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alright gang let’s see if this book will change my life

a poetic meditation on nostalgia, memory, and love. a masterpiece. gets exponentially better with each reading.

that first one might be one of the best essays i’ve read in my life

renée immediately confirming that she thinks lois lane is always “hot” #justdykethings

i’m going CRAZY with my footnotes in the kindle version of this book

foreword done and i can already tell this book is going to HIT

ough so messyyyyy /neu

june & marcella are SO COOL

i need everyone to know that robin hood is canonically bisexual in the world of this book

“in combat, she was an avenging demon; a wronged queen of the celts. all the muscle clem had felt under her hands was being put to use, her movements strong an precise.”

“no one had ever pinned clem to a tree before. new experiences were good for the soul.” OH MY GOD GIRL 😭

the cursing here is uh… fine?? i guess?? it’s done tastefully, but it would be SO much funnier if the author had written in historical insults from medieval/elizabethan england

“but what is a superhero’s death if not an opportunity for a resurrection persevering?” haha i understood that reference

“for once, tom holland said all the right things out loud” 😭

HOLY HELL DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!

“new hashtag: #wheresgamora”
#whoisgamora
#illdoyouonebetter
#whyisgamora

to quote eleanor shellstrop “i am a messy bench (bitch) who loves drama” and this book is DELIVERING

“whedon announced publicly that he would be adding a *second* woman to the movie. when it came to gender in hollywood, the benchmark for progress was set extremely low.” 😭☹️

HAYLEY ATWELL MENTION!!!!

“marvel’s fans weren’t exclusively young men. it’s movies were, and still are, loved by many women — and even some grandparents. but modern show business economics has a tendency to consider entire artistic genres as delivery systems for specific demographics. this perspective, while effective in a brute force way, often distorts both the art and the audience.”

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

okay yikes edward norton (reading about the disastrous incredible hulk movie 😬)

NO DOL NO