Okay but the thing is, we can’t just ignore this. We can’t just pretend this never happened and be like “lol classic marvel, let’s just imagine Steve never had a run this year”. We have the right to be angry, to boycott marvel, to @ the writer, to create hashtags and be as loud as possible. Don’t go around telling people to chill because this probably won’t be “permanent”. It doesnt matter. Its still fucking disgusting and disrespectful to the original creators and fans. They crossed a line and they deserve the backlash they’re getting.
On twitter, there’s already a fairly substantial campaign going with the hashtag #SayNoToHydraCap. Join in, tweet with the hashtag, retweet tweets under the hashtag, etc. Be loud.
It’s one thing if we choose to ignore this in regards to Steve’s characterization within the fandom and within fanworks and fan discussions, because, honestly, we should. This should have no impact on Steve Rogers and his characterization because it’s disgusting and horrid and so disrespectful to the character and his legacy, as well as his original writers and his fans.
But we can’t ignore this in regards to Marvel, to the writer, to the people who went “Yes, let’s turn Steve Rogers into a sleeper agent for a literal Nazi organization, ignoring decades of characterization and the fact that he was originally written by two Jewish writers, and the fact that he’s one of the most idolized superheros in the game.” We have to be loud. We have to be vocal. Like OP said, they crossed a line, and they need to know it. They need to know that what they did was unacceptable, uncalled for, and absolutely disgusting.
where are all the comic old boys yammering about respecting the history and origins and keeping characters as they were originally intended to be, or are those arguments only for when people want to make heroes black, female, or lgbt?
To be fair you’re not seeing many men on tumblr be up in arms, but the reddit community is beyond pissed. They’re rightfully calling this a character assassination and a cheap gimmick to try and shock people into buying the run.
damn, you know Marvel’s fucked up real bad if tumblr and reddit are in agreement on something
1. Well done for shitting all over anybody that has ever believed in Captain America.
2. Because Steve Rogers is a symbol of hope, freedom, justice, equality, and kindness.
3. Captain America was literally created by two Jewish men as a symbol of hope against Hitler, and now you’re telling me he’s a nazi?!
4. Say it again for the people in the back: CAPTAIN AMERICA DESERVES BETTER, SHOCK VALUE DOES NOT EQUAL GOOD STORYTELLING!
5. No matter what their comics say, it’s our job to plant ourselves like trees beside the river of truth and tell them ‘No, you move’.
6. Because the hero that stood up for the oppressed just became the oppressor.
7. High-key hoping that this was a spelling error and that he meant ‘Hail Hydration’ drink plenty of water and look after yourselves kids.
8. Because Steve Rogers deserved better on his 75th anniversary.
9. Because the little guy from Brooklyn that was too dumb to not run away from a fight deserved better.
10. Because Coulson didn’t spend years completing his Vintage Captain America Card Collection for his childhood hero to be a nazi.
11. Bucky Barnes did not go through hell just to hear that his best friend has been working with the people that tortured him and used him as a weapon unwillingly.
12. No gonna lie I didn’t think it was possible to mess up this badly but Marvel always manages to surprise me, only not usually in a bad way.
13. Because apparently nothing says Happy 75th Anniversary better than nazism.
14. What next T’Challa is secretly a member of the KKK?
15. Not a good soldier but a GOOD MAN, you hear me Marvel?? A GOOD MAN!!
16. You either die a hero or live long enough to see douchebag writers turn you into everything you’ve ever stood against.
17. Because Cap didn’t get iced for this shit.
18. What about Chris Evans? How do you think he feels? Oh, that’s right!
Anonymous asked: (Anon who's super into the Vader Survives Mustafar thing again) Wow holy shit hi I'm so sorry I'll get out of your inbox any minute now I swear, but EMPRESS AMIDALA wow, just. Yes. Sign me the fuck up. Oh wow that means Luke and Leia would be raised as the children of the Empress and the only surviving Force user in the galaxy Y E S. It's fine, I'm fine, you're great. *crawls into dark hole*
(why would you EVER, friend, why would you leave my inbox, THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I WANT)
Actually Vader wouldn’t be the only surviving Force-user–the only surviving SITH Force-user, maybe, but not every Jedi actually died with Order 66 and Vader would literally ignore their entire existences unless Padmé said something, which obviously she would NOT. At ALL. At most she would say “no sweetie it’s fine they’re not a threat like this” and then go hyperventilate in the bathroom while Vader is distracted playing with the babies. He’s teaching them how to float their toys. It would be the sweetest, purest thing Padmé has ever seen in her LIFE if he weren’t doing it while wearing the robe he’d sworn loyalty to Darth Sidious in.
Padmé has no idea how to destroy a dictatorship from the INSIDE. Fuck knows she didn’t succeed in STOPPING it from the inside; even standing at the top, how is she supposed to take it APART?? The Empire didn’t happen in a vacuum. It wasn’t just one man, no matter how much that one man was responsible for.
She couldn’t even stop Anakin from turning into Vader. She thinks she can change a whole GALAXY when she couldn’t even convince the man she loved to live? She thinks she can change ANYTHING, wearing Empress Amidala’s robes, raising Prince Luke and Princess Leia Amidala? With her beloved husband and his people all dead in her name and by his own hand, and Darth Vader as her consort?
She doesn’t. Not at all.
But she’s going to have to, so–so.
So it’s time to get back to it, Padmé tells herself, and then breathes out slowly, puts on just enough makeup to remind herself how to wear her mask, and goes back out to sit on the couch and watch Vader and the children play on the floor. They’re doing very well with the toys, and Vader is very proud.
Padmé paints on a smile, and digs her nails into the meat of her palms.
