the thing i love the most about amy santiago—and there’s a lot—is that the she doesn’t care about being mysterious or cool or any of that crap.
like, there’s a lot of superheroes and doctor whos and sherlocks running around on tv these days, and with all of them, it’s like, you have these moments where you find out that the main dudes are just. Inexplicably Good At Everything.
they can take down a bad guy, bake a perfect soufflé, field strip any firearm in under 30 seconds, and dance an award-winning rumba, and it’s fucking intimidating. it’s like the show runners want to drill the idea into your head that They Are Cool and Better Than You, like, yes fine I get it, you know?
but it’s not like that with amy.
amy doesn’t care about being ‘cool,’ so you don’t have to either.
she knows how to lip read? she probably took a course. she can take down a runner in a dress and high heels? she never missed a self defense class. she can fold a perfect table napkin? she watched a DIY video. she knows about wedding insurance? she made a whole. freaking. binder.
and if you want to be like amy? you CAN.
you absolutely can, and it’ll actually make amy so much more amazing, because then you know how much hard work it took for her to be that good in the first place.
and if she knew you wanted to be like her? amy would definitely cry and then she’d help, andthat’s why i think she’s wonderful thanks for coming to my TED talk.
If you’re not prepared for your child to think differently from you, don’t have children. If you’re not prepared for your child to be disabled or chronically ill, don’t have children. If you’re not prepared for a child with autism or mental illness, don’t have children. If you’re not prepared for your child to be transgender, gay, bisexual, pansexual, lesbian, or asexual and/or you can’t accept that, don’t have children. This is not up for debate.
honestly if marvel does kill steve off and decide to bring him back, they shouldn’t bother having a dramatic come back. they should just have everyone be Shook af like “we thought u were dead????” while steve is befuddled— “I’ve been on a road trip w bucky???????” and there’s just a one second flashback to them staring at a giant roadside dinosaur in the middle of nowhere
