There don’t seem to be parallels to most of the communities I belonged to on Reddit.
One adjustment I had to make when I moved over to Lemmy is posting/commenting more. On Reddit most of the time your comment was buried. On Lemmy, a bunch of people are going to see it.
Not saying you need to be the only poster, but sometimes everyone just posting a bit more will reveal a community.
I mean what they can do I've said. What I expect is a lot more damage from the Trump administration. Democrats are generally on board with reigning the administration in and/or stopping it, depending on what happens.
Unfortunately the majority for most things sit with Republicans, so it will be slow getting them to respond to Trump. I expect a few Republicans will chime in from time to time, might help stop a few things. Of course Congress lacks the resources to enforce things, so it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
Eventually Trump is going to go too far. I would argue he already has, but specifically he's going to go too far for Republicans. The speaker, Johnson, is the one to watch. I think McConnell still has some sway, but he's also clearly very ill physically. Actually Republicans that are usually quiet are probably the ones to watch first.
If I'm pissing in the dark, it means I just got out of bed. I'm not cheating on my bed with the toilet. You might say, "But sitting on your toilet isn't cheating on your bed" or "WTF do you do in your bed?!", I'm not hear to judge your lifestyle, you do you, but my bed and I have an arrangement, I'm going for a pee, no sitting.
Like you said, it's a big multiverse. I expect when we get a big multiversal film, like Secret Wars, we'll get lots of fun variations, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Bucky with a shield.
But in the mainline MCU, I think Sam is the new Cap and will be for a while.
I'm surprised and glad. This past season of Bob's Burgers was excellent. Invincible probably should have win, but this last season was a little bit weaker.
That was the Bernie plan in 2016 & 2020 during the primaries. Clinton had the support of the established Democratic party and with superdelegates Clinton took a commanding lead. Similar situation with Biden, most dropped out before Super Tuesday and endorsed him.
Now both of these instances could be considered "smart politics". If you've got the political maneuvering to win the primary, then maybe you've got the same maneuvering to win the general.
It didn't work out for Clinton. It did work out for Biden.
When we look at our most recent election, it's clear there was a little bit more of a rift, but Harris was chosen and there was no primary.
Now, some of this is simplified and there is plenty to argue. But suffice to say we can't just vote for AOC "so much" that she'll win. I don't see the Democratic party supporting her.
Now it's too early to talk about 2028 realistically and a lot can change between now and then, but if she were running today she'd have my vote.
Yes, what congress WILL do versus what they SHOULD do are different things.
If you look at things like the recent Gaza statements by Trump I think it's clear Trump is going to continuously step over the line and others will need to walk it back. Eventually that someone will be congress, I just hope it's sooner rather than later, although I fear it will be later rather than sooner.
Impeach and remove Trump. Yes, a Vance administration might do the same things but Congress would make it clear they're not willing to allow such bullshit.
Or subpoena Musk and others, which I know recently failed a vote to do exactly that.
Congress CAN do a lot of things, they were designed to be a powerful pillar of government. They have ceded much of that power through inaction over the years but they can take it back.
Yes, "somehow Palpatine returned" was a terrible plot line. The rest of the Star Wars canon is adding things to try and fix it.
If a character just reappears with no context or consequences, that's terrible.
That just isn't what's been happening. People make up stories saying "Oh it could happen" without looking at the reality of the actual media where it didn't happen and isn't happening. If a character returns it matters. It has context. It has consequences.
So I've never bought the multiverse has no consequences argument because you can bring a anyone back. It's just people saying that they COULD be lazy, but it hadn't actually happened because they HAVEN'T been lazy.
To date the MCU has done this twice, the first being Gamora who died in Infinity War and was resurrected via time travel in Endgame. Then we get a huge character arc for Gamora in Guardians 3 where Peter learns to let her go and Gamora lives on as a radically different character. That is a major consequence. That isn't just a drop in replacement. That highlights why it isn't so easy to just drop someone in.
The second is in What If...? when a version of Natasha from a timeline where EVERYONE is dead, is placed in a timeline where things are mostly normal. But of course we don't follow that Natasha or that timeline, so it's really not a problem.
Additionally let's take a look at the Sony Spider-Man films. (Spoilers for those films in this paragraph.) In the third act of Across the Spider-verse we learn that the death of Miles's Dad is a canon event that must happen to keep the multiverse stable. Miles fights off a multiverse of Spider-Men to rush and save his father. When we watch this we don't care if he saves his dad because he can just grab another one. Oh wait, no we do care. It's an amazing third act. We want Miles to save his dad.
Now if you have issues with the stories being told during the multiverse saga, that's fine, but the issue isn't the multiverse. Hell despite the name it's barely even the multiverse saga. Multiverse of Madness, sure, Spider-Man No Way Home, absolutely, Deadpool & Wolverine, tons of multiverse, but that's it.
