Your opinion on Ms Marvel? - Page 6

Miss Marvel comics did not launch until February 2014. The character was created because one of Marvel's prominent editors Sana Amanat, is a Pakistani American and wanted to share a Muslim perspective. Originally, G Willow Wilson and Sana Amanat considered featuring a Somali American but settled on Pakistani American because of Sana's roots and perspectives. The comic series wasn't created to appeal to any specific audience. But two creatives wanting to share their Muslim perspectives through comics. They had the ability to create characters that they related to and they did it.

I don't think absolute realism is something comic books strive for. Most comic book nerds in the USA are white men. Women and women of color make a smaller sliver. Desi women are an even smaller subset of that. So when the character was created they chose an alliterative name, with a story, relatively easy for white readers - not something that would make 100% sense to desis.

Marvel has been introducing many newer characters (debuting post 2000) in the MCU - Miles Morales, Kate Bishop, America Chavez, Kamala Khan. I think they are actively trying to appeal to the younger audiences. I think they intended for Ms. Marvel to appeal to South Asian and desi Americans just as Shang Chi was for Asians. It is impossible to appeal to every nation and cultural subset individually.

I am currently watching it on episode 3.

I like it. It's unlike any other Marvel film or series- its a teenager story with lots of character conflict and everything, although Spiderman is also a teenager but him being associated with Avengers and fought with so many dangerous villain had made him a full-fledge hero so that innocence is kinda missing.

Also being an Indian the cultural references are conflicting yet familiar and it gives a whole new outlook to the other cultures (Pakistani culture slashing with American).

I really like Kamaala's character, she is relatable and looks like any normal teenager not glamorized Barbie doll. Her friend brigade is good too, Bruno is cute and his friendship is unconditional. Nakia is good too 😆.

Originally posted by: PangaNaLe

Umm not much....they showed the love story of Kamala's great grandparents Aisha and Hasan (an independence activist), how they got married and had a kid, and how they all had to leave their country during partition. Overall Disney glossed over it and presented a sanitized version. And yeah, they completely blamed the Britishers for the partition.😆

They didn't mention the two nation theory? 😆

Originally posted by: MrChatVsNorway

Wanda aka Scarlett Witch and Dr Strange are not done yet

She said avengers both are not avengers. Doctor strange was never an avenger and now wanda is also out because of what she did.

I am just waiting for secret wars to begin now. Cant wait for charlize therons debut as clea. She is gonna slay

Originally posted by: WexQuasExort

She said avengers both are not avengers. Doctor strange was never an avenger and now wanda is also out because of what she did.

I am just waiting for secret wars to begin now. Cant wait for charlize therons debut as clea. She is gonna slay

DR strange was an avenger .. infact anyone who fought against Thor are called avengers if you go by the comics .. although they might not be the original team of avengers ..

Originally posted by: WexQuasExort

She said avengers both are not avengers. Doctor strange was never an avenger and now wanda is also out because of what she did.

I am just waiting for secret wars to begin now. Cant wait for charlize therons debut as clea. She is gonna slay

I m waiting for Ms Marvel and Spider-Man joint movie 🥳

Fun fact: The actor playing Bruno was almost casted as Spiderman they liked his demo but said he was to young at that time.

Nopes Dr.Strange was never part of original Avengers. He joined the team just to fight Thanos, he is not in avengers team neither is Wanda vision.

They nailed the casting part especially with Imani being Ms Marvel but the storyline needed to be more fleshed out especially with respect to Clan Destine.

Originally posted by: Ashley.Tisdale

My guess is alliteration 😆

Khan is the most common Muslim surname right? So they wanted a first name with K too.

I already listed a bunch of names in my upar wala post. They could've gone for any of those.

If nothing else, they could've gone with Kyra Khan.   Or Kamilah or Kafeela. Or Kainaat.