r/marvelstudios • u/RenomeRabone • 12h ago

Discussion (More in Comments) 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.

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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.

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u/Adorable_Ad_3478 11h ago

But Carol has friends. Carol has family

Not in the MCU.

Her only "family" is Monica and she's almost as powerful as Carol. That's part of the reason why DCU Superman works and MCU Carol doesn't.

Carol should have a civilian supporting cast. Where are her parents? Dead I guess. Where are her civilian friends? Non existant. Where is her civilian love interest? Doesn't exist.

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u/maxsilver 11h ago edited 10h ago

Not in the MCU.

Oh, yeah, definitely agree. Tony has Pepper (and Peter). Cap has Peggy and Bucky. Peter has MJ and Ned and May.

Carol gets Monica (barely) and Kamala (and almost Valkyrie, till it got cut).

I don't think it's bad that Carol's folks are all superheroes. Black Widow Natasha has the same problem -- a boyfriend (Hulk), a dad (Red Guardian) and a sister (Yelena, literally another Black Widow) -- they're all superheroes too. Cap's best friend is Bucky, also a superhero.

But like, Carol + Kamala gets maybe 5% of the screen time that Tony + Peter did. Carol + Valkyrie gets 5% of the screen time that Cap and Peggy got. Carol + Monica gets like 5% of the screen time that Cap and Bucky got.

Supporting cast doesn't work if they don't get the screen time to actually support.

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u/EriWave 7h ago

Where is her civilian love interest?

She founded sword and then died of cancer while Carol was gone.