Let them all come, Clint. Let every last one of those tracksuit-wearing, sub-verbal, bullying, murderous scumbags come at us. Because you and me? Together? Together, Clint, I think you and me are the persona we both wish we could be, and I know that person. I know that person is worth something. I know that persona can… can pretty much do anything.
a movie that should really exist →Hawkeyes, starring Nyle DiMarco as Clint Barton and Arden Cho as Kate Bishop.
[Caption: eight gifs with Nyle as Clint and Arden as Kate. In order: Clint/Nyle runnings. Clint pressing a button on his bow. Lucky (the dog) swimming. Kate/Arden in the middle of a fight. Clint and Kate together –Kate talking, Clint looking at her. An arrow hitting a target, with the title “hawkeyes” on it. Coffee dripping into the coffeemaker’s jar. Kate grabbing an arrow from her quiver. Clint falling off a building, shooting up an arrow. Clint speaking in ASL.]
Oh my god, an actual deaf person fancast as Clint, I love it! And at this point, Arden is Kate to me.
Marvel
seems adamant not to change with the times. Coming under fire for a
lack of diversity, the treatment of female characters, the failure to
deliver films that push the boundaries, The Powers That Be at Marvel
have done the minimal to try and placate fans. But it’s not good enough,
and people are really starting to notice.
Finally an article discussing the true face of Marvel Studios and their executive decisions. No fan pleasing platitudes here, just a pull of the curtain to face some hard truths: They need to do better.
I hate to be that person to comment unnecessarily on a post, but please actually read this article. It absolutely NAILS Marvel and it’s about high time. Please read it, it is infinitely more than worth the time it takes (which is already about two minutes so…)
Everyone needs to read this now.
Wow. Somebody hit the nail on the head. Well said.
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“And if you have any doubts by this point it’s actually the Big Boys at
Marvel who are unlikely to support diversity just know that their CEO
recently gave 1 Million to Trump’s campaign for the White House. Yeah…
that’s where our movie ticket money went.” (my emphasis)
Seriously: read this article.
but a romantic, gay relationship between Peggy and her friend Angie was something Marvel recoiled from; Angie was removed, new male love interests were introduced, the plot suffered, fan interest plummeted, and the show went under.
Someone was paying attention to what happened with Agent Carter
The Washington Post reported Thursday afternoon that Cincinnati police won’t be recommending criminal charges against the mother of a 3-year old who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28th while visiting with his mother and siblings. Video of the incident went viral earlier in the week, showing the zoo’s silver-backed great ape, Harambe, sometimes dragging the child through water but also seemingly appearing to be protective of the child. Zoo keepers ruled out the use of tranquilizers and made the decision to shoot and kill the animal, triggering a firestorm of outrage. The majority of that outrage was directed at the mother of the child–who is African American–labelling her irresponsible and requesting that child protective services investigate the family. Calls were also made to Cincinnati police to charge the mother criminally, which triggered the investigation.
Spokesperson’s from the Cincinnati Police Department and the prosecutor’s office stressed that while the police investigation was over, the prosecutor could still file charges once their investigation is completed.
The loss of the ape Harambe, while tragic, should have triggered soul-searching and dialogue about the issue of captivity for animals in the 21st century. However, being that white supremacy is alive and well and fully functioning in the 21st century, the majority of voices condemned the mother/parenting of the child. A British publication joined in because hey, white supremacy is global, and dug up the father’s criminal past as part of the condemnation campaign, which 1) was nothing more than scintillating and titillating yellow journalism, especially since the publication also acknowledged the father had turned his life around, was gainfully employed and was present for his children; 2) had absolutely nothing to do with the incident at the zoo since he was not at the zoo on that day; and 3) served to further the narrative of Black parents not being fit to parent. A twitter account in the name of Harambe was set up and circulated a photo of the 3-year old child, labelling him “the murderer of Harambe,” and of course, this scenario would not be complete without calls for the mother’s death:
By Monday afternoon, a day after the child had been treated and released from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, parent-shaming posts had risen to indirect death threats toward the boy’s mother on social media and moved Cincinnati police to act.
