so i saw some people discussing how loki in ragnarok shouldn’t have been at all phased or subverted by dr. strange – which i agree with, but also, hey, it’s comedic and you can argue that he was taken off-guard, but upon re-watch, something stuck out to me –
there’s this moment when they appear at the bottom of the stairs and thor rolls down the last couple and stands up and he says
we could’ve just walked.
and it made me think of how magic works in terry pratchett’s novels, how (to paraphrase) the hard part wasn’t turning someone into a frog, it was not turning someone into a frog when you knew how easy it was.
like, the whole scene with dr. strange is just. all magic. all pointless magic. unnecessary magic, when, well. they could have just walked.
whereas loki doesn’t really rely on magic overmuch in the movie – he uses it as a tool, when he needs it, but if the job can be done with plain old non-magical trickery or a knife, he just uses those. he resorts to magic when he’s cornered by valkyrie, he uses it when his goals are most directly accomplished by using magic rather than by other means.
whereas dr. strange is using magic all over his scene, just to use it. just because he can. magic was unnecessary for ninety percent of what he did in that scene, the only time he needed magic was to whisk them away to norway. but he teleported all over the place even when he only needed to move a few feet, gave thor an ever-refilling beer that just spilled everywhere, floated around to make a show of how ~magical~ he was, when…
he could have just walked.
i mean, i’m very sure that the filmmakers intended it for comedic effect, but there’s also a layer there of dr. strange being much less comfortable with magic than loki is – loki doesn’t need to bust out the magic at every opportunity, it’s simply a skill, a tool that is completely under his control and at his disposal. whereas dr. strange (at least in his scene in ragnarok) is showing off, which reeks of insecurity.
i guess i’m thinking… if you take the magic away, loki is still a deadly, formidable opponent with many tricks up his sleeve, but dr. strange is just a guy in a cape.
agreed tbh
loki isn’t thrown because strange’s magic is impressive, he’s thrown because strange is acting like a goddamn lunatic
considering strange is actually extremely smart under all the flash, i’m pretty sure he’s doing it on purpose to keep the brothers off guard and not give them time to think, because he knows he can’t actually make them do anything, he has to bluster them into it
That means we’ll be doing an 18 month calendar, running from January 2019 to June 2020. Artists below are not in order, nor does the art necessarily represent which character they will be doing.
I am ridiculously excited about this group and cannot wait to see the final pieces and the calendar as a whole. GET PUMPED.
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Pictured above: my roommate and his wife and step-daughter.
So the short version of the story is: nearly six months ago, I moved out of my former roommate’s (Nathan) place, largely because he was starting a family and I didn’t feel it was the kind of environment I wanted to stay in. The monthly disability benefits I receive had been the main source of income before I left, due to the fact Nathan is disabled himself but still fighting to qualify for social security, and his wife has only been able to earn some money in the small town they live in by helping a friend of theirs clean house. And even then, she can only do so much between taking care of two children as well, one of which is only a few months old.
The plan that allowed me to move out to begin with was that a family friend of theirs had offered to cover the expenses, but due to some complications on the friend’s end, they’ve fallen short this month, and the electric bill is overdue and the house is now in danger of being re-possessed.
While I chose to live elsewhere, I’m still highly indebted to them for all the help they’ve given me. And while I’ve offered what I can funds-wise, I can only do so much on my own. Their extended families (even parents and siblings) are refusing them aid, and right now the only silver lining is that the family friend who was trying to help with the bills is letting them move in with them.
But they still need a lot of help with moving and storage expenses. If anyone is able to donate to ease this sudden burden on them, we’d all be incredibly grateful. Even if you can’t donate, PLEASE REBLOG for the slim chance that this can be seen by more people than I can personally expose it to.
1. Steve Rogers is not just some dumb soldier who follows orders, he thinks outside the box and asks questions and considers consequences.
2. Peggy Carter had plans to eat that boy alive before he became a delicious roast beefcake in Howard Stark’s hottie machine.
3. I don’t understand people who didn’t enjoy this movie.
LAUGHING FOREVER AT #2 BECAUSE PERFECTION
Roast beefcake is just added bonus:
everybody wanted to eat that roast beefcake
Seriously. In the taxi cab she was totally planning on taking his virginity.
And then he got all beefy and she was like “Shit. Heart of gold AND pecs that could crack a walnut between them? How am I supposed to deal with this?????”
The nurse in the background is just thinking “Do it. Do it for all of us. Do him for all of us”
Have only seen this post in screenshots and I’m honored to come across it now
I asked my boyfriend in Canada once, how he deals with polar bears because I was curious about what to do and he was like, just be calm, let them know you’re there, and give them space and they’ll usually just go away.
Captain-Radioactive-Mentality 