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Okay I’m sorry but I’m fucking wheezing

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You’re freaking wELCOME BUT Nobody answered my question

like I was actually confused for a while I just

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Bee movie intro funny meme make me go haha

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Avengers: Endgame is said to be the end of many of these heroes’ stories. By that I take it to mean it will, in some way, wrap up the narrative threads started 10 years ago with Iron Man, branching into Thor, and also Captain America: The First Avenger. These films started the trilogies for each of the “big three” characters: Tony, Thor, and Steve.

Thinking about it that way, there’s absolutely no way Tony’s story will end on a heartbreaking note. If Avengers: Endgame is the end to Tony Stark’s saga, it will fall thematically in line with the Iron Man films before it–and each Iron Man film ended on a positive and upbeat note. 

The three Iron Man films boast three happy endings–all featuring the whole “Iron Family” together, alive and well, having been made stronger through their experiences. 

It would be tonally dissonant for Tony’s story to end in a manner that isn’t fitting of an Iron Man film just because it’s an Avengers film. So all the speculations about “Tony getting erased from history,” “Tony having to sacrifice his family,” “Tony dying, leaving Pepper and a child behind,” etc. like… 

Can you see those happening at the end of an Iron Man film? I definitely can’t. And I think that’s an important distinction. 

Like of course tragedy has befallen Tony in films outside the Iron Man franchise: Tony incidentally creating a murderous A.I.; Tony beaten to hell in a Siberian bunker after having found out the grisly truth about his parents’ murder; Tony get left stranded on Titan after having a child he cares about crumble to ash in his arms. All these things are very dark and set apart from the Iron Man trilogy…

… but they’re not the end. Dark things have happened in Iron Man films too: Tony had his chest blown open, had surgery performed on him in a cave, was tortured, was betrayed by his father figure in the most horrible way, has almost lost the people he loves multiple times, was slowly dying from palladium poisoning, suffered from PTSD after nearly dying in a wormhole in space, etc. 

But, in the end, Tony’s story always ends well. Always. After all the heartbreak in each Iron Man film, Tony’s left a better man than he was before, standing beside the woman he loves.

For this reason, I refuse to believe Tony’s story will end any differently just because it’s an Avengers film. I expect the Russos will keep to the spirit of the Iron Man films when concluding Tony’s saga, because that’s where it began. They respect the narrative, they respect the character, and I don’t see them bastardizing the legacy of the Iron Man franchise solely for the angst factor. They care more than that. 

Killing off Tony after building a ten-year redemption arc is horrible storytelling. There would be zero payoff for the audience that followed him on his long journey to wipe the red in his ledger. It’s easy to think his death will invoke the ultimate pathos among the audience; it won’t. It would be frustrating; it would feel incomplete; while we have discussed the notion of Tony being a classical tragic hero, having exhibited several characteristics of such figures over the years, his story arc also reverts the trope on its head.

Take Iron Man 3 as an example: His hubris (challenging the Mandarin) led to his spectacular downfall (the destruction of his mansion) but the story didn’t end there: It continued with Tony on the path of redemption, where he learned from his mistakes, corrected the wrongs, and defeated the villain (okay, he had help). Tony went from a tragic hero to an epic hero who relied on his courage, wit, and resourcefulness to stop Killian from winning. You could argue that was the Disney effect at play, and perhaps it was, but what’s to say the same wouldn’t happen in Endgame?

Come to think of it, I feel like Tony constantly toes the line between a tragic hero and an epic hero. That, imho, would ultimately tip the scales in favour of him living. @starkravinghazelnuts

I can’t add a dang thing beyond this: 

“Killing off Tony after building a ten-year redemption arc is horrible storytelling. There would be zero payoff for the audience that followed him on his long journey to wipe the red in his ledger.”

If Sans from Undertale gets announced as a playable character for smash tomorrow I’ll give everyone who reblogs this $2

Yeet I’m disappearing for tomorrow soooo bye y’all

And have a lovely gaudpocalypse everyone!

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credit: everyones-aesthetics 

Ketchup is obviously nuclear acid with a lead base, or plain saline, so it’s the obvious choice.

Your a mean one, mister spinch

3D Printed Silverware. Design by Francis Bitonti Studio.

So the Elves have discovered 3D printing….

why does Christopher Robin look like he’s just committed murder and he’s trying to explain to his ursine childhood hallucination that it’s a fun pastime

No you fool, Pooh committed the murder and now Christopher Robin is begrudgingly helping to hide the body while trying to explain to this monster why what he did was wrong.

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

 tl;dr NASA employs a bunch of fucking nerds

It gets better.

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the poster NASA released for his mission to the ISS:

NASA confirmed for a bunch of fucking nerds

*wipes single tear*

They’re just too beautiful.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. 

NASA personnel are, like, the top nerds. The alpha nerds. The absolute nerdiest nerds. The nerds other nerds look to for nerdspiration. 

THIS IS ADORABLES :D

I strongly recommend a visit to the following website (http://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-expedition-posters/) that has all of them.

Everything started off all vanilla but a Expedition 16 they showed that they were truly Masters of The Dork Side of The Force:

Some other amusing posters they approved:

Nerdspiration

Gaud I love nasa now

Potential Family Variations