What aunt_zelda Thinks: Age of Ultron

[aunt_zelda]

X-posted to my tumblr

I have very mixed feelings.

There were some parts that I liked, even loved. Chunks of goodness.

And then there were parts that ... infuriated me. Angered me.

Before we begin with my lists, I’d like to note that I ship everything and at one point when Tony and Steve started fighting I yelled “don’t fight mom and dad!” so that was fun.


I liked:

1. The sexy, sexy robots
2. The fight scenes
3. The twins (mostly)
4. Science Bros making a baby together
5. Maria Hill
6. Rhodey Rhodes and Sam Wilson showing up and being awesome
7. Most of the jokes
8. Natasha’s flashback to the Red Room
9. The fact that the doctor lady DID NOT DIE THANK THE GODS
10. The sexy, sexy robots

I did not like:

1. Everything to do with Natasha (except for her flashback.)
2. Especially the Natasha/Bruce bullshit. I ship it but NOT LIKE THAT. NEVER LIKE THAT. WTF. SO MUCH IS WRONG THERE. SO MUCH. I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT WAS ONSCREEN. “I’M A MONSTER BECUASE I CAN’T HAVE CHILDREN AND I WAS A CHILD SOLDIER” WTF WTF WTF.
3. Clint’s OC wife and kids wtf was that what did they bring to the story what the hell they were only there to stick it to the Clint/Nash shippers like ... why? That coulda been an empty safehouse somewhere and Nick Fury was waiting for them there, story solution solved.
4. Clint is confirmed not deaf in the movies WTF.
5. Peitro’s pointless shock death, which Whedon has admitted was vengeance for not being allowed to kill Coulson.
6. The “disposable Asians” trope rearing its ugly face again. Is that a legit trope yet? It should be.
7. Tony made a rape joke.
8. That “lol Steve would be so shocked if people swore” thing comes up with a vegance and I’m fucking sick of it. Look up the usage of the word “fuck” in WWII, Steve is not some innocent flower puppy who’s never heard a bad word in his life, ok? Stop woobifying him to justify your Steve/Tony ships into bad stereotypes from 2006. Steve is many things, but your wide-eyed naive uke is not one of them.
9. Natasha’s costume getting yanked down when she was captured so she’s on the floor, bleeding, cowering before 8 foot tall James Spader, and we get to see more of her boobs. (I consider this a separate issue from all the other problems with Natasha, as it is a costuming choice for a female character and could have happened to any female character, not specifically Natasha.)
10. Wanda and Pietro get whitewashed, volunteer to work for Nazis.