Hela: How to do Female Villains Right (Psst...don't make it all about them being a woman, dammit)

I never got around to discussing it with anyone but I remember being upset over that turn with Black Widow. Forget the fact that she was traumatized into becoming a killing tool. Her childhood is stolen from her and she's turned into an assassin with who knows how many kills under her belt and she's talking to a guy who levels cities when he gets angry but she thinks she's a bigger monster... because she can't have children. That's one of the worst pieces of dialog I've witnessed in a long time and it actually made me like her character less. Forcing romance that wasn't telegraphed anytime before then was also a huge misstep for the character. Oh, and I do think Hela was well done despite not having time to dig deeper into her character but that's a Marvel thing. Few villains get enough time onscreen in these Marvel properties so considering the circumstances, I think she was excellent and one of my favorite to date. I never once thought of her as a good female villain but just a good villain.

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