'“...That’s why, if I wanna make sure someone knows who I mean when I’m talking about Bucky, I just say: my brother-in-law.”
Sam heaves an exasperated sigh and puts his head in his hands.'
This is The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) - and I know I have no excuses for how often I read TFATWS fics, but neither do I need any 😉😅
Fangirls are gonna fangirl dearest nerdlets, and I am most definitely a fangirl.
It's Thursday, Comics Wrap-Up is back, this is Dora Reads, let's get an absolutely huge helping of comics-y superhero-y goodness!
'Klaus claps his hands together. “Yay, sibling bonding time!”
Diego levels a stare at the medium. “We’re hunting a serial killer.”'
We return to The Umbrella Academy (TUA) dearest nerdlets!
It turns out that there's a tiny corner of my brain which isn't entirely absorbed by Marvel superheroes, and the Hargreeves siblings from Netflix's adaptation of TUA have reclaimed their residence.
(As they should.)
'Bucky's voice in the back of his head told him they both knew that really Steve wasn't going to just leave a kid in a gas station parking lot in the middle of nowhere. Who was the Bucky voice to tell him that? He was right, but still.'
Honestly - and you know I'm always honest with you dearest nerdlets - I don't know what exactly it is that I read, with this fic.
I don't know what exactly to make of... *waves hands to encompass entirety* the whole thing.
I wrote a Sam and/or Bucky rec list a little while back, but I've rec'd a few The Falcon And The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) fics since then - so I figured it's time for a mini-list highlighting some specifically SamBucky fics!
Because in this house, Bucky Barnes is Queer af, OK? OK.
SamBucky, sometimes known as WinterFalcon (though SamBucky is generally preferred - at time of writing anyway - by most fan-creators,) is the name of the ship between, well, Sam and Bucky - which is kind of self-explanatory, really.
‘But as the days wore on in the TVA, blending together as they did, Loki realized that what they missed was magic.
And the freedom that came with it’
And we're here! It's the last week of my Prides Fics Fest, where for the month of June, I give Friday Fics Fix over solely to LGBTQ+ fics!
Which isn't much of a change, because fanfiction is Queer af, but this month has focus and everything! 😅
'Needy wraps her hands around the smooth wood handle and takes a deep breath. Then she raises the shovel and stabs it into the earth.'
Jennifer's Body is a, thankfully renaissance-having, staple of Sapphic culture.
For years, this Queer horror classic was maligned by A-hole, Allocishet (non-LGBTQ+,) male critics and audiences, who didn't effing get it!
Welcome back to Pride Fics Fest! That period in June where I stop pretending straight and fanfiction have anything to say to each other 😉
This post contains SPOILERS for Gentleman Jack, series 1
SPOILERS!!!! OK? SPOILERS
Gentleman Jack is a truly amazing BBC historical drama, based on the life and diaries of 18th/19th Century English Lesbian, landowner, and businesswoman, Anne Lister.
Anne left extensive, coded, diaries - many of which were fairly sexually explicit.
I love this series - a well-written, well-acted, period drama about Lesbians who are complex, flawed, genuine, people. It's so good!
Yes, it's another week of Pride Fics Fest, where I stop pretending fanfiction is anything but All the Gay™.
(You can check out last week's post here!)
I figured it out, Marvel!
You just didn't know how to give us Bucky Barnes as a Bicon! You were afraid of messing it up! That's what it was!
How cynical and misguided of us to think that you were Queerbaiting with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) - extensively - rather than trying to find a way to express Bucky's Bisexuality.
It's Thursday, which means here on Dora Reads it's time for some comics-y superhero-y goodness!
Yes, it's June! Which means that here on Dora Reads I stop pretending that fanfiction is anything other than Queer af, and go all-out with my Pride Fics Fest.
What better way to kick off this year's Pride Fics Fest than with superhero TV show The Umbrella Academy (TUA)?
TUA is super Queer (pun very definitely intended,) and more than willing to give us two canonically Queer main characters in our superhero family ensemble.
Because this is fanfiction, I'll be looking at IDs which are both canon and not canon.
'...“Not in a bad way! Just, y'know, since you started dating him you guys are like a package—”
“I'm not dating Sam,” Bucky stops him.
Peter’s mask’s eyes narrow up at him, confused. “Really?”'
Yes it's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS). Again.
Yes it's Queer. Again.
Because in this house we allow Bucky Barnes to be his Achillean, Queer-a**, self, with the actual full-on, representation, and not the Queerbaiting b*llsh**. 😎
'As good as she is at anticipating his family’s actions and decisions, everything always gets a little skewed and unpredictable once the bullets start flying'
I love quirky horror movies with kick-butt heroines - which brings us to the film this week's fic is based on: Ready or Not.
Ready or Not is a super-quirky horror film about Grace, who is marrying Alex Le Domas - a member of the rich Le Domas family, who made their money in board games.
(And yes, there is a vibe here that feels very akin to Knives Out, but that's more of a crime film than this - this is def. horror.)
(Warning: this post discusses Homophobia and the persecution of LGBTQ+ people.)
"What the hell man you can't just go announcing that! You'll get the place raided!" He hissed, Sam furrowing his brows before his face relaxed in realization, letting out a short laugh.
Am I rec'ing a The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) fic for the second week in a row?
Yes, yes I am.
We all know at this point that I'm TFATWS trash (...amongst other trash, but let's stick to TFATWS for now 😅)
I couldn't resist this fic, OK?
It's Thursday, it's May 2021, let's get some superhero-y comics-y goodness!
'Sam scrubbed a hand over his face. “Look, I know you talk like that just to annoy me, that the ‘stoic brainwashed soldier’ thing is just an act-“
“I would never joke about perimeter security.”'
Have we established that I'm trash for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) yet?
If not, let's establish it right now: I am trash for TFATWS. (Albeit trash that is still critical of their Queerbaiting, but here we are.)
'Dave got off on the 18th floor, looking back to see Klaus with his hand raised in a wave. Dave swore he had the words ‘Good Bye’ written on his palm'
This week's fic is a fun fic based around The Umbrella Academy (TUA)
(Yes, I know I am trash. 😅 We have established this thoroughly by this point. And I don't care.)
'“Look at me and tell me this doesn’t look like an accomplished person to you!” Sam was holding a giant teddy bear in his arms.'
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) series means these characters are both living in my head rent-free.
Depending on what happens in the finale (released today!) we might all need the smooshy mental-health-based comfort of this fic.
(Which comes complete with a slight dose of angst, because despite my apparent adulthood, I am a smol emo child, and you all know this.)
'Diego drags a hand over his face, groaning. "I didn’t know meeting a six year old would take this much effort."'
This week's fic is just a schmoopy and super-cute li'l fic all about family!
(Woo!)
As we all know, (or maybe we don't, but if that's the case I'ma tell you!) the Hargreeves family, aka the members of The Umbrella Academy, have a butt-tonne of family issues.
Like, the tagline to the Netflix series is actually 'Super. Dysfunctional. Family.' and that pretty much sums it up, tbh.
So I kinds love fics where the Hargreeveseseses are like super-duper-awkward about family stuff, but somehow make it work (mostly because they never manage to make it work in canon!)
(Warning: this post briefly discusses family ill health, mental health problems, and Covid 19)
So, dearest nerdlets: March!
March was better for me personally as Nan's health, although still exceptionally fragile, has been a little better and more stable. Hopefully it'll stay that way and/or keep improving.
