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Taskmaster in Black Widow

SPOILERS

I see a lot of people complaining about Taskmaster on Twitter.

I understand that this is not the version from the comics, and that his personality traits are not apparent in the MCU version. So I admit that sucks if you love Tony Masters. (But if that is the case, maybe a “real” Taskmaster could appear later? Sorry?)

But a lot of comments seem to be sexist in that (spoilers warning again!!!) Tony has become Antonia in the movie. I literally saw one that was like “I can’t believe Taskmaster Is some Russian woman!” with comments that she was a waste.

I was like, wow, you really missed the point of the movie. They are all just some woman! None of them are trash! If Natasha can have a movie, then Antonia could too!

Argh I mean the use of the term “waste” when the film talked about them (pigs, things, renewable resources).

I thought that was an interesting twist given the subject matter. It wouldn’t work for Dreykov to use a man because he respects men. I thought it was effective in context.

I will admit that I am VERY curious about Olga Kurylenko as the actress for Antonia. There are some shots where her head seems to be CGIed on a man’s body. So I wondered if there was some story there. She was one of the top billed names in the opening, I thought. I’m not really familiar with her work and if she’s a great actress or not but she has appeared in a James Bond movie (with Melina’s husband, not he older one Nat watches) and other films. But all she got to do was blink, really. And wear a facial prosthetic to try to convince us she wasn’t a literal model.

Antonia isn’t “freed” until the end so we can’t expect to see much personality, up until then, which I admit took away from some of the menace of Taskmaster. It’d be interesting to continue the character, perhaps with her taking on a role more similar to the comic book version. She could choose to be a villain or an antihero. It would’ve been interesting if she showed some lingering animosity toward Natasha and, as a result, the Avengers. It’d be nice to have a villain not be created by Tony Stark for a change. (Not that I want that to be Nat’s legacy but... well it’d be better than totally forgetting about her.)

And she’s got a LOT of abilities. If I were Val, I would be talking to her not Yelena. (Not that Yelena wasn’t great.)

She could call herself Tony Masters because fuck her dad’s name, that’s why.

I would love to see an actual disabled person play the part? If Marvel isn’t committed to Kurylenko? Idk

The more i think about tbobf s01e05 the less real it feels, i feel like someone is gonna shake me any moment and i'll wake up from my wet fanfic dream.

Like, Din Djarin is really out there being a silent force of defiance, going against tradition, against religion, against the supposed concept of "original family", against everything he knows because he knows one simple thing above all these concepts: he knows that kindness by choice is the most powerful force in the galaxy, and grogu taught him that. So he's losing everything he has to hold unto that connection.

Naming things in The Mandalorian universe is controling them and owning them, it's sort of a bonding of fate. Moff Gideon names Din Djarin against his will to show that he controls him and owns him. Noone knew Din Djarin's name before Gideon because he's a free man, he belongs to nothing and noone.

He gives his name to Cara Dune as a pass for freedom, safety and care, he offers his name as a way of give Cara and Greef control over their lives. He struggles with Grogu's name because he fails to understand him and connect to him.

And when he asks the Armourer to forge a gift for Grogu, he can no longer be satisfied by saying a foundling. He names Grogu, claims him, it's his son, his child, and Din Djarin Protects what is his with everything he's got.

He is on a journey of learning to not compromise the softness he feels inside, and sure, Ahsoka Tano could train him to use the darksaber; but there's only truly one other person who can help him plant his feet firm into the ground, someone who can show him what it actually takes to choose kindness and not flinch. There's only one other powerful warrior who has gone in the face of every force and every mentor and every tradition in order to choose love. A person who changed the course of a villain's life by choosing to name him simply as "Anakin Skywalker", and was thickheaded enough to choose compassion again, and again, and again.

Din Djarin has no way left but to seek Luke Skywalker, if he wants to move forward. And i Think Luke Skywalker has no way left but to meet a certain mandalorian either.

HOUSE OF MOUSE (2001-2003).

Stony AA GOD

You wanna do some trust exercises? Fall backwards, I’ll catch you.

What? Oh nothing. Just thinking about how Disney could cast Sebastian Stan for season 3 of The Mandalorian and write a decent if not beautiful love story between Luke and Din but they won’t because Disney doesn’t do that kind of thing.

Fennec: *looks at Boba* This man is a mess, too soft and probably gonna get himself killed lol

Fennec: ...

Fennec: I'll stay with him.

Walt Disney's sons at the end of the day