“Even though they’re not direct death threats, we’re going to reach out to the mother and let her know what’s going on, if she doesn’t know already,” said police spokesman Lt. Steve Saunders. “We’re going to keep her in the loop. We’re going to err on the side of safety for her and her family.”
One tweet directed to The Enquirer’s account Monday read, “shoot the mother.”
A Facebook post from a woman in North Carolina said, “I had MUCH rather see her dead than the gorilla.”
This is probably the point in the story where people begin to chime in about how they love animals and hate for the gorilla to have been killed AND they also abhor the attacks on the mother BUT they believe she was negligent and didn’t watch her child closely enough.
Save it. Save it for somebody else who is not clear that anti-Blackness courses through the veins of the United States’ body politic. Save it for the folks who didn’t put one tenth of the energy that’s been directed towards this Black mother towards the white mom who actually dangled her child over the cheetah enclosure at the Cleveland Zoo, dropping him in.
Save it for the ones who say they don’t understand the purpose of a group calling itself Black Lives Matter. In a world where sympathy, swift action and policy recommendations are put forth for lions and gorillas, but not the unarmed victims of police terrorism, just save it.
I haven’t had much to say about the Ghostbusters reboot other than I love the costuming and I’m going to see it twice.
I have to say what’s in my black fat girl feelings right now.
I’m a little surprised that throughout all the discussions about the reboot and the sexism that no-one has spotlighted how the entertainment industry’s beauty standards and the male gaze plays into the Ghostbusters reboot mess?
They’re not only mad because it’s women. They’re mad about not being able to jerk it to The New Ghostbusters lineup. They’re mad because their expectations of getting at least one hypersexualized, female protagonist wasn’t met– not even one sexy secretary. That’s rough, buddy.
Let’s be oh so real here: if it were Megan Fox, Zooey Deschanel, Cameron Diaz, and Jennifer Lawrence in the Ghostbusters reboot, we wouldn’t be having as much of a problem. McCarthy, Wiig, Jones and McKinnon in this movie are not funny-hot, like Cameron Diaz dorky dancing in a pair of underoos in Charlie’s Angels. They’re just funny and serving you soft-butch, wild-butch, nerd-chic and (albeit a little too stereotypical) cut-a-bitch realness and it’s a problem for these assholes.
This Ghostbusters reaction falls into the same category as men who treat women poorly simply because they don’t find them attractive/fuckable/worth their time.
“So rule number one, never, ever give me the “a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do” speech before you strap on your six-guns and leave me back at the ranch with Ida the prune-faced android. Two, you don’t crack my boyfriend’s skull. And three, you don’t date my roommate. Got it?“ -Wendy Watson | The Middleman
OMG I HAVE MISSED WNEDY WATSON ON MY DASH clearly it is time to watch The Middleman yet again.
Never been a waitress, and I think the entire human race is grateful, but fuck YES I always leave at least 20%. And treat the server like a human being, too.
I see a lot of posts about how to negate the existence of the Barton family in the MCU, usually as means to propose an adaptation of the absolutely fantastic Matt Fraction run. Now I love Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and I, too, think the Fraction run would make an amazing Netflix series, but I don’t think Renner would be right for that story. He plays an older, responsible Clint perfectly and the Fraction run is all about a period where Clint, and his life, is kind of a disaster.
There’s a really easy solution to this though: Set it in 2001. Set it 15 years ago before the Avengers and Clint meeting his wife, when he’s just a young(er) SHIELD agent living in New York. Pull an X-Men: First Class and cast a talented younger (cheaper) actor you could believe could grow up to be Jeremy Renner.
“Ghostbusters Movie Trailer Most Disliked In YouTu-”
It’s because they’re women. Just. I’m going to stop you right there and tell you, yeah, it’s disliked because it’s a movie starring women.
“Well no but see it’s actually because it’s a reboo-”
Of the top 15 highest grossing movies of 2015, 9 were either reboots or sequels and 5 were adaptations based on books or comics. [x] You don’t hate the new Ghostbusters because it’s not original enough. It’s because they had the audacity to cast women in a movie not marketed specifically for women. It’s because it’s a reboot of a movie starring men and they cast women.
