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owenthetokencishet · 2 years

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I'm bored. Time to do my extremely Marvel fatigued takes on every MCU... Thing.

-Iron Man: Holy shit it's a movie! It's actually a movie!

-Captain America: The First Avenger: ROCK SOLID. Shoutout to Agent Carter for being cool enough for her own spinoff series

-Thor: there is nothing remotely Norse looking about any of this

-Iron Man 2: -10 points for Elon Musk, whole thing is freakishly libertarian, but I like Justin Hammer as a villain

-The Avengers: Look, you can hate on Joss Whedon all you like and probably be correct, but this was the gold standard of superhero movies for a good while and with good reason.

-Iron Man 3: Character development??? In MY bloated superhero movie franchise????

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: trying to be deeper than it is when really it's just Steve fighting hydra again

Thor: The Dark World: well, that sure was a movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn's skill with the needle drop rivals Quentin Tarantino. Not just in this film but in all of his actually

Avengers: Age of Ultron: oh god why is the ROBOT quipping please make the robot stop quipping. Oh look Quicksilver's dead.

Ant-Man: this would be really good if it was directed by a director instead of two million overworked VFX artists

Captain America: Civil War: Hey, y'know that actually fairly interesting character conflict we brought up about government regulation of superheroes? What if we pretended it never happened by act 3 and then completely ignored it for the rest of forever?

Was there another movie here or did I make that up?

Doctor Strange: I love it when rich assholes meet poetic justice and the costume design on this film was unmatched. Although I still think it should have been directed by Lana Wachowski with Michelle Yeoh playing the ancient one but that's just me

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: teaching your dipshit male protagonist that toxic masculinity isn't something to strive for and showing him how to be better? FUCK YEAH. Also found family in a shitty spaceship my beloved 💖

Spider-Man: Homecoming: this is the closest the MCU has come to an accurate portrayal of Peter Parker, it's only downhill from here. Wait, why is Ganke here?

Thor Ragnarok: It's all the humour of a Taika Waititi movie with none of the compassion. Man's gone on record to say he only makes Thor movies for the money so if this is the price we pay for Jojo Rabbit, Reservation Dogs, and Our Flag Means Death, I'm okay with that.

Black Panther: hey maybe having your villain and only your villain saying racism is bad isn't such a good idea

Avengers: Infinity War: HE CAST TOO BIG FOR HE GOTDAMN MOVIE. Time to strip all these characters down to their barest bones because we don't have the time to do anything more nuanced!

Ant-Man and the Wasp: My Favorite versions of these characters will always be from the 2010 animated series and these ones just don't compare

Captain Marvel: we made a feminist girl power movie! What's particularly feminist about it? Carol gets catcalled exactly once and that's about it!

Avengers Endgame: is it over? No? Oh no.

Spider-Man: Far From Home: Peter Parker is not the "next" Iron Man, he's Spider-Man. Just let him be Spider-Man. Also seriously this is the wrong spidered man for Ganke why is he here

WandaVision: I am completely ambivalent about WandaVision

FATWS: are we supposed to believe that Sam and Bucky are friends? Also didn't fans give Wyatt Russell the 'non white male actor in a star wars movie' treatment for some reason?

Black Widow: 😐

Loki: Started strong and wandered off into the wild blue yonder of selfcest

What if: HEY WHAT IF...? YOU PAID FOR SOME DECENT ANIMATORS INSTEAD OF WHATEVER NERDS WITH BLENDER YOU CAN UNDERPAY AND WORK TO DEATH YOU MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CHEAPSKATES

Shang-Chi And The Legend of the Ten Rings: A post-endgame Marvel Movie that ISN'T hot garbage!

Eternals: couldn't be arsed

Hawkeye: Just different enough from My Life As A Weapon to avoid giving credit to Matt Fraction and David Aja

Spider-Man: No Way Home: Lots of things have been adapted into movies over the years: classic novels, comics, TV shows, plays, even video games! This however, is the first time a comic-con panel has been adapted into a movie. Also, no Spider-Man anywhere ever would EVER say "I just want to kill you myself" get a grip. I think I've now made my point about stealing Miles' best friend and giving him to Peter

Moon Knight: that's not an exciting Easter egg, that's an essential part of the character that you completely cut out and grafted on to the end

Multiverse of Madness: Nothing nowhere all at once. Themes? Character development??? PLOT??? Are you INSANE???? A good movie is one that's nothing but cameos and references to OTHER, BETTER MOVIES!

Ms. Marvel: Y'know, Kamala being a shape-shifter was kind of important because, comedic irony, top text learns she doesn't need to change for others, bottom text is a shape-shifter, you know how it is

Thor: Love and Thunder: haven't seen it, don't really want to

She-Hulk: Attorney at law: please just... Stop.

Comics are very good though! Read some comics!

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go-go-devil · 1 year

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Any thoughts on Dunsparce? They're one of my fave lil fellas

If dunsparce has a million fans I'm one of them. If dunsparce has ten fans I'm one of them. If dunsparce has one fan then that's me. If dunsparce has zero fans it means I have died. If the world is against dunsparce then I am against the world.

For me dunsparce represented the absolute pinnacle of Gen 2's ambivalence towards its own pokemon. Needlessly hard to catch, no evolution, needlessly low stats, very few attacking moves meaning that most kids who catch it would probably get frustrated with it and put it in the box. Just tragic...

That's why it was so important that Gen 3 saved it by giving it the serene grace ability alongside such a wide movepool! These two additions alone turned dunsparce from something unfun to use into a genuinely unique, quirky pokemon despite its lower stat total. Personally I love giving it secret power so that it has STAB power and a higher chance of inflicting annoying status moves way more often (and I just love the implication of this silly little snake being able to successfully harness the raw energy of the natural environment to its own will)

One other thing I love about dunsparce is its insect characteristics. The stripes and the stinger appear to very bee/wasp like, and the wings while looking a bit more birdlike could still be interpreted as thin insect wings. It makes me wonder if it was supposed to be bug type at one point or, perhaps, an even crazier combo of normal/bug

#dunsparce #pokemon #asks #if you're curious I also do like the look of its evolution #particularly the mutation element #but I haven't experienced sv or any rom hacks for it yet so I don't have much to say about it yet

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college-girl199328 · 1 year

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It was a different Gianni Infantino, a more pensive and less alarmingly excited Gianni Infantino, who addressed Hall 1 at the Qatar National Convention Center on Friday morning.

This had been the scene of Infantino’s own defining moment just a month ago: his sacking of the temple, his Woodstock, his I Have a Very Peculiar Dream. Brusquely late, Infantino was all business this time. "I am happy to be here," he kicked off in a descending tone as though announcing the imminent execution of a colony of wasps. "Has this World Cup been a massive success?" he was asked from the floor. No, Gianni politely declined. It had, in fact, been "an incredible success."

Mainly, he talked about numbers: 3.27 million spectators, 1.7 million in the fan zone, a billion dollars in excess profits, and $11 billion in projected profits for next time.

He talked about love, joy, and human rights. Above all, Infantino was "very, very happy" at the progress of his World Cup. Put your hands together and rejoice, cheer, and be thankful. Rejoice, even though your name is death. Because the fact is that some numbers were missing from Infantino’s podium notes, some usefully vague numbers that feel as if they are now on their way to being buried in plain sight.

The total number of migrant worker deaths during the 12-year cycle of Qatar’s World Cup has oscillated from three to 6,500, from 400 to 37. The New York Times reported just before the tournament that Nepal had calculated 2,000 deaths, including 200 suicides, a genuinely heartbreaking detail, albeit one that must, as ever, be degraded by Qatar’s bizarre absence of hard data. It has been a World Cup haunted by these ghosts, with a sense of something just out of sight. And as Infantino plowed on at the Convention Center, there was another specter on stage: the outline of another oleaginous, bald Swiss on another stage, 12 years apart.

The fact is, death and suffering were the inevitable collateral damage to this project from the moment Sepp Blatter read out the word "Qatar" in that weirdly strangled upbeat tone, crowded on his own stage by glad-handing power brokers, and perhaps feeling, through the lineups and posed smiles, that shadow already at his back, just out of shot, scythe clanking happily. Do we have to say this again? Because what we have here is still an open case. The dots have not been joined. As Infantino drenched his audience in the familiar margarine of platitudes and half-truths, there was another sound in the hall, beneath the whirr of the cameras and the battering of keyboards. There it is, hiding in the silence: the sound of someone getting away with murder.

And this story will now move on. The last days of Qatar 2022 are the end of something, the final notes to a cycle that began 12 years ago, bringing with it corruption, death, criminality, and a building project as large as every other World Cup combined. Little wonder the eyes of the world are a little glazed by now. Qatar 2022 has become an insoluble puzzle, a place where certainties collapse like sandcastles on the tide line, where nobody is really ever responsible for anything, where words stretch and lose their meaning, like the signs on the Doha fences that say "Amazing" and "Together."

Infantino says this is the best World Cup ever. Mark Pougatch says the Ghanaians are colorful. Nasser al-Khalifa says to stop mixing sports and politics. The supreme delivery committee is rumored to be planning to change the tournament motto for the final weekend from "Now is All" to "All is Now," and the response was a tired shrug and a sense of, yeah, that seems about right. But there is still time for a moment of clarity. After 12 years of staring at this process, one thing is undeniably clear. In the end, FIFA is responsible for everything. We can talk about Qatari law. We can discuss the Gulf War, colonialism, the decline of the West, and all the other things that are bad in the world.

But the fact remains that FIFA had options in this situation. And Fifa chose death and suffering. Look back with a clear line of sight, and from the moment Fifa made its bid decision, there was only one route from there to here. Define corporate manslaughter. What does that crime look or feel like as a chain of events? It is another question that has not been asked enough.

