so not only has marvel rivals missed a huge big-brained opportunity by not making scott summers a strategist (support), instead sticking him in dps jail, but they ALSO gave jubilation lee --little miss explodey fireworks of explosion-- the support role???
i think what's frustrating me the most about this is the fact it's just another example/continuing the pattern of what's been bugging me in rivals and overwatch, which is:
support/healer = woman.
woman character = support/healer.
with the problem being that out of the 3 roles in both games --tank, dps, healer-- it's only the healer class that gets mostly women characters. to spell it out, it perpetuates an association of women = non-violent non-action helper healer waif passive characterization.
ever hear the (misogynist) take on the internet that only "girls" play support? the insult being against women, obvs, but also that support as a role --with its cast being mostly women (hmm see the correlation?)-- is seen as a do-nothing no-skill useless role that only exists to pump out heals to the 'real' players. it's a layered misogyny sandwich of an idea that pervades the culture surrounding these kinds of games.