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No bc why r so many ppl only speaking up on Palestine now that they're starving to the point of almost no return without major medical intervention. Like where were y'all when white phosphorus was getting dropped on them? Looking at you Democratic politicians.

Also not y'all still continuing to not speak up on Sudan, aka the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Like my god, why does no one care until it's too late

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Nah cause Musa's reboot design is so ass. Wtf is she wearing and why is her hair such a bright shade of blue. Also what happened to her sharp eyes? And why is she so childish like of all the girls her transformation was definitely the most childish, yet another stereotype.

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"The movie which ended with him becoming a fugitive. Something you said could never happen to him."

I never said that, I said he wasn't thrown in jail immediately because of Tony. Once again you twisting around my words to make yourself sound smart. Again you dodging the race point.

"Are you literally referring to the movie in which Steve only has Natasha and Sam who wasn't then an Avenger on side and literally gets blamed for the murder of Nick Fury then labelled a criminal by SHIELD? That movie."

Key words by SHIELD the actual government never came after him except for the secretary. Did you see the president of Congress trying to arrest him? Even during the court case, that was everything to do with the fall of SHIELD and Hydra.

"Ant Man 2 in which Hank Pym had to go on the run because the Accords allowed the government to seize his suits and he wasn't gonna let them."

Bc Scott used those suits to become a superhero. Like Hope literally said that Scott was the reason they were on the run.

😂 So let's get this straight. Sam didn't feel the need to reform the Avengers but the moment someone else does it he throws his toys out of his pram and sues them? What a pretty pathetic bitch you make him sound like.

My god you're fucking stupid. Are you being serious? He literally doesn't want the avengers under the governments control? Which is why he sued them? He literally expressed interest in restarting the avengers to Joaquin at the end of the film? He just didn't before because he didn't have a fucking team? Oh my God? This is actually a brain dead argument.

He wouldn't recruit Kate Bishop because how tf would he know who she is. The only reason Kamala Khan knew was bc Nick Fury told her. Bruce and Lang were basically retired and what is an avengers team with 3 fucking people.

"Babe the only people who are upset Sam wasn't in Thunderbolts are maniacal Sam Stans who think every character in the bloody universe has to talk about him non stop or else.

Everyone else in fandom and all real Thunderbolts fans think you're insane or just bitter and obsessed. We all want other characters to have their chance not Sam to take over everything."

what the actual fuck are you on? Sam has literally been in 2 projects since phase 4 started. Wong has been in more. Steve literally had 3 solo movies and 4 avenger films as cap. Sam hasn't gotten shit and it makes 0 sense for him not to be involved in the case against Valentina.

His best friend joined a New Avengers started by the government behind his back? I know this is hard for you to grasp but Sam doesn't own Bucky. He's not his boss. Bucky doesn't actually require Sam's permission to do anything. Just like Steve Rogers didn't own the OG Avengers or stop anyone recruiting whoever they wanted.

So you're just a shitty friend is what I'm hearing. You're telling me that if your best friend says to you in a moment of vulnerability how he feels that he could never live up to Steve's legacy and how worried he was at the idea of restarting the avengers in this type of world you would go and join another Avengers group started by the government and literally the definition of everything that Steve DIDN'T stand for.

You have literally said nothing about the points I made about Sam's race and how it affects his role as Captain America which they have literally shown matters a fucking lot. The funny thing is I sort of understood your argument when you first reposted my post. Now you literally make 0 sense and are grasping at straws to hate on Sam. Like your argument about Bucky not belonging to Sam was so stupid. Yah he's his own person but that doesn't mean he should go ahead and betray his friends?

everybody watched bnw with their eyes closed. you guys just refuse to see that sam wilson is genuinely a good person and are wilfully ignorant so you can concentrate on how he apparently ‘forgave ross’ or ‘sided with ross’ or whatever nonsense

he had never EVER fucking endorsed ross in that movie and he DID NOT want anything to do with him. just because he was NICE to that man - the same way he has been with every fucking person doesn’t mean shit other than sam being a good person down to his core

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Oh my God. MCU version of Elon musk? Do you even hear yourself? ATP half this criticism is racism.

"Like that one crying because he didn't take over Yelena's movie"- There's no way you're actually mad that people are upset that Sam wasn't in Thunderbolts. This is actually insane. He's literally Captain America? His best friend joined a New Avengers started by the government behind his back?