At which point the wind chimes tinkle one last time, and we’re back in the drowned world of September 2010. It is worth remembering the details here. Three months before the bid vote, Fifa sent its Evaluation Committee, led by its chairman Harold Mayne-Nicholls of Chile, to assess Qatar’s fitness to host a World Cup. The evaluators were in Qatar from September 13 to 17, 2010, which doesn’t sound very long, even less so when a portion of it seems to have been spent playing football at the Aspire Academy. The report is fascinating. It acknowledges the extent of the work Qatar has left to do while simultaneously averting its gaze from exactly how this is supposed to happen.

"The accommodation plan heavily depends on significant construction." Significant development is planned for both the New Doha International Airport and the general transport infrastructure. The considerable number of infrastructure projects and the volume of temporary event-time services both imply significant human resource requirements. "Are we getting anywhere yet?" "Is a picture emerging?" Of the 64 accommodation solutions proposed, 54 do not yet exist. "Of the 64 sites proposed, 39 still need to be built." "The remaining 25 sites are targeted for renovation." FIFA's committee considered stadium construction "medium risk" and team facilities "high risk." This was all duly noted by Mayne-Nicholls and fed back to his executive committee, albeit without a moment’s digging into who exactly was going to build all this stuff in a tiny nation.

Not that any of this was a mystery. Five minutes on Google would have done the job for FIFA's experts. As early as 2006, Human Rights Watch published a report on kafala-type working conditions in the neighboring emirates called Building Towers, Cheating Workers. It notes the deliberately poor data on deaths and working conditions (sound familiar?). It records a Construction Week investigation that found 880 migrant workers had died in the UAE in 2004 alone and an Indian official who registered 971 death cases in 2005.

Two years before the bid vote, Amnesty International described similar poor working conditions in Qatar itself, including exploitation, non-payment of wages, and a lack of protection under the law. There are no secrets here. There is an entire library of this stuff. And yet Fifa still asked Qatar to build it a World Cup, the equivalent of handing the council digger to the town’s most careless cowboy builder and promising to look the other way while he builds a new school playground.

In his big opening speech, Infantino described Qatar as “a child” who needed help. OK. That’s fine. But why, Fifa, did you ask a child to build you a €220 billion World Cup?

At the time, Mayne-Nicholls seemed, according to the Garcia report, more interested in trying to get his son and nephew a gig at the Aspire Academy. But his report was also relatively damning, and he would go on to publicly criticize the Qatar decision. Fifa responded by banning him from football for seven years on some vague-looking charges, which were later overturned by a baffled court of arbitration for sport. This, then, was the framework for the decision. And so the touchpaper was lit. Doha tripled in size in a decade. Workers poured into the country, drawn either by higher wages or by their own poverty, depending on how you want to look at it.

Qatar recruited specifically from nations worst hit by climate change because, hey, desperation comes cheap. It set up what the New Yorker has described as "an ecosystem of plausible deniability," with subcontractors upon subcontractors, a wall of silence, a lack of reporting, a lack of representation, and the failure even to conduct proper autopsies on its dead. The reforms of the past few years suggest that Qatar has been willing to bend its rules just a little to get this thing done. And yet no pressure was exerted, no conditions were applied, and you haven't come back in 10 years when you’ve moved on a bit further. Instead, FIFA simply struck a match and turned its back on the process.

It is perhaps one reason there has been no progress on the compensation of workers. Even as Infantino was crowing over his excess profits on Friday morning, Amnesty International’s head of economic and social justice, Stephen Cockburn, was calling on FIFRA to finally move on the idea of a legacy fund.

Gianni Infantino announced that Fifa earned $7.5 billion from the 2022 World Cup cycle, which was more than $1 billion higher than expected. He also forecasted that FIFA would make over $11 billion over the next four years. Yet he offered nothing new to so many workers and their families, who continue to be denied compensation for stolen wages and lost lives. It has been suggested that part of Fifa’s reluctance to commit to this could be the fear of a potential admission of implied liability. Very few things are left to chance around here. At least, not the ones that matter.

And that chain of liability really does need to be tested. Fifa, with its oversight, its European address, and its teams of experts and evaluators, chose this path in full knowledge of the consequences. Fifa is a wealthy businessman. It can be called to account. It is perhaps a surprise that there hasn’t yet been a more concerted attempt to do so. Instead, other events will now swim into the foreground. As of Sunday evening, a news cycle will end. The cartel of ghouls and goons that drove us here, the Blatter-Blazer-Warner golden generation, will fade deeper into the past. Nobody will ever read the Garcia report or care about handbags and mystery Picassos.

They’re selling discount Messi T-shirts at the Al Sadd Lulu Savings Center. The strangest decade in the history of big corporate sports is coming to an end. And, as it stands, the true villains of this play are still out there, wiping the blood from their palms as they stride out center stage to preach about love and joy and spreading the message—all while hiding in plain sight.

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eloura · 4 years

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Appreciation for the 13th Doctor, why I love Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor

This has taken me forever to write, so I hope at least I few people read it. Granted, once I start talking I can’t shut up. I’ve seen an array of hate towards Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, and I thought it would be nice to write a post on why I personally love her and why she’s my favourite doctor. And no, it’s not because she’s a woman. Though, it was one factor. And for context, I’ve been watching doctor who since I was a child, and my old favourite used to be the tenth doctor, so it’s not because I haven’t seen previous seasons either.

I’ll get this one out the way, the thirteenth doctor is a woman. This is a big deal for me, in a positive way- I’ve always looked up to the Doctor, always wanted to be like him, for years I wanted to cosplay him as well but as a feminine lady I wasn’t comfortable with cosplaying a man. Then Jodie comes along, she’s everything I wanted in a female doctor, I never through in a million years we would ever have a female doctor. When I first watched The Woman Who Fell To Earth, I just started tearing up,

This. This moment. Because in this moment I though, yes. This is the Doctor. And she’s wonderful and brilliant. What I love most, is her personality didn’t change because she’s a woman now, she doesn’t really wear makeup, she still wears a tux, she’s not bothered about the way she looks, it’s just nice to have a female characters who’s so heroic, kind, and intelligent. It just hit differently for me watching her. She doesn’t forget.

Now, one can argue there’s not much continuity and 13 doesn’t mention her past, which I can understand why you would think that but I disagree.

Here, you can see she still remembers her past, and is still hurting from the ones she lost, from Rose, Martha, Donna, the Ponds, Clara, Bill, etc etc. And with the fez reference, and little lines like “Talking about wasps, have I ever told you about me and Agatha Christie?” Or “Half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman!” Keep long term viewers happy, while not completely alienating new fans, as I feel with series 11+ it’s like a blank slate for new viewers to get into the show, which in my opinion is a good idea.

Another thing I really love about the thirteenth doctor, is how positive and hopeful she is.

I feel like each doctor symbolises different things, and to me I feel like she’s represents hope and positivity. I really love this about her because I have a lot of personal issues where it leads me to feeling a bit down, but when I watch her Doctor I always feel a lot more happier, positive and hopeful, and for me I really appreciate that.

I also really love how witty she is. Now, I know every Doctor is a little bit quirky and funny, but I find 13 one of the best. She’s a little bit childish, excitable, cute. I love the running gag of her forgetting that she’s a woman now, it’s a nice touch that’s unique to her Doctor.

The Doctor’s speeches are always spine chilling. and for 13, it’s no exception. I love how protective she is of Earth and humans, as previous Doctors have been. A lot of people say the writing isn’t all there, I get where you’re coming from but I personally like it, especially moments like:

She’s confident, she’s protective, she’s loving. It’s just something I really love and appreciate with her Doctor. I feel like she always wants to do the right thing and will always put everyone first before her own safety.

Talking more recently, I like how she interacts with The Master, she’s not trying to reason with him, convince him to travel with her, mend their friendship, she’s just done. She is sick of him at this point,

She’s rolling her eyes, she’s taking no chances. It’s different, as with Ten, he was doing anything he could to convince the Master to see the universe with him. With Twelve, he wanted Missy to stand with him. with Thirteen and the Master, she isn’t interested. She just wants to save humanity.

I also love the family dynamic. I know we’ve had that before with Rose and the Ponds, but having the entire ‘fam’ as she would say, in the TARDIS with her, idk I find it really cosy and nice. A lonely traveller finding a family to show them the universe with is just really nice, and in my opinion a lot better than having one companion where they /usually/ fall for the Doctor.

Finally, I want to talk about Jodie Whittaker’s acting. I’ve been hate for her online saying she can’t act, which I disagree with, have you seen Broadchurch? Anyway, for this, it’s not fair to blame Jodie for what is the writer’s fault. I like series 11 but its undeniable that Jodie doesn’t have many chances to truly shine as an actress. However, I feel like this is changing in series 12, I especially liked her acting when seeing the destroyed Gallifrey, and how angry she looked when listening to the Master admit her did it. With hope, public opinion of her will change after this series.

Right, well, I think I've babbled on for enough about Doctor Who. If you’ve made it this far, I am surprised with your patience! And if you disagree with me, that’s fine of course! We won’t always agree or like the same characters and that’s completely fine, as long as it’s respectful.

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It’s the Music, Not the Musician

(The Left Wing of the Bald Eagle)

July 7, 2021

Stephen Jay Morris

©Scientific Morality

I was going to write a hit piece on a country singer. Then I thought, screw it. I’ll write an analytical article on the question: Why is country music so God damned reactionary? There is an answer.

A lot of people feel that music and politics do not mix. German writer, Thomas Mann said, in 1924, “Everything is political.” Song lyrics can express love lost, love found, sentimentality, dancing, and anger about…? And…? Uh...Political opinions?

