But they did the same trope there. Basically a powerful woman, often a witch, seeks out Dark Magic out of rage and grief, and ends up almost destroying the world out of either vengeance or a need to re-obtain the person or people she's lost - and then realizes she's become a monster and destroys herself and the magic with her, or something similar to that.
True - I remember that from Willow's arc in Buffy - and it was annoying then too, tbh.
I'd been hoping for a reckoning of Strange's male arrogance and superiority complex, which they touch upon but never truly examine or force him to come to grips with.
Yes! I was really hoping for this as well! But while he kept running into other versions of him and seeing what their arrogance and cocksureness did - not only did he not really deal with it - but the final scene shows that he's not even concerned about the consequences of his own actions and is just jumping headfirst into this new "third eye" thing without concern.
I guess it's the main "thing" of his character in the comics? My problem is that I don't read the comics and I'm generally unfamiliar with the storylines and the characters other than what is shown in the movies :D
I wonder if part of the reason for the focus on Wanda in this movie was because Marvel hasn't had a lot of movies where the lead/focus is on a female character? Was this supposed to be "here's your Scarlet Witch movie" ?
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Date: 2022-06-26 06:06 pm (UTC)True - I remember that from Willow's arc in Buffy - and it was annoying then too, tbh.
I'd been hoping for a reckoning of Strange's male arrogance and superiority complex, which they touch upon but never truly examine or force him to come to grips with.
Yes! I was really hoping for this as well! But while he kept running into other versions of him and seeing what their arrogance and cocksureness did - not only did he not really deal with it - but the final scene shows that he's not even concerned about the consequences of his own actions and is just jumping headfirst into this new "third eye" thing without concern.
I guess it's the main "thing" of his character in the comics? My problem is that I don't read the comics and I'm generally unfamiliar with the storylines and the characters other than what is shown in the movies :D
I wonder if part of the reason for the focus on Wanda in this movie was because Marvel hasn't had a lot of movies where the lead/focus is on a female character? Was this supposed to be "here's your Scarlet Witch movie" ?