Neya

from the time the red room took her and till she got her mind back, she had her autonomy taken away from her and was used as a tool to do terrible things.

yet yelena at her core is a leader and a hero. we know that as a child she wanted to be the one her soccer team could rely on. and then when she got her mind back, she wanted to liberate other widows.

but bc of years of brainwashing, she doubted that she could be a hero any longer and thought that there was something wrong with her. like, she was so lost and depressed and alone when she got her mind back.

and then, through thunderbolts, she finally remembered that feeling of being the one who made the room bright. bc they trusted her to lead them out of darkness.

and now, we see her embrace that purpose and role with confidence and joy. she is the happiest she has ever been being an avenger. amongst the people who rely on her, doing the work she loves.

but man, why is no one talking about how lacking the writing for the female characters is? i mean, in the show's defense, it's not like the male characters are complex or anything, but they are at least allowed their povs and agency. meanwhile, the female characters are just blank walking stereotypes who get tossed around by the men's whims.

like, generally speaking, why are we treating masculinity in women who like men as some dirty stain or a rot? why does femininity have to be the one humanizing and dignifying trait for women? and why are we validating the idea that all women who are into men have to be submissive, softer, receptive and nurturing?

not only bc she looks distressed, but also bc she is lying down on fancy cushions, if you pay attention. and i doubt that celeborn's cell would have those, lol.

finally am writing my first yelena x bucky fic!

yelena will be paired up in a friends with benefits dynamic with johnny storm and enemies with tension dynamic with pointdexter too!

Chapters: 2/2

Rating: Explicit

Relationships: Yelena Belova/Lyonel Baratheon

Additional Tags: Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Medieval, POV Yelena Belova, Dionysian Lyonel Baratheon, Dry Humping, Semi-Public Sex, Drunk Sex, Sexual Humor, Oral Sex, Thigh Riding

Summary:

Yelena accidentally travels across the Multiverse and finds herself in Westeros, wandering around Ashford Meadow and meeting Lord Lyonel Baratheon.

Chapter 2 is Here!

Yelena comes back to Westeros through the Quantum Realm, reuniting with Lyonel at Storm’s End as his guest on a new quest.

there is the sun imagery connected to the place and the whole theme. and the backrooms itself is yellow like a sun/fire-lit place would be, but its a "wrong" yellow.

there are several reasons for this, but it's especially the current cultural climate that alienates the audiences from this sort of fantasy, if it makes sense?

yes, people are looking for escapism, but it has to be balanced with something grounding as well. no one really relates to the inhumanly powerful characters who roam the universe with no care, no connections, ect. this theme feels both too unreachable and too isolating.

according to them, i'm not allowed to mention how our media is male-centric and how that's an issue. mind you, i was actually hyping said movie, but all they took away from that positive post was that i was being a "childish woke"...