Well, Christian music is both accepted and ignored. Hare Krishna, mother fucker! Jesus Saves at Walmart! Nobody has a problem with religious songs, but insert politics? Unless they agree with the sentiment inferred, most people will fight or fly to those kinds of lyrics. Now, if you are super rich and want to brainwash the White working class, how do you send a message to them? You could have slogans emblazoned on baseball caps or Tee-shirts. It worked with ex-prez Trump. However, the majority of these people don’t care about politics. So what do you do to get through to them? You could take the culture route. You remember “Freedom Fries?” Food is one way, but it’s not nearly as effective as music—particularly the Country and Western variety.

If you want to garner support for your imperialist, petropolitical war in the Mid East, you throw around jingoistic cliches, like soldiers dying for your freedom, patriotism, love it or leave it, ad nauseam! Well, the music has nothing to do with any of those things.

I’ve always held great disdain for anyone who exploits the ignorance of the masses for their own objectives. A primary objective was to sell records to your fan base. Merle Haggard did it with “The Fighting Side of Me.” Toby Keith did it, in choleric fashion, with his pro-war song “The Angry American,” the objective being to sell a war to the unwashed masses. Thank you, Toby Keith! Note: the CIA try to sell their terrorism by planting stories in the New York Times. Anybody who thinks the New York Times is left wing should be tarred and feathered!

The latest Right wing propaganda vehicle is a ballad by a not-so-nice Jewish boy, Aaron Lewis, called “Am I the Only One?” Now, compare that with Steve Earl’s, “Christmas in Washington.” Both are great country tunes musically—soulful and bluesy. But their sentiments are completely opposite. I’d never heard of Mr. Lewis, so I recently read some of his bio. Holy shit house! He used to be in a Nu-Metal band! For those of you who don’t know, that’s “Heavy Metal Rap” music. Superficially, he looks like any other southern, White trash male. He’s got the tattoos going all over his body. BTW: in Jewish law, no tats are allowed. He certainly is no Ben Shapiro! I’ll bet he doesn’t even know who Ben Shapiro is, though they both share the same political views—but morality? Dope, sex, and Rock and Roll? Hell, no! They’re millions of miles apart! Aaron Lewis, like many Jews who migrated to the USA over the decades, wants to assimilate into the American life style. He wants to be accepted by WASP Americans. He has “Good Old Boy” envy; “Just hide your people’s history and religion.” Can you be a proud Jew while substituting it for being a proud American? Is America the greatest country or is Israel? Remember, there are no Jewish Americans, only Americans.

Then, there’s the song’s hypocrisy! Lewis’ lyrics proclaim he is willing to die for his country. Sure, you are. Leave your wife and three kids behind because you love America more than your family! Nobody is impressed. Long ago, I reached the conclusion that Nationalism and populism sucks shit! Aaron Lewis’ song is evidence of that.

Country music is not the only genre that exploits politics, either. We’ve got Rap music. Some white trash Canadian named Tom MacDonald released two songs, “Snowflake” and “Fake Woke.” He wants to get Trump supporters to buy his music. Well, they’re not.

So, what have I done for America? I pick up my trash and I don’t dump toxic waste. What have I done for the White Ruling class? Nothing!

“Come back, Woody Guthrie!” Please.

#Culture warfare #Country & Western music #poets on tumblr #Antifa #Stephenjaymorris #antiflag

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I just read both interviews, Part 1 and 2 of Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone Interview of 1971. It sounds as though John and the other Beatles DID have a realistic gripe about Paul taking over, directly projects, handing out musical assignments, etc., etc. and I'm sure he had the ego by this point to match! I would probably have become irritated by Paul as well. And no hints or even reading between the lines of John being emotionally hurt by Paul with regard to loss of intimate relationship.

Hello and thanks for writing in, Listener!First, I’d like to point out that we haven’t reached the Lennon Remembers portion of our Break-up Series, and will dig into it much more thoroughly in a future episode (stay tuned!).

Presumably this ask isn’t in response to anything we’ve actually discussed on the podcast, in which case I feel that I should explain that what we do on our show is reevaluate conventional wisdom and contextualize public statements within the realities of actual behaviors. In other words, not taking things like Lennon Remembers at face value is AKOM 101.

If what we were doing on this podcast was as easy as simply reading the most infamous interview John Lennon ever gave (the one upon which the conventional story of the Beatles break-up is founded), it wouldn’t be much of a podcast or a very groundbreaking analysis, would it?

Second, I’d like to mention that listeners/readers can hear the entire (3.5 hours!) interview on You Tube. Very evocative with audio! Wenner’s editing in the print versions often make John sound more coherent and less vitriolic towards everyone but Paul than the audio reveals (i.e. the shitty comments about Paul are always printed but the ones about George, Brian, etc often aren’t).

Next, we’d like to state the usual disclaimer (which everyone is probably already aware of but is a good reminder anyway!): John later disavowed this interview. In fact, he was so angry at Jann Wenner for publishing it as a book, it apparently created a permanent rift between the two. You may choose to view/value this interview as John being super honest, but please consider that in this allegedly “truthful” book/interview, John:

claims George is musically/creatively inferior to John

declares the McCartney album “rubbish”

reveals his belief that he and Paul’s confidence levels are intrinsically, inversely related to one another

says George was so aggressively rude to Yoko that John wished he would’ve punched him over it

proudly admits that he “maneuvered” the other Beatles to get Klein in as manager

bemoans the fact that everyone says Brian Epstein was so great “just because he’s dead” and that Brian cheated and robbed the Beatles

makes derisive comments about “fags” at least five times in the printed version alone and calls Lee Eastman “a wasp Jew, man, that’s the worst kind of person on earth.”

admits to lying in interviews and deflects accountability on the basis of being “just a guy” who mouths off about stuff

As for Paul, John is admittedly all over the place, swinging fairly wildly from nostalgic (reminiscing about having “a good mind like Paul’s” on his side and co-writing with their “fingers in each others’ pies”) to bitter (”Paul thought he was the Beatles,” etc).

As for the accusations that Paul was tyrannical, we’ve addressed these before (particularly in Break-Up Episode 2). Just as Geoff Emerick, Michael Lindsay Hogg and Doug Sulpy (and even John, when he was feeling more generous) have articulated, we too feel that Paul stepped up and led the band in a time of need and deserves unequivocal credit for that. We believe much of the subsequent complaining from the other Beatles is akin to the kind of griping one directs at a colleague who gets promoted (“who died and made you king!?”) and while some of it was likely based in genuine irritation at Paul’s communication style, much of it was probably petty. This is why we are looking at the situation from all angles, to get a better sense of what is reality v. spin. In any case, we don’t dispute that there were power struggles within the band.Any reader is free to choose John’s side in any/all of these battles. But our overall takeaway from this particular interview is that John was unloading a lot of pent-up rage; against teachers, fans, Aunt Mimi, his mum, critics, Paul and anyone else who didn’t properly recognize his genius and praise him for it.

“That’s what makes me what I am. It comes out, the people I meet have to say it themselves, because we get fuckin’ kicked. Nobody says it, so you scream it: look at me, a genius, for fuck’s sake! What do I have to do to prove to you son-of-a-bitches what I can do, and who I am? Don’t dare, don’t you dare fuckin’ dare criticize my work like that. You, who don’t know anything about it.”

Based solely on Lennon Remembers, one could reasonably believe John didn’t like anyone but Yoko and Allen Klein (of whom he also speaks with reverence). Fortunately, John gave a million other interviews in his lifetime, so even though this one is given a disproportionate amount of weight (probably b/c it is the most inflammatory and “raw”) we can compare John’s comments, behavior and art over a broad spectrum of time. We feel this gives us a better, more thorough and more authentic portrait of John’s POV. This is a good idea with ANY public figure, but especially important in John’s case, since, by his own admission he has a tendency to say what he feels in the moment and doesn’t necessarily stand by his own statements afterwards.

John in 1976: “I get a bit absolute in my statements. [laughs] Which sometimes get me into deep water, and sometimes into the shallow.”

To your other point, our overall impressions about John’s feelings regarding “loss of an intimate relationship” with Paul certainly do not hinge on Lennon Remembers, nor have we ever suggested they do. In fact, LR is commonly used as the primary proof-point by McCartney detractors and Lennon/McCartney deniers (those who willfully and sometimes passionately ignore and/or deny the deep love between John and Paul, as described by John and Paul themselves and everyone in their lives) that Paul was a tyrant who destroyed the Beatles with his massive ego.

We have never disputed the existence of Paul’s ego. But consider this: John refers to himself as an egomaniac REPEATEDLY throughout this interview. Why is there a loud faction of people who consider John being an avowed egomaniac perfectly reasonable (sexy even!), but find it unforgivable that Paul is the same way? Consider these excerpts from Lennon Remembers:

Do you think you will record together again?

I record with Yoko, but I’m not going to record with another egomaniac. There is only room for one on an album nowadays.

How would you assess George’s talents?

[…] Maybe it was hard for him sometimes, because Paul and I are such egomaniacs, but that’s the game.

Who do you think is good today? In any arts…

The unfortunate thing about egomaniacs is that they don’t take much attention of other people’s work. I only assess people on whether they are a danger to me or my work or not.

[Tangential]

But the Beatles were artists, and all artists have fucking’ big egos, whether they like to admit it or not […]

Yes, John rants repeatedly about Paul’s ego during this interview- while he simultaneously declares his own genius and artistic superiority over others. We find it mind-boggling how this irony continues to evade some people, but there it is.

George Harrison has repeatedly complained about BOTH John & Paul’s egos (and their shared ego IRT “Lennon/McCartney”), but again, this is often ignored in favor of singling out Paul as the villain.

