“Five of the original six Avengers got a tattoo,” Robert Downey Jr. exclusively tells EW. “And the sixth was the tattoo artist, who gave it to five of us, the one who opted out being Mark Ruffalo. It was (Scarlett) Johansson’s idea, and she and (Chris) Evans did it in New York. Then, their New York guy, Josh Lord, who is amazing, flew out to LA, he did me, did (Jeremy) Renner, and then we just bullied (Chris) Hemsworth into doing it, and he got it. And each one of us drew a line on the artist with his own tattoo gun and it was a total massacre. Each of us contributed to giving the tattoo artist the sixth tattoo that he designed for us. By the way, he’s got another one on him that Scarlett did, which is beautiful, which is crazy, because the line she drew on him, which was just supposed to be a straight line, looked like a lightning bolt. It was a mess.”
I just listened to an interview with the Russo brothers and have learned two things:
1. They’re terrible writers.
They apparently can’t figure how to give a character growth aside from making them lose everything first, which you’ll notice is an overused trope most often utilized by “mary-sue” writers who can’t come up with anything creative and end up resorting to the classic “Look at their ridiculously tragic past!” in order to spur the character’s actions forward. The Russo brothers admitted to liking this about Cap (him having lost everything), and since they were now writing for Thor, thought that they’d do the exact same thing with him. So, they killed Loki to motivate Thor, because apparently they couldn’t think of anything better to do.
2. They’re hypocrites.
They also claimed to have killed off Loki because Tom Hiddleston was “aging” and apparently too old to continue playing Loki. So, what about Chris then? Apparently it’s okay to keep one aging “god”, but two is pushing the limit? The logic there makes zero sense whatsoever.
And honestly, that also points toward how very not-creative they are as writers, as well. The assumption that the only good ending is a tragic one, rather than a more emotionally satisfying happy one, is lazy writing at it’s finest.
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Let’s be real, though. They just hate Loki. That’s it. One of them said “No resurrections this time” when Loki’s multiple deaths were brought up, and you could tell by the smug satisfaction and humor in his voice, that it fucking pleases them to have killed off this character.
And just when I thought I had my rage towards Marvel somewhat under control… Nope… I’m to angry to even put up an appropriate reaction.
Tom Hiddleston too old??? WHAT!? If Tom Hiddleston is too old, then Robert Downey Junior and Josh Brolin must be ancient, because they’re both alot older than him! That doesn’t make sense! Omg.
Hopefully someone at Marvel will have a brain cell and realize how stupid it was to get rid of Loki, seeing as he is very popular.
So we all know the scene in The History Boys that is about not understanding poetry because “most of the stuff poetry is about hasn’t happened to us yet”.
And Scripps secretly agrees, even though he does not say so. Because how could he admit that all those poems about love are still lost on him?
But some day, after the left Sheffield, he’s watching Posner watch Dakin. Posner, who is apparently still hung up on this boy, even after he got into Cambrigde. Scripps just bumps his shoulder against Posners and offers him half of his sandwich, because he knows its the kind Posner likes and he wants to cheer him up. And Posner smiles that half sad smile of his and bumps him back, distracted from watching Dakin for the moment and instead strikes up a conversation about one of the courses they share. And Scripps listens to him go on about his professor and watches his face get carefree again…and he thinks of a poems he read some time ago by Charles Wiles “If love were like water, I’d build you a fountain. And if love were like stone, I’d bring you a mountain”. And in this moment he understands the poem. Because he would do anything to make Posner happy….And suddenly it strikes him why. And it’s such a sudden epiphany, he hastily excuses himself and runs of, almost forgetting his jacket. Posners confused shouting at him to wait, in the background, but he does not.
And back at his dorm room he just slides down on the floor as soon as the door is closed and suddenly his mind is filled with all those sonnets and poems Hector made them read and learn by heart. And he gets them. He understands the sorrow, the lnging, the hurt…but also the happiness, the joy. And wonders how he never noticed his own feelings before, because thinking back, it was blaringly obvious.
lumpy boy. displeasing color. disgusting gradient shading as usual. the trademark soulless stare of an apple brand emoji. not feeling this bear. 1/5
beautiful round friend. perfect boy. scientifically, nothing wrong with this bear. google giving us the crowd pleaser as usual. 5/5 perfect score
i wasn’t sure whether i should even include this one. like is this a fucking lion or what? weak. get bill gates’s artsy garbage out of my sight. 0/5
perfectly acceptable boy. cuteness makes up for lazy gradient shading and unfortunate color palette. a bear i can get behind. 4/5
he’s shiny and he’s doing his best but i just cannot get over that mouth. who looked at this and though ‘yes these are a bear’s correct and actual proportions’ 2/5 why the long face
scheming. plotting. good colors, clean lines. i love this bear but i do not trust him. 3/5 he :3c
i just… dont know, my man. they made it just realistic enough to teeter on the edge of uncanny valley. that mouth. those eyes. this bear feels pain. free him. 1/5
the friendliest boy. the sweetest boy. the fluffiest boy. this bear is always welcome in my circle of friends. 5/5 another perfect boy
this one looks like some kind of weird dog but it’s not as bad as microsoft’s. i’ll give it a pass but it’s treading on thin ice. 3/5
highly superior execution of apple’s lumpy boy. clean lines. good face. i support this young man 4/5
this is such a rude portrayal of these sweet sweet boys. let him smile. let him know love. 1/5
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