Because we have seen countless scenes were it's "just the men" and nobody calls "pandering" or "tokenism" or "shoehorned".
But the moment they do the opposite, it's all of those things and men are furious.
And listen, I'm not seing the scene is NOT contrived. I'm just saying that fact that's contrived is not necessarily a BAD thing. They created a cool, brief shot in the movie that probably means a lot more to female fans than it does to most male fans, and that's okay. And if people assume the underlying foundation for the gripe is sexism, it's because comic book nerds are OVERWHELMINGLY regressive and sexist white males who have had a problem with this sort of thing for YEARS, so it's not a huge leap in logic XD
I saw the movie with three females, and they all hated that scene. If anything it sets back women development in these movies, not enhances it.
Scarlet Witch and Black Widow are better written, better earned, full circle characters. That is what I hear from woman I talk too. The scarlet witch vs Thanos battle is empoyment. Not about strength directly, but good writing, an earned battle, feeling for Scarlet Witch as she tears through Thanos.
Woman don't need to be shown scenes and written too like they are 5 years old. They deserved fleshed out and well thought of ideas. Marvel often gets that. The group female charge was not that, it was an empty calorie Mcdonald's shake.
But, this figure I will likely get. Although Pepper fighting does not make THAT much sense, she has been in the MCU in so many films, this will be the Pepper I own.
If in the next avengers the key three are Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, then I won't mind if they alone fight the next villain in an epic struggle. It isnt a gender thing, it is a well earned and written moment that should be sought. Cap, Thor, Iron Man are the original three.
I mean Mantis...really. Me and my wife are like she is basically a non-combatant. Get War Machine in there.
