Reacting To TLAT Reviews Pt1

Reacting to TLAT Reviews pt1

I saw Thor: Love and Thunder last night and my friend @marvelvibess​ just sent me these hilarious reviews of the movie. They are too good not to react to honestly. 

{Image description: A post by user Logan Ory one day ago. There are 5 stars one is yellow the rest are white. It is light gray text on a black background. The text reads: Lots of gen Z jokes at an ADD pace with enough “woke” garbage to annoy even the most moderate of people. Humor was largely tasteless, action was good but few and far between, and the only really good character/character development was the villain. This movie is about as trash as a Marvel movie gets. They have not ceased to disappoint lately. Taika Waititi usually puts out great films, this was not on of them. End Image description}

As an ADHD gen Z I loved that “ADD pace!” This movie isn’t for you Logan its for the queer neurodivergents and I love it for that!  

{Image Description. Review by Rachel Tooley one day ago. There are five stars one is yellow and the rest are white. It is light grey text on a black background. The text reads: Chris Hemsworth is the only good thing about this movie. Watched every single Marvel movie and this is probably the last I’ll support. They’re ruining the MCU with their whole agenda. Whats the point of saying a rock is gay?? First off, 2 MALES can not procreate, second, its a rock, Why do they have to just shove and shove and shove LGBTQRSTUV down everyone’s throats. Go woke, go broke. End Image Description}

Ok so I love this one. First of all literally every marvel movie ever made has a political agenda. The comics do too! The mutants/X Men are an allegory for every minority. Caption America was created by two jewish men to fight Nazi’s in a time when nazi ideals were pretty common in the US. Marvel has never been apolitical.

Second I love how hung up on Korg being gay she is. First off Korg is gay, married to a man and has kids in the comics, its literally cannon. Second these movies involve: gods, aliens, genetically enhanced super soldiers and a man that can turn big and green and she’s mad about a gay rock??? Bro literally nothing in these movies are realistic, but unlike hulk, and super soldiers we know queer people exist. 

{Image description: Light grey text on a black background reading: Dare I say the “inclusiveness” may have seemed forced and unnecessary? Maybe the studio/producers/actors had too much to say and interfered with creativity, or Taika was trying too hard, I don’t know? End image description}

Karen diversity isn’t forced people just exist. Also it was talked about so naturally there was noting forced about it! Unnecessary! Bro do you know how excited I was to see queer people like me on the big screen!!! Good representation is always necessary! Also Taika was working hard. Working hard to give us the queer rep we want and deserve.

actually the thing abt matt murdock is there's stories disney could maybe (maybe) tell with some competence, like there's stories that can almost survive that degree of mass-appeal pro-establishment toothless passionless bullshit, but. daredevil? matthew michael daredevil murdock? if you disneyify matt he isn't matt anymore. daredevil is about the kind of bone-deep inextinguishable rage that ableism sparks and kindles in you. the way someone gets violent when violence is done to them ad nauseam. all superhero stories shld be about stepping up because you can't stand not to, but daredevil is that dialled up as far as it'll go

like. matt's whole deal is he is much more viscerally aware of the terrible shit most of us ignore, and his worldview means ignoring it is allowing it, and he is so incredibly traumatised. if a daredevil story doesn't piss anyone off it's a bad daredevil story. daredevil shld look u dead in the eye & say 'what are you allowing? what could you change?' because yeah matt is an insane person going above and beyond but he's trying to singlehandedly fix a community cuz if he doesn't who will. daredevil shld say solidarity with its whole chest.

Ableism in the Defenders Saga

Something that I noticed while watching the NMCU shows are how differently Matt gets treated from Jessica, Luke and Danny. Neither Jessica or Luke want to be vigilantes. Jessica has to be persuaded by Trish and Malcolm and Luke has to be pushed by Pops and Claire. Even then they both only do it when it becomes clear that by not acting people will get hurt/raped/killed. I don’t really have any intrest in Danny and haven’t watched much of his show but from what I understand his friends are pretty supportive of him too.

Then theres Matt. Literally all of his friends have tried to get him to stop and given him shit for trying to help people. Even Claire says she can’t date him because of Daredevil then turns around and dates Luke. Now Claire can date whoever she wants and I don’t ship Matt/Claire (NurseDevil???) but just purely from that standpoint its pretty hypocritical. The only difference I can think of between all of them is Matt’s disability. As a disabled person myself I can confidently say that abled people get incredibly uncomfortable when the people they think are helpless/need protection are not helpless and able to stand up for themselves. So, a disabled person who goes out and protects others? Unthinkable. 

But Phoenix! You cry, Jessica, Luke and Danny all have physical enhancements/powers that Matt doesn't have! Don’t they all have valid concerns? Well let’s take a look at Frank. He has 0 powers and yet all his friends support him going out and doing what he does and when they do argue its about his penchant for maximum casualties or trying to get him to stop meddling in government business, not out of fear for his safety. Matt is just as competent, if not more so, then Frank is. I mean sure his hand to hand is good but the only way he beats Matt is with guns. Hell Matt even beats Danny, the guy who was trained since childhood to be a master martial artist and supposedly fought a dragon. 

