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#and then maria happened
98chao · 3 months
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cherbearsz · 3 months
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when shadow says to nine that "it was all about power", he says it like he's familiar with that motivation, like it was once shadow's goal as well, that he too had been reprimanded with the same accusation. and we know in the games that shadow has sought power! whether it be a "jewel containing the ultimate power", or destroying the earth, or black doom weaponizing his grief, confusion, and rage for conquest.
shadow's insistence on nine's villainy and his eagerness to be the one responsible for nine's defeat - all directed at a character he barely knows - switches from somewhat disproportionate to entirely justified when you realize shadow does in fact know nine, nearly as well as he knows himself. because nine IS shadow - a shadow without support, a shadow alone and discarded by everyone, a shadow whose maria came back only to dash his own hopes and dreams apart.
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what gets me about the shadow/maria dynamic is that it takes the trope of "weak helpless girl dies for a tragic plot device" and subverts it
Maria wasn't helpless in her fate. She did have a choice. Shadow would have been strong enough to protect them both (Where else could they even go? Would he need to hurt someone?) but instead she made a choice to protect Shadow.
Shadow's story isn't tragic because he failed to protect Maria and now spends the rest of his life tormented over it. Shadow's story is tragic because he is the strongest creature alive, but raw power isn't always enough, and his loving friend made a sacrifice to let him go hoping she was giving him a chance to learn compassion because she was strong!
Maria's purpose isn't that she's a weak little girl who dies. Maria's legacy is that she protects the strongest creature alive, and teaches it the strength of love.
Her character gives the moment purpose, not the other way around. Her willingness to die so he can go free, asking him to use his strength to protect the people of Earth, despite everything. It's her proof of love that gives Shadow's burden that kind of extreme weight. Shadow will live forever and with so much limitless power, would life be easy to discard without a second thought? Not Maria's. Not when she asked him to protect it. That weight will remind him, always.
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nounaarts · 26 days
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His farts smelled so bad
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anwn · 1 year
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shadow the hedgehog looks like that bc he was made to cater to the interests of a 12yo girl. hes a weapon of mass destruction but hes also her guardian and a little guy thats why hes so silly looking like an emo carebear. "shadow is a cartoon hedgehog bc hes based on ancient murals" my ass. if u were a preteen wouldnt u want to customize your personal care aide to be a cool looking anthro cartoony animal with stripes and eyeliner and spiky hair? yeah thats what i thought
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robertdowneyjjr · 6 months
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a soulmates au where your words only show up after you’ve met your soulmate. sort of like an insurance policy, you know, so you’re not left wondering whether every other person you meet is the one if your words are too generic.
in this universe, captain america has been recovered and active for several years now. he runs missions and saves the world with his ragtag team of superheroes formed by SHIELD. steve's become a celebrity, which he doesn't love, but it's something he learns to live with because that's life for public figures in the 21st century.
tony never became iron man because he walked away from his father's legacy the second he turned 18. he and howard are still working on their relationship, but maria couldn't be prouder and tells tony so everyday. he built his own company from the ground up and it's thriving under his leadership. he's only marginally famous these days and he tries his best to stay out of the limelight, guarding his private life as much as possible. that's how it's been for twenty years and he's happy.
they meet on a day when steve is tired, irritable and angry. he's just returned from a mission where two of his teammates were injured because of the faulty information they received. he goes out on a walk to let off some steam and he's just slipping his phone back into his pocket after rejecting fury's fifth call for a debrief when he slams right into tony.
tony was having a good day. he'd just sent out a new set of designs and decided to reward himself for it. he goes and gets himself a fresh, delicious, life-affirming cup of coffee and is just stepping out of the cafe with aforementioned cup when a walking brick wall comes out of nowhere.
good news is, tony had ordered a cold brew. once every few weeks that's just what he's in the mood for and it had been one of those days. bad news is, instead of drinking it he is now wearing it.
sticky and cold and more than a little shocked, tony barely has time to recover and figure out what happened when steve starts tearing into him.
“god damn it, watch where the fuck you’re going! that could have spilled all over me! idiot!” steve yells at tony. and on a normal day, he’d be apologetic and he’d never curse like this at a stranger. but he really didn’t need yet another thing to go wrong today and he’s on a short fuse.
maybe later, when he’s calmed down, he’ll think back on the cute man with the giant brown eyes staring at him in disbelief and start beating himself up over how he behaved.
at the moment, all tony can do is look at steve’s pristine white t-shirt that somehow has not a single drop of coffee on it, then look back down at his own chest. he has no words except, “wow. you’re a fucking asshole.” and he just turns around and walks away.
tony gets home and strips off for a rinse before he gets ready for his flight to london for a week of meetings. all the while he can’t help but think that angry blond man looked vaguely familiar and he can’t place where he knows him from. he doesn’t notice the new string of words tattooed down the side of his thigh until he’s in his hotel room half a day later.
meanwhile, steve gets home after his walk, after he’s checked on his teammates, after sitting with fury for three long hours to debrief, and finally washes the day off of him. before he gets into the shower, he notices something different about his reflection.
along his left bicep are the words, wow. you’re a fucking asshole.
he thinks back on the cute man with the big brown eyes and a chest full of coffee and wonders how in the hell he can fix this mess.
