Fannish consumption as a form of RL avoidance
I'm feeling totally avoidant about RL, so instead, here's a smorgasbord of things that are not RL -- reading, watching, and listening roundup, such as it is:
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
Yep. Given the "Multiverse of Madness" subtitle for the next Doctor Strange movie, it could well mean they're going to bring in the FOX properties as a separate universe from the MCU's main under the multiverse umbrella. As a comic book fan, It would frankly make me feel more comfortable with however they feel like casting the MCU versions of characters that have appeared in the FOX properties. I've always liked Marvel's treating each canon AU as a separate universe in the larger multiverse.
I can't remember if this was due to a comics parallel...
There is a parallel that I don't want to talk about because it still hurts decades later.
I understand the dog, including the name, is also a comics reference.
Yep.
...it seems like the SWORD director is definitely being set up as an antagonist, whether for this thing or for something down the road, because even the in-universe people seem to agree he's a dick.
Yep. SWORD, like STRIKE in Winter Soldier, has been an evil organization in the books.
...I assume the weird vitals scene is setting up her becoming a superhero (/mutant?) down the line?
Yep. Not a mutant, but a superhero. In the comic books, Monica was Captain Marvel when I was a kid. Carol was either Ms. Marvel or Binary depending on the time frame. It could be a set up for having a Captain Marvel hand-off, given they're in process on a Captain America one, or it could be setting her up to be a superhero using one of the names she's used since she stopped being Captain Marvel.
I saw people saying Rhodey -- is Rhodey an aerospace engineer?
Yep. In the books, he became Tony's personal aerospace engineer after he left the military.
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That definitely seems like a thing that could be set up with this, yeah! (and they teased the multiverse too with Spider-Man: Homecoming, so they definitely seem to be inching in that direction with the MCU...)
There is a parallel that I don't want to talk about because it still hurts decades later.
Fair enough! (and I'm sorry about the traumatic storyline)
Yep. SWORD, like STRIKE in Winter Soldier, has been an evil organization in the books.
Ah, interesting!
Yep. Not a mutant, but a superhero.
Got it. (I've been independently wondering -- and also seeing some speculation on this elsewhere -- whether the hex energy of Wanda's Westview bubble is going to be the thing that starts triggering mutations in people and that's how you get mutants in the MCU.)
Yep. In the books, he became Tony's personal aerospace engineer after he left the military.
Ah, interesting. That definitely did not come across to me in the movies, but then, Rhodey hasn't been in them a whole lot.
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Thanks!
...they teased the multiverse too with Spider-Man: Homecoming...
Sounds like I should brave giving it a viewing. I've been avoiding it partly out of my reluctance to watch MCU stuff post-Endgame and partly because Spider-Man was my late father's favorite character so watching Spider-Man stuff without him brings up feels completely apart from whatever happens in the story.
Fair enough! (and I'm sorry about the traumatic storyline)
It's the biggest reason I had mixed feelings (equal parts excitement and dread) when they announced they were bringing Wanda into the MCU. She's my favorite Avenger, I wanted to see her on-screen, but I knew they wouldn't be able to have her be Magneto's daughter, and if they brought her in they might put her through that kind of Hell on screen.
Ah, interesting!
It's been used a lot so it isn't always evil, but it's been evil often enough that it's fair to be suspicious of it.
I've been independently wondering ... whether the hex energy of Wanda's Westview bubble is going to be the thing that starts triggering mutations in people and that's how you get mutants in the MCU.
Interesting. It would be a sort of reverse of "M-Day" (comic book storyline where Wanda depowered most mutants).
That definitely did not come across to me in the movies, but then, Rhodey hasn't been in them a whole lot.
Given I can't remember it having come up in the MCU before, it might only be established in the MCU if he shows up with those credentials in the show, or it could be comic book fans projecting something from the books onto the MCU version they aren't even going to use. I'm only sure about him being an aerospace engineer in the comics.
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Mmm, I'm not sure, actually, with what you say -- I enjoyed the movie a lot, but don't think it would be satisfying just based on the multiverse tease (to go into more detail would be spoilery; let me know if you want me to do that). It is very much a post-Endgame movie -- a lot of it deals with the aftermath of the Blip (mostly but not completely jokily) and with the aftermath of Tony's sacrifice (very seriously) -- it's almost like an epilogue to Endgame.
And I didn't think it was as good as the first Tom Holland Spider-Man movie, although admittedly my expectations were a lot higher this time around, going in.
Interesting. It would be a sort of reverse of "M-Day" (comic book storyline where Wanda depowered most mutants).
Yeah, I've heard a lot of speculation that this might be what WandaVision (or Wanda's arc in general) is leading up to, since there have not been any mutants in the MCU for purely legal reasons which have now been removed, so, a "poof, mutants now!" storyline would be awfully convenient :)
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When you put it like that it sounds like I might have had the right idea avoiding it in the first place.
Yeah, I've heard a lot of speculation that this might be what WandaVision (or Wanda's arc in general) is leading up to...
I hadn't thought about it, but I can see how they might want to explain suddenly having mutants instead of trying to pretend there have been mutants the whole time unseen. I mean in the books Wanda and Pietro were mutant Avengers back in the 60's as soon as they left the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
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