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Random fandom poll #1

Please don't just vote based on who's your favorite or who you think is the most attractive.

If I made a Batman movie, I'd cast Robert Carlyle as Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane.

Look at the roles he's played and tell me that man wouldn't do a fantastic job. Whether you want him more serious, or more 'hroo hraa'-esq, he'd play the part well.

I feel it in my bones. He's the ultimate choice.

Mewtwo & Loki Moodboard

Since I realized these two characters have a lot in common, actually.

(All images, aside from the one on the top right are from google/stock images. The top right one is from Thor: Dark World, and the bottom left is a photo of a sculpture in a Pokemon center in japan.)

I reserve the right to headcanon that marijuana isn't that uncommon in Asgard and nobody can take that away from me. (I also feel like they'd be more partial to eating or drinking it rather than smoking it, but that's just me.)

I mean, with how liberal they seem to be with alcohol, I genuinely don't see how they wouldn't at least try other substances.

Not like that would necessarily even be a result of mortal influence from their visits to Midgard, either. They'd probably discover that kind of thing and enjoy it just on their own merit.

Zootopia spoilers, I guess:

When I watched Zootopia the first time, I honestly thought it was going in the direction of the savages being animals who contracted rabies. Especially after seeing the scene with Manchas, I thought: 'Oh, Emmit scratched him, and because of that, he contracted rabies from him.'

...So, what I'm saying is: The actual plot of the movie was disappointing, tbh.

People assuming the predators were going savage only to figure out it's not the predators at all, but a virus that makes you super aggressive and violent? That just sounds interesting. Discounting entirely the sucky 'twist villain' thing. Making the movie have no real villain other than the discovery of a crazed viral outbreak?

...Maybe that's just the zombie fanatic in me talking, but I honestly think that would've made for a way more interesting movie.

Most people for some reason immediately assume that if I'm a 'fan of Loki' that automatically means I must be attracted to/am a fan of Tom Hiddleston.

And like... *Didn't know who Tom Hiddleston was until I looked up Loki's actor.* *Doesn't keep up with anything he's doing, including roles he's been in.* *Doesn't know jack shit about Hiddleston's career or anything about him.* *Likes not just MCU Loki, but also the ones from other cartoons, comics, video games, etc to the exact same extent.* *Legit forgets who Tom Hiddleston even is sometimes.* *Was one of the people who hated the fan-service scenes in the 'Loki show'.*

So Like... I guess you can say the only reason I like Loki or am attracted to them is because of Tom Hiddleston but... I mean, just because you say something doesn't mean it's true.

True story, btw, Someone brought him up and I was like: "...The guy who plays Spiderman?" They laughed at me when I said that and I was so confused, lmao.

I think it's kind of sad that I can't bring myself to care about new stuff in the MCU anymore.

It's not about superhero-fatigue or whatever other things people are suggesting may be the cause, though. I feel like the reason I and many other people are starting to overlook new stuff and not care is because the people making those movies and stuff basically just... stopped caring about it themselves.

They stopped really putting effort into it, and it shows. There are a couple of outliers, like Moon Knight, but for every Moon Knight that comes out, there are three Loki series, or Mobius movies. Y'know?

It's become less and less rewarding and less and less fun to watch. Just cash-grabs, rather than actual stories with substance.

And I feel like this is easy to notice when you think about how Invincible and The Boys is super popular despite the idea of 'Superhero fatigue'. The difference between DC/Marvel and The Boys/Invincible? (Besides the violence, obviously.) is that 'The Boys' and 'Invincible' actually have time, effort, and love put into them. While the DCEU and the MCU are both basically being milked to death by the same people who tried to copyright 'Día de los Muertos' after they made the movie Coco.

...But hey, at least we still have the MCU before Ragnarok (+Black Panther) to enjoy, right? We also have all the animated DC and Marvel content, as well as all the comics.

About character bingo, Loki and Bucky?

I'm going to assume this is MCU Loki and Bucky we're talking about, but feel free to send another ask if you have another version of them in mind.

"I'll write a small word vomit thing about them." *Proceeds to write four paragraphs.*

Bucky showed up in the MCU first, so he's first here, too. Bucky Buchanan Barnes, huh? I'll admit, in the first Captain America movie, I didn't really have much in way of opinion about him. I was in the 'they sure do exist' camp. Didn't give him much thought.

