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Serious question: does anyone else ever say it besides syd and Mikey on the show?

Listen, Carmy thought this might be nice on the line, but he wanted me to run it by you in case, maybe you though it was too intense?

No, I-I think it's nice.

[inspo.]

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To be honest I feel like it could go either way. While I do see the possibilities in the narrative, I don’t think I can completely negate how the creators/actors have reacted to them in the media. Add to the fact, that this is a critically acclaimed show and unfortunately the attitude these shows have had towards popular ships have been less than desirable (ie Ted Lasso) as of late.

Having said that, there are key differences in the Ted Lasso narrative and this one. As in, the writing didn’t overtly hint at anything happening between Ted/Rebecca. Whereas the narrative in season 2 is more obviously hinting at a romantic something between Syd and Carmy. I think best case scenario, I see the show acknowledging the romantic undertones between the two, but not fulfilled. This is also me keeping my expectations low bc I’ve been burned too many times recently.

Don't hate me for asking, but...

I've seen some shippers say they ship Carmy x Sydney but don't think they will end up together. I'm just curious why. I'm not asking to be argumentative I really am just curious.

I want them together and can see it happening. They also may not do it. My problem if they don't is what would the narrative purpose be. there is so much being built up around them metaphorically and so much foreshadowing that if the endgame is them not together what would have been the purpose, especially for Carmy as the lead character? She's everything to him.

I've played devil's advocate and wondered if maybe she isn't into him the same way. But this really is me trying to understand the possibility of another perspective or outcome. It's my way of not getting my hopes up to much. But do I actually think it's true? No. I think he's deeper in love but I do think she likes him.

But I would love to hear any theories from people who ship them (no antis who like to lurk in our tags, please) but don't see them HEA. Why not and what would it bring to the story from the writer's perspective.

And please do not attack me for asking (is prepared to hide).

#thots

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DID YOU SEE THE REBOOT TRAILER????

the WHAT

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This pretty much puts into words my feelings on this. There’s a reason why Sharon is a skrull is a very very popular theory going around and it’s not because most people care about how dirty she’s been done. If the average mcu stan, most of whom are indifferent to Sharon at BEST, can recognize that she’s probably a skrull because being the power broker doesn’t make any sense for her character and she seems off, then that pretty shows how bad the writing for her truly is and tells me the writers did not care enough about Sharon to give her a believable twist. Also other ‘villain-like characters’ be it Agatha, John Walker, or even Karli all have never been introduced in the MCU before and for each character you still somewhat get their motivations as to why they do the things they do. 

Sharon is a previously KNOWN character in the MCU, someone who has been shown to have a moral compass even in the little glimpses we’ve gotten of her. You would think that turning a previously morally upstanding character into an outright villain would warrant some actual written development. The fact that they showed none of this kind of tells me they don’t really have a set plan for this character at all and are just throwing a bunch of darts at the wall to see what sticks. 

Okay I know I’ve talked alot about how I dislike where they are taking Sharon as a character. But I also want to talk about earned twists, which can be satisfying even if they are predictable.  

Let’s take Agatha Harkness as our example of an earned and satisfying plot-twist/reveal even if it was predicable. Agatha’s arc was well received even if the majority of the audience had been speculating that ‘Agnes’ was in fact Agatha Harkness from before the show even aired.

The reveal, and her character arc felt earned and satisfied the majority of viewers. This was in my opinion because Agatha’s twist wasn’t just about shock value, it severed as an integral part of the plot.

Agatha also got flashbacks, development and screen time, none of which took away from Wanda or Vision, or even Monica. All this meant that when Agatha was revealed as having been behind most of what was going wrong ‘all along’ it felt earned, and satisfying even if you guessed she was Agatha Harkness from the get go.

This is my biggest issue with Sharon being revealed as the Power Broker, it didn’t feel earned or satisfying- maybe the writers were right and it was a natural progression for the character too bad they didn’t show or tell us this.

If a writer has to come out after a show has aired and defend a decision like this, it’s usually because it wasn’t well executed.

Let’s face it people clocked she was the Power Broker from the moment she first appeared in the episode entitled literally Power Broker. I mean really?

But like I said above, we knew Agnes was going to be Agatha Harkness. The problem wasn’t that it was predicable. It was that the writers didn’t earn this plot twist.

