It’s not just that Kate wore two excellent suits in the premiere double header. But I’m still going to be fighting Bishop’s corner. You’ll get no objection - a queer Captain Marvel built on her (now tragic) relationship with Maria Rambeau sounds like a great idea.
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Captain Marvel’s queerness has already been teased - you shut your dirty mouth, yes it has - and since the existence of Brie Larson already ensures the ‘go woke, go broke’ crowd are apoplectic, it’s less of a risk. The show is her first foray in the MCU, so it’s not a rewrite of an existing star the way making Spider-Man bisexual would be, and she’s set to be a leading light in the MCU going forward, not just a background character with a handful of lines. Making Kate queer seems like an obvious way to do that. Be honest, I know you did.Īs a result, with more diverse eyeballs on the MCU, it needs to reflect this diversity of its audience. If you think Endgame broke world records entirely off the backs of Funko collectors with neckbeards, Iron Man t-shirts, and Black Widow body pillows, you obviously didn’t look around your theatre at whatever screening you went to four times in a week. Instead, as the MCU has grown from a collection of comic book movies into a global phenomenon, it has brought in a larger crowd. Related: The MCU Is Finally Doing Right By Hawkeye, Just Before He Leaves‘Go woke, go broke’ has become something of a motto for MCU detractors, but the box office returns of Black Panther, Shang-Chi, and Captain Marvel, not to mention that WandaVision has been the best received television show from the MCU to date, prove that’s not really true. After seeing Kate and Yelena meet in episode five, I’m even more convinced. Before Hawkeye aired, I wrote in reaction to Black Widow that I felt Bishop would be the key to Phase 4 and beyond, especially with Florence Pugh’s Yelena involved. Kate Bishop is part of a new wave for the MCU, with Endgame offering something of a reset for the box office behemoth. I don’t think Hawkeye episode six will confirm anything one way or another - although they won’t know if true love’s first kiss with Yelena will work until they try it - but moving forward, Bishop is going to be a major figure in the MCU, and making her queer would be a huge signal of intent. Hear me out on this one, okay? I could pick any character out of a hat and argue that they should be made gay in the next instalment, but I do actually have a case here beyond ‘I like gays’.