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@barakei84 First post is AWESOME. THANK YOU.

Hey all, I’m reposting this on here so y'all can read these amazing XMA/Cherik finds and theories from Barakei, including several things I’ve NEVER seen before!

anonymous said:  I can’t be the only one who thought of Dadneto and his kids in those Hanukkah jumpers, right?

definitely not the only one! (hanukkah jumper post)

Not exactly a meet cute but Charles didn’t wanna go to that potluck with the Summers family anyway.

the Sentinels of the future to be derived from Darwin’s power, instead of Raven’s? His power better aligns to how they behave in the movie — adapting to attacks. With her power, Sentinels would have been able to appear as something other than big scary robots.

They could have easily brought Darwin into the plot without losing precious Raven/Mystique as the central figure in the film, since we know they wanted to bank of JLaw as much as humanly possible. To me, the main benefit of her is watching Charles and Erik go at it like divorcees over her. Otherwise, she irks me but I digress…

Darwin could have been captured by the govt. and handed over to Trask after he reformed himself. Mystique could have gained this intel and made it her mission not only to kill Trask but save Darwin whose still in custody all these years later as he can’t die.

I wonder if motivations would have been different with Darwin in the mix. Maybe Charles would been a bit more angry or saw it a chance to keep a promise to Darwin as he failed Raven. Maybe Erik would taken a more nuanced approach with someone needing to be saved, especially since he failed to save JFK and has a chance to get it right. Who knows?! But I do know this… 

We still miss you Darwin!

Director George Miller Explains Why His Mad Max: Fury Road Deserves These Oscar Nominations (via jag-lskardig)

so good on George Miller for giving credit to his wife and colleague. that said, FUCK YES women have ALWAYS edited for male directors without getting any recognition within the industry let alone any kind of mainstream acclaim. I mean, film editing isn’t really on the radar for most moviegoers/watchers so yeah, I don’t expect people to know this? But goddamn, even so many self-proclaimed film and cinema buffs fail to realize that so many of the “best” movies (mostly directed by men, natch) were edited by women. Does anyone remember that quote/anecdote about male directors discouraging their female film editors - or even actively sabotaging potential opportunities - because they didn’t want to lose the person who made sense of all their footage?