I saw Deadpool & Wolverine Saturday and mostly enjoyed it, though I thought it was too long in places and the pacing was sometimes a bit off. It's unfortunate that I'd inadvertently gotten spoiled on one thing--( spoiler )

Did anyone see the entire second season of Loki and feel like talking about it? My dad's out of the question because he's been lost this season, which is weird to me when he's watched decades of Doctor Who.

Watching fic writers react to the finale on AO3 has been a trip. ( spoilers )

I had to explain what was going on in season 2 episode 1 of Loki to my dad. On his second watch.

I actually preferred the first episode to the second. I thought the pacing was weird in the second. All that time on ( spoilers )

Having been annoyed by how badly Thor: Love and Thunder combined music with images and action, I watched a fan-made video (of MCU content) for free on YouTube that showed god-tier editing. The beats! The movement!

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Madxthing makes a lot of really good fan videos in general, worth checking out ( Read more... )

Saturday, I drove to New Jersey to visit a friend I haven't seen in person in over two years due to the panini, in a friendship that started in due South in 1999. We caught up, had dim sum (something else I hadn't done in over two years), saw Thor: Love and Thunder, then went to a diner for more food and talk. I introduced her to my new used car. I ( Read more... )

From dine: So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me, something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about, or something you've always been curious about but have never asked, or something completely silly that you'd like me to answer for kicks. No limits on the range of questions, either: ask me anything you want to ( Read more... )

"Spider-Man, Class and Militarization in the Marvel Cinematic Universe"

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This is fairly simpatico with a lot of my thoughts. Iron Man gets mentioned a lot too because you (unfortunately) can't talk about MCU Spider-Man without talking a lot about Iron Man.

Tom Holland is sweet, but MCU Spider-Man isn't the real Spider-Man to me.

When I saw Civil War, ( Read more... )

I've only seen episodes 1 and 2 of Loki but been really spoiled about episodes 3-6 so I've been perusing fanfic, and I'm apparently very picky about characterization in particular ways. Some of the Loki characterizations are poor woobie even worse than the show does, which I'm not into. I need the Loki/Mobius or Loki & Mobius to be a bit ( Read more... )

I just remembered that I have "a seasonal suggestions" page for my holiday fics. You can find my Christmas stories here.

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Black Widow on my tree. From her position, you can't see the foot I glued back on, which is her left foot. Given that break and those slender batons she wields, I've decided to keep her personal box with its protective piece to ( Read more... )

I bought myself a Christmas ornament tonight, a Black Widow from Hallmark, as my circa 2020 ornament since her film release has been delayed by the pandemic. (Mine looks better than the picture.) Being an avatar for 2020, she flipped out of my hand as I opened her box, hit the floor, and broke one foot off. Fortunately, it was at the top of her ( Read more... )