Arduinna

I know it's very much not the case everywhere, but my area seems to have finally decided that it's spring for real, and we're having a brief, glorious day in the low 70s (~20C-ish), warm enough to sit outside in sandals and shorts and a tank top, which is exactly what I'm doing. Blissssss. Tonight there will be burgers on the grill, even.

I've been consuming tons of fannish media and just not writing about it, because it's been so fast. Saw Captain Marvel and enjoyed the hell out of it; saw Aguaman and not so much; watched most of the existing MCU repeatedly as mollyamory flings herself headfirst back into her deep, abiding love of Tony Stark. It's been really nice doing such a deep dive into canon; it's been a long time since I did that for any fandom, and I'd forgotten how much fun it is spotting all the little tiny things that you miss when you're not obsessing. It's a little odd in that I'm not actually obsessing like mollyamory, so I'm less invested than I'd expect for something I'm watching so closely, but that's it's own kind of interesting.

We even sat through the 2003 Incredible Hulk, which was worse than Aquaman. And yet unlike Aquaman, we watched the entire thing. I can appreciate the style Ang Lee was going for, but oh my god that was a boring movie. And if you're going to have that many Science Montages, either speed them way the hell up or find more interesting science. Also maybe find an emotional throughline somewhere. Maybe.

All the MCU led to other Marvel universe stuff, and we rewatched Deadpool. I remembered liking it, but I hadn't remembered how much. It shouldn't work for me; it's too violent and gory. And yet! They pulled it off with the style and the humor. Then on to Deadpool 2, which no one in the household had seen, and which hooked us right in with the opening and the credits. I am totally on board for Deadpool 3 if it ever comes out.

This ramble brought to you by fresh air and sunshine.