we have a group that had a lofty reputation to live up to as performers coming into the show. They gave some great performances, but not great enough to end up at the top.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring QUANTUM/PHASE won 8TH place. Quantum/phase was then dismissed from the stage.

“A long string of hits and a reputation as industry greats that precedes them earned this group seventh place.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring LILY won 7TH place. Lily was then dismissed from the stage.

“We’re getting into the top half of the rankings now. No one out of anyone on this stage tonight should be going home dejected, but top six is no small feat. In sixth place, we have a group who, in their own words, grew in front of our eyes.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring CANDY won 6TH place. Candy was then dismissed from the stage.

“We have three boy groups and three girl groups on the stage now. In fifth place, we have a boy group who are loved far and wide and impressed viewers with their various talents throughout the course of the show.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring PLATINUM won 5TH place. Platinum was then dismissed from the stage.

“The next group is also widely loved. They’ve given their all despite busy schedules and came out in fourth place.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring ULTRAVIOLET won 4TH place. Ultraviolet was then dismissed from the stage.

“On stage now, we have our top three groups and our thirteenth place group. All four of these groups gave their all the whole season, but, in third place, we have a group who showed that they were an unexpected force to be reckoned with for their young age.”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring ANDROMEDA won 3RD place. Andromeda was then dismissed from the stage.

“They might not need an introduction with how successful they made themselves in the competition, but I’ll give one anyway. They proved themselves an impressive team every step of the way. Our runner-up to the crown is...”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring POLARIS won 2ND place. Polaris was then dismissed from the stage.

The lights then focused on Equinox and Catalyst as they were ushered from two different sides of the stage to stand next to each other. Tense music played.

“Catalyst and Equinox. One of you will leave tonight crowned idol royalty. The other will go home empty-handed. Catalyst, you’ve climbed your way up to the bottom. Have you proven yourselves by climbing all the way up to number one, or have you fallen again? Equinox, your results have been consistent. Consistency could be the strength that propelled you to the top, but it could also have hindered you and brought you all the way to the bottom.”

The camera scanned the audience, where a mix of different lightsticks and banners filled the venue.

“The winner of Crowned and our very own idol royalty is...”

Words then appeared on the screen behind the groups declaring EQUINOX the 1ST PLACE WINNERS of Crowned. CATALYST won 13TH place. Catalyst was then dismissed from the stage and a staff member brought out a trophy topped with a giant gold-colored crown for Equinox.

“Dazzle Dazzle” played while confetti fell from the ceiling and the audience cheered. The members of Equinox were given a few moments to speak in response to their win, and then all of the groups were brought out for a final congratulatory cheer from the audience for all of the season’s competitors as “Dazzle Dazzle” continued to play the show out.

[judyhopps934-mt-zd]

Thoughts on Miraculous New York: United Heroez

Warning: Spoilers! I am back! Also, this is my 700th post, so yay!

The new intro is so cool! I stan! Will it be the same for the Miraculous World Specials (ie. Shanghai)??

Mr. Pigeon? Akumatized for the 51st tims?!?!?!?! I thought he moved on from pigeons and went with rats?!?! (Timetagger anyone????)

The Spacesuits! So cool! (By the way, its the purple potion).

Ladybug and Chat Noir are very autonomous, trust connected from their bond, and super efficient! (You will see where this comes into play later on.) Ladybug could have not gotten a better partner than Chat and she says this herself.

The rose scene after defeating Mr. Pigeon! I loved it so much and its better than expected!

Oh Marinette, didn't you say you have moved on from Adrien? I think her heart has yet to catch up with her brain, which takes time. Time will tell...

Tikki is visibly annoyed with Marinette saying she will move on and yet act like she still has a crush on Adrien. First of all, that is the fandom's mood. Second of all, be patient. Time will tell...

The sock puppet film was adorable. And apparently famous in NY amongst the Queens students (thank you Zag for including another NYC borough!)

Miss Bustier is pregnant?!?!? Wait...IS SHE IS MARRIED?!?!?!? Whether she is married or is seeing someone, this is still shocking (unless her prefix in the French version is Mrs.)

Poor Mrs. Mendeleiev. The class was less than satisfied with her being their chaperone. I know she is not the fun teacher, but she still has feelings and I know she is a nice person. People tend to judge and despise teachers based on them being fun or not, which is unfair. But karma comes after the class since throughout the trip, she becomes the teacher they think she is. What? She could have been fun.

Lila was not welcome in New York to begin with. At least she won't be causing any problems on the trip (though I wish she went to Antarctica).

Marinette has done more for Adrien in this episode than in all three seasons when she promised him that she will find a way to convince Gabriel to go to New York. I guess her deciding that he is "just a friend" has allowed her to do more for him than beforehand.

But she still collects pictures of him, so we will keep quotations on "friend". Or we need to give her a break (Alya I am looking at you). We'll see as we go on.

I am happy Nathalie is alive, though I am not happy with the fact that she showed Gabriel the Eagle Talon Miraculous. And he plans to go to New York. And that this is the only reason he lets Adrien go to NY.

Speaking of which, the Miracu-class showed up to his place, with Marinette being the spokesperson to yell at Gabriel Agreste's freaking face. Good for you Marinette for fighting against Gabriel. Though you did not have to put up a long fight, which while shocking, is also worrisome.

Adrien was understandably sad to not be able to go to NY. Kagami seems happy about it though. Maybe too happy...

Yes, I know that Kagami and Adrien are potentially dating (Battle of the Miraculous ending anyone? *sobs in Adrienette stan*), but it still pains my Adrienette stan heart though when she kissed him.

Of course Chat Noir will be sad to see Ladybug go. But she brings this cute cat buzzer and seeing him play with the buzzer was adorable. Ladynoir anyone?

Adrien is stuck with this dilemma: NY or Ladybug? Poor sunshine boy was shocked to hear this news. He initially chose Ladybug and wanted to stay and alert Ladybug about the new situation, but Plagg was like "FREEDOM! GO AFTER IT! BESIDES, YOU CAN USE YOUR SPACESUIT TO RETURN TO PARIS IN THE EVENT OF AN AKUMA!" Seemed like a good plan...initially. (Plagg, I am after you...sorta).

Of course Marinette will miss the bus, but Luka?!?! They either trying to remind me of Miracle Queen or Luka is superhuman for being able to show up to her place and peddle so fast that they caught up with the bus. Pains my Adrienette heart once again to see her kiss him, but he does have a point about her needing some clarity in NY.

Then we have the plane scene. Poor Marinette was panicking over sitting next to Adrien (really now universe?!). There was more to the scene: from the AC trouble to the seat reclining at the wrong time to Adrien placing the luggage in the compartment (not in that order exactly). It was somewhat cringeworthy then seeing that Marinette went to swap seats with Mrs. Mendeleive (though she only did it when Alix whined).

Note to self: DO NOT SIT NEXT TO MR. DAMOCLES IN AN EIGHT HOUR FLIGHT. He is not very conscious about personal space as he took over Marinette's seat when he was asleep and woke Marinette up. And sleeping with a bucket of popcorn? Really?

If anyone has ever been on a plane, turbulence is common, and Marinette's experience with the Bathroom is very relatable. That's why I only go in an emergency.

Adrienette watching a sunrise! (Or sunset? They are not too clear on this, especially since they arrive at the hotel at night, but everyone was asleep on the plane). And get this: Adrien complimenting Marinette and hugging her tightly! (Just a friend now, huh sunshine boy?)

Alya and Nino are a mood when they say that they love their friends, but they wish that they could express their love to each other (Operation: New York).

Alya, did you really have to tell Marinette that NY is the city of love? Thank you for making her feel even nervous.

TechnoPirate and the United Heroez everyone! (By the way, Alya needs a chill pill because she was WAY too excited to be rescued by the United Heroez. And the Owl Mr. Damocles? Really?!)

Note to everyone who does not live in NYC: no, there is not a superhero for every job.

Ladybug and Chat Noir are exceptional superheroes, but Marinette and Adrien cannot open or walk through automatic doors, which is funny and kind of sad. Peoples, your saviors of Paris.

Sabrina has her own story peoples! She is given her own love interest from Astoria! I love them! And how he invited her to the rooftop party.

Alya, do you really have to tease her and Marinette at once. "Maybe you will make a "friend""

Aeon, I agree: Marinette and Adrien are made for each other. But you sound like Master Fu in Stoneheart. Are you secretly Master Fu???

The feeling is mutual Chloé. Marinette and Alya do not want to be your roommate as much as you don't want them to be yours. And I know you do not want to be there in the first place (my city is beautiful btw).But I am happy you did not rat them out for going to the rooftop party.

When they hid from Mrs. Mendeleive, Marinette and Adrien ended up in Jess(Sparrow) and Aeon(Uncanny Valley)'s room.

Magic hotdogs!

Remember the Hotdog Scene I posted over a week ago? That really was Adrienette and it was better than before, with them floating up and dancing to the song from Despair Bear! Yes! Best scene so far!

Doorman! I want him to be my college professor!

Okay, I know I am desperate to see Marinette and Adrien get together, but really Alya, Nino, Jess, and Aeon? Put them in DANGER?!?!? I cannot.

So Marinette and Adrien are put in danger and actual danger. Danger: Jess and Aeon simulating a dangerous situation. Actual Danger: Hawkmoth in New York having akumatized TechnoPirate and make him break into the museum to get the Eagle Talon. Oof.

Then where my Ladynoir heart wears off: Ladybug and Chat Noir seeing each other in NYC to save their civilian selves. They have seen Paris being destroyed by a sentimonster, with Chat supposed to be there and call Ladybug.

Uncanny Valley and Sparrow see Ladybug and Chat Noir in action and decide to be like them because they do not have that same freedom. Look, I feel them, but I still think they should have called for the United Heroez. Plus, cool transformations!

Remember the whole thing about "autonomous, trust formed by their bond, and super-efficiency"? Yeah, that was Sparrow saying that. But Ladybug and Chat Noir are now currently lacking the last two because of the whole "Chat you are supposed to be in Paris" ordeal. Well, you are generally right Sparrow, but now they have their own issues.

Of course, the new lack of trust (and Ladybug making her anger verbal) has affected their ability to fight TechnoPirate inefficient. So much Chat cannot defend himself and while trying to free himself...

