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Get ready for Marvel’s PAM.

I want to see this cheerful lady walking through fire and being badass and sweet

and most of all I want her to save the day with the normal shit she’s toting in that bag. 

I NEED this. 

‘Let me get this straight. You’re saying our Xanderian captor is in pain from a swollen… thing, and is going to eject us from the airlock? Well why didn’t you say so? Here, hun, I think I got some Aleve in here. You just take that.’

*Alien collapses frothing*

Everyone stares at her in awe. ‘How did you know that naproxen is fatal to Xanderians?’

‘Honestly, you people never have children? I hear EVERYTHING.’

or

‘Oh dear, you need something to bridge to gap between circuits and stop the shortage? I know I got a safety pin, just wait.’

*Ship jumps to warp ahead of pursuit*

 Like, seriously, I want her to fucking MacGyver whatever is needed to resolve the plot issues, using Clorets gum, her Kindle, a Starbucks receipt (tall caramel macchiato) and a handful of change and lint.

Because we got so many ‘ordinary’ guy heroes that go on to be extraordinary, and let’s be real - in an actual Holllywood movie Pam would scarcely rate a speaking part. I want a female hero who is a hero without needing a goddamned makeover and just needed the right circumstances to shine. I am up to my goddamn neck with ordinary dude heroes. I’m sick of them. I know everything about them already.

Viola Davis thanks the black women that came before her in her acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Drama. Davis is the first black woman to win the award.

This is the first time that a black woman has won the Primetime Emmy for Best Actress, and it’s been a long time coming.

It’s a victory that is not only historical, but it also has cultural significance as well, as Viola’s victory signals a paradigm shift (albeit ever so slightly), and an important one too.

That should trump whatever personal biases you have. Don’t get me wrong, I like Tatiana Maslany too, and think she’s a great actress.

But guess what? Viola Davis is a great and talented actress as well. And she thoroughly deserved this.

So my point is, I think some of you need to cut down on the sodium. Tatiana will have the opportunity to win next year. But for Viola, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hell with the way Hollywood is, it might even be a very long time before we see another woman of color win this award.

You have every right to be upset, but how about factoring in just what this victory means for women of color and minorities in general, and let that factor in before you unleash your anger about your fav actress losing?