So what are your thoughts on Brutasha (since the recent ask reminded me of the other two og avengers that you didn't do, and the relationship they got into...)?
I am haunted by "hiding the zucchini" that's how I feel about Brutasha.
But to actually answer your question, remember I come from MCU land, I've never read the comics, watched only part of other Marvel TV adaptations (i.e. a few episodes of animated X-Men here and there). So, things that require BUT THE COMICS are not going to work for me. I'm well aware that things happened in the comics but all I have to go on is what the MCU delivers to my doorstep.
So, back to these two per the MCU.
The MCU was desperately trying to hook Natasha up with somebody. We have her first being a femme fatale with Tony, admittedly this was never serious as he had the Pepper/Tony thing going on, but still clearly there. Then we get some intense flirting/friendship with Steve Rogers for a while (though that this is also going on while Steve has other desperate love interest of Peggy's granddaughter is a bit interesting). Then we get Bruce out of nowhere.
As the only female avenger for the first few iterations, there was clearly a dying need on someone's end to pair her up with somebody. It's her destiny.
And Bruce came out of nowhere, just like the rest of them.
We're suddenly told in Ultron that Bruce and Natasha are in a relationship. "Wow, where did that come from?" because the first time we saw them meet, in the last Avengers film that gave them both screen time, Natasha strong armed Bruce into joining the Avengers, boarding a helicarrier, and having the absolute worst time. Natasha is the face of SHIELD, Bruce... isn't a huge fan.
But regardless, we're told the relationship is a thing and we get... a lot of awkward to back that up. Such as weird lullabies showing that only Natasha can get Bruce to transform back from Hulk and uh some very very cringe jokes from Tony.
Of a memorably bad movie, the Brutasha was perhaps the most memorably awful part of that movie. And that's saying something, as that movie had Ultron cracking jokes about eggs.
And then Bruce goes into space and we sort of forget about that whole relationship for a while except for a few odd mentions to convince us that it was totally a legitimate and deep thing.
It was just so desperate to me, to desperately get me invested into a ship that no one wanted and no one cared about with two characters that the franchise had spent the least time on at that point.
NPC A and NPC B are in a relationship! Don't you love it? Don't you have intense feelings about it?
No?
Are you sure?
What if I give it more screen time without developing the characters?
Still don't like it, huh?
Hm.
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What I love in this scene is Loki's reaction.
I thought that Loki would be impressed by Mobius' rage, or that he would be amused. Or that he would immediately start torturing Brad as soon as Mobius got out of the cell.
But no: Loki was stunned by Mobius' reaction.
So, at first, he took steps to stop Mobius before he went too far and escorted him away safely.
Then he followed Mobius to make sure he was okay, asking him over and over without using aggressive tones, despite Mobius trying to downplay it.
Loki saw that Mobius was trying to hide how shaken he was, so he suggested to eat a slice of pie to reassure him down.
Without pressure, he calmed him down until Mobius was ready to open.
And then he reassured him gently.
This shows how much Loki has changed: instead of being overwhelmed by anger and the desire for revenge, he put the well-being of Mobius, a person dear to him, first, without hiding the concern and affection he feels for him. And Mobius, in return, demonstrated that he placed full trust in Loki, expressing his innermost emotions to him.
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I don’t think you all grasp the depth of the finale and the show as whole: Loki used to be a side chracter who was killed off several times and often used only as a comic relief, and now he’s one of the most important character in the whole mcu… His character arc is incredible, one of the best in the whole mcu.
And all some of you seems to care about is that your ship didn’t become canon. Are you kidding me?!
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Can we talk about how cute it is that Peter thought Tony was that tall for the bunny ears?
And also... does that mean they didn't plan at all to do bunny ears to each other? I mean, if they had planned it, Peter would have checked to see if he was doing them right.
So that means that originally the photo was going to be with Tony's arm around Peter's back, and Peter's arm around Tony's shoulders.
These two will never stop making me cry.
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It’s been 3 years and people are still butthurt so
I just want to acknowledge that somewhere in the vast, infinite multiverse SHIELD founder Peggy Carter is out there getting her back blown out by Steve Rogers every night
And I think that’s beautiful.
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