The Ukrainian Letter Of Solidarity With Palestine, In Part, Reads:

Hot take: I unapologetically like John Walker, like, not even in a “he is morally gray and interesting” kind of way. He was brave and had good intentions, he just wasn’t as quick to search for peaceful solutions and had several realistic flaws such as being insecure, ambitious and quick to follow orders for the establishment. Most people (on tumblr) just hate him because he is white so he must be evil or symbolically represent male white priviledge or something, because he didn´t romanticize terrorism as the writers made Sam start doing, and because he “unfairly” got the shield (The shield the dumb ass writers made Sam DECIDE to give up so they could have that sweet drama? THAT shield?). People say that Steve Rogers would have never done what John did, not even after his literal best friend was killed in front of his eyes, ehem… did we even watch the same movies? Did everyone just forget about that scene in Civil War after Tony tried to kill Bucky?

His reasons for murdering that terrorist  guy that took part in the killing of his best friend and for wanting to apprehend a potentially dangerous group were waay more understandable than any of Karli’s actions AFTER she started killing innocent people “to send a message” while still claiming to have the moral highground instead of, you know, keep stealing and distributing food and medicines like they were exclusively doing at the beginning or something.

I get that it sucks the writers made the flag smashers the villians (I hate what they did with the good hearted and idealistic Sharon Carter as well), I myself would have prefered if Karli had been writen as an anti-hero or even new hero who teams up with Sam and Bucky, maybe the flag smashers could have been divided into different factions, some more extremist than others, and a government guy could have been the real or worst villain, but that sadly didn’t happen. The moment they wrote her blowing up that building full of unarmed people though, she was a self-righteous murderer just like Zemo, which would have been fine if that was the point of her character.

 I was very irritated by the way the show writers, via Sam, tried to minimize her actions and make us feel sorry for her, dehumanizing the people she had killed in the process. We barely ever see her victims, they are mostly faceless entities who don´t matter in comparison to “poor well intentioned baby Karli”.

 If the writers wanted to send the audience a message about “doing better” for refugees they could have done so by making the flag smashers the heroes that have been unjustly framed for the terrorist attacks (Which would have been an AMAZING plot twist), or writing them to be more complicated by making most of its members stand against the extemism of certain factions of the group, or by showing the good things they do, making them fight armed guards only. They should NOT have made terrorism seem “cool” and “trendy”, the deaths of civilians “necessary”, and the terrorists the “real” victims of… *gasp* being called… terrorists! The poor babies, noo, so offensive! The correct term is freedom fighters, nooo! 

Needless to say, the woobification of the poor baby terrorists didn’t work for me and I wasn’t exactly horrified by Karli´s death or impressed by Sam´s corny victim blaming speech where he doesn´t actually give any practical ideas on how to solve the refugee crisis caused by the snap but sure does love to say the government officials all, indiscriminately (Maybe AOCortez or someone was there? I mean, idk), deserved to feel powerless as hostages because that, apparently, will make them sympathize with the people that made them fear for their lives instead of, I don´t know, seeing them as way too unreasonable to negociate with??

Now, I would have preferred for John Walker´s actor to play Lemar and viceversa, because I get that black characters get killed to motivate white characters far too often, so it would have been nicer to see it done the other way around for once. For John Walker to be the new flawed yet good hearted war veteran who has to redeem himself after making a huge mistake born out of pain for the loss of his friend, someone who has to develop and learn different tactics other than violence in order to defend people, someone who has to learn to question the status quo… and he just happens to be black like Sam. Their rivalry would not be even implicitly about race, but exclusively about differences in methods and about who gets the Captain America legacy. We could still have Bucky hating on him, the funny rivalry moments, no changes.

But sadly the writers needed a character to represent the white that didn’t deserve Sam’s shield but only got it for his race, or for looking similar to Steve, which is an important theme, but one that was perfectly explored already with the plotline about the original black supersoldier who was erased from history, and one that didn´t work for me because they made Sam give up the shield willingly BEFORE it was given to John, a war hero, so all I am getting is that simply being chosen for something important and accepting it because you think you can do the job, wanting justice for a friend, and not trusting terrorists to change their murderous ways is what made John “less than” Sam and Bucky.

I guess what I am trying to say is that John doesn´t deserve half the hate he gets and maybe if the writers had changed his race from the comic books then his character would have suffered less from being placed into a specific “personification of white male priviledge” box here on tumblr. No offence to the actor though, he was great.

Mass kidnappings of kids are not unique to the Middle East. Putin's Russia has been doing it since its illegal annexation of Crimea and its de facto occupation of Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014. And it's grown greatly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine started in February of 2022.

This is a form of genocide as defined by international law. Putin and his cronies are war criminals and there is indeed a warrant for his arrest on the basis of his abduction of Ukrainian children from occupied parts of Ukraine.

This invasion has been going on for nearly two years – not just two months. There are thousands of Ukrainian child hostages held by Putin's kleptocratic mafia-terrorist state.

Fake captain america needs to choke on his star spangled banner

Thoughts and info on TTB!Optimus Prime as I’m putting together the plot in a master copy; 

- Omar Parvez (Optimus Prime/Orion Pax) actually trained under Sedgewick Princeton, Police Commisioner of London, known fondly as ’Ol’ Sentinel’ (due to their decorated service and high number of arrests) and was something of an apprentice to him. The reason Omar was assigned to patrol the Dead End and its surrounding precinct was because two previous Chief Superintendents had resigned from the post due to their inability to turn it around, as well as the stress that took on them, and Sedgewick positioned it as a trial by fire for Omar to prove he had what it took to work directly in Scotland Yard as Deputy Commissioner.