We didn’t get development, we didn’t get the scenes, and we didn’t get flashbacks. I mean honestly what more do we know about Sharon now, then we did in the previous movies? She’s been in Madripoor and she’s disillusioned with the government…. That’s it.

This is the issue with doing a twist like this with a one-dimensional character, but not bothering to actually develop that character in order to make the twist feel satisfying for the viewer.

Marvel tends to have a tell, don’t show attitude. But in this case it’s a don’t show, or tell…. Say it afterwards in interviews.

If we had gotten one flashback scene of Sharon, either becoming the Power Broker, her alone on the run after Civil War, her coming back after being snapped, or her not being snapped and why she didn’t reach out to Steve.

Or hell, even an emotional scene with Sam alone where we got to learn more about her character, and her motivations. Literally that was all that was needed.

Developing Sharon would not have taken away from Sam and Bucky, there was time. My issue was the show attempted to do too much, and as a result this is what happened. Unpopular opinion, but they should have scaled by Zemo (I loved him and Daniel) but Sharon should have been given more importance if they were going to do this plot twist, go down this road.

Although this stems from the treatment of female characters in the MCU and how they tend to take a back seat even to the literally Nazi character.

So yes, this twist wasn’t satisfying or earned, it was just thrown in there. Tbh it didn’t matter that much or even at all to the over arching plot, it felt like something thrown in at the last second for shock value and that’s why it doesn’t land. Seriously, take out the Power Broker, and tell me the show would suffer, because it wouldn’t.

In conclusion, the twist doesn’t work, not because it’s predicable it’s because it wasn’t earned by the writers, they wanted it for shock value but didn’t want to put in the work. Kinda the story of how Sharon has been written from the start if I’m being honest.

#sharon carter #also super ironic peeps were guessing she's the power broker #only for them to say she's now a skrull

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THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED FOR SHARON, FOUND FAMILY VIBES. I’m sad now

If you don’t think Sam and Bucky love Sharon, then you’re wrong~

#this makes me so upset #we could've had it all #sharon carter

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I thought I was done ranting, but I’m not. It make it even more frustrating because they played sam and bucky’s characterizations so beautifully. Why can’t sharon get the same treatment??? Instead she gets saddled with an unbelievable villain plot line that makes zero sense whatsoever and has no development. This is literally no different than the kind of story line she got saddled with in TWS and Civil War, and it makes me so upset because I really thought she was finally going to get her due this time. 

Lmaooo wut???

All I literally asked for was sharon, the most prominent female character in captain america mythos, to get some personal character development, and have found family scenes with sam and bucky. LITERALLY ALL I ASKED FOR 

#sharon carter #i'm gonna go watch something happy now #the mcu really hates sharon

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Lmaooo wut???

All I literally asked for was sharon, the most prominent female character in captain america mythos, to get some personal character development, and have found family scenes with sam and bucky. LITERALLY ALL I ASKED FOR 

#and marvel went nah lets make her a villain #sharon carter

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Ralph & Russo Fall 2016 Couture- Shoes

#super preetttyyy

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#lmaooo

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Beverley Elliott @thereelbeverley Happy people #OnceUponATime @colinodonoghue1 @jenmorrisonlive (x)

#LOOK AT MY BABIES!!!

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Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

#so important

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#HE DID THAT [x]

#stranger things cast #his face after tho

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>>Upping the Ante

That’s not what football’s all about. You wanna fly solo, you go run track. You know, sometimes we take this so serious we lose track of exactly why it is we love this damn game so much. Why it is we play this game.

#honestly one of my favorite scenes #fnl

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#her laugh in the last gif #lmao #fnl #precious

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Connie Britton on Craig Ferguson (19/09/2013)

#oh my God #her HAIR IS UNBELIEVABLY GORGEOUS

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#lmao #Tami calling out the mansplaining apology

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“For five seasons, fans never feared that Eric and Tami would call it quits. The Taylors were solid. No matter what life threw at these two, they tackled it like they were Tim Riggins leading Smash Williams down the field at State. Tami and Eric — much like Texas — were forever.”

The Greatest TV Couple of All Time? EW Staff Pick: Coach and Tami  (via miss-rumphius)

#true #They're a brath of fresh air #ppl grossly underestimate how entertaining a stable couple can be #and by ppl #I mean writers