Hi, Netflix. I Am Afraid.

I wanna talk about something that I have not stopped thinking about for weeks and yet I haven’t seen a single soul mention it.

I know I implied before that the Winter Soldier outfit was designed solely for looks and not function, but that’s not completely true. Parts of it certainly do have some actual function, namely holding as many weapons as humanly possible. 

With that in mind, I want to bring your attention to the iconic chest strap/harness. On the original CATWS outfit, this harness is designed to carry a gun on his back (specifically a Skorpion vz 61).

Now let’s look at the “Winter Soldier” outfit that Zemo gives Bucky in TFATWS. It includes a very similar chest harness, yet what’s on the back? Nothing. It literally serves no practical purpose. There’s not even a place to carry a gun if he wanted. So… why? What’s the point of him wearing it at all?

This time the harness is purely symbolic. It’s there to evoke the image of the original outfit – to let people know “this is the Winter Soldier”. As confirmed by the scenes in Madripoor, it seems to be widely known that the Winter Soldier is not a free agent but an attack dog who will follow his master’s every order. Therefore, this harness was explicitly designed and worn to suggest (through its strong visual association with the Winter Soldier) that he is, once again, OWNED and COMMANDED by someone.

Basically what I’m saying is Zemo dressed him up with the equivalent of a fucking collar.

physically i’m here, mentally i’m in the arms of a fictional character

Waiting for Season 2 of The Witcher like:

I just want to apologize to all of the fic writers

… whose stories I was interrupted reading sooo many times that I lost the thread, or lost momentum, or just straight-up lost the tab and never got to the end of what was probably a damn good story.

It happens more than I like to admit.

I want to apologize to the writers whose story I read and enjoyed, but it was just too late, or I was too cranky, too overwhelmed, or simply too lazy, and I never wrote a comment, made a bookmark, or shared it with my friends.

There are a lot of those, too.

I want to apologize to the fic writers whose stories I never finished (or started) because of an inadequate summary, or grammar, or formatting.  There are reasons for all those things, but sometimes I am impatient, or lazy, or judgmental, and I probably miss out on a lot of good things.

You work so hard.  I KNOW how hard it is to have an idea and write it down and see it through to the very end while meanwhile Life rains down on you.  And I always feel bad when I don’t give you the kudos and recognition you deserve.

It is such a small thing to say thank you, but sometimes I don’t.

funniest thing I’ve seen today

Credit to the owner

Listen. Am I scared that putting Venom in the MCU could water down the character and his relationship with Eddie? Yes. Do I wake up in cold sweat occasionally, thinking about Venom becoming Disney's 57th First Openly Gay Character? Absolutely.

But one thing gives me hope and it's the fact that they would need to put a shock collar on Tom Hardy to make him play Eddie Brock as straight for even a single second. Joke's on them, he's probably into that shit.

I’m watching Merlin again and it really does play out like a fanfic doesn’t it. Enemies to lovers slow burn servant and master magic au. Poor kid falls in love for rich CEO’s jerk of a son and makes him a better person. Uther’s just like: yes you saved my son, to repay you you shall now be his servant. I mean, what kind of setup is that???

reblog if you've ever read fanfiction from a fandom you're not a part of or for a show/movie you've never seen