That did change, however, when he returned as the Winter Soldier. He was terrifying in Civil war, ngl. But I also thought he was kinda cool. After that, sitting on the movies for a while and rewatching them a few times, I grew a far stronger appreciation for the character. (Which was probably due to how young I was when I watched the movies initially, but let's ignore that-) Which makes the awful way the fandom and current writers treat and mischaracterize him even worse, tbh. But we're not talking about that right now-

Unrelated: Bucky gives me gender envy like mad. (I'm Boyflux, btw.)

I want to wrap him in a big fuzzy blanket and give him a hot cocoa, dude deserves some rest and tlc.

Comparing how I feel about Bucky to Loki is super unfair... to Bucky. Though honestly, it would be unfair to all Marvel characters, since Loki is my favorite. (*Insert people rolling their eyes because me liking a character that's 'popular' makes me annoying/cringe, apparently.*)

Fun fact: Loki is actually one of the first Marvel characters I was ever introduced to. Though, granted, it wasn't MCU Loki. I'm constantly rotating them in my mind like Banana.mp4 (Rotat e). I can also relate to them on a scarily close level. Like jeez, my older sibling was kicked out right before I learned about my bloody heritage from my father, too, da fuq?

Loki in the MCU is probably the most mis-characterized, and the most unabashedly hated and poorly handled character by the writers in the later phases. Which sucks, because his attempts to prove himself and feeling unworthy are exactly what made them so interesting. But it seems the writers like to mis-characterize him as being arrogant and self-centred, when they're actually the opposite in every movie before Ragnarok. *sigh*

He deserves a break, too, tbh. They both need some tlc stat.

...Y'know, they really missed an opportunity by never letting these two meet. But then again, the MCU has/had a problem with casual interactions. (I mean, Thor and Natasha barely interacted in any of the movies despite being on the same team.)

Character opinion bingo (Send characters please, haha.)

I wanna do this, too! Send an ask with a character from one of my fandoms (And the words ‘character bingo’ or something similar so I know) and I’ll do one for them, lol.

By default, I’ll also fill in the free space and give a small word vomit thing about my feelings about them.

Fandoms I’m part of/I’ll fill out a bingo card for:

Marvel comics

DC comics

The Boys

DHMIS

FNAF

Cuphead

She-rah and the Princesses of power

Disney? Dreamworks? Other similar companies? (Idk, do those count as fandoms?)

He-man/She-rah (Original, haven’t seen any of the He-man remakes, yet.)

Thundercats (Original, haven’t seen any remakes, yet.)

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss

Cookie Run

Boku no hero academia/My hero academia

Doctor Who

Dragon Ball (Note: I haven’t seen all of DBSuper yet.)

MLP:FIM (Note: Nothing from 'a new generation’ or ‘Pony life’.)

Pokemon (Note: Haven’t played Scarlet/Violet yet.)

Undertale/Deltarune

Kipo: The age of Wonderbeasts

Arcane (Note: I don’t play League of legends, oops.)

The Dragon Prince

Jurassic Park/World

Slasher movie/Horror

Dead by Daylight

   No doubt, one of my favorite things about ‘The Boy (2016)’ was how much of it was left up to your imagination and interpretation. (Death of the author, ofc. Only keeping the movie itself in mind.)

Major Spoilers for ‘The Boy (2016)’ below

   We got almost no concrete proof for anything the movie tells us about Brahms’ backstory, and what we do know can lead to multiple conclusions about the character.

   The whole ‘he killed Emily’ thing, for instance.    This is something we’re told by Malcom, who prefaces what he says by directly mentioning that this is town gossip. Which is untrue or, at best, only half-true. (Take it from someone who’s lived in a small town and had gossip and rumors spread about me and my loved ones, they’re usually spread with very little of the original context and, usually, turns into ‘I think this happened’ instead of facts, or ends up being a giant game of telephone... or both.)     We get a picture of a girl, showing that there was, in fact, an ‘Emily’ that Brahms knew, but other than that, we get nothing.

