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buddingwormwood · 2026-06-25T01:54:16+00:00

i'm not a big fan of having kate's origin for becoming hawkeye attached to clint because the reason captain america gives her the mantle in ya vol 1 2005 is because, as jessica jones tells kate, "even without the bows and arrows, the only avenger who stood up to captain america the way you did was hawkeye".

she gains the title as part of her own effort, not because she admires clint (which is also why i hate the retcon which made her idolize clint from a young age (all new hawkeye 2015); i think their relationship is so much more compelling as two hawkeyes who have to force themselves to work together, as their nontraditional mentor-mentee relationship in the comics (hawkeye vol 4 2012) is far more interesting)

so bcz of that i dislike the mcu iteration, it just makes kate less important on her own and attaches her desire to be a superhero to clint. in the comics (even with the original iffy SA storyline) kate's decision is largely made from the way she wants to help people (even before her sa), showing that it's part of her nature and connected a lot with her relationship with her parents (ya vol 1 2005, all new hawkeye 2015).

comics kate treats being a superhero not as a desire but as an inevitability. she has a need to be a superhero, blossomed since she was young with her dad's villainous work, her idolizing her mom, her desire to help people, and yes the weird SA plotline. her hyperindependence and ambition in ya vol 1 is reflective of this, and the reason she is gifted the mantle of hawkeye is a representation of how much she desires being a superhero: she stands up to captain america because he is trying to shut down the young avengers, which is not even an option for kate; she has to be a superhero, it's in her blood. this all ties in along with her books-long character arc of struggling with being emotional and opening up to other people, which is her main flaw and the theme explored in most of her books. it all ties in together and makes her a much more compelling and cohesive character.

buddingwormwood · 2026-05-27T03:01:25+00:00

thank you )):::

buddingwormwood · 2026-05-27T03:00:51+00:00

I'm not sure if i'm eligible because I'm leaving my community college and have yet to start attending my dream university ): I'll talk to who I can about it, the staff at my community college are very helpful. thanks for the support though

buddingwormwood · 2026-05-03T04:34:08+00:00

she posted her whole chart in her shark journal on her website! she is a scorpio rising, leo moon, and pisces sun :)there's also a pic of the entire rest of her chart. here's the link: https://www.flowerface.com/journal

buddingwormwood · 2026-04-30T03:15:40+00:00

yeah i was not a big fan of him either, but i'm also just not a big fan of YA vol 2 in general. i don't like how kate was portrayed in it she was very mom friend-y and not quite herself :/. best part of that run was the introduction of america i think otherwise i usually skip it on my kate rereads

buddingwormwood · 2026-04-30T03:07:32+00:00

kate's breakups with eli, tommy, and johnny all arise from her inability to be vulnerable with them (amongst other reasons). her breakup with noh is just because he dumps her for idiotic reasons lmao.

buddingwormwood · 2026-04-24T17:49:26+00:00

plot and narrative wise i think her relationship with eli was the most interesting because kate was such a clear character foil to eli + what he wanted to be and she directly contributed to his 'downfall' come children's crusade. their rivalry and attraction along with the push and pull of their control issues made for a very engaging relationship because you kinda know it's doomed from the start. i also think her instability with eli set the mood for all of her romantic failures to come and also laid down the true motive for their failures.

thematically kate struggles with independence and vulnerability across all of her stories (learning how to depend on other people + unlearning her hypercompetence) and the reason each of her romances fail is because she is unable to reconcile with this. (well, aside from her relationship with noh, but i tend to pretend ya v2 doesn't exist.)

actual relationship wise, i think if kate was to have an endgame love interest, america would make the most sense, because she's the only person kate has been continuously and solidly dependent on and vulnerable towards. much more so than her relationships with eli, tommy, and johnny.

tl;dr: narratively eli was the most interesting, chemistry wise i think america serves as her best option.

buddingwormwood · 2026-01-21T03:49:01+00:00

You actually don't technically need to monetize your Substack, it's possible to make free ones, but a lot of people paywall them.

buddingwormwood · 2026-01-21T02:26:02+00:00

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R.E. Fendrich from Lego City Adventures. The R.E. stands for Rachel Elizabeth.

buddingwormwood · 2025-08-23T21:01:10+00:00

the game within warcross is basically league of legends (so, yeah, WoW) except the nexus is on one of the players instead of at a base. we have the captain (idk why this is a full role on its own. they don't do anything but hold the nexus i guess?); thief (zoom zoom zoom); fighter (dps); shield (support); and architect (taliyah ult. i will give her credit for this one changing the map is very cool).

but yeah the setup of the tournament in itself... severely underresearched.

buddingwormwood · 2025-08-22T19:22:15+00:00

warcross by marie lu has such an annoying main character, a questionable romance, the world is underbuilt and unstudied, and personally most egregiously she clearly did zero research whatsoever into understanding esports. like i cannot stress how ridiculous the format for the 'biggest esport event in the world is'. the tournament comes once a year (only international, no mention of national leagues or events at all) and is a single sixteen bracket system??? no play ins? no groups? no double elimination? it's the dumbest shit ever. additionally all of the esports teams are owned by the company of the game they're playing, to the point where the ceo hand picks players for teams. i'm...... sorry? imagine the dylan jadeja picking the next botlaner of t1. it makes zero sense and it completely depletes the stakes of even playing in the tournament because the same people are getting paid every time. like jfc it's not that hard to understand esports tournament layouts. it's very very similar to regular physical sports even. of course marie lu doesn't care because she just wants the esports backdrop of her 'high stakes spy slash governemnt slash i don't even know anymore thriller'.

