#before infinity war

[marvelgifs]

Steve’s mid-battle chats

#marveledit #steverogersedit #captainamericaedit #filmgifs #filmedit #moviedit #thoredit #spidermanedit #evansedit #captain america: civil war #avengers: infinity war #gifs #* #cacw* #aiw* #by gracie #if you've seen me made this gifset before no u didn't ;)

[cleabellanov]

Jet-Skiing through Identity: a deep dive into Mobius M. Mobius (part 1) 🚤

The story started when you said hello.

Our first interaction with this character dates back almost three years now, on the 9th of June 2021. That was when the first episode of the Loki series was released.

So it goes: we see Mobius at the guiding side character, someone to follow in this vast new space the main character is suddenly thrown in. He is a calm, steady figure. However, his serious status as an analyst not cancelling a friendly character. The first ever shot in the series introduces Mobius under the sunlight. The following scenes show him speaking French to a little girl, proving a soothing behavior despite the tight situation they were in.

For someone who works at the TVA, he shows to be quite open minded. He, of course, has a very analytical mind - while still considerating he could think outside the box, whereas other of his colleagues wouldn't accept that a box exists. Even having studied variants, having a focus point is Loki, and knowing the danger it would bring to have to trust one, he still gives this variant a chance. More than that, he takes full responsability for it: when Ravonna says: "If anything goes sideways, it's on you" he responds with a relaxed "Okay".

The first impression Mobius leaves is, therefore, one of a relaxed, almost joyful one.

Although meant to be playful, his response to Loki's threat to "burn this place to the ground" with a flippant "I'll show you my office, you can start there" hints at a potential underlying dissatisfaction with his own situation within the TVA.

But that's not all, and when the easygoing dialogue doesn't work to get under Loki's skin (which couldn't have happened so easily anyway) we get to see where studying variants brought Mobius: to knowing how to manipulate through emotions, using the information at his hands. The only way to get Loki talking was to shatter the illusion he was maintaining, and Mobius knew that. Being able to see this variant for what they truly are proves his smartness, but "lack" of empathy. However, it is more of a block than a lack- for the sake of efficiency- as a consequence of not only working, but living your entire life in the TVA. As a consequence to this, great strenght is also required to keep your true nature instead of just letting it be erased by time and the utter dedication to the time keepers- the only beings allowed to tell right from wrong. Mobius proves that strenght too.

Then, in the second episode of the series, the frame narrows down: from the big scheme to a lower one. Now, a more comfortable theme seems to be growing in the atmosphere between these two characters. We can see Loki sitting with his feet on a desk, magazine in hand, having a small quarrel with Miss Minutes. This is when we find out that Mobius still has more to introduce about himself. There is something that gets him closer to the viewers: having a personal interest with no specific corrrelation with the rest of the story: jet skis.

Going on the first mission of finding the rogue Loki variant (Sylvie, as she is later called) Mobius doesn't let himself be fooled away by Loki's silver tongue, even if in attempt to give him the chance he brought him in for, he almost gets into his play. "You almost had me for a second. My ears are sharp too" Therefore, this character with a first impression of a calm guide and a comic relief isn't to be underestimated. Just because he believes in his cause (collaborating with Loki to fin his variant) it doesn't make him a fool. -> If you have to courage to believe in something impossible, you also have the strength to make it possible.

There is also a soft jelaousy in his character; and seen not only in his attitude towards Loki finding an ally in Sylvie. It's there when talking to Ravonna Renslayer about "other analysts", and the traces left by them in her office.

This might appear as a personal pride, when for Mobius, it is more like a fear: he's afraid of being abandoned or replaced. (Remember the "Who's gonna miss an old analyst with a heart of gold" from season 2?) This internalized feeling therefore translates to the jelaousy we see on screen (or the blocking of emotions once again, but we'll get to that later).

Ravonna's "I know you have a soft spot for broken things" reveales how this character always cared, maybe more than he should have. This desire to help Loki get better (spoiler: he succeeds) is rooted in his own heart, in need of the same care he is giving away. -> Look at you comforting others with the words you wish to hear.

It also grows quickly into something more, that strictly has to do with this variant, a sympathy that is not put into words, but is seen in actions.

He once again proves to be gentle with Loki, despite the latest mission not going the way he was supposed to. He's stubborn, still wanting to go his way even when there are so many others: safer, and that conform to the TVA. He wants to give Loki his daggers back (LOVE IS A DAGGER WHO?!?), clear proof that he is confident in what he is doing. While the potential consequences outweigh his previous actions , Mobius's determination stays the same.

The one unforeseen factor that disrupts his meticulously ordered plan is Loki's escape through the time door after Sylvie bombed the sacred timeline. For the first time, we see Mobius's cool crack, his frantic calls of "Loki!" echoing in vain.