"ever depict Val in a sympathetic light or pretend she's just some misunderstood victim as Brave New World does with Ross"

And yet it shows the rest of the Thunderbolts becoming Avengers because "the government said so"

"The fact that Ross even had to come up with the idea is an indictment of Sam. What was he doing for 4 years?"

Tell me again why Sam needed to restart the avengers. Tell me again what good it would've done. Tell me who tf he could've recruited who wasn't retired or people he had no idea existed.

"The fact Sam was purely thinking of his own reputation and position in those circumstances instead of the impact his actions could have on all enhanced people speaks volumes."

All enhanced people as if there weren't regular civilians lives on the line as well. People that Ross and the US government could've easily saw as threats if Sam stepped out of line. The way they were literally ready to arrest him just for investigating what was going on.

"We also never see the characters defending her as Sam does with Ross."

Directly quote to me when he defended Ross to the US people. When he was sympathizing with Ross for no reason other than to calm him tf down.

"Like Tony Stark. Yes- he's a fascist. So was his father who recruited and worked with Arnim Zola. Why am I not surprised you glaze for the MCU version of Elon Musk as well?"

ATP this post is just rage bait. Yes the guy that stopped selling weapons to the US military was a fascist. I will never defend Tony's actions pre Iron Man and during Age of Ultron but to act like none of his actions had any basis is ridiculous. Do you think Ross and the US government saw Wanda as a citizen? That they'd offer her any sympathy given the situation and the fact that she was a refugee.

"And Ross had the lives of millions in his hands right then. The Accords applied to every single enhanced person on the face of the planet. Not just the Avengers. Women, kids, Inhumans, Mutants, everyone."

Wow so not only are you illiterate you're also deaf. The Sokovia accords specifically discussed the Avengers and other superheros. Literally talked about in She Hulk how no super heros were obligated to give personal information. Not just any enhanced individual. It would've and could've led to there but that was never Tony's intention with it. Both sides had bad points when it came to the execution of their plans.

"I will not condemn Steve for refusing to give in to Ross- because he of all people knew that you cannot appease authoritarians and fascists."

Omg the situations were totally fucking different? Ross was the fucking president who wasn't trying to sign away the avengers freedom when Sam fought him? Again I still don't know what you wanted Sam to do in this situation other than what he literally did. He investigated, he desculated the situation without violence. The fact that you're comparing their situations when they're literally nothing alike? Omg.

"the idea is inherent in your claim that Ross is reasonable and Steve was the bad guy for opposing him when he wanted to strip and entire minority of their human rights. Had already began doing it with Wanda and Bucky"

I literally never said that. I said that Sam wasn't in a position to start a fight like that. Steve had the people's respect and the avengers to back him up. The only reason he didn't get thrown in jail immediately after the highway fight. Sam is a black man who was already fighting for the respect of everyone. Do not fucking compare their situations when they're not the same. Not to mention once again why would sam start fighting with Ross immediately? Again the same things were not at stake immediately. He was worried about Isaiahs' life and freedom. Are u seriously telling me that fighting with Ross would've guaranteed Isaiah's safety? Would've made sure the forgotten Black Captain America actually got freed? ARE YOU SERIOUS? HE WAS LITERALLY ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL ROSS. LIKE OMG.

As I keep repeating the situations weren't similar at all and there were different things at stake for both Sam and Steve. Steve had the power and the privilege to start that kind of fight because Tony was the main person he was against. Sam had to just face the government there was no Tony Stark protecting him. Please go watch Falcon and the Winter Soldier and it will literally spoonfeed you all of the reasons Sam can't start a fight with the government.

everybody watched bnw with their eyes closed. you guys just refuse to see that sam wilson is genuinely a good person and are wilfully ignorant so you can concentrate on how he apparently ‘forgave ross’ or ‘sided with ross’ or whatever nonsense

he had never EVER fucking endorsed ross in that movie and he DID NOT want anything to do with him. just because he was NICE to that man - the same way he has been with every fucking person doesn’t mean shit other than sam being a good person down to his core

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Yall cannot be fr

The fact that you started off with Tony fans implying that Tony is a fascist shows the flaws in your logic. Did I ever say he was a good guy? D?I'd I ever try to defend him? No I defended the way Sam handled it? Can you honestly tell me that Sam starting a fight with the fucking president would've gone well for him, a guy that already faced extreme backlash for becoming Captain America.

Tony never labeled Wanda as an illegal immigrant either. The fact that the left cannot see that you can't just kill everyone you fucking disagree with is actually insane. I don't know what you expected Sam to do? Aggravate Ross? Make the Red Hulk a bigger threat?

