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"She's one of a kind now."

"She always was."

I re-watched Pacific Rim a few months ago and it has had me in a chokehold ever since😗

#pacific rim #mako mori #The one and only #my art #It is very sad that we never had a sequel 😞

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Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. <3

It's very kind of you consider me so 🥹❤️(because I'm almost always in ghost mode 😅)

I'm going to go with my phone's automatic "all-time favorites" list so it could be pretty random:

Time What is Time - Blind Guardian

Running up that Hill - Kate Bush

Я видел свет - Сергей Лазарев

Message in a Bottle - The Police

Pan - Nightwish

(The result was not so crazy, except for the outsider in the middle lol)

#Sorry for my late response T.T #Now I'll see who else to send this to that hasn't already done it #music

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To anyone who believes fairy tale romances never happen in real life, may I remind you that JRR and Edith Tolkien met and experienced a forbidden love in their youth, and then were separated for five whole years because of his guardian’s rules that he could not date till he was 21, and she got engaged to someone else only because she assumed he’d forgotten her and lost hope that she could ever be with him, but then on his 21st birthday, he wrote her a letter saying he still loved her and wanted to marry her, she responded basically saying ‘if I’d known you hadn’t left me on the shelf, I would never have said yes to anyone else,’ then a week later she greeted him at the train station and then immediately dumped her fiancé, and they got married and she converted to his religion and danced for him in a flowering field far away from the trenches into which he was drafted, which left such an impression that he crafted an entire story about the most beautiful maiden in the world who danced in the woods and made enormous sacrifices to be with the man she loved, and they had four kids and remained faithful to each other and blissfully grew old together and their gravestones are now marked with the names of that same fictional couple that he created, who broke every rule and overcame every possible obstacle to be together and get a happy ending, who only did all that because he based it all on their own real love story.

#tolkien #screaming crying throwing myself against a wall #i want what they have #forever one of my favorites

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Black Widow, Winter Soldier, and WinterWidow reading list

I made this list for another post, but I thought I'd put it here too.

Black Widow (1999) by Devin Grayson - Natasha's first solo. It's only three issues, and it's the start of modern Black Widow. It introduces important aspects of her character, like the Red Room. Yelena is introduced for the first time.

Black Widow (2001) by Devin Grayson - Another three-issue comic, which I thought was a fun read. It's a Natasha, Yelena, and Matt team-up comic. It's a part of Marvel Knights, which told more mature and darker stories so I have a soft spot for the 1999 and 2001 runs for this reason.

Black Widow: Pale Little Spider (2002) by Greg Rucka - Another three-issue comic. While not focused on Natasha, it's a Yelena solo. It's part of the Max comics line, which was an attempt to tell adult-only stories, and it definitely shows because Yelena visits a bondage sex club. A very important comic for Yelena.

Black Widow: Homecoming (2004) by Richard K. Morgan - I think this comic was extremely influential for modern Black Widow. A lot of her mythos originated from this comic. The movie took a lot of inspiration from this comic as well, like the pheremones thing.

Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her (2005) by Richard K. Morgan - This one is decent. It's not entirely important, but I think it's worth a read. A classic Black Widow story where Natasha is on the run and doesn't know who to trust. While it's overdone at this point, I think this was the first comic to portray it. Yelena and Matt show up in this one too.

Captain America (2005) by Ed Brubaker - VERY IMPORTANT. Bucky is reintroduced as the Winter Soldier and shows up in #1. While it's long, every issue is worth it. Natasha doesn't show up until #27, but #27-#50 is peak buckynat. This run is one of my fav comics of all time.

New Avengers #48-64, Annual #3, Finale (2005) by Brian Michael Bendis - Natasha isn't super important in this, and she barely shows up, but Bucky shows up frequently. I wouldn't say it's entirely important, but it's during Bucky's time as Captain America, and when he interacts with the Avengers, so I recommend it just for that. Also, I'm a little biased because New Avengers (2005) is probably my favorite comic ever.

Black Widow (2010) by Marjorie Liu - The best Black Widow story ever written. I don't think anyone has disliked it. 10/10, I always love to reread it.

Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2010) by Paul Cornell - A miniseries about Natasha's origin. Not entirely important, but it's a solid Black Widow story. Appearances from Bucky and Wolverine.

Captain America #600-619 by Ed Brubaker - Again, it's very important for both Bucky and Natasha. It's a continuation of Captain America (2005).

Captain America & Bucky #620-624 (2011) by Ed Brubaker - Pretty important. It's a retelling of Bucky's life. #624 is all about buckynat and how they met. A lot of iconic buckynat content that the fandom gushes over is in it.

