What If Ep. 2

What If Ep. 2

What If Episode 2 Spoilers

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Ok I just watched Episode 2 and I enjoyed it. But like, someone at marvel had to pitch that storyline and the idea of that is just making me laugh! Like, I just imagine some writer who hasn't slept in 72 hours running purely on stale coffee bursting into a meeting and being like 

“Ya’ll. I have the greatest Idea for a What If Episode! Ok... So T’challa will be Star Lord, Yondu kidnaped him instead if Peter Q and they go on galaxy saving adventures together. Also Thanos is good and Nebula has blond hair.” 

And the Marvel execs being like “You crazy son of a bitch I’m in!”

Like it just makes me laugh. I feel like whoever the writers are they have been spending a lot of time on AO3 for this series so far. 

Overall just a really good episode and I can’t wait to see what happens next!  

-Phoenix

Representation in Loki

Ok so does anyone else feel like queer representation in Loki was a bit of a double edged sword? Like on one hand I’m thrilled that we finally have queer and gender diverse characters but on the other hand they didn’t do much with it? Like they teased Loki’s gender fluidity in the beginning and mentioned Loki and Sylvie’s bisexuality once but beyond that there wasn’t much. I was hoping that we would see Loki using different pronouns, switching up weather they present masculinity or femininity etc throughout the show. 

And don’t even get me started on the heteronormativity. On one hand I think it’s really important to show bisexual characters in opposite sex relationships but on the other hand I really just want a same sex couple in the MCU! I was hoping they would just kind of ignore romance like they did in Ragnarok. But Sylki happened. It seemed kind of forced and selfcest-y to me. I really wanted them to have a sort of sibling dynamic. 

All in all I’m super excited that we finally have lgbtq+ representation in the MCU but the way they did it seemed slightly preformative. It had so much potential and I’m disappointed they didn’t utilize it.   

Happy Birthday Peter!

Happy Birthday Peter! Our spider boi turns 20 today! (Aug 10, 2001). 🕷 🎉 🎁 

No Way Home Predictions

No Way Home trailer spoilers

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So I just watched the No Way Home trailer and here is my prediction:

1. Strange becomes Peter’s *4th* (or 5th if you count those 2 seconds with Mysterio) father figure

2. Strange dies in one of the next movies because all of Pete’s father figures do that.  

-Phoenix

Black Widow

Ok. I watched Black Widow about a week ago and I loved it! But she needed a trilogy.

Story Time! My dad has always been a fan of the Iron Man movies but would not let me and my sister watch them because of the way he treated women. Understandable. But one evening he called us out and let us watch the bit in Iron Man 2 where Natasha beats up all the Hammer Tech Goons. Mind you this was way before I even knew what the word trans meant let alone knew it described me so I still though I was a girl at this point. 

That scene blew my mind. My sister and I thought it was so cool! She was competent woman who didn’t need the mans help and was actually better than him in the context of the scene! I had never seen something like that on TV before! I was so excited! We made my dad rewind the movie so we could watch that scene over and over again. 

Looking back I can’t even describe how powerful a trilogy with a strong, badass woman lead would have been for me. Because that two minute scene made me feel unstoppable.

I am so excited for all the little girls who get to see Black Widow and Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch and The Wasp and all the other badass Marvel Women!    

Aaron Fisher

CW: Spoilers for the first issue of The United States of Captain America

I just read the first comic in the mini series The United States of Captain America and I can not quantify how happy it made me. The story features 19 year old (the same age as me!) Aaron Fisher aka the Captain America of the Railways. He protects queer youth and the unhoused. 

I have known that this comic was going to come out for a while now but actually reading it made me happier than I imagined it would. Captain America is one of my favorite OG MCU Avengers (I mean I like all of them but he’s up there) so seeing a queer kid like me take up the mantle to protect our community is really powerful to me. Before I even finished the first page he was on I knew I need to make a cosplay of him. 

I also love the message of the issue. It starts off with Steve talking about the American dream and how it really is a lie. He talks about how our society brands people we see as different as bad but we are really at our strongest when we work together. Seeing the man who is America personified say that is just... wow. 

Huge kudos to Josh Trujillo (writer) and Jan Bazaldua (artist). Ya’ll did an amazing job and made this queer kid feel seen. 

-Phoenix