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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Peter A. Shulman  📚

    Every time Thanos & "the snap" is alluded to in the MCU universe, I'm reminded that it makes no narrative sense. Such an even would be massively disruptive -- think of Covid times a million -- yet is treated as, "oh yeah, remember that freaky thing that happened?"https://twitter.com/pashulman/status/1464265944088338442 …

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    Peter A. Shulman  📚 @pashulman
    I kinda feel like it would make sense for the foreseeable future in the MCU that we should learn which of the new characters had been snapped and which hadn’t. Had Kate Bishop and her family been snapped?
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2021

        I mean, just imagine if humanity actually did encounter god-like creatures, one of whom made half of all life disappear. And then the disappeared (unaged) returned. That would cause massive human and cultural disruption. In MCU it's just thing that happened.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2021

        It's strange that nearly decades after Alan Moore did a superhero story where superheroes are actually transformative, the standard narrative arc is still catastrophe>heroic victory>return to status quo ante.

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      2. Helen Kennedy  🌻‏Verified account @HelenKennedy 26 Nov 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        The Leftovers is a whole show about that.

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      3. Zak Whose Topical Reference Has Expired‏ @zsitter 26 Nov 2021
        Replying to @HelenKennedy @HeerJeet

        Exactly - and it really sells the premise that a much smaller "event" (I think it's like 2%?) would be _massively_ disruptive.

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      2. Javiera Gracia‏ @javitagracia 26 Nov 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        this is why I dislike shared universes like the MCU, they limit storytelling to an absurd degree

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      2. Your Own Private Duncan Idaho‏ @Anarchae0logist 26 Nov 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Yep we're having a hard time with a fraction of a percent of excess mortality the past couple years- 50% would be a civilization-ending event

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      3. (((Hampton Stevens)))‏ @HamptonStevens 26 Nov 2021
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        Let alone bringing them all back. Imagine if the population of earth doubled tomorrow. You think we've got Inflation now?

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      1. I don't need an assault rifle to feel free‏ @theolddelewis 26 Nov 2021
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        it is the MCU 🙃

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      1. Dylan 🌹 🌈‏ @replicasex 26 Nov 2021
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        What percentage was it that disappeared in The Leftovers? Like 2%? And society did not handle it well at all.

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