The entire point is that Ross isn't a fascist, I don't know where you get that. It's very clear when they make a character a fascist, aka secretary Alexander Pierce.

No compromise when Ross literally had the lives of thousands in his hands, like be so fr. This wasn't a netanyahu sitaution, escalating it would've caused more trouble for Sam. The same Sam that literally didn't want to restart the avengers with Ross. The same Sam that's sueing the New Avengers because of who they're affiliated with. I don't see you criticizing thunderbolts for it's portrayal of Valentina. Maybe go look at that before you start spaying complete nonsense in reposts.

everybody watched bnw with their eyes closed. you guys just refuse to see that sam wilson is genuinely a good person and are wilfully ignorant so you can concentrate on how he apparently ‘forgave ross’ or ‘sided with ross’ or whatever nonsense

he had never EVER fucking endorsed ross in that movie and he DID NOT want anything to do with him. just because he was NICE to that man - the same way he has been with every fucking person doesn’t mean shit other than sam being a good person down to his core

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did i enjoy the thunderbolts movie? yes. do i adore the main characters? yes. do i still not engage with any thunderbolts content because of the whole new avengers thing causing a sambucky divorce? also yes.

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How Sam's erasure negatively impacted the story

I’ve covered a lot of reasons why I think the story of Thunderbolts was such a mess, but of course I have another one. I remember, before the movie came out (and we were still full of hope), the general consensus was that Sam had to make some kind of appearance. And that made perfect sense, for a few good reasons. First of all, logistically, this is a movie that was taking place in the US, more specifically New York, a hop skip and a jump from where Sam is set up in DC. He could fly right over to help in no time. One of the leads was Bucky, who we didn’t know was going to be so completely not himself in this movie. The movie we were expecting, where we would get the Bucky Barnes we all know and love, would clearly have to be absolutely full of references to Sam since Bucky loves him more than anything. And, of course, Sam would have every reason to want to come to Bucky’s, and the entirety of New York’s, rescue. Finally, this movie also included John, who as I discussed before, has serious history with Sam. A reunion between these two characters when John was at his lowest and Sam got to fly in as the incredible hero that he is would have been great. I would have loved to see a bit where John looks at Sam, the Captain America he never could be, and just seethes. That would have provided great material to explore John’s character, and really address the fact that he was such a monster for trying to murder Sam (but of course the movie we actually got didn’t want to do that).

So, logistically, it made sense for Sam to show up. Thematically it would have also worked well. Bucky had cameo in Brave New World where he provided him comfort and reassurance. I think it would have been fun if Sam’s cameo, in contrast, would be him straight up kicking ass and rescuing the team. Obviously this would have to happen in a way that didn’t steal the story completely from the Thunderbolts (of course I’d love this *now*, but this is when we were hypothesizing that it would actually be a good movie). He could have just shown up at the end to rescue them maybe from Valentina’s forces or something after they already ultimately saved the day. But these contrasting cameos in each other’s movies would be such good Sambucky material. Showing that they’re on their own journeys but are also permanently embedded in each other’s lives.

Now there could have been another option, in which Sam was constantly mentioned but didn't actually show up. Of course I wouldn’t have liked this as much because I want to see Sam and get Mackie paid, but I digress. I mentioned this kind of idea in an earlier post, but Sam’s example as an actually good person to contrast the Thunderbolts could have worked. Sam would have been basically a specter throughout the story, someone who haunts John and remind him that he’s a total piece of shit, someone who Bucky loves and wants to protect from this new danger, someone the rest of the Thunderbolts either want to emulate or reject because of what he represents. Maybe Bucky might have had some reason not to call him, either Sam was busy with some other mission or Bucky could have just been afraid to bring Sam into this dangerous situation. Maybe John could have been so wrapped up in his failure that he refuses to accept Sam’s potential help, since he’d have to acknowledge that Sam is Captain America (logistically this would be hard of course since we’d all rather have Sam than John around but who knows it could have worked). If the movie had worked out this way, it would have been all about how Captain America couldn’t be there, which would still show that he’s an important character.

