Ngl I Hated Him For A While But He's So Well Written... After Thunderbolts* I've Found That He's Growing

Ngl I hated him for a while but he's so well written... after thunderbolts* I've found that he's growing on me

Ship or not, John is Bob’s second closest Thunderbolt after Yelena:

Despite his initial animosity, John seemed genuinely concerned when Bob sacrificed himself to distract the special forces from pursuing the trio. He ignored Ava’s instructions to leave, waiting for Yelena to say.

Aside from Yelena, he was the only one who faced Bob’s dark essence before the final battle (Bob probably also saw what was going on in his mind).

Despite seeing John as a complete ass, Bob treated him far more gently in the fight than he did Bucky and Alexei, though John was just as aggressive as they were (attacking, shooting).

He was the one who encouraged Bob and who praised him.

He was also the first to rush to help Yelena restrain Bob, despite having been impaled by a piece of iron just a minute before.

When John learned that Bob’s abusive father used to call him “Bobby”, he stopped doing it.

Other little thing: John was the one who freed Bob and saw his capsule in its opened state.

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acetheaverage-8

1 month ago

OH MY GOD?? THIS IS SO COOL, I'M SO HAPPY PEOPLE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT MARE AND STILL MAKE ART OF HIM!!!!!! (A WEEK OR SO AGO I POSTED ASKING PEOPLE TO DRAW HIM, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!) OP @lisathecake YOU ARE SO COOL

HELLO i just remembered tumblr exists

oke im gonna run away now

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acetheaverage-8

3 weeks ago

bob is an icon for that

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acetheaverage-8

4 months ago

intrigued

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acetheaverage-8

1 month ago

This right here. Don't infantilize him, please.

I want to talk about Bob.

I want to talk about Bob and how fandom treats characters with mental illnesses, because I’m already seeing this shit.

Spoilers below the cut.

His arc is so good, and yet some people are really just focusing on making him into “UwU babygirl” material. I know, this is tumblr, home of the babygirlified characters.

But there’s heavier context here. We’re talking about someone who survived an abusive childhood and overcame the addiction he used to self-medicate for a wildly unrepresented/stigmatized illness.

His memory loss is not cute. It’s traumatic. He’s traumatized.

Yes, it’s important that he absolutely can be seen as a love interest, as a favorite blorbo, as a comfort character. In fact, I think he will be for many people with mental illnesses. His story resonates.

But there’s a systemic, historic pattern of treating mentally ill folks as children, or incapable.

The situation with Valentina is a metaphor for conservatorship. She handles him, makes decisions for him, all while talking down to him.

Don’t let fandom do that to him, too.

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acetheaverage-8

2 months ago

NEW NWTB STUFF MAYBE???

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acetheaverage-8

1 month ago

I LOVE SEEING DARK/EVIL JACK ART. It's always so cool every time, and I love seeing all the varying designs everybody has for him. Plus, Jack could have joined Pitch. He had good reason to, and if he had listened to Pitch's manipulation in the lair, we could have seen a Dark Jack. It's so interesting to explore that concept. I'd love to see more art of this little goblin!

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acetheaverage-8

1 month ago

!!!!!!! ANYBODY can draw my ocs, if you do tag me!!