Furthermore, it’s helpful to bear in mind when consuming Lennon Remembers that John and Yoko had received training in media-messaging by this point and were very savvy at Public Relations. We know from people close to them that they drafted their stories in advance before offering them to the public. This fact, combined with Lennon’s tendency to “mouth off” means we have the right and responsibility to question and examine John’s claims rather than simply parrot them mindlessly.

If you are genuinely interested in our take, we recommend our Break-Up Series. We think you will find it well-researched and thoughtful, even if you disagree with some of our conclusions.

Or if you simply dislike McCartney and find him “irritating,” that’s fine too. Not everyone has to like everyone!

For additional discussion/analysis of Lennon Remembers, I recommend any of several threads on Erin Torkelson Weber’s site, the Historian and the Beatles.

the flawed lens of Lennon v. McCartney

Jann Wenner’s bio

how Rolling Stone shaped the breakup

discussing a podcast appearance

Thank you so much for this ask! It is always a pleasure to share information. Have a wonderful day.-The AKOM crew

#Lennon Remembers #John and Paul #jann wenner #anotherkindofmind podcast #Beatles #HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

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sebeth · 4 years

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Fantastic Four #16

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

A Brief Summary: The return of Doctor Doom.

Points Of Interest:

· Johnny returns from flying around NYC to discover the rest of the team has been shrunk to the size of toys. The team promptly returns to normal size. Reed has no clue what caused the size-changing. The team confesses they have been spontaneously changing size for the last week but haven’t said anything because “no one would believe me”.

· The team consists of a rock monster, a man made of silly putty, a human fireball, and an invisible girl but size-changing is beyond the realm of believability?

· A mysterious voice announces: “Hah! You fools! You are helpless as putty before my power! This is only the beginning of what I have in store for you!”

· Silver-Age Doom continues to be a ridiculous goofball as opposed to the world-level threat of modern years. I am endlessly amused by the thought of Doom pranking the Four and hacking into their intercoms to taunt the team. What terrible deed is next? Will he slip Nair into Sue’s shampoo? Or worse, Johnny?

· Johnny reveals he first shrunk while customizing a car. A small detail that reinforces Johnny’s love of cars.

· Johnny’s shrinking caused him to fall towards the “deadly fan belt” but he “flamed on” as he always does “in a jam” and saved himself. Unfortunately, the car is toast.

· Ben was so embarrassed by his shrinking that he “hid in Reed’s guinea pig cage until I could figure out what was going on.”

· Does Reed love guinea pigs as pets or are they actual “guinea pigs” for his experiments?

· Reed and Sue’s stories were more mundane and not as fun.

· An ant overhears Reed’s conversation and informs Ant-Man that the Four need his help. That is an extremely intelligent ant!

· Ant-Man decides to head to the Baxter Building and assist the team. He orders the Wasp to remain home and “wait for word from me!”

· The editor’s note informs the readers “Meet the Wasp, Ant-Man’s new partner-in-peril, starting with issue #44 of Tales To Astonish!” “Partner—in-peril?” Please, Janet was a million more times competent than Hank from day one!

· Hank stops in for a brief “hi-bye” – he gives the team some of his shrinking/growing gas and states he will try to “learn what I can in my own way – back at my lab.” How? Hank spent all of 5 seconds in the building and didn’t take any evidence back to his lab.

· Reed suspects Hank could be behind the team’s size problems. Reed predicted Hank’s heel turn decades before it happened!

· Sue protests that Hank is “much too cute” to be evil. How can Sue tell – Hank wears a helmet that covers 75% of his face. Unless she’s into helmets?

· Ben is helping Alicia with spring cleaning at her apartment when Reed charges in. Reed forcefully propels a tube of liquid down Ben’s throat. Ben reverts back to human and drops the piano he was holding, causing the destruction of the piano. Couldn’t Reed at least wait until Ben put the piano down? It’s pure luck that Ben and Alicia weren’t hurt.

· Alicia hugs the now-human Ben and states: “Oh, Ben! My darling! Are you hurt? Why do you feel so different? I…I love you so that I don’t want you to change! I don’t ever want anything to change you!”

· Ben responds: “It’s all right, Sue baby! I’m okay! And nothing’s ever gonna change for us! You can count on that, honey!”

· The above exchange is awkward on multiple levels. First, “Sue”? The editor was definitely sleeping on the job when he proof-read the issue. And Alicia doesn’t want Ben to regain his human form? That is not a basis for a healthy relationship.

· Ben reprimands Reed: “Look, Reed, I appreciate what you’re tryin’ to do for me, but nothin’ makes sense! I love Alicia, and she loves me best as the Thing. So, why don’t you forget about trying to change me back, and work on some way to make her see again, instead?”

· Ben and Alicia need to have a serious sit-down talk – she needs to realize it’s up to Ben if he regains his humanity and Ben should ask Alicia if she wants to regain her sight before demanding Reed “cure” her.

· The trio are interrupted when they hear a girl cry “Flee for your lives! Beware of Doctor Doom! He’s trying to…Oh, help!”

· We switch to Johnny who is performing flame tricks for his teenage friends. I’m not sure if Johnny’s “Strange Tales” run has started by this point but Glenville High is named as his high school.

· Johnny’s shenanigans are interrupted by the “Flee for your life” warning.

· Sue is attempting to discover a way to negate her scent to dogs – by spraying on different perfumes. Needless to say, it doesn’t work. I love you Sue but you are clearly not the scientist on the team. Sue also hears the “Flee” warning.

· The boys return to the building – Ben has already transformed back into the Thing.

· Reed – known genius – has deduced the intermittent size changing and the constant “Beware of Doom” warnings can only mean Doom is alive!

· Reed makes his brilliant deduction just as the team shrinks and is transported to the microworld.

· Doctor Doom shrinks the team – again- so they are micro even in the microwrold.

· Doom reveals that he fell into the microworld after his previous encounter with the Fantastic Four. He promptly overthrew the king and Princess Pearla to become the new ruler of the microworld.

· The boys do well against the henchmen until Sue – predictably – is captured by Doctor Doom. The team is imprisoned in the same cell as the former king and Princess Pearla.

· Johnny won’t let imprisonment stop his flirtations. He tells Pearla: “The Human Torch is gonna see to it that nobody hurts one little fingernail of that dainty little hand!”

· Johnny faces stiff competition as Doctor Doom intends to marry Pearla: “Dr. Doom wants to marry me. But I despise him. That is why I am his prisoner, too! He plans to betray this entire world if I refuse him!”

· I’m assuming Doctor Doom intends to wed Pearla to legitimize his claim to the microworld since she is of the royal line?

· Pearla warns the Four that Doom has contacted the lizard men of the planet Tok to sell the team as slaves.

· The boy will be forced into roles that will utilize their powers but poor Sue will be “pressed into service” as a scullery maid. Poor Sue, she receives absolutely no respect.

· Ant-Man has returned to the Baxter Building and follows the trail to the microworld. The henchmen beat him unconscious and bring him to Doom. You should’ve brought Jan, Hank!

· Sue devises the plan that allows the team to escape their cell and frees Ant-Man from his bonds! Go Sue!

· Doom beats a hasty retreat back to earth: “I’ll be waiting for them back on the surface of our world! I’ll give them a reception they’ll never forget!”

· Pearla asks Johnny to remain in the micro-world: “You are the most fascinating man I have ever met! Must you go to? Perhaps if you remained here?”

· Johnny demurs: “I can’t leave my pards, Pearla, but mebbe someday I’ll be back.”

· Next issue: The hunt for Doctor Doom!

#Fantastic Four #Doctor Doom #Reed Richards #Ben Grimm #Susan Storm #Johnny Storm #Susan Richards #Alicia Masters #Pearla #Ant-Man #Hank Pym #Microworld #Victor Von Doom #Mister Fantastic #Thing #Invisible Girl #Human Torch #Invisible Woman

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soulvomit · 4 years

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I really need to vent.

This is how I know lots of white SJWs are full of shit about other cultures.

So for reference, if you are new to my blog, I'm Jewish and Coast Salish and also very very white passing. (Like most of the specific tribe my dad is a tribal citizen and elder in.) Because of the bigger part of non-Native that went into my dad's genetics, that also turned out to be dominant in how I look. Native identity isn't about genetics.

If you're from a multicultural background then the Tumblr/university crowd just doesn't know what to do with you; there's white and there's non-white, that's it, it's 100% based on optics, and if you're of mixed heritage then whether or not you get to visibly practice any part of your culture is based on what you look like *to white people.*

That's it; it's how you look to white people. It's not whether or not you're actually entitled to do that thing.

Try actually *being* one of the people they claim to be caping for, then try just... (breathing? Doing your thing? Having a connection to your own culture?) in the presence of these people without either being policed into square WASP-normative conformism, or being expected to be a token whose job it is to repeat their narratives about your cultural heritage or upbringing to white people (oh they punish you, deplatform you, completely isolate you if you don't fit those narratives). So basically you get policed into lockstep obedience where you're dependent in a very one down way on the approval of Neoleftists because of the threat of being left for the Nazis. This isn't "woke!" It's university white supremacy instead of jackboot white supremacy!

The big reason I don't wear stuff from my tribe is because I'd have to defend my right to wear it constantly because (like, I don't know, even most of my tribe's elders) I look pretty white. BECAUSE PERFORMATIVE "WOKENESS" TYPES POLICE BLOOD QUANTUM. (And BQ is opposed by a shit ton of Natives, *because it was a tool of genocide.*)

How is that helping Native issues exactly? Appropriation is a real issue for Natives but if you don't actually know why, you're not helping.