Basically, there were a lot of ways that Sam not only could have been in this movie, he really should have been there. Because, as we actually see with the final product of this movie, his noticeable absence makes the movie materially worse. Again, starting with the logistics of the plot of the movie. The fact that Sam is just a phone call from Bucky away from helping makes this whole movie even dumber than it already is. Oh, Bucky’s investigating Val and needs to rescue these goons she’s trying to kill off so they can testify against her - get Sam’s help. Now they’re all just going to confront Val (which is also dumb and unnecessary because they were just supposed to be witnesses) - get Sam’s help. Sam could have dealt with Sentry no problem honestly. Oh, now Sentry has turned into the Void and it's taking out New York?  - get Sam’s help?! Sam Wilson?! Captain America?! Who can fly and rescue people more effectively than a couple of people on foot? Now we need to track down Val and put her in jail - get. Sam. He literally just brought the president of the United States to justice in his movie, he can add the director of the CIA to his list. Instead, we get the story we see, one where everyone just makes bad decisions that aren’t in character to keep the plot going. The fact that they’re also just refusing to even acknowledge that there’s someone who would be perfect for the job right off screen makes it infinitely worse!

Thematically, this is also just a bizarre choice. Like I said before, the point of Bucky’s cameo in Brave New World was to show that the two men were still deeply important to each other. So the fact that Bucky gets to have a scene showing how important he is to Sam in Sam's movie, but Sam doesn’t get a scene to show how important he is to Bucky in Bucky’s movie, feels odd. It feels like this movie is trying to say that Sam doesn’t actually really matter to Bucky at all. Which is just, so categorically untrue based on everything we’ve ever seen of the man. So it's not just disappointing, it's not just a wasted opportunity, it feels like intentional erasure. Bucky doesn’t mention Sam even as a logistical solution to their situation, let alone as a reference to someone he loves. The glaring lack of Sam makes Bucky’s character that much worse in this movie, in a movie where his character is absolutely trashed at every turn.

It's just so odd because the MCU has, in the past, done such a straightforward job of explaining why other heroes can’t come to help in someone’s solo movie. Steve was on the run in Winter Soldier, so he didn’t have the ability to call on the other Avengers. Tony got targeted in his own home in Iron Man 3, so he felt he couldn’t drag anyone else into the mess he made. The Avengers had just broken up during Civil War when Yelena sent Natasha the key to freeing the widows from the Red Room, so they had to take care of the situation themselves. Scott even asked Hank to just have the Avengers help in Antman, only for Hank to refuse for his own personal reasons. Thunderbolts could have so easily mentioned Sam in order to say precisely why he couldn’t help. That would have been fine, and it would have matched what we’ve seen before. But instead we get a movie that almost feels like it goes out of its way to *not* include Sam. And the story suffers as a result.

In many of my criticisms of Thunderbolts, I argue that this movie doesn’t work because it goes against what the MCU has put more focus on in the last few years. It's a walk back in terms of thoughtful representation and diversity as well as the generally progressive messaging we’ve been accustomed to. In this particular case, however, I think this issue of erasing Sam is more like the inevitable outcome of what fans have been calling out for the last few years. Because Sam had barely anything in terms of cameos, appearances, or even the smallest reference in the time between Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Brave New World. And, much as it felt odd in Thunderbolts, it felt odd then as well. I mean, Sam was supposed to be getting set up as the new Captain America, one of the leading figures in the MCU going forward. And we got barely anything in between his two main projects to actually remind audiences about how important he was. Now, in the case of all those projects, Sam’s erasure didn’t negatively affect the actual stories. The lack of Sam was really disappointing, but those projects without him still had plots that made sense. But Thunderbolts of course is such an egregious example that it does actually suffer for not including him at all. 

I think that the consistent pattern of ignoring Sam in all of those intervening projects eventually led to his erasure in Thunderbolts. Essentially, I think writer teams weren’t given any explicit instruction to include Sam, and so they each independently just failed to include him. After all, if one or two projects didn’t reference him it wouldn’t have been the end of the world. But since *nobody* made it a priority to include Sam, he ended up being ignored by every writer. And so it was pretty much inevitable that the situation we saw in Thunderbolts would eventually happen - where Sam’s pointed absence negatively impacts the quality of the story. Because for all these years, writers hadn’t received feedback saying “hey, Sam is a really important character in this world, you need to include him in some way”. And in a writing process that was already as chaotic and messy as it was for Thunderbolts, I doubt anyone in the writer’s room was going to think about Sam. Given that they couldn’t even manage to write the characters who were supposed to lead the movie.

