It was such a strange choice, because she’d made the wrong decision at literally every point. So having her do so at the last moment felt like the opposite of narrative arrival.
It was like listening to someone tell a joke that goes ‘A guy goes into the bar and asks for <x>. Then a second guy goes into the bar and asks for <x>. Finally, a third guy goes into the bar. The bartender asks what he wants. And he asks for <x>.’
It makes no sense, structurally. It was a fall from grace story with no fall.
Also, why are they doing this to a character we’re supposed to like? They are really doing Riri Williams so dirty. We all so badly want to like Ironheart, and she’s got such an almost impossible challenge ahead of her because she’s going to invariably have to weather comparisons to Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man. And I can forgive trying and failing, but at the end it seems they’re not even going to try? They’re just going to make her a heel? That’s fucking nuts.
Also, what is their plan for this? This show and character don’t seem nearly strong enough to be essential viewing or a tent-pole storyline. But if they don’t get a second season or make her a major character in films then I’m worried this is the end of Riri. If this is the complete Ironheart ark we get from Disney and Feige then it’s going to be one of the biggest television betrayals since Wanda Maximov was turned evil and then shoved unceremoniously off to her death. Why do this? The stories are already disappointing so many fans. Why make choices that make it worse?
It was such a strange choice, because she’d made the wrong decision at literally every point. So having her do so at the last moment felt like the opposite of narrative arrival.
It was like listening to someone tell a joke that goes ‘A guy goes into the bar and asks for <x>. Then a second guy goes into the bar and asks for <x>. Finally, a third guy goes into the bar. The bartender asks what he wants. And he asks for <x>.’
It makes no sense, structurally. It was a fall from grace story with no fall.
Also, why are they doing this to a character we’re supposed to like? They are really doing Riri Williams so dirty. We all so badly want to like Ironheart, and she’s got such an almost impossible challenge ahead of her because she’s going to invariably have to weather comparisons to Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man. And I can forgive trying and failing, but at the end it seems they’re not even going to try? They’re just going to make her a heel? That’s fucking nuts.
Also, what is their plan for this? This show and character don’t seem nearly strong enough to be essential viewing or a tent-pole storyline. But if they don’t get a second season or make her a major character in films then I’m worried this is the end of Riri. If this is the complete Ironheart ark we get from Disney and Feige then it’s going to be one of the biggest television betrayals since Wanda Maximov was turned evil and then shoved unceremoniously off to her death. Why do this? The stories are already disappointing so many fans. Why make choices that make it worse?