How about, if you can't name a single Coast Salish artist and don't actually know anything about the art, let alone what is actually appropriation and what isn't, you don't give individual people shit on the street? How about we let people actually speak for themselves?

Someone from a PNW culture is going to be a million more times familiar with the issues (including specific court battles against major corporations) over a longer period of time than the average 20 year old white college student could have possibly learned from other white college students.

Trust me, *we have lawyers.* If you actually care beyond policing other white people at Starbucks, you'd know that.

Also: appropriation can be a YMMV issue. As much as I'd want to give white yoga ladies shit for appropriation of the Hamsa hand... it's the only actual Jewish symbol I can wear outside of Jewish space, where I am... *because* it's associated, around here, with the suburban white yoga fandom. (And there's granularity to this; I look very white. I'm not being accepted as any culture with which the Hamsa is associated with, I'm not being taken for a Jew, I'm being taken for a white yoga fan. My mom, who has olive skin and black hair and talks with her hands, absolutely can't wear the same things.)

And that doesn't mean that this means that other people's feelings about their symbol being appropriated, aren't *also* valid.

And it also doesn't mean that white yoga ladies *aren't* being appropriative as fuck.

And it doesn't mean that other white people are even okay with it, necessarily, because the general stance is "it's only non-appropriative if ONLY white people do the thing" and there's also lots of bullshit about Jews allegedly participating in colonialism by having any part of their heritage that isn't what goyim recognize as "the Judaism brand" from the TV. (There's lots of stuff that's in Jewish culture that's *also* part of other cultures, especially Mediterranean ones. My Ukrainian Jewish family believes in the Evil Eye.)

And then there's the whole thing of Jews basically not being treated as a valid culture to begin with, by both the neoleft *and* the Alt-Right. (Do most of you even realize that when Jews have been driven out of spaces, have been subjected to genocide, this is exactly the populist social dynamic that was taking place?)

Sometimes stuff is complicated and sometimes one person benefits differently from a thing than another does, for all kinds of different reasons. In the meantime I'm going to wear a Hamsa because I love it, and I'm entitled to wear something from my own heritage, and also because it's the only symbol I'm actually allowed to wear for now.

The Discourse just has no idea how granular and YMMV these issues really are on the actual ground, outside of theoretical discussions on Tumblr that never have any connection to real shit in real life.

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crushedbyhyperbole · 4 years

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20 Questions tag game

I was tagged by the badass @sapphirescrolls thank you babe <3

1. Do you make your bed?

Yes, I straighten my duvet lol some days are ‘fuck it, I’ll do it later’ days though. Those are the days where I’m a bed-dwelling hermit XD

2. What’s your favorite number?

3 oh, it’s the magic number...

3. What’s your job?

I’m an assistant manager. You know thioe arse hole gaffers that make you do work... that’s me.

4. If you could, would you go back to school?

Yeah and no. Yeah because I like learning things, and no because fuck a bunch of homework and exams, and paying a load of money. I’m happy with the chemistry degree I currently don’t use, thank you very much.

5. Can you parallel park?

Yeah, and I’m very good at it too. Apparently I have a man brain for shit like that and fixing things.

6. A job you had that might surprise people?

Hand job, maybe ;)

7. Do you think aliens are real?

They certainly are. Think of all of the planets orbiting all of the stars in all of the galaxies in this universe (there are 100 billion in the milky way. If only 1 planet per galaxy could support life that’s 2 trillion planets that could support life. Even if 0.01% of those that could support life, did support life, that would be 200 million planets with life. 200 million planets with potentially millions of different species of living things, just like we do.

Though I do have a theory that the little green/grey men that conspiracy theorists say visit us, are actually us from the future. A future where we fucked the planet and live underground (hence pale skin and huge eyes) and they come as either tourists, to see the moments of Earth’s history that interest them (kinda like when you go to the penis museum in Reykjavik while on holiday there), or they come to try to change things. It’s possible, right? lol

8. Can you drive a manual car?

Yes. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

9. What’s your guilty pleasure?

Haha. That implies I feel guilt for enjoying things. I’d probably say writing smutty fanfiction. For a long time I didn’t tell anyone I write fan fics let alone p0rny ones. Now I give zero fucks.

10. Tattoos?

I have two, both tribal. I want my oldest one covered over with something more feminine and a lot more me.

11. Favorite color?

Teal. Though I am drawn to all shades of blue, most shades of purple, and black.

12. Things people do that drive you crazy?

Being wilfully ignorant - I don’t like idiots. Chewing with their mouth open. Being ask-holes - asking for advice then ignoring said advice only to complain about the result of not acting on the advice given. People who act entitled and play the victim.

13. Any Phobias?

I don’t have anything that scares me to the point of incapacity. I get a bit creeped out by the thought of holding snakes and spiders. I will murder wasps on sight because of allergies. If I have a bit of an upset tummy I stress about where the next bathroom will be - no one wants to have to admit they shat their pants, am I right? But no, I think I’m good.

14. Favorite childhood sport?

Yeah it would have to be way back in my childhood because I’m certainly not sporty now, unless you count seeing how many biscuits you can dunk in your tea before it’s too cold to enjoy, a sport.

Netball. I played netball for my high school team.

15. Do you talk to yourself?

Sometimes it’s the only way you’ll get good conversation ;)

16. What movie do you adore?

This question has actually given me a guilty pleasure I didn’t realise I had lol Jupiter Ascending - love the film but everyone says it’s terrible. OH well.

17. Do you like doing puzzles?

Yeah. I’m quite a logical person and have an analytical brain. I enjoy figuring shit out.

18. Favorite genres of music?

Rock, Indie, Metal. My tastes are pretty eclectic. I’ve got everything from Chopin to Slayer on my playlist. One thing I don’t often like - house and garage. Don’t like modern rap either.

19. Tea or coffee?

Tea. I drink both but too much coffee and we get the bathroom problem outlined in #13

20. The first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up?

Oh jeez. I dunno. Pretty sure I wanted to be a unicorn at one point. I mean that’s more feasible now with identity and gender fluidity. Maybe I should revisit that, and then I can feel fabulous 24/7. Do I feel a little roleplay coming on...

In terms of occupation, I think I wanted to be an astronaut. I had an old second-hand telescope that I used to look at the moon through. I still love astrophysics and astronomy, but now what I want to be is healthy and content.

To play along and answer this quiz with me, I would like to tag the following beautiful people:

@soleilxetxlune @marvelfulxbabes @firefly-in-darkness @psyr3n-princ3ss @renxzs @sebastiansloserclub @starynighty @thorfanficwriter and as always, if you see this post from me please feel free to join in and consider yourself tagged (consider yourself part of the family) <3

#tag game #tumblr games #20 questions #cloudy's bollocks #i love you guys

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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 5 years

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The Problem with the Avengers

I’ve been reading a lot of Avengers comics recently scattered throughout their history and whilst they often have enough superhero action to kill some time, rarely have I ever found myself that engaged by the stories. In truth I’ve felt that way about virtually every Avengers story I’ve ever read.

In contrast whenever my reading lists took me to a random X-Men or Fantastic Four comic book I found they made for simply better reading.

This got me thinking about how traditionally and even now with the enhanced status the Avengers have in the comic series still seems to generate less enthusiasm than a lot of it’s competition with the really major superhero teams out there.

I think the fundamental problem is that, unlike those other teams, the Avengers is sorely lacking in identity.

I define the major Marvel/DC superhero teams as the ones that have been around near consistently for at least 30ish years and have have bled into multiple forms of other mass media.

So we’re talking the Fantastic 4, the Justice League (regardless of whether it’s called the Super Friends, the JLA, etc), the X-Men (and it’s associated spin-offs, e.g. X-Force, X-Factor, New Mutants) and the Titans/Teen Titans and the Avengers.

Unlike the Avengers, each of those teams has one or more simple ideas and hooks that have, more often than not, defined them and given them a basic but concrete premise to fall back on that the audience can easily connect to.

The Justice League are the All-stars of the DC universe, the team with the truly iconic characters in it’s line up and/or the guys who are at least mainstays of the DC universe in some fashion and well known to comic book readers. They are also at times allegorical to Greco-Roman Gods, e.g. Superman = Zeus, Batman = Hades, Green Lantern = Apollo, etc.

The X-Men are allegories for persecuted minorities and those who face bigotry in some fashion, as well as at times being allegories for adolescence.

The Fantastic Four are a nuclear family of scientists and explorers.

The Teen Titans are the junior heroes, the next generation, a junior Justice League if you will and more often than not the sidekicks to the older iconic heroes.

The Titans are the above but all grown up, independent, a non-nuclear family and in essence the next generation on the cusp of becoming the what their mentors were.

Now the Avengers at face value also have an easily understood hook too. They’re Earth’s Mightiest Heroes right? They, like the Justice League, are the All-stars of the Marvel universe right? Sometimes they’re talked of as being loosely equivalents to the Knights of the Roundtable.

The problem is that in practice...this is mostly lip-service.

For sure IN-UNIVERSE most people look up to the Avengers or hold them in similar esteem that the DC citizens hold the Justice League.

But as far as the real life audience is concerned for most of the Avengers history they really weren’t the All-stars of the Marvel universe and that comparison to Arthurian legend is really more talked about outside the comics more than it ever was genuine text or subtext in the pages themselves.

Lets put the Avengers into historical context. When the team debuted in 1963, consisting of Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, all of those characters were less than 2 years old.

And its a matter of historical record that they were neither the highest selling nor the most popular superhero books Marvel was putting out, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four were.

Furthermore the Hulk’s solo title had earlier that year been cancelled and whilst the other Avengers were continuing to regularly appear every month it was in anthology titles where they were simply the main, but not solo, stars. Those titles weren’t even NAMED after those heroes. You had Tales of Suspense for Iron Man, Journey into Mystery for Thor and Tales to Astonish for Ant-Man and Wasp.