Now, one might argue that Sam’s lack of appearance in Thunderbolts isn’t that big of a deal because he’s going to be showing up in Doomsday next year. And while it's great that we’re finally going to be seeing Sam make consistent appearances again, that fact isn’t going to make me retract this criticism. First of all, once again, the issue is that the specific story of Thunderbolts absolutely needed to include or at least reference Sam in some capacity because Bucky was literally one of the main characters. Second of all, Bucky got to make an appearance in Brave New World despite the fact that he’s also going to be in Doomsday, so that feels like a double standard. Finally, Sam is CAPTAIN AMERICA. He is one of the main characters in the MCU now, and these movies need to start acting like it. He should have been a consistent element of every project released after Falcon and the Winter Soldier, especially since audiences had to wait four years to see him in his own movie again.

For a movie marketed as a step in the right direction from the issues of phases four and five (of which there weren’t actually that many), Thunderbolts actually exemplifies one of the real problems those projects had. Namely, the lack of inclusion of other characters who should have been involved in some way. Why haven’t we seen a trace of spiderman in all these projects that take place in New York? Why didn’t Shang-Chi get a cameo or mention or anything in Multiverse of Madness or She Hulk even though those included Wong and Kamar-Taj? Sam’s absence is clearly the worst example, but he’s not the only one. This cumulatively makes the projects of phase 4 and 5 feel disconnected from each other, when that connection was one of the greater strengths of the MCU. But the story of Thunderbolts was already so paper thin and based on dumb, out of character behavior. So while earlier movies still worked as stories even without properly including these other characters, Thunderbolts was the case where this oversight finally came back to really cause problems. It's just really disappointing to see a problem that fans have been complaining about for a while show up again in such a disastrous capacity. I would hope that this would all result in a regained focus on including these characters to make the MCU feel like a connected world again, but at this point I’m not especially hopeful.

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HEAVY ON TRIX BEING SISTERS.

I also hope they don't make the switch a roo a "I wanted a normal life" bullshit rather they acknowledge the scary war that is currently in Sky's kingdom and the fact that Brandon, (a poor man) was forced to take his place to save his life

Things that I do and don't want from the Winx reboot:

1.) I don't want more than a season and half of the "jealous partner" subplot that was in basically every season of the original. It gets old.

2.) If Diaspro is the reboot I want her feud with Bloom to be exactly the same as the original except I want at least one person to acknowledge that Bloom started it.

3.) If/when the pixies show up it needs to be either the original 6 pixies or 6 completely new one. Justice for Tune and Digit.

4.) I want the trix to be actual sisters, not just coven sisters

5.) I still kind of want the Sky and Brandon switch-a-roo, but maybe just done a bit differently.

6.) I would like to see Pepe the duck.

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Ross isn't Netanyahu either, he's not an extreme fascist which is why Sam tried to resolve shit peacefully. He was an awful guy but Sam knew they had to work together to solve this crisis. Sam's entire thing is reason as much as possible- aka what he did with Karlie like come on.

Just saw a meme comparing the politics of Brave New World versus Superman, basically saying Sam was defending Ross while Superman was attacking the DCU stand in for Netanyahu. I feel like we gotta nip this comparison in the bud while we can - I loved the messaging in Superman, it was great and I support it. But Brave New World was also good and I’m genuinely tired of seeing all these takes saying its not. If people bothered to actually pay attention to the substance of the movie they’d see that Sam does *not* defend Ross one bit! He gets invited to the White House and attends because he’s Captain Goddamn America and he can go anywhere he wants. Ross tells Sam he wants the Avengers to work for him and Sam immediately does not trust him and does not agree. When Ross forbids Sam from investigating what happened with Isaiah, Sam says “screw you dude” and does it anyway. Ross literally tries to get Sam and Joaquin arrested! Sam saves the day and stops World War 3 *in spite of* Ross, and he then STABS HIM in when he turns into the red hulk. Captain America stabs the president of the United States. Multiple times! And then Ross turns himself in and goes to jail! Because he was ultimately at fault for everything that happened! The whole story is about Captain America fighting the president and sending him to prison. *That’s* the plot of Brave New World.

Listen, I loved Brave New World and I loved Superman. They are both great movies. There is no MCU vs DCU, we can all just enjoy both. As I said before, this is a "holy shit, two cakes!" situation. Let’s try not to compare them in a way that is not only reductive but just factually incorrect please!