   For all we know, Emily could’ve fell and hit her head on a rock, and people started blaming Brahms for it. There’s no concrete evidence proving it either way, and I love it.

   We don’t even know that much about Brahms, really. He’s a craftsman (As seen in the ending scene.), he makes traps (The rat traps everywhere with his initials.), he can make a sandwich, he enjoys having a set schedule, and he can’t live by himself (At least, as far as we know.). ...That’s really all we know besides him being forced into the walls by his parents and being twenty-eight in the film. We also hear that he was apparently ‘Odd’, which, considering his clearly snooty-ish upbringing, could mean a lot of things.

   Why is he acting like a kid? It could be a manipulation tactic, it could be a sign of mental illness, or it could be a coping mechanism. Again, it's up to your interpretation.

   Personally, I see all this and think:     "He’s a traumatized man who’s possibly autistic (Schedule, traps may be a special interest, can’t properly live by himself, etc.), falsely rumored to have murdered his one friend, burned in a fire set by his (possibly ableist) parents, and was gaslit and manipulated into thinking Emily’s death really was his fault."

  But that’s just how I see it, of course.    I imagine there could be many ways someone could interpret the film. (For instance, my sister watched it and came out the other side with: ‘he’s guilty, creepy, and severely in need of psychological help’.) and that’s great, I love it! 

   I wish more ‘horror-ish’ movies did this. Most present horror is jump scares and gore with little to no substance, and while I enjoy a bit of gore here and there, it can be pretty tiring. (Aka: Why I loved ‘The Collector’ but disliked its sequel ‘The Collection’, lol.)

   Idk, I just felt like posting something about the movie, haha.

[Spoilers for The Dragon Prince Season 4]

Me, watching the first three episodes: “Wow, the way they’re writing this ‘Terry’ guy can be a little annoying. I don’t think I’m going to like his character very much.”

*Episode 4 happens, Terry has the ‘get a grip’ conversation*

Me: *Raises eyebrow* Go on.

Terry, later: “Everyone saw me as a doe, but I knew I was a buck.” “I chose my name.”

Me, immediately:

MCU Supernatural headcanons

I’m mostly going off of vibe here. (Note: By ‘Supernatural’ I mean things like ghosts.)    Characters who believe in the Supernatural: Loki, Thor, Everyone on Asgard, Peter Parker, Gamora, Hulk, Bucky, T’challa, Scott, Wanda, Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Jake Lockley, Groot, Mantis, Darcy Lewis, Drax, Ned Leeds, Eddie Brock, Wade Wilson, Wong

   Characters who are undecided on the Supernatural: Vision, Bruce Banner, Steve, Natasha, Clint, Pietro, Rocket, Sam Wilson, James Rhodes, Carol Danvers, Nick Fury, Jane Foster, Phil Coulson, Yelena, MJ, Venom, Stephen Strange

   Characters who don’t believe in the Supernatural: Tony Stark, Hank Pym, Peter Quill, Nebula, Peggy Carter, Shuri?,

   Why is it every single character I find that seems neurodivergent is always specifically targeted by fans/critics/etc as being annoying?Especially so if they seem like they have ADHD and/or Autism especially?

You missed a few:

-People apologizing Tony for all the shit he pulled.

-Holding Thanos in higher regard than half the other characters despite him being arguably badly-written and doing horrible things to the other characters even before the snap.

-Completely missing Loki’s entire arc during the first two Thor movies and Avengers, and chalking them up as ‘just a narcissistic villain’.

MCU fans in a nutshell:

Apologizing anything Wanda ever did, even things she did when there was no influence on her.

Victim blaming Bucky and Loki for being controlled and tortured.

Apologizing Clint killing people after the death of his family.

Calling Zemo a villain for doing literally the same.

Smell the hypocrisy.

Send me asks with ships-

   I’m bored, so if anyone wants to send me some [NON-PROSHIP] ships for this, feel free. (I’ll obviously only respond to ones from fandoms/involving characters that I’m familiar with, lol. Though, I’m familiar with quite a few fandoms/franchises not talked about yet on this blog, so, I guess just send what you think I might know?)

The Liminal Zone!

