Monica Rambeau is the daughter of Maria Rambeau who was a dear friend of Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel. Following the storyline of WandaVision, the character of Monica Rambeau crossed the Hex 2 to 3 times which made her gain powers never before seen!
Announcing her return in The Marvels in 2023, it seems that Monica Rambeau’s powers were nullified significantly to keep the focus on Captain Marvel more, the fans state Marvel is “depowering a black woman” is in the attempt.
Monica Rambeau’s Powers Are Nerfed For The Marvels
Speaking at the D23 Expo, the director of the movie Nia DaCosta stated that the original character of Monica Rambeau will not be seen in The Marvels and only a part of her powers will be used. The director gave her statement as follows.
“With Monica, we really got to talk about, ‘Okay, like which of her thousands of powers in the comics do we want to make canon in the MCU?’ Well, you know there’s a part in the comics where she realizes she’s immortal.”
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She continued,
“She freaks out and then she goes intangible in water, and her atoms scatter across the ocean, and that takes her like forever to put herself back together. Like, she’s insane so it’s like, you have so much to choose from… Anyway, we didn’t do that one.”
While as awesome as this may sound, the director has stated that the audience will not be able to see the ultimate form of Monica Rambeau in The Marvels as fans claim that an attempt to depower a black woman is in progress.
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Fans Claim Monica Rambeau Is Depowered For Being A POC
Taking to Twitter, the fans shared the news about the attempt to allegedly depowerize a black woman as Monica Rambeau’s powers may overshadow Captain Marvel’s. Her powers include enhanced physiology, spectral vision, energy absorption, and, intangibility to name a few along with immortality and many other godly powers that compete with the powers of Captain Marvel herself!
The fans took to Twitter to express their views and opinions with most of them unhappy with the power change.
Depowering the black women who was the first female captain marvel… while the white woman that stole her spot (while preaching false diversity) was overpowered and presented as "the strongest Avenger -Kevin Feige"
Sure why not…
— Godspeedzilla (@WallyNox6) September 24, 2022
I mean they've been doing this with every character practically.
— Lee (@ebonyl33) September 24, 2022
Make sure they don't make it like She-Hulk or something like LOTR. That is a perfect way to lose money and fanbase.
— Iris West (@XRP_Fan_Hopeful) September 24, 2022
The decision indeed rests with the people over at Marvel as to what the powers of Monica Rambeau should be. The Marvels will combine Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel along with Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel and Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau with her newly acquired abilities.
The Marvels is set for a release date on 28th July 2023 to be released in theaters worldwide.
Source: Twitter
