Fannish consumption as a form of RL avoidance
I'm feeling totally avoidant about RL, so instead, here's a smorgasbord of things that are not RL -- reading, watching, and listening roundup, such as it is:
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
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Vision's scene with Norm was one of the best ones of the episode, so creepy and very well acted by both of them. Really interesting that Agnes was dropping the act, too. People have been speculating that she's really Agatha Harkness.
Monica Rambeau is a superhero with energy powers in the comics, she's had a bunch of names but I always see people saying she'll be Photon in the MCU.
That Piranesi art is incredible!
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While I liked the first one better than the second, I wouldn't say in either case they were the highlight for me, but then I've been a huge Magneto fangirl most of my life.
...she's had a bunch of names but I always see people saying she'll be Photon in the MCU.
Like I said to hamsterwoman, "In the comic books, Monica was Captain Marvel when I was a kid. Carol was either Ms. Marvel or Binary depending on the time frame. It could be a set up for having a Captain Marvel hand-off, given they're in process on a Captain America one." I don't think it's smart to assume they're just setting her up to be a superhero using one of the names she's used since she stopped being Captain Marvel. Not only because of them having the Captain America hand-off in progress but because they're also apparently going to do a Thor one in the next Thor movie. I'd at least be suspicious they're setting up a Captain Marvel hand-off down the road.
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Carol is a relatively recent addition to the MCU...
True, and they haven't lost Brie Larson the way they have Chadwick Boseman. They don't have to scramble to decide what to do for what would've been the second film featuring that actor.
...the actors typically sign multi-picture deals...
Just because an actor signs a multi-picture deal doesn't mean they have to appear as the same superhero in each picture. Sebastian Stan has consistently played Bucky Barnes but gone through the character's transitions from hero to villain and back to hero again. I've seen speculation they'll introduce Rogue as a villain in Captain Marvel 2 which could lead to the confrontation that left Carol going from being Ms. Marvel to being Binary. It wouldn't remove Carol Danvers and Brie Larson from the MCU, just change their role within it. I wouldn't rule it out.
...the title characters usually get at least three standalone movies each...The MCU ( ... )
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Yep. Given the "Multiverse of Madness" subtitle for the next Doctor Strange movie, it could well mean they're going to bring in the FOX properties as a separate universe from the MCU's main under the multiverse umbrella. As a comic book fan, It would frankly make me feel more comfortable with however they feel like casting the MCU versions of characters that have appeared in the FOX properties. I've always liked Marvel's treating each canon AU as a separate universe in the larger multiverse.
I can't remember if this was due to a comics parallel...
There is a parallel that I don't want to talk about because it still hurts decades later.
I understand the dog, including the name, is also a comics reference.
Yep.
...it seems like the SWORD director is definitely being set up as an antagonist, whether for this thing or for something down the road, because even the in-universe people seem to agree he's a ( ... )
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That definitely seems like a thing that could be set up with this, yeah! (and they teased the multiverse too with Spider-Man: Homecoming, so they definitely seem to be inching in that direction with the MCU...)
There is a parallel that I don't want to talk about because it still hurts decades later.
Fair enough! (and I'm sorry about the traumatic storyline)
Yep. SWORD, like STRIKE in Winter Soldier, has been an evil organization in the books.
Ah, interesting!
Yep. Not a mutant, but a superhero.
Got it. (I've been independently wondering -- and also seeing some speculation on this elsewhere -- whether the hex energy of Wanda's Westview bubble is going to be the thing that starts triggering mutations in people and that's how you get mutants in the MCU.)
Yep. In the books, he became Tony's personal aerospace ( ... )
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...they teased the multiverse too with Spider-Man: Homecoming...
Sounds like I should brave giving it a viewing. I've been avoiding it partly out of my reluctance to watch MCU stuff post-Endgame and partly because Spider-Man was my late father's favorite character so watching Spider-Man stuff without him brings up feels completely apart from whatever happens in the story.
Fair enough! (and I'm sorry about the traumatic storyline)
It's the biggest reason I had mixed feelings (equal parts excitement and dread) when they announced they were bringing Wanda into the MCU. She's my favorite Avenger, I wanted to see her on-screen, but I knew they wouldn't be able to have her be Magneto's daughter, and if they brought her in they might put her through that kind of Hell on screen.
Ah, interesting!
It's been used a lot so it isn't always evil, but it's been evil often enough that it's fair to be suspicious of it.
I've been independently wondering ... ( ... )
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Mmm, I'm not sure, actually, with what you say -- I enjoyed the movie a lot, but don't think it would be satisfying just based on the multiverse tease (to go into more detail would be spoilery; let me know if you want me to do that). It is very much a post-Endgame movie -- a lot of it deals with the aftermath of the Blip (mostly but not completely jokily) and with the aftermath of Tony's sacrifice (very seriously) -- it's almost like an epilogue to Endgame.
And I didn't think it was as good as the first Tom Holland Spider-Man movie, although admittedly my expectations were a lot higher this time around, going in.
Interesting. It would be a sort of reverse of "M-Day" (comic book storyline where Wanda depowered most mutants).Yeah, I've heard a lot of speculation that this might be what WandaVision (or Wanda's arc in general) is leading up to, since there have not been any mutants in the MCU for purely ( ... )
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Lolol! I tend to think that, too, whenever something is *so good* (and contains so much sex) that it feels more like fic than a printed book. My expectations of the two are just different.
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Heh, definitely different expectations for me, too, but it's not a question of quality for me: I'm much more likely to accept "tropes for the sake of tropes" in a fic, because either I'm reading for the tropes or I realize that it's written for the tropes. But in a book, I need things to have come about organically, or it will bother me. (This insight brought about by reading Winter's Orbit, which I loved in its fic form and still loved as a book, with the expanded plot to explain the tropes, but found the attempt to justify the tropes didn't really work for me.)
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