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robotmango:

i woke up still mad about joss whedon. especially about this: “… you’ve got delusions of grandeur and some actual grandeur, which is confusing. i don’t like confusing.”

the Fuck! this is what misogyny looks like. “you seem complex and layered, and that bothers me.” the Fuck??????? women characters are PEOPLE. having men characters react negatively to their complexity is a denial of women’s full humanity. it’s especially ugly to do this when the character is a power fantasy specifically for women. male power fantasy characters– like every other fucking superhero ever– are REWARDED for complexity or depth or even contradiction. (or take any dude anti-hero. that’s what an anti-hero IS: a character that can’t be nailed down to either wholly one thing or the other, assigned good or bad.) what lady love interest in a male superhero film is EVER like “oh, you’re tough but also tender… stubborn and angry but consumed with truth and justice…. which is super confusing, i need you to settle on a single trait.” no!! no!!! it doesn’t happen! their complexity is considered fascinating and compelling and humanizing!!!!

telling women that their heroes and power fantasies are threatening is fucking devastating. it says, go back in the box, if you want us to love you. “be simpler, be less complex, your complexity is a challenge to me. my boner wants you, but my pride wants you humbled before me.” Fuck You!!!!! Fuck You!!!!!! i hope patty jenkins’ wonder woman comes to life like in the “last action hero” and fucking throws rocks at you!!!! big fucking rocks!!!!!

contrast that terrible steve to the steve we saw on-screen in a woman-directed movie: a steve who was kind and mature, who had an urge to help and protect her, but who in combat almost IMMEDIATELY shifted himself to a support position because he recognized and respected her power and 100% knew she should be taking the lead. THAT’S how you pair up a fucking literal goddess of love and justice and a regular-ass man: you make him someone who is deeply inspired by her, you make him someone who is striving to rise to her level. you don’t try to drag her down so he’s more comfortable using her as a footstool!! joss whedon you fucking creep!!!! you fucking lizard person!!!!!!!

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help me out here yikes

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timeslip;

i'm gonna do a real writeup of this later but this is basically a way to get purely-dceu steve into purely-dceu future. [waves hands] massive divine power, time-space, etc., steve probably gets there pre-MoS and spends the entire MoS-BvS arc like ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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° ✧ SUPERHERO SENTENCE STARTERS.

❛ I’m here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way. ❜ ❛ You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts! ❜ ❛ I hope justice is found here today… before justice finds you. ❜ ❛ Give me a scotch. I’m starving. ❜ ❛ Our ancestors called it magic but you call it science. ❜ ❛ I come from a land where they are one and the same. ❜ ❛ This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I’m _______. ❜ ❛ Cats come when they feel like it. Not when they’re told. ❜ ❛ How am I supposed to tell crime to shut up if I have to shut up? ❜ ❛ I don’t know the meaning of the word “quit”. ❜ ❛ You can’t trap justice! It’s an idea, a BELIEF! ❜ ❛ Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded… ❜ ❛ He may have my soul but he doesn’t have my spirit. ❜ ❛ Didn’t I kill you already? ❜ ❛ Thirty hours of pain all at once, all for you. ❜ ❛ I have something to give you. I don’t want it anymore. ❜  ❛ And some day, when he’s needed, we will see him again. ❜ ❛ Listen to me very carefully, my friend: Killing will not bring you peace. ❜ ❛ Wise man say forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza. ❜ ❛ You get hurt, hurt ‘em back. You get killed… walk it off. ❜ ❛ Some men just want to watch the world burn. ❜ ❛ I believe there’s a hero in all of us. ❜ ❛ Because he’s the hero this city deserves, but not the one it needs right now. ❜   ❛ So, we’ll hunt him, because he can take it.  ❜ ❛ With great power comes great responsibility. ❜ ❛ Would you rather die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain? ❜ ❛ That’s kind of catchy. It’s got a nice ring to it. ❜ ❛ You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? ❜ ❛ Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up. ❜ ❛ Beneath this mask there is an idea. ❜   ❛ You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. ❜ ❛ They will kill you if they get the chance. Do not give them that chance. ❜ ❛ At least I’ve chosen a side. ❜ ❛ You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?  ❜ ❛ Oh, no… this is Earth… isn’t it? ❜ ❛ Dead or alive, you are coming with me. ❜ ❛ Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk. ❜ ❛ Let’s put a smile on that face. ❜ ❛ Sorry about the window folks, I kinda misjudged the landing. ❜ ❛ There is you. There is I. There is no we. ❜ ❛ It’s not who I am, but what I do that defines me. ❜ ❛ Peace was never an option. ❜ ❛ You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. ❜ ❛ I think you and I are destined to do this forever. ❜ ❛ Sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. ❜ ❛ You’re making me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. ❜ ❛ Big man in a suit of amour. Take that off, what are you? ❜ ❛ They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. ❜ ❛ But you’re a Superhero! They always get the girl, right? ❜ ❛ Aren’t you curious about how I get around so fast? ❜ ❛ That is why I show you my work! That is why you are here! ❜ ❛ You have a knack for saving my life. I think I have a superhero stalker. ❜ ❛ Remember? Your little “accident” in the laboratory…? ❜ ❛ Why didn’t you kill me? I would’ve killed you in an instant. Answer me! ❜ ❛ Remember to chisel that into my tombstone. ❜ ❛ What happened to you? How did you become this? ❜ ❛ No hard feelings, Point Break. You’ve got a mean swing. ❜ ❛ Apparently I’m volatile, self-obsessed, and don’t play well with others. ❜ ❛ You put those people together, you can’t expect what’s going to happen… ❜ ❛ A hero? Like you? ❜ ❛ Put on the suit. ❜ ❛ Have you got a suit? ❜ ❛ Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break! ❜ ❛ The world has gotten even stranger than you already know. ❜ ❛ We will not stand by as evil wipes out billions of innocent lives. ❜ ❛ If we’re gonna work together you might wanna try trusting me a little bit. ❜ ❛ I would be grateful to die surrounded by my friends. ❜ ❛ If you kill me, you’re gonna miss the biggest score you’ve ever seen. ❜ ❛ But everyone has a weakness. And a weakness can be leveraged. ❜ ❛ My job is to keep you alive until you die. You understand that? ❜ ❛ Devils don’t come from hell beneath us. No, they come from the sky. ❜ ❛ Next time they shine your light in the sky, don’t go to it. ❜ ❛ How many good guys are left? How many stayed that way? ❜ ❛ Is it stealing if you steal from another thief? ❜ ❛ Whatever you do, wherever you go, I will be watching you. ❜ ❛ No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. ❜

