The Best Idea Ever
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thebarbicanCarol Danvers has no idea why it was such a difficult decision to make the switch away from being Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel. Well, okay, she does - respect for Mar-Vell's legacy and all, especially given that two of his... unusual children have both used the name at one point. She didn't feel like it was her right. Yet, for some reason, she didn't have too much of a problem when Monica was using the name. She was just glad somebody was... even if she was so concerned about the legacy that when she was searching for a new name, she went with Warbird instead. Badass, sure, but also a bit more aggressive and angry than is appropriate... which is fitting, because the Warbird era was when she hit rock bottom as a bitter alcoholic.
She's much better now. She's Captain Marvel. And superheroing is so much easier when you're actually wearing pants. Pants and comfortable boots. The old swimsuit look served a purpose at the time, she supposes. Coming out of the Air Force, it was certainly a look that no one would associate with the service, which was important to her since she was adopting methods that were not up to military codes of conduct. And... if she's perfectly honest, it was at a time where she was young enough to be trying to take control of her own sexuality, kind of coming into her own - not that she'd ever have admitted that was a part of it then, but it's easier to acknowledge now that there's a bit of distance from it. But she always felt so underdressed when talking to the kids the Avengers tend to inspire.
Now, everything's fallen into place. Enough time has passed that she can be Captain Marvel to honor Mar-Vell, since no one else was using it, a Captain to honor her service without having expectations to follow orders, and there are so many more kids wearing Captain Marvel colors than were ever wearing the Ms. Marvel bolt, and that's what soothes the soul in this business of constant heartbreak and trauma. That's why you do this. To try and inspire as many kids to be heroes as the world grinds into being villains.
That's why she occasionally steps out for these little meet 'n' greets outside of the new Mansion. People gather for this sort of thing, and it's probably not smart to encourage people to congregate around a place that tends to be a magnet for bad guys trying to prove themselves, but the Avengers owe everything they are to these folks... and so many of them are wearing her colors that she's decided she could use the ego boost.
Plus, if you actually go out and talk to them for a bit, they tend to disperse more quickly - as they're starting to do now. "There's always work to do," she says to a pair of kid sisters. "But thanks for coming by! Stay safe now! You know the rules, right? You see something, you get out of harm's way before you say something! We'll save you if you're in trouble, but if you can stay away from trouble, that's less trouble we've got to save you from... and more time we have to stop the bad guys."
That makes sense, right?
She's much better now. She's Captain Marvel. And superheroing is so much easier when you're actually wearing pants. Pants and comfortable boots. The old swimsuit look served a purpose at the time, she supposes. Coming out of the Air Force, it was certainly a look that no one would associate with the service, which was important to her since she was adopting methods that were not up to military codes of conduct. And... if she's perfectly honest, it was at a time where she was young enough to be trying to take control of her own sexuality, kind of coming into her own - not that she'd ever have admitted that was a part of it then, but it's easier to acknowledge now that there's a bit of distance from it. But she always felt so underdressed when talking to the kids the Avengers tend to inspire.
Now, everything's fallen into place. Enough time has passed that she can be Captain Marvel to honor Mar-Vell, since no one else was using it, a Captain to honor her service without having expectations to follow orders, and there are so many more kids wearing Captain Marvel colors than were ever wearing the Ms. Marvel bolt, and that's what soothes the soul in this business of constant heartbreak and trauma. That's why you do this. To try and inspire as many kids to be heroes as the world grinds into being villains.
That's why she occasionally steps out for these little meet 'n' greets outside of the new Mansion. People gather for this sort of thing, and it's probably not smart to encourage people to congregate around a place that tends to be a magnet for bad guys trying to prove themselves, but the Avengers owe everything they are to these folks... and so many of them are wearing her colors that she's decided she could use the ego boost.
Plus, if you actually go out and talk to them for a bit, they tend to disperse more quickly - as they're starting to do now. "There's always work to do," she says to a pair of kid sisters. "But thanks for coming by! Stay safe now! You know the rules, right? You see something, you get out of harm's way before you say something! We'll save you if you're in trouble, but if you can stay away from trouble, that's less trouble we've got to save you from... and more time we have to stop the bad guys."
That makes sense, right?
