ms marvel is an absolutely stellar show. im a pakistani 2nd gen kid who sees absolutely no representation in the media, —sans the dramas mom is always watching— so this means a lot to me. glad they decided to adapt this into the mcu, since i happen to be into the mcu, and especially because i never wouldve known about it if they didnt.
im pretty detached from my culture, im pretty whitewashed, i do admit that, i cant even speak my own language(s). but ms marvel did sorta help me feel a bit better about it- more the music aspect, but thats smth else. i mean- i was never ashamed of my culture, but still.
when my sister first said something about seeing a trailer for ms marvel, i was skeptical, i didnt think it’d be that good, even if it was mcu. i feel like it was mainly about her powers and representation. but they were absolutely great with both of that
all the characters are just so <333, i dont even know how to explain it, brunos probably my favorite. i felt so bad for him in that scene with mr kumquat (thats what i call kamran- ill explain) and kamala in episode six </3 poor dude.
my least favorite character was probably kamran, not because everyone is so bad at saying his name, but i just didnt vibe w him. maybe its cause he just showed up coming out of a pool at a random party our of nowhere? idk
now that i think of it my real least favorite characters were najima and the dodc characters, like cmon, theyre just children, wth?
nakia is a complete girlboss, (ew, that word) the only thing i didnt like about her was the fact that she made it seem like kamala was obligated to tell her about her powers and stuff
and kamala is just so adorable and relatable lmao. especially with the “its not usually the brown girls in jersey city” line, like i dont even live in jersey, but still.
the only part that was eh about the cultural/ethnic stuff was how they said kamran and kamalas names. like bro, cmon, just call him cameron at this point yk? i basically call him mr kumquat and cameron just for fun, since they dont really say it correctly anyways. them saying kamalas name wrong wasnt as bad though, dunno why, maybe becuase they werent that off.
episode five was just so great? like sure, it wasnt present time most the episode, but still. i obviously wasnt there during the partition, but i feel like the episode encapsulated it so well- like the tragedy of it all and stuff??? i dont know why or how, but it does.
the line with kamala speaking to kamran in the bubble(?) thing in episode 6 is just so damn great... i forgot the line. but it was something about there being no normal.
and the tiktok part near the end of the sixth episode may have been kinda cringy, but it was cute too.
but anyways, this show means a lot to me, kinda upset that we gotta wait a whole year to see kamala again. but at least i got my sister to buy me volume one of the comics today!
thank you to everyone at marvel who helped create this show, it means so much to me, and so many other people too.
