how they could have kept cap 3 civil war w/o turning it into avengers 2.5
-do not open the film with action. the captain american movies have always been incredibly human. keep the pattern tfa & tws set; open with a moment//moments that add to steve rogers’ character
– scratch the tony narrative Completely. i’m sorry to any tony fans but seriously, get that out of there. follow steve’s perspective and steve’s perspective only, the exception being for plot-driven scenes only
-given us more steve. he felt like a secondary character to his own film. how could that have been remedied? replace any time alotted by tony flashbacks and character insight with Steve flashbacks and character insight. give me steve watching the mother who had cared for him his whole life, breathing her last breaths in his arms, consumed by sickness. give me a quiet moment with sam, heartbroken and apologetic after two years of unsuccessfully searching for what, a ghost? give me steve helping a old woman carry her groceries into her apartment, and have her recognize him. have him spending the rest of the day with her, unguarded.
-exploit thaddeus ross’ moral depravity; he is not just some hardass trying to push politics. the project he led illegally experimented on prisoners, he lied to bruce banner (and the misinformation is what led to bruce being turned into the hulk), he personally swore he’d kill bruce and hunted him to endlessly bruce saw no other option than to try to kill himself
-highlight the worst part of the accords. remind the audience that nefarious interests have infiltrated the government before. show us a flashback where steve’s actions were manipulated by a hydra controlled shield & the negative consequences. show us that the government does not always follow the moral highground.
-let us have more time where steve interacts with bucky. let them have an actual conversation.
-give us more sam wilson, someone who connected with steve and saw him as more than captain america when no one else would
-make us feel as desperate as steve feels. let us know just will happen if steve doesn’t come out on top this time. give us the hopelessness, make us be sided 100% with steve with no reservations because this is His story, without a single doubt, this is his struggle. we are rooting for steve no matter what as he fights an unjust world that would have killed his best friend without sure evidence, that would have imprisoned him, that would have dictated his every move and treated him and those like him as weapons and pawns
there should have never been sides. it should not have been open for interpretation. it should have just been the story of a man who keeps fighting for what he believes in and stands up against any bully, even if it means pitting him against the whole world, and yet, and yet,…. he still triumphs and refuses to be put down
also i just want to say marketing for this movie fucking sucked. if it was avengers: civil war, the “pick a team” tagline would have made sense. if it was an avengers movie, having iron man and his “side” just as prominent on the poster would have made sense. but it wasn’t an avengers movie. it was a captain america movie. marketing should never have given the x vs x narrative. it was supposed to b just an x story; steve rogers
honestly i’m angry enough they chose the civil war plot in the first place, they could have at least given steve the respect he deserved as a character and made the story his….
they get fogged up when we drink hot beverages.
they get smudged for no reason.
we will push them up using anything in our area (i.e shoulder, whatever is in my hand, scrunching my nose up so they get pushed up, etc.).
they get knocked off our faces all. the. fucking. time.
when we change clothes we either take them off or they fall off when we pull our shirts off.
we have to clean them after being in the rain.
we own multiple pairs of them, not just one lone pair for our whole lives.
most people don’t wear them in the pool, but some have extra old pairs for the pool (like me).
some people take them off during sex, that’s fine! but some people keep them on.
they don’t get squished into your face when you kiss (most of the time. at least from what i’ve experienced and i’ve got some mf big glasses).
if we look down and look back up while you talk/to peek up at something, we will just peek blindly over the top of them.
we clean them on whatever item of clothing is closest.
some of us have prescription sunglasses and some of us wear contacts when we need to wear sunglasses.
please keep some of these in mind when you write characters with glasses cause y’all who have 20/20 vision keep telling me all characters sleep in their glasses and own the same singular pair from age 6-25 and they never clean them.
