Music For Crying

And Then The Sand We Sink In

I said it once and I’ll say it again. Don’t like menthols.

“ur so quiet”

bro i lost all my communication skills

Art by catmallardart (on Instagram)

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff and O-T Fagbenle as Rick Mason Black Widow (2021) dir. Cate Shortland

I want to steal the big glittering trackball out of a super monkey ball arcade cabinet

item of unimaginable power

bonus:

cool cool cool I just wanna say one of the most heartbreaking things about rewatching endgame was noticing that steve looks to natasha for EVERYTHING. it’s his automatic response to anything unexpected.

the first thing he does when he notices the stones aren’t in thanos’s gauntlet? he looks at her for her reaction.

the first thing he does when they get out of the car at tony’s, and tony maybe doesn’t react the way steve had hoped expected? he looks at her and waits for her signal to approach the house.

the first thing he does when they’re experimenting with time travel and things start to go south? he glances at her, expecting her instructions, even though bruce is literally the one manning the time machine.

it’d become second nature for him to look to her for guidance and direction, for him to gauge her reaction before forming his own. because she had more experience than he did when it came to a lot of things, and she was the one who helped him and taught him to find his feet in the present—she was his anchor to this world, but she was also his guiding light. i can’t imagine what it was like to lose that.

Hold on, just adding to the entire “Noto is best Natasha illustrator” thing. 

Compare these covers illustrated by different artists.

to these covers illustrated by Noto

What a difference, am I right? 

YES THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID NOTO DOESN’T SEXUALIZE HER LIKE SHE’S A PIECE OF MEAT OR SMTH, even the panels (i can’t add images bc im on mobile) but Noto doesn’t give Natasha an unrealistically clinched waist or huge breasts the figure he draws on natasha is perfect toned, muscular waist with an adequately proportional bust, also thighs that are not too thin or thick but TONED. That FITS as a body type because she works out and it FITS bc its nor hyper sexualized in any way and for that alone mr. noto has my vote.

you know what I couldn’t stay away i’m adding pics. 

#1: He’s noto’s natasha underwater:

there’s no overdefined bust, her hips, her thighs everything is realistic. he hasn’t added a glaze or smth over her suit to make it look extra-leathery or smth the suit is realistic as are as arms look how toned they are, how strong because she’s muscular and she needs that muscle.

#2: now there’s this whole panel:

look at those realistic action moves, nothing’s over sexualized about the way she falls or how her butt looks or smth. it isn’t overtly SEXU it’s realistic. She falls and scrambles and her chest isn’t popping out of her suit. ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION BUT NOTICE HOW HER SUIT IS FULLY ZIPPED UP. NOT ENDING AT HER CLEAVAGE BUT UP TO THE FUCKING COLLAR.

#3: also, look at how he draws/colours her backside too:

there’s nothing hypersexualized about her butt. it’s normal. her thighs her legs, everything is in motion, in action and he draws her like she’s a CHARACTER not an object of the male gaze. 

#4: ok here’s more action moves and LOOK:

look at how when she’s jumping, her hands are out to brace herself, how HER HAIR IS TIED BACK IN A PONYTAIL. How she’s kicking and loving and none of it is used to emphasize her butt or smth. its just realistic body movement. Look at the angles, the way she walks. She is on a mission and her face has EXPRESSIONS that show that she’s here ON BUSINESS and not to look pretty like most BW comics do. (refer to #2 for expressive faces as well)

#5: you might say, hey eldritch-beau thats just because he uses the colour black on her like that. to which i raise you: 

he’s just as good at drawing Natasha in white and its the white fucking SUIT fellas, that suit FUCKS and its realistic too and just as GOOD so its not just his style of Natasha’s suit, it’s how he draws HER. He doesn’t draw her to fit the suit, he draws the suit to fit HER.

#6: now look at how he draws her in civilian clothes. I don’t even need to tell you the difference.

see how her clothes are not unnecessarily skin-tight? see how her pants/leggings are in civies are good in the sense that they let her move, breathe and not be restricted to just her being slender and looking sexy. Her coat flaps about, her shirt doesn’t stick to her skin, her pants are loose enough and SHE IS WEARING FLATS. She’s efficient and Noto draws her with that efficiency because she is a PERSON and the drawing is consistent, her figure is consistent and she isn’t very tall but that did not make Noto make her tiny. He made her muscular and you can SEE it in the calves, in how she moves and how she runs. 

#7: here’s a pic of natasha coming home after a long day and you know what?

noto is the only valid make artist allowed to draw women lounging look at how there’s literally nothing sexualized about how she just flops onto the bed, how her waist isn’t five sizes smaller than her chest when she comes into her room. And when she’s just lying down. tired, she’s exhausted and you can see that. and it’s OK. she doesn’t have to fit the male gaze and it’s FINE.

tldr: noto’s art is amazing and besides the fact that I love the way he colours, I also REALLY love the way he draws Natasha and yall need to go read his comic run asap bc its really good and heartfelt and i can’t gush enough about his art and this post will get too long if I pull up every panel so I’ll leave this post here, go check out Natasha’s 2014 run. That was Noto’s and I can assure you, you wont regret it.

What a year this week has been.

It’s Monday

They have nine beverages between the two of them

i have that painting ai app on my phone so i went ahead and took the liberty…

What they have are five beverages and four waters. Water, by definition, cannot be a beverage.

The fuck do you mean water cant be a beverage?

when you’re a kid and you’re feeling weird and detached and you fall asleep in the late afternoon with school clothes still on and you wake up and its dark and dinner is almost done and time feels like a thick jelly 

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