My almost 9 year old daughter has finally finished the Avengers films.

Her resounding fury: "WHY DO THEY THROW ALL THE WOMEN OFF CLIFFS!?"

I'm proud of her, but doubly disappointed. When Black Widow died, she was already reeling from Gamora.

She sobbed in my arms for like 15 minutes because she was PISSED OFF.

We have got to do better. We have got to demand better.

It was bad storytelling. Along with the "fat Thor" and many other missteps.

Endgame has some great moments, but it's a boy's story. All the big emotional moments are for men, & the women are used as emotional punctuation.

Scarlet Witch & Captain Marvel, even, get sidelined.

They should have just sent Wanda and Carol after Thanos.

That was a narrative CHOICE. Bunch of writers sat around a table and DECIDED who was going get snapped or "oddly missing" for the whole film.

Frigga: plot point
Nat: Plot point (our boys' "reason to keep going")
Gamora: Plot point
Carol: "busy doing space shit" plot point

We gave an animated racoon more screen agency than all these women combined. (No shade to Rocket, but like, yo.)