The more I ponder "Avengers: Age of Ultron", the more it feels like an escapee from a Mirror Universe. Sure, the Doylist explanation is that it was directed by Joss Wheadon, who would consider himself a coward if he didn't destroy continuity, but I have no ideas about what a Watsonian explanation for this would be.

( rambly spoilery discussion )

(don't have a Black Panther icon, so I'm using Thor.)

So, I've watched The Black Panther now ( Read more... )

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Yes, I am watching these all in the wrong order, very late. That's pretty standard for my Marvel watching. I was spoiled for the spoilery thing, but I'm glad that I listened to the people who told me it was worth watching, because it was worth watching, because there was a lot more going on than just the spoilery thing ( Read more... )

A band of rebels fighting against the evil Federation:

• The alien spaceship "Avenger", run by the artificial intelligence Jar-Vis.
• Steve Rogers - political activist and legend, he supposedly died seventy years ago, but was found, resurrected, mind-wiped, caught at a political rally (where the protesters were massacred), framed for child-molestation ( Read more... )

We've got a bunch of heroes here, the Avengers, but they don't all see heroism in the same way.
Steve Rogers:

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On re-watching Iron Man, and pondering Thor-1, it seems to me that SHIELD's knee-jerk reaction is to cover things up even when they don't need covering up. Consider the two cover stories they made in Iron Man: that Tony Stark's bodyguard is Iron Man, and that Stane died in a light plane crash.

( You don't need to be warned for spoilers for MCU surely? )

Well, I just watched Avengers: Infinity War. (Yes, yes, many years late I know ( Read more... )

In the event I ever actually manage to write any MCU fanfic (not very likely, since I haven't written any fanfic in years) this is my disclaimer for readers.

Unlike my other fandoms, with the Marvel (Cinematic) Universe, I will not be a stickler for canon. I will cherry-pick anything I like from MCU canon, from Marvel-616, from Norse Mythology, ( Read more... )

Superhero origin stories are the most interesting, because they are the only ones where there is any character development. All the rest are Boys Own Adventure and Soap Opera.

Why do I say that?

Origins:( Read more... )