So I just watched the finale to season 4, but screencaps are probably not going to come before next weekend because I'm busy with school and stuff. Usually the episodes are up on KimCartoon around noonish EST on Monday, so I'll keep an eye out and post a link when they're up.
Here we go, in no particular order:
So in "Citadel," Tony is grumpy and tells Steve "I'm not one of your soldiers" and Steve replies "You're gosh darn right you're not" SO SULTRILY I thought they were going to make out on the desk right there.
Tony has a journal and I nearly flipped a table because Tony having a journal and documenting his time on Battleworld has SO MUCH ANGST POTENTIAL I'm mad I haven't already written it.
There is a scene between Carol and Hope that serves no other purpose than to remind us they're girlfriends
Jane finally becomes Thor and it's amazing, but she also kicks ass before that.
I'm starting to think that whoever animates those little recap shorts ships FrostIron because like, there's one where Tony and Loki are looking at the Bifrost all proud of themselves and Loki looks at Tony and it's pretty gay
Also also, Loki/Dr. Strange have some good moments too
The Beyonder's 90's outfit is very, um 90's comics I guess. It's amazing, I can't describe it with words
We get some quick Dad Tony and Kamala where he tells her to drive and she's like "why me?" And Tony's like "why not you" and it's really cute
ACTUAL LINE OF DIALOGUE FROM TONY: "uh Cap, if you ever wanted to say one of those bad words I taught you, now would be a perfect time."
WOW
what other naughty things did you teach Steve, Tony?
Kamala called Vision her best friend and I'm crying
So spoilery things are going under the cut
The Beyonder offers Tony immortality and I immediately thought of transhumansim. Idk if how it fit into the context of the episode really works with Transhumanist beliefs but maybe?
Tony and the Beyonder have a sorta "foe-yay" thing going on. Like I could totally see the Beyonder trying to seduce Tony to the dark side with things other than science
I think Loki might have died, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I'm pissed he betrayed the Avengers but I didn't think he'd actually die
MODOK is a member of the Beyonder's villain squad and Tony says somwthing along the lines of "wow MODOK, thought of you as much of a team player," and that line utterly baffled me because the literal first time we're introduced to MODOK in the show is him working with the Red Skull, then he joins the first Cabal. Then when he's reintroduced in season 4 again in the context of working with Taskmaster. I legit thought it was going to turn out that Tony had amnesia or something and forgotten the first 3 seasons and was just rolling with it.
Season 4 is really weird because like, I LOVE every single episode. I'd haplily rewatch them all again and there are really good bits of characterization for everyone. Despite a doubled cast size, everyone gets a moment to shine this season. The problem is in the overarching story tying them together, because that is weak as shit, and in some cases contradictory. The most ready example for me is in "Beyond," and the whole thinking Tony is dead thing. Not only is that never established, it's directly contradicted. Then there are the Halloween and New Year's episodes, which are again great but they're also essentially filler for the wrong season, which makes them extra pointless to the overall story arc. And that is really bad, because you can't really justify these episodes existing when you have things that need to be established. Season 4 has around 3 or 4 major changes to the status quo and we don't really get to look at all of them in depth because there's already so little time, the fact that two episode slots are lost for season 3 filler is frustrating. Don't even get me started on Ultron. The episodes are all great but I wouldn't be able to binge them.
Just to reiterate I loved this season. For all the main plot frustrates me, all the characters are still great despite the large cast, the voice acting is on point and the character dynamics are varried and well-written. The way i'd fix most problems I have with this season is to add more to it. Give the show some breathing room and extra episodes with these guys. (I might do a compeltely self-indulgent post about this later) I'm pretty sure this is my favorite season after season 3, and it was a lot of fun. And you guys make it even better.
Star Stable Online - Frost / Seraphim, my Appaloosa (x Jorvik Warmblood cross in my mind)
I just bought this boy today and he’s amazing. Bouncy, jumpy little 7 year old gelding, Astrid’s potential next horse for dressage. He’s also generally curious.
(reference by google, sorry I never actually get the link to the picture aaah)
