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Ok so WandaVision finale.

I have questions. Like what happened to white vision???? Also I’m really concerned about Wanda reading the darkhold, that end credits was decidedly ominous.

Anyway, my heart was shattered with losing Vision and the kids. Dammit I was worried about that. I’d hoped that “magic of creation” might have meant that even if Vision was sustained by the hex, that perhaps the kids were real. Seriously though hasn’t Wanda lost enough? The sheer courage she had to give them up to free everyone from the hex, when she hadn’t meant to do it in the first place, one moment of overwhelming grief and bam.

I know that in the hex the townspeople were suffering. That was bad and I feel very sorry for them. I’m not saying they should forgive Wanda, she hurt them and that was wrong, but I do hope they understand that it wasn’t malicious. The moment Wanda understand the impact she was having on others she ended it. She gave them their lives back. You could argue that her family weren’t real but they were real to Wanda. Vision was made from her love, and so were their kids.

So yeah that was super sad.

I’m still super bummed by “Ralph” aka fake!Pietro. Why? Why? WHY? They could have cast anybody to be the fake brother in the scenario they played, making it Evan Peters made it seem like there was more to it. It raised expectations, it certainly raised my hopes, and then that was it? I really, really hope that it’s not. Like there had to have been more to it. Please let there have been more to it. I won’t even be mad if the writers goofed, just thought it would be fun, and are now going “oh shit” at the reaction. Just let them fix it in a later instalment. Let them tie it into the multiverse how it should always have been.

Does Monica still have her powers? Everything else transformed back to how it was when the hex receded. Did Monica? They didn’t show us so I don’t know. I am thrilled though at the teaser that we’re going to see more of her, as she’s going to head up to join Nick Fury in space skrull land. Did anyone else think that skrull resembled Talos’ daughter? I mean Monica’s all grown up now, so it stands to reason she is as well.

Right so in conclusion. This show got better as it went along. I wasn’t convinced by the first couple of episodes. They were too wacky for me, too disconnected, but once the plot got going whoah – awesome.

I’d now say that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has a fair bit to live up to 🙂

nerdramblings101 said:  why does The Falcon and The Winter Soldier have to live up to WandaVision?

galactic-pirates said:  @nerdramblings101 that was my way of saying I thought WandaVision was good. It set a pretty high standard. So I’m hoping the next Marvel Disney+ series will be just as good. I confess The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the series I’ve been most looking forward to anyway. So I guess I’m a bit nervous it won’t live up to hype. But WandaVision won me over. So I just need to have faith I guess 🙂 

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Ok I’m at the point in my obsession where everything is Sanctuary, or more specifically in this case my OT3.

Watched WandaVision today. I haven’t screamed about it on here yet. To be honest I think I’m still processing.

Anyway, there were a couple of lines and legit not lying, while I was watching I instantly went “that would work great for a Sanctuary gifset” /facepalm.

I added it to the list.

I was on 28 if you remember and I was pondering how/when to focus on making them. My first thought was a month but that seemed like a lot so I figured a week would be a good start, which then reminded me that appreciation weeks are a thing. I jumped in with both feet thinking that was an awesome idea aaaaand you guessed it.

The number has now jumped to 45.

At this rate I’m going to have more ideas for gifsets than there were episodes haha. Still it’s all good. I enjoy making gifs, bringing the idea in my head to life, it’s just finding the time to do it.

You know I only started making gifs because of Sanctuary anyway. I reached a point where I couldn’t find anything more to reblog and it made me sad. I wanted more and so had a “welp guess I better do it myself” moment haha.

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Well I’ve gone and done it now haha. Throwing stuff out there is always so scary. Also I’m paranoid I’ve spent appreciation wrong somewhere. That is a hard word.

Anyway worst case scenario it falls flat. No big deal. I’ll still make stuff.

Ok writing update! I’m approaching the end of Choosing Fate. Today I worked out how many scenes I have left (5) and I’m going to attempt to finish by the end of the week. That is a teeny bit ambitious (they are big scenes) but I always get a boost when I near the end. I feel like it’s all downhill and I just want to get there. Plus it’s 5k weekend on WriYe and challenges always help.

It’s going to need some work when it’s done. I’ve already made a few notes of stuff I’m not sure I adequately included earlier but having a complete draft means I’m one step closer. This fic has been tricky, I think it’s the lack of gunfire. I always seem to do best when there’s a bad guy to fight. This was all feelings and mutually pining idiots.