Were these guys REALLY Marvel’s mightiest heroes?*

No they really weren’t.

To be frank it seems more like Stan Lee et al were trying to make bank off of the innate appeal of crossing characters over and doing so by grouping together the less successful and less popular characters.

You could make a similar argument for the Justice League of course, except when they debuted most of their members had been around considerably longer and they had Wonder Woman as a mainstay with Superman and Batman at times dropping in too, their presence only increasing across the decades. Nowdays many fans feel its just not the Justice League without the Trinity of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Back to the Avengers, these characters were the revered all-stars of Marvel in name only, with the Hulk even leaving shortly afterwards, replaced by the probably more famous Captain America...who also didn’t have his own book at the time. Cap actually didn’t regularly appear in any title until around a year after his Avengers debut when he began starring alongside Iron Man.

Cap might’ve been a long established hero but even he wasn’t high profile enough to get his OWN solo-series. In fact when he finally did what really happened was he became the solo star of Tales of Suspense (renamed to Captain America) and IRON MAN got his first true solo-series**

To make the matter clearer when the Avengers went through their first major shakeup (less than TWO YEARS after the series began) the cast consisted of Cap (who was still sharing with Iron Man at this point), Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

The Avengers had now been reduced to one character who shared a title with another one and three former villains who’d NEVER had solo-stories before, who weren’t even appearing regularly anywhere outside of the Avengers title.

Creatively this wasn’t all that bad. After all one of the pitfalls of team books like Avengers or Justice League is that often the series is constrained by events happening in the characters’ solo books or the other way around. Like the, F4 Cap’s kooky quartet could grow and develop in the Avengers and the only place you could see that potential growth was IN the Avengers comic itself; Johnny and Ben’s bland and bad solo yarns in Strange Tales notwithstanding.

However Cap kooky quartet was yet more evidence of how the ‘Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ was a cool slogan for the team and nothing more. They were a million miles away from being the Marvel All-stars they were treated or promoted as.

They were just ANOTHER Marvel team, more or less a home for miscellaneous Marvel heroes who were:

a) Relatively Earthbound

b) Not overly weird like Dr Strange

c) Flashier than dude’s without costumes like Nick Fury

d) Not already on teams

e) Not independently popular/interesting like Spider-Man

After all there is a reason so much of Iron Man and Cap’s histories are wrapped up with the Avengers titles and why most adaptations of the characters work in wider Marvel Universe elements. Its because those characters supporting casts and rogue galleries were not strong enough on their own to support their solo titles most of the time, so they essentially became Avengers satellite books.

This miscellaneous aspect to the Avengers though gave rise to another interpretation of the team, that in fact part and parcel of the point of them was that ANY Marvel hero could join their ranks. In essence that the Avengers could be a grand crossroads of the Marvel universe where any and all characters could pop up.

Its a nice sentiment but holds little water when you consider how the Avengers in-universe were typically treated as the premiere superhero team and how in practice many characters remained consistently out of their ranks. Even if we do swallow this line of thinking that simply means that the Avengers in being a team where anyone can join simply has no identity at all.

The X-Men during Claremont’s iconic run had a similar sort of idea of constantly changing up the roster except that book had the fundamental mutant metaphor to hold the shifting characters together no matter what.

When your team identity is that the identity can be anything your team hasn’t GOT an identity.

And this problem with the Avengers (a lack of identity wrapped around a false claim of being the Marvel All-star line up) went on and on and on for DECADES!

It got to the point where the X-Men, who in the Silver age FAILED compared to the Avengers, made good on their second chance and gradually grew in popularity until they clearly eclipsed every other Marvel team and by the 1990s eclipsed every other superhero team and book on the stands, exempting at times Spider-Man or Batman. In that decade anything with an X would sell whilst anything with an Avengers A was B-grade at best.

Whilst the Avengers claimed to be Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Marvels A-list heroes, Spider-Man and the X-Men actually WERE.

In 2004 when Bendis created the New Avengers with the explicit intention of re-orientating the team to finally truly be the Marvel A-list squad it had always claimed to be it had 2 big problems.

The first was that after 40 years and 500 issues the perception of the Avengers within the comic book community had become pretty entrenched. The second was that Bendis only slightly made good on this promise of reinvention.

By which I mean he added Spider-Man and Wolverine (basically the Superman and Batman of Marvel as far as their popularity went) to the Avengers as mainstays and then kept Iron Man, Cap and added in B-listers Luke Cage and Jessica Drew and not even a B-lister the Sentry.

To be clear I am not trying to insult Luke or Jessica but most people in 2004 didn’t know who they were and most who did didn’t care about him. they were added to raise their profile which is the exact opposite of what the book was claiming to do.

Even now with both characters holding more prestige than they did back then, if you were making a truly All-star Marvel superhero team Luke Cage and Jessica Drew probably wouldn’t be on the squad considering neither has a movie.

Whilst it’s true Bendis made New Avengers an unqualified success if you or I wrote a comic book with the two biggest Marvel characters in it hot on the heels of beloved and acclaimed movie appearances for both (which were sequels no less) of course it will sell like hot cakes.

But that sales success has absolutely not lasted.

Because again, the Avengers have no true identity as a superhero team, not even with the raised profile of the more traditional Avengers members afforded by their film appearances. At this point the failure of Iron Man’s popularity in wider pop culture to translate into much of an increase in comic sales is a bad joke. The fact is the comic book reading community still regards Iron Man as of lesser status than someone like Batman or Spider-Man or Wolverine and similarly the Avengers status as a team is still being hurt by the decades during which they were all sizzle and little steak.

Ironically this effect has been mitigated in adaptations. In cartoons (like Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes) a fresh modern take on the Marvel universe was presented wherein the Avengers characters were among the first and seemingly only heroes to inhabit that world (as far as the audience initially believed) essentially rendering them Earth’s Mightiest Heroes by default and free of the F4 or Spider-Man as a measuring stick could truly come off as All-stars. It also helped that the team membership was more consistent and a greater focus was placed upon their interpersonal relationships with one another, rendering them either a family or a kind of private little community of superheroes. Plus the show was as much an adaptation of the wider Marvel universe as it was Avengers stories, meaning often they could give focus episodes over to individual members to flesh them out.

To n extent the same thing happened in the MCU although because the MUC established solo movies for most of the Avengers first it in essence raised the prestige of each character thus justifying their claim to the film Avengers being all-star players. Plus there was a certain glamour and energy afforded the first film from being a never before done experiment in crossing over so many properties, this then fuelling consequent movies like Infinity War.

What’s ironic about all this is that the false interpretation of the Avengers being the Knights of the Roundtable is actually a way more fertile concept to build the Avengers team identity around and a more compelling hook to sell to the wider audience.

You could retain the idea that, in-universe, they are the Marvel All-star line up, but in the true substance of the series loosely build the stories and characters more around moderinzed takes upon Arthurian legend and ideals of heroism. Much as the Justice League have at times served as loose allegories for the Greco-Roman Pantheon.

If you look at the original team of Avengers, plus Captain America and Hawkeye, they already fit into loose concepts of Medieval era knights anyway.

Cap is a soldier, in other words a modern day knight, who is the absolute ideal warrior (Lancelot) complete with a form of chainmail armour and a weapon distinctly from Ye Olden Days.

Iron Man has frequently been referred to as a modern day knight in shining armour because he literally wears armour.

Thor is a Viking whom, I’m not sure were exactly around during when Arthurian legend is supposed to happen but like...close enough.

Hulk is perhaps equivalent to a troll, a creature from Medieval fairy tales.

Hawkeye is of course an archer and a clear Robin Hood allegory (Robin Hood is also Medieval).

And you could say Ant-Man and Wasp are akin to pixies. And even if you think not Hank when Giant Man is obviously a fairy tale giant.

I’m not saying every character needs to be as exact as those, but it’s just something for the team to concretely hang their hat on rather than continuing to insist they are the best Marvel characters all in one team when they usually don’t even have Marvel’s most popular character with them!

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voxcomentumultis · 5 years

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Half-Celestial Cody Timeline

2004-2005 (Cody’s age: not yet born)

Ego, irritated by Yondu’s refusal to hand over Peter, decides to break his own promise to himself. The Expansion is more important than his feelings for Meredith.

He meets a woman named Andrea Morgan. She is a sweet and quiet woman with a fondness for butterflies. She is the only child of an older couple that have both passed at this point.

Andrea falls pregnant and tells Ego, and over the course of the next month, he shows and tells her all about what their child will be able to do.

Ego eventually tells her that he must return to his planet for the time being so he does not lose his powers, but he will return. He tells her he is unsure exactly when, but sometime in the next few years. This is a lie that she believes. Just before leaving, he plants a tumor in her pancreas.

2006-2007 Cody’s age: 0-1

Andrea gives birth to Cody.

Excited by what Ego had previously told her, she encourages the powers Ego told her Cody would have, and within months of his birth he begins exhibiting these powers.

His celestial powers begin as amorphous balls of colored light but over time they begin to take shape, specifically of the butterflies his mother adores.

For his first birthday, she gives Cody a big blue butterfly toy made out of soft teething-friendly material.

2008-2009 Cody’s age: 2-3

Events of Iron Man.

Andrea falls ill and is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Despite best efforts, it takes her fairly quickly. She writes about being sick in the last few pages of her journal, and quits writing when she admits herself to the hospital for around the clock care.

During Cody’s final visit, Andrea tells her son “I am always with you.” He is disturbed by how different she looks, but is able to recognize her. He falls asleep with his head against her shoulder, and she passes while running her fingers through his hair.

