Lets Hear It For Captian America

Endgame Steve DNI

[imposterogers]

its not even just that he goes back in time to live a what white picket fence life its that he now KNOWS what happened to bucky and just what goes back in time and does nothing about it??? what do you want to bet he names his baby after bucky but didnt even try to fix anything

steve rogers while letting his best friend be tortured by the nazi scientist that his wife recruited into shield: I think we should name him james <3

[imposterogers]

the doomsday leaks were indeed enough to bring me back to this godforsaken blog. my destiny is calling me (to be a post endgame steve hater bc that is NOT the real steve)

[transcmd]

people talk all the time about the pain of reading a great fic and then going to the authors page and its just twenty hockey rpf fics but we never talk about the joy this event causes as a hockey rpf enjoyer. i just read a wonderful fanfiction and upon looking at the authors page lo and behold my good friend sidney crosby is there waiting for me

[toastyglow]

I’m so fond of athena and odysseus conceptually.  like here’s the goddess of wisdom and warfare and craft and art, and here’s her pet liar.  he does tricks.

[mrokat-art]

Flower creature 🌸

[hwhwgwhnwnwbwbwg-deactivated202]

Hopeless romantic? Yes

Cold hearted cynic? Also yes

[detailedart]

Moon over the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

[hyperfocusthusly]

The Mummy (1999) is the single most under rated film in all of cinema

[eyestoborrow]

~*~Knowledgeable Hockey Men~*~: "The Penguins' window is SLAMMING SHUT, they cannot POSSIBLY function without Crosby and Malkin, the age of men is over, the time of the orc has come!!!"

The Penguins:

[rinkrats]

“just threw his man into the boards! holy… strong… so strong”: pens commentators? turned on | pens vs caps, 14 nov 2021

[ticklefighthockey]

sigh. once again I must reiterate shootouts are not real. if we win, not real. if we lose, extra double triple not real. these are the rules.

[ticklefighthockey]

caveat: except this one, this one’s real

[nochillrcgers]

Bored sitting in a car so some ScottLuis head cannons.

- They have sleepovers in the living room, they drag their mattress in and Cassie brings hers. They stay up late, eat junk and watch cheesy old movies.

- Luis has explained how to load the dishwasher many times but Scott doesn’t do it right because he likes hearing Luis rant about it (Luis knows this, and likes it as well, so more of a inside joke than anything else) (he doesn’t do it often, because that’s actually be annoying)

- They share clothes. Their closet isn’t divided at all, it’s just a jumble of clothes. This leads to some interesting problems when clothes don’t fit and they have to keep trying

- Secret record player and record collection

- Touchy. Literally always touching.

- Date night at least once a week. But the date is usually getting takeaway and staying home.

- Dinner with Maggie and Jim every fortnight, they rotate who hosts and try to out do each other (friendly competition)

- But they are known for just popping over to Maggie and Jim’s and are always happy when they come over to theirs. Big friendly group!

- Poster relationship for comedic miscommunication. Constantly confused at what the other person wants, keeps going through with the weird plans because they love each other and don’t want to be mean.

- They say ‘I Love You’ all the time. It’s constant. They need to stop (they won’t)

- They renovate the van so that it can be used for road trips. They often go away for a long weekend or so, just exploring together.

- Scott and Natasha get along. Luis and Natasha get along even better. (Don’t question me on this. I just know it in my heart)

- Lots of pillows. Just the vibe they have.

- Luis drives the most and is the one to give Cassie lessons

- Just Luis and Cassie (and Scott watching from the sidelines with heart eyes)

- Luis is prone to getting stressed. Scott gives him massages when he is, they’re not good but it still calms Luis down anyway.

- They’re just a loving, happy, healthy couple.

[rinkrats]

“Remember when Sidney Crosby came back and he said he was no longer going to get involved in those scrums... He was involved in everything today.”

in honour of 2021!Sid, here's a compilation of some of him at his Petty/Vengeful best to Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do.

(also if you've never watched the actual video of him going "I don't like any of them" re the Flyers, you should. His attitude is off the charts.)

[riverlarking]

gonna end all of my arguments with this picture from now on

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Let’s talk about The Mummy (1999)

Someone was talking at me yesterday about this movie and I was getting riled so I decided to go full rant. Specifically in regards to the feminist podcast that slammed it.

I don’t even remember which podcast it was, but I am still rankled and baffled that any “feminism in movies” podcast could jump to anything but “this movie is phenomenal.”

