Like, animal and environmental rights activism is so misunderstood by the people within the movement who are doing it for all the wrong reasons, and it’s mostly because they do not understand that animal rights and human rights are so intrinsically connected that you cannot seperate the two at all without watering down your activism into a complete nothingburger.

From my quick research, phase 1, which started pre-Disney, had a 6-person panel of experts who made sure the movies worked with each other and were faithful to the comics with half the members being active comics writers and editors.

Phase 2…possibly did not. It’s not clear. I can’t find anything about the panel in stuff written about phase 2, but research for phase 3 says the experts were still being consulted up to that point 3. But Phase 2 did rely more heavily on Joss Whedon as the guy keeping the stories straight because he was given Age of Ultron. So the pieces had to be maneuvered to fit the story he wanted told. And he wanted Age of Ultron to be a standalone that didn’t need background viewing to be understood. Which meant there couldn’t be development of relationships outside of that movie.

By phase 3 in 2015, the MCU was answering to Disney and not Marvel. The experts were gone. And none of the avengers except maybe Cap and Black Widow or Black Widow and Hawkeye liked each other. I’m not sure they even respected each other.

The MCU is currently on phase 6.

R2-D2 is an unstoppable Swiss-knife/action hero/killing machine just waiting to be unleashed.

In George's words:

"[R2 is] the stalwart unsung hero of the Star Wars films."

His emotions can't be sensed, he is the messenger of the Keeper of the Whills, you tell R2 Palpatine is Darth Sidious and a week from then Palps will have THE most unlucky day of his life.

I'm talking he steps on an elevator, and nothing is there, he plummets to his death like in a Looney Tunes episode.

But hey, he's Darth Sidious, maybe he manages to levitate himself before he hits the ground and goes splat. He looks up at the elevator which is weirdly going up instead of going down. Hm. Strange.

He goes to the Senate, his podium lifts up into the arena only for a MASSIVE holo-recording to start playing in the Senate rotunda of Palpatine putting a hood on in The Works' changing rooms, then meeting with Dooku.

General chaos. But hey, he's Palpatine, he has a way to spin this, "he had a secret meeting with Dooku to negotiate peace", of course, because all that matters is ending this godforsaken war-oooaaaahhh!

The Chancellor's podium DARTS up towards the ceiling at full speed! "System malfunction" says Mas Amedda, "we're not sure what's going on!" Seconds before the podium can explode, Palpatine jumps off and lands unscathed, but feigns an injury.

He gets rushed to an infirmary, and is now lying in a hospital bed wandering WTF is going on today?! Is it Tyranus? Has that octogenarian fuck finally decided to step up and become the Sith Master? Tell you what, he knew his apprentice was sneaky but to sink to this level of--

-- RIIIIIIIIING! Fire alarm goes off, as do the sprinklers. But they're not sprinkling water, they're sprinkling GASOLINE!

R2 SMASHES through the window screaming a primal war cry:

And as he sets the whole room on fire, Palpatine's last thoughts are "what in the space fu--" and dies.

THAT'S why you tell Artoo and not someone like Yoda.

Artoo has that unhinged maverick energy. He's just waiting for the opportunity to do some damage.

It doesn't matter if he's outgunned.

It doesn't matter if you're a Sith Lord.

Limited Stock Drop: [-Red Rose Knight-] Ouji Blouse and Pants

The knight’s encounter with the mysterious faery lady, an otherworldly figure who enchants him, draws him away from the world of men, and leaves his soul bound to her spell.

“I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful, a faery’s child…”