I Consider Civil War - Avengers 3

I consider Civil War - Avengers 3

Or Iron Man 4

is anyone else confused how the movie was called captain america civil war and literally the only thing that happened was tony angy lol. just call it an iron man movie and go

Yep, I’m always bitter about the fact they used an Avengers comic storyline for a Captain America movie when there are so many Cap comics they could have used instead. It was really shitty to hijack Steve’s third and final movie for more Iron Manpain™️ It’s not like we didn’t have three movies of his same recycled arc already. And to top it all off he was still the centre of attention in every movie he was in. I hope now that he’s dead we can finally get some movies that don’t revolve around him.

I don't know if it's just me but I highkey dislike Annabeth. I think it has to be the writing. Rick can't write very compelling characters all together, but his female ones are all "I'm not like other girls. I don't put on makeup". From Annabeth to Thalia to Clarisse, they are all apparently "badasses" because they are not feminine. The only character who is feminine, Silena, is painted as weak and frivolous.

But my problem is with Annabeth especially because she is the lead female character. We are supposed to be rooting for her but it's really difficult because she is acting like a jerk to everyone. I can excuse her behavior in the first couple of books because she was younger but there is zero character development throughout PJO. And childhood trauma can excuse as much. For example, Percy had an even harder childhood but he is not mean to everyone around him. He tries his best to a good guy. Annabeth is just not trying to change herself. She is rewarded for her bad behavior even.

And I know that she is a fan favourite in the Percy Jackson fandom but I believe it has to be that the fanon!Annabeth is nothing like canon!Annabeth. Fans stan the idea they have created of her, not actually her. I say this because I have seen tons of posts that have her be so out of character, that it's basically a whole new person. This isn't something exclusive to the Percy Jackson fandom though (God, fanon Batfam is probably the worst offender) but it's interesting how certain fans refuse to even acknowledge this. But I don't want to be misunderstood so I want to make something clear; I don't think it's bad to have headcanons or even project on characters. That is perfectly fine and eveyone is allowed to do it. The problems start when people are so caught on to their fantasy that they don't want to see problems with the canon material and even go as far as to attack people who give valid critisism.

I do believe that Annabeth had potential as a character but Rick ruined her character. It's even worse when in the following books he made her only interest and character trait be Percy. It's all about Percy and the relationship. There are few moments that are about her and her ambitions, her life, her dreams but in the end everything gets buried under 'Percabeth' because 'Percabeth' is what sells the books and keeps the money coming. I strongly believe it's too late now to even attempt to fix her problematic aspects, especially since the fanon!Annabeth has prevailed and people won't accept a new canon, but it would be interesting to see Rick actually try to give her character development.

My mom was so awkward explaining to me what gay meant when I heard it on TV

I didn't realize that I was supposed to think of it as a bad thing until gay marriage was legalize and my relatives chuckled weirdly every time there's a gay couple on Wheel of Fortune

"But won't children be confused by all the LGBT-"

Yesterday I saw a mother with a baby carriage, being followed by a girl of about 4-6 years old on a bicycle. The kid started ringing her bike bell like RING RING RING RING RING RING RING, and the mother turned to look behind them to see whether they were being followed by a cyclist who desperately needs to pass them for the sake of everyone's safety.

And the little girl - who just rang the goddamn bell herself 5 seconds ago - also turned to look.

Kids are confused by everything at all times. They don't know jack shit. About anything.

Here’s the thing about shows like South Park and Family Guy that make their money off of being edgy and offensive. They fundamentally reduce their viewers’ capacity for empathy. If I found a joke funny, and you found it offensive, you’re just too sensitive. This is directly related to the ride of the alt right and the election of trump. In this essay I will

I don't think people remember the first Iron Man Movie at all.

Because everyone always focuses on the "War Profiterol Stops Selling Weapons" angle and completely forget the Pro American Military Interventionism Message in it.

Tony Stark specifically becomes Iron Man because he doesn't believe the US Military is doing ENOUGH in the Middle East. He specifically flies there to destroy some evil brown bad guys with a tank attacking civilians because he believes the American Military is not there to stop it. This is a Pro Military Occupation movie guys, it doesn't take a genius to understand it.

Hell, he specifically stops building weapons because he just discovered some evil brown people might also end up buying them, not because "bombs kill people," he knows bomb kill people he just thought only the US Military was using it to kill people.

Which is never taken into question. The US Military is not on trial in this movie, It's the evil brown people who use it on civilians instead, and they do it because they are faceless, nameless evil brown people.

The bombed village the reporter who ends up sleeping with him and is slut shamed for it mentions? Who do you think ultimately committed the war crime in universe? But why, the evil brown terrorists, the ones who got their weapons from his own company after all, there is no mention, in any part of the movie, of the US Military committing war crimes on anything with his weapons, the villains are ALWAYS evil brown people who got his weapons due to another, more self serving war profiteer, and only because of that.

Like, the ONLY thing that can be said in favour of this is that the greater scope villain is, like... Another rich white war profiteer, and even that still fucks over the supposedly "anti war" message when Tony specifically still only wanted to sell weapons to the US Military pre movie, and stops producing weapons the second he realizes evil brown people might get his shit too, and Stane wanted to sell it to Evil Brown Terrorists too.

People don't rember how boot licking this movie was and it shows.