I am a writer, a feminist, and a Hufflepuff.
I like Harry Potter, webcomics, and queer stuff.
Anticipate a blog full of these things and smatterings of my own writing.
"Same’s true of the Black Widow. Scarlett Johanssen looked great in that outfit, but she seemed to be there only as eye candy. The shot in the middle of the battle where she pulls out a pistol was silly. I don’t know who this Black Widow was, and I don’t think the screenwriter did either. She wasn’t the original comic Black Widow, the Russian femme fatale who seduces Hawkeye into trying to kill Iron Man. She wasn’t the later comic book Black Widow, who dons a costume, comes over to the good guys, and teams with first Hawkeye and then Daredevil. She was just… there."
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George R. R. Martin, on reviewing the Avengers. [SOURCE]
Okay, George, I do totally agree with your earlier assessment of Hawkeye. I’ll give you that he didn’t have enough screentime to get proper development. But no. I can’t even let you finish, there will be no finishing of the Kanye West meme here. WERE WE WATCHING THE SAME FILM?
I don’t want to automatically fall back on the “you think she’s just eye candy, because you’re a male” argument, because that’s unfair. Fuck, you write some really damned decent females yourself (all things considered). But honestly? No. No, we were not watching the same film.
“JUST THERE?” Uh, did you not see any of her development at all, or were you just waiting for the men to come in and steal the show? This is the same character who is the only one to get decent information when everyone else is too busy arguing over stupid personal bullshit. This is the same character who has a conversation with Loki and doesn’t lose her cool. This is the same character jumping onto alien warcraft and beating these assholes at their own game. This is the same character saving the motherfucking day by racing off to beat Loki while all the boys are too busy playing house with the alien army.
Don’t tell me she was just there. That she was just eye candy. She was one of the most important motherfucking characters in the entire film, and it saddens me when reviews degrade Johansson’s performance simply because she isn’t one of the guys. And why do all of these reviews seem to come from long time comics fans, 90% of the time all male? You do realize that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a canon into itself and doesn’t actually follow the comics the way you’re claiming it should? That characters were changed and updated to fit with current audiences and currently relevant plots? Laying this all on Black Widow’s origins not adding up right is just plain silly at this point in the MCU game. (A game you don’t seem to be playing well, G.R.R.M.)
Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.
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^This.
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“Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.” YEP.
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Is this a fucking joke? I’m tired of this bullshit that because an actress is fucking drop-dead gorgeous it must mean her character is simply there to to be eye candy. Fuck you. Don’t be such a misogynistic fuck. SHE CLOSED THE FUCKING PORTAL. SHE LITERALLY BEAT THE LOKI OUT OF CLINT.
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#i recognize you have an opinion #but given that it’s a stupid-ass opinion i’ve elected to ignore it
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I am suddenly proud of the fact that my 26-year-old red-blooded heterosexual brother, while finding Black Widow hot, would be the first one in line to call that “just eye candy” bullshit what it is.
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I’m still trying to figure out what movie he watched. Because it wasn’t the one that was actually on the screen. Then again he seems to believe strong female characters need to be abused & starved to exist so…
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alladis
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Seriously though what movie did he watch?
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edoro submitted: 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 28, 33, 37, 38, 41, 43, ~~~45~~~, 52, 58
Oh my a completely unexpected ask that I certainly did not leave any unfrondly hinting for what a surprise what the fuck why would you ask this many
1) Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen, Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons, Again I Go Unnoticed by Dashboard Confessional (wow wtf), Season of Love by Shiny Toy Guns, Misguided Ghosts by Paramore, and Heartless Empire by Broken Bells. So…nothing I listen to regularly.
3) “The mother, seduced by the Nightengale’s pretentious manner of speaking and the hint of fame represented by the poster, ignored her own rules and accepted him as a guest.” The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende. Given the nature of that story, we’re lucky that wasn’t obscene.
6) Oh fuck you. I’m scared of moths sucking my blood and pulling my organs out of my bellybutton.
8) If I’m outside, I’m most likely on a swingset.
9) Favorite band is Janelle Monae I love her 5ever
10) Told my manager I couldn’t work for a sick coworker when all I was really doing was hanging out with a friend, does that count as a lie?
11) Uhhh wow karma is a difficult question. I kind of see the universe as a balancing force, but I’ve seen too many good people in constant bad situations to believe in a personal karma.
