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Chris Evans photographed by Peggy Sirota for Rolling Stone

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I’ve been laughing at this stupid fucking video for 30 minutes

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the fucking “do you like your new toy??” “aaAaOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH” video is the best video ive seen this month

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The older I get the more fiercely protective I get of younger girls. I was heading into work yesterday and I saw that 12 year old (I mentioned her before, the one who wore makeup) talking to this older man. She’s normally really bubbly but she looked a little more subdued talking to him so I go over and loudly say “Hey sweetheart, who’s this?” And the guys just glares at me and she says “oh um his name is Justin.” And I’m like “Hi Justin, how do you know her?” And he gets nervous and is like “I just saw her jogging and thought I’d give her pointers.” So I just kinda tilted my head and looked at him for a minute. He literally asked me “are you a cop or something? I haven’t done anything wrong.” So I took her to the McDonald’s near by, bought her something and had a talk about not talking to strangers. Low key I’m debating the next time I see her parents (they drop her off at the gym and leave her there for hours) to maybe have a talk with them or something. Idk if it’s my place tho

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Signs at Families Belong Together March.

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A: My love…We live in a world that distrusts feelings. Over and over, we are reminded that feelings are not as important as reason. That feelings are childish, irresponsible, dangerous. We are taught to ignore them, control, or deny them. We barely understand what they are, where they come from, or how they seem to understand us better than we understand ourselves. But I know that feelings matter. Sometimes they’re little…like when I smell cinnamon toast and I miss my grandma. And sometimes, they are huge…like when I found out my girlfriend shares her thoughts with seven other people around the world.

N: Amanita…I wrote this thing like a hundred times and I tore them all up because I have to admit, I don’t like vows. I’m afraid of things pretending to be permanent because nothing is permanent. My life, especially these past two years, is a testament to the fact that things change, people change. But with you…that doesn’t scare me. It actually makes me happy. It makes me excited because I can think of no better life than watching Amanita Caplan change…watching her evolve and grow.

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sense8 series finale rant

wolfgang in that pink jacket was all i didn’t knew a needed

KALA, RAJAN AND WOLFGANG 

rajan and wolfgan ¡¡

capheus my little angel getting excited by literally everything

i ¡¡ love ¡¡ sun ¡¡ so ¡¡ much?? everything she does, everything she says, every little cute face that she does. sun is perfect i love her and i want to protect her forever. 

puck’s hair style!!! 

riley my new bisexual queen?¡?!!!?

kala my wife is the purest thing alive and she just love her two lovers so much and she’s so cute and smart and i love when she does all her science stuff because she just looks so cool and nerd and pretty at the same time???!

lito my little dramatic piece of shit. love my babyboy so much 

nomi and amanita have the true love that people talk about and they are going to get old together and read lots of books and drink way too much coffee and love each other for the rest of eternity and they will find each other in every other life because they are meant to be together.

hernando is so smart? and sweet? and handsome? and literally the best man alive? in an alternative world, much better than this one, he’s president and everything is fine and great, everyone loves each other and people spend their days loving each other and admiring art and doing art and there’s not war only love, lots and lots of love and art. 

wolfgang my sweet boy. i want to make sure he’s always happy and safe and home and i don’t want him to suffer ever again. 

angelica and jonas are the real endgame. love that.

riley’s dad it’s literally too good for this world? riley’s dad? an angel. i want him to live forever and sing me to sleep. 

i love diego morales like a brother, father, friend, lover? don’t know, don’t care, i just love him.

I want to be the nanny of capheus and zakia children because they’ll be the cutest, purest and smartest kids

SUN AND DETECTIVE MUN ARE THE CUTEST SHIT AND I JUST LOVE THEM TOGETHER SO MUCH. 

detective mun meeting sun’s family was the purest thing i have ever seen in a tv show and it doesn’t surprise me because it’s sense8 

will is just a bae. he’s the best. i love him and i want him and riley to be in love forever and live their happy ever after. 

Daniela Velázquez? do you mean THE QUEEN OF EVERYTHING? do you mean THE FUCKING LOVE OF MY LIFE? do you mean THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY ALIVE? oh yes, I LOVE HER TREMENDOUSLY

nomi’s dad, i love him

amanitA’S DADS? I WANT THEM TO ADOPT ME PLEASE

nomi and amanita’s first-sight-love-story? oh do you mean THE FUCKING GREATEST FIRST SIGHT LOVE STORY OF ALL TIMES?

just nomi and amanita.

