My Fan Place

Hello everyone! My name is Jada, and here are a few of the products that you can find on my shop. The name of my business is Pride World Round, and the main purpose of the business is to unite wellness and pride. To create a space where people can find in who they are, where they come from, and where they're at in life. This topic is really important to me, and so I wanted to create products that share that message. If you're interested you can find these products at:

Natasha starts off with her usual ways of keeping secrets for Fury, and putting distance between herself and most others. But during the Winter Soldier movie, we start to see that mindset start to shift. We see her let Steve in more and more, and thanks to him, start questioning if the way she does things is truly the best way to do it. He shows her things don't always have to be in a gray area. I think the biggest difference is that she starts to trust in herself more.

She was very used to a "spy" mindset, which is to never let the mask crack, and to never question the mission. But she start questioning SHIELD, and starts making plans that SHE thinks is best. And the movie ends with her laying out it all for the courts to hear, and saying that the world needs heroes. No mask, no defending the mission, just that heroes can do what the government can't. There were multiple factors to this ending, but I think Steve choosing to trust her despite knowing all she's capable of played a huge part. Because he saw the woman behind the mask, and knew that she was someone worth following.

Steve on the other hand, starts off in a similar position. He just lost decades of his life, lost everyone and everything he ever knew, and went right back into the fight. He is much more friendly than Natasha was, but equally just as guarded. He tries to make friends outside of SHIELD, but aside from Sam, he can't really connect with anyone from the "outside." Within SHIELD, it's worse, him turning down multiple opportunities to truly get to know the people he's working with. He sees himself as a soldier, someone who protects people and completes the job, no matter the personal cost. There's no room for genuine relationships, especially in an organization with as many secrets as SHIELD

This completely changes once Nick Fury is "killed" in his apartment. He's forced to go on the run, and has no choice but to rely on other people. Most notably, Natasha, someone who is filled to brim with secrets. He slowly starts to get closer with her, with her teaching him that the world isn't always black and white. He also gains someone who sees him as more than just a soldier, or a means to an end. She put her trust in Steve Rogers and his good heart, and that made him gain a friend. He can't replace what was lost, but he can move forward. And at the end, he doesn't confront Bucky as a soldier, he confronts Bucky as Steve Rogers, an old friend.

I've been thinking about Kori and Dick teaching Mar'i and Jake about their heritage. Dick teaching them how to speak Romani, specifically Angloromani. (I feel like that is the dialect he would be most familiar with.) Kori cooking traditional Tamaranean food (especially her own favorites) and teaching her kids how to make it when they are old enough. Dick going all out with teaching them different Romanian folk dances, even showing them a video of his parents dancing at their wedding night. Kori teaching them about all the constellations and different planets surrounding Tamaran, and putting them to sleep with the stories and songs of her childhood.

I just love the idea of Dick and Kori passing on their heritage to their kids, and in the process, reconnecting with it themselves.

Dick was raised by a (well-meaning) wealthy, White billionaire. Said wealthy White billionaire that doesn't even acknowledge his own heritage at all. (Bruce is Jewish) Don't get me wrong, I don't think Bruce would ever stop Dick from practicing his culture, but I feel like his emotional distance would make it hard. Dick was a little kid who just lost his parents in a horrific way, and was adopted into a completely brand new lifestyle. I don't think he would even know that he could keep some of his parent's traditions alive, and I don't think Bruce ever knew that he should invite Dick to do so.

Kori, on the other hand, is an immigrant that came here to Earth from an entirely different world. (And she didn't come here willingly, she fled here) She had to quickly adapt to the way of life here: new customs, new languages, and new types of people. No one spoke her language. No one knew anything about her traditions (and some of them were seen as strange or weird by others.) And in most situations, she couldn't stand out, she had to blend in to avoid being hurt for being an alien. She has been and always will be a proud Tamaranean, but I think she lost touch with some of her culture because there wasn't many outlets to express it.