#please tell me if I did any mistakes English is not my first language :) #if you liked this reblog so it can reach more people? #part 1: episodes 1-3 #mobius m mobius #loki #loki friggason #TVA #tvarchive #infinity stones #multiverse saga #infinity war #loki series #character analysis #but make it my personal one because i know this has probably been done before #tom hiddleston #owen wilson #mobius #lokius #tumblr writers

[rednevalbones]

In Disney Infinity 3.0, there are teeny tiny little quests surrounding adorable Jedi padawans all over the few planets that are available in this game. This one, padawan Capo (weird name if you ask me but okay), is on Geonosis and has loST THEIR TOY!! So the great Sith Lord, Maul of Dathomir, comes to the rescue...

Now, I've drawn this some time ago and I SWEAR TO THE FORCE, that time it was a completely different toy 😂😂 But yeah of course Maul gets it for them 🥰

Deep, deep inside... he is just a nice guy, ya know?

#i wanted to share this drawing for such a long timeeeeee #but i needed CONTEXT #and couldn't find the goddamn Jedi scum! 😂 #but it's here now #I've said it before and I'll say it again: Disney Infinity 3.0 walked so LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga could run #i kid you not this game is so fun #Sam Witwer is amazing as Maul #but we already knew that #digital drawing #sw fanart #darth maul #maul opress #jedi padawan #disney infinity #star wars #star wars games #fanart #i love maul #he needs a hug #so many hashtags #my art i guess

[hoffmanstits-enjoyer]

I found myself confused about a little thing: if Stephen took a look at an enormous amount of possibilities for them to defeat Thanos and he only found one solution, but in MoM we get to see an alternate reality in which they managed to defeat Thanos with the power of the Darkhold— does that mean that there were more paths he could've taken that would lead to success but he didn't find them while searching intuitively for the variables?

Did he just never consider the Darkhold a viable way to win? The Dr. Stephen Strange? The same guy that later was proven to go at any length to resolve issues, INCLUDING USING THE DARKHOLD?!

I also simply cannot believe in the bullshit one of the Stephens said about never finding a single alternative timeline in which he's happy— that makes no fucking sense, because if the movie defines his happiness as Christine then a very important moment to his life would be either chosing her or pushing her away(the specific moment could be argued over; perhaps after the hand surgery and before Kamar Taj?) and the multiverse works so that there has to be at least one ramification out there in which he chose her at the right time. Which makes me think that the Darkhold simply didn't show him those timelines— feeding him the 'truth' that Stephen Strange isn't capable of having a happy ending, the same way I think the Darkhold only showed Wanda the timelines in which she got her children to evoke her wrath over the unfairness of her timeline being the 'only one' in which she has no one.

All i'm saying is that the MCU sucks at explaining the Mystic Arts and the Multiverse.

(Unless i'm missing added information from series like Loki or Agents of SHIELD, which i didn't watch so I wouldn't have any idea... but the basic idea of a multiverse to be infinite and cover every single deviation so?)

#marvel mcu #multiverse of madness #stephen strange #infinity war #i'm genuinely dumbfounded at this possible plothole #i'm sure people have discussed this before #but i just recently watched the movie #and this has been plaguing my mind #wanda maximoff

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

so hard and lonely to be one of like five people in the entire world to see the truth (iron man 2 is a better movie than infinity war)

#why have i been thinking about this? #idk. consuming marvel content gets me through Many Tasks. but i do that a lot often so idk why this has been on my mind #but it has been. and it's true. i'm right. #i also feel like i maybe (unbelievably) am growing to appreciate iron man 2 even more #because it's a movie about a guy coping with stress by going apeshit on the self destruct button for his own life #which is awesome and relatable and more interesting than they will ever let anyone not named tony stark be... #anyway. i also just can't believe how pro infinity war people are #like even people who can talk normally about other movies and who don't think every mcu product is great before even seeing it #talk about infinity war like it not only was good but was a movie. like a real movie the way movies are movies #like people who i KNOW have seen other movies act like this #like we have to believe it to be an achievement because they put all the guys in it #no!!!!! no A's for effort!!!!!

[manda-kat]

Watching the second Aquaman movie with my mom: Lol, is Global Warming going to be the big bad?

Only a few minutes later: ... They're actually making Global Warming the big bad.