HE CATACLYSMED UNCANNY VALLEY!!! This took a dark turn as this is the first time he cataclysmed a "person" (though she is an android, but still a person by standards. I mean Majestia was understandably very upset and I get it).

Majestia punching TechnoPirate into multiple NY buildings: woah.

Ladybug manages to fix everything, but two problems arise:

1. Knightowl wanted to take away their Miraculous and reveal their secret identities. They are now somewhat fugitives in their eyes for almost killing Uncanny Valley.

2. We see the limitations of Miraculous Ladybug. While Ladybug repaired NY, she was unable to repair Paris and the damage caused by the Robostus sentimonster. Which not only indicates that the Miraculous Ladybug cure only repairs the damage created by a specific villan, but that they have to be present. Here, there were too late.

Here is where my Ladynoir heart shatters: 1. Marinette sobs over how she was unable to repair Paris and felt horrible about how she failed them, and 2. Adrien renounced Plagg because of what happened to Uncanny Valley AND for disappointing Ladybug. Then, he runs off and Marinette sobs over losing Chat Noir. It was very sad that I wanted to cry.

I know this part is still very sad, but can I say that Tikki and Plagg are cute together in Marinette's purse? Poor timing? Moving on.

Aeon and Jess are disciplined by Majestia and Knightowl for disobeying their orders and for straying from their mission: protect the French class.

Are Majestia and Knightowl together in their civilian life? And Aeon and Jess are sisters?!?! I stan.

Here's the thing: I like how the special stayed true to this part of the Miraculous Comics. There, we find that Knightowl is a woman (which you can find out from this scene or at the end). And i just stan her relationship with Majestia.

Also, how dare the writers forget the Miraculous Comics! Sure, they might be different entities, but still: how dare they let the United Heroez forget about the power of the Miraculous Cure! I know that Chat Noir should be more careful about his cataclysm and Majestia has a right to be upset, but still: they had a deadly plan set in the comics to defeat a villan and called on Ladybug to cure the millions of dollars in damage. But hey, to each their own.

Also, somewhat unrelated, but Julerose appeared in the beginning and I am here for it!

Gabriel kidnapped TechnoPirate and akumatized him again while giving him the Eagle claw jewel to liberate people from their fears or other factors. Oof.

The kwami for the Eagle Miraculous is relatable. We would all wish we had our previous owner and fear about our power going into evil hands, right?

Now back to Adrien and Marinette, my heart breaks to see Adrien having to go back to Paris because Gabriel delcares NY as "too dangerous". YOU ARE THE FREAKING DANGER THOUGH! YOU MADE TECHNOPIRATE DANGEROUS AND RELEASED HIM FROM DANGER!

Marinette decides to go after him, but falls over from the bike she borrowed due to the rainwater as she begs him to stay.

And peoples, the moment we waited for three seasons (sorta): Marinette finally utters the words "I love you" when referring to Adrien. Too bad he got too far for him to hear her.

Also, who was going to get her off the road when she broke down? Is that her form of closure?

The United Heroez are now under the Liberty Eagle Miraculous' influence, which made them go haywire. Huh. So Jess and Aeon now have to save them with the help of the French Superheroes!

So Aeon was able to uncover that TechnoPirate is akumatized and using a Miraculous through her scanners. I stan her!

Also, she was able to recognize Marinette is Ladybug and Adrien is Chat Noir. And we have a reason to explain why everyone is blind: there is a quantum mechanism in the suits that makes them unrecognizable when compared to their civilian form in the eyes of humans. She can only figure out their identities since she is an AI android. So our theory about everyone having a reason to be blind is correct AND we can cut everyone else some slack. Please.

Marinette confessed that she needs Chat Noir. This was what we wanted to hear after all that has happened: what she said in the beginning, but now in the most genuine form. I have no words other than that this is heartwarming and heartbreaking.

Adrien was worried over Ladybug's disappointment, but Uncanny Valley is amazing in the sense that she recorded Marinette's genuine words, which inspired him to come back.

Plagg, you literally make light of everything. He literally made faces in front of Uncanny Valley because she can't see him. I can't.

Ladybug and Chat Noir's reunion healed and broke me. It was so emotional as Ladybug expresses how worried she was and how she missed him and Chat explaining while admitting his mistakes.

Time to take down TechnoPirate while using Doorman's powers to take the Eagle Talon and freeing everyone. The fight scenes are epic per usual, this one especially.

TechnoPirate counting down the time was alarming, but also funny as he makes light of it.

Hawkmoth, you would have been to blame for the World War III because of your ultimatum, not Ladybug and Chat Noir.

They missed the countdown, but Majestia stops the rocket and sends it to the sun. What the hell?! What if the sun exploded?!?!?!?! (I dunno? It was an atomic bomb for starters?)

So TechnoPirate is defeated and the United Heroez apologize for misjudging our Parisian superheroes and decide to no longer treat their children like kids.

So Paris for the first time in forever needs to undergo actual reconstruction, but Nadja is somewhat forgiving as she mentions that they needed to help the United Heroez and save NYC, where Hawkmoth also was. Hope there are no hard feelings?

Marinette had the idea of having the banner saying hello to Adrien, which he watched on the plane. So nice of Marinette the class to do such a nice thing for him.

Chloé, we might have somewhat forgotten that whole Miracle Queen stunt, but I am glad to see you enjoyed NY even if you will not admit it.

There are more Miraculous around the world. At the end, we need to fear Hawkmoth. Also, there are more Miraculous guardians and I am glad to see Jess convince one of the Guardians to create a new team of next generation superheroes

Overall, the New York special did not disappoint. We got Adrienette and Ladynoir (even if we know that Lukanette and Adrigami are also a potential reality, though good news for the shippers). We also saw the New York superheroes. Though there are some points that really surprised me (ie. The Ladynoir trust fight and Uncanny Valley dying temporarily and Paris being destroyed), I enjoyed watching the special.

I am worried about the Love Square, especially with Marinette though, but that is for another post. To sum up, we know what happens in NY stays in NY, but since the season 4 synopsis mentions Marinette struggling to find time to tell Adrien her feelings, I think that the Love Square is not 100% dead, but I am not too sure. Oh well, let's leave that for tomorrow.

I stayed up for another hour or so, so I will sign off. In the meantime, go ahead and watch it on an Instagram Page or on Disney Channel or wherever you can watch the special because I will tell you this: you will not regret it! (I watched it twice and will watch it again tomorrow!)

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

This film always reminds me of Starland and the happiest time I’ve probably ever had in a job. I put the rental stickers on this one myself, and on top of that, it’s just an amazing film. If you haven’t seen it, as I write this, it’s streaming on American Netflix. If you can get your hands on it? Watch it *ASAP*. And also stop reading this because spoilers incoming.

Fun Fact: The fourth film directed by Taika Waititi to premiere at Sundance Festival, after Eagle vs Shark (2007), Boy (2010), and What We Do in the Shadows (2014), which all won critical acclaim.

Paula: Apparently, he’s a bit of a handful, a real bad egg. I mean, if you look at his file, you’ll see that for yourself. We’re talking disobedience, stealing, spitting, running away, throwing rocks, kicking stuff, defacing stuff, burning stuff, loitering, and graffiti. And that’s just the stuff we know about.

Hec: [meeting Ricky] You ever worked on a farm before or you just... ornamental?

Bella: [to Ricky] Come on, have some breakfast, then you can run away.

Hec: [to Ricky] Yeah. Leave me alone.

Ricky: Maggots wriggling in that sheep / Like moving rice. Yuck. That was my haiku about maggots. It’s called “Maggots”.

Bella: [after Ricky gets a dog] What are you gonna call him? Ricky Baker: I'm still thinking. Something fierce to reflect its true nature. Either Psycho, Megatron or Tupac. Bella: What's a Tupac? Ricky Baker: It’s just my... this really cool rapper [mumbles] and he’s, like, my best friend...

Minister: Like a sheep trapped in a maze designed by wolves.

Minister: You would think Jesus. I thought Jesus the first time I came across that door. It's not Jesus. It's another door. And guess what's on the other side of that door? Yeah, Jesus. He's tricky like that, Jesus.

Ricky Baker: I ran out of toilet paper, give me some of yours. Hec: Eh? Ricky Baker: I've gotta poop. I need to poop, you need to poop, we all poop. Hec: Use a leaf. Ricky Baker: A leaf? Ugh! I hate you. [Ricky walks away] Hec: And bury it! Ricky Baker: I'll bury you.

Paula: This ain't no charred foster kid.

Andy: Something definitely happened, but I’m wondering what. Paula: Okay, I’m gonna need you to shut up, Andy, ‘cause you’re doin’ my freakin’ head in.

Ricky Baker: [reading wanted poster] "Faulkner is cauc-asian" - well, they got that wrong because you're obviously white.

Hec: You can take him, but I'm staying here. Hugh: Like hell. People want answers. Ron: Yeah, answers. Hec: Look, we got lost, I got injured, he's fine, it was basically a holiday. Ricky Baker: Not a real holiday because he made me do stuff. Hugh: Like what? Ricky Baker: Just stuff. He had a sore leg so he made me do things for him. It was hard at first because my hands are so soft, but I got used to it. I didn't really wanna do it, but it was the only way to survive. It wasn't always hard, sometimes I got to do my own thing. He pretty much never joined in with me though. I asked if he wanted to play with me, but he would just make me play with myself. Ron: I feel sick.

Hec: What's juvie? Ricky Baker: Juvenile prison. They don't care about kids like me, they just keep moving us around until something happens like... Amber. Hec: Oh no, bugger then. Okay, okay. We're in about a million hectares of bush, that's big, it's big enough to hide in for a while, anyway. Ricky Baker: Good enough for me. Hec: But we're heading into winter. It's gonna be rough, no huts, no tents, real bush life. Can you handle that? Ricky Baker: I can handle it. Hec: Yeah. And if you play up, I dump you. Ricky Baker: Okay, Uncle. Hec: I'd still prefer if you don't call me Uncle. Ricky Baker: Okay, Hec. So what do we do now? Hec: We run. [They run for a few seconds, then stop out of breath] Hec: Wait, wait wait. Maybe we don't need to run. Ricky Baker: Oh yeah, let's just fast walk.