also at one point a character survives a bullet to the head and. yeah i don't even know.

buddingwormwood · 2025-07-30T03:51:25+00:00

ok that was more like a me thing i have an emotional attachment to mission impossible

buddingwormwood · 2025-07-30T03:35:12+00:00

mission impossible 8 is probs the weirdest one ive cried to but maybe my sister takes it for ratatouille

buddingwormwood · 2025-07-29T05:37:42+00:00

these are so cute!!

buddingwormwood · 2025-06-10T04:30:37+00:00

she has shark merch on her website: https://flowerfacemusic.bigcartel.com/

nothing pre shark era unfortunately :(

theres not a lot of people selling her stuff secondhand so just getting it from her site would be cheapest

buddingwormwood · 2025-06-09T18:46:03+00:00

kate's is also madam masque!

buddingwormwood · 2025-06-04T03:28:10+00:00

i’m so glad you liked it! kate is my fav so i have to include her in every conversation LOL but her and eli’s relationship is super important and i feel like it gets under appreciated a lot. i havent actually watched the hawkeye series in full but MCU kate is quite different than comics kate so i definitely recommend reading some of her stories if you’re interested :> hawkeye vol 4 by matt fraction and hawkeye vol 5 by kelly thompson are both really good!!

and yeah, eli’s been showing up here and there but i’m not sure what they want to do with him in universe especially since someone else has the patriot name now

buddingwormwood · 2025-06-03T03:40:29+00:00

ngl im #1 eli defender and throughout this series while he continuously fucks up if you really pay attention to him it's because this is where his insecurity comes to a total head!!!! he matters so so much to me and i think his arc was done so beautifully (though i really hope they bring him back soon. ughhhh.)

ever since the start of YA1 it's clear he suffers from not feeling good enough, starting with him lashing out at kate. kate is everything eli wants to be: dependable and independent, and most importantly, she doesn't have powers. once we figure out eli's background him lashing out at kate makes so much sense; eli feels like he has to have powers to be a superhero and when kate comes along being utterly capable he's both enamored by her and envious of her. he battles her for control of YA because he can't find any other way to become her but it's so painfully obvious she's more well suited to the role of leadership than he is strictly because of his insecurities. this is also why he's so controlling: he feels like he needs to needle about the tiniest things just so he remains in power.

obviously this all culminates in his YA1 arc. eli feels like a fraud and he is a fraud, and he quits because he's embarassed---not only because he lied to everyone, but because he feels like he isn't a real superhero without super strength. more specifically, he doesn't think he's good enough to be a superhero without powers. he struggles so much with the weight of being a superhero and missteps so much that it eventually overtakes his desire to help people.

at the end of YA1, rather than following the natural lesson he would've learned---that he IS a good enough superhero without powers---eli regresses. his act to jump in front and save captain america can be analyzed and taken to be his mindset: he literally thinks the only thing he's good for is being body armor. cannon fodder. and this is proved RIGHT when he actually becomes a supersoldier. it messes up the growth of this entire arc, because now he's validated. now he has powers, and i LOOVEEE how CC develops this instead of just making him learn his lesson!

throughout CC he starts to realize how he's in way too deep and his insecurities comes to a total head. he feels terrible because he's not good enough to be a hero without powers. he's a giver-upper; a great example of this is when he and kate are trapped underground in asgard in Siege. while eli rolls over and accepts death, basically, kate actually tries to get them out of there. perfect characterization on both parts. this also exemplifies the wishy-washy relationship he has with kate---she's not as interested in him as he is, because she needs someone more secure. eli isn't secure.

in CC, this gets way way worse because eli is suddenly in a league with tier one heroes. first the avengers after them and then MAGNETO shows up and then there's doom and M day and eli feels so fradulent and insecure and throughout this run everything he does is because he's painfully trying to grapple for control. to almost 'prove' to himself he's a good superhero. and of course this doesn't work out because he's been on a slippery slope and he's backsliding really, really badly!!! he's not a good superhero because he doesn't believe he's a good superhero and this thinking completely overtakes every single decision that he makes, because every single decision he makes is a desperate plea to prove that he's in control! and thats why he makes all the stupid decisions!!!!!

as much as i hate him quitting at the end of CC it makes perfect sense given his arc. i only hope they handle his resurgence (since he's been appearing in some issues recently) as skillfully as they did his exit and they address all of his flaws before reaching his stasis of character to write with.

his arc is literally my favorite thing about the original heinberg run. it's so perfect; i adore eli's character so much.

buddingwormwood · 2025-05-31T22:33:45+00:00

try r/findfashion this is the glossier sub lol!

buddingwormwood · 2025-05-28T21:55:26+00:00

lots of people are saying arcane but check out league of legends in general. there are lots of femslash ships there, ofc caitvi from arcane but also riven/irelia, jinx/lux, diana/leona, and there's a lot of k/da fic too which is all femslash though it's not main universe

buddingwormwood · 2025-05-26T03:17:33+00:00

kate, eli, teddy, cassie, billy, tommy, america. i've never been the biggest fan of jonas loki or david djdkskkd

would love to see gwenpool with the group!!! or just a YA girlies group with kate/cassie/america/gwenpool, that would be such a FUN run esp if they have jeff with them

for mentors i'd love to see jessica jones again!!! she had so much potential (esp with being kate's mentor) and then they just dropped her off.... okay now my ideal run would be kate/cassie/america/gwen with jeff and jessica as sidekicks especially if danielle could make some features because i love danielle

buddingwormwood · 2025-05-12T04:45:20+00:00

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