Immediately Thought Of This When I Saw Him On Screen 😭

Thunderbolts is better than the OG avengers and I think there’s a couple reasons for that. I know I’m stoking the fires with that one, but as an enormous fan of Avengers 2012 I always wanted something more from them.

Avengers 2012 was a true ensemble movie but its leaders, Steve and Tony, were defined by their conflict. Their differing personalities. The formation of the team was the point and their instability as individuals second to that. They had to get over each other to work together.

Thunderbolts isn’t really an ensemble movie. There’s an ensemble in it, but it’s about Yelena and her struggles with her mental health- her search for a solution to her depression and grief and trauma. So instead of getting over the differences of her teammates, it’s about wanting them around- learning to find the good and accept the bad. To prop one another up and find connection.

There’s also something distinctly un-masculine about Thunderbolts. I say un-masculine because it’s just not Joss Whedon’s Avengers. It’s not gendered in that way. It’s not about how sexy Black widow is when she kills a man, or the dick measuring contest between Steve and Tony- their dysfunctions and savior complexes.

The avengers are built on sacrifice- how much are you willing to sacrifice to keep humanity safe? The thunderbolts are once again built on that connection but they’re also built on their guilt and desire to be better people, not only for their loved ones but for themselves.

They also defer to Yelena. John does the “I’m the most experienced guy of course I’m the leader” bit and then almost immediately defers to Yelena later in that sequence even if he’s reluctant at first. The plan only works if you wait for me. You can see later in that scene when Bob is shot, John waits for Yelena’s call on whether to leave or do something about Bob in that moment. There are obviously times where they don’t defer to her, this is a group of people still getting to know and trust one another. They work together instead of despite each other.

They come to see her as someone to follow because they see her empathy, her ability to wait and watch and assess, and also her insane plans! Like calls to like but they see a team leader in her without her vying for it.

Idk I just love this movie. I have low hopes marvel will be able to strike lightning twice but I really hope they can. I’ve missed it.

Listen there are so many good dynamics to come out of Ninjago, but to me glacier (or Cole and Zane) are so special.

Like they really have everything. They have opposing color schemes (black/white, warm/cool). They’re the brains and the brawn. They’re the most mature members on the team. They work so well with one another. They switch between goofy and stone cold serious. They both have vowed (by their parents wishes) to stop evil and protect the innocent. They both had crises due to not being human. They have arcs surrounding feeling empowered even in their new bodies. They both have been fucked over by the plot so many times and yet refuse to die.

I love those two so much, truly the couple ever

"The Fangblade.. or Lloyd?" - Ninjago Identities au

~closeups and explanation/yapping under the cut~

woooooo! super proud of this one!! I might’ve drawn it at like 2 am last night but damn I cooked ? anyways.

soo if you saw one of my previous art posts of Kai (identities au), you would know that he had a burnt arrmmmmm (he is the burnt chicken nugget) and now I have revealed why that is NYEEHEHH! >:)

Kai burns his whole right arm while grabbing the fangblade, still holding onto Lloyd- his arm is mobile whenever he has his powers, but if his powers are gone (which would be in season 5, season 11, and whenever he comes in contact with Vengestone), his arm would be too scarred to use since he never got the chance to let it properly heal.

yes, Kai still unlocked his full potential, since he went after Lloyd first. He was far too determined to get the blade, since it clicked in his mind; "well shit, if I don’t get this blade now then Lloyd and all of Ninjago will be in danger because of the great devourer!…welp time to save Lloyd AND get the fangblade!!!!!"

Kai was originally supposed to die in this au so you’re lucky all I did to him was make him a burnt chicken nugget

⚠️WARNING! light nudity/kissing depicted!!⚠️

insert something poetic about gay Lego men kissing idfk

the alt version has Cole’s ghost scar :-)

HI BABYS

REBLOG THIS IF YOU LOVE ONCELER !!!!

he’s having period cramps …

waow I drew Jay!………. again….!

ignore that his head is too big in the first one :-(

genderqueer Jay.. ough… he likes dresses guys. don’t forget he said he wanted to wear a kimono.

heyyy does anyone know where that one scene where Cole turns into a dog comes from? I’ve been searching for it, but i can’t seem to find even just a clip of it ;-; if someone could tell me where it comes from that would be great 😭😭😭 pls i just wanna hear Zane call Cole adorable :(

the ninja would put on those dancing fruit baby sensory videos to keep rogue jay from going out and killing people i think

help I can’t believe this silly post got 69 likes!! 😭😭

Cole lost his surname btw v-v idk where it went guys it flew away (joke regarding @secretly-an-automaton’s reblog of this post bc it made me laugh lmao!!)

what being a multishipper feels like

it’s okay!!! JUST SQUISH THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A POLYCULE !!! NO NEED TO CHOOSE !!