ysabetwordsmith | Yes... (Reply)

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>>Reimagine that cover with a gamine and it wouldn't just be creepy, you'd want Black Widow doing an extraction. It's all a very effective method of setting up Tony's arc.<<

Agreed! I am fascinated by the way that what would be appalling and obtrusive in a female character arc is subtle and interesting with a male character instead. It reminds me of a brilliant feminist essay on the relationship between Captain Picard and Q, also mentioned here although I don't think this is the original one I read.

>> It's interesting that Hawkeye 'poses' and this stand in a very multifaceted view of 'female representation'. <<

Also true. I had so much fun with "The Hawkeye Initiative."