Omar took up the challenge, but quickly realized after the first two weeks of struggling to adapt standard policing tactics to the area that what he learned in the academy wasn’t going to work here, which is when he decided to try and and solve the issue holistically/win the trust of the locals instead of fighting them; He gets Ronan Chase/Ratchet to establish a free clinic, funds a small public library which doubles as a secondary education centre due to school closures in the area (He lives/sleeps in a second floor office here, because trying to do good means actual sacrifices to time and money, and he’s ok with that), oversees the creation of community gardens to support local food banks struggling with food shortage, builds genuine rapport with locals and studies extensively about the housing crisis/liaisons with activists involved with the cause to finds solutions for the issue for the people of his jurisdiction. (A long time ago, he promised a kid—-a young Morgan Trayton/Megatron— on the other side of the fence that he wanted to be a cop to make the world a better place for everyone, and he hasn’t forgotten that kid or that promise)

Now, crime slowly but steadily goes down as kids have safe places to be, people are fed and housing initiatives are put into place, but what he’s doing is seen as out of his scope of duty (You sure you a cop?) and more importantly to the higher ups, he isn’t making the arrest quotas which means private cells aren’t being filled and less bodies are available for prison labour, which Sedgewick isn’t happy about.

“Boy, you know I like you, but the system works for a reason and you work for the system.”

They get into their first argument as mentor-apprentice when Sedgewick lets it slip that while he’s proud of the fact that Omar had managed to ‘tame’ the Dead End to some extent, the whole idea was to drive out/cage the undesirables and THEN develop the place, not fix it first and let undesirables leech off the goods when there’s big buyers out there looking for the first time to invest in property within this shithole.

You turned it around! That’s great! Now get with the rest of the program!

The cracks solidify when Omar shoots back that he was assigned to this district—not a system—-and he’s going to serve this district and its people, all of them regardless of class, until someone can prove wrongdoing on his behalf in any form, and if that means giving up on that promotion to Scotland Yard next to his mentor, so be it. 

Sedgewick can’t find any, Ronan/the local activists serve him a whole helping of loopholes to cover the initiatives they’d put into place, and this is the reason why Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime don’t get along in this universe, and  why Sentinel is all too happy to throw Optimus under the bus when he gains the ire of the Senate and fires him the moment a chance presents itself.

“So much wasted potential.”

"The fact that I'm at risk of seeing a *John Walker anti's opinion at any point during my day is a human rights violation"

For example:

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Wtf does any of this even mean? Telling people not to cosplay because of your twisted interpretation of a fictional character?

"He's not in any way removed from reality" >He's a fucking super soldier with a vibranium shield juiced up on a serum that enhances the human mind and body. Wtf are you actually talking about?

"There's no need to cosplay a guy who is fighting to maintain and uphold white supremacy" >WHERE??? Where do you see ANY of this?? Is it because the mean white man has the shield and the poor black man doesn't, even though the black man gave it up in the first place? Last time I checked, the only one who gave a damn about Lemar dying was John, Olivia and Lemar's family. Everyone else disregards him the SECOND he was no longer in frame.

It's more likely you live in reality with people like Sam and Bucky who are too stubborn to see common sense.

Also, since y'all are still mad at Nico dying...HE'S A SUPERSOLDIER, YOU CAN'T EXACTLY PUT THEM IN HANDCUFFS. IT'S EITHER WILLINGLY SURRENDER (which he did not do, and more than likely had no plans of doing) OR DEATH. It was seen as brutal only because blood finally found its way on the shield after years and years of Steve beating other criminals to death, but what other alternative was there? Fucking get over it already, Jesus.

It's clear some of you are letting your hatred of white men compromise your judgement. These kinds of opinions are just you telling everyone you are incapable of reacting and thinking for yourself, you'd literally be content if Marvel jingled a pair of keys in front of you.

Martial Arts Energy Breakdown

Every living being has two types of energy within them. The first is what is known as Ki. The physical energy. Ki is the remnants of the energy created in the Big Bang, and with special training, Ki can be burned to create micro scale big bangs, which vastly increases the power one is able to exert. Ki is primarily used for physical enhancement and direct energy attacks, though certain techniques can grant ki specialized properties, such as Ripple breathing granting one’s Ki the properties of sunlight. Ki can be shared with others.

The second form of energy is known as Reiryoku, the Energy of the Soul. Reiryoku is a reflection of one’s inner self, which on the one hand gives it a much wider variety of potential powers, but once an ability is developed, tends to be limited to that ability. A Martial Art known as Nen allows one to control the development of their spiritual abilities along certain lines, whereas less controlled methods can lead to the spontaneous manifestation of fully formed abilities, such as Stands. 

Beings who have eaten of a special fruit, as well as their descendants, have the ability to combine Ki and Reiryoku into a new form of Energy called Chakra, which combines the properties of both together.

Kaine and Silk talk about Father’s Day - Spider Man Unlimited

the favoritism of the creators can be traced very clearly, especially when it comes to the consequences of the actions of the characters. John executed a terrorist in a state of passion and was deprived of everything for this without proper procedures. Bucky and Sam were walking freely around the city with a particularly dangerous terrorist, who was deliberately dragged out of prison by Bucky, forcibly seized a shield from a government agent and staged a brawl in madripoor (and the fandom shouted that Bucky would definitely be punished to the fullest extent!! yeah, of course…), but they got absolutely nothing for it, as if it never happened.

I’m not saying that John shouldn’t have faced the consequences. I say that everyone faces them, except the main characters (sharon, john, karli and etc). you either make sure that everyone is responsible for their actions, or that no one is. seriously, it was just funny (and sad) to watch.