Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26687285-20150905125650

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Marvelfan94 wrote:

''Yes, technically most of the characters in the MCU that were mortally wounded or sacrificed themselves, were either saved before they actually died or were simply presumed dead. But what i meant was that Marvel has developed a seriously annoying habbit of making the audience think a character is dead/dying, giving them an emotional death scene, and then basically turning around and going HA HA!, FOOLED YOU! when they introduce some kind of plot device/miracle cure, or anything else they can think of to reintroduce that character into the series.

Cracked.com made a pretty great video outlining exactally what i mean, here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpQeJNxiNQ

P.S. Actually Coulson wasn't the only MCU character to "physically" die, in GotG, Groot did too.''

Rodangizzardcrusher3 responded:

''I think the problem with resurrections is that it started too soon and they used it on the wrong character.

For example, even though he's one of my favorite characters, Coulson's death was one of the best things about the Avengers. It's surprising, emotional, and it has a crucial role in the story. Coulson at that point was a character that needed no more development, and this would have been a perfect send off for the character. But because of AoS, they can't even mention Coulson in the movies anymore, not by name anyway.

Quicksilver's death is the opposite, it's rushed, forced and ultimately forgotten about by the other characters. Seriously, he's never mentioned in the epilogue, and Scarlet Witch didn't exactly "avenge" him when she ripped out Ultron's "heart" because

1. After all the damage that Vibranium went through(being punched by the Hulk, thrown out a Quinjet and blasted with lightning, repulsors and an Infinity stone), it's probably no less vulnerable than the other hundred drones she destroyed.

2. He just got into another body the second after she pulled it out.

You should only kill a character when everything that needs to be developed has been, and the audience has built a genuine fondness of that character. What connection can we have to a character that's been in this 11 movie franchise for less than 30 minutes? '' 