Hec: Pretty majestical, aye? Ricky Baker: I don't think that's a word. Hec: Majestical? Sure it is. Ricky Baker: Nah, it's not real. Hec: What would you know? Ricky Baker: It's majestic. Hec: That doesn't sound very special, majestical's way better.

Hec: Me and this fat kid / We ran, we ate, and read books / And it was the best.

ESE: 110/100

50 +5 for Bella Falkner’s sweater +5 for giving a pig a piggyback +3 for haikus +15 for the Ricky Baker birthday song +5 for Tupac the dog -10 for Bella’s death +5 for the weird minister -5 for burning the barn -3 for the foot injury +5 for Ricky trying to talk things out with Hec +2 for Andy +3 for Ricky’s goofy headdress -5 for the assholes in the hut +10 for “Shit. Just. Got. Real.” +5 for fast-walk +5 for Bella’s heart of gold +5 for Kahu +10 for Kahu’s dad -5 for sleeping in -10 for “a new Bella” +10 for not trading family for anything +5 for the Wilderpeople -10 for Zag being gored by the boar +10 for Bushman aka Psycho Sam +5 for Crumpy -10 for car crash -10 for Hec being arrested +5 for Ricky staying with Kahu +5 for Hec learning to read +5 for Hec’s haiku

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You Hate Halloween- Sam Winchester Holiday

A/N: Hello friends! Well, the holidays are drawing nearer once again and although this year has been anything but normal, I don’t see why we still can’t imagine better circumstances! 

I’m going to start a holiday masterlist, as we get closer to each holiday. Requests for this series is open and will have a separate masterlist, with stories featuring Sam, Dean, Castiel and Jack, as well as several other fandoms! Please send in any requests and I will be writing my own holiday themed stories, too! 

Side note: I love this new photo of Jared that was released as he begins filming Walker! The hoodie inspired me to write this fic, so please, enjoy!

Summary: Sam surprises the reader with a pumpkin-themed date.

Warnings: Nothing but fluff!

Word Count: 2,497

Main Masterlist| Holiday Masterlist 

Holidays for the Winchester brothers were just your average days, usually with a hunt or two and a just simple nod to whichever holiday happened to come up. To Sam and Dean, ever since they were children, their work came first, nothing more important than that. But everything changed the year you showed up. When the holidays began to draw closer, the boys couldn’t help take notice of how excited you got. To you, they were important days of celebration and a time to reflect on the year that just finished.

It was nearing the end of October and despite protesting from both brothers, you couldn’t help but spread out a few decorations around the Bunker. Jack had taken quite a curiosity to everything about the holidays from your obsessive discussion of celebration. It took a lot of persuasion on both yours and Jack’s part, but you convinced Dean to allow you to decorate. Pulling out box after box of lights, pumpkins, friendly ghosts, spiderwebs, and the occasional witches’ hat and black cat, you and Jack both got to work, with the added side grumble from Dean and the extra help from Cas. Once everything was set up and you took the time to enjoy your work as you head back to your room, you couldn’t help but wonder what happened with Sam. It was odd, he wasn’t around for any part of the decorating, nor was he around to join in on the grumbling.

“Hey, Dean, where is Sam? He hasn’t been around today?” You ask the eldest Winchester, who was grabbing a few beers from the fridge and handing one to you.

“Oh, Sammy? Um, he’s fine, I think. I’m not sure though, he said he had some things to work on; probably just researching like he always does,” said Dean as he shrugged and left the room.

Something wasn’t adding up to you here, Sam doesn’t just disappear without telling you first. You two were those kinds of friends; always told each other everything. You even made sure to tell each other where you would be so you could check up on the other if things went bad. All it took was one hunt gone bad and it was Sam’s idea to stay in touch with you all the time, for your safety.

You wandered around the Bunker, looking to find any clues as to where the youngest Winchester maybe, that is until you found your answer.

“Y/N, there you are, I’ve been looking for you,” Sam says, coming into your room after you decided to just leave him be and give up your search.

“Me? I’ve been looking for you! Where have you been?” You ask, ecstatic and worried in your voice.

“Oh, yeah, about that. I have a surprise for you,” he said, walking over to you in long strides, coming in front of you quickly.  

“You have a surprise, for me?” You asked, looking at the much taller man before you.

“Yeah, come with me,” he said, taking your hand as he led you out to Baby. He opened your door, one of the many things he did that you adored before he joined you at the wheel. There was low music playing from the stereo as you felt him reach over and grab your hand, his thumb absentmindedly tracing patterns and leaving goosebumps on your skin. It was small moments like these, that made your heart race. Hand holding or an arm wrapped around you, even how he looked at you so lovingly, was all it took to make you feel as though you were his entire world. As your mind wandered on, Sam had to bring you back to reality, for you had arrived at the destination he had brought you. It was out in the middle of nowhere, nothing but flat land and rolling hills off in the distance. Tall pine trees lined just under the hills and there was what looked to be a farm, by the several cows that were grazing the land.

“Where are we, Sam?” You ask, looking to him who just kept a small smile on his face.

“You’ll see,” he says and guides you across a near-abandoned highway.

You two walked along the highway, following the grass and a wooden fence that was put up to aid in keeping the cows away from traffic. The walk was a bit longer than you cared for, but soon, more life drew in your line of vision, meaning there were other people around you.  Drawing closer, you noticed that Sam had taken you to a pumpkin patch. A sign that read Thompson’s Pumpkin Patch was arched across a dirt path, lined with plenty of pumpkins and corn stalks. Dozens of families with children were running about, enjoying all the festivities on the property. Face painting, pumpkin picking, hayrides, bobbing for apples, small fair rides, live music, and plenty of food. Standing in line for tickets into the patch, you looked to Sam.

“Why are we here? You hate Halloween,” You comment.

“I know but you don’t so I thought to make this year special for you. You’ve been working so hard lately and I know how much the holidays mean to you, so I wanted to plan something,” He admitted, sheepishly looking down at his feet.

That alone made your heart flutter in your chest. Never had anyone done so much for you as Sam had done for you today. He normally hated Halloween, especially the scary parts of it, considering he faced those monsters regularly, but when you came to live with him and Dean, he began seeing things differently. You showed him a happier, lighter side of everything and he loved you for it.

“I can’t believe you planned all this for me. Thank you, Sam,” you say, leaning over into his side to hug him, his hand gripping your arm affectionately.

“Anything for you, y/n,” he smiled down at you, just enough for one dimple to pop out on his cheek.

You drew closer to the ticket booth, Sam paying for you both, as your excitement grew stronger.

“So, what first?” Sam asked you, and you knew where you wanted to start.

“Let’s get a pumpkin!” You exclaim, taking Sam’s hand and rushing off to the pumpkin growing in the ground. Sam chuckled as you beamed, looking through the vines of the squashes below you, picking up different ones and examining them.

“What about this one?” You say, pointing to what seemed to be the perfect pumpkin. It wasn’t perfectly round, nor was the stem on the top perfectly straight. But it was beautifully orange and big enough for a great big face to carve into later on.

“I like it,” says Sam, as he goes to pick it up, making sure to separate the vine from the stem.

“I’ll go pay for it and put it in the car, while you go get us some hot drinks,” he says, placing a small kiss on your cheek.

Again, that small act of affection meant a lot to you, knowing that that was Sam’s way of showing he truly cared. He wasn’t one for big romantic gestures yet he made sure everyone knew you were taken. As you watch him leave, you smiled to yourself at how lucky you were to have him. Zig zagging through kids running about, you found a stand that was selling hot drinks.

“Hi, what can I get you?” A middle-aged woman asked with a smile on her face.

“Hi, I’ll take a hot apple cider and a pumpkin spice coffee, lots of cream and sugar.

“Sure, thing sweetie. That’ll be seven dollars,” she said, waiting for your payment as she called your order out to the staff behind her.

You stood off to the side, waiting for your drinks before something surprised you. Jumping and letting out a small squeal, you noticed it was only Sam, who had wrapped his arms around you from behind.

“Geez Sam, don’t scare me like that!” You scold him as he just laughs at your reaction. He turns you back around, rocking you in his arms as he spoke to you.

“I’m sorry baby, but you looked cold standing there so I figured I would just, wrap you up and your reaction was, adorable,” he says in your ear.

“Ugh, you’re lucky I adore you,” you say, annoyance still evident in your voice, but only slightly.

“I am very lucky to have you,” he says just as your order was ready.

“Is that man your boyfriend?” The same lady who took your order asked.

Your cheeks burned bright red at the title of boyfriend but you smiled anyway. “Yes, he is.”

“Well he seems to be crazy about you; hold on to that one,” the drinks were placed in your hands as the woman winked at you before you bid her a farewell.

Handing Sam his cider, he appreciated the hot, bitter liquid as he placed the cup to his lips. You watched as he drank, silently just observing him. Sam was nothing short of attractive and he looked more so like it than ever, you thought. He was dressed in dark washed jeans and what you guessed was a plaid shirt underneath his hoodie. His long fingers stretched around the cup in both hands, as he mimicked a child who had to hold their cup with both hands. For the first time in probably ever, you noticed that his hair was a bit shorter than the normal length of near his shoulders, and he appeared he hadn’t shaved in a while; a full-on beard now warming his face.

“Like what you see, darlin’?” Sam commented, drawing you out of your daydream. His voice lower and with more of a Southern drawl than you were used to hearing.

A blush reddened your cheeks again, as you kept your eyes away from the prodding Winchester.

“Come on, let’s go bob for apples,” Sam suggested, offering up his hand to you once more.

As the day began to wind down, the night air began to grow increasingly cold. Throughout the day, you somehow convinced Sam to do everything with you. From getting his face painted with a little animated pumpkin on his cheek, that you had chosen, to trying all varieties of food that he normally wouldn’t have eaten. He hid from you in the maze, surprising you yet again when you drew too close to his hiding place, and he rode all the rides you had wanted to. There was one final thing you wanted to do before your day had ended.

“Sam, let’s do that,” you say, pointing to a tractor that had an opened trailer in the back, lined with two rows of hays for guests to sit on and fairy light stringed around the trailer and tractor.