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who gaf if reed Richard led the avengers in the comics? Wanda wasn't a white woman in the comics but she is in the MCU, why is this the one time the MCU decides to be comic accurate. the reboot pmo why do we need to recast cap when WE LITERALLY HAVE A CAP OMG

i'm so deeply exhausted and angry about the MISTREATMENT and the DISRESPECT towards sam wilson in the mcu, especially in the last months. everything is so fucking disrespectful, there's no other way to put it.

first, it was the treatment marvel studios gave to brave new world aka sam's first solo movie (using the ruth's controversy as an excuse to give the movie a shit promotion, something THEY CHOOSE to do since she was an unnecessary character who had the chance to be removed more than once)

then came that extremely disrespectful post-credits scene in thunderbolts - that made people feel far too comfortable to say the most absurd things about sam and to US for literally NO REASON. because being mad cause he's claiming the rights for HIS team's name is no reason to me. people saying they want him DEAD cause he's "mocking" their new favorite white toys and other thousands of disgusting things. i can't even list all the shit i've read in the last months just because we keep pointing how wrong and (again) disrespectful this whole situation is. (seriously, i've fought/blocked/silenced so many people since may, God).

AND NOW i woke up to the news they're allegedly giving another character (and a newbie AGAIN) the title of leader of the avengers. like ??????????? What the hell ????

some people say the information was taken out of context. others say 'oh but reed leads the avengers in the comics' / 'he has the experience to lead the avengers in the fight against doom/secret wars' etc. etc. etc. BUT I DON'T CARE IF IT MAKES SENSE.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. I'M TIRED of seeing my favorite character been put aside and being treated like he isn't one of this franchise's main characters. and it's ALWAYS HIM. he is captain america for fuck's sake!!!!! SAM has been an avenger for 12 YEARS. there's no one better than him to lead that team against doom, the devil or whoever comes. HE IS CAPTAIN AMERICA and captain america HAS to be the leader of the avengers. no one else. that's the only thing that makes sense here.

being true or not, misunderstanding or not, sam wilson and anthony mackie both deserve so much better.

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It sucks that Natasha Romanoff is the only female character that got absolutely no respect. She was sexualized in every movie until Infinity War (even in Civil War bc they refused to let her get dirty or actually bleed), plain, simple references to her past without actual details of what she went through, suits that made her look attractive instead of being functional, and a movie after her death while being the reason that every other female character got the respect they deserved. The entire reason why Yelena is allowed to express emotions is because Scarlett fought for Natasha to be able to and settled for Yelena getting the chance to. Peggy, Wanda, Carol, Gamora, Nebula, Hope, Pepper all got to be ppl that weren't objects simply bc the MCU used Natasha as their punching bag. Is this to say that there wasn't misogyny in the treatment of some of these characters in the MCU no ofc not. But they were focused on other things than their looks, got actual functional suits, movies and development. Natasha never even got a funeral and her movie was announced after her death. She deserved so much better, so did Scarlett Johansson who was the most perfect casting.

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When Scarlett Johansson joined the Marvel universe all the way back in 2010, she did not have the ability that current actresses in the franchise have now and that is the ability to be seen as a valuable member of the team as opposed to an accessory.

My girl was being sexualised at every single interview, being asked if she wore underwear under her black widow suit and even being groped by interviewers. Natasha’s background was only slightly explored and her fighting style consisted of wrapping her legs around men’s heads in order to further appeal the male audience.

Yelena has the story arc she has and the ability to grow as a character because Scarlett fought for her to when she was producing the Black Widow movie. It makes me so upset that she knew she would never get the superhero experience that the men around her had, so she put aside her own spotlight in order to give Florence the standing that she couldn’t have.

I will not accept Natasha slander because Scarlett put everything she had into that character for a decade and had to go through so much just to be a part of that franchise.

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I will literally never stop thinking about how dirty the MCU did Rhodey. Wdym he's apparently been a skrull since civil war and has no idea Tony died? Wdym Tony wouldn't have noticed something off about his best friend? Wdym his show getting canceled and we never get to see how he deals with his grief over his best friend? Or just learn more about him in general? AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT THROUGHOUT INFINITY WAR AND ENDGAME HE AND TONY INTERACTED ONCE????

We barely know anything about him and genuinely it sucks. He was such a fun character and just another great potential that the MCU wasted.

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scarlet johannson did not spend an entire decade fighting tooth and nail to make natasha into an actual character instead of the sex object writers wanted her to be while also having to endure the most vile, misogynistic questions during press tours for people to now disrespect her legacy because yelena is 'better'. the only reason why that is, is because of everything scarlet went through. natasha singlehandedly paved the way for every other female superhero in the mcu and don't you forget that

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This is my big 3.

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