First of all, even just discussing the overall quality: sure, it might not have been groundbreaking with its cgi or plot twists. But back in the 90s, that wasn’t the standard of measure like it is now (and even now is a shitty standard that needs to die). This movie was light and funny and yet hit all the right beats to maintain the dire stakes needed to make it a compelling action flick.

Its characters are fully realized and entirely distinct from each other. Even those treated with a broader brush, such as the Americans, were charismatic enough that we were fully invested in their fate. The entire cast of characters were real people with real impact and real agency.

The script is quotable and fucking hilarious. There are gems from literally every single character. Rick and Evie have actual chemistry, aided by Rachel Weisz’s natural magnetism and Brendan Frasier’s career-long knack for acting utterly charmed with his female costars.

Actually, let’s talk about Rick O'Connell for a second. This is peak 90s Brendan Frasier. He is absolutely GORGEOUS, suave, and cool, rugged and handsome. He is the epitome of the 1920s adventure hero. Dear god I want to kiss those casting directors. But for all his general peak masculinity? He’s feminist as fuck. He is equally dumbstruck by Evie as she is by him, and it’s wholly evident that it’s more than a “oh no she’s hot” thing.

How do we know?

He steals her some tools to dig with. This gift demonstrates that he a) has identified her passion for archaeology, b) has recognized her proficiency in the field, despite it not being explicitly stated on screen, and c) sees a chance to restore her full and active participation in the discovery of Hamunaptra.

There is never a moment where Rick assumes to be the leader of the expedition. He is the weapons expert, the muscle–and he knows it. Better than that, he’s totally okay with it. He follows Evie’s lead in all things.

Another favorite moment of mine is when they’re facing off with the American team on Day 1, and Evie realizes there’s a chamber underneath Anubis they could use to excavate the statue. She puts her hand on Rick’s arm, looks him in the eye, and says very deliberately “there are other places to dig.” And he yields, instantly.

By comparison, see the way the Americans treat their workers and guide.

Does he groan about his work being made exponentially harder as a result? Nope. And that’s a recurring theme in his behavior the entire goddamn movie. The only time he is in charge is when a situation is in his wheelhouse– namely, combat and rescue. And it deserves mentioning that the majority of the time that he’s in charge, Evie is not present.

Meanwhile, Evie– her adventurer’s spirit chafing in an academia that dismisses her for her gender– is an absolute marvel. She is visually coded as being very feminine (she’s in dresses and long hair most of the film), but that fact in no way detracts from her competence and agency.

She is consistently protrayed as a fully capable expert in egyptology and there is never a single moment where she waffles on what to do. Even when she’s the damsel in distress, she actively makes the choice to be so because she weighs the potential outcomes and decides doing so provides their best chance of success.

Evie is never the passive victim. She is constantly brash, constantly scheming, and saves the lives of her would-be rescuers mid-abduction. And when her brother (who is the failure of the family, against type) needs help with translation, she correctly translates for him while being throttled by a mummified priestess.

When I first saw this film, I was too young to realize how novel it was. Back then, all I knew was that it was just a good time. But now as an adult– an adult acutely aware of the treatment female characters have gotten in the twenty years since– I marvel at the respect with which the writers and directors treated Evie.

I marvel at how tender Rick was allowed to be, despite his rugged adventurer archetype.

The Mummy (1999) is peak storytelling. It doesn’t try to outsmart the audience, but rather lays out a consistent, coherent narrative that gives the characters and viewers room to breathe. It invests the audience enough to care whether the characters succeed in their goals.

The Mummy (1999) does it right. It’s the reason that any talk of the Tom Cruise version gets an immediate eyeroll from me, because whatever modern grimdark grit they shove into a story about a mummy cannot compare to the reliable and timeless entertainment of the 1999 adaptation.

All modern media should aspire to be the kind of film that The Mummy (1999) is.

[lilkearnsie]

@tiny-librarian

[imposterogers]

scottluis are that annoying couple that can give each other the Look TM and know exactly what the other person is thinking (they're just so in love) BUT they are also the couple who constantly have stupid comedic misunderstandings ("why is there a life size painting of a llama in the living room?" "you told cassie that the living room need a llama" "a lamp.") ANYWAY i wanna talk about scottluis and have no where to go so you're getting this ask :)

the life size llama painting becomes a pseudo member of the family and is involved in all major holidays. every few days they pin different paper outfits onto him

scott: fuck it’s been a week since I changed cappy’s outfit

random passerby: your ChILd?

luis: our llama 🥰

[wizardnuke]

2012 fanon avengers when the assemble alarm goes off during their bi-weekly team dinner