He nodded and followed you to the trailer bed, helping you climb up and finding a hay bale to sit on. You two sat next to one another before Sam noted you shivering.

“Are you cold, babe?” He asked the obvious.

“No, no, I-I’m g-good,” you lie in between shivers.

“No, you’re not, you’re freezing. Here,” he says, taking his hoodie off and exposing a small little part of his tummy in the process. Pushing that thought out of your head, you gladly accept his hoodie and place it over your head. Instantly, you are embraced with warmth and the smell of Sam; beer, and whichever cologne he chose for the day. You hummed contently as Sam offered his arm for you to cuddle in.

“But won't you be cold, now?” You asked Sam.

He chuckled as he grabbed the bottom of his plaid shirt, just like you thought he was wearing, and rolled it up, showing the layers that were underneath.

“I wore layers, knowing it was going to get rather cold tonight. I also brought this,” Sam said, reaching into the backpack you didn’t realize he had, and bringing out a blanket.

“You really thought of everything, didn’t you?” You ask, admiring how much work Sam really put into your day.

“Like I said, only the best for my girl,” he says, as the tractor ride began to pull happy families around the patch. Sam’s hand found yours under the blanket, keeping you close to him. As you looked around at the lit-up patch, a beautiful look on your face, as the lights reflected off your wonderment on your face. When your gaze fell onto Sam, you saw how he was looking at you and your heart began to race as he slowly leaned closer to you. His eyes darted between yours and your lips, waiting to see if you would pull away. As you moved closer to him, he finally closed the distance between the two of you, your lips meeting his in a sweet kiss. It was the first kiss you shared, and it was sweeter than any pie Dean would have at home. His lips moved with yours and his hands held your cheeks, keeping you from breaking away too soon. It felt like one of those chick-flick moment kisses Dean always scoffed at, but to you and Sam, they meant something to you. When he finally pulled away, his forehead pressed against yours.

“You have no idea how long I’ve waited to do that,” he admits, kissing your lips again quickly.

“I kind of have an idea,” you admit, smiling to Sam, who brought you back to his side.

When the hayride came back to where it started, you and Sam walked back to the Impala, along with all your goodies collected from the day. It was the perfect holiday date you always envisioned having with a boyfriend; Sam must’ve heard you talking about it. Back at the Bunker, Dean noticed you and Sam walking closer to one another, hands intertwined, and he knew you two had finally gotten together. Months of back and forth and denying of feelings drove anyone around you and Sam crazy, that was until Dean pushed Sam into taking you on a date. It was all his idea for Sam to take you on a pumpkin patch date. You made sure you’d thank him for that later, but it was time for you and Sam to spend some special time together. It was late and because you didn’t want to be away from him, Sam decided to sleep with you. Not sex, but actual sleep. Changing into your pajamas, you met Sam in your room, and you both crawled in bed, his arms immediately embracing you.

“Happy Halloween, y/n,” Sam said, as he kissed your head.

“Happy Halloween, Sam,” you snuggled into him.

“I love you,” he said before he drifted off to sleep, a cliff hanger of sorts left floating around your head. You guessed you would have to wait to tell him you loved him too.

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Fall AU (Part 10)

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“I woke up with you!” Lucas announces just after he opens his eyes.

The man blinks awake beside him. “Hmm?” he asks groggily. “Oh, hi. Yeah.” The man’s eyes fall closed again, but Lucas wiggles closer to him and hugs him. The man smiles a little. “Hi,” he repeats sleepily.

“Hi,” Lucas whispers back.

“What time is it?”

Lucas squints at the digital clock on the nightstand. “Five forty-two.”

“I have to go back to sleep,” the man murmurs. He tilts his head against Lucas’ shoulder, which makes Lucas feel excited for some reason. “Be quiet, okay?”

“Kay.”

Within seconds, the man is breathing quietly through his mouth again. Lucas holds him and holds him and holds him for what feels like forever. He's lucky; this man is so handsome and nice, and he basically said Lucas can snuggle with him for as long as he wants. But Lucas can only drift in and out of sleep so many times before he’s awake for good, and after that, his thoughts can only entertain him for so long. When the clock says 7:20, Lucas slips out of the bed and into the bathroom. A moment later, he and Baby head downstairs to the kitchen.

—

“Lucas?” the man calls. “Where are you?”

“Here!”

Baby had wagged her tail at the sound of the man’s voice, but when she hears him start coming down the stairs, she jumps off of her space on the couch and runs to the bottom of the steps.

Lucas can hear the man saying to her in a silly voice, “Hi, Baby! Hiiii, Baby! Are you being a good girl?”

“Yes,” Lucas answers on her behalf.

The man comes in, and Lucas has a flash of his name so strong that he blinks, but it’s gone as quickly as it appeared. Lucas is left using his finger to absently draw zig-zags on his knee.

“Hey,” the man smiles.

“Hey.” Wow, Lucas really wants to kiss him. He’s hit instantly with a pang of sadness but then a pang of happiness, and he’s so confused that it shows on his face.

“What?” the man asks.

“I don’t know.”

The man goes to his side and sits down beside him, and Baby follows behind and sits down at their feet. “You okay?” the man wonders. 

Lucas nods. His eyebrows are drawn together, though.

The man runs his fingers over Lucas’ cheek, and Lucas leans in for a hug.

“You just wanna be held all the time, huh?” the man laughs as he folds Lucas into his arms.  

“I love you,” Lucas tells him.

The man stops laughing and instead gives Lucas a long squeeze. He kisses Lucas’ head several times, and Lucas laughs. This earns him a few more kisses.

The man pulls back to look at him, and Lucas reaches up to hold his face. “You are the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.”

“You haven’t seen that many people,” the man points out, but Lucas shakes his head.

“You are the best one.”

The man gives him a hesitant smile. He keeps glancing at Lucas’ mouth and then forcing his gaze back up to Lucas’ eyes. Self-consciously, Lucas brushes his fingers over his own lips. Maybe he has something on them from when he had breakfast earlier?

“Sorry, sorry,” the man whispers, and he pulls Lucas’ hand down. “Did you eat?”

Lucas nods.

“Okay, cool. I probably should, too.”

“Okay.”

The man stands, starts to walk away.

“And then, um…”

He turns back. “Yeah?”

“Can we watch that show again?”

“Which show? Basketball?”

“No, no, the one with the snow zombies and the little girl who shot the arrow better than her brother.”

A grin splits the man’s face. “The snow zombies, huh? Did you like it?”

“Yeah. I wanna see it. I won’t fall asleep this time.”

—

“He was no dragon,” Daenerys declares on the TV screen.

Lucas’ hands are cupped over his mouth.

“Fire,” she continues cooly, “cannot kill a dragon.”

The screen goes black and the credits begin, and Lucas bursts into applause. “Wow!” he exclaims, looking over at the man, who’s smiling at him and filming his reaction. “That was crazy.”

“I know,” the man replies, and he stops the recording and puts the phone down.

They’ve been sitting on the couch all day, and the man had laid on Lucas’ chest for a while, but he kept getting dislodged during the more exciting scenes (because Lucas couldn’t seem to sit still). Regardless, they both stayed close to one another. Lucas found himself reaching for the man’s hand a few times, which seemed to make the man happy. It made Lucas happy, too. 

“Can we watch the next one?” Lucas pleads.

The man chuckles and sets his hand on Lucas’ cheek.

“Please? This is way better than basketball.”

“Lucas, we’ve been watching Game of Thrones for six hours.”

“And I would watch a hundred more!”

“I know you would, and that’s the problem. My brain needs a break.”

“Mine doesn’t,” Lucas grumbles, and as he turns his face away, the man takes his chin and turns it back toward him. The man is staring at Lucas with a different kind of intensity. He shifts uncomfortably. “What?”

“That was you,” the man murmurs. “I saw you…”

Lucas tilts his head in confusion.

The man’s face falls. “Sorry. You just looked so much like yourself...” He shakes his head, stands up. “Do you want a snack or something? I’m gonna get a Diet Coke.”

“Does Diet Coke taste different than regular Coke?”

“I’ll bring you both, and you can see what you think.”

“Okay.”

The man walks into the kitchen, and Lucas calls, “Who do you like more? Khal Drogo or Daenerys Targaryen?”

“Daenerys.”

“I like them both,” Lucas decides. “What about… Lady Stark or Cersei Lannister?”

“Lady Stark!” the man calls fervently. The refrigerator opens.

“Me, too. Hmm. What about Daenerys Targaryen or Lady Stark?”

“Dany.”

“You really like her a lot?”

“She’s my favorite character. Like, ever.”

Lucas swallows. “What about… Dany or me?”

There’s silence. Then the fridge closes, and the man returns with three soda cans. “Well, that’s no contest,” he says easily. He motions for Lucas to pull the coasters closer, so he does. The man sets the cans down on them. “You.”

Lucas feels a blush rising on his cheeks.

The man smiles and bumps his shoulder fondly into Lucas’ upper arm. “What?”

Lucas whispers, “I have a crush on you.”

“I… I have a crush on you, too,” the man whispers back, and he looks so happy and so sad that Lucas has no idea what he’s thinking. Before he has time to ask, though, the man is hugging Lucas around the neck and shifting onto Lucas’ lap. “Can I tell you a secret?” he whispers.

Lucas nods. His hands are on the man’s waist, and he’s trying desperately not to slide them lower.

“This is the best day I’ve had in a really long time.” The man sits up on Lucas’ legs and holds Lucas’ face again, this time with both hands. “I wish every day could be like this. We could just spend the whole thing together and not have to do anything.”

“We work together,” Lucas states.

“Yeah.”

“Why aren’t we working now?”

“Because I’m taking care of you.”

“Why?”

“Because…” The man stops, almost like he doesn’t want to answer. 

“Is it because I can’t remember things?”

The man nods. 

“I remember…” Lucas wants to make him happy, like he had when they’d held hands. What does he remember? What can he say to make the man smile? “I remember you are my snuggle friend, and I remember Baby, and I remember that I woke up with you this morning. I remember how you like fruit snacks a lot.”

The man laughs softly. “I do. It’s a vice.”

“I remember that Daenerys is your favorite on Game of Thrones. And I remember that-” He freezes for a moment.

“Lucas?”

