New Marvel Book Faces Backlash After Removing Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch From Cover

@Scarilian - I don't know. It's a book about the MCU's timeline. I think it makes sense to have characters from the very beginning all the way up to current.

@dagenspear - Yeah, honestly Avengers Loki is the biggest outlier among all the Loki characterizations. Very one-dimensional. But I guess you could explain that away by saying the influence of the mind stone in the scepter made him ... "eviler?" It's just sort of jarring for some people that Avengers Loki is the exact Loki that precedes Loki S1 Loki (at least timeline-wise) and him changing so quickly from that threw some people for a loop. Not me - I loved Loki S1.

@dagenspear -
"I much prefer this Loki and think he's most like the version from the first Thor movie"

He's had none of the development of the other Loki and he's not remotely characterized like the Loki from the first Thor film. In that film he was a trickster, actively working to try and become the king of Asgard through emotional and mental manipulation of the Ice Giants, Thor and even Odin himself into acting as he desired. His motivation at its core was a desire to be acknowledged as the son of Odin.

If you think they are similar you have no idea what you are talking about. This Loki saw a potential future and realized he was an incompetent [frick]nugget who died a pathetic death and proceeded to become a subservient lapdog to both Mobius and Sylvie - along with suddenly wanting to bang Sylvie - his multiversal self.

"Are you easily offended that someone who led an army to try and takeover earth get kicked in the groin?"

Not offended, just find it pathetic. Phase 4 was notable for the 'kick in the nuts' aspect. Red Guardian (Deleted scene), Shang Chi, Loki... I'm sure it happened elsewhere also.

The 'getting kicked in the nuts' scene for Loki was him getting picked up and smashed around by Hulk in 2012's Avengers. It had more layers to it back then. To be so utterly [frick]ing incompetent as a writer that you can't find a better way to handle your character getting beaten/humiliated than just having them be kicked in the nuts is pathetic.

Especially when the character doing so is [frick]ing Sif, the bad-ass warrior... and she just kicks him in the nuts while he's confused, pathetic.

@dagenspear -
"he's not manipulating it to happen"

He admits to using the Frost Giants to ruin his 'brothers big day' in order to humiliate Thor so that Thor's ascension to the throne is delayed. The opening conflict of the movie, before Odin is asleep, was because of this deal with the Frost Giants. They were supposed to humiliate/defeat Thor as instructed by Loki.



He's also manipulating the Frost Giants into attempting to kill Odin, which allows him to be the hero saving Odin and killing the Frost Giants so there's no risk of his manipulation being told to anyway.


"I think the Loki show connects closer to that."

The Loki show has not really given any of what you mentioned to Loki. He spends most the show just kinda doing things for people - the only emotion he gets is when he's trying to reason with the repeated Sif kicking him in the balls and naturally that is one sided so does not really expand on that.

@PlusUltra - but wait she's a "liability" isn't she?




Smh

@PlusUltra - As is right now, not really. Sylvie killed a variant of Kang and is from another universe that was burned or whatever and is engaging with the multiversal police. Wanda dabbled in multiverse stuff in a movie.

@Batmangina - That’s true, no doubt. That’s why they’ve got Sam up there too, since Cap 4 is really the next big-ish MCU movie.

@ptick - Maybe. But again, RDJ isn't contracted for any more appearances either. Yet...there he is.

I'm not sure what the reasoning is behind removing her, but I think it makes sense to have heroes that represent the MCU since the very beginning, up until now. It's a book about the MCU's history and timeline. Why not include people from all over the MCU's history?

This just seems like a marketing choice. We've got Loki S2 coming out that includes Sylvie and Loki. We have no idea when Wanda will show back up. It could be years before we see her again. So why include her when we can include characters that can help promote not only this book, but also the show that's getting ready to start around the release of this book?

I think you're kind of saying the same thing, so please don't think I'm trying to argue or anything.

@BlackStar25 - LORD willing, insulting isn't right.

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@Arnod - I don't know bro. Dagen has been coming here for years and he never used to spout this religious stuff like this. Maybe he had some kind of coming to God situation in his life or something? Who knows.

@dagenspear - jfc dude

@dagenspear - You are clearly insane. Lmao.

No true Christian would spend his days on cbm.com. Go outside and help actual people and stop sounding like a zealot.

@Origame - I don't think this particular issue has anything to do with identity politics. They took one white (presumably) straight character and replaced her with male and female white bisexual characters.

Any "backlash" (which I don't think even exists) would just be from people who are obsessed with Olsen/Scarlet Witch, not over "representation."