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So I decided to make a list of the movie au parts for you so they could be conveniently placed for people instead of scrolling for ages:
Hope this helps people!!!
Update since someone 😑 couldn’t resist adding another part thought I’m not complaining since I love the movie Au
Lulz my b fam
I love too, how kara knew her sister so well she knew exactly what to say to turn a complete stranger into someone who was also ride or die because in every universe Alex is Kara’s home
Why is it always butch Kara but never butch Lena
we’re not strong enough for butch lena. we dont deserve her.
don’t tell me y'all don’t want lena with an undercut, power tools, and in a suit with the sleeves rolled to her forearms (since lab safety still doesn’t mean anything to her) who caress about what Lillian might think or the board she’s Lena Luthor shes the CEO to a multibillion dollar company shes brilliant and does what she wants
i wouldn’t. survive.
lena with an undercut
au that i want: a Supergirl crossover with young justice, and kara hears about connor. She hears about another kryptonian out there, lost and alone and waking up with no idea what’s going on, who is supposed to be Clark’s responsibility but was unexpected so clark said ‘no’–kara hears about this, kara, who was willing to raise baby kal at 13 years old–kara sees this boy and goes “my son now” and just kara doing her best to take in Conner because if anyone can understand what he’s going through, it’s Kara.
He’s lost and angry and confused and doesnt understand human culture or why people do the things they do and he’s so so angry but then again, so was she once–she still is, but she’s learned how to manage it better. And who better to teach a Kryptonian than a Kryptonian?
Not talked about much: National city is supposed to be a stand in for Los Angeles
You know what’s a staple for p much everyone in LA, especially people who work in media?
Plastic surgery.
There are probably countless women who look at Supergirls appearance –and I cant say I blame them because hello melissa is gorgeous, not to mention Supergirl is one of the most beloved and well known women on the planet–and go to plastic surgeons with her picture and go her. I want to look like her.
Kara started taking random days off when Supergirl came to national city, whos to say she isnt recovering from plastic surgery? What other option would there be, that their goofy, clumsy, sometimes ruthlessly competent coworker of 2 years that is the only one who can “tame the beast (cat)” is actually supergirl? Nahhhhh. Its plastic surgery.
and Lena only moves to national city season 2. Of course she doesnt comment on Kara’s obvious plastic surgery–karas never mentioned it but God does she look remarkably like supergirl, what other explanation is there? But lena grew up in Ultomate WASPy environment, the only time you talk about someone’s plastic surgery is if they bring it up, or to gossip about behind their back (either that it looks fantastic and who’s her surgeon, or how hideous it looks)
Kara’s her friend, her best friend, and if this is what she needs to do to makes her comfortable with her appearance and she doesnt want to talk about it then it’s perfectly fine and she wont mention it.
Fic: this cost more than a months rent for Kara
Me: do yall realize her rent for an apartment that size would be minimum 2k right
normalize having more than one best friend. "best friend" shouldn't just be a title reserved for one person... best friend is a species...
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022) Dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Personally I think that Azula should have been redeemed simply so that she can become Zuko's horrible little advisor who whispers evil little plans to him so that he can do the exact opposite
#the only reason she gets this job is bc he doesnt trust her anywhere else in the palace#its like enrichment for manipulative girls#also so that he can set her on asshole deligates like a rabid little lapdog#she just has mean fuckin pomeranian energy that thing bites then lights you on fire w flames so hot theyre cold#i think their sibling dynamic could be sooo fucking funny its insane (@madscientistenthusiast)
Zuko doesn't like instilling fear in people as the Fire Lord because it makes him feel too much like Ozai but sometimes motherfuckers NEED to be rattled so they don't try anything. Which is where Azula comes in. It's a win/win for everyone except for the poor sucker Azula has set her sights on
I think the most fun part of monsters inc is boo calling sulley “kitty” and mike wazowski by full government name
it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...
Literally no trope emotionally fucks me up faster than “Character outlives their lover by many years and at the end of their life their lover comes to escort them from the world” like I only have to think about it hypothetically to start crying.
i love characters with an innate ability to just fucking survive
bestie you should be dead but you arent fucking how
do you ever think about how kara was always into art, but once she got to earth, nothing but the clothes on her back and her pod (she doesn't know about Alura's hologram yet), she throws herself into drawing and painting with an almost crazed fervor bc she wants to be able to paint krypton and her family as soon as possible because what if she forgets?
what if things get blurry and years later she'll forget how her father looked when he laughed, how her mother's eyes sparkled when she's trying to be stern but kara knows she's amused or how Argo City looked in its glory, its flora and fauna that she'll never see again
(and on bad days those last few moments, the world shaking itself apart, buildings crumbling, the ground fracturing apart and her parents trying so very hard not to cry, the fiery, silent explosion she witnessed in space before sleep overtook her because there is no word in any language to describe the sound of a planet as it dies but the closest kara has found is heartbreak)
for the longest time, she's the only one remaining who remembers krypton. and she doesn't want to forget
thinking about how in s1 Cat straight out says she doesn’t really pay Kara very much and Kara has a p nice apartment, no roommates, in the equivalent of LA, and eats a lot, we see her eating takeout quite a bit too.