#how original #a movie about ocean people with an enviornmentalist message #also- the fact that they cant go more than three seconds without an underwhelming joke thats already been told #and then want me to buy some dramatic climax with high stakes? #garbage writing #you want to watch this movie? #just watch only the quips from each marvel movie past Infinity war #but add random info dumps about stuff nobody cares about #lectures about loving your siblings from characters who were trying to kill each other and have functionally no relationship #and comments about how humanity is destroying the earth that have all been said before by better movies and were annoying then

[hopelessfandomfreak]

“I bet we were fun.” wtf that hit way harder than I expected it to. anyways now I’m obsessing over starmora

#rewatching gotg 1 and 2 and infinity war to prep for vol 3 made me adore and appreciate them more than I ever have before #otp: some unspoken thing #starmora #guardians of the galaxy #guardians of the galaxy vol 3 #guardians of the galaxy vol 3 spoilers #gotg vol 3 #mcu #echo rambles

[smolmakerel]

You know what? I live for the Black Widow AU that I saw floating around some time ago (I don't know if it's still a thing). It's such an interesting concept, and it got me thinking of another AU.

Captain America AU

Imagine, it's the early 20th century and WW2 is just starting, but women were allowed to fight in the army. There in NYC are the Carpenter sisters.

Tara Carpenter is a sickly little thing. She has asthma, was born early, and is always ready to pick a fight with people much bigger and stronger than her. She looks up to her sister Sam and is desperate to fight in the war with her when Sam volunteers.

Samantha Carpenter is a perfectly healthy woman. She's been working her way up the ranks of the U.S. military to become one of the people to put an end to the war. She worries that if she doesn't hurry, the opposing side might nuke the United States and Tara -

Tara might die.

But Tara wasn't afraid of death.

It took a lot of perjury, but Tara managed to enlist in the army with the help of a certain doctor (whose name I'm too lazy to look up rn). Seeing such a thin, sickly girl in the army, the other recruits and higher ups don't believe in her.

Despite their lack of faith, Tara has heart. And with her heart, she was recruited for a secret program. She was going to become a super soldier.

She signed on to be a lab rat of sorts. It hurt, the administration of the serum, but she came out...

Looking exactly the same. But on the plus side, she has better reflexes, stamina, and no asthma! Sam was going to be so proud of her when they finally met up.

Only for disaster to strike.

Sam, trying to protect Tara, ended up being thrown from a train and off the side of a mountain. Tara, devastated with the loss of her sister, was determined to end it all.

And end it she did. Only, Tara didn't expect to wake up nearly a century later in modern America. S.H.I.E.L.D. was eager to recruit her into this "Avengers Protocol", or whatever.

She also didn't expect H.Y.D.R.A. would come back with a familiar brunette on their side. Her left arm shines with metal, and her eyes became hardened over the years.

Tara knows this is Sam, her older sister who she thought she lost forever. The person she would die for.

They call her the Ghost Face now, but Tara knows Sam is still in there.

Why would the Ghost Face hesitate multiple times to kill her otherwise?

#scream #scream 2022 #scream vi #scream au #tara carpenter #sam carpenter #This is probably a dumb idea but I needed to get it out of my system #Imagine Tara slinging a heavy ass shield lol #When Sam is deprogrammed she's probably gonna make fun of Tara's frisbee #Tara gets so offended #Oh shit #Infinity War when Tara is forced to watch her sister turn to dust before her eyes #Tara wanted to give up after 5 years pass #Also Tara doesn't fucking leave like Steve did bc what the hell? #Like Steve you're gonna leave your boyfriend like that? #Tara would never return to the past forever and leave Sam behind #Sam would drag her ass back #This is such a dumb concept lol #Anyway #I'm gonna go rewatch The Fallout bc I'm sad

[queen-boudicca]

Someone: ugh marvel sucks now

Me: you're so right, 100%, agree completely

Someone: they peaked in endgame

Me: ...

#i will never understand why people like endgame #i mean i hated infinity war bc it had to do the contrived shit where very powerful characters had to be very foolish #bc otherwise they could win immediately #and the way that they decided saving vision was more important than the hundreds of wakandans that would die instead #and many many other reasons #but endgame was a billion times worse #it had exactly one redeeming quality and that was Steve using Thor's hammer #but even that was undercut by his ending so #anyway Steve should've done the snap and Tony should've retired to be with his family #and also everything else about that movie sucked too #god the fucking “”“girl power”“” shot where all the women come together to help a man when they should've just given it to Captain marvel #way to admit you have zero female characters by the way #also way to disrespect black widow like where was her wreath during the funeral scene?? #anyway there's a billion more problems with that movie but my point is people will be like “everything after endgame sucks” #and I'm like my guy everything after whatever movie was before infinity war sucks #tbf i heard the new black panther and guardians are good #but I've stopped giving marvel my money so #marvel #anti endgame #anti marvel

[petergender]

I can't take mcu flash seriously as peters bully, like there's no canonical reason for him to be fixated on peter. peters poor?? so is literally everyone else in that school except flash. and it's not like peter cares?? idk, if ur gonna "update" a bully for genz age, at least bring in the psychological social media torment or wtv. or just bring back tasm flash

#like. ehh #if peter was canon trans that would be Something for him to be realisticallt bullied abt #but hes literally Some White Kid in a school full of STEM nerds. like. idk i dont get it #is this like a 'every mean girl knew you were autstic before you did' situation bc its not rlly giving that style of torment either #or just lile have flash be sort of an out of touch jerk for the first movie #and then have him learn that peter is spiderman by like infinity war or smth #and then just put him in the team

[tllgrrl]

a SarahSteve AU/What If…? SnapShot

Where: Sarah Wilson’s home, Delacroix, LA.

