Summary: Morgan Stark likes learning new words. So when she stumbles upon an unfamiliar title, she’s determined to not just navigate through its millions of definitions but also understand its meaning. Or, the one where all the MCU characters are alive and happy and they discuss their takes on the s-word.
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[Barton Household]
Lila: You know, you’re lucky you don’t have any siblings. They’re an absolute pain.
Cooper: Not like we asked for you, either.
Morgan: What’s a “sibling”?
Nathaniel: *eating an apple while watching his siblings fight* Someone you’re unlucky enough to be in the same family with.
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[Avengers Compound]
Wanda: *being set down on her feet* This is the third time this week that I had to save myself from bailing you out of jail.
Pietro: *kisses her on the head, grinning* Isn’t that what twins are for?
Morgan: *sitting on the couch* “Twins”?
Wanda: Siblings who came to the world together. And people who stick by your side through thick of thin.
Pietro: Or people you use as a personal form of transportatio—Ow! Wanda!
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[Wakanda]
T’Challa: Bast, help me survive another day of my sister’s antics.
Morgan: You can ask her to stop. Maybe saying “pretty please” will help! It works for me.
T’Challa: *sighs* It makes her happy. Siblings are cursed gifted with the patience and tolerance with each other, even in the dumbest of things they pull.
Shuri: *barges in and dragging T’Challa to her lab* BROTHER, COME! I NEED A VOLUNTEER FOR A HUMAN TEST TRIAL!!
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[Training Room]
Morgan: Why do you always let her win?
Gamora: *pauses* What do you mean? She beats me fair and square.
Morgan: But Mr. Quill says you “pull your punches”. That’s why it’s always a draw.
Gamora: *smiles* Nebula is a very strong opponent. Her capabilities are of exception. More so, she is my sibling, she is my equal.
Nebula: Another round, sister?
Gamora: Think you can deck me first this time?
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[New Asgard]
Thor: And when we were kids, Loki would often disguise himself as a snake to stab me.
Morgan: *gasps* He can do that?!
Thor: *bellows out his laughter* It’s okay, young Stark. Despite all the evil misdeeds he has committed, I believe deep down, there is still good. Being siblings is all about acceptance, after all.
Loki: No matter how much you want to stab them.
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[Stark Household]
Morgan: Are siblings supposed to be blood-related?
Pepper: A sibling is someone you hold special, sweetheart. He can be a brother to protect you or she can be a sister who takes care of you. Either way, you love them with all your heart—
Tony: —blood or not. Like Honeybear *blows a kiss to Rhodey who just shakes his head* over here. Or Auntie Nat to Uncle Clint.
Morgan nods thoughtfully. She perks up and hops down her chair to run around the table to a particular guest on the other side. The other Avengers who were present follows her movement in amusement as she pushes a confused Peter out of his chair and down on one of his knees so they were of the same height. Morgan stands straight in front of him and swiftly drops one hand on his right shoulder first and transfers it over his head to his left one, in a knighting fashion.
Morgan: Alright, Pete, you’re my big brother now.
Peter: *blinks, stunned* O-Okay.
Morgan beams, incandescence rivalling that of three thousand suns, and Peter’s heart bursts. He smiles so wide his cheeks hurt and he picks up his sister off the ground to spin her around. Morgan gleefully squeals in his arms and the way his eyes crinkles gives away how this was the happiest he felt in a long time. The whole room erupts in cheers while Pepper and May huddle to take a photo of what’s got to be the most adorable momentous event they all have witnessed ever.
Bucky: Wasn’t he already tho?
Steve: *elbows Bucky* Let the children have their moment.
Rhodey: *snorts* Tones, are you crying?
Happy: He’s crying.
Tony gallops across the room to engulf both of his kids in a big hug, ignoring the teasing he got from his teammates—no, family.
Tony: If you knuckleheads think I’d just stand there while the two of you got all the spotlight, think again.
