Imagine a conspiracy theorist talking about how they think Cap is still alive and out there somewhere and they’re like ‘yeah but what if his super serum stuff kept his body ALIVE in the ICE and he’s been WORKING FOR THE SECRET MILITARY EVER SINCE-’ but everyone else is just like ‘shut up lol’
okay sorry to add but
What if it was Tony?
His huge project for college is This Theory, and who better to cover it? His own father worked with Cap, and it’s kind of a “Screw You” to his father, working on a Captain America project, something Howard never thought he could do.
He has hours of research put in, a paper carefully proofread and academically professional thanks to vetting by Rhodey, and–
Tony gets laughed out of town. He can’t be serious, right? There’s no way a human would actually survive for seventy years. What about nutrition intakes? Temperatures? Cap may be enhanced, but he’s not Perfection (no matter what Howard would slur late at night).
But Tony still has it. Occasionally, it’ll get brought up on interviews.
Flash forward decades later, and Cap comes out of the ice.
It is literally all over Tony’s twitter:
“GUESS WHO WAS RIGHT ASSHOLES?????? GUESS. TAKE A WILD GUESS.”
He has the link to the paper on his Instagram, shoves it in his asshole-former professor’s face who told him he was wasting his time.
Tony is thriving and best of all?
Steve is the same way. He’s petty, he likes proving people right, and so he tweets about the paper a couple months later, saying: “I know I live with a genius, but wow! He knew about me before any of you!”
Imagine a conspiracy theorist talking about how they think Cap is still alive and out there somewhere and they’re like ‘yeah but what if his super serum stuff kept his body ALIVE in the ICE and he’s been WORKING FOR THE SECRET MILITARY EVER SINCE-’ but everyone else is just like ‘shut up lol’
okay sorry to add but
What if it was Tony?
His huge project for college is This Theory, and who better to cover it? His own father worked with Cap, and it’s kind of a “Screw You” to his father, working on a Captain America project, something Howard never thought he could do.
He has hours of research put in, a paper carefully proofread and academically professional thanks to vetting by Rhodey, and–
Tony gets laughed out of town. He can’t be serious, right? There’s no way a human would actually survive for seventy years. What about nutrition intakes? Temperatures? Cap may be enhanced, but he’s not Perfection (no matter what Howard would slur late at night).
But Tony still has it. Occasionally, it’ll get brought up on interviews.
Flash forward decades later, and Cap comes out of the ice.
It is literally all over Tony’s twitter:
“GUESS WHO WAS RIGHT ASSHOLES?????? GUESS. TAKE A WILD GUESS.”
He has the link to the paper on his Instagram, shoves it in his asshole-former professor’s face who told him he was wasting his time.
Tony is thriving and best of all?
Steve is the same way. He’s petty, he likes proving people right, and so he tweets about the paper a couple months later, saying: “I know I live with a genius, but wow! He knew about me before any of you!”
I always found it a bit odd. Hilarious, but it raised too many questions. When did Steve make these? Why did Steve make these? How did he manage to be so cheesy and overly sincere knowing how much crap he would get from the other Avengers for it?
Well, today my sister told me her headcanon. Picture the scene. Steve leans on the back of a chair, as above. Peter immediately launches into ‘So, you got detention…’. Cap blinks. Peter awkwardly tries to explain. It turns out Cap has no idea what videos he means, and neither do any of the other Avengers.
So they get in touch with the company who made them, and they swear blind that it was really the real Captain America, and that it all his idea. That he came in and said how much he wanted to help the youth of today.And the Avengers all lose it because someone is running around doing an unbelievably good impression of Captain America, they could have destroyed his reputation, they could have infiltrated the Avengers; and instead all they are apparently using it for is to make silly, embarrassing videos.
It’s completely baffling. Who could possibly be behind it all?
let’s be real abt ghostbusters for a second because it is not even debatable that after the girls save the city and holtzmann’s face is on television they get 200 calls a day like “there’s a ghost in my bed and i need jillian holtzmann to come and take care of it”
As a person with a liberal arts degree who basically has never worked in the field for which she studied, I submit to you that Patty Tolan could potentially hold at the very least a Bachelor’s in American History.
Statistically, Black women are the most educated, degree-holding group in America, and STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter.
She could also potentially be an autodidact, but there’s no reason she has to be.
STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter. Those of us with advanced degrees who are underemployed know this. Hell, several STEM degree holders are also underemployed.
Picture Patricia Tolan’s Master thesis on the history of capital punishment in New York being how she identified that ghost in the subway and tell me that isn’t fucking awesome.
She might also have an MA as an architecture historian, which is how she knows so much about specific buildings and their histories
ok but
architecture historian patty tolan predicting the kind of specters that might show up based on the age of the building
architecture historian patty predicting where most ghost activity will be based on which areas are undergoing extreme gentrification, all that ‘renovating’ stirs up a lot of angry ghost energy
patty knowing the escape routes because she’s familiar with the style of architecture and can get everyone out if the ghost gets too hostile
patty being really concerned over the amount of damage their equipment can do to historic structures (and holtz tinkering with it to make them do less damage in the physical world and more to ghosts because she cares about her gf)
patty geeking out when one of the more destructive technologies reveals the original facade of a cool building behind a soulless modern cover
patty being able to calm ghosts down by showing homeowners and renters and landlords what updates to the structure probably got the ghost mad and advising them to get rid of it because its not in the right style anyways
patty going to the archives and doing initial research of a ghost because the archives are cool and its nice to have her hands on original source material again, amazing to be actually using her degree, even if its for something weird and a little scary
let’s pretend for a minute that Natasha’s characterization isn’t always tied to the white dude opposite her and pretend that she’s been fleshed out the way she deserves to be:
Can you just imagine her interactions with the other characters of the MCU?
Natasha being away on a mission during the events of im3 but when she finds out, she breaks into Pepper’s hospital room and refuses to leave until she’s better, then hunts down the remainder of Killian’s men and makes sure that they never go near her friend again. Consequently, Natasha makes it her business to have a standing lunch date with Pepper at least once a month
Thor taking her to Asgard and the Warriors Three and Sif being so beyond taken by the mortal woman who “stands with gods and triumphs against giants.” Sif even comes down to Earth every once in a while to visit
Natasha properly mourning Coulson’s death, not just braving it stoically. He was her friend and coworker before he knew any of them. Natasha being wrecked over Grant Ward’s betrayal, because she helped train him herself
Darcy tripping over herself at meeting another Avenger – not just another Avenger, but the Black Widow. And Natasha being horrified that she and Jane run around with Thor and Loki and all of them with no defense training and insists on teaching them
Tony accidentally walking in on Natasha during a very severe panic attack (because Natasha has PTSD and anyone who disagrees can fight me) and waits it out with her, trying to make her as comfortable as possible. He passes on whatever advice he can, but generally he just tries to support her however he can
Tea breaks with Bruce, trying to conquer her fear of the Hulk by forcing herself to be around the man. Plus, Bruce is a wonderful storyteller, and because of SHIELD’s pursuit of him, has been all around the world. Natasha tries not to feel too guilty about that
Being Maria Hill’s plus one for fancy governmental functions because Maria can’t stand politicians and Natasha loves scaring the hell out of them. They always go and get drunk together afterwards
God, there’s just so much potential with Natasha that we’re not seeing because she’s being reduced to a sex object
Lestrade’s passcode is totally “Greg” because the only person that would try to hack his phone is Sherlock and it’s the one thing Sherlock doesn’t know
