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[stealingpotatoes]

i know its been a while since it came out but im preeetty sure this is exactly how CATWS ended

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[moon-dog1634]

Zombies 4 review (spoiler alert)

so here's my zombies 4 review, as someone who started watching them when the third one came out because my friend wanted to watch it with me and then we started hyperfixating on them (especially Zed and Wyatt) and then I wrote a weirdly successful Zyatt fic (????? Bad Wolf, Bad Zombie on ao3) that I'm still updating three years later help also i got a cameo from Pearce Joza and I asked him what Wyatt would be doing in Zombies 4 and he honestly didn't really answer my question and essentially said he'd be getting into fights so 😭😭😭😭😭 new wyatt canon i guess???? 😭😭😭

anyways, official review!!

FULL DISCLAIMER: ABSOLUTELY ALL THE LOVE TO THE ACTORS THEY'RE INCREDIBLE AND DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB AND HAVE GREAT VOICES!!!!

First and foremost, two years ago when I was working on my fic, I had decided to have my story have a camp counselor summer before college, but then I got really busy with my college and stopped updating right before the chapter stating they'd be camp counselors was published. So that's on me I guess (we're going to joke they stole my idea because that's how I'm staying sane.)

No bc when I saw they were going camping and next to a waterfall I SCREAMED (if you haven't read my fic, waterfalls and camping are a big part of it)

Okay, first, I honestly thought the movie was going to be about vampires trying to infiltrate the school? And we'd actually be able to see them in college since they made such a big deal about it? But I still really liked it. The first song was pretty good too.

One of my qualms, however, was Willa being there. NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG!!! I ADORE Willa, literally in loveeee, but was girl not the Alpha??? The leader??? The one to trust??? the fuck you mean she has a 'new pack'???? Like I understand it's just for the school year, but still? They made such a big deal of her being the leader, it feels weird she's not there with her pack, you know? With the moonstone? Protecting it? If a werewolf was to be there, I feel like Wyatt would have made more sense (not just because I adore him and he's my little guy) Even though Pearce said he'd be getting into fights 😭😭😭

Bonzo and Bree, where were they?? Eliza being there makes perfect sense, nothing to say about that.

Disclaimer, I am an AVIIIDDDD Addison hater (NOT a Meg Donnelly hater, I adore her and I'm in love with her I just fucking hate Addison) bro wants to be oppressed SO BAD its crazy. "She just wants to fit in!" GIRL YOU HAVE PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR THATS IT like, she's a fucking cheerleader, she has the whole cheersquad on her side, the whole SCHOOL on her side (gets them all to welcome the werewolves, the zombies, go to the seabrook power plant to save the werewolves, etc), like she is objectively the most loved person in Seabrook and constantly says she doesn't fit in and doesn't have her group of people. (i go into depth about this in my fic because it's a big plot point) But also she doesn't hold people accountable? The aliens when they came to Seabrook fucking destroyed the place and she was all "It WaS aN aCcIdEnT zEd" the least they could do is use their magic powers to help????

ok i'm getting off topic, I can do my whole Addison rant in a different post.

How is Addison blazing a trail for anyone by being a QUARTER alien and also i don't see how cheerleading is uh like that big of a deal or how Addison thinks it/she is gonna change the world

So I'm confused, if the moonstone created vampires and daywalkers, how are just the vampires apparently living legends (as heard in the don't mess with us song) if both daywalkers and vampires have been here for eternity. I feel like they should delve into that deeper you know?? like Vampires who decided to go against the grain and go to the light or whatever or were able to come up with a cure for light sensitivity and started a new clan

But they were just created that way?? And if vampires are supposed to be monsters why aren't daywalkers either?? they come from the same moonstone after all. Idk man i'm just CONFUSED

and yet the garlic and dracula legends still exist, but how??? if their worlds are completely isolated?? I DON'T GET IT

Also, I wish they had delved into Nova's visions more (and Victor's) because tf you mean they've been having visions of each other, how, why, what sort of powers allow that to happen, why is it never touched on again???

It seems like none of the vampires know how to 'fly'

The electric guitar music whenever they show the vampires/shadyside is my favorite thing ever.

Willa x Eliza my BELOVEDDDDD

Milo's acting is so incredible and he's so fucking funny and this man has RANGE (also why the fuck did he throw the steering wheel out the car window bro what)

anyways back to the vampires and daywalkers, what makes them monsters??? Like the daywalkers are just humans who have can make fire. thats it. like. what. and the vampires can control the wind??? what vampire lore is that??? They can't even turn into bats??? And their fangs aren't there

But fr Zed in this movie is so FUCKING FUNNY I ADORE HIM

"I will literally harvest the entire orchard as long as I don't get air-fried" who gave him the right to be so funny

Addison going "Hey! Am I glad to see you!" BITCH YOU DON'T KNOW THEM?????? also wtf do her alien powers even do??? i'm sorry i have so many problems with Addison.

"She's a part alien cheer thing" so right Victor, what even is her purpose

okay but still, WHERE IS THE VAMPIRE LORE WHERE IS THE DAYWALKER LORE???

