Tag: luke cage spoilers

dubmeister:

An interesting take on #ShadyMariah as a pairing and in the context of the MCU at large

Also from the article:

This obviously isn’t a problem for Luke Cage. The show is full
of interesting women, and with Shades and Mariah, we get a love story
that evolves into a morally complex thriller. Their relationship works
because Luke Cage’s creators thought deeply about the
characters’ motives, background, and sexuality. It’s the first time I’ve
seen a canon MCU romance with the same emotional depth as fanfiction,
and believe me when I say that Marvel fanfic writers know what’s up.

I love Mariah as a villain and I agree with everything you said! Also my girl never learned how to cope with her trauma, and when she killed Cornell Shades told her she got the nerve and stepped up when really she was highkey triggered, and when she told Tilda that she did her a favour because she’ll never trust anyone and let them close, like wow, way to project your own trust issues. it’s not that I condone any of her actions but I feel so protective of her

jabariqueen:

True! She’s really a bad person but you can see where she comes from, and she’s so convinced that the evil she’s doing is to ultimately protect Harlem, that you can’t convince her to stop.

What is also interesting and touching is that, despite not loving Tilda (and tbh who can blame her for that, it’s really sad for Tilda but we can understand Mariah), she still genuinely cares about her. Up until their breaking point, she always told Tilda she loved her, because she knew a child always needs to feel loved. She was a distant mother but she always tried to make her daughter feel loved. She didn’t tell her the truth about her origins and about her feelings because she knew it would break Tilda’s heart and she wanted to protect her. Of course, when Mariah finally broke and embraced her evilest self, she eventually broke Tilda’s heart. But as you said, it was her fucked up way of “helping” her daughter : breaking her heart so badly that no one could ever hurt her that bad again.

jaynedolluk:

I really want Shades to come back for S3 of Luke Cage. I’m hoping they’re setting him up for some kind of redemption arc as I would love that (maybe a parallel as that Luke gets darker Shades becomes better). 

Maybe he gets out of prison on a technicality + decides to devote his life to helping the community + he has to try so hard because nobody will give him a chance – Misty is side-eyeing him so hard + even Luke barely tolerates him when he helps him out a few times. But Sugar tells him to stick at it.

And it’s really hard for Shades because he feels so much guilt for the things he did, for how he killed comanche + encouraged Mariah + he misses them both so much. (and I damn well want flashbacks esp of him + Comanche)

And Tilda is becoming the new villain which I don’t want but bear with me, because she does some kind of magical shit + brings Comanche back from the dead but is controlling him. And she offers to give control over to Shades if he sells out Luke. 

I think that’s one thing that could happen but I could also see him going off on a downward spiral because everyone he’s ever cared about is dead.

Either way I hope they bring him back. I hate to say it but the Marvel netflix shows tend to be underwhelming for me when the good villains get benched. This happened with me already with Daredevil and JJ.

jaynedolluk:

I can’t choose between Shades x Mariah and Shades x Comanche so I’m just going to put it out there + say BOTH. An AU where none of the bad shit happens + Mariah teaches Comanche how to dominate Shades + they both top the hell out of him. (Somehow I imagine Alex has a spreadsheet to keep a track of who’s turn it is with Shades). I want needy!slutty!submissive!Shades getting taken care of by his two great loves. (And definitely getting punished for flirting with Luke!)

If anybody wants me I shall be over here in hell.

I think Che already knew how to dominate him tbqh 😉

dubmeister:

msanonships:

That time Bushmaster flirted with Tilda. 😍

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was made a bit giddy by this! Cuz either no one saw my tweet about it, but what is the ship name? Do I even really want this ship? There’s a good build up for it already.

Low-key he deserves better than Tilda, but I’m here for the ship just a bit of bits. Bc maybe they do deserve each other.

If they did get together, she would have to be worthy of him first. It’s not like he has low standards. He was in a poly triad with two beautiful women at the beginning of the series.

As for a ship name, maybe nightmaster?

nys30:

awesomethingsandsuch:

shadymariahdumpsterfire:

mswyrr:

shadymariahdumpsterfire:

shadymariahmvids:

shadymariahdumpsterfire:

It’s people on Shuri Udaku’s internet who really think Shades DREADED Mariah’s… anything. I can’t relate. That man climbed into her personal space at every opportune moment.

Shades been sweating Mariah from moment he laid eyes on her. To the point she actually called him out about his thirst. Or do they not realize what that exchange meant when she asked Cornell , ‘Does your guard need a drink of water?’

And you’re right he almost always initiated physical contact. Intent on making sure she wasn’t distancing herself physically or emotionally.

This man has done everything but literally drool on her and people still convince themselves he was not interested in her sexually.

i don’t know the original context, but i do know there’s a significant number of people who have a gut-level negative reaction to m/f femdom or anything like it–the other side of the coin of the gut-level positive reaction society trains us to have to m/f relationships where the sexual and/or emotional power dynamic goes the other way–and “compliment” the man by imagining he has the “right” feelings about it and refusing to see what’s actually going on

That may play into it, since she’s much more overtly sexual. I tend to think her age and complexion account for MOST of the problem, either separately or combined.

There are seriously dummies out there who ended this season thinking he wasn’t really into her? Dude was in love. He says it when he has no possible ulterior motive for doing so.

There’s some awesome meta here, but can I speak on the last gif? Something about how deliberately he runs his hand up her leg…

Okay I’m back now. This is an example of those small moments that speak so loud. How comfortable he is with touching her, and how comfortable she is with accepting his presence……

Huh, I guess that explains how indignant he is when Mariah says he can’t just be swinging by.