Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26863084-20160702151917/@comment-25424305-20160817172153

One problem that I have with Marvel right now is that they treat all of their characters as interchangeable.

Tony Stark isn't Iron Man, Peter Parker isn't Spiderman, Captain America isn't Captain America, and Thor isn't Thor. They treat their secret identities as titles and monikers that can just be passed around like a bong...which might explain where they got the idea from.

It really takes away from the star power of being a hero when a 15 year old girl is Iron Man now. Or when Jane Foster is Thor and her entire character is just "FEMINISM FUCK YEAH". Or how Falcon is Captain America and his entire character is "I never shut up and here's more liberal propaganda!".

Why can't Sam Wilson just be Falcon? Why couldn't Valkyrie get her own series since she's female Thor anyway?? Why can't Riri Williams just be her own superhero instead of being "Iron Man"?

The fact that they treat their characters less like characters and more like paper badges really bothers me.

Spider-Man was nicknamed "The Hero That Could Be You" but now he's rich, successful and he even said in one comic that everything was going right for him and that it's not supposed to happen. Its nice to see things go right for him for a change but they completely took the reliability away from him, the exact thing that made him famous in the first place.

I don't like the fact that they try to diversify the character by giving main A list characters new mantles. I would actually prefer new original characters and heroes with great origins. I don't get into the character because of how popular or known they are, I get into them cause as you said "relatable characters" I want new diverse heroes and villains but consistency and originality along with character development is key.

Now I already know that new characters aren't always popular, but they could at least try rather than pandering to fems and SJW's

I truly think that SJWs, extreme liberals, and feminists have ruined part of the comic industry.