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a. someone wrote something really interesting about the women of mcu on tumblr. the commentary talks about how despite getting capable heroines with interesting and compelling roles (see: natasha), those arcs and development are limited to female characters who embody a fighting/warrior type of heroism. which while entirely valid and great, shouldn't be the entirety of what we're allowed to consume as feminist media. i think pepper's an exception to this (to a certain extent. she ultimately ends up being powered up too.), but the commentator asked why didn't we get, for example, jane in the avengers? she would have slotted into selvig's 'science role' and played right into the conflict with loki after thor. why don't we see christine everheart as a recurring character? why can't non-warrior archetypes carry a story (or stories), or even just jump the boundaries of a secondary role to become an anchoring feature of the mcu like coulson? because the narratives being written just don't give enough space or time to expand those stories for characters like jane or sif or peggy. a part of it might be inherent misogyny too- can you even imagine fandom embracing a female character like coulson and not crying foul of an expanded role for her in the franchise?

b. a little bit more commentary on that ice bath scene from this week's teen wolf that i have to agree with.

c. someone drew pacific rim au, mama!hansen + chuck fanart and now i can't stop thinking about how everything would be so much cooler that way. also chuck would probs be less of jerk, let's be honest.

d. it's super weird to see adam scott as amy poehler's stepson in this trailer. like, i honestly can't unsee it as a twisted parks au?