okoye: why was she up there this whole time?
me: marvel doesn’t know to handle their most powerful heroes. it took them six years to recognize that thor, god of thunder, should have the strength and resilience of a literal god. loki, also a god, used exactly one illusion against the mad titan who he just saw murder half of his people. there may be more to this story but that remains to be seen. peter quill is the son of a godlike being with at least some level of his father’s power, but not once did he use it. bruce banner is having performance issues, and now one of their heaviest hitters is conveniently sidelined. vision’s entire being is due to the infinity stone in his forehead, but he was injured and subsequently out of commission for most of the film. wanda maximoff is the only person alive who possesses the power of an infinity stone without using the stone itself. she can create shields, toss things every which way, and rip entire beings apart with a wave of her hands (for some reason, it would seem that mental manipulation is no longer a part of her skill set). yet she was absent during half the fight for the end of the world. bucky barnes didn’t have an arm twenty minutes ago, but here he is. clearly all available players are needed. however, later wanda singlehandedly stops thanos for a moment, as does steve rogers, which shows that these characters can in fact exist alongside one another on the battlefield without “watering down” the more extraordinary powers. in this essay i will
this take is extraordinary and we should also be asking why the fuck Stevie Strange never thought of just using one of his portal things to, idk, remove the gauntlet from Thanos’ hand, or just cut him in half and call it a day
After finally watching Dr Strange, I am even angrier because the entire point of the ending was literally just? Stevie redoing over and over until it worked the way he wanted. “Hand over the infinity stone or else” growls Thanos. “Rewind” says Dr Strange. Over and over until they defeat raisin-face?
Infinity War could have been 2.5 hours of wacky rewind hijinks are you for serious???
its gonna be fucking wild to see how they handle captain marvel a hero with: superhuman strength, flight and yknow shooting energy out of her hands