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| DarkBuster22904 10/16/18 3:28:33 PM #36: | RchHomieQuanChi posted... The idea in all three of these scenarios isn't to make the legacy heroes look bad though. It isnt the idea, but none of us are here to care about what the intent was. What we will care about is what happened. And the fact is, embellished headlines or not, the characters DID end up looking bad. Motivations aside, no one wanted to thor demoted to chump in order for jane foster to take his place. Callback or no, hologram or no, people dont want Tony arbitrarily out of commission. And even outside the headlines, the nazi stone was TERRIBLY received, though I'll give you that one was more a matter of unfortunate timing. Granted, fans dont always know what they want. And stories need to take chances for huge dramatic beats. But, when bombarded with this shit, from one character after another, for months/years, with Marvel being VERY public and transparent about the fact that none of it is happening for story reasons... yeah, people will conclude the characters they love are being disrespected. It's not unreasonable. No matter intent, you absolutely CANNOT give your audience reason to believe external pressure, rather than good storytelling, is driving the narrative. And marvel did a shit job at that. Because, believe it or not, everybody noticed when all their favorite characters were very hastily shelved. --- There's somethin' strange on the message board. Who you gonna call? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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