Black Widow? Nope. Shang-Chi? Not really. Eternals? Nope. Thor 4? Nope. Black Panther 2? Nope. Guardians 3? Not really. The Marvels? Just a quick post credits moment. The upcoming Brave New World? I doubt it. The upcoming Thunderbolts? Unlikely.
So that's 3 multiverse films, vs 9 non-multiverse films.
Now I did ignore Ant-Man. That's quantum realm, that did introduce and seemingly kill Kang. That film was a disappointment, but I'll add it as a multiverse films.
So less than 1/3rd of the films set during the multiverse saga have anything to do with the multiverse. We can count the TV shows as well, but it isn't going to change the point.
Now all this ties back to your first point, you just want good writing. Same. My point with bringing Wanda back is that it isn't a desperate grab. When Wanda returns it's going to be earned.
WandaVision was excellent. Agatha All Along was excellent. Multiverse of Madness did a poor job explaining Wanda's character downfall. If we accept that the Darkhold corrupted her, that we're missing that story, but it did happen, then we've still got a solid story.
WandaVision teased Wanda as the Scarlett Witch, a character of prophecy. We've only barely touched the mystical world of the MCU. Doctor Strange got into it in his own films, in fact that's probably why Wanda was featured in the second, they share a similar area of lore. But we've got more to explore. Stories that I want to see.
As an aside I'd be OK with Bucky becoming Captain America. In fact there are, once again, comics to pull from for that story. (Not that it's a requirement to pull from existing comics.) However after Falcon and the Winter Soldier I think they did a good job sorting out the frustrations that both Sam/Bucky had. Obviously the film coming out later this month will be the ultimate judge of that.
The fact that General Ross has been around since the beginning is the exact reason he should stick around. He's seen everything. His opinion has weight. He has generally fought the heroes throughout the entire series. He should continue to do so. When the government makes one decision, but the heroes make another, what should happen? We saw this play out a little bit with the Sokovia Accords, but it shouldn't end there.
As for Wanda, it the MCU follows the comics then Wanda will return. It's not a desperate attempt to be relevant, it's a comic accurate story.
Additionally it's clear that's the route we're going, but it's not like she's just going to pop back into existence. Her story, coupled with her family, is being told slowly over several years. Infinity War/Endgame is the start, then we dive into Wanda specifically with WandaVision, then Multiverse of Madness, most recently Agatha All Along, next is likely VisionQuest, then I would expect something else, eventually Young Avengers.
all his tentpole characters are being killed off unceremoniously, and he's giddy about it.
That's the one thing that concerns me about Ford playing the Red Hulk, and really most MCU villains in general, is that we just get them for one film.
It's probably easier to get folks in for one film, but I wish so many of them lived on longer. Loki was our original "big bad" and he got to have an amazing story after his defeat. Thanos got a slow build up with a huge two part payoff. Wanda has been the minor villain, then a hero, then manifested grief, then the villain and I suspect will someday return as a hero again.
Ultron should be always lurking around. Justin Hammer should always be trying to one up Tony Stark or whomever has the most gadgets. Walton Goggins was clearly working for someone, let's explore it.
I really hope Red Hulk survives this film, ideally with Harrison Fold, but they can cast whomever it it means the character lives on.
This episode is the halfway point. It's going fast but it's fun. Also we're at Civil War in the parallel MCU timeline. They never got into superhero/mutant registration in the MCU, curious if we'll dig into that more in this show, possibly in a future season.
Also I don't know Nico's backstory, but did she talk to her amulet/necklace?
First, it's going to be absolutely tragic if Lonnie ends up as the villain. He's a solid dude just like Peter, but he has to deal with shit that just... Fucks him over.
Second, shout out to Norman as the "guy in the chair". We could argue that maybe he's being manipulative or a guy that just can't accept someone saying "No", but it really does just seem like he's trying to beat helpful guy. Mans got money, why shouldn't he help.
I wonder, and suspect, if Disney/Marvel hired an outside studio to make these posters, possibly even with a "no AI" clause, but since AI is built into Photoshop it doesn't really matter.
I would be surprised if Marvel just typed something into an AI generator and shipped it. But I would not be surprised if whomever they hired used AI as part of their process.
I think the fact that Marvel denied it is interesting. Did they just hire someone so they can technically say "we" didn't do it. Or did whomever they hired mislead them.
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One adjustment I had to make when I moved over to Lemmy is posting/commenting more. On Reddit most of the time your comment was buried. On Lemmy, a bunch of people are going to see it.
Not saying you need to be the only poster, but sometimes everyone just posting a bit more will reveal a community.