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I\'d also mentioned that their flyers are very ineffective, routinely picked off by normal humans. Yet said humans don\'t really do anything your average soldier couldn\'t, they just have protagonist powers. Black Widow and Hawkeye just kind of shot them, and the vehicles either exploded or the pilots died, then the vehicle crashed. Black Widow also shot down several of them with just a SHIELD aircraft.
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I\\\'d also mentioned that their flyers are very ineffective, routinely picked off by normal humans. Yet said humans don\\\'t really do anything your average soldier couldn\\\'t, they just have protagonist powers. Black Widow and Hawkeye just kind of shot them, and the vehicles either exploded or the pilots died, then the vehicle crashed. Hawkeye also shot down several of them with a normal SHIELD aircraft, before getting flanked and taken down by others, showing that human aircraft > Chitauri aircraft.
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This should be notable, as it, like mentioning that the Chitauri go down fine to bullets, illustrates that the military SHOULD be monstrously effective, yet isn\'t.
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This should be notable, as it, like mentioning that the Chitauri go down fine to bullets, illustrates that the military SHOULD be monstrously effective, yet isn\\\'t, because the story says so.
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One last thing: I think \\\"The World Council decides to just outright nuke New York City before any significant forces reach the city. Even in-universe, the leaders of the world don\\\'t have any faith in their militaries\\\" should be kept. It underlines that, even though the aliens we see are ineffective, the leaders still don\\\'t even try to just let the military handle it, instead opting for nuking arguably the most important city in the world immediately. It shows that this trope is believed in-universe.
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Regarding Lieutenant Mary Sue, shouldn\'t the fact that she was created as a satirical, over the top parody of self-inserts and other crappy fanfic characters factor in her redemption chances?
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Regarding Lieutenant Mary Sue, shouldn\\\'t the fact that she was created as a satirical, over the top parody (possibly StealthParody style) of self-inserts and other crappy fanfic characters factor in her redemption chances?
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