It really makes me headdesk when there are people arguing that Steve Rogers, being a man from the past, can't be progressive.

Here is the thing guys, context matter, time and place is an important framework for who we are, but who we are can be different from the AVERAGE of the time! In fact, it is the ones who are exceptionally progressive who ( Read more... )

1. JD Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye, dies at 91...RIP dude, his book really spoke to me. This also reminds me, I must write to Ray Bradbury (who is still alive, currently 89), while he's still around.

2. The author is survived by his son, Matt Salinger, who does some acting, and is very hot;


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I'm so annoyed with Marvel's current direction, mostly it's Civil War, but also the genertic heteronorm the epilogue seem to be hinting at. I've always liked how much canon-support Steve/Tony has...neither of them had a Catwoman or Lois Lane...Sharon Carter is awesome, but well, there were other women...starting with her aunt...Peggy Carter...I ( Read more... )

Author's Note: So I turned on the TV today and it was playing Titanic, right at the scene where Rose brought Jake back to her compartment, and asked him to paint her wearing the Heart of the Ocean, and only that. It might have been over hyped (every talent show years afterwards included at least one My Heart Will Go On entry...), but I can't ( Read more... )

Posting this from the Steve/Tony fairytale prompt, because now I have hit the wall. I like the idea of Tony as the sleeping prince, and damn, it was amazing easy to write Tony into a steampunk setting, but not Steve at all, because like Magneto, Steve's origin is tied to WWII. He might not be Captain America here (or is he?), but how the !@%&* do ( Read more... )

There is no one other than Samuel Jackson I could think of, that has perfected the Nick Fury Scowl, that expression is him. The major discrepancy is that Nick Fury has long been a cultural icon beyond the Marvel series, recognizable by his graying dark hair and his eyepatch and his cigar. Samuel Jackson has darker skin and waaay different hair ( Read more... )

Yippety YES! GreenWinger03 has a blog entirely devoted to scans of shirtless superhunks;

Shirtless Superheroes

I've stumbled across that while googling for Captain America, shirtless...I really want to see the version of Steve, as seen in Captain America #401 though. He looked really hot while sitting back in his desk, and being so boyscout ( Read more... )