WOLFGAN AND KALA. THEY OWN MY WHOLE FUCKING ASS. THEIR LOVE IS SO PURE AND STRONG AND FUCKING PRECIOUS I LOVE MY BABIES SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA

I WANT RILEY AND WILL TO HAVE LOTS OF KIDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE. 

felix berner? yoU MEAN THE BROTHER I WISH I HAD?

bug? yOU MEAN THE BESTFRIEND I WISH I HAD?

bug is nomi’s family and nomi is bug’s family so jot that down. 

“for our fans” i’m not crying you are ¡¡¡¡¡

nomi’s mom high? yes please

 this orgy was even better than the other two? HELL YEAH

don’t even talk to me about the wedding. DO YOU WANT ME TO CRY?

it was so beautiful y’ll. i’m crying again fuck

“nomi is not doing anything until nomi has a fucking cup of coffee” i love ONE coffee lesbian

“this is her. the spirit of jean-claude”

capheus and sun scene in the car? YOU MEAN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PURE SCENE IN THIS WORLD? 

all lito’s scenes. his smile. his eyes. his screams. i love ONE loud baby

lito is a gay icon jot that down

I love all my tourists so much¡¡¡¡ my sweeties are doing amazing 

“you big german lug, we love you”

“i miss you like i’ve never missed anyone in my life” you’re crying not me

“i know your kind. men that mistake cruelty for strength. living your petty little lives, so limited. we both know that if i were to pull this trigger, not a single person would shed a tear. the smallness of your kind of life is nothing to fear, only to pity” I LOVE MY LATINA QUEEN SO MUCH HOLY SHIT

WOLFGAN AND RAJAN HONESTLY I STILL CAN’T GET OVER THOSE TWO

“FAMILY, WE’RE COMING” the gays invented true love. 

riley’s ex girlfriend was a sugar mama¡¡¡¡¡?

my angel kala telling her boys how to save her life while bleeding out like the legend she is

WOLFGAN AND RAJAN KISS GUYS WHAT THE FUCK?????

ok but fucking rajan rasal is in love with fucking wolfgang bogdanow and kala dandekar and that all it matter now

“However, if you’re lucky, I mean, really lucky, a feeling comes along that will change everything. I remember such a feeling and how it walloped me years ago when this girl walked into my bookstore. It is the same feeling that I have right now. The feeling that this is her. My love. My wife. This is my future. And I trust this feeling more than I have trusted anything in my life.” OKAY I AM THE ONE CRYING FUCK OFF

WILL MEETING RILEY’S DAD AND SUN MEETING CAPHEUS’ FAMILY!! EVERYTHING.

wolfgang killing both lila and whispers? poetic.

the end focusing in the same rainbow dildo from the biggining? biblical.

that moment kala jumped into wolfgang’s arms? magical.

the moment after kara jumped into wolfgang’s arms and you see that rajan is right there looking at them with a smile?¡¡¿¿? shooketh.

riley with those sunglasses? my sexuality.

I love my bonnie (sun) and clyde (mun) 

all my babies being gay as fuck??????!!!! HELL YEAH

riley my BIQUEEN

lito my GAYICON

nomi my beautiful transgender lesbian 

wolfgang my beautiful pansexual angel

will my hetero-curious baby

sun is bi i don’t care what you say

kala and capheus literally love everyone on earth so..

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“Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings; like rose-petals.”

—Stephen King

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“I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”

— Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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King T’Challa is such an encouraging and supportive brother

Because the second Shuri runs a guy over,

He tells her she’s fine. To keep going.

What an absolute sweetheart.

THAT IS THE BROTHER WE ALL NEED DAMMIT!

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I WAS SO PREPARED FOR STEVE TO DIE AND BUCKY LAYING BESIDE HIM BUT THESE MOTHERFUCKERS GAVE US “STEVE?” AND I JUST CANNOT HANDLE THIS

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Black Panther movie review: spoilers!

So, I just went and saw Black Panther and yes, it deserves all the praise it’s getting. So, you know the drill, pros and (few) cons, here we go!

Pros:

1) The general look of Wakanda is stunning. It’s a perfect blend of “city of the future meets African heritage” and it’s just amazing to see it brought to life. The technology is visually so engaging, and it’s great that so much of the sets are really utilized. The fight in the mine with the train, for example is a really efficient way to not just have a fight in an empty field (or airport 😐) but to actually make use of the premise you’ve set up.