Widowmaker (2011) - Not super important and Bucky isn't in it. A fun team-up story about Clint and Natasha with Bobbi. I enjoyed reading it.

Winter Soldier (2012) by Ed Brubaker - I cannot tell you how much I love this comic. It's the best Bucky's ever been written and I don't think anyone will disagree when I say that no one has ever understood Bucky like Ed Brubaker. Extremely important for buckynat.

Winter Soldier: The Bitter March (2014) by Rick Remender - I'm not going to lie; I don't really remember much from this comic, but I know people like it.

Black Widow (2014) by Phil Noto & Nathan Edmondson - Another popular comic for Natasha. It's probably my second favorite Black Widow comic after Liu's. Another Black Widow is on the run story, but Liho is introduced in this! Bucky is in #8, 15, 17-18. A must read.

Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014) by Ales Kot - This isn't my favorite, but the art is absolutely beautiful. I don't think it's essential. Natasha is not in this.

Black Widow (2016) by Mark Waid - I enjoyed reading this comic. I'd rank it third after Liu and Noto. Bucky is in #9-10. Essential Black Widow comic.

Tales of Suspense #100-104 by Matthew Rosenberg - A Winter Soldier and Hawkeye team-up where they look for Natasha after she was killed by Hydra Cap in Secret Empire (no need to read it; SE is trash). A fandom favorite, and I absolutely love it. Winterhawk exploded in popularity after this run.

Winter Soldier (2018) by Kyle Higgins - Natasha does not show up in this, but it's very important for Bucky. It's a short five-issue miniseries, and it's probably the best Bucky has been written since Brubaker.

Black Widow (2019) by Jen and Sylvia Soska - It's a miniseries, and it's a fairly dark one. Natasha is back from the dead, and she's PISSED. Bucky doesn't show up in this one, but Steve does, and it's after her murder at Hydra Cap's hands.

Web of Black Widow (2019) by Jody Houser - Another Natasha miniseries where she's on the run and her friends are worried about her. Bucky shows up in #2 and #5.

Falcon and Winter Soldier (2020) by Derek Landy - A fun team-up comic with Sam and Bucky. Natasha doesn't show up. Not essential.

Black Widow (2020) by Kelly Thompson - It's...not great. Many people have already talked about what they didn't like, so I won't go over it, but it has some fantastic buckynat moments. However, I will say that I really love Natasha, Yelena, Clint, and Bucky teaming up in this comic. That group together is highly entertaining. It doesn't seem like anything from this comic will be paid attention to in the future, but I would still read it.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (2022) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Really trash. I didn’t like this at all. Bucky isn't written well, and I think Natasha shows up like twice. Skip.

Captain America: Cold War (2023) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Another trash event. Skip.

Thunderbolts (2023) by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly - Buckynat FINALLY get back together after they broke up in Winter Soldier (2012). A boring comic otherwise.

#He did a very good job of handling the aftermath of what happened after the widow hunt imo #which I think is an achievement because up to that point the only one who had written Bucky until then was Brubaker #and I don't think he mischaracterized Bucky at any point #justice for the electric ghost

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A friend of mine asked me about 4 live-action crushes that I still have to this day...

And my answer was this

She was completely silent for about 30s and then just chuckled 😭😭😭

I'm still trying to figure out why because there are so many possibilities tbh 🤣

(It's been years since I've done a portrait, I should stick with them, at least in doodles like this one lmao)

#my art #doodle #Yes they're my forever crushes #Really there are multiple reasons for her to laugh at me #just messing around #I should start to just doodling more instead of made everything stylized #Just like in my notebooks or any piece of paper

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You know, it's nice to see that I'm not the only one who felt... uneasy(?) about Buckynat getting back together after a decade 🙃

I mean I'm glad, the war is over (permanently I hope FGS), it's been so long but I DON'T LIKE THAT IT WAS WITH THOSE WRITERS and all the circumstances were... Weird and out of the blue? A bit sudden because in Cold War nothing relevant happened... And in Thunderbolts most of the same imo.

I mean why JUST NOW Nat finally decided to go back to him? I want to know her motivations, her thoughts, she's been through so much since The Widow Hunt and yet we don't really know what she thinks about it all.

And apparently those writers are going to write more stuff about them(?)

Look, I would love for an ongoing (I'm a bit tired of minis) for either Bucky or Nat or both separately, with recurring appearances of them in each other's run, appearing at crucial moments, as a cameo or a mention, so that they can be their own characters and not have to be tied to each other, and the reason I wouldn't want a run of the two of them together is because I think there are really very few writers who could handle them both well at the same time.

And I get the impression that if what it turns out those writers are hinting at is a Nat AND Bucky comic, they will end up using her as just a romantic interest and I don't like it at all.

