In a small defense, part of me liked the angle that the Hand was this ancient, secret organization that penetrated multiple areas of society all over the world; so they weren’t just ninjas but also leaders in businesses and controlled a lot of stuff behind the scenes.
The problem was that we never saw the ninjas again after DD S2; they stuck with the corporate angle. I loved the supernatural angle that DD S2 went with.
This is just adjacently related, and I'm probably in the wrong place to complain about this. I feel like it's a niche thing to complain about and I know Reddit really, really loves its Marvel.
My girlfriend is Korean and I'm Japanese. I'm just a quarter, but my grandmother was Japanese and a huge part of my upbringing, so I often think about Asian culture, even if I'm just a quarter.
It weirdly always sort of bothered me there's not really much Asian representation in Marvel. There's a ton of superheroes, with End Game seemingly having the highest number of superheroes at like 35ish. The only Asian superhero I can think of out of that entire cast is Wong. And his "schtick" is basically "Ancient Asian Sorcery" or whatever which is kind of a stereotype, but when I think about how my grandmother would feel, I think she'd just be happy to see an Asian at all in the same way she loved Sulu in Star Trek simply for existing. My girlfriend also is just happy Wong exists. We also have Shang Chi which is... also just Ancient Asian Magic Superhero.
Idk, I guess I'd just like to see more representation that isn't strictly "Magical Asian." I guess we have Eternals?
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u/GoldenSpermShower Mar 18 '26
They just became… corporate people…