Why Marvel Phase Four Sucks!

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"When incompetent men explain my own area of expertise to me" She-Hulk said, while incompetently explaining the Hulk's area of expertise to him

As a black woman, I'm really glad more people are calling bs to this patronizing crap.

Makes me wonder how much Stan Lee protected his creation from Hollywood. Thank you for voicing this so well.

Back then, if a movie fails, we blame the director, but now the directors blame the viewers. It's just crazy

As a women, I am embarrassed that some people genuinely think that being a “Girl Boss” is good character writing. Captain America is not an amazing character because he’s a man, it’s because he was well written and just so happens to be a man.

Hulk: asks woman if she can control her anger SheHulk: proceeds to get mad after being asked a a simple question

A woman here. As soon as I got a taste of Phase 4, I went running back to rewatch Captain America: The Winter Soldier to properly mourn the death of the MCU.

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself long enough to see yourself become a puppet to woke ideology." DAAAAAANG! SO WELL SAID!

As Stan Lee once famously said: "social issues I try to get in, in the background or underlying a plot... but never to the point of interfering with the story or hitting the reader over the head." That is precisely what these newer films have failed to accomplish time and time again.

When a male character is arrogant (Tony, Strange, Thor), he is humbled, stripped of everything, and must undertake a journey and learn how to be a hero and a better person. When a female character is arrogant (Jen, Carol), she is shown to be perfect as is, and everyone must learn from her while she never grows. And that is BORING. EDIT: Wow, thanks for all the likes! I write webcomics with strong male and female characters, they’re called “Zack Dragonblade and the Excalites”, and “Erik Grave and the Mediums at Large”.

She-Hulk downplayed a dude who lost his friends, lost black widow, went through a shit ton of trauma throughout the avengers films (which included being mind controlled to kill hundreds of innocent people against his will), and apparently, according to Bruce in avengers, tried shooting himself only for him to turn into the hulk to spit the bullet out. All to basically say “being catfished is way more traumatic” Wow

The trama Tony faces through the avengers movies is one of the most powerful character arcs of all time. Tony from the alien invasion to his final heart beat is everything we miss about the infinity saga.

The worst part to me is the fact that, even if it wasn’t their intention, they pretty much diminished Bruce’s trauma. They sent out the message that no matter what you’ve gone through, no matter how much hell you’ve been put through, it’s not as bad as a woman being catcalled or talked down to. Like, “I know you were mutated by a freak accident and pretty much lost your life because the wrong thing would set you off to the point of causing massive amounts of destruction, but have you ever been a woman? It’s sooo much harder”

"A hero isn't strong until you know their weaknesses" - the biggest lesson that every writer, accomplished or not, NEEDS to learn

That ending monolog you did honestly almost had me in tears. It's RARE to hear women these days talk men up and thanks to popular media these days promoting misandry, it was something I really needed to hear. YOu have not said it, but phase 4 and modern films are just sexist. I mean, if the Transformers films are called sexist for showing Megan Fox's ass, than these films promoting hate against men sure as hell are as well.

I'm sorry for Stan Lee, seeing his franchise fall after a great ending of his era

The most stupid part is that most of the female character has no training, nor experience but become BETTER than the male character. They literally strip away the sense of progression hence decreasing the reward that we felt.

I got chills during your conclusion. This is so brilliantly said, showing men only as incompetent and violent idiots will only claim to viewers that men are incapable of being good, well-rounded, and impactful heroes. Giving both genders examples of the good and bad through proper, whole, non-agenda driven writing will be the only way to resuscitate this dying industry and provide good characters to aspire to.

Imagine the Avengers trying to give Thanos a heartwarming speech about love and peace