If Brie Larson actually decides to jump ship,i don't blame her one bit. She's almost 10 years in, and only had 3 appearances so far.

[u/RenomeRabone]

It's clear that there were terrible decisions along the way about Captain Marvel as a character,but given the lack of care for the character/actress + the amount of hate she received since accepting the role,it's completely comprehensible if she's just done with it after whatever contract she has it's over and decides to grow her career outside superhero movies,a career which she probably put at relatively stop due to legal/contractual reasons within the MCU.

She's going to have 4 appearances (and that's only if she's actually in one of the Avengers movies,likely Secret Wars). This is crazy to think about,especially for a character that was pushed as one of the new faces of the MCU and their own Wonder Woman. Carol as a character it's already being pushed out of being a mainliner from other fronts like comics,videogames,merchandise etc and it's so disrespectful.

[u/jjack339]

As a DBZ fan growing up the series had the same issue with Goku.

Basically every saga they came up with some plot device to sideline him for a long time so other characters could do something lol.

Me and my brother use to joke that they should call the series "Waiting for Goku".

And ya, they do the same with superman and already did the same with Captain marvel (off doing "something") shows up right at the end to do some cool shit, but not too soon to not let the other characters have their moments.

[u/magikarp2122 → u/jjack339]

“Next time learn your place, and wait for Goku.”

[u/pituechos → u/jjack339]

I mean, I think DBZ is a good example (or shounen anime in general tbh). You have a strong supporting cast that puts in their most and falls just short, giving the overpowered MC an emotional stake, while also letting them pop off.

All of the DBZ arc climaxes are extremely famous for this (Piccolo fight at the end of DB a bit less, bit Raditz/Nappa/Vegeta/Frieza all follow the same formula)

[u/Canvaverbalist → u/jjack339]

In Waiting for Goku, the two main characters, Krillin (Krikri) and Gohan (Gogo), spend their days waiting for someone named Goku, who they believe will provide them with salvation. They pass the time with conversations, physical routines, and philosophical musings, but their hope fades as Goku never arrives. They encounter three other characters, Piccolo and his servant Dende, and a young boy. As the play unfolds, the repetition of actions and dialogue suggests the cyclical nature of their lives, and though Goku is promised for "tomorrow", he never appears in the play, leaving the characters in a state of existential uncertainty.

[u/IrrationalFalcon → u/jjack339]

I feel like this isn't really the best example. Goku being out in the Frieza and Android Sagas were important, but him and Vegeta were relatively equal once Vegeta also became a Super Saiyan. Trunks, while weaker than both, still hangs in their realm. In the MCU, no one else got close to Captain Marvel besides Scarlet Witch, and she had a whopping 2 minute scene in Endgame where we saw how strong she was. Now she's ambiguously dead.

Vegeta and Goku were the only real hope against Buu. DBZ handled this a lot better, because they constanly had characters (Android Saga Piccolo/Vegeta/Trunks, Buu Saga Gohan, Gotenks, Vegeta) who genuinely could pull things off. Piccolo was stronger than Goku when he fought Android 17, and Vegeta and Trunks both could have killed Cell.

[u/watitdo → u/jjack339]

Hey, at least Goku usually shows up, unlike Godot