“I remember that you - you and me used to live together in another place,” he says slowly. “It was small.”

The man is nodding. He can’t seem to let go of Lucas’ face.

“We walked together a lot to get… food?”

“Yes!” the man confirms delightedly.

“And that was the first time I thought we’d be, like… us, I guess, forever.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I kind of hoped that you and me would be friends for the rest of our lives.”

“Even then?” the man whispers, and Lucas gets another flash of his name.

“Z,” he mutters.

“What?”

“Your name… Z…”

The man beams and leans forward and joyfully presses his lips to Lucas’. It lasts barely two seconds before the man abruptly pulls backward with a soft, “Oh, shit, I’m sorry-”

Lucas leans upward and kisses him again. 

“No, no, I can’t,” the man says, turning away. His voice is filled with sorrow. He climbs off of Lucas’ lap and refuses to look at him.

“Why? I like you,” Lucas pleads.

“I feel like I’m cheating on you,” the man whispers to the carpet.

“Cheating on me?”

“On who you were,” the man snaps, his eyes connecting with Lucas’. Lucas almost wishes that they hadn’t.

“Who I was?”

“Yes, Lucas, who you were. Who you were last week.”

“Just because I can’t remember doesn’t mean I’m different.”

“But you are! You are. Everything about you. I - just -” He sighs in exasperation, and Lucas feels terrible. “Just come back to me, okay, and I’ll kiss you any time you want.”

“I will,” Lucas decides. “I will. I’ll - I’ll remember more. I’ll come back.” He gets up, trying to push the pain away, and goes straight into the tiny bathroom.

“Lucas, what are you doing?”

“Remembering,” Lucas responds, but his voice is wavering. He hates the mirror - hates it. Looking at other people in the mirror is okay, but not looking at himself. It makes him angry. And so, so sad. He forces himself to keep staring, though. He wants the man to be happy with him again.

“Lucas. You don’t have to do this-”

“I want you to love me,” Lucas says, not looking away from his reflection. Nothing is coming back to him, and he feels sick to his stomach, and he wants to sink into the floor, but everything else is more important. The man is more important. 

“I do. Stop it. You don’t have to-”

“I want to remember!” he cries. Tears well up in his eyes. “I don’t want to, because I’m scared, but if it means I can have you, then I’ll do it. I’ll do anything. I want to remember for you.”

“Lucas, stop it,” the man orders, and he tugs on Lucas’ arm. “I’m sorry. The doctor said if you actively try to get your memories back, it’ll take longer for it to actually happen. I loved you then, and I love you now. It doesn’t matter.”

“You’re lying!”

“No, I’m not. I love you, Lucas. Come away from the mirror, okay?”

Lucas starts to cry, but he doesn’t stop looking at himself. “I don’t know who I am!”

“Come away from the mirror. Come on.”

Lucas can’t stop crying, but he turns to the man then. “I want to remember for you. I’m trying, Zakk. I really am.”

The man grabs him in a hug. “You’re doing great,” he assures, and there’s so much conviction in the words that Lucas believes him. “Just come away from the mirror. You’re doing so good. I love you so much. Let’s go calm down, yeah?”

Lucas nods, wipes his eyes, sniffles, and follows the man back out to the couch.

They sit side by side, and the man softly asks him, “Do you know my name?”

Lucas shakes his head.

“Okay, but you just said it.”

Lucas blinks in surprise.

The man smiles a little. “You remember things that you don’t even realize that you remember, baby. So let’s take it slow, okay? I was wrong to... to word it like that. I will love you every day for the rest of my life, whether you remember everything you used to know or you forget everything you know right now.” He brushes a piece of Lucas’ hair back. “I don’t love your memories, Lucas. I love you. I love your heart. And your heart is still right here.”

Lucas looks down at his shirt and taps lightly over the center of his chest.

“Exactly.”

He wipes his cheeks again. “Can we watch more of that show?”

“Yes. But I gotta be honest; I wanna watch you try Diet Coke first.”

A tiny smile makes its way onto Lucas’ face. “Okay.”

The man smiles back. 

---

Part 11

[otterskin]

A Rebuttal to a ScreenRant thing on Loki and the Thor films for no reason other than the catharsis similar to shooting at clay pigeons that aren’t even trying to fly

Don’t click on this but here’s the article - https://screenrant.com/mcu-things-make-no-sense-about-loki/

Ah, ScreenRant, my old foe...you hath fallen so far these past few years...time was you were almost legitimate, but once you were sold to new owners, you became a rag of thoughtless clickbait 'journalism', seeing plotholes where there none. Let's dance.

ScreenRant Text: (So you don't have to feed them clicks)

Loki is often considered one of the greatest superhero movie villains of all time due to his never-ending schemes and tricks. As Thor's adopted brother, Loki has always been jealous of the God Of Thunder. His animosity mostly stems from the inheritance of the Asgardian throne.

Loki was denied the throne because he is the biological son of the Frost Giant ruler Laufey. After being abandoned by his father, he was adopted by Thor's father Odin and raised as an Asgardian prince. While Loki's never-ending deviousness makes for great entertainment, there are a couple of things about him that make no sense.

We begin with a Bonus Round! Loki is considered one of the greatest superhero movie villains of all time for various reasons, but the 'never-ending schemes and tricks' thing is a little...lackluster. It's not exactly what I'd say made himso successful, nor is it particularly true, but this is a matter of opinion. I'll let it slide. This, however:

His animosity mostly stems from the inheritance of the Asgardian throne.

Untrue. Thor 1 even has him state explicitly that the throne was never an objective of his, which is something I liked very much about the character and that film. It didn't go for the boring, stereotypical, low-hanging fruit, but actually tried to give the character a bit of humanity and zigged when most characters of that ilk zagged. That's the actual reason people like Loki, IMO. He surprised people by being - gasp - interesting. His animosity comes from a variety of things, but to simplify, if I may get schmaltzy, it comes from his fear of rejection and abandonment, and of being seen as less-than.

Loki was denied the throne because he is the biological son of the Frost Giant ruler Laufey.

We are never told why he was 'denied the throne'. We can guess. We assume this is the case, but it also seems like a) as the elder son, Thor was always first to inherit and b) When Odin promised that both his sons would be kings, it seems likely that at one point he intended to install Loki as king of Jotunheim, but then changed his mind. However c) it's mentioned clearly in an older scene in the script that Odin and Frigga had hoped that while Thor was officially king, that Loki would essentially be sharing many of his duties and would wield substantial power. 

I won't say this is 'wrong'. Loki, after all, claims it as the reason Odin didn't choose him as his successor. He may have been right. But we don't know that. Ambiguity is part of what makes films interesting, but apparently nerd media can never have a 'maybe' for an answer, sigh. This is a bigger problem than ScreenRant, so I'll let it go.

After being abandoned by his father, he was adopted by Thor's father Odin and raised as an Asgardian prince.

...this is what Odin said, immediately after Laufey tells us that Odin is a 'liar and a thief'....and then is proven right. Again, it's possible this is true, but we're also given reason to doubt Odin, and it's also possible Odin thinks he's telling the truth but is...wrong! Which he is about many things. It's something that makes him an interesting character. Ambiguity and interpretation. It's what makes you think about something long after the movie stops playing.

While I'm already disagreeing with SR here, this is more a fandom-wide problem of taking the text at face value only and reading the most shallow interpretation possible. However, stating that Loki's animosity comes from wanting the throne is in contradiction to what we've seen in the films, or at least a gross oversimplification. I award myself a half-point for that.

Points: 0 SR, 0.5 Otterskin

10. Unrealistic Survival

During the final moments of Thor: The Dark World, Loki became impaled and passed away in the strong arms of loving brother Thor. Dead? Not really. He was back in Thor: Ragnarok. Apparently, that was just one of Loki's holograms and the villain himself was very much okay.

However, recent history in the MCU proves that he holograms cannot be touched. In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor even failed in his attempt to throw a rock at Loki’s hologram. But in the death scene, Thor just happens to be holding him comfortably. And given that rocks go right through a hologram, then any other hologram shouldn't have been stabbed either.

EHHH wrong. Yes, Loki's 'light' magic can't be touched when there's nothing else there. But, as we see also in Thor Ragnarok, it can be touched if Loki is inside it - say, when he's pretending to be Odin. Thor grabs his shoulders and holds him in place after throwing Mjolnir. Great moment. As for that wound....who says Loki wasn't actually injured? After all, the scene was filmed 'for realsies' at the time and a reshoot retconned Loki into surviving later...but that doesn't mean he faked the whole thing. It's also possible that Loki just plain survived, due to some unknown Frost Giant ability that perhaps he didn't even know he had. We've never gotten a clear answer. And yes, keeping up the pretense of his death is still 'faking his death', even if he was really fatally injured. So no contradictions there.

SR - 0, OS - 1.5

9.Poor Attempt At Trying To Kill Thanos

Before he was made to look incompetent by Thanos, Loki was a very intelligent villain. Catching and defeating him wasn't easy, and this was all thanks to his ability to create illusions at will. He used this trick very many times and it always worked.

But when Loki is trying to kill Thanos in Infinity War, the only trick up his sleeve is pretending to pledge loyalty to the Mad Titan with secret intentions of stabbing him with a blade. Of course, Thanos stopped him and killed him. Why didn't Loki use a smarter trick? More importantly, why didn't he use his tried and tested illusion trick?

Hmm. Plenty of people have complained about this, but I never had a problem. For me, the answer is simple: what kind of intelligent is Loki? He's not a mastermind. He's not particularly gifted at tactics. What he's good at is misdirection and manipulation. And, when he does it, it usually has some kind of terrible personal effect. When I saw this scene, I had no problems with it from a character standpoint. Loki is a character who thinks with his emotions and does things based on that, even if they aren't logical. It's his fatal flaw going back to Thor 1 and present in every appearance since. In this case, I think Loki was manipulating Thanos. Manipulating him to kill Loki. Probably because Loki knew that would mean he'd spare Thor. However, this is my interpretation, and you're allowed a different one, SR. We'll just disagree on this one. I leave it to the commenters to decide who gets this point. For now, I'll give us both a 0.5.