Still I can now check ‘arranged marriage’ off my bucket list 🙂

Words Written: 2,160
Current Total: 43,531

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Apparently I have 28 ideas for Sanctuary gifsets

(I counted)

Now I’m pondering what to do with that information. Doing them sporadically when I feel like it has been fun, but it’s not exactly fast or efficient. I’m wondering about maybe designating a month as an “appreciation month” and attempting to do a gifset daily.

On one hand that seems like a lot of pressure and a recipe for burnout. On the other hand I like creating gifsets and having a creating blitz does seem like it might be fun. Can something be potentially fun and stressful? Hmm.

It would be a huge commitment and therein lies the scheduling problem. I’ve picked up drawing heads this month (1 head a day for 100 days). I’m trying to write like mad this month, so as to be in a good place for Camp NaNo next month. I’m still doing Sketch a Day, and I want to do a big digital drawing every month. Plus you know I do have other commitments.

Maybe something smaller. I think I might moot the idea of an appreciation week on the Sanctuary discord. I’ll quite happily just do it solo but I need more Sanctuary in my life, so encouraging others also sounds like a good idea.

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Wrote loads today. It was 4thewords fault. I just had to keep beating Tylu for claws. Managed to hand in a few quests. I love that feeling! 🙂

Also decided to move up the source blood experiment from “hinting at the end of the epilogue” to “part of the actual fic”. I’d introduced both Nigel and Nikola so it made sense. Plus I needed something to give the next bit some structure. They are being miscommunicating idiots at the moment and I don’t want to bang on about that too much, but timeline wise I needed the story to go on before the resolution. Pacing.

So Helen just told John and James about the existence of abnormals. They discussed research but that isn’t going to hold for long hence bringing in the source blood. I’m a bit concerned about length. I’m not trying to drag it out but it’s getting to be long (almost 40k) and I really hope it’s not boring.

I’m thinking about how long it’s going to take me to finish it. I’m thinking about Camp NaNo and what project to pick. Ideally it would be good to start a new one and try and do the NaNo experience with a fresh project and try and finish it. However I don’t know how that’s going to sync up. If I finish Choosing Fate middle of this month and then move to Fall of Camelot where is that going to leave me for the start of April?

My inclination last 2 days has been to try and write faster but it’s a crazy hope to think I could finish Fall of Camelot by the end of the month. I’m still tempted to try though. I guess maybe I’ll know better what is likely later this month. Still after hoping that I’d finish Choosing Fate by the end of January I am relieved at least to feel like I’m approaching the end.

Words Written: 2,846
Current Total: 39,675

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I haven’t rambled again in a while oops but I have been writing. I haven’t missed a day since I last rambled.

Since then I finished that “AU of an AU” and I’ve been working on Choosing Fate. I really wish that I had a beta reader, I think I’ve said this before, because I could do with another set of eyes. I want to know if it’s boring to read. Basically I’m worrying that it’s not any good. I don’t know why because I only had one person (maybe two) read Our Darkest Hour so it’s not like I’ve got many people to disappoint.

Anyway, I’m starting to get a better feeling on the stories direction. A couple of days ago I hit a point and I wasn’t sure where to go next. I mean I have the ending but it’s the middle part, I wasn’t sure how to structure it. But since then the threads have started to come together.

You know I posted the bulk of my Rumbelle fanfic between May 2016 and May 2017. There were a few little stories after that but nothing to write home about. That was over 500k in a year. Heady days, a fandom obsession and like a lot of things that burn hot it didn’t last. A lot of that was to do with things that were going on IRL but I think the passion also faded.

Since then I’ve written odd things but nothing got my attention the same way. Nothing until … Sanctuary. I don’t know why it grabbed me so hard but it has. I started writing November 1st last year and I’ve gone over 100k already. Heady days, a new obsession. I also love that even though I get crickets, I’m still just as passionate about this OT3.

True I miss having fellow fans to bounce off. There’s an energy to that which I miss, and yeah sure comments are lovely and don’t get me wrong I’d love more. But I do find myself content enough with just the journey. I love writing for this OT3, for this show, I love immersing myself in that world. I’ve already started taking notes for the actual AU (my next big fic) and I haven’t finished this multi-chapter yet.

I don’t know when this obsession will fade, though I’m sure it’ll happen sometime. Until then however 🙂

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Current Total: 33,210

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I just had a thought which made me sad.

Hayward only got away with what he said/did with Vision because Tony is dead.

Hayward told Wanda “I can’t let you have 3 billion dollars of vibranium to put in a hole in the ground” but Tony would have let her. Tony would have seen Vision as a person first.

Now obviously Tony wasn’t snapped and Vision was removed from the Wakandan battlefield somehow and got to Sword pre-Endgame. When Wanda came back from being dusted, he wasn’t there.

