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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I seriously never got the fuss people were making about Peter's death. From the very beginning. it was like Bv S-Clark death levels of obvious it was never going to stick.
Loki, Gamora, Vision? Sure, there is some level of uncertainty. But Peter? Never.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianIt was a well-acted scene that sold the idea of a kid being afraid to die very well.
Edited by LordVatek on Apr 14th 2019 at 4:47:17 AM
This song needs more love.
x4 That second part especially. The acting helped.
Just because you know it's not gonna stick doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt to watch, especially if you have to wait a while to see how the character in question makes it back. And yeah, in-universe no one has that kind of certainty, so seeing how it affects other characters makes it worse.
Edited by SapphireBlue on Apr 14th 2019 at 2:56:30 AM
MCU Nick Fury might be the decentest Fury
It helps that he hasn’t had the time to be the bastards the 616 and Ultimate Nicks were
Forever liveblogging the Avengers- Just because you know it's not gonna stick doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt to watch, especially if you have to wait a while to see how the character in question makes it back. And yeah, in-universe no one has that kind of certainty, so seeing how it affects other characters makes it worse.
That's as good as any explanation for what the writers are going for. But at the same time, this "back from the dead" trope is kinda overused, even in comics. And ever since Coulson was brought back to life for Agents of SHIELD, death has kinda been a joke in the MCU. Almost no one important ever permanently dies.
Edited by dmcreif on Apr 14th 2019 at 6:30:32 AM
Okey Dokey!Yeah...absolutely no one important...except for Peggy, Howard, Yondu, Coulson (since he just died AGAIN), Ward, Lincoln, Odin, Talbot and Groot that's it...and that is NOT counting the deaths from Infinity war, and of a few other characters which I guess could be considered "minor", but which still upset me very much….
x5 I get what you’re saying. I know that it doesn’t make sense from a logical perspective to be too upset - and in this case, it wasn’t too much of a lasting thing for me. I’m not as emotionally invested in the MCU as I am with a lot of other series - I’m a relatively casual fan in this case note . But I am the kind of person who tends to gets emotionally invested in fiction, and there’ve been other similar cases - including one within the last few months - where I was very attached to the character in question. Some of those cases were heartbreaking, and questioning whether or not it should have been did nothing to change that. Feelings usually aren’t entirely logical. With stuff like this, knowing they’ll be back makes it less painful than it would be otherwise, but it doesn’t mean it won’t still hurt. That’s how it is for me, anyway.
I’m not angry at you, and I’m not trying to argue that you should feel worse than you do or anything - this stuff’s really subjective. I’m just trying to explain my thought process.
Edited by SapphireBlue on Apr 14th 2019 at 5:37:26 AM
He was stabbed by Loki in The Avengers, but brought back to life by Project TAHITI right after and led his own team in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Due to a series of events that would take a heck of a long time to explainnote , Coulson died after Season 5 ended and will not be coming back.
The character played by Clark Gregg in Season 6 is ostensibly a new more villainous character whose name has been revealed to be Sarge.
Edited by alliterator on Apr 14th 2019 at 6:02:16 AM
Tony Stark managed to... that doctor guy managed to rebuild Tony's heart into some kind of pacemaker in a cave - with a box of scraps - which kept Stark alive for a good long while.
Meanwhile, Coulson with all of the spies and superhero contacts in the world, can't get a fix for a similar wound/spear through the heart. Heck, Wakanda opened it's borders, smear some Vibranium on it and I'm sure it will heal right up. Contact Stephen Strange and have him magic the wound closed.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!

Nope...always too soon….