Part 1: Nerfed development, Bad storytelling, bigger problems than the Marvels

A Taste of things to Come

You may have asked yourself, "Why am I seeing all these female characters on this banner?"

Well, what if I told you those characters have been severely nerfed and underdeveloped? What if I told you that The Marvels' failure is part of a bigger problem Marvel and Disney created themselves?

First, The characters themselves

The thing that made Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Guardians, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and other Avengers characters great Pre-Infinity War were the characters themselves. They were developed the right way, portrayed the right way, and the actors were truly invested in each of these characters. They did their research on these characters, they trained to look the part, and even had a voice when it came to the creative direction and the development of their character.

Marvel/Disney took B to C list heroes at best in the comics and turned them into household names in Hollywood.

It got people who aren't even comic book nerds or haven't even seen an old Marvel show into the theaters. They grew with these characters and have seen their development on screen. Marketing like toy action figures, lunchboxes, and Halloween costumes have been a popular source to market their characters. It even got the girls and women interested in their product. I wonder how many Captain America and Iron Man action figures were given to these kids for Christmas?

Some new characters were nerfed....

New characters introduced into the MCU were incredibly nerfed. They don't show off their true potential on how powerful they really are or their personality. Photon (Monica Rambeau), for example, is one of the more OP women in the comics. She's a very important character in the Avengers comics, even became the leader of the Avengers for a moment. Monica was also the first black female superhero in the comics. She plays a big role in the Kang Dynasty & Secret Wars comic book storylines. She has so much potential as a character and to be a fan favorite if she's written right.

Photon has the ability to:

• Absorb, manipulate, and generate energy.
• Can travel at the speed of light in which she can fly.
• Size Alteration.
• Intangibility.
• She is also immortal and doesn't age past her prime.

If that's not an OP character, then I can't tell you what is, which is why she's one of my favorite characters. How they only just got introduced her as an adult on WandaVision is beyond me.

Carol Danvers is a character that has gone by many names. She's gone by Ms Marvel, Binary, Warbird, and most recently Captain Marvel. In Avengers EMH, she went by Ms Marvel. In the MCU, she goes by Captain Marvel.

Different Iterations of Carol Danvers (Ms Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel) Having different iterations of the same character makes it confusing on which iteration to use. If I had my choice to choose which iteration to use, I would stay true to the comics. It would be Ms. Marvel like in the comics to start and have her come back as Warbird. That could possibly pave the way for Iman Vellani's take on Ms. Marvel later on.

Carol Danvers is one of the more powerful women in the comics in terms of superhuman strength and abilities. However, her solo film and the sequel do not do her character any justice.

She-Hulk was another character that was terribly developed and made to look silly in her own show. But Kang the Conqueror, the big bad of the Multiverse Saga, is probably the best Marvel villain of all time and perhaps the strongest. I was extremely disappointed with how they portrayed him in Ant-Man: Quantumania. He's supposed to be the Multiverse Saga's big bad, and he gets beat by Ant-Man & Wasp?

They made him look soft, and Kang is an Avengers-level villain that no one character can take on by themselves. It was embarrassing.

To put this in PM terms, they butchered the main feature of the Multiverse Saga. That was supposed to be the main draw of that saga, and they messed it up.

The Marvels' failure is the least of Disney's problems

The Marvels' failure stems from a larger problem Disney has had since 2019. Bad writing, character development, lack of continuity, hiring directors not familiar with the source material, and moving away from the source material all had a part in the bad content Disney and Marvel have been putting out the past 5 years.

Essentially, they forgot who their audience was, and they're developing projects their main audience (who go to the theaters or stream their content) didn't ask for. They tried to cater to an audience that wasn't there to try and attract a new audience, and they failed in that regard.

Disney and Marvel just need to sit back and relax, go back to the drawing board, and figure out where they went wrong and what they should've done. We could've had a universe on the lines of what Avengers EMH have where the Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage & Danny Rand) work with Ant-Man, the Avengers working with the Fantastic 4, or Captain America working with Spider-Man and Wolverine. Something like this creates endless storytelling possibilities but will Disney and Marvel see what we see? Will they listen to their fan base?

I don't know.

Probably not.