Being a unicorn is my calling

Imagine finding out you have 90 minutes to tie up a love story that's developed over thousands of years. You create something beautifully in character and completely on point for the plot. You pay homage to the original writer's legacy in a fitting and poetic way and create an ending that not only shows the depth of two people's love for each other but the wider love they have for the thing that brought them together in the first place.

And then you go online to find the loudest outcry is that everyone hates it and "THEY DIDN'T EVEN KISS!"

Fury escaped a whole set of police cars and weaponized teams and being shot at from all sides, but then comes the Winter Soldier and bam just like that he’s down. Steve took out a set of pirates and Batroc at the start of the movie, then an entire elevator full of STRIKE agents, brought down a plane with his bare hands, but then bam the Winter Soldier slams into him like nothing else before. 

When the Soldier just accepted his punishment, I was deeply creeped out. That’s when it really hit me that he is a victim. He’s been brainwashed so thoroughly Pierce has zero hesitation in getting violent with him. Pierce KNOWS he’s the one in control, and the Soldier would never dare to fight back.

Pierce can hit him with impunity, and the Soldier being a supersoldier is irrelevant. Yeah, he’s physically extraordinarily strong, but he’s not a person, he’s a tool. Pierce expects unquestioning obedience from him, and he always gets it. The Soldier’s mind is not his own, and he’s been enslaved.

P.S. Now I’m nostalgic for the days when Marvel used to make movies that didn’t suck. Yeah, there were some turkeys back in the day, but there were also some movies that were really GOOD. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, they convinced Robert fucking Redford to appear in a superhero movie, and he was amazing. Pierce wasn’t your average supervillain.

He was much scarier than that, because he was just a charming, genial, unscrupulous human being who had accumulated far too much power. He had no superpowers at all, but he was a terrifying villain because he didn’t NEED superpowers. He had his brain and his position, and he had a bureaucracy to ensure his decisions get implemented. Plus, the Winter Soldier programmed to carry out Pierce’s every order and treat him like he was God. Pierce didn’t need to get his hands dirty.

And Bucky knows Steve doesn't like touch, and that's fine. Bucky can show his love in other ways, but god. Sometimes he just wants to pull Steve into the biggest bear hug. Bucky finds excuses when he can. He's always slinging his arm over Steve's shoulder, nudging him and pulling him along. Bucky whos always trying to find some excuse to touch Steve. Steve, waking up in the 21st century incredibly touch-starved. He's living in a society where platonic touching is more common than ever, and the only person he wants to hug isn't there. Steve in the 21st century, who's always giving his friends hugs, who'll braid Nat's hair when she's reading next to him on the couch, who'll join cuddle piles without any hesitation. And then- and then-

Bucky is back. Bucky is back, and the second Steve moves towards him, weapon down and palms open, he flinches. Bucky, who was always the one to initiate touch, now barely able to handle being in the same space as other people. And Steve understands it. God, does he understand it, but it hurts. And he can't help but wonder if this was how Bucky felt when they were kids.

fast forward to him lying in a hospital bed, half-high on the strongest drugs they could find, and this nice nurse guy's telling him that he's gonna be fine, and also Sergeant Barnes is on his way there, shouldn't be a minute, and Steve's entire face just instantly morphs into this big dopey grin, like, stars switching on in his glossy blue eyes, and he starts drawling on and on like,

Yeaaaah that's my best guy, my best guy, I'm so lucky to have 'im, you know? He's so good to me and he's so sweet and he's so pretty, fuck he's so pretty, he's got the prettiest, ohh, the prettiest fuckin' eyes, the- his hair, just wanna run my fingers through his hair all the time, 'cause it's, it's so fuckin' soft and it smells so good it's, and and you should- have you ever seen him ridin' a bike? Those thighs? Thicker than tree trunks, man, I swear to God, he's just, fuck, he's the best, I love him so much, so goddamn much, I. He's my sweetheart. Yeah. Yeah he's my sweetheart. He's just like sugar, he is, he's so sweet to me, he's-- when you see him, you'll understand, he's jus- he's just, mmmm. Buck.