At 3 years old, with an unknown father and no other family, Cody is placed in foster care.

2010-2011 Cody’s age: 4-5

Events of Iron Man 2, Thor, and The Incredible Hulk. Steve Rogers is unfrozen.

Cody begins having nightmares about his mother’s death. His powers made stronger by the intense emotion of a four-year-old, he frequently creates impressions of how she looked the last time he saw her that change gradually over time.

Cody begins telling people that “canker” at his mother when asked about her. Eventually he forgets exactly how she died.

Cody is given new foster parents, Katie and Whelan Young. They foster him for 15 months.

2012 Cody’s age: 6

Events of The Avengers.

Cody has gone from telling people that “canker” ate his mother to saying, “The Canker Man ate my mommy,” thus creating the Canker Man. His skeletal appearance is a warped version of how he remembers his mother. His screeches were originally her raspy breath. His eyes glow yellow like the color of her sclera the last time he saw her. He functions similarly to an immune system, indiscriminately destroying anything that causes Cody extreme emotional distress.

Katie falls ill with a bad flu, and it scares Cody, though he’s not entirely sure why.

The Canker Man “eats” Katie by absorbing her entire body. Whelan, previously asleep next to her, screams and searches beneath the blankets for his missing wife in complete denial.

Cody develops his fear of accidentally harming others.

Whelan begins desperately showing Cody pictures of her in an attempt to get him to bring her back. 6 years old at this point, Cody does not remember her right. He brings her back very off to the point she’s barely Katie at all. He cannot sustain her for long either. Whelan can’t help but hate him for this.

Whelan watches news reports of Loki’s attack on New York. He sees the destruction the Avengers cause in their attempts to stop the attack and it only adds fuel to his hatred of Cody, who he sees as being like them.

Whelan comes into Cody’s room one night and aims a gun at the sleeping boy, but instead turns to pull the trigger on a Canker Man in the hallway, waking up Cody and causing it to disappear. With Cody now awake, Whelan can’t go through with his plan to murder Cody to spare others of his pain. He calls the police on himself and Cody is taken away.

As a result of Whelan’s failed murder attempt, Cody develops his fear of retaliation as well as his trust issues and severe insomnia.

2013 Cody’s age: 7

Events of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World.

Cody is fostered by Peter and Doris Clemens.

Through unknown circumstances, the Canker Man kills both of Cody’s foster parents.

Cody spends almost a month alone in the Clemens’ apartment. He goes door to door once he completely runs out of food. A neighbor calls CPS.

2014 Cody’s age: 8

Events of Before I Wake, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1, and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2.

Cody is fostered by Mark and Jessie Hobson, who previously lost their young son Sean when he accidentally drowned in the upstairs bathtub. Mark is ready to move on, while Jessie only thinks she is.

When Jessie learns of Cody’s powers she, like Whelan, attempts to get him to bring back a lost loved one. The difference here is that Cody did not know Sean at all, and Jessie does not even admit to herself that that is what she is doing.

Eventually Jessie realizes her mistake and attempts to make up for it, but by then it is too late. Mark is killed by the Canker Man. Not long after, Jessie is as well.

Bounty hunters who are very clearly not from Earth break into the house one night to find him alone. Cody is allowed to pack a small bag before he’s dragged onto a spaceship. He fills his backpack with his old butterfly toy, his mother’s journal, a viceroy in a mason jar, and a spare change of clothes.

Unlike with Yondu’s faction of ravagers, their desire to eat a terran is not a joke. Cody is kept alive and relatively healthy because they’ve been paid half a million units to bring him to his father. Cody kills 3 of them on different occasions that have him completely freaked out.

Cody arrives on Ego’s planet. The bounty hunters tell Ego about what Cody can do.

Ego explains to both of them what their powers are and the fact that they’re immortal. He walks them both through his explanation of the expansion. He taps both of their foreheads to let them see eternity.

Ego admits to killing both of their mothers in nearly the same way. Peter is quick to react violently, while Cody is frozen with shock. Cody finally attacks when Ego crushes the Walkman. In retaliation, Ego impales Cody on the tendrils of lights as well and smashes his mason jar containing the viceroy.

The Guardians crash through the ceiling and obliterate Ego’s form, freeing both half-brothers. Cody climbs onto the pod and has a meltdown over how strange and terrifying everything suddenly is.

Terrified of Ego, Cody does not help Peter fight their father. Instead, he aids the other Guardians in their plan to blow him up and their battle against the Sovereign.

When Mantis’s hold on Ego breaks, he traps everyone with mounds of rock or tendrils of light. What he does to Peter, he also does to Cody, though his main focus is Peter.

Peter attacks Ego, freeing everyone. Cody escapes on the ship with the others as the core of the planet explodes.

Cody did not know Yondu, but seeing everyone else around him cry makes him cry.

Now aware that he actually has family, Cody asks his newfound half-brother if he can stay with them. He is relieved when he’s told that he can.

2015-2017 Cody’s age: 9-11

Events of Avengers: Age of Ultron to Thor: Ragnarok.

Cody travels with the Guardians, helping out on less dangerous missions and slowly working to control his powers.

Initially intimidated and frightened by those around him, he slowly grows comfortable around them. Perhaps it is the fact that Peter is his half-brother, but for once in his life he does not feel like he doesn’t belong.

2018 Cody’s age: 12

Events of Ant-Man and the Wasp and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as the beginning of Avengers: Endgame.

The Guardians come across the Asgardian wreckage and bring a stranger with one eye onto their ship. Cody does not recognize him as Thor, despite being a fan of the Avengers prior to being taken by the bounty hunters. Once Thor tells them who he is, Cody is immediately excited and the room is filled with a short-lived swarm of butterflies in Thor’s colors.

Cody goes with Peter to Knowhere. Thanos turns him into something resembling a bunny. He turns back when Thanos leaves with Gamora.

Cody uses his black butterflies to help in the attack against Tony, Strange, and Parker on Titan before they all realize they’re on the same side.

When discussing their plan to take down Thanos, Cody asks if he can help, but Tony shuts him down, explaining he’s already furious that Parker is with them at all and he’s not about to let a twelve-year-old fight as well. Cody tells them that he can see through the eyes of his creations if he tries hard enough and is told he can fight only on the condition that he stays hidden and well away from the actual battle.

Cody hides among the ruins and fights while seeing through the eyes of a butterfly, leading a swarm of his creation against the titan. He creates a duplicate of himself to help pull off the gauntlet.

Peter attacks Thanos upon hearing he killed Gamora. Thanos wakes up and throws everyone off of him, destroying Cody’s duplicate in the process. Duplicates, especially ones he uses to see through, are draining to him, and Cody is unable to continue fighting. He remains hidden among the ruins.

Cody comes out of hiding once Thanos is gone, exhausted. He makes his way towards his brother, wanting to comfort him for what happened to Gamora, but before he can get to him, Mantis fades in Peter’s arms. Then Drax turns to dust.

Cody doesn’t register at first that Peter is dead, and doesn’t really know at one point he starts screaming. The next thing he knows he’s trying to piece together a pile of dust on the ground. Someone pulls him away and he’s not sure who, but a tornado of black butterflies erupts from the ground and from them come a Canker Man who begins searching for a long-gone Thanos.

Already exhausted prior to his outburst, his creations disappear and Cody passes out in the arms of the person holding him. He wakes up on his brother’s ship and finds that Tony and Nebula are the only other survivors. He’s inconsolable the entire time they’re stuck in space.

Cody is in as bad a shape as Tony is when Carol returns them to earth. Cody tells Rocket that Peter, Mantis, Gamora, and Drax are dead. Rocket and Nebula comfort each other while Cody is given much needed medical attention.

2019-2022 Cody’s age: 13-16

Events of the time skip.

Cody spends a year at the compound. He grows fond of Nat and asks Tony if he can use his lab for his own small project. Using his powers to aid him, he creates his own version of Peter’s helmet, one with a blue face and green eyes. During this time, he has also been perfecting his control of his powers, and can now fully control the Canker Man.

He asks Rocket and Nebula to return to earth because he wishes to join them. He sews a big black butterfly to the back of a spare ravager trench coat and tells them he’s going by Star-Fly now. He says he’s not quite Star-Lord and never will be him, but that the world needs someone to fill in his shoes, and who better than his half-brother? Cody uses his powers to intimidate wrongdoers into surrender to avoid needless bloodshed.

Frequently, Cody uses his powers in his sleep and temporarily creates copies of those they lost or scenes from his own memory. On at least one occasion, Rocket finds “Peter” flying the ship even though it’s currently on autopilot, then turns his head to see Cody asleep in the other chair.

2023 Cody’s age: 17

Events of the rest of Avengers: Endgame.

Cody is not a part of the time travel. There aren’t enough particles for him and he is the only minor in the room. He does however question Rhodey about Peter upon his return.

Cody is caught beneath rubble when the compound is destroyed. He creates the Canker Man to help free him.

He goes all out in the battle against Thanos. His enormous swarm of butterflies towers over the battlefield and tears apart members of the titan’s army like frenzied piranhas. Multiple Canker Mans appear and devour enemies as well.

When the battle is over, Cody is finally able to see Peter again. Both of them are wearing their helmets. They tap the buttons to reveal their faces, and Cody collapses against his half-brother with exhaustion and weeps into his chest. He’s missed him so much, and he can hardly believe that Peter is real.

Cody becomes an official member of the Guardians. No longer will he be left behind on missions. He happily welcomes Thor as part of the team.

