#good meta

[heavensrepublic]

What would you say to your characters, if only you could? What do you feel they need to hear?

Storrie: Ooh, that’s going make me cry! Mine is kind of cliché, but it’s not your fault. It’s not in your control. I don’t know if you’ve read the books, but [Ilya] has some pretty crazy family dynamics that’ll come up throughout the rest of the story and it’s really heavy. You can’t help but I think carry that your entire life, and I think that informs a lot of his hurt and how he goes about life.

Williams: I would tell Shane that his ideas of perfection and masculinity are wrong. They’re immature, they’re juvenile - and that’s not his fault, but he’s going to feel a lot less pressure and a lot less discomfort in himself if he changes those.

- Forbes interview, Dec 12

[casualevan]

Advice for anyone and everyone getting into tabletop mini games from 40K to Conquest to Star Wars. Never ever ever EVER let anyone talk you into or out of buying a mini because of "their rules." Rules come and go but plastic/resin is forever.

You're gonna be spending time and money building and painting all these lil toys. Do it cuz they look cool and fun to paint. NOT because they have super awesome rules FOR NOW, and don't pass or miss out on something you LIKE because their rules are trash FOR NOW.

[pigtailedgirl]

hiii I hope you're having a great day! I'm not kidding when I say that it took several read throughs before I sent this 😭 I was just wondering if you'd mind linking any marvel meta and critiques pertaining to civil war and the accords, endgame, tfatws, tony, peggy, and the way steve and bucky's characters were treated.

context: I'm trying to explain some things to a friend of mine, but I just know there's posts that explain it better than I can. I spent over an hour scrolling through various tags and I really struggled to find my favourites.

I hope this doesn't sound too demanding, and feel free to ignore it if you're busy or you don't want to do it. I'm honestly just hoping you have some kind of folder where you keep them all! if you do, though, I would love if you included your own posts, because yours are some of the best ones I've read.

anyway, wishing you the best 💖

I admit this makes me super happy because, it's like even the internet friends know I'm a folder person! I do have a lot CACW and Endgame meta even offline folder saved lol.

I don't know if there is any specific arguments or points you and your friend are discussing to direct at? Let me know!

Here's what I have that applies in my current bookmarks, except LewtonBus which I think are articles for self examine and not to bring to discuss in rebuttals with friends, because there is really good stuff in them to ponder but, they are thesis' I'm not 100% subscribed too.

Also I can't rec enough the blogs of @thehollowprince, @robotmango, @monardarmmm, @fearlessinger, @chirping_tiger, @kateis_cakeis, @laporcurina, @cosmicmechanism, @keire-ke. I've scoured there tags and takes and loved so much if it.

STUCKY & Endgame

https://bamsmackpow.com/2019/04/30/avengers-endgame-lack-of-closure/

This is my defining WTF Endgame article. I don't see how anyone can argue against it. There is no explanation or reasoning to give out to the obvious and intentional erasure of Steve and Bucky out of Endgame's story narrative and why it doesn't fucking matter if you like the ship or the characters at all, erasing them, denying it, failed the set up of the story structure and the basics of arc complete writing.

The Stucky Essay - bilittlebarnes - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

This essay is so good. I was drawn in by it's argument on the "Bucky is alive!" moment of Endgame critic, because it highlights that the movie itself knows Stucky makes more narrative sense and importance and therefore uses it, but of course won’t let it be acknowledged. America’s ass is on display, just not the one they think.

The Silence of Peggy Carter. Peggy Carter was founder and Director… | by Summer Barbeau | Medium

I'm being really critical of Peggy's character being so beloved lately, examining my past defense of, but I think this article is the bomb on why Endgame's Steggy is dismissive of the pairing and characters whether you like them or not. An ending that devalues and silences your partner for romance is a fail.

For CACW

Exorcism, Burial, and Analysis: Representing Trauma in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ – Ceci n'est pas un discours (wordpress.com)

CA:CW, the reaction - cute but prickly (tumblr.com)

TFATWS

‘Falcon & The Winter Soldier’ & The Myth of Nonviolence | by Alex Mell-Taylor | An Injustice! (aninjusticemag.com)

I know it might not run in pop circles to my friends list but I'll say I agree with most if not all of the Mooler's breakdown of TFATWS.

https://youtu.be/N0Tu6pCvjQ4

In that Karli read more villain than John Walker to me, despite show intent, and it needs massive overhaul, because it's message sucked in many many ways. And I thought Sam and Bucky did come of as morally wrong and kinda massive jerks in comparison to Walker, as did the ethics of the Flagsmashers, the Dora.

That doesn't mean I've any love or interest in the John Walker character independently, as Jessica Jones season 1 did that style story better...it's a story meh in comparison to what I want which is a focused Sam story...and I certainly have no love or respect for Zemo's addition likewise. Where to go with the Captain America stories and ethics of the characters is so f'ed right now.

[maedhrosrussandol]

This is kind of lovely. Gandalf is a mentor to us all. And Ian McKellen was perfect.

https://www.tvovermind.com/why-gandalf-the-grey-white-is-the-greatest-movie-mentor-ever/?fbclid=IwAR35c8W2WTQy1_OFs-J5Ar0W12mNX6g_GlbfPxjoQlGACl6ciLQy98KdYBU

Why Gandalf The Grey/White Is The Greatest Movie Mentor Ever

Harry Potter had Albus Dumbledore. Pretty much everyone in The Lord of the Rings franchise had Gandalf. He wasn't the headmaster of a school

[garden-ghoul]

[crazybee]

annefraid reblogged your post:how i sleep knowing that every change Besse made...

#one day i will write that essay on how every small change in marti's season actually make him a different character at his core#and how so many people overlook it because they have this set idea of an isak character#and that even though the story is similar and has the same plot points#the emotional beats and theim being a consequence of each other#makes it a different reflection of him as a character#and the importance of marti choosing his own part with his mom/ filo/ nico#don't even get me started on marti having more emotional intelligents than people seem to recognize#his resilience and being able to take responsibility??#not being afraid of confrontation when he's curious about something#him recognizing his own emotions and managing impulsive behaviour/ channeling it because he cares about people he's mad at#his initiative to nurture relationships !!!#him knowing that not understanding someone's behaviour/ not being able to help directly doesn't mean you should abandon them !!!!#anyway....#martino rametta#skamit

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[pinkpuffballdude]

Gods I love. The stylistic choice to have the crew dance to music in what, the first twenty minutes of us meeting them? Like not only does it help illuminate their characters (with the different ways they danced to the same peice of music which in and of itself is just, genius) it helps show that they're a family? Luther went to his room and first thing he did was put on some music, presumably from his childhood, and turn it to max volume, and everyone both recognized it (again presumably, I find it real difficult to dance to music I haven't heard before so) AND started dancing!!! They like this song!!!! It's a Thing!!!!!

[rambling-of-a-potterhead]