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willpowering replied to your post: willpowering replied to your post: ...

There is an amazon who looks like you ❤️

LISTEN I ALREADY CRIED ABT THIS IN THE THEATRE DON’T START ME UP AGAIN

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willpowering replied to your post: my big critique with the portrayal of themyscira...

I’m certain there are extended scenes on themyscira that were cut for [ vague and not so vague studio reasons ]. I’ve posted extensively about the amazons’ multiculturalism and I don’t doubt for one second jenkins and the others responsible for the look and feel of this film would be aware of the amazons’ origin.

YEAH AGREED, i definitely don’t trust the studios to not have had a hand in cutting Certain Scenes and i do trust jenkins et al to have done the research to create a multicultural origin and population, it just felt ??? i guess a little strange to see part of the effort there and not have the action of the movie that was put forward really follow through on the hints or first steps in terms of casting / implications 

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my big critique with the portrayal of themyscira in the film is how the diversity of its population felt very...... under the radar / bare minimum? imo this was most clear with the black women on themyscira --- one had like half a line, one’s main characteristic was her (Masculine) Toughness, and one was diana’s long-suffering caretaker --- but is also clear to me in the Sneaky Queer Implication of antiope and menalippe and diana’s line about cleo’s 12 volumes without showing any actual explicitly acknowledged queerness on-screen (don’t @ me about ~historical accuracy~ when themyscira is isolated from and therefore not subject to early 20th century western homophobia). 

there were others, extras, and it seemed like jenkins and the casting crew were trying to create a picture of diversity, but it would’ve played better (to me) if they’d also done the work to make certain things more explicit and to try and avoid falling into stereotypes. 

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my fave steve "am i dead" exchange is when he meets diana and j'onn at the same time and he's like

@ diana: [suavely] oh i must be in heaven, ur an angel  @ diana ten seconds after seeing j'onn phase into the ground: NO BUT FOR REAL AM I DEAD

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bornfromzeus:

     “ these people are SUFFERING. ”   diana cries out, her voice shaking as the pain began to resonate in every syllable that escaped her. she looks around them at the desimated ground, where life once flourished that was now torn down to nothing but dirt and barebones. but that did not bother her as much as the people did. they were war-torn and hurt, starving from their food supply being cut off. it pained her to see, tears falling down her cheeks, and there was no way she could walk on.   “ we must do something. ”

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                “ diana--- i KNOW. ”  there was a time when he was the one having to be pulled past the suffering, soldiers and civilians alike; but that was long ago. and steve has seen enough now that, even though it still horrifies, still makes him want to make sure this armistice happens--- he also knows that there is only so much they can do. that not everyone here will make it out of this war, even if (when) the armistice is signed. he’s not sure what is worse; to experience it anew, or to be so used to suffering that has become the backdrop to his life?  “ but--- the best way to help these people is to finish the mission. ”

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little film-based starter call !!

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sacredjustice replied to your post: hi friends just a quick note that i’ve updated my...

read them!!! <3

thanks!!! <3 

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hi friends just a quick note that i’ve updated my rules to reflect that this blog is mutuals only and some other things for the sake of my personal comfort. i’d appreciate it if you’d check ‘em out!

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The world goes dark before he hits the ground, parachute jerked back hard against his chest, knocking the breath from his lungs. It’s almost laughable, Steve thinks, as his vision closes in--- the only reason the plane didn’t take him with it was thanks to the ‘chute, and now he might not even make it to the ground. 

He misses the touchdown, lands in a heap amongst the rubble; doesn’t wake as the ‘chute touches down atop him.

@sacredjustice   ||   call.

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little film-based starter call !!

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tag drop ! 

+ a note on verses / about: since this is blended canon, his dceu and comic canon is going to be present in both his wwi and modern times verses. in his modern verse, he’ll be a captain in the us air force and diplomatic liaison (either between the us and other countries or, later, between the us and the justice league). 

as a note on the ‘just imagine’ verse: the tag is there for now, but since i haven’t read the run yet it may or may not be used. mich.ael ea.ly will be the fc for the ‘just imagine’ verse if ever i write in it. 

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