#it keeps them safe until they're grown up | cody headcanons #his father's ego | cody verse #cancer cw #death cw #dont read if you havent watched the movie cody is from or a:eg #this actually took me like 4 hours to write my hands are CRAMPING

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thewayoftheshadow · 6 years

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Space Orcs: Bees

Everybody knows what a bee is. I don’t mean a bumble bee or a wasp, which many people call a bee. I mean a plain old honey bee. Bees are very beneficial. They do way more work and contribute to so much more than most people think. Currently on our farm we have three bee hives that we started this spring. Caring for a new hive is sometimes difficult and constant work. There are also many safety procedures that must be followed for both the beekeeper and bees health.

How would an alien react to bees and beekeepers in general? What would they say when they find out how one sting can cause pain for a week or even be life threatening to some? How would they react if they found out that a single hive can house around 60,000 bees? What would they say about the lengths that people go to keeping a hive alive even if it kills them?

Here’s my take on it:

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Year: 2863 Region: Greater-Sol Planetary #: 3 Time: 1200 Earth-UTC

A farm in the North-Western Hemisphere of Planet 3: Earth. A human and her alien friend are on leave for two weeks on the humans, Sarah, parents farm.

Sarah: Now that you’ve seen the chickens lets go see the bees next.

Ysiz: What is a bee? Is it similar to a chicken?

Sarah: No no no, they’re nothing alike. Bees hurt much worse than chickens when they’re angry.

Ysiz: Why do all of the earth animals wish to hurt you? Have you not domesticated them?

Sarah: Oh these are domesticated. Only thing is we cant domesticate bees. There are too many of them.

Ysiz: More than the chickens?

Sarah: Oh yeah, try about half a million.

With this, Sarah leads her hard shelled companion over to what humans call a shed to get ready to go to the bees.

Sarah: This may sound personal, but do you have any fleshy bits like humans? or are you all shell?

Ysiz looks at Sarah and wonders why she would ask something so strange.

Ysiz: I can assure you I have no ‘fleshy bits’ as you put it.

Sarah: Good, you wont need a bee suit.

Sarah then takes out this strange white jacket with an attached hood and mesh netting. She puts on the jacket, throws the hood over and does up the series of zippers and Velcro patches to make sure that no bees can crawl into the hood. She then reaches down and pulls her socks over her pant legs.

Sarah: This is to keep the bees from getting under my clothes and doing me, or themselves, any harm.

Ysiz: They can harm themselves?

Sarah grabs a pair of thick elbow length goatskin gloves and puts them on.

Sarah: They harm themselves by harming me. When they sting me their stinger gets stuck in my skin and rips out of them. They tend to die rather quickly after that.

Ysiz: They have stingers? Did you not say that there were half of a million? You are crazy for keeping that many bees.

Sarah: Yes half a million, about 50,000 per hive box. Also the stinger is there for attacking anything that is perceived as a threat to the hive. To some it can be painful for a couple days. But if your really allergic it could kill you if your not treated fast enough.

Ysiz says nothing but shakes xers head while Sarah grabs a metal tool with a small hook on it.

Ysiz: So, what will you be doing with these bees then?

Sarah: Today ill just be checking for the queen bee to see if the old one is still there, she should be getting close to three years old.

Ysiz: They have a queen, so they must be like the Ulhilm species from the sector next to my home sector.

Sarah: Not quite, just follow me and I’ll show you what they look like.

After a brief five minute walk Sarah and Ysiz arrive at the collection of hives all lined up.

Sarah: Before we get closer, don’t stand near or in front of the hives. They have a specific distance in front of the hive that they need when they fly out. Don’t obstruct it, they will sting sometimes if your in the way. Just stay beside or behind me and you will be fine.

Sarah pry’s the lid off the closest box and is immediately greeted by a constantly moving sea of bees and a low humming sound.

Ysiz: Do you hear that Human-Sarah? They are making a noise, they may think we are predators.

Sarah: Nah, its ok. That’s just the sound of thousands of bees beating their wings. They’re doing something called fanning. It moves the air around inside and helps keep them cool. Go look at the front and you can see there are some by the entrance doing it.

Ysiz peers over the top of the box and sees tens of bees facing away from the hive and moving their wings very fast to filter hot air out of the hive. Xe turns around and sees Sarah holding a large frame covered in bees and a strange geometric pattern.

Ysiz: You were right about the bees Human-Sarah, there are many of them. What is this pattern they have made? It is different colors.

Sarah: Its called comb. They use wax and create this comb to store things in. They store their brood in the comb as well as food, called honey, and pollen. When they have an abundance of honey we take the comb and extract it and use the honey ourselves.

Sarah sits in silence for a few minutes and keeps pulling frames out and putting some back before she reaches for the middle frames.

Sarah: Right now I should be close to finding the queen, she likes to sit closer to the center to lay eggs. She looks a little different from the rest of the bees, but not by much.

A few minutes pass before Sarah is excitedly telling Ysiz to look closer at the frame.

Sarah: Look right there, that’s the queen. She has a red dot on her back that was painted on when we got her a couple years ago.

Ysiz: She dos not look different from the other bees. They all look the same. Except that one and that one, they are slightly bigger.

Sarah: That would be a drone. Its a male bee that mates with queen, they don’t really serve any other purpose. Also, she is slightly different, she is larger than the workers and a bit longer.

After Sarah finishes the last hive she walks back to the shop with Ysiz in tow while pulling off the beekeeping gear.

Sarah: Wow it gets hot in that get up. If only it wasn’t so hot today.

Ysiz: I am confused Human-Sarah.

Sarah: About what?

Ysiz: Why would you maintain something that is hard to maintain AND can kill you?

Sarah: Well, bees cross pollinate flowers and crops. Without bees life on earth would be very different if not there anymore. Their cross pollination when they gather pollen helps with the diversity of the genetics of plants. They essentially spread seeds from plant to plant.

Ysiz: So they are very important.

Sarah: Like I said, life wouldn’t bee the same without them.

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There ya have it, bees. This idea came to me at one in the morning after finishing some problems for one of my engineering courses. So sorry if this seems to ramble on or jumps around at some points cause I’m a bit tired. I wanted to get this one out before I forget it and kick myself later for not doing it. Anyways, If anybody finds any errors or areas of improvement let me know and I’ll be glad to make corrections! Also, please let me know if you plan on writing about bees too or if you have, I’d love to see somebody else’s take on bees.

Also, here is a picture of the tool with the hook mentioned above:

Its called a bee hive tool, or just a j hook. Its used to pry open the lid on a hive and scrape anything away, or up, that needs to be scraped. Due to propolis, which is kind of like bee glue, cementing the lid closed the tool is needed to pry the lid up. The hook portion is used to lift the corner of a frame out so that you can grab it with your hands and lift it from there. I hope this was informative. All of the stuff that was said by Sarah should be true unless I was taught wrong. In which case, correct me please!

#Humans #humans are space orcs #humans are space australians #humans are space oddities #aliens #bees #writing idea #space #space orcs #HUMANS ARE WEIRD

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blockheadjnr · 5 years

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Captain marvel was absolutely amazing. Like, not perfect by any means but I think this was one of marvels best movies and was a result of changing for the better. Uhhh I’m not sure what this is but I’m gonna type some jargon about the history of marvel and then I’m gonna tell you why it all leads up to captain marvel

[The Rise Of Marvel]

Like a lot of people, I really didn’t enjoy super hero movies for awhile. Prior to marvels Iron Man in 2008, there wasn’t anything particularly impressive about the cinematic super hero genre. There are certainly some amazing films within the genre but all in all, Public opinion was meh.

But in 2008 Iron Man blew me away. I could see the potential of what super hero movies could be. It wasn’t Until Captain America in 2011 that I declared myself as a die hard marvel fan. I could go on for days about what was so good about that movie and u know what I will someday just not right now.

All in all, the first phase of marvel movies were all generally pretty good! Except the hulk. We all like to pretend it didn’t happen but it did and it was so bad.

You know I saw the 2003 hulk movie (also not good, but I can never forget that ending). I can’t even kind of recall the 2008 version?? What is this??? Why was Lou ferrigno there?? Hello???

[phase 2 was not great]

In 2013 marvel began phase 2 of the cinematic universe. From 2013 to 2015, they released: Iron man 3, Thor: Dark world, Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy** Age of Ultron** and Ant man.

At the time, I didn’t really enjoy any of these movies. I was very upset with myself since everyone else seemed to enjoy them and I wanted to have fun too but I didn’t understand it. But I was a child then and now as an adult I can see the truth: I’m always right and everyone who was mean to me as a child can suck an egg.

I re-watched all the marvel movies up till now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that 1) Joss Whedon sucks 2) marvel was disconnected from the opinions of the public (the people who like super hero’s).

Personally, I just think Joss Whedon is not a good director. I am not a fan of any of the marvel movies that he directed, they just...ugh, ugly muted color pallet, bad writing. Why do the avengers hate each other????? I thought they were a team to save the earth but they just hate each other so much. ANYWAY

These movies sucked for a couple of reasons, I think the main reason was that people trusted the name Marvel to make a good movie, and the industry took advantage of that. They really phoned it in thinking they’d be making millions by repeating the same formula over and over. Fortunately, the average movie goer is better then that! People wanted change and WE GOT IT BABY.

[Phase 3: ALRIGHT NOW THESE ARE SOME MOVIES!!!!!! ]

Phase 3 starts in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Alright ok this movie wasn’t great like cool I’m glad these dudes are having a fucking fist fight in this McDonald’s parking lot but AFTER THIS I can say with faith that these are some bangers.

[What changed and what it means for the next movies]

Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider-man homecoming, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: infinity War, Ant-man and the wasp and Captain Marvel.

I’ve been just hunched over my phone writing this for like 2 hours and I’m bored now so I’ll come back to this later

#wip #unfinished #unasked for analysis

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