2) Shuri is perfect and that is final. But seriously, Shuri is such a great character. Her relationship with T’Challa feels so real. The scene with her remote driving the car while T’Challa is on top of it is some of the most amazing and imaginative team work I’ve ever seen on film, and it was great. And it’s fantastic that her intellect and technical skill are so celebrated, and that no one ever looks down on her for it. As a woman myself in a STEM field, I’m all for celebrating smart, capable women of science and Shuri is a great role model for little girls. Also, she’s the Queen of Memes, and I love her.

3) The Dora Miljae. The powerful women don’t stop with Shuri: the Dora Miljae are finally on full display, and I’m so on board with it! I love that the King’s personal guard are these strong, capable women, who kick some serious freaking ass. Point these ladies in the direction of Thanos and then just give everyone else the day off, they’ve got it handled.

4) Andy Serkis is clearly having the time of his life. His Ulysses Klaue is the fun, devil may care kind of villain the MCU could use some more of. He’s irreverent, in it for the money and just loving every second of being a bad guy. Thematically, I understand why he had to die, but damn, he was just so much fun to watch. I know Serkis is the undisputed motion capture king, but can we please let him act more with his real face?!

5) Speaking of villains the MCU could use more like, Eric Killmonger is the perfect villain for this story. His arc was personal and related to T’Challa: he was the dark mirror image of who T’Challa could be, and Michael B Jordan hit it out of the park. I can’t say I ever rooted for him, but I definitely identified with his belief that the powerful have a responsibility to protect the marginalized. I think it’s important that the movie made it clear that it wasn’t so much his ideology that was wrong, but his methods, and that that hatred had warped his ideals somewhat: that he had killed his own people and that he wanted to punish the world. And it was important to that it was clear that his beliefs impacted and helped change and shape T’Challa’s own actions. Killmonger was the “we make our own demons” villain finally done right, and his last line was so powerful and so in character.

6) Martin Freeman’s Everett Ross finally found his rhythm. He’s clearly the story’s comedic “straight man” but he was really well integrated into the narrative, and he never feels out of place or takes up too much screen time. His hero moment in the flight drone thing was a really fitting culmination to his character developed in this movie, and I’d enjoy seeing him in more MCU movies.

7) Danai Gurira’s Okoye is a definite stand out character. She gets great fight scenes, is compelling and wise and she’s a fabulously funny character as well. I would let her kick my ass any freaking day of the week.

8) Suprise Sterling K. Brown is always a treat. I loved his scenes in the spirit world with his son, and his flashbacks in the apartment were really powerful. In very short order we’re made to feel his entire arc, and how his living amongst oppressed people of his own race affected his ideology and his struggle to reconcile that with his loyalty to his country and his brother and that’s very much due to the strength of Brown’s performance.

8) Winston Duke’s M’Baku is definitely the other stand out character. He’s introduced in this very brutal, no nonsense way, and somehow he ends up being the funniest character by the end? His “I’m just kidding we’re vegetarians” line got an honestly to gosh snort out of me, and he was a great story beat in showing the traditional side of Wakanada vs the technological side, and how T’Challa will be a different king than his father.

9) It was nice to see Bucky, but to only have him be the post credits stinger. It’s clearly establishing why he’s awake and around for Infinity War, but I’m glad he wasn’t in the whole movie. Black Panther really let T’Challa and it’s characters be the star, and including Ross was a good way to tie it into the MCU without taking that focus away from where it needed to be.

10) Honestly, the whole cast does great work with their characters. Chadwick Boseman has really made T’Challa his own, and he’s a great character. Angela Basset is always good, and Lupita Nyong’o is also fantastic. I especially like that, for a Marvel romance, she and T’Challa don’t waste time on the will they/won’t they. They find a common goal, and then they’re united. I like it. Another.

Cons (these are pretty minor!)

1) Vibranium is starting to feel like “fairy dust.” Have a problem? Vibrainium will fix it. Shot in the spine? Stick a ball of that in there! (also, like T’Challa couldn’t take two seconds to throw a little of that Rhodey’s way?) Want to make super holograms? Use some of that. And so on. This one isn’t a massive point to me: clearly the in universe explaination is that the secret government white guys in the 40’s only had imaginations large enough to make a frisbee out of it, but it does almost reach the point of feeling like a writing crutch. Vibrainium does everything, so sure, it can do that thing! Again, not major for me, because the world Wakanda paints is so cool, but it did kind of bug me.

2) Forrest Whitaker’s wise man mentor Zuri is fine, but he’s probably the character most unchanged from his general stereotype. He’s a shaman, he’s wise, he dies. His character history is good though and very thematically relevant, and Whitaker does a good job with what he’s given.

