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Endgame? What Endgame? Sometimes you just want to spend your Saturday morning reading fic about Bucky going to massage school and Sam being Captain America and both of them paint their apartments and fall in love (with each other, obvs), and also Kate lives upstairs with Lucky and it’s just — So Nice.

a couple rebel top gun pilots (flying with nowhere to be), by notcaycepollard

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It’s Captain Marvel day! My ‘do everything on Saturday so Sunday is free for adventuring’ plan achieved moderate success.

Things I managed to do yesterday:
*went for a walk outside (got kind of sunburned; totally worth it)
*bought more trash bags (and remembered where the store put trash bags after they reorganized; an even bigger accomplishment!)
*watered the plants (the newest cutting is rooting in water; roots have appeared! feeling accomplished even though this miracle of nature had absolutely nothing to do with me)

Things I am going to try to do this morning:
*looks like cleaning the bathroom is still on the list
*figure out what’s going on this week?
*decide whether I need to read the summary of this movie before I see it

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Things I know about the Captain Marvel movie:

*It comes out on March 8th.

*”Carol gets back up because ‘Fuck you.'” (Kelly Sue DeConnick)

*There is a cat.

*The cat is named Goose.

*Goose might be an alien.

*Goose has a movie poster.

The internet tells me is “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” but this movie should more accurately have been called “Wasp and Co,” because Hope was the best.  Also, did Scott call Hank a terrible dad on purpose, or was that just a coincidence?  (Also, are Hope and Hank just the worst at being on the run, or what?)  

“You know, hearing this out loud, I’m thinking it’s not an emergency.”
-Scott

“And sorry for freaking out earlier, you know.  But I feel like I’m way better.  My heart is definitely beating way too hard and stuff.  And my hands are shaking.  But I feel like it’s unrelated, you know?”
-Luis

“Wow, Dr. Pym.  Like, who would have thought, that once again, in your hour of need, that you would turn to us, you know?
-Luis

“You know what?  This isn’t even a desk.  This is garbage.  You found this outside amongst garbage.”
-Scott

“You seem to have a lot of falling outs with people.”
-Luis (about Hank)

“Relax, no one’s going to recognize us.”
“What, because of hats and sunglasses?  That’s not a disguise, Hank.  We look like ourselves at a baseball game.”
-Hank, Scott

“You want a juice box and some string cheese?”
“…Do you really have that?”
-Hank, Scott

“That’s me, I’m sorry.  Look, can you tell me who’s texting me?”
-Scott

“Who are you, and why do you know so much about car wash protocol?”
-Luis

“Enough.  I’m gonna ask you one more time.  Where is Scott Lang?”
“I’ve been trying to tell you, he’s in a tricky spot, emotionally speaking.”
“Emotionally speaking.  But where is Scott Lang, *literally* speaking?”
“Oh!  The woods.”
-bad guy, Luis

“Excuse me, are we planning on leaving soon, or are you two going to keep staring at each other until they start shooting at us?”
-Hank

“By the way, I love that suit!”
“Thanks, man.”
-Luis, Hope

“Did you know she could do that?”
-Scott (about Janet)

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Tumblr is such a wild way to learn about movies, but it’s often much more fun than seeing the actual movie itself. Take Venom, for example! I have zero plans to ever see the movie, but I am loving the tumblr experience of Venom. Here is my understanding of things based solely on internet reactions:

Actual Movie:
There is an alien symbiote that maybe wants to eat everyone on Earth, then changes its mind. Some kind of big fight at the end. Tom Hardy climbs into a lobster tank?

Critics Reaction:
Objectively, this movie is a mess — a strange amalgamation of action plus superhero plus antihero plus dramedy, in which a dysfunctional loser and an alien killing machine become unlikely roommates.

The Internet, As One:
OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES!

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So, that quote from Infinity War, when Loki says, “I assure you, brother, the sun will shine on us again.” It reminds me of a fic (and I can already tell this is going to be one of those times when — once I find said fic — I will realize they are not similar in any way except both mentioning the sun).

But it turns out it’s hard to find a fic based on the following memories:

*Tony Stark wears a scarf.
*It’s an AU.
*There are aliens.
*Clint turns partway into a bug?
*I cried.
*Maybe I’ve recced it before?
*Tony and Steve made speeches and everyone voted.

I’m pretty confident I’ve got it bookmarked somewhere, so that’ll be a project for the day if it gets slow at work.

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It’s cloudy, must be reading time!

1. Foggy and Ned get kidnapped together and chit-chat while they wait for rescue!

The Vigilantes’ Boyfriend Support Group, by phonecallfromgod

“Oh,” Ned says. “I mean, I wasn’t really going to bother. Usually he gets here in less than an hour anyways.”

2. Essentially the same universe, but focusing on Ned and Peter going to college.

All’s Fair in Larb and War, by phonecallfromgod

“I’m just saying, being able to use your powers for my own personal gain helps make up for the kidnapping. Also I’ve been kidnapped, what like, seven times? Which is a lot considering most people are kidnapped, never.” Ned says, watching the floors tick by.

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I’ve been pre-weekending this week, in preparation for possibly seeing Infinity War this weekend. (Pre-weekending, of course, being the act of getting the weekend’s chores done during the week, to free up precious weekend hours for other things. It’s a careful balancing act, since pre-weekending can react poorly with the power of “done for now.”)

Will I be seeing IW this weekend? Will the weather be nice? Will I make up for the sleep I lost last night when my upstairs neighbors decided to do I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT NOISE WAS BUT I WAS CONCERNED at 12:15 am?

These are true mysteries of our times. But at least I’ll have already done the grocery shopping.

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So the *next* Avengers movie, post-Infinity War, turns out to have a “secret” title (it’s everywhere, but here’s one article). The whole thing is pretty clickbait-y, but it’s also an excellent opportunity for jokes.

It’s a spoiler, right? Some suggestions:

*Avengers: Obviously The World Doesn’t End In Infinity War Because We Have A Bunch More Movies Planned

*Avengers: New Avengers, Who Actually Have Something To Avenge This Time

*Avengers: We Can’t Afford The Old Actors And None Of Them Want To Do These Movies Anymore Anyway

*Avengers: We Finally Realized No One Cares About The Infinity Gauntlet

*Avengers: Statistics Showed Putting ‘Avengers’ In The Title Raised Revenue Regardless Of The Movie’s Content; This Is A Film About Butterflies

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I’ve been trying to figure out why Thor 3 was so enjoyable to watch, compared with basically everything else the MCU has put out recently (except for Black Panther, which was great!). And I finally came up with two things.

1. Character interaction — Thor and Loki have known each other for thousands of years. They grew up together. They have shared stories, and in-jokes, and when they switch back and forth between sniping at each other and presenting a united front, it actually seems like a legit siblings thing to do. And since their lives are so long, the fact that they basically haven’t seen each other for five years doesn’t seem like a big issue.

2. ‘They’re aliens’ free pass — When you try to put superheroes into our current reality, I usually can’t quite get past the massive infrastructure damage. None of our systems are set up to handle that kind of thing. (Except probably Wakanda’s, which is why I breathed easier during Black Panther.) But aliens! They have alien stuff! (Seriously, remember Rocket’s magical ship-fixing thing in GotG2? Literally hand-waving away the problems!) And their alien biology makes them surprisingly hardy, or at least hardy enough that I can convince myself that they were Probably All Just Fine And Not Dead At All.

In conclusion: Thor 3 — more convincing family feels; less stress!

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