Jake & Leon #586: Deleted Sensitivity

They didn’t get to the “strap on/in” joke yet.

Here’s the deleted scene from The Marvels, so we’re all on the same page.

Remember, Kamala Khan is SIXTEEN YEARS OLD! First off, the “strap on” joke (by the writer’s, not by Valkyrie) is already inappropriate for the teenage girl, a MINOR (you’d think with the claims that modern Disney are grooming teens they’d be really careful about stuff like that proving their critics’ point) who is supposed to come from a devout Muslim family, at least in the comics Marvel Studios no longer cares about, which is why I’m not going to watch the show or movie even if I had the opportunity to. On that note, I’m talking about this recently released deleted scene, not the movie itself. And yes, I’m calling non-Norse looking Valkyrie in a business suit cultural appropriation because it is. It’s not just for white people anymore, apparently…and there are still followers of Norse religion out there who probably hate Marvel to being with.

Culture war nonsense aside, in more strict (read “fanatical”) Muslim countries and communities, child brides totally exist, some brides being at least 13, possibly younger. I do not feel comfortable looking up when that stops but I know it’s way too young. Those same countries and communities will behead you for being a homosexual. If you’re surprised, look up the meaning of “fanatical”. So we have a culturally appropriated Norse mythological character accusing a white woman of having a lesbian Muslim child bride, then making a reference to sex toys. This scene should never have been written, never have been performed, never have been filmed, or at least deleted completely. Whatever else the rest of the movie does or doesn’t do as a movie or as an adaptation, this is in poor taste.

Moving on, this week’s Clutter Report has me building the Gunblaster Zoid after over a decade of only being a body. I’ll do a proper review once I’ve had time to mess with it.

I have two article series ending this week, as I complete (for now) the Many, MANY Intros Of Spider-Man and the Transformers: Beast Machines writing guides that were released to the public. Still going is the Chapter By Chapter review of Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders with chapter 3. The rest of the week…who knows? Have a great week, everyone!