#mcc meta

etho/doc is also the only “ship” (i have complicated feelings on calling them specifically a ship in standard shipping vernacular/context with how i see them but yeah) i indulge in equally in non rpf-y shit with. like mcc meta Does inform them and every other etho relationship i think about, but weirdly sinking into more roleplay fantastical territory feels pretty natural as opposed to ethubs. fantastical cubito ethubs is very Very good at times but its constantly in conversation with the meta way in which the relationship is founded, ethubs is a dynamic thats extremely aware of how disengaged in furtrade bdubs is as opposed to the rest of the server and thats why its so good. ethubs is itself a work of etho conservation and sanctuary thats deepened by over a decade of history. you cannot in any circumstance completely extricate the ways in which their specific internet friendship has been formed and maintained across multiple smps over the years and its own emotional investment to outside viewers.

It suddenly occurred to me, watching The Marvels trailer, but Monica meeting Kamala is going to be fascinating, because Kamala is, in many ways, a lot like young Monica. And yet, isn't.

As a kid, Monica adored her Aunt Carol and wanted to be just like her and her mom, admiring her powers and all the good she was doing. Monica wanted to go to space and be a hero too, which is why she joined SWORD under her mom's leadership, and returned so quickly after she Blipped and learned her mother had passed.

But Monica's grown up now. She's a military-trained professional. And Wandavision indicates that at some point, she and Carol had a falling out and, while she's more like Carol than ever, I doubt Monica is happy about that currently. We don't really know yet how long she's had her powers, we don't know how she feels about them, yet. But it wouldn't surprise me if she only really regards them as tools, and tries not to think too hard or "marvel" too much at them.

Not to mention, Carol reminds her of the mother she lost, the family she had that is broken. And I have a feeling that whatever happened between them has something to do with Maria Rambeau's final years and death.

Meanwhile, Kamala is still young. She wants so badly to be like Captain Marvel and be an Avenger, too. And she's more like her hero than ever as well, but hasn't lost that admiration yet, which is likely going to be frustrating for Monica to deal with.

Especially because Kamala only knows Captain Marvel as a distant superhero, post-Snap. Monica knew Carol before the powers, before Thanos. She loved Captain Marvel before Captain Marvel was known on Earth. And it was that woman that let her down, not the cultural icon she became afterwards. That has to be hard for Monica- to see all these people admiring Captain Marvel for things Monica wasn't around to witness (since she was snapped), meanwhile she knows Carol is all too human. And Kamala, Ms. Marvel herself, seems like the pinnacle of that fandom that has sprung up around Carol post-snap.

At the same time, Kamala's powers come from her own cultural legacy, not from an accident like Monica's or Carol's. She's had time to make her own identity, and she has her own, supportive family unit, separate from Carol and SWORD/SABER and heroing. She's had time to work out those family issues in her own show. So in some ways, Kamala is actually in a healthier place than Monica is, despite being younger and more naive. Sure, she still admires Captain Marvel, but her identity isn't quite as based in that as it was at the beginning of Ms. Marvel.