3) Daniel Kaluuya’s W’Kabi could have used a little bit more background, especially in regards to his relationship with Okoye. He’s basically only given the motivation of wanting Klaue dead, and when Killmonger delivers him that he’s just suddenly on board with all this world conquering and murder in a way that seems out of proportion for the character we’ve seen. And he and Okoye really needed more introduction to their relationship, given that their falling on either sides of this civil war is a significant plot point. All we get is her calling him “my love” and he returning it: that meeting on the battlefield would have been a lot more powerful if we’d been able to see them be domestic and interact.

4) The bloodlessness. This isn’t the director or the movie’s fault really, it’s the MPAA but the fact that PG-13 movies can’t have too much blood is…kind of noticeable here. I think it might be because the Dora Miljae all use penatrative weapons and many other characters do as well, but if you have a giant fight with spears and no one is bleeding then it feels a little bit…empty. Like, Killmonger slits the throat of one of the Dora in front of Okoye there’s no blood. Again, I get why it’s happening, and I’m not blaming the movie, but it’s something that I definitely noticed, and although I’m not asking for gore I felt the total lack of blood detracted a little of the realness from the fights.

Obviously, Black Panther is a movie that has a very deliberate point to make about race. And, I say this as a white woman: I’m so glad it does. As a woman, watching Wonder Woman was an incredibly empowering and momentous thing for me. To be able to see a story about a strong, powerful good woman on screen - someone I could identify with, and picture myself as - made me feel like I could do anything, and I think everyone, no matter your race, colour, creed, gender, sexual orientation, should get to have that moment. And so no, Black Panther wasn’t going to be a movie that gave me that moment, but I’m so, so glad it’s clearly doing so for so many people. Black Panther is a movie that celebrates black excellence and also tells an engaging and powerful story, and I’m happy to be able to enjoy and celebrate that with everyone.

So, final verdict: 9/10 for me. In a universe that is getting increasingly crowded and teetering on the edge of fatigued, Black Panther is something new and different and wonderful that everyone can enjoy.

Bonus: best lines.

“WHAT ARE THOSE?!?”

“Are we in Wakanda?” “No, we’re in Kansas.”

“Don’t freeze.” “I never freeze.” Lands. Freezes. “Ngh…hi.”

“Bury me in the ocean with all my ancestors who jumped from the ships because they knew drowning was better than living in bondage.”

“No tears for me?” “Nah, everybody dies. That’s just how life is around here.”

“Are you recording this?” “For science.” T’Challa flies across the room. “Delete that clip!”

“What, do you have a mixtape coming out?” “I can send you a SoundCloud link if you want?” “Please don’t make me listen to your music.”

“Oh good, another broken white boy for us to fix!”

“If he touches you again, I am going to impale him to that desk.”

Also if Infinity War doesn’t include a scene where Tony Stark ends up in Shuri’s lab and she’s like, “aw, that’s so cute, your hologram reminds me of the stuff I was making when I was 5,” while Tony loudly just loses his geek mind, then what even is the point of it all?

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Thanos is a punk ass purple bitch

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me: okay but can we talk about t’challa? who shed actual tears. who was terrified about not being a good king. who decided to do something about the mistakes of his father. who broke tradition. who went to m’baku when m’baku tried to kill him and begged for m’baku to protect his family. who offered m’baku’s tribe a place on wakanda’s council. who literally offered mercy to erik who almost killed him and tried to kill his family. who CARRIED ERIK OUT OF THOSE MINES SO ERIK COULD SEE THE BEAUTY OF WAKANDA

me: okay but can we talk about m’baku? who tried to take the throne but was bested in combat and accepted that but went on to save t’challa’s life. who could’ve taken the heart shaped herb for himself but let t’challa have it instead. who could’ve very well turned away t’challa’s family but swore to protect them anyway when he had no obligation to t’challa. who could’ve very well just let shit pan out and stay a neutral party but decided to come aid t’challa anyway

me: okay but can we talk about shuri? who is always working to improve her own inventions even when she probably knows they’re top of the line. who is willing to help out the strangers her brother brings to her without question albeit with a little sass. who literally went out of her way to protect and shelter both ross AND bucky who she really has no allegiance to. who is ready to give her brother the king shit always and takes embarrassing videos of his super fails. who is a literal ray of sunshine. who is only SIXTEEN but decided she was gonna fucking fight alongside her brother anyway.

me: okay but can we talk about okoye? who—

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MICHAEL B JORDAN DID THAT ?!