I love that the internet saw people comparing women and other alienated groups of people and went, “they’re dating,” and, “they support each other.” We’re improving as a society.
The fact that the villain of BW was all about how girls were the most expendable resource and created a whole fucking spy program that took away their basic rights and free wills and how Nat broke free of that but was always dehumanized because she was a “Russian Spy Assassin” a “Widow” and yet all she ever wanted to do was good for the world. To get rid of the red in her ledger.
And she died for it. She “sacrificed” herself. After everything, after breaking free, after rekindling her families, after killing the man who ruined so many women’s lives, she was only ever an expendable resource in Endgame. But in BW she was given life.
And it’s just really sad to see that it came down to one basic thing: judgement. The Russos decided Nat wasn’t worth it, that she could be an expendable resource, that she had to die so Clint could return to his wife and kids as if Nat’s family wasn’t equally important. Men prioritized their judgment, their own best interest when deciding Nat’s fate. Cate’s judgement was instead of taking a canonically deceased character and just doing a spy movie or fill it with lots of action, she gave Nat depth and moments and made her more human and alive than the Russo’s ever did.
And it fucking hits hard that men say they don’t like her character when she’s having soft moments with her sister or parents, that they only like Nat when she’s kicking ass, flirting with the Avengers, and just found it hard to connect to her during her own fucking movie. Yet they can connect to Bucky. Who went through basically the same thing (other than the reproductive organs being removed—which can I say is fucking bullshit. Women can’t get pregnant “for the sake of the mission and shit” but men can still impregnate women??)
The very movie that point fucking blank states what it’s about. Of course you can’t fucking “connect”. You don’t understand what it’s like being a woman under an oppressive organization that only sees you as its property. It tied to human trafficking. It tied to the fact that men can get away with abusing and mistreating women. It tied to how society EXPECTS women to live their lives: as little innocent girls, as available young women, as mothers and caretakers, and as wise grandmothers. But that’s not how every woman wants to or can live their life, yet men assume that’s exactly the case and if it’s not it’s either the “monster for not able to have kids” or you don’t want to regret it later in life. And if you can’t see the fucking important themes and why they’re important, maybe you’re part of the problem.
The issue shouldn’t have been Taskmaster wasn’t straight out of the comics accurate, the issue should’ve been was that a father would do that to his own daughter. Antonia was a good fucking plot twist and felt right for the story and damn did my heart break that she was relieved to be saved my Nat. Not a single once of hatred towards her, but rather fear radiating off of a few words and facial expressions towards her father. 
You may not always be able to connect to a story but you sure as hell can open your eyes, understand, and sympathize. It’s not that fucking hard.
I’m so fucking glad this movie was made. It’s my favorite movie and not because of the “badass action” because of the fucking realism that Cate managed to bring into the world of Marvel that is so heavily catered towards men. This is a fucking stepping stone and we best not go backwards from here on out.
And stop saying it’s “dark”. No. It’s fucking real. Human trafficking is still happening. We choose to ignore it in real life because it’s easier, that’s the truth. If we didn’t ignore it, it wouldn’t be happening. Marvel has plotlines they choose to ignore and Cate focused on some of them. And now that it’s out in a movie, it would be fucking ignorant of the Russo’s and Feige to ignore what she ousted for future films in the next phase.
Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]
For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.
Beautiful.
Now I’m crying thanks
and a new cat was hired right?
yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy
she works very hard
Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.
Law
I’m crying at 11pm over train cats
Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016). There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.
^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama
Yontama.
a legacy
okay but actually what happened to santama (or sun-tama-tama, which is her name because it’s a pun on santama) was that she was basically sent to train for the position in okayama and they liked her so much they refused to send her back
“Sun-tama-tama” (a pun off of “Santama”, lit. “third Tama”) was a calico cat sent for training in Okayama. Sun-tama-tama was considered as a candidate for Tama’s successor, but the Okayama Public Relations representative who had been caring for Sun-tama-tama refused to give the cat up writing, “I will not let go of this child, she will stay in Okayama.” [25]
As of September 2018, Sun-tama-tama is working as the stationmaster in Naka-ku, Okayama and appears occasionally on Tama’s Twitter account.
Every time I see this post there’s new info and it gets better
You are only allowed to scroll pass this after you pay tribute to the great Tama Station masters.
The shrine of Tama Daimyōjin (Great gracious deity Tama), next to the Kishi station where she worked.
Nitama presenting her yearly offerings to Tama
Daimyōjin on the anniversary of Tama’s Death, June 23 (The offerings are presented by the company president, as Nitama is a cat and thus can’t hold the offerings herself) (Not pictured, but also present, Yontama)
it’s 2022. donald trump has died in disgrace days after being impeached and jailed. my chemical romance’s new album is coming out the same day as the new spiderverse movie. the lizzo and janelle monaé collab song is blowing up the radio. lil nas x has a verse in it. you and your partner have time and energy for dates after work after jeff bezos’ assets have been seized and distributed to the public in the wake of his arrest for keeping employees in unsafe working conditions.
oh what a life
Like to charge, reblog to cast.
Everyone has been vaccinated for free and the virus hasn’t caused a single death in months.
Those dates you go on with your partner? They’re in public. Unmasked. Your server smiles at you. Everyone feels safe.
You can hug your friends.
You can see a movie. The people in the movie are gay people of color and they kiss and live happily ever after.
