tl;dr: this is actually Iron Man 5: Son of Iron Man (Iron Man 4 being CA:CW) to the detriment of Peter Parker’s own development in this incarnation.
I get that RDJ is incredibly charismatic and, probably more importantly, incredibly bankable. He has made Tony Stark a role impossible for another actor to step into. And so rather than recasting the role as he ages, Marvel is maybe thinking that they can turn him into the Professor X of the Avengers. (Pure speculation on my part.) But… But. There is a point of oversaturation and I fear we might be getting close to it.
Not everyone goes to the MCU movies for Tony Stark – or, rather, just for Tony Stark. People want to see Steve Rogers most in a Captain America movie, they want Peter Parker to get all of the best scenes in a Spider-Man movie. They want an ensemble in the Avengers pieces. They don’t want Captain Jack Sparrow (and Friends), Plot Coherence Not Necessary because, unlike Captain Jack, the MCU characters have histories that go back decades.
But judging by the endless stream of Pirates movies, I’m not sure Marvel/Disney particularly cares about that. They might be able to safely assume that the comics fanpeople are going to pay to see the movies regardless but in order to attract new eyeballs, they go with what works. And if what works is Tony Stark everywhere, then Iron Man 6: Infinity War is up next.
A Sam Wilson centric fic for the @capreversebb
Title: That Others May Live
Author: @tigernoir Artist: @superhumandisasters
Rating: Genfic, Teen Audiences (violence, death, ptsd)
Characters: Sam Wilson, Riley Monroe
Word count: 15,299
AO3 link: That Others May Live
Summary:
What happened to Sam Wilson during the war? An exploration of Sam after Riley dies, what happened before, and where he was when he finally met Steve Rogers. A story that goes in and out of the past through flashbacks, therapy sessions, and Sam’s emotions.
The Sam-centric pre CAtWS we’ve all been waiting for!
New works are being posted to the Cap RBB AO3 Collection every day until July 4th. Remember to check them out!
The Sam Wilson Birthday Bang is an event that brings writers, artists, and other content creators together to collaborate on great stuff to be posted on AO3!
First, writers will begin writing fanfic. Then artists will each pick a fic from an anonymous list of summaries and create something cool (fan art! gifs! pod fic! playlist!) based on that fic!
Then we all post our stuff together during the last two weeks of September to celebrate Sam’s birthday!
Everything that meets the deadline and complies with our rules will be added to our collection on AO3 and promoted by this blog!
❗ Signups Open July 1 ❗
we designed our event to be a “mini-bang” with a relatively short schedule and low word count requirement because we want as many people as possible to be able to participate during this busy fandom season. So don’t be shy. DO IT FOR SAM.
(art by @yawpkatsi !!)
So You Think You’re Not Racist
Alternate title: “Levels of Racism: Why White Fans and Creators Have a Responsibility to Confront Our Biases”
So here’s a thing I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m pretty sure it’s nothing new and if anyone knows of resources written by Black people that address this, please send me the info because I definitely want to read them.
(Also if I’ve misstepped or misspoken in any way, please let me know. Criticism is welcome.)
Part of the difficulty of discussing racism, particularly with other white people, is that we don’t actually think about the same thing when we talk about racism. The way I see it, there are three levels:
- Individual beliefs and actions that are rooted in racial prejudice
- Subconscious racial bias that comes from socialization
- Systemic racism enshrined in institutions of power
There are probably more in between, and obviously these aren’t strict black and white categories; there’s a lot of overlap and blurred lines involved. I don’t know if any particular level is worse than the others, and I don’t think I’m qualified to speak on that. But I think these work well as large bucket categories.
The problem is that often people are talking about different levels without actually realizing it. When I try to get my parents to understand why level 2 might lead them to judge Colin Kaepernick’s method of protest unfairly, they respond as if I’ve accused them of level 1 racism. When I tell my coworker that I don’t like the Bruins because the crowd booed PK Subban every time he had the puck, I can tell he’s desperately trying to come up with a reason other than race because he doesn’t want to accuse an entire stadium of people of being level 1 racists, when really the problem is probably a mix of 1 & 2.
And obviously, they’re all bad. They’re all racism and we should fight against all of them. But I think we have to fight against the different levels in different ways, which is why people get frustrated with these conversations.
You can see exactly how Jon goes from attempting to reason to utterly horrified when the asshole opens his mouth about Dr. King…
I also feel pretty sure that had he been there back in the day, Mr Ward would have been among the sort of citizens SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY that a minority would ~*resort to violence*~ and look at this as just another indication that they really were the problem here.
source: https://tumblr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115007729788-Heads-up-for-AT-T-customers
In other words, if you’re using an ATT email for your Tumblr account, you need to go change your email or you will pretty much be…
banned
Well this sucks but I don’t want it catching people by surprise so signal boost I guess
what the actual fuck
THIS IS REAL.
IF THIS AFFECTS YOU, GET A GMAIL ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING AND SET IT AS YOUR EMAIL FOR YOUR TUMBLR PREFS RIGHT AWAY. YOU HAVE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THURSDAY TO DO SO OR YOU LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR TUMBLR.
The Mental Illness™: *takes all motivation*
Me: *motivated solely by the power of spite* fuck u
The Mental Illness™: no… how…
Me: *ascends in golden light* because fUCK YOU, THAT’S HOW
Do you know what the most popular book among WWII GIs was?
Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which was printed in a special military edition, went into reprints, and was the most requested book by soldiers. Smith got thousands of fan letters from GIs. And it’s a book by a woman, entirely about the experiences of a teenage girl.
So I don’t ever want to hear about how boys won’t read books about girls, or how we need more “boy books” in YA, ever again, thanks.
Tumblr Exodus 