basically the vibe im getting from tb* so far
yelena, ava, john = siblings
alexei = cringe dad
bucky = tired babysitter
bob = new baby/nuclear bomb
taskmaster = dead
IM GIGGLING SO HARD WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS JOKE LENNE.
The devil works fast but thirsty marvel fans work faster
canon pt.2
will NEVER stop my everybody bullies john walker agenda im sorry
When Scarlett Johansson joined the Marvel universe all the way back in 2010, she did not have the ability that current actresses in the franchise have now and that is the ability to be seen as a valuable member of the team as opposed to an accessory.
My girl was being sexualised at every single interview, being asked if she wore underwear under her black widow suit and even being groped by interviewers. Natasha’s background was only slightly explored and her fighting style consisted of wrapping her legs around men’s heads in order to further appeal the male audience.
Yelena has the story arc she has and the ability to grow as a character because Scarlett fought for her to when she was producing the Black Widow movie. It makes me so upset that she knew she would never get the superhero experience that the men around her had, so she put aside her own spotlight in order to give Florence the standing that she couldn’t have.
I will not accept Natasha slander because Scarlett put everything she had into that character for a decade and had to go through so much just to be a part of that franchise.
hAHAHAHHAHA NOOO I LOVE TO CAUSE PAAAAIN lmao
I like to think he chose Steve's cause his old room reminded him of what he was like freshly de-winter soldier-ed :]
“do we think yelena picked nat’s room” WRAP IT UP
boblena this. voidwalker that. actually the thunderbolts are poly or none of them are together take it or leave it
do more whimsical things. put no limits on whimsy.
I don’t think the void rooms were trauma rooms; they were shame rooms. Bc if they were trauma rooms, there’s like a bunch of other things that John Walker would have instead of just being a shit dad. He was in the army! And Yelena’s was traumatizing for her, but it’s more of her regrets: she regrets doing that to Anya and she regrets being better than most of the other girls bc they got hurt as an outcome. Bucky has a lot of trauma, and if it were about trauma, we might’ve seen some of his rooms, but bc it’s about shame and he had his whole Wakanda era where he kind of healed, and he’s seeing a therapist, it makes no sense for him to have one because he’s healed; he’s healing and moving on with his life.
this is how I see their current relationship dynamic
As someone who has a bipolar parent and is bipolar themselves, Bob is SUCH an important rep of us. This is SO important to keep in mind. Bob is more than just a silly little guy. He's a grown man with severe trauma and a disorder that millions of people across the globe have too. He can still be the silly guy, just don't infantalize him or take away the disordered parts of him. REAL Bipolar people can't do that. We can't take the disorder out of us.
I want to talk about Bob.
I want to talk about Bob and how fandom treats characters with mental illnesses, because I’m already seeing this shit.
Spoilers below the cut.
His arc is so good, and yet some people are really just focusing on making him into “UwU babygirl” material. I know, this is tumblr, home of the babygirlified characters.
But there’s heavier context here. We’re talking about someone who survived an abusive childhood and overcame the addiction he used to self-medicate for a wildly unrepresented/stigmatized illness.
His memory loss is not cute. It’s traumatic. He’s traumatized.
Yes, it’s important that he absolutely can be seen as a love interest, as a favorite blorbo, as a comfort character. In fact, I think he will be for many people with mental illnesses. His story resonates.
But there’s a systemic, historic pattern of treating mentally ill folks as children, or incapable.
The situation with Valentina is a metaphor for conservatorship. She handles him, makes decisions for him, all while talking down to him.
Don’t let fandom do that to him, too.
I want to talk about Bob.
I want to talk about Bob and how fandom treats characters with mental illnesses, because I’m already seeing this shit.
Spoilers below the cut.
His arc is so good, and yet some people are really just focusing on making him into “UwU babygirl” material. I know, this is tumblr, home of the babygirlified characters.
But there’s heavier context here. We’re talking about someone who survived an abusive childhood and overcame the addiction he used to self-medicate for a wildly unrepresented/stigmatized illness.
