you're always singing the blues
I should know better than to read things that are only going to piss me off. Sigh. *closes tab*
Speaking of reading, I keep meaning to talk about this and then getting distracted, but I read Araña: Heart of the Spider and Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed this weekend, and I liked it (because ANYA), though the ending felt really rushed. And what the hell in the artwork for The Hunter Revealed, where people who had previously been Latin@ or black were white. WTF? On top of that, I didn't like the art as much, and also, why was Spider-Man wearing red and gold instead of red and blue? Though I did really like how he mentored Anya. I haven't actually read any 616!Spider-man, so I don't know if he's a jerk or whatever (I would sincerely hope not), but in any universe, he remains my favorite, so it was nice to see him show up and be good at giving advice to teenage heroes, having once been one himself.
(I think I was permanently scarred by how Ultimate Captain America treats Ultimate Spidey, because every time I see an older hero do a good job mentoring a younger one, I'm like, "Take that, Ultimate!Cap, you asshole!" which wouldn't mean much except that occasionally I have felt that way about BATMAN. You know when you're doing a worse job as a mentor than Batman, you are pretty much the scum beneath the bottom of the barrel. I have this theory that Ultimate!Cap is such an enormous asshole because he never had to carry the weight of Bucky's death, because Bucky wasn't his sidekick in that universe and he didn't die. *hands* I'm not sure how else to explain it, because it bothers me to think of Steve Rogers being that much of an asshole in any universe. I hope the movie doesn't take too many cues from Ultimates, because that would just be bad. And wow, this is a ridiculously long tangent, but I just... I get upset every time I think about it. That's me: having stupidly strong feelings about fictional characters since forever.)
Also, I guess I didn't realize that Anya had herself a blue carapace while she was Araña, and now all I want is the story where she teams up with Jaime Reyes. Possibly I will mention that in my optional details for yuletide, since I'm requesting both her and Jaime separately anyway. (Also an optional idea I'm probably going to throw out there in my requests, but you shouldn't wait for yuletide to run with - The Amazing Bro-ventures of Kon-El and Paco Tejas. You know it would be awesome!)
Anyway, I'm requesting Anya via Nomad: Girl Without a World, and I reread the miniseries too, this weekend, and for some reason this time, it hit me a lot harder and I cried at the end. A little bit when she's sobbing over her brother's body, but more when she's at the cemetery and Bucky!Cap shows up and oh, I just want them to hug and hang out and he can be like her cool uncle and maybe they'd both feel a little less lost. I realize that she and Steve finally make a connection when he comes back, but Bucky is her - well, okay, he's not her grandfather in this universe, but he was where she came from, and it makes me sad that they're both missing out on that and now I want the story where Natasha and Steve argue about what they should tell them (um, Bucky and Rikki, I mean), because of course Steve thinks they should and Natasha thinks they shouldn't and well, someone who isn't me should work out what Bucky knows and when and how he deals with it, and then write it.
I also liked that she made friends with Eli, and would have liked to see more of that friendship, and any relationships she (and Anya with her) developed with the rest of the Young Avengers.
And I guess I didn't mention it when I read it, but I did read Young Allies a while ago, the one where Anya and Rikki team up with Firestar, Toro (not the one from the Invaders, and oh god, it makes me laugh that I not only know that there was a different guy named Toro and that he was in the Invaders, but that I know who the Invaders are), and that annoying guy, um, Gravity. I enjoyed it. It, of course, was canceled.
The phone keeps ringing and I have actual work to do, so I'm just going to post now, since I can't remember what else I wanted to say.
Since I don't have an icon of Anya or Rikki (yet), I will use my ultimate!Spidey icon.
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Speaking of reading, I keep meaning to talk about this and then getting distracted, but I read Araña: Heart of the Spider and Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed this weekend, and I liked it (because ANYA), though the ending felt really rushed. And what the hell in the artwork for The Hunter Revealed, where people who had previously been Latin@ or black were white. WTF? On top of that, I didn't like the art as much, and also, why was Spider-Man wearing red and gold instead of red and blue? Though I did really like how he mentored Anya. I haven't actually read any 616!Spider-man, so I don't know if he's a jerk or whatever (I would sincerely hope not), but in any universe, he remains my favorite, so it was nice to see him show up and be good at giving advice to teenage heroes, having once been one himself.
(I think I was permanently scarred by how Ultimate Captain America treats Ultimate Spidey, because every time I see an older hero do a good job mentoring a younger one, I'm like, "Take that, Ultimate!Cap, you asshole!" which wouldn't mean much except that occasionally I have felt that way about BATMAN. You know when you're doing a worse job as a mentor than Batman, you are pretty much the scum beneath the bottom of the barrel. I have this theory that Ultimate!Cap is such an enormous asshole because he never had to carry the weight of Bucky's death, because Bucky wasn't his sidekick in that universe and he didn't die. *hands* I'm not sure how else to explain it, because it bothers me to think of Steve Rogers being that much of an asshole in any universe. I hope the movie doesn't take too many cues from Ultimates, because that would just be bad. And wow, this is a ridiculously long tangent, but I just... I get upset every time I think about it. That's me: having stupidly strong feelings about fictional characters since forever.)
Also, I guess I didn't realize that Anya had herself a blue carapace while she was Araña, and now all I want is the story where she teams up with Jaime Reyes. Possibly I will mention that in my optional details for yuletide, since I'm requesting both her and Jaime separately anyway. (Also an optional idea I'm probably going to throw out there in my requests, but you shouldn't wait for yuletide to run with - The Amazing Bro-ventures of Kon-El and Paco Tejas. You know it would be awesome!)
Anyway, I'm requesting Anya via Nomad: Girl Without a World, and I reread the miniseries too, this weekend, and for some reason this time, it hit me a lot harder and I cried at the end. A little bit when she's sobbing over her brother's body, but more when she's at the cemetery and Bucky!Cap shows up and oh, I just want them to hug and hang out and he can be like her cool uncle and maybe they'd both feel a little less lost. I realize that she and Steve finally make a connection when he comes back, but Bucky is her - well, okay, he's not her grandfather in this universe, but he was where she came from, and it makes me sad that they're both missing out on that and now I want the story where Natasha and Steve argue about what they should tell them (um, Bucky and Rikki, I mean), because of course Steve thinks they should and Natasha thinks they shouldn't and well, someone who isn't me should work out what Bucky knows and when and how he deals with it, and then write it.
I also liked that she made friends with Eli, and would have liked to see more of that friendship, and any relationships she (and Anya with her) developed with the rest of the Young Avengers.
And I guess I didn't mention it when I read it, but I did read Young Allies a while ago, the one where Anya and Rikki team up with Firestar, Toro (not the one from the Invaders, and oh god, it makes me laugh that I not only know that there was a different guy named Toro and that he was in the Invaders, but that I know who the Invaders are), and that annoying guy, um, Gravity. I enjoyed it. It, of course, was canceled.
The phone keeps ringing and I have actual work to do, so I'm just going to post now, since I can't remember what else I wanted to say.
Since I don't have an icon of Anya or Rikki (yet), I will use my ultimate!Spidey icon.
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