#man really said imma give the best fucking performances while I'm literally dying and its so incredible how much he put in

[crystal-lillies]

So I've been low key following the new Marvel D+ shows since they were the things I was mainly interested in from the start when D+ was first announced, but since that time, Marvel Netflix all got cancelled, Disney swallowed up Fox, Endgame and Far From Home happened, then shutdown happened, and my fervent-ness for the MCU faded a good deal.

After some time digesting my feelings about Infinity War/Endgame/FFH, I came to terms with my dislike of how a lot of story, character, and overarching arc decisions were handled across the MCU and my distrust for how the future of the stories will be done. This goes without mentioning the disgust over how individual people are treated in the industry and fandom.

So, when WandaVision finally started to drop, I was very hesitant to jump back on the MCU train. I hadn't started watching until more episodes had aired, and I didn't engage in any of the discourse, only reblogged a couple things toward the end of the series; nevertheless, I was still hopeful to see something new and maybe better than what we had gotten before.

Suffice to say, as someone who had been very fervently in the MCU, I did enjoy watching it and picking up a lot of the nods to the films and even Agents of SHIELD (which got me hoping again that Marvel Netflix shows won't be retconned away). I think the grief centered themes worked really well in its favor. I also feel like Monica as a character deserves more to build on since not everyone will have seen let alone remembered little Monica from Captain Marvel, and I feel like there's a crucial piece missing to all of the MCU that I hope at some point gets addressed more fully. Will I be talking about this more? I don't know.

I'm still side eyeing TFATWS when it trends, and I'm a little concerned for certain, uh, woobifying for lack of a better term from what I've been seeing so far, but I think and I hope it will be a good opportunity to let Sam Wilson shine a lot more. The focus on his struggles seems to be well handled, and I hope it continues to be so. Nevertheless, still going to wait it out.

As for Loki, the show I was most interested in from the start, I have seen the trailers, and not going to lie, part of me is excited to see how timeline stuff works and how this different version of the character will evolve. Thor: The Dark World Loki was one of my favorite iterations of the character, and given that this Loki is just a post-Avengers Loki, I've been interested to see how it will play out.

Regardless... I'm still not sure how to feel. I don't think I'll be engaging much more with it than I am now until I figure that out. I just wanted to put out my two cents, and in case anyone who's followed my blog and knows how much I was all in MCU mode was wondering why I've been so lackluster on it when we're getting all the shows so close together and Black Widow on the horizon and No Way Home in the distance. I'm still figuring out what my relationship with the MCU will be going forward. I still enjoy the characters and a lot of the movies, and I want to enjoy the new performances, as they're always very good, but whether I'll be as fervently engaged with it as I was over the last several years?

It's up to what happens, I guess.

#flowerspeak #long post #sorry for this out of the blue #it was on my mind and i had to get it out #marvel #mcu #wandavision #avengers #avengers infinity war #avengers endgame #tfatws #the falcon and the winter soldier #loki #also like the nerve of black widow coming out after shes fucking dead like why tf couldnt u have done this post civil war if it happens then #after years of begging for a black widow movie shes practically fuckin fridged and then marvel decides oh hey have a movie ;0 as a treat #it hits different but whatever ig #I've been most curious abt black panther 2 actually since chadwick passed...rip... since i was really looking forward to him going on #man really said imma give the best fucking performances while I'm literally dying and its so incredible how much he put in #so i hope going forward w bp stuff that it goes well...all of the bp cast and crew were gr8 so hopefully #also shang chi on the horizon in....2022 now?? that is def one ive been big eye emoji on too...it could b gr8 if its handled + produced well #i think it comes down to disney and hollywood and knowledge of corporate media production and the ill effects it has on content creation tbh #also yknow prejudices and harmful stereotypes and internalized narratives n garbage among many other things #anyway i will stop tag ranting dhdjf