Still fucks me up that there are people that haven’t heard this song
Can I just say, as great as Venom and Eddie’s relationship was, I appreciated Dan and Anne’s. Dan didn’t fall into the jealous new boyfriend category. Not once did he mistrust Anne about Eddie, showing he was totally comfortable in that relationship and trusted her totally, he was so nice to Eddie instead of telling him to stay away from Anne. It was a healthy relationship dynamic (despite Anne’s possible remaining feelings at the end) and I appreciated it and Dan as a character
Update: I forgot to add, Dan had his priorities right like when he told Anne they needed to talk about what was going on and she said there was nothing going on with her and Eddie and Dan was like ‘no we need to talk about the weird parasite thing that’s unknown to medical science obviously’ and I appreciate that he was focused on the right thing
I think part of what made the Venom movie so palatable to me was the whole situation with Dan and how it was handled as if everyone involved was a Decent Adult Person instead of the heteronormative caricatures we’ve come to expect. Just by being written the way he is, Dan makes my queer ass feel so much safer in indulging in this fandom, and I love him for that!!!
I was prepared for a boatload of second hand embarrassment at the restaurant scene but it was wonderfully resolved when Dan was like “Yes this is my girlfriend’s ex behaving inappropriately in a restaurant but also he’s obviously visibly unwell and I’m a doctor so can we all please calm the fuck down so I can get him to a hospital.”
ALL OF THIS and also Eddie’s adorable little “thank you, Dan” when Dan was helping him out and also trusting Anne’s judgement enough to believe automatically that Dan is Good People just because she’s let him into her life. SUCH A REFRESHING TAKE ON IT ALL. Dan being the same, seeing Eddie as Good People because Anne had him in her life. Dan giving them space and always, ALWAYS prioritising the right thing at the right time.
It feels like only yesterday Magpul was in the business of making Neat Shit for No Reason
Private Alfred Campin of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during battle training in Britain, March 1944. A veteran of the desert, as told be his tan, Private Campin would be killed in Normandy several days into the invasion.
Wounded GIs rest on a captured Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944/
PFC Ruben Zapata (USMC) leads the way for a six-man recon patrol just south of the Vietnamese DMZ, 1969.
South African Ratel 90mm IFVs leaving Angola, 1988, for the last time at the conclusion of the conventional battles of the Angolan War
Another interesting training video from Whiskey Delta Gulf, this time on handgun use when injured in a vehicle. Again it will probably draw different opinions on whether this is a viable bit of info or just too much tacticool.