After 2 years of Kara being the only assistant to the CEO of Catco Worldwide media, she’s probably also made a lot of connections in publishing and media and who knows what else. Probably by the 2nd month at her time at CatCo Kara has probably outlasted the majority of other assistants--definitely by the half year mark.
What I'm saying is every person who has to interact with Cat At All probably knows it's best practice to go through Kara first to get a guage on Cat's mood, or just simply a filter of no no. She's going to tear that apart.
People might scoff when they hear that from Kara at first but then surprise surprise Kara is right.
Cat loves it because she doesn't have to deal with as many morons in a day and other people love Kara because that means they're a lot less likely to be fired or verbally eviscerated, either at the office or whatever event Cat drags Kara to (in season 1 Winn called it "taming the beast"--how long did it take other people to start using that phrase?) Kara is the type to remember (and also hear bc thanks superhearing) small details about people, their favorite color, their spouses and children's birthdays, how their pet is doing--she also speaks multiple languages and yeah it's easier to coordinate with CatCo France or Brazil when guess what Kara speaks French and Portuguese. She makes connections.
Kara doing a favor for an executive at CatCo, maybe someone located in New York, and maybe deleting a drunk angry email that they call and Beg her to delete before Cat sees (Cat probably gets an ungodly number of emails a Day) and Kara reads it and relents and deletes it and then maybe a few months finding out that exec also owns an art gallery (let's name her Julie) and asking if she could look at some of Kara's art.
Julie agreeing, Kara just asking for her art to be looked at, not even displayed and oh, it's like nothing she's ever seen--Otherworldly and futuristic and animals and plants that are so clearly planned and detailed especially since there are repetitions on multiple paintings and sketches of the same flora and fauna but it's like nothing on Earth (Kara has been to 11 different planets before she was 13--she has plenty of experience)
It's not about the money--she cherishes her art and guards them possessively, like they're precious (because they are) but she wants people to know Krypton the same way she did, even if they don't realize it.
It's nerve wracking to give away these pieces of herself, She wants to be anonymous, and Julie agreeing. She knows these are going to do well. They're out of this world (literally) and Kara's perspective and use of color and just the sheer emotion pouring off the page on every one is just--brilliant. Either the sheer joy and wonder--or the absolute heartbreak of that one painting Kara brings in one day, the contrast between the two paintings
(one is the image Kara treasures of her view of Krypton when she's coming home from her travels with her Father--the other is the last time she ever saw her home.)
Art collectors and museums acquiring the pieces and every time Kara lets go of another piece it gets snatched up very quickly, a marvel--
And in one art gallery in Buenos Aires, a guest with distinctive blue eyes and a white streak in her hair recognizes the painting--it's been over 3 decades since she last saw Krypton but she'd know Argo City anywhere.
supercat appreciation post:
– kara, your alien is showing
I just want you all to know, that if and when this site does experience a real exodus and/or get sunsetted for good, even if we don't keep in touch I'll remember you so fondly. You're the online equivalent of the other kid on the beach where we built sandcastles together; the girl at the campsite where we explored the trees. You're the man next to me on the train who chatted cheerfully to pass the time when we got delayed. You're the drunk person who shared kind words in the bathroom at the club, you're the talented artists at the life drawing class or the poetry night in a city where I don't live anymore. It makes me sad that maybe in the future our paths won't cross so easily, but even when we leave this little shared piece of cyberspace, carried away on our briefly intersecting trajectories, just know I still love you
btw this is doubly true for the trans users, users of color, and activist users who've experienced so much difficulty in getting their voices heard here. And for the artists and writers who shared their work so generously, in good faith that sadly hasn't been repaid. You endlessly enrich Tumblr with your presence and I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this and make these tough decisions
When Zuko says he can’t explain it, he doesn’t mean he can’t explain how he knows she’s slipping. He can see that she’s messed up her hair that she always took such care over, that her fine control over her posture and facial expressions has fallen completely apart, that the quick wit and clever words that used to cut to the bone have deteriorated into vague insults.
What Zuko can’t explain is why she’s slipping. She has everything she wants, hasn’t she? She had the palace to herself, their father to herself. Zuko is firmly a traitor and out the line of succession. She’s about to be crowned Fire Lord. Isn’t that what she wanted? Why would she be losing herself now?
I don’t think it’s until after that battle is over, after Azula has screamed and sobbed herself out in chains, and Katara has healed the lightning wound she gave him, that Zuko actually starts to think about how much emotional pain Azula must be in. And it's only after he talks things over with Lo and Li, and they tell him what happened to her, that he starts to realise how much pressure she was under, and starts to realise that Ozai destroyed her life, too.
One of the many tragedies of the Fire Siblings is that each of them thought they knew what the other wanted – and they were both wrong.
