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[tigriswolf]

I’m going through the MCU fics I wrote so I can add the AU ones to my AU series tag, and it’s reminding me how I dropped out of the fandom in-between GotG and AoU. Now I’m wondering: is it the writer in me or the cynic that refuses to accept things that are counter to my interpretation because they make no sense, both in and out of canon? I’m very disappointed in what I’ve heard/read about the movies after GotG (some on tumblr, some on LJ, some from my lilsis who has seen them all), and angry about a bit of it. Lilsis thinks they’re entertaining movies, but she also doesn’t connect to characters or pull apart stories because she’s not a writer. She can just accept it at face value (unless it’s shitty humor stuff that degrades people) and move on with her life.

But I’m going through my fics, and it’s putting me back in that cynical, angry mindset of why I left the fandom in the first place. So maybe the cynic is the one who understands why certain characters/storylines aren’t treated with the respect they deserve, and the writer who is offended at the lazy writing, and the fan who is still pissed about it?

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[jedibuttercup]

Whatever the definition, I've had the exact same reaction. The only MCU movie since that's made me smile was Ant-Man; the rest of it made me feel betrayed. MCU was the fun superhero universe; DCU was the one going through the gritty angry phase. I sure know which one I was more eager to see, all the way up to the slap in the face that was the end of Phase 2, and I don't think I'll ever be able to write post-Civil War in canon. What made them think that was a good idea?

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Civil War? What's that?

I'm busy pretending it didn't happen.

[jedibuttercup]

Pretending what didn't happen? *whistling*

[I once swore never to be one of those people that adopted a "this happened but this DIDN'T but this did" author's note all the time, but I might end up having to do that with the MCU, depending on whether Guardians/Ant-Man continue to amuse in their own individual canons, and what happens with the Strange movie next month.]

[tigriswolf]

For me, nothing exists past WS. Sometimes, Thor 2 doesn't, either.

[noybusiness.livejournal.com]

Even setting aside Tony's ridiculous behavior at the end, Zemo's plan relied on predicting others' actions to an unrealistic degree, and there was no good explanation for why Ross ignored the evidence showing that Zemo framed Bucky after Tony sent it to him.

[tigriswolf]

I just lost interest in it because I knew they wouldn't deal with certain storylines with the respect and care necessary, so I didn't go see Ant-Man, AoU, or CW. I won't see any of the rest of them, either, probably not even GotG2.

I was actually totally numb to any part of MCU until I heard about what happens at the end of CW, when I got very angry. I'm back to being numb.

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched much TV since Stargate:SG1, but yeah, so many times I felt they were underusing characters, or it seemed the writers forgot about characters.

And a few episodes where I felt that one of the writers got a little OOC.

[tigriswolf]

The problem is, across the board, that it's multiple writers who don't always talk to each other. Or who are told "Here's what we want to happen, write it." That's why I'm annoyed with shows a lot.

For the MCU, it's the same problem with multimillion films, so I'm extra annoyed because if they cared about the characters as much as they did the explosions and fights, it'd be so different.