SR - 0.5, OS - 2

8His Evolution Into A God

According to the MCU, Loki's parents are the Frost Giants Farbauti and Laufey. Despite his parents not being gods, Loki evolves into the “God of Mischief.” How is this possible, given that he was only adopted by Asgardian parents who were gods, but he himself had no god lineage?

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For Thor, his god status is understandable given that his biological father and grandfather are gods. So, can one become a god even when they aren't directly related to any god?

...I don't even know where to start with this. First off, we do not know who Loki's mother is. In fact I don't think it's even in the comics. If you mean the myths, then Laufey is his Mother, not his father, and in many myths Laufey is in fact Às (Asgardian), while Farbauti is his giant Father. He would also have two younger brothers. This is not the case in the MCU. There's some evidence that Loki's mother, whoever she is, is not a jotunn - he has biological features the giants do not, and Sir Kenneth Branagh indicated in the commentary for the movie that he was 'at least part giant', which could mean 'only part'. Eh.

Next...have you not been paying attention? This whole character arc is about Loki finding out he's not 'a god' due to his blood and trying to figure out who he is without that blood. At the end, he embraces his identity and decides for himself to be 'God of Mischief' and 'Odinson' regardless of his bloodstatus, while also, if not exactly coming to terms with his heritage, no longer hiding or rejecting it. Yes, it's about him 'becoming a god' and always having been a god, reaffirming his identity and recontextualizing it.  It's his whole...THING. And in fact, it’s the main thesis of Infinity War. It’s the challenge to Thanos, which he then accepts. Infinity War is Thanos’ ‘God Quest’, in which he endeavours to gain the powers of a deity. However, what being a ‘God’ meant to Loki is being ‘an accepted part of a family’. Thanos destroys his children in his quest to become a god. It’s an interesting contrast between the two ‘villains’.

Geezus, this is just being dense. And for the record, many Norse Gods and Goddesses are also giants, full-blooded and otherwise. Skadi, Goddess of Skiing, is my favourite goddess ever and she’s full giant. Her husband has very handsome and large feet, which is her preferred feature on a man. You know. To walk on snow with.

Two points to me for dealing with this nonsense. And a half a point for Skadi, she always gets you a half point.

SR - 0.5 OS - 4.5

7.Blue Hue

As the son of a Frost Giant, Loki was born with a blue skin tone. When Odin adopted him, he cast a spell that changed his tone from blue to white. However, Loki never seems to have an idea about his true skin color. Given his history of mischief, he has never attempted to change back either.

After, Odin’s spell to keep Hela far from Asgard ended in Thor: Ragnarok, his spell on Loki ought to have ended too. Or perhaps Loki has always been aware that he is blue. If so, then the confusion ought to be cleared up.

You know what? Point to SR for knowing Odin cast a spell on Loki and that Loki is blue (dabadeedabadie). We gotta throw them a bone, and that’s something other people forget or get wrong all the time.

As for the spell not breaking...Dr. Strange said it himself. A dead wizard’s spell is harder to remove. A spell falling apart in the event of the wizard’s death seems like a major design flaw. Can you imagine if other things worked like that? If a test was too hard, you could pass if you killed the teacher? Or if you locked yourself out of your house, all you had to do was track down the locksmith and murder him to destroy every lock he ever made?

I find it highly unlikely Odin would have been foolish enough to create a spell that would have failed upon his death. Hela was being actively contained, and even then she didn’t immediately appear upon Odin’s death. It still took her a minute to break free.

SR - 1.5 OS - 5.5

6Mind-Controlling Hawkeye Instead Of Fury

Loki found himself in the S.H.I.E.L.D. base after using the Tesseract’s portal to transport himself. One of his first tasks involves mind-controlling Hawkeye so that he can use him as security.

He also mind-controls Dr. Selvig to make him create the Chitauri portal.But it's strange that he doesn't mind-control the boss ,Nick Fury. If he had done that, everything he wanted would have been achieved more easily. Fury would have been his puppet and he could have used him to make the Avengers make regrettable decisions.

Honestly if he’d just walked into the UN it would have been easy-peasy, we can go down this rabbit hole until we end up in Oz.  But hey, we’ll give this one to SR, as one of those typical ‘CinemaSins’ things that Alfred Hitchcock would reply ‘because then there’d be no movie’ to.

I would add that this is more Thanos’ plan than Loki’s, though, so we don’t know if that was ever an option the purple man would’ve allowed.

SR - 2.5, OS - 5.5

5Thanos Was Too Lenient Towards Him

Long before they became enemies, Loki and Thanos were associated. One of the instructions that Thanos gave Loki was to get the Tesseract as soon as possible, or else. Yes, there were stipulations from Thanos outlined to Loki by The Other. Loki was promised a kind of pain he'd never known before.

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However, Loki wasn't able to deliver the Tesseract for more than six years, and nothing really happened to him. Given how ruthless the Mad Titan is, it's a mystery why he was so lenient towards Loki.

...interesting that being promised untold pain is related to recurring jokes, ha ha...not sure what that’s about.

I dunno, Loki got the most brutal and graphic death in the film, seems pretty un-lenient to me. Not to mention half the people he’d just saved were all slaughtered in front of him, making him responsible for Asgard’s second destruction.

As for why not sooner, Loki was living under an assumed identity for those 6 years as his own father, his death widly publicized as a popular play. I imagine Thanos caught a matinee or something. Let’s just call this a draw.

SR - 2.5, OS - 5.5

4Stopping Agent Coulson

During 

Loki's invasion of Earth

 in

Avengers

, he trapped Thor in a cage, and while he was talking to his brother, Agent Coulson tried to stage a surprise attack. Not so fast Coulson. It appears the God Of Mischief is also the God Of Anticipating. Coulson ended up shooting a hologram instead of the real Loki.But how exactly was Loki able to anticipate Coulson's arrival? Can he see the near future? If such is the case, why didn't he see the attack from Hulk coming? Why didn't he use a hologram during the beatdown that left him in a pretty bad state either?

These are getting weaker, not stronger, as we get to number one. Didn’t expect people to still be reading, huh? Guess I’m the real loser, wasting more time on replying to this than was spent writing it. Oh well.

Chances are Loki turned himself invisible and left a copy in his place before walking behind Coulson. Which he’s done before. Illusions and mind-tricks are his main power.

SR - 2.5, OS - 6.5

3Hatred For Thor

Thor has always cared about Loki, but Loki has always wanted to end his brother. During the events of Thor: Ragnarok, a flashback scene showed Thor and Loki during their childhood days. Apparently, Loki did plenty of bad things to Thor.He once transformed Thor into a frog, while he also transformed himself into a snake to fool Thor into picking him up. Thor loved snakes, so when he tried to pick the reptile, Loki transformed back to himself and stabbed Thor. Why was there so much hatred? According to the first movie, Loki used to love Thor. He only started hating his brother when he found out that Thor was going to be the Asgardian king.

Always wanted to end his brother? Where is that coming from? Because he stabbed him as a kid in Thor’s anecdote in Thor 3? These are Asgardian kids, I expect there to be five stabbings before lunchtime. Kids are practically given daggers as teething toys.

I’m guessing this writer has never been or met a pair of siblings. Why is there so much hatred? Gee, I dunno, maybe because ‘Thor won’t stop hogging the X-Box and it’s my turn, Mum, it is!’ I mean, brothers and sisters do terrible things to each other. They make each other eat dirt and bugs, push each other off the deck, cheat at chess, spit in their hair, hide frogs in their bed, you name it. Now upgrade that to the level of the gods and you got some real fun shenanigans, and several more centuries of time in your childhood to get up to even more mischief.

You can still love someone and turn them into a frog. 

SR - 2.5, OS - 7.5

2Takeover Plan

Still, in the first film, Loki began scheming after finding out that he was adopted and he'd never become king.  The God of Mischief assisted the Frost Giants in gaining entry to Asgard so that he could destroy the Frost Giant King Laufey before he could kill Odin.RELATED:

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Sounds good, but then Thor tried to feud with the Frost Giants too, and this didn't turn out so well for him. In fact, Thor was banished and dispatched to Earth because of this. It is thus strange that Loki thought Odin would like him for doing what Thor had done. Loki also waited for Odin to sleep first before trying to destroy Laufey. Wouldn't it have been better for him to try and do this while Odin was awake?

The order of events is all wrong. Loki did not discover his heritage until they went to Jotunheim, and didn’t hear the whole story until the Vault, at about the halfway point of the film. Yes, the film opens with him secretly helping the giants into Asgard to disrupt Thor’s coronation. He intended to goad Thor into going to the Bifrost to attack Jotunheim, and, as he says later to the W3 and Sif while their wounds are being treated, he hoped they’d be stopped there by Heimdall. However, Heimdall was more prideful than he’d accounted for, and that’s when they went to Jotunheim, which wasn’t the plan. Everything after that point is Loki improvising and reacting - it’s not so much a scheme as a scream, if you know what I mean.

Loki was unexpectedly made interim King while Odin was asleep and Thor banished. That’s a condition depending on Odin’s sleep and Thor’s banishment, either of which could end at any time, as Frigga tells him. She also tells him that Odin can see all of Asgard, even while asleep. Laufey reiterates this right before he tries to kill him. Odin also cries in his sleep, indicating he can perceive his children fighting on the bridge later in the film. Loki is putting on an elaborate play to demonstrate his loyalty to Odin and simultaneously sever his connections to Jotunheim, which he sees as a threat to his bond with Odin. He has room for only one father.

Were you on your phone when you were watching this movie? ...It’s okay if you were, but...man, you’re writing about this film, at least get the sequence of events right. It’s not a particularly complicated film.

I feel like I’m getting mean. Lose half a point for meanness, gain two points for two points made.

SR - 2.5, OS - 9

1Not Teaming Up With Hela

Loki and

Odin’s abandoned daughter Hela

had the same goals, but strangely enough, they didn't team up to make everything go smoothly. Given the kind of unity Loki had seen from the Avengers, he'd have been smarter enough to value teamwork more.When Hela arrived to take the throne and get revenge, Loki ought to have been the first person on her side. Her plan was basically a newer, small-scale version of his own plan in Avengers. Given his nature, it could have been more logical for him to team up with her then destroy her.

