1- You are right. There us no way I wouldve guessed that.
2- Eh, time will tell. She isn't worth the 3 solo titles she's had so far....but then again neither is SpiderGwen....or Gwenpool for that matter..... But ultimately having a solid niche fanbase that continue to latch on after the "new pander" smell wears off is what I feel gives them the confidence to continue to push her the way they have where as RiRi Williams is....yea.
I mean to be honest, while Miles Morales still gets pigeon holed sometime into that same category, he's a character that was created for similar reasons and stuck around because the writing and characterization were there to support it....and now while hes taken a few steps back do to the general public only knowing him as the black spiderman, in the comicbook community he's fully accepted as having paid his dues in a sense and earned his place.
At the end of the day I really believe Ms. Marvel will be the next big mainstay. At worst because she has just enough quality to not be forgotten before they finish shoving her down her throat. And at best because she's getting the exposure that will draw attention to the catalogue of stories that younger comic fans will look for as they hop on.
3- Yea....Marvel Now was pretty much Bendis' brainchild, or at the very least finds it's origins in his realm of thinking.
It was during his heyday of being the most vocal person at Marvel retreats and getting multiple series because of it....A position Jason Aaron unfortunately occupied as well.
I think alot of times writers don't like to ask themselves questions about why their making a character..... They just say "We need a _______ character" and then fill in traits that make this character relevant.
I mean I only recently found out that theres this whole Wasp solo about Hank Pyms secret daughter where her entire character is "she's Hank Pym's secret daughter" and then they just filled her in with Antman's supporting cast and made a solo.
4- Oh no your absolutely right. Jane Thor can start a dozen different debates just by bringing her up.....but it's important to note that the books in your face feminism was very much a huge critique....and now it's sorta just evolved to a point where her arcs are just a great addition to the Thor verse.
She sorta was the most blatant SJW character and has kind of earned her spot despite it.
5- Listen here White devil, Hip Hop music is for Black people because only we Black people have those feelings. Go make songs about your own struggles! And by the way, were taking Taylor Swift because she's the only one who really touches on my post-break up feelings.
Lol I get what your saying though, but I'd argue that every genre has it's own issues on diversity and such and their isn't as blanket an idea as you imply. Example being Hiphop in which a "legend" named Lord Jamar who actually spends his free time doing interviews about why white people shouldn't be allowed in Hip Hop and why Eminem isn't allowed in "the culture"....and everyone thinks hes crazy.
For me though, I honestly couldnt name one female Marvel character that wasn't an X-Man for a long time. And when I got to the point I could actually learn and read up about these characters I realized that most of the Avengers girls were just there to faint, get passed around or pose awkwardly.
Like at certain points, even a non-american human would be an improvement for them. And I say this as a DC fan who knows full well if you ask for 3 female heroes you'd get WW, Supergirl, Batgirl or Catwoman.....but it's still better then the ridiculous struggle of trying to name 3 black characters not named Storm....
Idk I'm rambling...Avengers are stupid and even if they got well written diverse characters they'd probably have them bang the whole team since that's about all they've ever done with She-hulk and Scarlet Witch.
6- I disagree. Not about Lobdell and the comics code stuff. But about the general idea of the prejudice in recognition of characters.
My belief is that in the last decade we've seen this upswing in the amount of people that generally sum up their existence in one or two word. Black man, Queer Woman, Trans man, Black woman.....it's generally an american thing, but these people seem as if if you took away their ability to express what for anyone else would be a single part of their character, then they would have nothing more to say.
It's not to belittle the struggle of these groups of course, but it's to say that American culture is devolving to a point where instead of names were going to just pick a trait like some dystopian society where that one thing is what you will base your entire life around.
This to me is why they parade characters around with zero character except for "tik tok" or "trans gender" or "fat kid" or "fake archangel"....because this is the one note way that American culture is beginning to reclassify themselves as.
I mean believe me, I get what you mean because I have had to nuke @Butterflykyss a couple times for playing the race card in regards to Storm being hated for being a proud black woman, when I don't think if you asked Storm who she was she would even say she was Black.
But that said I still believe it's more pandering to the easy markets..... I mean who's easier to market to? A random CIS white male? Or the guy whose twitter profile says he sexually identifies as an attack helicopter?
In my mind, they don't even miss a beat before their having a meeting about the Thanos-copter coming to life and lifting Thors hammer
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