So really the only reason I can see for people to give Matt shit for his activities is ableism and seeing as Foggy says some incredibly ableist shit I don’t think this theory is that far fetched.    

-Phoenix         

Jen, Matt and Jess in court

This is kind of an addition to my last post

*Matt is representing Jessica Jones against someone who is being represented by Jennifer Walters. All hell breaks loose for some reason and Jen turns into the Hulk*

Matt: *slight fear* Jessica what the fuck am I sensing???

Jessica: I don't even know dude.

Matt: *trying to figure out wtf is going on while also being annoyed because he can't do shit right now with all these people here*

Jessica: *Placing herself between Matt and the chaos knowing full well he can handle himself but everyone else in the court doesn't so now she has to "protect" this dumbass lawyer who can totally defend himself*

Jessica: Calm the fuck down I got this.

Matt: *opens his mouth to protest*

Jessica: Don't you fucking dare out yourself, I got this covered congrats you're just a helpless blind lawyer now.

Matt: *glaring* I am not helpless!

Jessica: Thats why I told you, you fucking idiot! If you were helpless I wouldn't have had to say it! Now shut up!

Matt: *Sulks*

Jennifer: *listening to them bickering knowing full well who Matt is because of 4th wall breaking powers* Hey guys! What are you arguing about?

Jessica: *still standing protectively in front of Matt* My lawyer's an idiot

Matt: *offended noise*

Matt: Can someone please tell me what's going on?!

Jessica: Well she's like two feet taller now and green.

Matt: *visible confusion*

Jen: no no she's right

Matt: ha ha guys real funny to fuck with the blind guy

Jen: What? no we're not. I'm She-Hulk.

Matt: Haha Ya right Hulk's don't grow big and turn green.

Jen:...

Jessica:...

Everyone:...

Jessica: Dude what the fuck do you think a Hulk is???

Matt: *defensively* a really strong guy

Jen and Jess: 🤦

(this came from a conversation I had with @marvelvibesss so they get credit for some of this!)

She Hunk Predictions

Ok so this isn’t as much a prediction as just some funny things I want to happen. Matt just... doesn’t know what the Hunk actually is. No one told him what he looks like. So basically all he knows is the guys strong. He just genuinely thinks the Hulk is just a really big strong dude that occasionally breaks shit. 

One day he’s in court and pandemonium breaks out and Matts just confused because why has my opposing council just grown like... two feet taller??? Everyones panicking because there is a Hulk in the courtroom. He gets his client to tell him whats going on and they’re like “she just turned big and green” I want Matt to just staunchly disbelieve that hulks are green. Like I want that be be a running gag in the show that Matt just thinks people are fucking with him. He can hear that they’re telling the truth but he’s just like no, theres no way. He thinks either his senses are fucked up or people have found a way to lie to him. It doesn't matter how many times Jen tells him she's green he just won’t believe it.

Also I need Jen to 100% know who Matt is because, like Deadpool, she can break the fourth wall. But Matt doesn’t know that she knows till she mentions it and he just freaks out because holy shit who spilled. He tries to lie about it and she's just like sure dude.

Jen walking into the court house and the camera pans to Matt who is opposing council. The frame freezes and Jen narrates “This is Matt Murdock. He is a damn good lawyer from Hell’s Kitchen. Matt lives and breaths justice so much that he willingly goes out at night dressed in red leather (I know kinky right?) to beat up bad guys. I am not like Matt Murdock. I just wanna help by being a lawyer. But now I have to be a super hero” (cuz if I understand correctly she is kind of resistant to being a super hero at first?)   

Kind of in tandem to the last part I need Jen to break the four wall around Matt and Matt to just be... so confused. Who is she talking to??? Is someone there? Are they disguised from my senses? What is going on?!?!

Honestly I just want Jen to aggressively befriend Matt who is just literally perplexed the entire time. I feel like they could have such a good dynamic! 

(lol sorry if this is all a little disjointed, its all from different conversations I’ve had with a friend that I tried to condense into one post. Also @marvelvibess  may have come with some of this stuff so credit to them)      

Queer Marvel Head canons

In celebration of Pride Month these are all the marvel characters I head canon as queer! 

Steve Rogers: Gay

Thor: Bi (this mans sexuality is scientist) 

Bruce Banner: Gay trans man

Natasha Romanoff: bi-demiromantic asexual 

Clint Barton: aroace trans man (marvel missed an amazing pun by not making him aroace) 

Peter Parker: Panromantic asexual trans man

Carol Danvers: Lesbian

MJ: Bi

Loki: Pan genderfluid (the Russos robbed us!) 

Bucky Barnes: Gay

Shuri: Lesbian

Valkyrie: bi

Peggy Carter: Bi

Matt Murdock: Bi

Foggy Nelson: Bi nonbinary (seriously what cis person names themself Foggy)

Karen Page: bi transwoman 

These are just a few. Honestly I have decided that every marvel character (with the exception of like 2) are queer because I can. These are just my personal head canons if you don’t agree thats fine.