Same goals? You don’t mention them, though. I’d say their goals are entirely opposite. We see Loki’s rule contrasted with Hela’s quite clearly in Ragnarok. Loki withdrew Asgard from the other Realms (in my opinion, likely because he only has love for Asgard, and his interest in it and its people). He’s not interested in invading or enslaving or plundering (yes, yes, I know, Avengers, but that film was constantly making it clear that Loki wasn’t enacting his plan, but Thanos’, and he was being baby-sat by the Other to make sure he didn’t forget it. The stone was meant for Thanos, and we also know Loki wasn’t at his best self mentally at that time. He looked like he’d been chewing on coal and his skin had all the healthy pallour of a plastic bag. Compare that to Ragnarok, where he’s much more at ease and less...’my whole world has crashed down upon me’). Loki is like a cat in a sunbeam, happy to soak up praise, adulation, and acceptance from Asgard. Hela also wants those things - she’s upset when people don’t bow to her, that no-one remembers her, and that her cool paintings are gone. However, her solution to this is to kill everyone until she’s left with the people who are loyal to her. Loki’s was to create the play (which is either propaganda or much-needed Loki representation in the media, depending on how you view it), and convince people to like him. Hela demands loyalty, Loki wants love. Very different.

Her goal, of course, is to make Asgard great again, through conquest. Admittedly Loki did do something similar when he tried to flambé Jotunheim in Thor 1, but he did that for personal reasons, while Hela has a policy. Also, Hela wants Thor and Loki dead, and possibly was a large reason why Odin died (likely he was drained from imprisoning her). Loki loves Thor and Odin and does not want them dead; he also does not seem to want to be killed, at least by any hand not his own. There’s also the little problem of him being a frost giant, which Hela would likely not look kindly on (heck, original drafts of that painting depicting Hela conquering show her essentially enslaving the giants and forcing them to help build Asgard.) Hela isn’t looking for an equal partner. Loki wants equality above all else.

So no, no reason to team up.

SR - 2.5, OS - 10/10, a very good girl, here’s an invisible gold star

Aight, that was a great waste of time. But sometimes, you just need to refute every single point of something to feel better.

TL;DR: ScreenRant didn’t watch the movie(s).

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combo of 7 & 8 for pynch hehe :)

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.-

“It’s the last straw! I’m done! I’m over it!” Blue stabs the spoon into her yogurt, teeth clenched, and knuckles white. Adam, like the good friend he is, just calmly slides it out of her hand and gives her a banana instead.

“She’s not that bad of a roommate,” he tells her with a one armed shrug. The look she shoots him can only be described as the personification of betrayal. Adam can’t believe it’s the third time he’s rolled his eyes at her and it hasn’t hit nine in the morning yet.

“They were naked Adam! Nude! Birthday suits!”

“The biblical state,” Henry tacks on and Blue nods along graciously.

Make it four times before nine in the morning.

“It’s Orla…. She’s eccentric

“It was on the couch! I sit on that couch Adam!” blue hits her hand against the table, fully indignant now.

“I really would recommend having it at the very least steam cleaned before partaking in that activity  again,” Henry advises sagely as he takes a sip of his coffee.

“Oh no! No way! I will never sit on that couch another day of my life!”

“Glad to see you’re taking this reasonably,” Adam says, voice blithe, as he brings their cereal bowls to the sink.

“Don’t start with me Adam! You haven’t seen the things I have! The freckles and birthmarks— The hair.” Blue shutters and henry slings an arm around her slim shoulders in comfort, clucking his tongue all the while.

Fifth…. It’s been the fifth time now.

“So how do you reckon you’ll live in there without sitting on the couch ever again?” He needles with a quirked brow, fully having decided to just fall into the dramatics. It’s always easier for him at the end of the day  when just excepting it.

“I’m moving out! Duh.”

“Oo, My Blueberry is becoming her very own American woman!” Henry preens. “Let me get you a chic new outfit Sabrina style!”

“That movie is sexist and culturally appropriates middle eastern garb.” Blue sniffs.

“Good to know that the new Blue has still got all her old spunk.”

“You’re both ridiculous,” Adam tells them, lips pinched.

“We bring bursts of color into your otherwise stale existence,” Blue argues loftily.

“Ridiculous,” Adam repeats with feeling.

“Lying doesn’t become you my dear Henrietta Prince,” Henry tells him far too frankly before turning his attention back to Blue. “You know you’ve got a place here if you want it.”

“Where?” Blue snorts. “In your living room?”

“Our couch doesn’t have naked Orla germs,” Adam offers halfheartedly. 

Blue just levels him with a unimpressed look, and Adam’s got flashbacks to junior year when Maura caught the pair of them getting drunk off Persephone’s peach wine coolers.

It’s terrifying.

“Charming. But no need, I’ve already begun sifting around for places nearby that are looking for a new roommate.”

Adam takes the papers she’s already printed off and begins shuffling through them.

“This one has like five cats,” he tells her with a curled lip.

“It sounds homey.”

“You’re allergic,” Adam rebukes. 

“I’m desperate Adam!” Blue reminds him.

“This one has a picture of him wearing a MAGA hat on his facebook profile pic,” Henry informs her, holding a second listing.

“Okay not that desperate,” Blue crumples it up and tosses it to the side. Adam would tell her to throw it in the trash like an adult but reasons she’s having a moment. 

“Mmm, what about this one,” she waves around the paper and Henry takes it to look over himself.

“It’s with three random dudes.”

“Three normal looking dudes,” Blue presses. “And so to reiterate, I’m desperate.”

“Ted Bundy was a normal looking dude,” Adam charges, making Blue glare at him menacingly.

“Adam I can still see flesh in my nightmares!”

Sixth, sixth time he’s rolled his eyes. Jesus fucking Christ Adam is gonna be sent to an early grave because of  an aneurism from them.

.-

The problem is that when Blue sets her mind on something, not even the angels above can dissuade  her from it, so that’s why Adam spends his Saturday afternoon— the only one he’s had off from a shoot in literally three months— driving to some sketch apartment with her and Henry, in the latter’s abrasively flashy sports car. 

He feels like a fraud.

“Blueberry are you sure you put in the right address?” Henry asks, face scrunched in confusion once they cruise into the open parking spot in front of a dilapidated looking  manufacturing building.

Blue flickers her eyes back down towards her phone before glancing up with a sure nod. 

“Look it says Monmouth right over there on the sign near the front door. This’s the right place.” 

“Right place to get murdered,” Adam intones darkly. 

Blue only tosses him a glare before slipping out.

“Are we bad people for going along with this?” Henry asks Adam, his mouth downturned in concern.

“Nah, we were bad people long before this.” Adam assures him wryly  before following suit.

.-

“I don’t want a new roommate,” Ronan tells Gansey for the third time in the past hour. In turn, Gansey only rolls his eyes before trying to stuff the old pizza boxes into the trash can. God fucking damn it, Helen’s right, they do live like pigs.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Noah contends. “It’ll bring some new energy in this place.”

“Oy, what did I tell you about saying shit like energy and chakras.”

“That’s it’s something a douche hipster would say and you’d throw me out a window if you heard it again.”

“And yet.”

“All I can say to that is dude you need to clear your chakras.” Noah says, fully goading, and making it so an unexpected laugh tears out of Ronan, the total prick.

“For the love that is all holy and right, will you two please just attempt to act normal when she gets here.”

“It’s a girl?”

“A girl with models as friends,” Noah perks, completely beaming. “And you know what that means,” Noah winks and Ronan, for the good of the public, cuffs him on the back of the head. Hard.

“You fucking sly dog, how do you even know that?”

“Preliminary interview through the phone,” Noah shrugs. “She sounds nice, better than living with that guy with a pet snake.”

“That snake was fucking cool.” Ronan argues.

“There’s a one pet limit here, and your raven has taken the slot.” Gansey huffs, hand on his hip like Aurora would do if Ronan and Declan were being especially rowdy. “And Noah don’t ask about her model friends, that’s creepy.”

“That’s kind of my shtick man.” Noah points out, wide eyed.

“Less horror film creepy and more loser from Revenge of the Nerds creepy,” Gansey clarifies scoldingly.

Noah swallows down a lump, properly cowed.

It’s right then when the doorbell rings and Gansey frantically puts in the last of the empty cups into the dishwasher from the sink before scurrying to the doorway, Noah and Ronan on his heals.

Ronan knows he lost the battle and the war the moment the door swings open and the first thing the pixie sized, colorfully dressed girl says is a glowing “Blank 182?” While gesturing towards Noah’s… Well Noah’s everything.

Noah looks like the cat who’s gotten into the cream, Gansey looks more glowing than usual, and Ronan can’t take his eyes off the sandy haired boy she’s brought along with her.

.-

Living with Blue is a beast that Ronan can’t quite figure out how to defeat.

She, probably like any sane person, expects the house to be in some sort of semblance— aka no more jackets and other innocuous articles of clothing thrown about the shared living space, and for dishes to be rinsed after use and put into the dishwasher accordingly. 

“Your rooms can be as trashy as you want, but can we please not make the whole place a pigsty,” she had sniffed with a cocked head and jut out hip. Gansey of course nodded giddily— on account to his staring at her all moony ever since meeting her— Noah had shrugged, indifferent. But Ronan held out as long as possible, sneer on his lips. But alas, she met his every zig with a zag and he found himself in a stalemate.

But Ronan could deal with the tidiness and even the impromptu yoga sessions she holds with randoms from her classes at university. Hell he could deal with her weird obsession with Yogurt too, and can actually listen to her rants about the patriarchy and institutional blocks that keeps the impoverished and people of color and women down from being able to achieve feats once only meant for wealthy white men. Fuck, Ronan’s come to think her particular brand of spitfire humor is actually hilarious.

So yes all of this is fine. But with Blue comes them. Henry Cheng, best friend she met at some art class her freshman year. And fucking Adam Parrish, apparently someone she’s known for so long and so intimately that she refers to him as family more often than not.

And yeah. Ronan is not jealous and Noah needs to take that fucking sneer off his face.

“You’re jealous!”

“I am not jealous!” Ronan yells emphatically for the fifth time.

“Ronan has a crush!”

“Noah God so help me!” He threatens, totally venomous.

“You’re in loveee!” 

“Noah I will destroy you!”

