I defy the stars; I defy Heaven and Hell. The laws of the universe say that the man I love is lost to me. I say: Watch me save him. He saved me first, you know.
people talk all the time about “primal instincts” and it’s usually about violence or sexual temptations or something, but your humanity comes with a lot of different stuff that we do without really thinking about, that we do without being told to or prompted to
your average human comes pre-installed with instincts to:
Befriend
Tell story
Make Thing
Investigate
Share knowledge
Laugh
Sing
Dance
Empathize with
Create
we are chalk full of survival instincts that revolve around connecting to others (dog-shaped others, robot-shaped, sometimes even plant-shaped) and making things with our hands
your primal instincts are not bathed in blood- they are layered in people telling stories to each other around a fire over and over and putting devices together through trial and error over and over and reaching for someone and something every moment of the way
“Average person pines for 4 hours a day” factoid is a statistical error. Aziraphale and Crowley who have been yearning for each other every minute for 6000 years straight were outliers adn should not have been counted
i know we all like to talk abt ‘discorporation’ in fic instead of saying 'death’ bc we are using the lingo but i like to also remember that when aziraphale was complaining abt crowleys driving his First instinct was to say 'youll get us killed’ and then he had to correct himself. boys too human
The writer of this article articulated so many of the frustrations and arguments we’ve all been discussing. There are a few things specifically that stood out to me.
Firstly, I enjoyed the criticism about the idealization of a past overrun with discrimination and how Steve would have better fit in a decade that aligned more with the values he supposedly has. What can I say here that I haven’t said in the last seven months? I think this nicely sums up the overall problem a lot of people have pointed out about the MCU as of late. As far as Endgame, this is blatantly obvious with Steve’s ending, where he’s all but forgotten who he is as a person and they say in this article it is the neutralization of an anti-facist.
There’s also the line about all the lives lost because Tony didn’t want to lose his child. To that, I just want to say this: they didn’t have to give Tony a child. The MCU timeline was unclear before Endgame, but now it’s half a decade in the future for some reason and leaving it that way is really really dumb. They could have invented a mechanism in which Morgan survived the time reversal. Steve can go back to the 1940’s, but they can’t take Morgan back to 2018? What kind of tomfoolery is that?
What really confuses me about the fact that they care so much about the movie giving them instant returns at the box office is that it’s part of a long term endeavor. They seem to not care how the current movie affects future movies. The thought of a decade-long franchise exhibiting such short term thinking is so strange, though perhaps it’s because they believe their audience is a sure thing. Their mindset is summed up here where the people in charge want the movie to appeal to as wide a demographic as possible. The solution that they came up with was to sacrifice narrative coherence for fan service. I’ve said it before, but why wouldn’t a casual fan enjoy a good, solid narrative? Why does fan service have to mean that it doesn’t serve the character arc? I think the powers that be don’t know what the true risk is. It is mentioned above with a link that there is evidence that diversity is not a risk but quite the opposite. However, they should consider that the audience could always get bored with the superficial nature of the movies.