16) I collect unicorns and tea cups~
18) Babies crying loud children loud crowds people doing the dishes at work oh my god I can’t handle those noises I can’t I can’t I can’t. Sounds I love…I like birds and violins and listening to my own heartbeat after a strenuous activity.
19) My biggest what if? Fuck I try not to ask that question. It’s not really a regret or anything, but I suppose the biggest what if is that sometimes I wonder who I’d be or where’d I be with my life if I had not met a certain person who knows who they are and may or may not be the jackass who decided to ask me 22 questions.
20) Aliens almost definitely exist, this universe is just too big. Not really a believer in ghosts, though, I’ve just never seen any convincing evidence.
21) Stick my right arm out, touch an empty cookie box. Feel a deep sense of loss. Stick my left arm out, touch my phone. Wish it were my missing ipod what the fuck did I do with that
23) The worst place I’ve been to? Man there’s this house near my local grocery, and I keep getting dragged into going there and there are all these awful fucking people I can’t stand and some bitch who thinks we’re friends. Uhhh but for real, I guess I’d say my middle school? Place was a shithole.
28) I was once hit in the head with a backpack from a long distance. Everyone crowded around me and asked if I was okay, while I just tried to keep reading and held my hand to my head like that would help. I pulled my hand away and saw why everyone suddenly cared about me - it was fucking covered in blood. And then I once laughed so hard I threw my head back into a file cabinet and got a slight concussion. My sense of taste was off for a week or so. One of those two incidents.
33) The last thing I purchased was a delicious banana cake at a wonderful Thai restaurant.
37) Secret weapon to get someone to like me? Stutter and stare at my feet and hope to GOD they think it’s adorable instead of stupid as hell. Or was that platonic liking? Because then my secret weapon is a big smile and lots of questions about them, because everyone likes to talk about themselves.
38) My best friend is in Canada, I think we’ve been over that one.
41) Dog drowning in a canal, I’m gonna be fired if I’m late to work, goddammit. Can you call 911 for a drowning dog? I’d try that, because I’m honestly not a strong swimmer and I don’t know if a strange dog would cooperate with me. So I’d call for help and then go to work and hope.
43) A song that makes me happy…Octopus’s Garden by The Beatles.
45) Food. You can win my heart with food. Food and tea. Food and tea and little tea cakes and a picnic by a lake on a sunny day where I can wear a yellow sundress and a floppy brim hat and I just pretend to be a cynic okay I want a fucking 1950s romance with a nice girl or other uterus-owner.
52) Press a button and make someone explode. I’d like to think I wouldn’t do it, because I don’t believe we have the right to take lives, but I guess. I mean, if there’s anyone I want to explode right now…I guess I’d have to say Mitt Romney. I tried to think of some terrible dictator or some other awful Republican, but honestly, if one goes away, someone else just takes their spot. It’s pretty pointless. Maybe the person running Monsanto, fuck that corporation.
58) A free plane ticket to anywhere. Normally I’d pick someplace fantastic, like Ireland or coastal Spain, someplace I can get some nice roast lamb…but I’m really just homesick and there are some people in South Carolina that I’d give that up to see.
Ask Away/ y not?
1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.
2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
4) What do you think about most?
5) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
6) Do you have any strange phobias?
7) What's your religion?
8) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
9) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
10) What was the last lie you told?
11) Do you believe in karma?
12) What does your URL mean?
13) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
14) Who is your celebrity crush?
15) How do you vent your anger?
16) Do you have a collection of anything?
17) Are you happy with the person you've become?
18) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?
19) What's your biggest "what if"?
20) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
21) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
22) Smell the air. What do you smell?
23) What's the worst place you have ever been to?
24) Most attractive singer/s of your opposite gender?
25) To you, what is the meaning of life?
26) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
27) What was the last movie you saw?
28) What's the worst injury you've ever had?
29) Do you have any obsessions right now?
30) Ever had a rumor spread about you?
31) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
32) What is your astrological sign?
33) What's the last thing you purchased?
34) Love or lust?
35) In a relationship?
36) How many relationships have you had?
37) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
38) Where is your best friend?
39) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?
40) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
41) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
42) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
43) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
44) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
45) How can I win your heart?
46) Can insanity bring on more creativity?
47) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
48) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
49) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "heart."
50) Basic question; what's your favorite color/colors?
51) What is your current desktop picture?
52) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
53) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?
54) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
55) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
56) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
57) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
58) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
59) Ever been on a plane?
60) Give me your top 5 hottest celebrities.