I think I've already commented that I haven't liked how they've written Bucky since Devil's Reign, which happened 2 years ago and so far they haven't given me a reason to change my opinion, if they haven't been able to give a good writing to Bucky which is supposed to have been their main character, most likely they'll end up doing something worse with Nat 😭😭😭

It's as if we can never take a break 😂😭🫠

Well, I just wanted to get this off my chest to see if I could finally calm down a bit LMAO

I can only continue to pray for the miracle of Marjorie Liu writing them both because she is my personal favorite and one of the few I think can put them in a good place 🫡

#buckynat #marvel 616 #Just the thought of what might happen in the future has me on edge #At least the nonsense of V3ntolin being his true love is no longer true #That came out of nowhere as did many things in that comic book #Like the Bucky from another universe manipulating our Bucky so he wouldn't kill her? I mean WTF that was very OoC #I think that's enough rant for today lol #my thoughts

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feral child!Bucky is my fave

#bucky barnes #marvel 616 #THIS IS TOO ACCURATE LMAO #the sound I made was insane

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honestly

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#I'm here and I don't like it lol #meme

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Omg I just realized I already have like 3 drafts about why I don't like what the MCU has done to my favs LMAO

Someday I'll post them I guess, so everyone can shit on me or something idk 🤔

#my thoughts #mcu #It's funny how consistent the ideas have been #I could organize them now that I think about it

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It is true that issue came out on May 20th BUT the reason we know that Bucky was born in MARCH is because the month is specified in the same issue in one of the many flashbacks featured 🤓☝️

AFAIK the specific day it has never been mentioned until today so many of the fans have taken the 20th for the publication date.

I hope this has helped to clarify the matter a bit 😊

Okay okay okay…. So apparently Buckys birthday isn’t actually March 10th but it’s today March 20th?!?? Where the heck did I miss that??! I’ve been going crazy for the past 2 hours trying to find that resource?!?

Someone help 😭😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻

#bucky barnes #winter soldier #james buchanan barnes #marvel 616 #Trying to find out the birthday of a comic book character can be very entertaining #It would be nice if Brubaker could tell us the exact day and make it official

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I found it funny that Nat still has that weird symbiote and Bucky keeps using that creepy arm...

And they're kinda together again

They are definitely soulmates /made for each other/ the one and only because who else could stand all that... weirdness xD

#buckynat #winterwidow #marvel 616 #my thoughts #ramblings more than anything tbh #make it official that they're together again pls

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Oh, what a tragedy!!!

Now Nat will have to invite him to live with her as compensation! 😤

Natasha trashing Bucky’s apartment

and bedroom…

#buckynat #comics #This was definitely a cunning plan and no one can change my mind #It works for either of them #If they both secretly wanted something like this to happen better #🤭

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Women of Marvel #1 (2024): "The Favor"

Well, it's certainly interesting, the Symbiote is shipping them (kinda) and it's like the Jiminy Cricket for Nat 😂

Edit: sorry forgot to clarify that this was a thought that crossed my mind at the time. Still it's just as funny that Nat has to remind herself that she loves that man omg🤣 😭

I love when Nat call him James, we are getting back to being a proper country.

And I'm gonna pretend this has a double meaning ifykyk 🤭

#black widow #natasha romanoff #bucky barnes #winterwidow #buckynat #marvel 616 #Women of Marvel #I cant believe what I just read #It's soo funny omg

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Winter is not over yet, I've had time

#buckynat #winterwidow #i love your style soo much

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Which Marvel female character do you think is best suited to be Steve's girlfriend?

Sharon Carter, based on the comics. （╹◡╹）♡

It’s actually infuriating, how they were hinting at this, only to ‘forget about it’. They shouldn’t have had them kissing in civil war. Because in the end they had nothing to do with each other after civil war, and knowing this, I cringe whenever I rewatch civil war.

SINCE THE MCU WERE INDICATING THIS ROUTE, WE COULD HAVE HAD THIS. BUT NOOO … Sharon became a pointless love interest, probably just to deflect from the bromance going on between Steve and Bucky …

You can’t tell me this isn’t cute. (￣▽￣) This is tooth rotting sweet and yet … they wasted it. Such a shame.

#sharon carter #my girl deserves better in the MCU #Emily Vancamp deserves better too #never forget #never forgive

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can we talk about how James always reaches for Natalia

 when they are both in danger and about to die?

and how in Steve’s alternative future James’s dead body is covering her?

#buckynat #winterwidow #He is always protecting her even though he knows she doesn't need him 🥹 #god bless this man #THE LAST PANEL OMG #i want to kms #aaaaaaahhhhhh #😭