.-

Okay so Ronan might be sorta, kinda, not jealous…. But bothered. Yes Bothered. He’s bothered because he can’t fucking figure out Blue and Adam’s deal. One second they’re sniping at one another about the economy and the next she’s lying her head in his lap while he’s carding a hand through her hair.

Fucking salacious shit.

But occasionally, on especially good days, Blue falls asleep early and instead of going back home right away, Adam stays. He stays and he shares a drink with Ronan on the porch and they talk about nothing really, but also a lot of things. Ronan find’s out he basically grew up with Blue, that she was his first everything. He’s deaf in his left ear and he didn’t mean to fall into modeling but he didn’t have enough money to finish the semester at MIT and instead of giving up he took up some side gigs which eventually culminated into a career of his own. 

Ronan finds out that Adam’s favorite flavor of ice cream is cow tracks and his front tooth is chipped from behind.  Adam has a small, crooked smile and when he laughs its more breath than sound and its absolutely lovely.

Ronan finds this all out but still has no idea whether he has a shot.

And again, he’s bothered.

.-

“I vote on something classic,” Blue tells them with a sip of her shake. (Read the shake Adam bought but Blue somehow still always drinks half of even while she complains about being on a diet, which then leads her to grouse about how Adam stays narrow and lithe even if he eats four quarter pounders back to back).

Sadly, this happened once and only once when Adam was especially stressed over a finals week and hadn’t eaten for literally three straight days. 

She really has seen him at his worst.

“Ooo, let’s watch some singing in the rain! I’m ready to belt out some toons.” Henry crows.

“Oh well if it includes your perfectly pitched singing,” Adam says flatly. Blue promptly elbow checks him and Henry waggles his tongue out.

“Sounds good to me Henry, so where?”

“Your place?” Adam says, brow kinked and trying to smother down the hopefulness in his voice. Of course, it doesn’t work. They know him better than anyone else, and they immediately stick him with matching smirks.

“Pray tell Parrish, me and you have the better entertainment system by far, and yet you’ve been insistent on heading to Blueberry’s place for our weekly movie nights for the past two months…. Hah, I wonder what two months signify?”

“Ooo ooo! I know Henry, I know!” Blue teases swinging her arm up high like an excited school girl. “I just moved into Monmouth and Then Adam over here got all slack jawed and goofily eyed over my scary roommate!”

“Blueberry gets the point!” Henry squawks, giving her a makeshift bracelet out of the straw wrapper.

Adam looks at them both with as much fury as he could muster, cheeks infused red, and jaw locked.

In retort, they only laugh ebulliently.

Adam is so tempted to make new friends.

.-

Ronan opens the door on a random Thursday afternoon a week later and Adam steels his nerves, not about to back down.

“Oh, ah Parrish.” His prominent brows furrow together, suspicious. “Maggot isn’t here yet.”

“I know,” Adam says, head tipped high. “Can I come in?”

Ronan only shrugs as he moves aside to give him the room to enter.

“You look like you have something squirming up your ass,” Ronan tells him, as blunt and as crass as ever.

Adam silently questions to the universe why is it that he’s so resoundingly attracted to him for that.

“You’re so eloquent with your words Lynch, you know that?” Adam tells him, completely flat, and making it so Ronan’s answering grin is something feral and amused.

“So you gonna just stand there looking pretty or actually get it out?”

“Jesus Christ, do you have an ounce of patience in your entire body?”

“I sweat it out at the gym, you wouldn’t know that skinny.” Ronan barbs, hip checking him while he struts to the kitchen.

Adam just glares after his form… His well built and deliciously broad shoulders.

“Still got enough muscle to beat your ass,” Adam teases and Ronan leers, impressed. Adam walks closer, magnetized. 

“So Blue’s enlightened me about something.”

Ronan hikes up a brow, betraying his mask of indifference.

“Is that right. What? Did Maggot make you understand that the hand holding and lovey-dovey looks are getting abrasive?”

Adam is utterly confused to what he’s talking about— Did he find out about the crush, and if so does that mean he’s already, wordlessly rejected Adam. Is Ronan completely uncomfortable right now.

Adam shakes off the questions, is determined to just plunge in for once in his life without beating a situation to death with analysis.

“She’s enlightened me that my crush on you is getting to ridiculous levels of yearning and i should just ask you out like an adult.”

A thousand different expressions pull at Ronan’s face until finding landing at something Adam can only call aw.

“Oh— Ah, wait. Wait do you like me?”

Adam rolls his eyes heavenwards. God he really is going to get an aneurysm.

“You are such a doofus,” Adam sighs before inkling his head forwards and kissing Ronan senseless.

Ronan grabs his head and presses impossibly closer.

.-

Later that night, when Henry and Blue march in with the decided upon movie they both begin to preen at the sight of them, exchange bills with Noah and Gansey too.

Again, Adam is going to be sent to an early grave. But hey, if in the meanwhile Ronan does that thing with his tongue, Adam will at least enjoy his final earthly days.

[hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger]

I adored Into the Spider-Verse but I think there was a double edged sword effect to it.

It’s message of anyone can be Spider-Man is true and all but people have either misunderstood it or distorted it to mean that anything and everything goes when you are making a Spider-Man...product.

And so we get to Far From Home, probably the single most broken portrayal of Spider-Man on film to date. On it’s most fundamental level it is simply not Peter Parker.

The life that person leads, the places where the emphasis is placed, the over all story and emotional journey Peter goes on? 

None of that stuff demonstrates a character who’s every action is underpinned (subtly or not) by the mantra of Great power=Great responsibility, imprinted onto him by the death of the man who raised him.* It certainly doesn’t demonstrate that within the context of a down to Earth everyman who lives a life very similar to the Average Joe except he happens to also be a superhero in his spare time. 

And yet people will regurgitate ITSV’s sign off message or horribly distorted versions of that message to justify the FFH/MCU take upon Spider-Man.

Let me spell it out for you though.

Yeah anyone can be Spider-Man. But not anyone or any thing can be Peter Parker.

In addition to that a lot of people don’t seem to comprehend that whilst the MCU is indeed an alternate universe to the mainstream Marvel comics universe that that doesn’t automatically justify anything and everything the MCU does as far as changing characters or plot points.

See alternate universes in comic books are not one size fits all, there are specific varieties.

What Ifs for example rely upon you having some kind of preexisting knowledge of the canon versions of the characters and then showing you how zigging where they zagged can wind up with drastically different end results. For example What If Gwen Stacy Lived? ends with Peter’s identity exposed and his life in ruins.

Elseworlds also rely upon at least a broad knowledge of the established canon on top of which the story imposes some other kind of twist. These can range from something as close to canon as if Kal El never became Superman and how that’d affect the Justice League or something far more wacky and out there such as Batman in the 19th century or Superman as an agent of the Soviet Union.

Spider-Man: Noir would be an Elseworlds type of character.

Then you come to...adaptations. Adaptations are unique as alternate universes as they actively presume little-no knowledge on the audience’s side. Spider-Man 2002 for instance presumed at most audiences were aware of the 1960s Spider-Man theme song and what Spidey’s outfit looked like but nothing else. Every character or story element in that movie was played as though audiences didn’t know about them, precisely because the majority really didn’t. Prior to 2002 ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ was not a quote just about everyone knew.

Adaptations jobs are specifically NOT to zig where the source material zagged because there is no presumed knowledge on the part of the wider audience.

Their job, partially informed due to being so much more influential on pop culture than the comics they are based upon, is to at minimum present the spirit of the characters and stories as much as possible within the confines of their project. For example you aren’t going to have Spider-Man dump loads of inner monologue in a film like in a comic book. You aren’t going to have him bitten by a radioactive spider. You aren’t going to present Betty Brant as a teeange secretary if the movie is set in the modern day.

This then brings us to Far From Home.

Far From Home was NEVER marketed, to general audiences or fans, as a What If or an Elseworlds rendition of Spider-Man. If it was then presenting a version of Peter Parker who quite frankly ISN’T Peter Parker beyond superficial elements (he’s clearly more influenced by Miles Morales and it is not even subtle) or a version of Mary Jane who lacks any of her personality traits, role in the narrative and even her name, might be more permissible. Might being the operative word because in the definitive adaptation of the Marvel universe made by Marvel themselves deciding to so radically depart from the essence of Spider-Man is a decision worth questioning.

In an Elseworlds or even a What If showing Spider-Man become Tony Stark’s surrogate son or Mary Jane be radically different makes sense, it’s expected from the ‘subgenre’ of story if you will. 

But the MCU Spider-Man was pushed as (and I suspect in the minds of the creators in fact is) a genuine interpretation of the mainstream canon Spider-Man. Indeed misguided MCU stans have touted this iteration of Spider-Man as the most faithful yet, which is provably not true. If I have to I will  bust out specific pages and panels for you to see that.

Again, anyone can be Spider-Man, but not anything and anyone can be Peter Parker  if your aim is to actually represent the specific canon version of the character...which frankly in the MCU you should be trying to do!**

He’s a long stories versatile character you can do that whilst still making it different to what came before, there are multiple ways to get Peter Parker ‘right’. And as for other characters, like Mary Jane, they’ve NEVER been done right on film so cutting it closer to the definitive version would still present audiences with something new. 

Long story short. 

You can do Spider-Man in a lot of different ways but do not dare for a moment delude yourself into thinking it’s impossible to ever do him wrong.

*And no it isn’t the same because Tony was his father figure. Tony wasn’t there to wipe his nose when he was a kid. He wasn’t there on his first day of high school. He wasn’t Peter’s dominant male role model when he was growing up. He didn’t teach Peter the lesson about great power and great responsibility.

And before anyone starts bleeting on that he totally did, Peter states a reworded version of Ben’s famous quote in Civil War. Peter already knew it, Tony didn’t teach him it. 

Tony Stark is NOT Peter’s Uncle Ben in the MCU, no matter how much Marvel or news pieces claim otherwise.

**There is a difference why Miles Morales mentor in ITSV was essentially canon Spider-Man if his life turned out wrong instead of it being Spider-Man: Noir, Peni, Gwen or the blonde successful Peter Parker. The version audiences would inevitably see as more familiar, as closer to the primary Spider-Man, being Miles mentor legitimized him more.