I just got ‘The liminal zone’! The Junji Ito book! I’m about to indulge myself in some horror manga, boys and ghouls! >:D

Idk if you've been given an answer yet but vox machina is the name of a dnd campaign from these folks called critical role! It's their first campaign specifically. If you like fantasy stuff at all, even if you're not sure about dnd, you should totally check it out. They have multiple campaigns, three long form ones and a few shorter ones, all set in the same universe: exandria! It's a lot of fun. I personally use them as podcasts and background noise c:

mm! Sounds pretty neat, actually. I might look into that.

I've never played DnD myself, but it sounds pretty fun from what I've heard, and I enjoy listening to people tell stories about their experiences playing, so it might be worth a look. Especially with the idea that they're all different stories in the same universe, that's certainly interesting.

Thank you!

What is Vox Machina and why am I suddenly seeing a bunch of random posts about it???

   I’ve started taking suggestions for horror movies to watch, right?

   Well, I’ve so far been suggested The Boy, House of Wax, Texas chainsaw (The 2003 remake), and House of 1000 corpses. I’ve gotten through all except the last one, which I just started watching.

   ... I am 33 minutes in. Since five minutes in, I became painfully aware of why people keep saying Rob Zombie’s movies are weird as shit.

   For the first ten, I was asking myself if I really wanted to watch the rest. But y’know what? I am two-thirds of the way through, I might as well finish it.

   If you have any suggestions for movies, I’ll gladly take a look, lol.

   Every single time I read something with the lantern rings speaking, I always imagine the red and yellow rings sounding like the Mysterons from Captain Scarlet.

   I have absolutely no idea why, that’s just the voice my mind gave to them.

   And in case you don’t know what they sound like...

One of my biggest guilty pleasures is ‘Lego Marvel’s Maximum overload’.

It’s so stupid, I love it so much.

There are so many scenes I could point to, so many lines, so many moments that are just so ridiculous, even by Lego standards, that... you should just watch it, honestly.

The full movie is free on YouTube right now, please. It’s also less than a half an hour long.

It’s ridiculous, and also, I believe, based somewhat on the Ultimate Spiderman TV show. (Which gives it extra points in my book.)

If you do end up watching it because of me, please comment on this post or reblog with your thoughts. I’m so curious as to what other people think of it, lol.

I’m also going to end this off by pointing out that Lego!Loki shares Lego!Doc Oc’s hairstyle.

   Okay, but notice that when Viren turns into a statue, he has a tear rolling down from his eye, similar to The Dragon King (Not even going to try to spell out his name.)

   That + The ‘She is not an asset, she is my daughter’ line from the previous season makes me think that there might be some delicious dramatic irony centering around Viren’s killing of The Dragon King. (Perhaps with Aaravos taking up Claudia as his assistant in Viren’s place? Who knows?)

   That’s just me reading a little deep into a random line and the imagery in this teaser being so similar to The Dragon Kings, so I could be way wrong though, lol.

   Either way, I’m big hyped for this, holy shit-

Impossible is just another kind of possible.

   I watched the animated ‘The Mummy’ series so often as a kid, that I managed to quote the beginning monologue at the start of each episode almost 100% perfectly as soon as I heard it.

   I just saw that it was on Peacock and decided to watch it again for nostalgic reasons. Then as soon as the music kicked in, I managed to quote it along with the narrator almost word for word, lol.

   That entire scene involving Loki’s clothes being lasered off in the Loki show made me very uncomfortable when I first watched it.

   I mean, maybe I’m just sensitive, but, I’m sorry- fanservice-y bullshit like that is just really creepy imo. (I mean, it’s why I don’t watch most modern anime.) Mostly because it’s usually far from consensual, especially in this case.

   I mean, maybe if he decided to react a bit coyly to it, or something else, it would’ve been fine. (More so comedic and lightened the mood a lot more. Even then it still would’ve been weird and on top of that, ooc.) but with how he reacts to it in the actual show, it just felt wrong.

   In the few seconds you got his reaction, that tremble in his voice especially, it just made it feel gross. Like I personally was intruding on his boundaries.

   This coming from someone who’s attracted to him btw, so obviously, the target demographic for said moment. Yet I still found that it was wildly uncomfortable. 