WHAT IS THE LORE WITH VICTOR AND NOVA'S DREAMS/VISIONS TELL ME

They harness the power of the sun okay cool, how, they have a moonstone i don't understand

But 'The Place To Be' is the greatest song ever and I learned it on guitar already because it slaps so fucking hard.

but fr, do the vampires actually know how to fly because it literally does not seem like they do or even really know how to harness the power of the wind

Also the music and the choreography in this movie was so good

GIVE ME MORE STORY GIVE ME MORE EXPOSITION, WHY ARE THEY FORCED TO STAY INSIDE, DO THE VAMPIRES EVEN GET HURT IF THEY GO INTO THE SUN???

also do they ever explain Ray and Nova's relationship?? like are they cousins?? friends?? siblings??

There was so much they could have done with the storytelling and the lore

the daywalker vampire feud is just so like weird?? idk bro like its both of your orchards you idiots, you both eat the same food

also why are they all listening to Zed, Addison, Willa and Eliza??? like if they're so hellbent on killing each other why are they listening to these four random people

Zed's relationship with Nova is adorable.

The daywalkers having shiny insides is not the type of lore i thought we'd get but okay

"You sleep in coffins?" "What do you sleep in?" willa u sleep in a den on the floor

Willa scaring everyone, THATS MY WIFE

also i hate zeddison so much i actually recoil watching them be lovey dovey with each other.

The song Kerosene is good, but the rapping part is SO GOD DAMNED FUNNY PLEASEEEE i can't

Also, Addison being the only one who doesn't get affected by the pulses is just so- shes fucking useless bro

Really the only thing that I didn't like was that the story felt rushed in a way? Like we never got an answer for why the magnetic pulse thing was there in the first place, I NEED ANSWERS PLEASE DISNEY

Victor gives me intense gender envy I might dye my hair from blue to red (the zombies movies vs having characters give me intense gender envy so much that I change my hair to look like them)

anyways i think those are all my thoughts, just wanting more exposition and storytelling

tune into the fic I will be writing where I actually dive into the lore of things and have things make sense and be fun (and also push my Zyatt agenda)

Hey, if you made it this far, thanks for reading my review lmao follow me for many more unhinged takes and fanfics

[moon-dog1634]

I’m not in love with Steve or Bucky, but I am emotionally attached to them and I think that’s worse

[moon-dog1634]

I’ve written a Stucky hockey au fic and I’m so proud of it (even though I haven’t finished it) and I needed to share it so please read it bc I think its definitely one of the best things I’ve written <3

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[allthisscienceidontunderstand]

frederik andersen and joseph woll both shutout the florida panthers this postseason and that is the only fact I will be taking from this year's stanley cup playoff experience

[moon-dog1634]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nudityandnerdery]

Happy Pride, monsterfuckers.

[taavicleric]

[darchildre]

Y'all, Gritty is great, but please remember that the Kraken have their own twink-troll monster mascot, Buoy (pictured here on Pride Night 2023):

[leopardbones]

am I doing this right?

[dee-the-red-witch]

Yes. Yes you are.

[kapitsa-dirac-effect]

every year i see this post and go “hell yeah”

[iamnmbr3]

Ok. But the level of gay in Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues to astound me. 

Like, not only do Steve and Bucky have a phrase like a wedding vow that they say to each other, which gets introduced to the audience in the context of Bucky asking Steve to move in with him, and that later is so emotionally impactful that it breaks through 70 years of brain washing and Bucky remembers it before he remembers his own name. Not only does Steve apparently spend his free time hanging out in his own exhibit in the Smithsonian, staring longingly at old photos and videos of Bucky. Not only does the issue of Steve’s love life get repeatedly raised in the set up before Bucky comes back. Not only do Steve and Bucky’s interactions fit really neatly into a lot of epic romance tropes. Not only is Steve literally willing to die rather than hurt Bucky more than he’s already been hurt, even though as far as he knows Bucky has shown no signs of recognizing him.  

But also on top of all that, there’s the whole “shared life experience” discussion (not “similar” - shared!!!) which could only refer to Bucky, which takes place shortly before the Winter Soldier’s true identity is revealed. I mean, it could hardly have been more obvious if they were like:

Steve: Believe it or not, it’s hard to find someone with shared life experience.

Natasha: Yeah. That makes sense. Where on earth are you going to find someone who lived through your childhood in Brooklyn and the war right along side you but who also understands what it’s like to get the serum and be frozen? I mean, I just have no idea who could possibly fit that description. Why don’t we ask that dude over there with the mask and the metal arm? Maybe he can help. 

[keire-ke]

I would also like to submit that the song that plays literally seconds before Steve first encounters the Winter Soldier:

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once again It’s been a long, long time Haven’t felt like this, my dear Since I can’t remember when It’s been a long, long time You’ll never know how many dreams I’ve dreamed about you Or just how empty they all seemed without you So kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once again It’s been a long, long time

I mean, I’m sure the only reunion song they could pull from the 1940s has explicitly romantic text. It’s only the 40s, I’m sure no other material was written about people coming back after prolonged absence.

