Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-1894786-20190728190703

Not really timeline related, but the Agents of SHIELD fanbase is getting extremely frustrated.

It all started when Forbes Mexico credited Salma Hayek as the first Mexican woman to play a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Natalia Cordova-Buckley replied and clarified that she was the first Mexican actress to play a supehero in the MCU, and people added that Yo-Yo herself was the first Latina superhero on a TV series (I'd have to double check that, but it wouldn't surprise me with how racist Hollywood is). Forbes Mexico subsequently replied a retraction and gave Natalia her proper credit.

Then Maurissa Tancharoen posted an instagram photo of May, Yo-Yo, Daisy and Mack with the caption "first", referring to the fact that Agents of SHIELD had the first Asian leads, the first female leads, the first black lead and the first Latina hero. Henry Simmons (Mack) replied with emojis in solidarity.

And now, there's a viral Tweet going around talking about how Phase 4 is going to introduce the first LGBT hero, the first Latina superhero and the first Asian superhero, and the SHIELD subreddit is just replying with an image of the Secret Warriors (sans Lincoln).

This is something I've been noticing for years. People love to point out that the MCU has issues with villains and diversity, when it's really only Marvel STUDIOS. Marvel TELEVISION has been diversifying the MCU for six years now, and making excellent villains for just as long.

It's just a symptom of a greater problem; Marvel Studios constantly ignoring Marvel Television and refusing to stand by them as products of the MCU.