His memory loss is not cute. It’s traumatic. He’s traumatized.
Yes, it’s important that he absolutely can be seen as a love interest, as a favorite blorbo, as a comfort character. In fact, I think he will be for many people with mental illnesses. His story resonates.
But there’s a systemic, historic pattern of treating mentally ill folks as children, or incapable.
The situation with Valentina is a metaphor for conservatorship. She handles him, makes decisions for him, all while talking down to him.
Don’t let fandom do that to him, too.
I want to talk about Bob.
I want to talk about Bob and how fandom treats characters with mental illnesses, because I’m already seeing this shit.
Spoilers below the cut.
His arc is so good, and yet some people are really just focusing on making him into “UwU babygirl” material. I know, this is tumblr, home of the babygirlified characters.
But there’s heavier context here. We’re talking about someone who survived an abusive childhood and overcame the addiction he used to self-medicate for a wildly unrepresented/stigmatized illness.
His memory loss is not cute. It’s traumatic. He’s traumatized.
Yes, it’s important that he absolutely can be seen as a love interest, as a favorite blorbo, as a comfort character. In fact, I think he will be for many people with mental illnesses. His story resonates.
But there’s a systemic, historic pattern of treating mentally ill folks as children, or incapable.
The situation with Valentina is a metaphor for conservatorship. She handles him, makes decisions for him, all while talking down to him.
Don’t let fandom do that to him, too.
If mentally unstable why pookie shaped?
Yelena in Thunderbolts*:
And honestly, same.
What if you were a METH ADDICT, who came from an ABUSIVE HOUSEHOLD, and then you decided that you wanted to TRY AND BE GOOD (OR/AND FIND NEW DRUGS), so you went to a shady lab in MALAYSIA, and then you kinda DIED, and then you RESUSCITATED with GODLIKE POWERS, and some shady Russian blonde presented you with ADOPTION PAPERS, and saved you from your crushing evil alter ego depression with the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP-
Yelena having a soft spot for abandoned test subjects 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Clint in the vents and that’s his whole personality because he wasn’t fleshed out in the movies → Ava in the walls and that’s her whole personality because she wasn’t fleshed out in the movies
Thor eating poptarts and overusing proper words because English isn’t his first language and he’s the comedic relief → Alexei eating Wheaties and overusing proper words because English isn’t his first language and he’s the comedic relief
Natasha pranking and laughing at everyone from the sidelines because fanon decided she’s just silly like that → Yelena pranking and laughing at everyone from the sidelines because canon decided she’s just silly like that
Bruce being a sweet, soft-spoken, unassuming guy but also the most fucking unhinged monstrosity if you catch him on a bad day → Bob being a sweet, soft-spoken, unassuming guy but also the most fucking unhinged monstrosity if you catch him on a sad day
Steve being handed the de facto title of goody two shoes leader despite being the LAST person on board with this → Bucky being handed the de facto title of goody two shoes leader despite being the last person on board with this
Tony being a big-mouthed asshole that’s secretly haunted by his past mistakes which involved publicly supporting the US military via PR stunts as a weapons manufacturer → John being a big-mouthed asshole that’s secretly haunted by his past mistakes which involved publicly supporting the US military via PR stunts as a weapon himself
a dysfunctional found family with dark pasts and no brain cells who saved the day with the power of friendship can be so personal
mansplain girlboss mallgoth gaybait manwhore
avengers found family walked so that thunderbolts found family could fucking sprint
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take me to snurch (snail church)
I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THESE FICS AND NOW I NEED IT
I need someone to write a “coming downstairs in your messy bun to find your alcoholic mom sold you to the thunderbolts” fic PRONTO I need to relive my glory days (middle school) (they weren’t glory days) (I was miserable)
Bucky being torn between what used to be his and what used to be steve's <3
“do we think yelena picked nat’s room” WRAP IT UP
YUHHHH BBG VOIDBOB !!!!!!
Last message of the day. This picture of Void.
Nothing else.
If you get it you get it.
love ya jerk heeheh
I need a picture of John walker with that stupid little bow don’t ask why