The Avengers (2012)

Your head is on your neck, my lady.

THE GREEN KNIGHT — Dir. David Lowery, 2021.

i think it's hilarious that a lot of people didn't realize at first that this is a wedding but it was the literal first thing my mind managed to process in that eternals trailer lmao

Loki | Marvel Infinite

BONUS (in reverse):

PLEASE STOP USING NSFR IN YOUR TAGS/POSTS/BIOS !!!!!!

a muslim person did not start this!! by tagging your drink, food, cursing, and music posts you are heavily patronizing us and taking away the entire point of our ramadan!! please stop!

it is on us to resist any urges, most of us have been fasting since we were children we do not need this warning and we have told non muslims this repeatedly! “not safe for ramadan” itself just sounds so weird and very rude, even if you do not mean it in that way. this entire thing reeks of performative activism.

if you are going to be tagging your nsfw then tag it with “nsfw” or a personalized tag like you do all the other months of the year, non muslims do this every year and it’s just useless to us! again! non muslims please stop speaking for us and educating others about our religious holiday, we get your intentions are good but you are heavily miss informing others about our holiday! thank you but please listen to us on this!

it will not break our fast if we see food, drink, accidentally hear music, accidentally see a curse word, or accidentally see something explicit! it will not! please just listen to us. most of us are not even online for the majority of the month, the entire point is to be closer to God and our religion! why would we be wasting time on the internet?

if you want to be actual allies then consider spreading the word about the hijab ban in france where girls under the age of 18 will not be allowed to wear the hijab! thank you!

poc: billy was a racist and an abuser and he didn’t deserve a redemption arc

whites: lol we can have different opinions i’d die for billy uwu

I think purple might be your color. Really matches your eyes.

I think purple might be your color. Really matches your eyes.

I had some ideas about the uniform.

GUYS! SHE DID THAT!

Bonus:

(Credit to this tweet and Goop)

In Iron Man, Yinsen sacrificed his life to give Tony enough time to escape captivity. While Yinsen laid mortally injured, Tony encouraged Yinsen to hang in there, telling him he had to find his family. In a heartbreaking twist, Yinsen revealed to Tony his family was dead–and he’d be seeing them soon. Right before he passed away, Yinsen told Tony the words that would forever drive Tony’s story: “Don’t waste your life.”

Tony would be damned if he let Yinsen down. After fleeing his captors and destroying all the illegal Stark weapons, Tony took up the mantle, donned the armor, and set out to right his wrongs. To Tony, this was his purpose. This was the reason he was still alive. This is what Yinsen meant. Tony re-purposed his life to be a righteous fury, taking down evil in the world. Protecting people from harm.

Undoubtedly, Tony is a hero. He has saved countless lives. Without him, there would be no Earth. It goes without saying Tony has been right on many things (including the threat of Thanos). But, likewise, it is arguable his heroic attempts have resulted in accidental harm–or outright haven’t worked at all. His attempt to subvert extraterrestrial threat led to the near world-destroying threat of Ultron. Tony tried to keep the Avengers together with the Sokovia Accords, but this blew up in his face, resulting in the Avengers being scattered. Tony bled stone to stop Thanos, but to no avail. 

Tony’s superheroic alter-ego is, in many ways, still a crutch he leans on. He uses Iron Man as a distraction from his personal problems. It’s his compulsion. His vice. Iron Man is a side-effect of the dominion fear (and guilt) has on Tony’s soul. In many ways, it’s an exercise in futility as much as Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the mountain. Because there will always be one more mission, there will always be people who need help, there will always be a wrong that needs to be righted. 

For this reason, examining Yinsen’s final words a bit more deeply, I think the underlying message wasn’t “save the world,” but for Tony not to waste his life being the “man who has nothing”–the man who lives alone, the man who isolates himself, the man who has no family. It was a throwback to their earlier conversation in the cave.

This is why I think Iron Man has been like the third wheel in Tony and Pepper’s relationship. I don’t mean to say Pepper dislikes Iron Man–because I don’t believe that at all. But I do believe Iron Man leaves Pepper conflicted. While she admires the hero Tony has become, and respects that Iron Man is a part of him, Tony’s reliance on Iron Man is a source of anxiety. She lives in fear he’s going to get himself killed. That’s why she expressed dismay at Tony having implanted the RT node back in his chest in Infinity War. It’s still a sign Tony hasn’t completely let go. Iron Man is a perpetual threat to the stability of their relationship, because so long as Iron Man lives, there’s always a rift between her and Tony–a rift that threatens to open at any moment and swallow them whole. 

Until Tony lets go, he won’t be able to start a family. Pepper warned him of this. Which means, as long as Iron Man is around, Tony will continue being the man who has nothing.

I believe that’s why Tony’s story in Endgame will conclude with a reversal of how Iron Man ended. Instead of Tony embracing the identity of Iron Man and telling it to the world, he’s going to revoke it. He’s going to start being Tony. 

Tony will finally fulfill the promise he made to Yinsen 10 years ago. Tony won’t have “wasted his life,” living in perpetual isolation, hiding behind a mask. He’ll accept people into his life, embrace family, and finally feel as peace without the aid of his numerous distractions.

It’s the most satisfying way his story can end as it has been laid out.

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame

NASA really gonna save our boy. 👏😭