spiritually an old man

just when you think life sucks, it throws another lemon at you

[gay-little-isopod]

fic author rec

@femmefangirl has done really good shit for ToApril go read it and appreciate it

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4068460

(also they like crane wives this is a bonus)

it's so good istg don't just take my word for it go read it urself

[femmefangirl]

something about brand new home that i don't see a lot of people talking about is how they deal with humanity. a large part of the story is about peter and how he thinks he's a monster. how damage control sees jean and her sister as objects, weapons to be studied and then sacrificed for "the greater good". how bruce is treated post hulk crash out even though it wasn't his fault, but the hulk is an inhuman monster so of COURSE he's in a psych ward. it tells you that we can have these notions about who is human and who is not; about what is human and what is not. but ultimately, we cannot deny someone's humanity. and it's not the biggest part of the movie, but banner's words about "what's the good and what's the bad" really ties into the whole thing about who's human and who's not.

[kaijuguy19]

Hulk putting the fear of God in Marvels most ruthless and deadly characters will never stop being funny and entertaining. XD

[mystifiedstars]

idc frank castle realising he had charged in to fight the hulk and then trying so hard to get out of it was peak comedy to me

[soupsandstars]

[buckypascal]

The moment Ned remembered Peter was absolute cinema

[shrubdrawsalot]

BRAND NEW DAY

[dr-paint]

Do not separate them! Yes I'm back on the marvel rivals grind

[thetinyscald-blog]

you guys seem to like when i draw butchclops so i did some more

[melina-mellow]

Love, love the dichotomy of Peter being the first person to stand with and reach a hand out of kindness and support to mutankind.

While also accidentally creating the device that will ultimately become one of the greatest tools used for mutant (and mutates) oppression.

Jokes about how Mags is going to be hunting his ass aside.

Can you imagine the guilt that'll come with that revelation for Peter? It'll almost damn right kill him before any mutant can get his hands on him.

[tiffycat]

Early jott you are so special to me

[phoenixes-and-wizards]

the movie showing how jean can feel whatever her “host” is feeling can only mean that during all those excruciating hours that peter was on the surgical table and she was the only thing keeping him alive, she very probably felt everything—every needle, every stitch, every poke and prod. and yet she stayed because peter promised her she wouldn’t be alone anymore, so she’s sure as hell gonna make sure he won’t be either.

[starlightshadowsworld]

I really love that they didn’t take Jean down the “you don’t understand what I’ve been through we’re nothing alike” route. It would’ve been so easy for her to say to Peter that he has everything because he’s seen as a hero and she’s a villain as we often see in this kind of media.

I love that instead Jean recognises just how alike they both really are. She shows Peter the weapons Damage Control made to take him out. Tells him isn’t it cruel the people you call friends were ready to kill you if you became a threat? Just like they did my sister, just like they did to me.

And in doing so Peter shows her just how alike they are. That she is hurting too and she’s lashing out and really she needs to hear those same words that he holds onto.

Their circumstances were so different but at the end of it all they are one and the same. And if I can do good, if I can be a hero and if I don’t have to do this alone, then neither should you.

They saved each other long before the shot was fired because they needed someone to save them too.

[starlightshadowsworld]

The reveal of what VMAX was genuinely gave me chills and the fact that the director had no idea what it meant was nothing short of haunting. That’s how little Sarah Grey meant to him. That’s how little her life was worth to these people that they didn’t even know the last thing she saw in the room they killed her in.

It was the last thing she saw before she died and she gave that information to the last person who would care about it.

[birbliophile]

Reasons why I’m now lowkey obsessed with Marissa, a character who has ONE SCENE in the ENTIRE BOOK:

She’s the first person Grace remembers from his past. He remembers her before he remembers he’s a teacher, before he remembers Stratt, before he remembers HIS OWN NAME.

He mentions no other people who he’d consider a friend that he’d hang out with.

The first thing Grace tells us about her is that she and him have steak and beer together every Thursday at the same time at the same place, at the same TABLE because the staff immediately recognize them every time and know their orders.

They met in grad school because Marissa dated Grace’s roommate for three months. They have no inkling of romance between themselves at all.

They’ve known each other for TWENTY YEARS.

She works at the DOE and learned about the Petrova Line absorbing the sun’s energy before Grace did—she’s the one to tell him about it. The information weighs on her enough that she drinks four whiskeys.

Every other named character calls Grace “Grace,” “Dr. Grace,” or presumably “Mr. Grace” in the case of the students. But Grace calls Marissa by her given name (doesn’t mention her surname), suggesting she’s the only character who would call him Ryland.

The dialogue in their one scene together suggests Grace is used to joking around with her without feeling judged

The book never brings her up again after this one scene. This makes me feel CRAZY.

WHY did Weir make them seem so close only to give Marissa one singular scene? Her only tangible role appears to be to give Grace exposition about the Astrophage Problem, but there’s plenty of ways to write a scene like that without specifying that she’s also apparently his closest human friend?

Did Grace ever call her to explain why he can’t show up to dinner anymore? Did he have cell signal on Stratt’s Vat? Did Stratt LET him call people after signing him onto the Project? She seems to have taken care of his job, but she wouldn’t have any reason to know about Marissa and the Thursday dinners unless Grace and Marissa left evidence on social media or something.

What happened to her after her one scene? Presumably she kept doing her job at the DOE and having a harder and harder time due to the crisis, maybe she worked on trying to get energy to warm people’s homes.

Did Stratt know about her at all? Did anyone know she was Grace’s friend, did anyone know she had dinner with him every week, did anyone know she would miss him?

Petrova Taskforce Guys: Oh yeah Grace is a loser he has no family or friends to miss him

Me: DO THEY KNOW

How did she feel hearing that Grace became the science officer of the Hail Mary? Without telling her, without saying goodbye?

Did she think Grace just suddenly cut off their friendship, or did she get suspicious of the government and Stratt because she knew Grace wouldn’t just do that to her?

I see posts sometimes of people being like “oh Grace didn’t have meaningful relationships before meeting Rocky,” and I feel like I’m waving the book around like DOES ANYONE WANNA TALK ABOUT MARISSA HELLO MARISSA THE GRAD SCHOOL FRIEND SHE EXISTS SHE’S REAL

Maybe she wasn’t someone Grace would die for—he couldn’t overcome his fear of death even for his kids, and they’re why he joined the Project in the first place. But she was someone he cared about. And she only gets one. Scene.

[the-aroace-artist]

Main takeaway from Brand New Day

[kosmogrl]

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