When: Starting about 6 months following The Snap.

Who: Sarah Wilson & Steve Rogers

What if, on his third attempt to check up on Sarah after The Snap, instead of closing the door in his face or just ignoring him, she accepts his offer to help secure the old house for an approaching hurricane?

Words: a quick 2100.

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Summary: Music was coming from a little Bluetooth speaker sitting on the back porch railing, and a favourite tune from her Jazz Playlist had just begun when…

“Hello there.”

Her back was to him, but he could still read the eye roll, and hear the exasperated sigh.

She’d heard a motorcycle approaching.

Within the past almost 9 months, she’d ignored the 3 phone calls and 2 letters from him that preceded this visit.

“Captain Rogers,” she fished the cellphone out of her back pocket and muted the music, “shouldn’t you be off somewhere savin’ the world?”

Read the rest on AO3

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(SnapShots: 1-2 Part short stories that take place during the 5 years between Thanos’ fingers snapping half the Universe out of existence, and Bruce Banner/Smart Hulk snapping them back.)

#sarah wilson #steve rogers #sarah & steve #sarah wilson & steve rogers #post snap au #post infinity war/pre time heist #sarah wilson 5 years before mtg bucky barnes #sarah wilson fanfic #au #headcanon #SnapShot #by tllgrrl aka nefertiri jones #avengers infinity war #avengers endgame #the falcon and the winter soldier #moodboard by tllgrrl

[irondad-defensesquad]

this is probably nitpicky of me, but when peter willingfully used instant kill in endgame, it... kind of felt out of nowhere to me? maybe that's bc we didn't get another spidey movie before infinity war, but it just felt shoved in the movie for fanservice.

also if someone didn't watch homecoming before (or if they didn't remember it), then that scene probably meant nothing lol.

#again i know a lot of stuff happens in this film #but peter's screentime was so little #honestly it kinda made me want a spidey film or SERIES before infinity war and endgame #bc at least we could've spent more time with him #lotus speaks

[astromechs]

inferno was such a waste of felicity jones

#girl this movie was such a stinker lmaaaoooooo. no wonder i'd never watched it before #this was somehow a WORSE version of malthusian ecofascist thanos in infinity war

[greywolfheirs]

Everybody talks about how Bucky got his hair did for Steve in Infinity War bc he hugs Steve first when they show up but after Steve goes up to talk to Shuri about stuff that potentially Bucky could provide insight on....where is he?

(pic from this post)

Oh, ok.

Like literally Steve left and Bucky could have easily followed but he and Sam stayed behind to.... Shoot the shit? Catch up? Flirt??

Makes you wonder who he actually dressed up for....

#sambucky #infinity war #I'm 99% sure this has been pointed out before but idc #it's been in my mind since i rewatched it 6mo ago #i would kill to know what they were talking about #like i was half drunk and mid conversation when i saw the tiny cut of this and i stopped everything to rewind and confirm

[yormp]

Oh nooo, I can’t believe the movie just ends there! I guess now that they’ve beat the bad guy nothing bad will ever happen again! Nothing else happens. At all. It’s just this.

#i delusionally say as I pause the movie and don’t come back #x men first class #any xmen movie really #every time charles and erik stop being besties at the end of the movie fr #this also works for infinity war if you pause right before star lord starts being a dumbass during the gauntlet fight #no pain no gain? no. no pain gain happiness #pause spiderman before uncle ben dies

[kiichikonoes]

I’ve never been this early to consume a piece of content but I’ve watched Across the Spiderverse yesterday and I’m looking for Hobie content but there’s NONE????? Let me never be early againnnnnn ahajdjsjdjdixjdjndjd

#this is actually a first for me #cuz im always a few years late to thing #MCU?? watched all the movies a few months before infinity war #even watched ragnarok the NIGHT before #or was it before engdame ahahahah #voltron?? just finishing it #MHA??? two seasons behind #AoT?? still stuck on season 3 pt 2 #haikyuu??? haven’t even started watching it #sk8?? watched it right after the hype was gone #literally the only time I was on time was with Yuri on Ice #AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN #spiderverse #across the Spiderverse #spiderman #miles morales #hobie