absentlyabbie:

thewriterchick:

sevensneakyfoxes:

No.  No, I have not.  Because if I had, I’d be, Hey brain, why are you being so fucking stupid today?  Remind me to stab you with a q-tip later, okay?

To recap, let’s discuss what Darcy does:

• Takes an unpaid internship with a TWO BRILLIANT ASTROPHYSICISTS who totally seem like the type to have someone hang around when they are “stupid”.
• Recognizes Thor is a danger at first and not only protects herself, but protects all of her friends by tazing the fuck out of him while Erik and Jane are like WHUT IS THIS?!  DANGER?!
• Helps Jane research shit that most people wouldn’t understand
• OMG A BOOK?  HOW TO USE?!  HOW DO U DO?!  NEED INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAM!!
• Doesn’t turn heel and run when the Destroyer is tearing the shit out of Puente Antiguo, and instead stays and not only tries to help her friends, but also rescues trapped animals (a la the deleted scene).
• Goes to Norway with Jane and is a computer badass.  (See comics.)
•  MY HACKER NAME IS FCKUCOULSON!
• Stays with Jane in London to help her with her research.  Smart enough that Jane trusts her to watch over the equipment.
• Recruits an intern for herself.
• Calls for help when Jane gets herself into a pickle, even though she knows Jane will be pissy… because IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
• YOU WERE GONE FOR FIVE HOURS AND CAME BACK WITH AN INFINITY STONE BABY BUMP, DON’T GIVE ME ANY SHIT.
  
• Is sassy and completely unflustered with Thor.
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• Goes and bails Erik out of jail and is kind and gentle with him even though he’s bananaballs.
• THIS WORKPLACE IS NOT PANTS OPTIONAL (UNLESS U R THOR)
• Helps Jane figure out what the fuck is going on with the dark elves and all this inter-dimensional bullshit.
•  FUCK, IF THEY SUCCEED, I WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN STEVE AND THOR TAKE OFF THEIR SHIRTS.  THIS IS BULLSHIT.
• Put aside her own fucking safety to help Jane defeat the dark elves and save the UNIVERSE.
•  FUCK. YEAH.

In conclusion, I have no fucking idea what movies you were watching.  In the little time that Darcy spent on screen, she was functionally smarter than many of her “smart” colleagues, she was LOYAL AND KIND, and funny as hell.  You’re not required to love her, but please cease with the bullshit about how she’s not a positive character.  

THANK YOU, sevensneakyfoxes!!!!!

Okay, but let’s remember that in Thor, Darcy is a Political Science major completely out of her field with this internship, but adapts and thrives anyways. That her background in sociology and politics leads her to support Jane’s earliest theories of Thor being an alien-god from another realm with valid historical/anthropological theories (also that Darcy’s the one who twigged to Thor appearing OUT OF THE WORMHOLE/EINSTEIN-ROSEN BRIDGE/BIFROST IN THE FIRST PLACE.)

Let’s remember that she successfully corralled two Absentminded Genius types who (in Jane’s case) might forget to eat or shower because science! if not for Darcy’s bugging her. (Seriously, Darcy is a successful Genius Cat Herder.)

And you know, even on top of and aside from all of that, I take HUGE issue with Anon’s message that Darcy isn’t a positive character for women, because she’s not a genius or an ultimate badass.

I feel like this is some Strong Female Character toxicity in action. Where the only valid women are the ones who can “keep up with the boys” by being twice as amazing, and the only kind of strong or value a woman can be or have is if she’s somehow exceptional.

Darcy is a fantastic positive character for women, because she’s average or damn close to. She can’t murder a man with her thighs or bring down NASA with a keystroke, she can’t solve the mysteries of the universe before breakfast or pilot an Iron Man suit. She’s not a CEO or a model or a doctor.

She’s a relatable, clever, brave young woman and all too like the average woman watching her onscreen, and she’s having adventures and in control of her destiny (and her romantic/sexual life) and choosing to stand in the face of universe-destroying power and fear with nothing but a taser, her snark, awesome knitwear, and somebody else’s half-assed plan.

Tell me again how Darcy Lewis isn’t a positive character for women to relate to.

Tell me again.

And tell me why a female character has to be anything to prove her worth. “At least Jane is smart.” You’re implying that a woman on-screen has to have a certain amount of worth to be considered a character with worth. 

You’re saying that a female character must be appealing in some way to you, whether with intelligence or badassery or any of the like, to even merit existence. 

Which is completely wrong.

theironman:

_{Short but sweet. She needs help.}