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George R. R. Martin, on reviewing the Avengers. [SOURCE]

Okay, George, I do totally agree with your earlier assessment of Hawkeye. I’ll give you that he didn’t have enough screentime to get proper development. But no. I can’t even let you finish, there will be no finishing of the Kanye West meme here. WERE WE WATCHING THE SAME FILM?

I don’t want to automatically fall back on the “you think she’s just eye candy, because you’re a male” argument, because that’s unfair. Fuck, you write some really damned decent females yourself (all things considered). But honestly? No. No, we were not watching the same film. 

“JUST THERE?” Uh, did you not see any of her development at all, or were you just waiting for the men to come in and steal the show? This is the same character who is the only one to get decent information when everyone else is too busy arguing over stupid personal bullshit. This is the same character who has a conversation with Loki and doesn’t lose her cool. This is the same character jumping onto alien warcraft and beating these assholes at their own game. This is the same character saving the motherfucking day by racing off to beat Loki while all the boys are too busy playing house with the alien army.

Don’t tell me she was just there. That she was just eye candy. She was one of the most important motherfucking characters in the entire film, and it saddens me when reviews degrade Johansson’s performance simply because she isn’t one of the guys. And why do all of these reviews seem to come from long time comics fans, 90% of the time all male? You do realize that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a canon into itself and doesn’t actually follow the comics the way you’re claiming it should? That characters were changed and updated to fit with current audiences and currently relevant plots? Laying this all on Black Widow’s origins not adding up right is just plain silly at this point in the MCU game. (A game you don’t seem to be playing well, G.R.R.M.)

Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.

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^This.

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“Flawless bitch carried that goddamn film. Period.” YEP.

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Is this a fucking joke? I’m tired of this bullshit that because an actress is fucking drop-dead gorgeous it must mean her character is simply there to to be eye candy. Fuck you. Don’t be such a misogynistic fuck. SHE CLOSED THE FUCKING PORTAL. SHE LITERALLY BEAT THE LOKI OUT OF CLINT. 

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#i recognize you have an opinion #but given that it’s a stupid-ass opinion i’ve elected to ignore it

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I am suddenly proud of the fact that my 26-year-old red-blooded heterosexual brother, while finding Black Widow hot, would be the first one in line to call that “just eye candy” bullshit what it is.

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I’m still trying to figure out what movie he watched. Because it wasn’t the one that was actually on the screen. Then again he seems to believe strong female characters need to be abused & starved to exist so…

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alladis

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Seriously though what movie did he watch?

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Further proof that GRRM is not the brightest crayon in the box.

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I read this guy’s review of the Battlestar Galactica finale and facepalmed so many times that I was completely prejudiced against A Song of Ice and Fire for a long time.

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I might’ve been able to understand this if he were talking about the other, individual Avengers members’ films where she was basically just a cameo and we didn’t know anything about her. But in The Avengers? The fuck is he talking about? Was his dick overriding his brain in all the scenes where she was being amazing? Because I walked into that movie not caring at all about Black Widow and walked out being impressed by how she managed to hold her own with the rest of the crew while still not having any superpowers. 

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I can’t wait till the next Avengers movie, where there’ll be more lady heroes standing around the screen just there…

And by just there I mean actually getting shit done.

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Lemme tell you who that Black Widow was.  She was someone who broke the annoying-ass Russian femme fatale stereotype, which I find degrading both as a Russian and as a female.  She was someone who was not defined by the men with whom she “teamed up” or seduced.  This Black Widow…This Black Widow?  She is better than both the original and the later comic book character, and I am not only happy, but proud that she was, as Mr. Martin said, there so flawlessly.

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scattergoriesofevil (via kloee)

This. It doesn’t make what he said any better, and it doesn’t make his assumption any better, or how he treats her - or how she’s treated by the fandom. Fuck’s sake. Black Widow played you all.

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Word.

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She’s just a really impressive character, and I love it!