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fizzytoo · 4 months
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furnishing a cozy lesbian bar !
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themetallicnemesis · 9 months
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Some human versions :]
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sporesgalaxy · 4 days
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umineko posting jumpscare but for the record i would simply not be mean to maria ushiromiya ever even in the most scary witchy murdery circumstances because i get what it is like to be a creepy little girl. rip to the ushiromiyas but im different
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You guys ever think about Gerald messing with Shadow’s memories of Maria? How we have nothing other than Shadow’s memories of Maria to know her by. Do you think he changed more than her final wish? Was she really a force of pure good like she is in his memories? Were the blemishes smoothed over, the happy times emphasized just to make Shadow feel her loss all the more sharply? A girl who’s nothing more than a ghost constructed of memories we know are faulty.
Who was Maria?
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thelandswemadeofpaper · 2 months
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I had the weirdest and silly idea and I was a bit worried if I should share, but this is Tumblr so....
You know when some mothers playful say to their babies 'oh! You are so cute! I could just eat you!' and stuff like this?
Imagine if one of the original Olympians (Kronos's kids)'s lover said it?
The Olympian in question:
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Probally Maria since they had a second kid, so they have a longer relationship and most likely interacted with the kids as babies/toddlers
Maria: I wasn't serious, Hades! It was just baby-talk!
Hades, holding little Nico after snatching him off her arms: WHO JOKES ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING?
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trash-can-sam · 4 months
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Utopians
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brightnote · 8 months
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All of the great Maria Hill moments in Secret Invasion
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this bestie hug scene 
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this scene where she realizes her demise is imminent because she just saw agent ross die turn into a skrull in front of her and knows she’s gonna be a goner no matter what but also the hair. 
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this scene where she gets to explain the plot of the episode to the audience so we understand what is going on and why we should care while rocking this v-neck and gay stud earrings.
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additional v-neck appreciation
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this scene where she grabbed her arm and rocked the v-neck again and also has A+ hair.
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this scene where we got a great shot of this hair again
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this scene where she ate one piece of barely popped popcorn, confirming to us that she is a human and not a robot i guess also Nick lmao you can’t make popcorn just for yourself dude. also i just noticed that this is an extension of Maria’s red/white & blue color scheme here! 
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this quick shot where she is smiling at Nick getting out of the SUV aka her house I assume since she is basically always getting in or out of SUVS???
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this scene where she gets to leave her SUV house because she noticed a short person and was immediately like a short person in a tv show? that’s SUS! 
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this scene where she walked outside, i loved this, she looks great outside walking, i would love more scenes where Maria walks outside alive.
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this shot where her hair was fucking perfect 
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this last moment of perfect hair before G’iah fucking wrecks it
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this moment when she was like, how dare you be a short person, you better not mess up my hair in this poorly lit tunnel we are about to have a hairography fight in!!! 
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this moment where she legit held her own for a moment in a poorly lit tunnel that was not that way just to hide stunt doubles against G’iah in this hairography fight... (Also apparently, just being a skrull G’iah has super strength so it’s amazing that Maria Hill didn’t die in this encounter, also why wouldn’t G’iah just kill her, she’s about to be fine with killing 2000 people in a bombing?) NGL I made fun of this scene a lot the camera work is horrible and it’s so awkward and it makes no sense. 
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this scene where she sat the gayest way possible in A RUSSIAN DIVE BAR
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then this scene where she changed to her only other article of clothing, a second gray hoodie like a mom in a 2012 yogurt commercial.
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and finally, when Nick brought back those infrared glasses from space that he just happened to have like he knew they were gonna need them ahead of time and then acting like they are essential for some reason to this very dumb and terrible plan. But NGL they did look gay and cute as hell. 
I refuse to look at any screen caps further into Operation Glasses 
(( Also, I was just thinking about how even if she did survive being shot that dirty bomb radiation would have gotten her, right? Also, why did the dirty bombs not affect real Fury? Surprise another plot hole. ))
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lovedeltaa · 9 months
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little dump of an au me and my friend have been working on, in which everyone's life is awful
it's not fully fleshed out at all but here's a summary of tails specifically..... if anyone cares.....
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doctordoombignaturals · 5 months
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a santana with the color palette of my favorite santana album :]
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the album in question under the cut 💯
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it's crunchy as fuck LMAO I just screenshotted it from spotify
also the palette I made if you want to use it I guess lol
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lowpolyshadow · 1 month
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please for your consideration: maria, F1, sounds of crying palette
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whoa what
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