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omg so LOOK at this masterpiece of a book that @sleepssundays bought me!! in case u are not adept at reading tumblr selfie mirror text it is star trek: the next generation / x-men: planet x.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ARTIFACT. WHAT AN AMAZING WORLD WE LIVE IN!!!
I REALISE that this was like 2 weeks ago but I browse tumblr in an RSS reader SO I am like… 2 weeks into the past of the tumbls.
BUT RIGHT my local comic shop gave this book to me for my birthday two years ago and it is a thing of WONDER
“You know, we have banjos on earth,” Tony says. “They’re a bit smaller, but, you know, the same concept’s at play.”
“It is not a banjo,” Thor says. “It is Nöglor, singer of battles.”
"Whatever,” Tony says. “Gimme.”
Natasha throws some peanut shells at him. “You do not know how to play the banjo, Stark.”
“What, like you do,” Tony says. Natasha shrugs.
“I had better things to do with my time,” she says. “I’m not so sure about you.” Tony presses a hand to his chest, wounded (not literally).
“I think I know a chord,” Rhodey says. He plucks at the strings. Tony raises his eyebrows, because the banjo is resting on his thigh still. Rhodey takes a step back, and blushes.
“None of you can play a note!” Thor says, delighted. Tony strums furiously at the strings, and is only rewarded with a cut on his thumb for his pains. What are those fucking strings made out of, anyway?
“Uh, guys, i think Thor’s instrument might contravene the laws of physics,” Tony says.
Bruce picks the banjo up and looks it over. He smiles at tony, as if to say, I refuse to agree with you but I don’t want to be rude.
Steve takes it from him, and sets his jaw. “You know, I like the banjo,” he says. “Good, traditional American instrument.”
He plays the worst version of the Star Spangled-Banner that any of them have ever heard. He sings.
"WHAT THE FUCK,” ULTON ROARS. “WHO THE FUCK TOLD ANY OF YOU YOU COULD MAKE MUSIC. PUT THE INSTRUMENT DOWN AND PUT YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEADS.”
Taylor Swift starts to play, invasively loudly, through every surface of the building. The banjo starts to throb.
Clint had been regretting not pointing out that he knows perfectly well how to play the banjo, but he quite likes Taylor Swift. He starts to hum along.
Thor opens his mouth to speak, but. “YOU’RE SHIT TOO,” ULTRON ROARS. “YOU’RE NOT MEANT TO ACCOMPANY NORSE SAGAS WITH THE BANJO. IT’S HISTORICALLY INAPPROPRIATE.”
“Anachronistic,” Bruce says, under his breath.
This is a thing of beauty.