Ms. Marvel’s End Credit Scene Confusion Shows How Much We Lack Media Literacy
Ms. Marvel’s finale aired recently and in doing so introduced some fascinating developments for the MCU, including the use of the classic X-Men theme tune. Mutants are back, baby! But what the finale also did was highlight the complete lack of media literacy some viewers have. The final scene of the show had a major set up for The Marvels, but some people still managed to misunderstand it - possibly wilfully, but I suspect not. I think we collectively lack the ability to understand and interpret moving images. It’s devolution. If you’re ever worried about movies being dumbed down, just look at the reactions of the general populace and you’ll understand why.
The scene in question sees Kamala being zapped into her closet in a swirl of purple. A few seconds later, Carol Danvers emerges. If she turns out to be gay in The Marvels then the introduction of her coming out of the closet will be a juicy Easter Egg, but the layered details of the scene aren’t important. What we’re struggling to understand is what actually happened.
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The basics of it are very simple. Kamala and Carol switch places. That’s it. Possibly due to something Carol did that unwittingly linked her to Kamala, possibly due to Kamala’s hero worship (literally) of Carol, the two have a connection and switch places. I will allow for the fact that this is deliberately left unexplored, as it will likely form the basis of The Marvels, but it’s one thing not quite understanding the scene, or having questions as to what it might mean. It’s another thing entirely to see a completely different scene that doesn’t even exist.
Some folks seem to think that Kamala did not swap places with Carol, but instead
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