#aou speculation

[the-grass-with-dreams]

I JUST REALIZED THAT CLINTS NEW SON's MIDDLE NAME IS PIETRO GOD DAMNIT WAY TO KILL ME

[psychoticsweetheart]

Leave it the fuck alone. So Natasha fell for Bruce. PEOPLE CHANGE. CHARACTERS DEVELOP. SHIT HAPPENS. Too bad Natasha/Clint didn't happen. Your OTP doesn't always end up together. Like I'm sorry your ship didn't happen but seriously.. No, I'm not a fan of the face that this contradicts a lot of the shit she said in the first movie but seriously you are not the writer. You didn't develop any of these stories or characters. Just grow up and leave Joss Wheadon alone. You don't get the bully and harrass someone just because they did something you don't like. The tumblr community makes me so fucking sick.. This used to be a supporting environment where I felt safe and could openly discuss ideas and topics with others but now, everyone bullies everyone else and hates on others and its all negative shit. Its really time to grow the fuck up.

[bensolosbluesaber]

We are burying Pietro in Tahiti.

Nick Fury probably.

[sorry-mr-great]

I'm just thinking about Hawkeye 's monologue to Wanda, and now I'm dead again.

[ohwandamaximoff]

honestly I'm not over the fact they've killed Pietro Maximoff

[sar-kaz-m]

Going to AoU tonight.

Now, I've never been a huge Whedon fan. Until Avengers, my friends dubbed me the "Anti-Whedon" (I hated Buffy & Angel et al, only got 6 eps into Firefly before deciding half the characters were too goddamned annoying to watch, and I don't count the 1/6th writing credit he has on Toy Story.)  I actually hadn't seen CA:TFA or Avengers until like 6 months after Avengers came out. 

CA:TFA and Avengers sold me on MARVEL, not on Whedon (she pets her #FCBD pile of Marvel schwag).   I do adore his "Much Ado" but mostly for things he did that I agreed with, and the story of the production schedule, and the beauty of the shooting (RED cameras, drool drool drool), BUT... That's Shakespeare.  So it's not like Whedon did anything other than direct the SHOOTING, because hey, they did it in 2 weeks, minimal takes, he certainly didn't direct the PERFORMANCES much, and had nothing to do with the script.  He did cast Clark Gregg as Leonato for which I will thank him forever, as I've adored Gregg since he was on The West Wing ("Josh?  That wall is curved...") and Leonato's agony was finally seen AND believable.  (Also, I've managed to get both his & Amy Acker's autographs on my blu-ray, Thanks NYCC!)

That said, I have to admit, I am utterly unsurprised with the critiques I'm seeing about AoU, especially in regards to Whedon's characterizations, and PARTICULARLY in regards to his failures with Black Widow.  I've never agreed that he's the Feminist Sci Fi Guy (generations of ST writers have him beat), and while he does have a dab hand with dialogue, he's not the best currently writing IMO (Aaron Sorkin, fwiw, is my dialogue god).

What's actually exciting me most is getting a frame of reference for some of the BRILLIANT critiques I'm reading here on Tumblr, from people like #ohcaptainmycaptain and #westgateoh  

And Hawkeye.  Because Renner may be a troll of the 1st magnitude, but he's sex on two legs and I'll see anything he does.  And I've read Ultimates and Civil War, and I can guess where the Russo's are gonna go.   And it ain't gonna be pretty. 

This ain't your Fraction's Hawkeye. 

(And wanna talk about lacking feminism? Read Ultimates.)

[tonksiefea]

I may be reaching a bit...

But is it just me or does Rennerson kinda mirror Clintasha. Before some of my friends in other fandoms gasp and start pointing at me and looking ashamed I’m not saying ScarJo and Renner are dating, have dated, or will date. If any of that is true GREAT! I want them happy. If they don’t, ALSO GREAT! But it’s just an observation.

When the Avengers came out Renner and Johanson both looked to be single for the most part. Scarlet had a boyfriend I believe but it didn’t look serious. The Avengers showed tons of subtext for Clintasha and tons of people started to ship it and love it.

Now Renner is Married (?) with a kid (I know that much) and Scarlet is married (with a brand new kid as of filming of AOU) and Clintasha has been reportedly “broken up” by a wife and kid and Bruce..... IDK just an observation. Could mean nothing but I was entertained and wanted to get it out there. 

[almostshouting]

My thoughts on Age of Ultron (major spoilers)

Good things: Steve in a top that barely fit him More Hawkeye PEGGY The soundtrack The effects The costumes Stan Lee's cameo The party and the hammer scene 'Language' Clint muttering to himself Well choreographed fights The relationships between the twins 'My best friend would only be a living memory' Cap and Nat together at the end Bad things: Small bits from Falcon, Eric Selvig, Fury, War Machine, Heimdall etc. (if you've seen the film you'll know who I mean) Why is Vision suddenly worthy and Cap isn't? BRUCENAT Where the diddly darn did he get the helicarrier from? Where's Jane Foster when you need here? And the new base? And don't get me started on the twins: How did they get their powers? Why was their home attacked? Why were they whitewashed? Overall, good movie as a sequel. Good points for a film and it's going to do well, I can tell. However, everything was kinda bitty and nothing was ever fully explained.