as the black panther discussion turns
towards a warned season
it seems that now more than ever there
are people popping up who don't get the
black panther phenomenon why is the film
so important well that's because
superheroes of color are usually
sidekicks to this day and that includes
in the MCU Iron Man has war machine
Captain America has Falcon and sure
enough Captain Marvel is getting this is
an important distinction Monica Rambeau
who has had many codenames over the
years including Captain Marvel yes while
carol danvers was still going by MS
marvel which was actually very
progressive at the time when the only
choices were miss or mrs. Monica Rambeau
though took the name Captain Marvel
first herself joining the Avengers as
their first african-american female
member and Monica eventually led the
team just as carol has in fact and this
is going to be a contentious point to
some of you but I feel it needs to be
pointed out besides having both gone by
the name Captain Marvel Monica Rambeau
and Carol Danvers have little history
together in the comics Monica wasn't
even introduced in Carol's adventures
and she has mostly appeared in Avengers
comics and while she has been on many
teams Monica over the years none really
with Carol a side note by the way I was
personally introduced to the character
with nextwave a fabulous comic by Warren
Ellis with amazing art by Stuart Immonen
who sadly seems to have disappeared from
the comics scene these days but it's
it's a really fantastic run it's I think
only like 12 issues and I've been a
Monica Rambeau fan ever since and I
don't think the character has ever been
as well depicted since that since that
Ron I mean they've tried to put her on
some other teams but it just really
hasn't
unfortunately worked out but Kevin Feige
following his very successful MCU
formula is laying the groundwork for
Monica Rambeau in the upcoming Captain
Marvel movie to again be one of those
sidekicks I don't know why you guys keep
letting him get away with this stuff I
mean it seems
so backwards consider what they just
accomplished Black Panther and
especially for a character like Monica
Rambeau who's never been Carroll
sidekick all right so I do it leshawna
Lynch will be playing Carol Danvers his
longtime fellow Air Force pilot Maria
Rambo by the way I love that leshawna
Lynch in her interview recently with
Entertainment Weekly said that she not
only followed around female Air Force
pilots for research but asked to be
paired with ones that were single
mothers I think that's really nice and
I'm excited I hope we see those nuances
in the actual film not just like I was
thinking it even if it didn't come
across on screen so she's a single
mother to daughter you guessed it Monica
and the reason Monica is just a kid here
is because the movie yet again as we all
know takes place in the 1990s
so when carol danvers returns to earth
for Avengers 4 in the current time
period she'll have a Peggy Carter Sharon
Carter type situation hopefully you know
turn out better for the Rambo's and it
didn't cut to the carters who really got
the short end of the MCU stick
especially considering how pivotal they
are in the Captain America comics now
Maria Rambo's callsign as you can
clearly intentionally see is Photon one
of the code names Monica has used in the
comics and likely likely will in the MCU
to honor her mother that's pretty nice
actually pulsar and spectrum are so the
other names that Monica has had and to
me photon is not only the coolest but
the most powerful sounding choice I like
Photon that's a cool name she doesn't
sound like a sidekick alright Monica
Rambeau is very powerful in the comics
after being exposed to extra dimensional
energies right new orleans native monica
does she know princess tiana cue the fan
art I'm only like I'm not only half
kidding I think that would be a
fantastic an see that instantly taking
shape if they if they make it clear that
she's from New Orleans it's a great idea
a princess in the frog such an
underrated movie but anyway
Monica can turn herself into any form of
energy on the electromagnetic spectrum
it's super sciency and super complicated
and we know that Feige doesn't like
complicated so expect photons powers in
the MCU to be simplified to be
a being of light basically like a
lighter energy version of DC's livewire
which is an awesome idea and beats DC to
the live-action punch once again on the
big screen livewire of course it's
debuted on the small screen solid eye
alright so when you're watching the
Captain Marvel movie keep an eye on the
Rambo's and look for an event which at
least starts the process of little
Monica eventually growing up to be a
superhero
herself don't be psychic Monica alright
so are you excited to eventually see an
adult fully powered Monica Rambeau in
the MCU even if she is Carol Danvers the
sidekick I mean in the wake of Black
Panther is it still helpful for the MCU
to be following this formula it's a
tough question
because what's the alternative we don't
get Monica Rambeau she's a great
character you know she's also visually
very cool but maybe it would have been
nice to see her introduced in another
MCU movie like an Avengers movie
considering that's where she spent most
of her time in the comics and while it
might seem that leshawna Lynch just
missed the role of a lifetime playing
Monica's mother rather than Monica
herself I'm happy to report you'll be
seeing her soon is another iconic comic
book character agent 355 and FX is why
the last man series that is oh no
amazing role I hope that it works out
for her I hope that that show does that
comic justice a fabulous fabulous story
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