Everyone laughs and the siblings giggle. When they were both tucked in his arms, he never felt more at home.
orange juice is the superior beverage bc it makes ur tongue feel like u ate a bunch of ants which reminds me of my childhood when I would put ants in my mouth and eat em except this time it tastes good too
Hey op I think you’re probably allergic to citrus?
is. this not what oj is supposed to make ur tongue feel like
Me when I see a cheesecake: g o o d s h I t
My dairy allergic body: please don’t, we really dont want to have a migraine in two days over this…
My dumb ass, shovleing cheesecake into my gaping mouth: g o o d s h I t
My body, dying on the couch two days later: I f*cking told you so
Me, weakly: g o o d s h I t
Whenever I go to a hotel with family or friends it’s always really funny for me because I’ll wake up with my eyes swollen shut and they’ll be like “what…what happened to you last night” and I get to squint at them and be like “heh hotel pillows make eyes go puff puff”
Avengers AU – If Tony was Peter’s biological father
Tony is super protective of his son. And Peter, inspired by his dad, becomes Spiderman anyway (his dad and his Uncle Rhodey figure him out in a second though).
Practising all day and then waking up with a split lip
Playing piano
Being the only girl in the section
Rowdy 12 year old boys trying to take over the trumpet section
Being totally undermined by the rest of the orchestra while knowing that you’re secretly the best you just don’t want everyone else to get jealous
Anything above a top C
Forgetting your mute
Being the only one to remember a mute
Being section leader/principal and trying (and failing) to control your section
Chromatic scales
Counting anything over 4 bars of rests and drifting off because you have a terrible attention span
People calling your baritone a tuba
People calling your instrument a different brass instrument
Not being able to use vaseline. Ever.
Having that one responsible prick in the section and not having any fun
Being that one responsible prick in the section and controlling the fun
People laughing when you say your instrument is called a cornet and asking where the ice cream is
Woodwind problems
1. Reeds 2. Reeds 3. Reeds 4. Reeds 5. Reeds 6. Reeds 7. Reeds 8. Reeds 9. Reeds 10. Reeds 11. Someone calling your bassoon an oboe. 12. Having to deal with brass players. 13. Fingerings. 14. Reeds.
There are so many of you it doesn’t even matter if you’re there or not haha
Fighting to the death for front desk and not even getting a solo
Anything above 5th position (3rd for violas)
Getting stabbed in the eye by a bow
Tchaikovsky vibrato
Slipping pegs
Wtf is a viola?
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE FINGERNAILS THEY MUST BE DESTROYED
Second violins
Everyone trying to find that high note out loud before your entry
Ominous rattling string/instrument
Sweaty hands sliding right off the end of the fingerboard
I could go on….
More strings:
-Getting new strings and having to retune every 2 minutes
-New strings are soooo expensive and you’re meant to change them like 3 times a year (seriously I just bought a new set for over £80)
-When you get your bow rehaired and have to use your less good spare bow for like a week
-If you wear foundation and play violin or viola expect the foundation to end up all over your chin rest
-Taking cellos and basses on public transport
-Trying to find a good instrument and having little idea of where to start and what to expect in your budget
-With any string instrument case: “is that a guitar?”
-Rosin stains on your black concert clothes
-(for viola) When composers don’t understand how alto clef works so you either get stuff easily within your range or huge awkward shifts etc.
-(also for viola and possibly cello and bass) When composers think that shifting clef so the next notes look around the same area as the last ones on the stave means it’s fine because it doesn’t look like a huge shift when, in fact, it is (I’m looking at you @ottorinorespighi-official *ahem*Pines of Rome mvt 4*ahem*
like it or not that’s a huge shift from 1st to 6th position in nearly no time)
-When composers change clefs like every 2 bars (again, I’m looking at you @ottorinorespighi-official *ahem*Fountains of Rome mvt 3*ahem*
just why)
-Knowing there’s a definite possibility that the instrument in the back of your car is probably worth more than the car itself (definitely in my case anyway)
Alright y’all I’m gonna add to this
That ring you get on your mouth after you play for a long time
Double tonguing
Triple tonguing
Breath control (especially hard on brass and as a woodwind also, I can say that)
Misplacing your mouthpiece
Not having the right mutes (there are so many and they’re so expensive)
Valve oil – ew.
