They're perfectly valid opinions/emotions to have, don't get me wrong and it seems to have been a success with most of its audience, so it's doing something right!
I couldn't describe exactly why the team dynamics didn't click for me, I was interested in Yelena and Ghost, but I was interested in their existing connections to Hawkeyes and Ants more than the Thunderbolts. I was also hoping they'd do something with Taskmaster, they could have gone any direction with her but they didn't attempt it.
Yelena says they now "own" Val but to expose Val they expose their own complicity and the longer they stay as "Avengers" the more complicit they are and they've already proven they'll go along with Val for their own benefit. (possibly Bob's benefit but the film doesn't actually say this) The other thing is it may be an interesting power balance but when are we going to see it? We may not see this team again in a story focused on them because next is Doomsday and Secret Wars which are team ups with everyone.
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Date: 2025-06-02 03:31 pm (UTC)I couldn't describe exactly why the team dynamics didn't click for me, I was interested in Yelena and Ghost, but I was interested in their existing connections to Hawkeyes and Ants more than the Thunderbolts. I was also hoping they'd do something with Taskmaster, they could have gone any direction with her but they didn't attempt it.
Yelena says they now "own" Val but to expose Val they expose their own complicity and the longer they stay as "Avengers" the more complicit they are and they've already proven they'll go along with Val for their own benefit. (possibly Bob's benefit but the film doesn't actually say this) The other thing is it may be an interesting power balance but when are we going to see it? We may not see this team again in a story focused on them because next is Doomsday and Secret Wars which are team ups with everyone.