@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan
I guess I find it implausible that, say, the United States government functions essentially the same after the Snap as it did before (see Wandavision, for instance).
@artemis @bedirthan Losing 50% of your population in an instant should've caused a planetwide civilization collapse that would've killed millions more. That said, form what they alluded to, it doesn't sound like a pleasant time!
@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan
I think ultimately what's bugging me in this thread is not realism or continuity but that the Marvel franchise asked me to take it as a creative whole where the events in one story significantly impact other stories, etc.
To me, how they handled the Snap/un-Snap feels like a bit of a fuck-you to me as an audience member for genuinely trying to mentally participate in and envision the world they created. It made me feel stupid for looking/hoping for cohesion.
@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan
I would have preferred it if they were just like "okay, that was one universe. Now we're going to tell stories in another part of the multiverse." They'd get to keep the same characters but get continuity-amnesty AND with Endgame they'd have wrapped up what came before with a bow.
@artemis @bedirthan I kind of wonder if they had more plans for its aftermath, but then COVID happened, which not only upended their production and release schedules, but would also impact their appetite (as a major corporation) to explore the subject of a planetary disaster that killed millions. Apparently, The Falcon & the Winter Soldier had a biological terrorist attack plot that was scrapped due to the pandemic.
@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan
That's a fair observation that COVID up-ended the entertainment industry for a bit there. We probably won't even fully recognize until quite sometime down the road exactly how much of an impact on media it had.