Team Thanos Forever
On a bustling Sunday afternoon—the very weekend Avengers: Endgame exploded onto screens—a tight-knit group of friends and family gathered at a packed movie theater. Among them was our Hero, a dad known for his booming voice from years of commanding attention on the firing range, and his son, alongside a handful of his son’s closest friends, the “peeps.” With his wife and daughter still en route, our Hero and the crew snagged a cluster of seats, staking their claim like generals before the battle. As the chatter buzzed and the lights lingered bright, our Hero sensed an opportunity for a bit of theatrical mischief. Spurred on by the peeps to do something funny that would also be embarrassing for the son, a decision was made. Before the previews could even roll, he rose like a Shakespearean actor taking center stage, arms spread wide in a grand gesture. Then, with a voice trained to carry over open fields and echo through shooting ranges, he bellowed, “Am I the only one here who i...