One time I was leaving a friend’s place and an older lady with basically no English came up to me and communicated that she was very cold and needed a ride. She pointed to tell me where to go.
I got there and her daughter or granddaughter came out and was like omg her phone died we were worried
And then the older lady said something and the younger lady translated.
“She knew she could trust you because you have pink hair”
I thought it was funny at the time. But when I think back on it I think she was basically saying “you had a visible sign of not vibing with the system I was afraid of”
Be weird. Be colorful. Help random people.
Whovengers
Fury = The Doctor: Both look after their bands of misfits, and defend the Earth.
Tony = Jack: International/intergalactic playboys willing to die for the greater good. Many times over in Jack’s case.
Steve = Martha: Underdogs who became heroes, fighting tyrants for freedom and justice.
Bruce = Donna: Both forced to embrace a personality they didn’t want. The only difference is, Donna no longer remembers what it was like to be fully her.
Natasha = Amy: Both badass redheads with pasts they tend to run from.
Clint = Rory: Soldier types who always come as a package deal with their badass redhead.
Phil = Mickey: Both The Man In Havana, both eventually drawn to Big Fucking Guns.
Maria = River: The capable second-in-command.
Thor = Rose: Both channel godlike powers (that they had to prove themselves worthy of.) Also, both blonde.
Loki = The Master: These two would get on like a house on fire…no survivors.Thor is Rose
I quit life this is the best thing I’ve ever seen
Oh my god, Martha as Cap. MY CREYS.
Martha as — yes, what you said exactly.
Best ever.
I approve of everything this post chooses to be.
It all makes perfect sense. Seriously… it’s all perfect.
Oh my gosh, if Loki and The Master teamed up… END OF THE WORLD.
SO MUCH SENSE ALL OF THE SENSE
SERIOUSLY PERFECT
I made this back in 2012! It was one of the first things I did on tumblr that really took off. Some memories:
-some of the images being all squished because this was before tumblr had the sensible options for imagesets
-someone complaining that Natasha wasn’t included in this gifset ???
-MULTIPLE people reblogging to bitch about Martha being compared to Cap :/ Martha hate was really rampant in 2012. It was racism, of course.
-People commenting instead of putting their thoughts in the tags, something folks just don’t do anymore (except me)
It’s a little time capsule of 2012 tumblr, I’m so glad I found it again.
Companions, as associated with literary/fairytale characters
It’s so frequently reposted iconic it’s almost hard to remember that there is an original. (Also, kind of freaky how many things you’ve that I recognise without having known you made them)
I made this back in 2012… a lifetime ago. I still have the originals on my computer! Hi @taiey :)
so a very long time ago, my dad worked with an arson investigator
this guy was often one of the first people on the scene following a suspected arson, once emergency services had done what they needed to do. at times, there were also civilians on the periphery. often, they were freaking out, and understandably so; their home or workplace had just, quite literally, gone up in smoke
this investigator wouldn’t try to calm them down. he wouldn’t comfort them or be a shoulder to cry on.
instead, he’d walk up to the person most visibly losing their shit, hand them a fire extinguisher, and say “hey, can you keep an eye out for any other fires, and if you see one, can you put it out with this?”
of course, there was no actual risk of another fire. he wouldn’t be on the scene investigating if there was even a chance that the fire wasn’t completely put out. but the bystander didn’t need to know that
because that person, without fail, would immediately pull it together, take the fire extinguisher, and stand guard. they were, at least temporarily, calm enough for this investigator to do this job
my dad has told me the parable of the fire extinguisher a hundred times, and i think about it a lot. i think about what it says about people and crises. i think about what it says about the grounding power of having a purpose. and i think about the importance of letting someone help me through something, even if that help is just going to be another casserole to throw into the freezer, because useless or not, that fire extinguisher might be the only thing holding them together