   I dunno, I just wanted to put this opinion out there because I didn’t see a lot of people mentioning this when they talk about how bad the show was. Honestly, this moment was one of the biggest red flags for me.

420 headcanons?

   Personally speaking, I see Scarecrow as being a medicinal user of marijuana. He’s definitely not the ‘giggly pothead’ type. Not a Shaggy Rogers, if you will.  But I can see him using it every so often for medicinal reasons.

   This also aligns with headcanons involving him having autism and anxiety, both of which I subscribe to. Anxiety and Autism both being things marijuana is used for.

   However, what people should be talking about is whether Marvel’s Thor or Loki would be. With how Asgard is in regards to alcohol, you can’t say they would be opposed to indulgence in other substances. 

   So, really, they must’ve at least tried it once-

   I’m not the only one who thinks Loki would have a massive scar at the very least after what happened in TDW, right?

   I mean, I know he has healing magic and a healing factor, but I still think there should be at least a...mark???

   I dunno, after watching TDW, I can’t imagine him without at least a scar. (Maybe he could heal somewhat with his magic, but it couldn’t heal him completely so it leaves one on the front of his torso?)

A friend and I were talking about crack headcanons and shit, and one of them just-

“Scarecrow is secretly a pro at freestyle rap and can do it incredibly fast.” “There’s definitely been a point in time where Joker got styled on by his rap skills in a hilarious fashion.”

And now, days later, I still can’t stop thinking about it-

My thoughts on the 'Happy ending AU’

   As much as we all like to imagine a universe where Loki survives Thanos and joins the Avengers in some ‘good ending’ plot line... I genuinely don’t think he’d be an Avenger for very long, if at all.

   Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he can’t ‘be a good guy’ or anything, but I can’t see him being an Avenger. Not only because of his bad rap with earth, not only because Thor is involved and their relationship is rocky at best, but because of the other characters.

   I have no problem believing that Bucky, Steve, Thor, Vision, and maybe Bruce (Seeing Ragnarok) would be willing to give him a chance. Strange and T’challa... maybe, if simply because they weren’t really involved with/aware of his ‘mishaps’ in New York. However, the others? ...I genuinely can’t see them being too welcoming to him. Especially Tony, Clint, Pietro, and Wanda. 

   The situation with New York I imagine would hit a little too close to home for Wanda and Pietro, so they’d at the very least be wary of him at first. Tony and Clint on the other hand, would be unabashedly cold to him. I can see Tony even borderline bullying him sometimes. (Using him as a punching bag because he was the root cause of his trauma from NY? Maybe not purposefully, but I can see him subconsciously targeting him for that reason.)

   Other characters like Sam, Peter P, and Scott would probably only have known him through the news and other things detailing the events of the disaster, so would most likely see him as a terrorist. I don’t think I need to explain why that would cause some issues.

   Because of this animosity, I don’t see Loki being able to be an Avenger. Not because they wouldn’t try, but because Loki just wouldn’t be able to stomach the treatment he’d be levied. 

   Honestly, he might be similar to Natasha in that regard. Wanting to ‘clear his ledger’ and believing that joining a group of ‘heroes’ would help him redeem himself. Only this time, instead of it being filled with hydra members, it’s filled with people who treat him just like everyone in Asgard did when he was growing up.

   A chance he’d be given, but some characters would give it reluctantly, and some would keep treating him like a criminal until he eventually just gave up and left. 

   Dunno, that’s just how I see it. Don’t let me ruin your fun though, a ‘happy ending’ is definitely deserved for all of these characters, so feel free to disregard this little angsty headcanon of mine, lol.

   Also, if you disagree and think I’m mis-characterizing someone or missing a piece of info, feel free to explain why. I like having discussions about stuff like this, haha. ^v^

Incorrect marvel quotes

Thor, approaching the massive fortress of ice Loki constructed, followed by a small army: Brother! I am here to reclaim my place next to you! As we used to have in the old days!

Loki, addressing the Jotuns with him: Hold your fire, boys.

Thor: Tell your men to lower their weapons, I mean you no harm!

Loki, shouting: Thor, put your hands up so I know which one is you!

*Thor puts his hands up*

Loki, turning to one of the Jotuns: Kill the one with his hands up.