#booktastic

[polniaczek]

don't cut me loose a post-part 2 zeke/shao mix. listen.

01. son little • i’m gone 02. kamauu • far rockaway 03. beyoncé • i miss you 04. frank ocean • bad religion 05. son little • your love will blow me away when my heart aches 06. monophonics • it's only us 07. budjerah • missing you 08. aaron may • in love 09. tom misch • watch me dance 10. miguel • sure thing 11. leon bridges • motorbike 

[tetrafelino]

ig what gets me the most about Zeke and Shaolin is that they're really like the only person in the other's life who really takes them at their word, yk? like, a 100% of the time, really taking each other seriously, almost solemnly. the moment they really start getting each other, that kind of respect is never really gone - they fight and get mad as hell, but never dismissive. never like what the other says or thinks doesn't matter.

[figuerofantasticforever]

My friend drew this for me and I am just-

[coldgpa]

Cinematic parallels...

[pessimisticfanboi]

The age gape issue with Shuri and Namor isn't the first time I've noticed people lean into racism and racial stereotypes to inaccurately calculate a character's age.

On the Get Down fans assumed Shaolin Fantastic wasn't a teenager like the other characters before an official age was even confirmed. Antis were harrassing people who shipped Shaolin and Zeke, a confirmed 17 year old. They saw a dark skinned young man, obviously pretending to be grown, ignoring every narrative que that painted the two as equals. Even after the age and the romantic attraction (though unrequited) was confirmed the age gape controversy didn't die down.

The racial stereotype is not the over sexualized and adult black male, but the sexless black woman. Her thin frame does make her great for casting as teenage characters, but it didn't serve her in this movie. There are ways they could have aged up her appearance through make up, wardrobe, or editing but even I forgot about the 5 year time skip from the Blip. So I can't really fault people for not remembering if they skipped the after credit scene. However when you compare Shuri's age along the entire Marvel MCU timeline she can't be a minor anymore. Instead of Antis letting that go, even when the evidance is right in front of them, they continue to act as if Shuri is still a teenager. At this point people need to unpack their racial biases or accept that they can't due basic math because Tousaint is obviously 5-6 years old.

[Shuri's age BP] + [Tousaint's age BPWF] > 18

16 + 5 > 18

21 > 18

Even if you don't count the Blip since she was snapped, Shuri is still an adult in Wakanda Forever.

[purplemarshmello]

Me drinking a cup of chamomile tea: This will fix everything

[sonatine]

quiet shao/zeke parts of ep 4 that kill me:

-at the black market when Mylene is waxing poetic about how great zeke is and shao just smiles secretly and is like, yeah he’s cool I guess (in love)

-mylene saying how zeke is Good and would never steal and shao is like, Hm! You don’t know him at all (like I do) 😌

-when shao finds out about the fake dj set / mixtape disaster and storms off and zeke is like ‘wait what are we gonna do?’ and shao is like, nothing!! Y’all stay out! and zeke is like, ‘NO, what are WE (you and me) gonna do?!

-“I’ll come with you”

[textsfromtgd]

The Get Down ft. Texts from Last Night