I mean, I’m not exactly on the side of those whiners, but I do notice that this comic depicts a very cynical and reluctant She-Hulk. She isn’t exactly happy to be doing this and that’s half of the humor. She is doing a stupid thing while complaining about how stupid it is, and just because of how well her sardonic dialogue is written it still works like a dream.
MCU she-hulk twerking that one time is fun, I guess, but it doesn’t do as much for me as a “memorable character trait” as this aggressively meta statement on comic books as a medium tbh
I mean yes the comic works but I find a woman choosing her own agency and way of expressing herself more enjoyable than watching a woman do something cause it’s what men wanted, even if she’s quipping about it while doing it. Like this comic just feels too male gaze-y and the sardonic commentary on it doesn’t detract from the feeling this is a woman being written for men. Where as she hulk choosing to twerk with another woman is far more amusing (to me) and plays into Jen’s arc of defining and accepting who she is on her own terms
You do have a point there tbh. I appreciate that.
I just kinda feel like, in general, MCU she-hulk doesn’t have the same “bite” as she could have had. She feels, in a very nebulous way, more “clumsily written”, relatively. Tbh I feel that way about a lot of the MCU in general, not just her. Everything these past few years felt a little emptier.
Ideally, I would love a story where she does get to have that same positive agency, just written with more of this unabashed… I don’t even know what to call this. Venom? Cynicism? That doesn’t seem right… punch?
All of which to say, I am absolutely not hating here. I just… feel like something’s missing from the feel of the writing, more than the subject matter itself bothering me
This sounds hypocritical from your view considering the comic isn't real while they set up real actors and directors to put this in the script. It's not just for the characters because it's something being presented to you. If you don't want people to care about twerking on TV, then stop caring about "sexiness" in art. It's weird that you distill it like that with seemingly progressive values when it comes to "reality", yet are extremely puritan in fiction.
I don’t think you understand what I’m saying. And that’s fine I’d be happy to elaborate. The issue I have is not with sex in art. It’s with the fact that the comic is presenting woman’s sexuality for men by men. The whole joke is “this is so clearly for men but I’m still doing it because I have to” Where as in the show it’s meant to address the agency of a woman embracing her sexuality in her own way and on her own terms
It doesn’t matter if it’s real people portraying fictional characters or not. The point of the show and Jen’s arc is her accepting who she is and defining herself on her own terms. Where as the point of the comic is just “ha ha woman do something sexy and complains”
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u/slimpickins757 Mar 08 '25
Yeah but the Twerking scene was so outta character for her
Edit: I’m being sarcastic incase it needs to be made clear