mere seconds later, James "Bucky" Barnes comes storming in in a whirlwind of righteous fury, announcing himself with a hissed, venom-dripping, "Steven motherfuckin' Rogers", and the poor dumbfounded nurse finds himself watching this man immediately cross the room, aggressively fuss over the injured Captain, foul mouth running a mile a minute while he fluffs up Steve's pillows and tucks the sheets over his chest,

You dumb fuck. You stupid bitch-ass-- what the fuck did you do this time, race all your pals into a collapsing building? You jumped off the 175th floor again? You try to save a fish from drowning, what, what stupid ass shit did you pull on me now? You walk out the door this morning, you say you'll bring back something nice for me-- this what you were goin' for? Huh? Gonna surprise me with a motherfuckin' heart attack? You stupid- I can't believe you. No, don't you gimme that face, don't you fucking dare- don't 'Sweetheart' me, you big lugging piece of shit, I ain't fallin' for that one again. No. I said no. Stop that. Stop that right now or I'm breaking your other leg, so help me God-

Just a few important and gentle reminders:

🫶🏻 DO NOT WATCH THIS FUCKING SHOW 🫶🏻

If you claim you support human rights - not just trans rights but human rights in general - yet still plan to watch this show, unfollow me. You’re a fucking hypocrite and I don’t want you following me.

Do not watch it even if you’re hate watching it, it still contributes to streaming revenue and views!

The adults in this reboot of the franchise are FULLY accountable for choosing to do this show and accepting a pay cheque over supporting a minority group. Even if they claim they support trans rights, they’re cowards and don’t actually support them at all.

The kids do NOT deserve abuse or hate, whether it’s because you’re comparing them to Dan/Rupert/Emma or because you’re boycotting due to the author’s views. They are literal CHILDREN.

For example...

From yestersday. This follows on from the UK supreme court ruling last year that equalities laws would be based on 'biological sex only.'

That supreme court ruling got through, not because 'everyone believes in it.' But because JKR directly payed MASSIVE amounts of money into right wing thinktanks, politicians, and TERF influencers.

Harry Potter directly funds transphobia and anti-trans laws in the UK.

She pours her money into the J.K Rowling women's fund. Meaning Harry Potter revenue directly pays for right wing transphobic pearl clutchers to take trans people to court and to stamp out the rights of trans people in the UK.

The Fallout by Everythursday - My favourite fan fiction every and possible also just my favourite book every. Enemies to lovers slow burn war story.

A Year in Australia by bourbonrain - Excellent smut, angst and characterisation. Draco runs into Hermione propositioning a guy in a bar and decided to take her up on the offer.

Dawn by camnz - what happens when all the adults suddenly vanish and they have to create their own society. Such a good concept and unique story. 

A Matter of Property by camnz - wip the war is lost and Hermione is enslaved and Draco is obsessed with her. I have no idea where this is going but I like it.

(Camnz has quite a few stories with unique concepts i like)

Let The Dark In by senlinyu - wip Drumstrang Draco and the triwizard tournament. Brilliant writing highly anticipating updates.

Manacled  by SenLinYu - Its most bookmarked/kudos for a reason. It is epic. 

Of Crimson Joy by LittleRobbin - filled my the fallout hole. A war romance with a twist at the end.

The Auction by lovesbitca8 - Draco buys Hermione in an auction after the war. i read this as it was being published and it was addictive.

Atonement by SomethingBlue42 - Another Draco buys Hermione after the war fic. I liked how it respected Ron it was very sweet.

Better Off Forgotten by Delancey654 - All muggleborns have to be obliviated and repatriated to the muggle world. Draco seeks Hermione out for sinister reasons. A thriller by the end.

Room Serviced by pir8fancier - Another friends with benefits war story, its my fav dynamic.

Uncoffined by lady_of_clunn - a small twist on the Draco buys Hermione this time he doesn’t know its her.

Dragon in the Dark By: GracefulLioness - Draco joins the order, war story.

And, most importantly, he and Holmes would fucking love each other. If most of the modern day detectives inspired by Holmes ever met him, he would probably want to kill them with hammers, but he and Blanc would probably end up being penpals and sending each other newspaper clippings about crime or some shit. And I can absolutely envision a teenage Blanc reading the Holmes stories and being like, "Wait, being a silly little gay private detective is a viable career option? Well, I guess I've finally found my calling in life."

Anyway I love the Benoit Blanc movies and I hope they make a million of them