Ms. Marvel brings some much-needed everyday life into the MCU

polygon.com:

Disney Plus’ Ms. Marvelseries alters the comics to give Kamala Khan a backstory that fits better with the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. But more so than that, Ms. Marvel is showing a side of the MCU that we just haven’t seen in a really long time: the way ordinary people live their lives, amid these superheroes and supervillains and catastrophic, world-ending events. Head writer Bisha K. Ali and the rest of the show’s creators smartly kept the more slice-of-life plot elements alongside Kamala’s superhero origin. Because the MCU currently seems more focused on constantly setting up the next big thing, it’s refreshing to remember what the hell these heroes are even fighting for.

Previously, we’ve gotten some glimpses of what regular people are up to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, usually due to their relationships with the leading heroes. But after a certain point, the MCU stopped introducing completely new heroes. Even the ones not introduced as side characters in mainline Avengers movies had some existing ties to previous heroes or a life already embroiled in the inner machinations of the MCU already. Shang-Chi might not know any of the Avengers, but he was still raised as an assassin in a secret cult. Likewise, Kate Bishop took up archery because of Hawkeye and meets him straight away, so her adventures across the show are intrinsically intertwined with Clint Barton’s story. They’re also already skilled, so much of their hero origin (if you can even call it that) involves being in the right place at the right time and meeting the right people. And that naturally takes them out of everyday life and yanks them away from their friends and family who are just doing normal-people things.

Not so much Kamala Khan,