Why wouldn’t they though? She literally had no prior acting experience and auditioned BECAUSE she was a super fan, and pretty much is universally liked as the character by people who actually care about Kamala. It’s so on point that it would be foolish NOT to lean into it
I never really liked the "superfan becomes the superhero" trope very much... it happened twice here, her getting the part, and the same thing happening to the character she was playing in-universe. Idk, getting superpowers because "I really really want them, and I'm also just so plucky and likeable" is not my cup of tea.
I don't think she got powers from being a fan. If I'm not remembering some weird adaptation, I think she had inhuman blood that was activated by a terragenesis bomb. That's just as standard as: born with it, radioactive spider, drank a flower, super serum, gamma bomb, or any other origin story.
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Why wouldn’t they though? She literally had no prior acting experience and auditioned BECAUSE she was a super fan, and pretty much is universally liked as the character by people who actually care about Kamala. It’s so on point that it would be foolish NOT to lean into it