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Fandoms: Total Drama, Deltora Quest, Until Dawn, MLP, Horror - slashers and others, Les Mis, Gotham, Hannibal/Silence of The Lambs, Avatar (Cameron), Legend of Zelda, School for Good & Evil, Pride & Prejudice, The Lost Boys.
Lightning to me is like he has an excellent gay dar for no reason and is never surprised by his cast campers finding out they’re queer but with himself he’s all “Lightning wishes I could date men…. If only I wasn’t sha cursed with heterosexuality” and Dawn has to be like Hey Buddy your aura’s been saying some interesting stuff about you
It’s a quick nearly blink and you’ll miss it scene but it actually says so much about how Bucky and John are actually in sync and able to work together very well. They’re both soldiers with years of war experience and instinctively know how to read each other.
It also says very clearly with no dialogue but through action just what kind of person John actually is — because despite this fandom constantly painting him a villain, this moment shows John stopping and looking back to WAIT for Bucky to finish his sweep before leaving with Bucky TOGETHER.
And there is no doubt in my mind that this is a very deliberate choice to demonstrate John’s core values and character. The show could have just had John run off and Bucky following him after but they didn’t. They purposefully had John STOP and WAIT. He doesn’t just run off and leave Bucky behind, he STAYS and makes sure Bucky is okay and is finished before leaving TOGETHER. This not only harkens to John’s experience as a soldier but shows what kind of soldier and leader John was during his time as a Captain in the military, that he was and still is someone who cares and will not leave his men/team behind.
In a very quick and simple scene, they established John as a loyal and good leader.
I really hope Thunderbolts continues to build on this Bucky and John dynamic and just how they can and do work well together, let them both learn to appreciate one another.
because i am very very obsessed with versions of the turtles meeting each other i couldn't stop thinking about the utter angst that would ensue but also the softness and slow found family vibes
specifically the 2012 turtles meeting versions of themselves where tang shen doesn't exist, where splinter's entire world is the turtles + april
the 2012 turtles meeting, say, the rise!tmnt, the bayverse!tmnt, or the mutant mayhem!tmnt?? versions of the turtles whose splinters never had a serious love interest prior to their creation, whose love and attention was always solely focused on them?
i'm thinking about bayverse!splinter, who sacrificed himself for his boys without a second thought, who finds out about another version of himself who has all but pushed the turtles away, the precious turtles who are the light of splinter's life
mm!splinter, who literally was desperate to keep his beloved sons protected from possible dangers, who faced his greatest fear in order to help his boys, seeing how broken, how tired they are.
rise!splinter, who, despite how it seems, can and will put his boys above everything else, who cannot even fathom the idea of not wanting his sons around, of falling back into his life before the boys, seeing these versions of his sons be so easily abandoned
just... the 2012!turtles meeting different versions of themselves, and meeting different versions of splinter, and being so fully prepared to recieve that same cold shoulder, only to be gathered into warm embraces, and have gentle, fatherly reassurances whispered to them.
and they're rightfully hesitant, they're unsure, because having your father immediately turn to his original family without a second thought leaves some lasting trauma and pain, but they can't resist falling into the different splinters' arms, pouring their hearts out as they cry and listen to advice that only splinter can give.
and somehow, idk maybe the donnies make dimensional transport watches bc that's definitely a thing that would happen, so visiting the different dimensions, and hanging out with the different versions of themselves + splinter becomes a weekly thing. and slowly, the 2012!tmnt bring the other versions to their own world, introduce them to xever, and chris, and april, and casey, and the mutanimals, and it slowly spirals into all of them getting together and hanging out.
and the 2012 boys slowly start to realize that they do have a family. it may not be the one they thought they had, but it's even better, and full of people who truly love them.
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