“Honestly I just didn’t think it was all that funny-”
Don’t be an asshole. That is not why THIS movie’s trailer, above all the outrageously shitty movie trailers made, got the most negative reaction. The movie’s made by and starring people who are already established as marketable. It stars SNL cast, which, again, is really goddamn marketable. It’s an established and popular franchise (and tapping into those has already proven to be really fucking marketable, if last year alone says anything.)
In 2014 only 12% of all clearly identifiable film protagonists were female. (For the purpose of the study, protagonists = the characters from whose perspective the story is told.) [x] People complaining about Ghostbusters are the same mouth-breathing troglodytes who complained that Star Wars cast “ANOTHER girl!” in Rogue One. (Or complained about Rey in Star Wars, or Furiosa in Mad Max, etc. etc. without any fucking end in sight oh my god.) People hate the trailer because they hate women stepping out of the 12% of place they have.
Look, it’s 2016. Let’s just call misogyny what it is and not give it any fucking trending headlines, alright.
Concept: a small child whose imaginary friend is Superman. He talks to “Superman” all the time, completely unaware that Clark can in fact hear everything he’s saying. The child and associated adults are infinitely surprised when reply letters from Superman start appearing in their mailbox
We keep getting incorrect complaints that our show is “mostly” about women (which, even if it were, how is that a problem?) so Tracy made these helpful charts!
I can’t believe it took TWO ENTIRE HOURS for someone to make this comment.
When women speak about 17% of the time, men view it as equal. At 30%, men think women are dominant.
If you think there are suddenly too many women, start counting. You’re wrong.
I’m not tryna be a douche or anything. I just want to understand. What’s the difference? Is it because Jolie is being respectful to the traditions of the culture by covering her hair in that group of people’s presence …but…not…using…their…culture as a costume. I just answered my own damn question lol.
It’s so weird how if you’ve been on the right/wrong parts of the internet for long enough you start to recognize certain theoretically innocuous statements or phrases as huge red flags. Just something about those specific words in that specific order tells you that if you look at their other posts you’ll find a slur sooner than later even though they haven’t technically said anything offensive.
i have no issue with atheism as a concept but if you mock people who rely on their god to help them get through hard times, you are trash and you are not nearly as intelligent as you think you are
“everyone eventually becomes their parents” is not deep and profound it’s terrifying and it’s bullshit and abuse survivors dont need to hear that shit thank you
I kind of want to see a story about an elf; tall, beautiful, clumsy as fuck, and an industrial worker who can’t do archery to save themselves and swears all the time.
And I kind of want to see a story about a dwarf; short, robust, hairy, elegant, sweet, very refined and a lover of poetry who’s never said a rude word in their life.
I just think it would be an interesting change of pace.
they’re girlfriends
they’re super fucking cute and i need more of this.
Our iconic dwarf ranger, Harsk, only drinks tea. ;-)
One of the highlights of Wiscon for me was the Vid party - there were many many incredible things, but @thingswithwings always fills me with awe, and this multi-fandom collab with Eruthros is rad as hell.
A Beauty and the Beast AU where Belle realizing she loves Beast isn’t at some dramatic climactic event but during some randome everyday moment. Like, she’s filing her nails and just kinda glances up at him and he’s like doing something just as dull and it just kinda dawns on her that she loves him but she doesn’t voice it cause she isn’t exactly ready to confront thoes emotions and what they mean so she goes back to filing her nails but then is starts raining glitter and Beast is defying gravity in a glowing ball of light and the castle is changing back and everyone becomes human again. Then everyone is left in silent moment of shock and confusion and Belle, being completely unaware of what it takes to break the curse, is just staring around in horror while everyone freshly humanized comes running into whatever room she and Beast were in (probably the library) expecting to see something other than human Beast in a heap on the ground and Belle across the room in a chair frozen in shock and confusion and everyone just kinda looks at each other for a couple of seconds not realy sure what to say cause nobody is entirely sure what happened other than the curse was broken. Then Beast finaly gets up and looks around and realizes what this means and looks at Belle and is just like “you love me?” And Belle is just like “wat?”