[mad-moll]

Also, Steve’s apartment is in the heart of Dupont Circle, DC’s traditional gayborhood. He’s surrounded by queer bars, bookstores, and sex shops. They could have chosen anywhere in DC, but they chose Dupont. It’s literally first on the list of the best DC neighborhoods for LGBT people:

[avelera]

Also the opening scene for Winter Soldier was at one point storyboarded to be Steve having a dream about Bucky during the war, so… yeah the song was definitely about Bucky and Steve.

[kpeccati]

I mean the First Avenger is literally Romeo and Juliet with a twist. Bucky sacrifices his life to save (Steve) the mission, Steve thinks Bucky is dead so he has no qualms killing himself. Little do they know they both end up alive and reuniting, ultimately altering each other’s path.

Bucky is broken out of his brainwashing by Steve and Steve goes against half his team to protect Bucky.

It’s just Romeo and Juliet backwards. They die in the beginning and fight their family for each other at the end.

[incorrect-marvel-because-why-not]

[stuckyfingers]

Before Dupont Circle, (according to most comics) he lived in Brooklyn Heights which as you may guess is…

GAY.

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP

it’s a neighbourhood with multiple historical landmarks from queer culture only second to Greenwich Manhattan. If you read enough pre war stucky, you’ll notice St. George hotel cropping up as a cruising spot because it was. You’re telling me this guy only lives in the gayest part of the city perpetually flirting with a guy, gets called a fag in six different ways, makes wedding vows to another man mid combat and then…. marries a woman?

[assiraphales]

haven’t uttered these words in years but steve rogers n bucky barnes, whether you like it or not, were written romantically. “til the end of the line” literally means til death do us part (a marriage vow)

[rillils]

but you know what really gets to me? how deeply and instinctively steve associates bucky with solace. with love. with mutual devotion.

he sees bucky again for the first time since 1945, standing on the business end of a gun, and through the pain and shock of this earth-shattering revelation, what does he say? what is the only thought he keeps coming back to? "even when i had nothing, i had bucky." which is such a powerful and, and intimate line, it knocks the breath out of you.

he has a moment to himself to gather his thoughts, and where does his mind travel to? to the lowest point of his life. the day he had to bury the only parent he had ever known, and found himself entirely alone in the world. yet the focus of that memory isn't so much on steve's grief, as you would expect; it's rather on bucky's comforting presence, his support, his unconditional affection. it's bucky offering to be steve's home, both literally and figuratively, and reminding steve that this, this thing between them, it's forever, no matter what.

there's just, this unspoken but very palpable tenderness between them, that steve keeps calling back to throughout the movie.

even when bucky's actively shooting at him, stabbing him, punching him with all the superhuman strength in his arm, steve doesn't see a heartless killing machine that must be stopped. even beaten to a pulp and on his way to bleeding to death, when steve looks up at bucky, he only ever sees the boy who loved him. the boy he has loved his whole life.

and now, now bucky's the one who has nothing. bucky's been stripped of everything: his name, his humanity, his sense of self, his freedom, his past. his entire life. for the past 70 years, he has been nothing but a weapon passed from hand to hand, used and brutalized without remorse.

and steve walks into that helicarrier determined to show him that what bucky told him that day, all those years ago? it goes both ways. that even now that bucky's got nothing, he still has steve, even if bucky doesn't remember that yet.

steve takes his helmet off, and lets go of his shield, and lays himself bare to bucky's rage - makes himself vulnerable in every way he possibly can - to show bucky that no matter what, there is one person in this world who loves him, and always will. that he's not alone, not anymore. steve will never let that happen again, even if it costs him his own life.

like god, if that isn't tenderness, i don't know what is.

[moon-dog1634]

oh okay

[darlingbenny]

for @incorrectstevebucky <3

based on this

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[allthisscienceidontunderstand]

I really can't unsee it

[moon-dog1634]

you know what's so fucking stupid?

the fact i have to get my ssris upped because my stupid brain can't tell the difference between life and death, and the fact that the leafs are in the PLAYOFFS AND ITS MAKING ME NOT BE ABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLY

what the fuck kinda shit is this i cant

[allthisscienceidontunderstand]

hey leafsblr :) happy day before game 1! in case you want to relive the silly side of the season (through my eyes), here is my 24/25 leafy leafs moments. I even included a few photos this time! if you see any grammatical or formatting errors no you didn't. if you see any factual errors remember I am SO tired but also please tell me I'll fix them. or at least apologize. if you don't understand the context of anything then crowdsource an answer because same. this list has been ongoing since september. I barely remember yesterday. enjoy the nonsense!

you made it to the end! this team is so goofy it makes my brain hurt. but we love them anyways. go leafs go! beleaf!!

[f1zzlest1ckzz]

"bucky isn't in love with steve" and then he glares at steve's assumed-to-be girlfriend like this

[allthisscienceidontunderstand]

hilariously iconic photo of him

[moon-dog1634]

Couples getting “I’m with you till the end of the line” tattooed really just cements the queer as fuck undertones (and overtones) of Steve and Bucky’s relationship

[shkretart]

I just recently rewatched the Marvel movies and decided to draw my favorite ship, because I didn't have the courage to do it before.