A BLACK GIRL RUNS THIS BLOG BITCH

Why does Marvel have this amnesia towards their projects pre Disney plus? Every year they’re talking about “gayest tv show yet” or “first gay character” like they didn’t have Karolina and Nico from Runaways in 2017 in an explicitly canon lesbian relationship.

And the fans are just as bad. The incels calling everything woke DEI nonsense when marvels shows c.2013-2019 were probably the best tv marvel has put out while also having quite diverse stories.

Now they purposely rate any female lead project poorly, purely because they expect less from women. But shows like Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D were really popular when airing.

Marvel used to focus on Black stories, have disabled/ neurodivergent characters, explicitly queer charcters, conversations about rape and PTSD and more! So why have they forgotten that they made these high quality shows? And why are the fans now having such a negative reaction to anything that’s not white male lead?

Miles’ dad was chased out of stores when he was younger. And now he is protecting those same people so much so that he eventually becomes police captain. From black kid feared to black cop respected. He still protects those that hated him. It is so sad that that is ultimately what is supposed to get him killed.

The majority of Miles’ story is about feeling like he doesn’t fit in and there’s a script already written for him that he doesn’t want to follow. His mum tells him he should be able to go anywhere do anything even if others don’t want him there which he knows. His teacher tells him to lean into a story of struggle that black boys are expected to have. Then to have Miguel pin him down and tell him he’s an anomaly, someone that never was supposed to be, supposed to win. And on top of that he has this confirmed by meeting his alternate self who has fallen through the cracks and is making bad choices (or the only choices he has). All these expectations and assumptions falling on his shoulders are what black kids really feel every day.

While this film doesn’t explicitly talk about race I think many black viewers can recognise parts of miles story, the references, the double meaning in the speeches etc. Anyways I just really wanted to share my thoughts on this amazing film.