#agent coulson

[svtmaddie]

me and my superhero shows against the world !!

[aquariusgaluxy]

oh my god Phil Coulson

He's the admin for a fanfic site in All-New, All-Different Avengers (2015-2016) Annual #1.

I'm cracking up

did the clint/coulson fandom miss this? coz there should definitely be fic about this ROFL

[oh-eight-four]

sometimes i remember CouLMDson and think about how he's just wires and metal that can perfectly mimic the real Coulson who is dead and buried and it makes me feel kinda unsettled because that's NOT Coulson that is a thing pretending to be him.

honestly I wasn't a huge fan of him coming back as an LMD, as well as the other plotlines like the other timeline Fitz being brought back or Daisy being able to just be revived by Kora

it kinda felt like the show lost all its stakes closer to the end because if a character died they'd just find a way to bring them back in some shape or form

also Piper getting an LMD Davis feels a little off for me because wasn't Davis a father too? Does LMDavis look after his son? Does it not feel emotionally conflicting or mind boggling that Piper has essentially just replaced her best friend with a really realistic ai robot that can perfectly mimic him rather than mourn, grieve, and move on?

the LMDs can seem as realistic as they want, but they'll never be the real thing

[antiqueowl]

When you rewatch Agents of Shield and realize Coulson was able to do for Cal what he couldn’t for Ward.

[xanlabz]

Uni work done = AOS fanart time. Based of that scene in S1E19 (???) when Simmons proposes pancakes to cheer A.C up. As you can see it worked he’s a happy fella now…

[antiqueowl]

May and Coulson in early season 2 always break my heart. Coulson who keeps having to put his family in harm’s way and still tries to take care of him. Who was given too much responsibility too fast. Who cooks Simmons meals while she debriefs because otherwise her fridge consists solely of siracha and beer. And May who takes to being Skye’s SO with grace and care. Who is firm and tough, but also fair and kind. Who tells Skye to stay close on risky missions. And you remember that Coulson has throughout season 1 been looking for a way to keep the good in shield and work through its flaws. But you don’t know that May is someone who wanted to be a mother. That May has deep desire and capability to care for someone younger and guide them. But she didn’t think she deserved it. Because she killed a child. And it’s only after getting them through the fall of shield that she opens up to Skye. I will never get over how much that backstory informs all her choices. Great writing.

[antiqueowl]

Garrett: I was more loyal to shield than they were to me. They betrayed me. They left me to die. So I ruined them. I’m going to keep myself alive no matter what it takes.

Coulson: I believe in protecting people. I gave my life serving shield and fulfilling that promise. They betrayed me when they wouldn’t let it stick even though I told them it was wrong.

Just the dichotomy. Garrett’s big breaking point from trusting shield was when they wouldn’t save his life and Coulson’s is when they did.

[antiqueowl]

The heartbreak watching AoS season 1 as Coulson knows something is different. He has this voice at the back of his head whispering that something isn’t right. He spends the season worrying that he came back wrong. And we keep seeing all the ways he’s changed. He’s kinder, more understanding. More willing to extend the benefit of the doubt and compassion for choices stemming from circumstances. He doesn’t follow as blindly. He puts the mission at risk for his people.

You can see so clearly that death took a good agent and reminded him he could be a good person. And he’s so, so scared he came back wrong. Even as the show has made it clear that the Coulson before the Avengers never would have given Skye that chance.

The truth is, we see glimpses of who Coulson was before he died, and he’s not the character we know and love from the show. To us, he came back better.