BUT Tony was in space when the Wakanda battle went down. He didn’t get back until some time later and he was in bad shape for a bit. I’m guessing perhaps Cap and the remaining Avengers brought Vision’s body back to the tower and Sword took it from them. Tony walked away from the Avengers, and by Morgan’s age Pepper was pregnant pretty quickly. I don’t think Tony would have let Sword take Vision if he knew about it, but I’m guessing he didn’t.

Tony was busy grieving for Peter, and trying to put some kind of life back together with Pepper. Also knowing Tony he was probably trying to fix the world, to deal with the logistics of half the population randomly vanishing and all that meant. I mean it was random who got dusted and that would have meant chaos. Experts, leaders, entire teams who take care of important stuff like power stations – big holes in infrastructure. He had a lot on his plate.

If Tony had lived then when Wanda immediately went looking for Vision to mourn him post-Endgame, he would have helped her. He would have found Vision at Sword and he would have moved heaven and earth to give Vision his dignity as a person – not just as a machine.

Hayward dismissed Wanda basically as “upset family member” who didn’t have the clout to argue. She wasn’t a citizen in Civil War (I remember Tony saying something about how they don’t give green cards to weapons, which suggests that he fought hard for Wanda’s legal rights and had trouble). She has that history as a fugitive post-Civil War (though that was presumably rescinded post-snap because Cap can move about freely). Whereas Tony is Tony Stark, head of Stark Industries, with more money than Midas and Pepper’s rolodex of important people to call.

I miss Tony 🙁

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Lol I just watched WandaVision early because I thought it was the finale but there’s one more episode.

So Hayward is confirmed to be full of shit because Wanda never took Vision’s body. I guess we know who the bad guy is for the big showdown fight next episode – Hayward’s Vision.

Wanda losing herself in her powers also confirmed. I know she’s taken an entire town hostage which is bad but I really don’t think she meant to. It happened in a moment of blind grief. I think in episode 1 she had no idea and I think she gained awareness of it steadily, but still didn’t really know how she did it. Without that knowledge could she even stop it? Might it have been dangerous to stop it? It must have been quite frightening. She lost control and didn’t know what to do.

I’m a bit sad that fake!Pietro is just fake. I had hoped that it was a reality thing but Agatha seems to have implied otherwise. I guess it was just a fun haha for those who saw the X-Men movies.

Also sad that this entire episode went by without Monica and so we still don’t know if she is ok after being found by fake!Pietro.

Wanda being called the Scarlet Witch though was pretty damn cool! 🙂

If Wanda has the powers of creation why did Vision start to disintegrate when he left the hex? I guess it’s not really creation if he has to stay within the hex field. What does that mean for Billy and Tommy as they are presumably created to? Real or not real Wanda has lost too much already 🙁 it’s sad.

Ugh I really thought it was the end today and now I have to wait an entire another week! I just want answers dammit. I know we kinda got a lot of confirmation but I still have questions.

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“Go get them … Supergirl”

I knew Cat Grant knew! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! Oh she is the best. I love her. Ahhhh I knew she knew and they confirmed it eeeeek 🙂 🙂 🙂

Wow the repair bill for the city with all those crashed into buildings is going to be pretty high.

I love how Lena is the smart one but I did cringe at the “did you know Mon El is dating Kara Danvers” because really? As much as I cheer that Cat Grant knows I despair that Lena doesn’t because it seems so obvious. Maggie worked it out. Lena is the smartest around – she made that device thing work! – she is more than smart enough to see the truth.

Just more evidence I guess that Lena is Lois to Kara’s Supergirl because I remember on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, they did a whole couple of episodes about how/why Lois didn’t see it. HG Wells said that was part of their love story for the ages. So because Lena is in love with Kara she has the same love blindness blinkers that Lois did.

There I fixed it and made myself feel better.

So Mon-El got zipped into some kind of portal. I should care. I do a bit. He grew on me eventually but I still find him a bit yawn-worthy. The teaser of the evil kryptonian obviously took their decorating tips from the Sith Empire with all those evil red accents.

I would celebrate Alex and Maggie’s engagement except I know spoilers and I think it’ll make me cry so I’m trying not to get too attached.

Got to be honest aside from the punch the air moment when Cat Grant revealed she knew the truth this finale wasn’t as much of a ride as the previous episode. Think they peaked a little early.

Anyway onto season 3! Well another day haha.

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Why did I choose to do such a big background? My skills are not good enough for this /cries.

Every time I attempt a drawing I despair. I guess it’s part of the process but man it sucks.