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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The MCU loves its use of Mentor Occupational Hazard. Fitting for a Disney property.
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)I wish IM 3 had made this kid someone with connections to the comics like maybe Riri Williams. That cameo in Endgame is probably it for his relevance. Which is a shame.
“If you have a message for the devil give it to me and I’ll take it to him.”Wait did Riri even exist when IM 3 came out?
Ahaha yes, he deserves a "World's Greatest Dad" mug.
Edited by slimcoder on Nov 19th 2019 at 8:09:19 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Regarding whether to watch Dark World or not, if your main concern is about the plot, you can skip it, as the parts of Dark World that are important to future movies can be summed up in a handful of bullet points:
- Jane becomes host to an object called the Aether which turns out to be the Reality Stone and is given to the Collector from the Guardians of the Galaxy film; little is actually done with it in this film
- Thor's mother Frigga is killed in a Dark Elf attack, which does eventually come back but not in Ragnarok
- Loki fakes a Heroic Sacrifice so he can pose as Odin, telling Thor to go live his life out in the world while he rules in disguise
And that's about it.
Edited by AlleyOop on Nov 19th 2019 at 11:31:34 AM
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Actually in the second movie he was clearly against going along with Hank & Hope's plans but was forced into it regardless through a combo of kid-napping & guilt-tripping.
And the moment he thought he didn't have to do anymore he immediately went back home to live out the last remaining hours of his sentence.
Edited by slimcoder on Nov 19th 2019 at 8:28:20 AM
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Well, he did commit breaking and entering with the intent to steal money into someone's house, which is what landed him in jail the second time. That's not white-collar crime.
Though this is also kind of Hank's fault too since he arranged it all to bring Scott into his plans.
Hank Pym is an asshole, is what I'm getting at here.
Edited by M84 on Nov 20th 2019 at 12:44:19 AM
Disgusted, but not surprisedThat depends on how unpopular Cap became after he went fugitive.
Cause helping Captain America at the risk of his own livelihood might earn big sympathy points depending on the person.
So it most likely be a mix of people thinking he did wrong & people cheering for him. Hell people sympathizing with him for helping Cap may be why he got such a lenient sentence in the first place.
Edited by slimcoder on Nov 19th 2019 at 9:12:18 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

It's very amusing that, despite his "best efforts," Odin ended up having to banish and/or imprison all three of his kids.
Like, not the best parent, is all I'm saying.
Not that the MCU is chock full of great parents. There's... what... May? Hawkeye and Laura, I guess?