Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26687285-20151126205245/@comment-25692211-20151201063355

But I do agree with you. Romantic subplots are probably the worst thing to come to this franchise since the avoiding death trope that Loki introduced in Thor. Putting characters in a relationship is fine, but it's not that great when you realize that Iron Man and Pepper and Cap and Peggy are so far the only ones that are genuinely interesting and convincing.

For example, when we first meet Jane Foster, she's a likeable, intelligent, independant scientist who loves her work more than anything. By the time Thor: The Dark World happened she was reduced to a Thor's lovesick girlfriend that spent months on end sitting in her pyjamas depressed about a guy she'd known for about three days. And she's obviously not useful enough for Thor to ask her for help during the Ultron incident, and she's not even mentioned when Thor's going back to Asgard, even though she's apparently the whole reason he stayed on Earth.