( there’s this but you missed a few iconic glasses traits – “where’d I put my glasses” (is wearing them) – new glasses getting scratched on basically nothing. where’d the nick come from? we just don’t know. – forgetting you’re wearing synthetic material and just smudge the junk on your glasses around – after doing so, proceeding to hunt down any friend who is wearing a more cottony material – getting eyelashes on your glasses – stabbing yourself in the face with the arm of your glasses – “woah are you blind?” – “how many fingers am I holding up??” – walking into a warm room from the cold and suddenly being unable to see because your glasses fogged up – going outside and everything is Super Crisp 1080p – having three pairs of glasses and putting all of them at once – “aw dude you have transition lenses? lucky.” – the non-glasses scrutinising squint – taking off your glasses and suddenly you’re a different entity entirely – if you’re too good for taking off your glasses when dressing/undressing, realising you didn’t pull the collar of a shirt out enough and subjecting to your fate )
-For female characters wearing eye makeup is pretty much useless
– the reason why is because no matter what we do, the mascara will smear on our glasses
– thinking “Oh, there’s a little smudge. I’ll just clean it quickly”, then taking the glasses off and wondering how the hell you could see with what looks like three layers of dirt on them
– giving your loved one a little kiss but in the wrong angle so their nose touches your glasses
– the look™ when you’re in your bed lying on the side with your glasses on (aka the glasses are skewed)
-sleeping in glasses fucking hurts… well, not anymore, but it used too
-if you have long eyelashes, having to push your glasses down your nose so they dont constantly rub each other, then having to push them up cuz you cant see
-WHY WONT YOU STAY ON MY FACE?!?!?!
-*they tilt crooked slightly* oh wow, And… now Im falling over
-having transitions and right after walking into a building you can’t see because they’re still dark
-forgetting where you put them then having to either ask for help or judge your entire surroundings
-dont like contacts? like cosplaying? guess what! you’re blind now!
-trading glasses with other glasses wearers to see how blind your friends are
-when there’s a smudge that just. Won’t. Go. Away.
-“hey do you have lens cleaner?”
-your old glasses become your back up pair in case your current ones break
-metal and plastic frames are very different and most people have a preference
-*goes to bed* ”Wait. I’m wearing my glasses.”
-the ‘why won’t you stay on my face’ has the inverse of *leans over cliff* ‘oh my god, they’re actually staying on my face. w h a t’
-that moment is usually is paired with instinctively holding onto them.
-those moments are also paired with the thought ‘I should really get one of those neck-holders’
-’why is that so blurry…wait, I’m not wearing my glasses’
-wakes up, puts glasses on, looks at ceiling, sees bug, ‘hahaha nope.’ takes glasses off, no bug. good.
-sometimes? long hair? goes? weird directions? It curls around the frames and is kinda weird? (I’m talking straight hair, idk about curly/wavy) and don’t get me started on hair tangling in the elbow of the frames.
-for people who don’t have prescription sunglasses/wear contacts- sunglasses over glasses is your new best friend or those annoying two-toned glasses that are kinda sunglasses if you look through them right. Otherwise, it’s sun blind or natural blind.
-’this sport requires a helmet/mask’ *raises hand* Can I wear my glasses under it?
-glasses are actually pretty strong and I’ve survived pencils, fingers, pillows, kickballs, and various other things that were (accidentally or not) aimed at my face.
-glasses also break stupid easy and my dad’s glasses fell apart on a whim.
-having a ball thrown at your face while wearing glasses may protect your eyes, but it doesn’t protect your nose and the area around your eyes from getting bruises from the frames being forced into your face.
-*looking at impressionist/abstract painting* *takes off glasses* *soft gasp of wonder*
-when you first get them it’s like ‘wait what the heck, I was SO BLIND BEFORE’ even tho you might not have even noticed at first.
-looking halfway through them and halfway not in order to see things as blurry and not blurry at the same time. IDK it’s amusing.
I can confirm that’s as someone who wears glasses it’s ALL true. I have another point tho.
-*in science class* “so you’ll need to grab some goggle for eye safety” and you’ll hear one of three options. “You have glasses on so you don’t need goggles”, “take your glasses off” in which case then you’re suddenly blind for science class, or the best option “they’ll fit.over your glasses”
I HAD SHOP CLASSES WHEN I WAS IN MY FIRST HIGH SCHOOL AND OH BOY I HAVE HEARD ALL THREE
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