Slide grease – more ew
Accidentally getting dribble down your leg when you empty your water key
The whole cleaning process
Having a valve fall out and trying to put it in the right way round so it doesn’t sound like an elephant with its thunk tied up
Leaps of over an octave
Trying to pitch low notes well
Being complained at by your family whenever you practise
Being heard by the whole Street when you practise (I had a friend who lived on the same road as another horn player and they would have volume competitions from opposite ends of the road)
People not knowing the difference between a cornet, a trumpet and a flugelhorn
“French horns are French right??”
The slide trumpet vs piccolo trombone argument – they are literally the same thing
Being terrified of denting your new, expensive instrument
Smashing the bell in 😫
Having the biggest freaking music book in the world – arban cornet method literally ways a ton
CARNIVAL OF FREAKING VENICE
Hitting your trombone slide on the people in front of you, or the floor
Having too short arms to reach 7th position
Running out of lip half way through a rehearsal
When introducing your self as a trumpet player and people saying “Oh I’d never have guessed you played trumpet” because you’re neither a boy or an egotistical fuckhead
Living up to your instrument stereotype without realising
Being a girl and playing on your period
Literally not being allowed to play another brass instrument because it’ll ‘mess up your embouchure’ and being banned from touching other instruments by your teacher
Not sounding good until you’ve been playing for atleast 3-4 years (grade 5 for those if us in the UK)
Not having a wide enough range, every note above a C/Bb is a huge challenge to even get to the next semitone
Everyone assuming you like jazz because you play a jazzy instrument (I hate jazz)
Adding some more high brass/valved brass (sorry bones) issues
Mutes fucking with your intonation
Getting a slide STUCK so you can’t tune
Whacking yourself in the mouth with a solid chunk of metal
Having to fork out at least £2000 for various trumpets (most instruments are generally more expensive but pro trumpet players often have to have about 5/6 different trumpets)
Sitting in front a of a cimbasso (cimbassos are LOUD)
Eyebrows (also applies to woodwind players)
Spending hours in the bathroom giving your instrument a bath
Circular breathing, or at least trying to circular breathe
Not having enough time for a mute change
Having a big slurred leap and accidentally ripping up to it like you’re the jazziest motherfucker alive
Overshooting a high note
Undershooting a high note
Ugh just the upper register in general
clarinet problems:
reeds™
yay our instruments are “only” £2.500 (US$3.200) but wait we have to buy at least 2 to be useful
speaking of which: composers who think it takes 2 seconds to switch instruments
also: composers who don’t realise we buy A clarinets for a reason and give us 7 sharps on Bb instead of 2 sharps on A
I’m A Modernist Composer And You Can Gliss Along The Whole Instrument Right
“can you play rhapsody in blue”
concerto repertoire: MOZART!!!!!! weber. ᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ
I’m Another Modernist Composer And What’s Wrong With C7 At Pianissimo
sitting in front of trumpets (i just did mahler 2, aladdin suite and festive overture. i’m deaf)
I’m Ginastera And I’ll Just Casually Have You Gliss To A Note That Doesn’t Exist On The Clarinet
“this month we’ll be working on a baroque piece called-” ok cool i’m unemployed
joining pit bands for musicals and being expected to play Bb clarinet A clarinet Eb clarinet C clarinet alto clarinet bass clarinet alto sax tenor sax soprano sax oboe cor anglais flute piccolo bassoon contrabassoon and cinderella
fun fact all instruments squeak but you only notice it on clarinets because clarinets squeak on the 3rd harmonic instead of the 2nd
speaking of which: clarinet physics. why can we not have the whole harmonic series. give us the even numbered harmonics i swear to Göd
“Maybe your army comes and maybe it’s too much for us but it’s all on you. Because if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we’ll avenge it.” – Tony Stark, The Avengers
And a *Bonus* (in keeping with Marvel tradition) –
Hope everyone enjoys these as much as I do – they took long enough to make. But they’re finally finished – hey, let’s celebrate with some sleep! Good evening, all. 🙂
