Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. That said, Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody! This out of the way, let us talk ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ now.
…Whereas ‘YFNSM’ cartoon series just exist in a
vacuum, the occasional cameo by Dr. Strange, Daredevil, or even the Iron Man
regardless, (they don’t influence there anything, you know?), CA:BNW is a part
of MCU, and unlike AAA, it cannot be ignored, as it sets the stage for everything
new.
See the evidence: when Sam Wilson only MCU’s
(original) Falcon, he and Bucky the Winter Soldier had their own mini-series,
named after them, remember? In it, we were introduced to the post-Thanos MCU, and
we met both Val, (ok, do not call her that), and Sharon Carter, an
ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent turned weapons’ deal and villain, who was being set up as
someone important. Roll even more forward, and Sharon vanishes without a trace,
while Ms. Sonya replaced Val in ‘Secret Wars’. SW was one of MCU’s most insipid
entries, and so Sonya and friends are gone now instead, and Val is coming back
in the upcoming ‘Thunderbolts’ film.
This brings us to Bucky, and – Sarah Wilson, aka Sam’s
sister. In the abovementioned mini-series, she was Bucky’s new love interest,
(sort of). Previously, he had something going on with Shuri, but then came the ‘Black
Panther 2’ movie, and any connections of Wakanda with the Avengers vanished in
favor of a Shuri-Namor romance, (tentatively speaking), and Bucky was moved
over to Sarah in a favor of another interracial romance. AOS has set MCU’s bar
for interracial romances pretty darn low, and CA:BNW + ‘Thunderbolts’ have
appeared to cleared it by a mile: Sarah Wilson and her children vanished from
MCU, and Bucky seems to be bonding with Natasha’s sister and father in the ‘Thunderbolts’
trailer – no interracial relationships, no color mixing here. USA! USA! The
Donald must be so proud!
…Back with Sam Wilson proper, and speaking of
colors, we got the Hulk. Ok, we also got MCU’s Red Hulk now – ‘Thunderbolt’
Ross, (in the comics, the Thunderbolts were often his team), but what about the
original Hulk himself?
Pause, rewind to MCU’s ‘She-Hulk’, one of the unlucky
contenders to challenge SW for the insipidness. For 9 parts out of 10, (or
perhaps 11), SH was a typical Mary-Sue story, with the titular character being
that woman; watching SH is just pointless, the most important parts there are
the Hulk’s story: he went into space and brought home a son. Everything else
can be swept under the rug safely… the Hulk and his son not so much, but by
ignoring them, CA:BNW does a gamely attempt at doing just that; anything else?
Yes. It is a brand new world where everything from
the previous phases matters about as much as the ‘YFNSM’ cartoon – nothing at
all. Sam Wilson defeated the Red Hulk who has imprisoned in the Raft alongside
Sam ‘the Leader’ Stearns. In addition, we were introduced to MCU’s version of
Sabra – Israel’s superhero in the Marvel comics, (who is more closely
associated with the mutants, BTW), and the mercenary group the SERPENTS, who
will probably be the default villains of MCU for a while, until they all die or
whatnot. Given how Disney is lying low while RL USA is changing… just changing,
let us leave it at that, they just might be replaced instead, and no one will
care. At least, since SW was worse than the ‘Sam & Bucky show’, Val is
replaced Sonya once more. Ah, the perfidy of chance!
This is it for now. See you all soon. Have a happy
Valentine’s Day once more!
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