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The image above was created from gathering all of the significant named characters from released Marvel Studios movies as documented on the Marvel Movies wikia.
It’s pretty sad. As you can see, only 22% of the characters are women and half of them are love interests. There are over twice as many supporting characters who are men than women (and none of them function as love interests like the women do.) 84% of the characters are white.

60% of the characters are white men, including all the main characters

77%of the characters are men

76% of the men are white

81% of the characters (both genders) are white

All of the women are white

Allof the characters of color are men

None of the characters are women of color

Out of all the films, Thor probably does the best in introducing diverse side characters. Natalie Portman and Kat Denning’s characters pass the Bechdel test within the first five minutes, and some of the Asgardians are played by people of color including Idris Elba’s Heimdall and Tabano Asano’s Hogun. Four white women characters are introduced instead of the other films’ average of one or two. But even then, there’s no question that the main characters of the film are Thor and his brother Loki.
Marvel is working off of decades of existing properties that for years solely focused on white men and a the demographic market of white men. So it makes sense that many of the films would have an abundance of white male characters. Beyond ratios, what doesn’t make sense is that even in the comics there is also an abundance of characters of color, etc. that they are ignoring or underutilizing. There are already five completed films where the titular character is a white man, with more to come. There are no films in the works where the titular character is a person of color or a woman.
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Women made up at least 40% of the audience of The Avengers, yet only one out of the six Avengers–Black Widow–was a woman. Women also made up 40% of attendees at this year’s ComicCon. Why, given the scarcity of female heroic leads in the existing Marvel films, did Marvel choose to announce the addition of several more male characters but only one new female character?

Read the full article at Racebending.com: On Marvel, Mandarin, and Marginalization

The image above was created from gathering all of the significant named characters from released Marvel Studios movies as documented on the Marvel Movies wikia.

It’s pretty sad. As you can see, only 22% of the characters are women and half of them are love interests. There are over twice as many supporting characters who are men than women (and none of them function as love interests like the women do.) 84% of the characters are white.

60% of the characters are white men, including all the main characters

77%of the characters are men

76% of the men are white

81% of the characters (both genders) are white

All of the women are white

Allof the characters of color are men

None of the characters are women of color

Out of all the films, Thor probably does the best in introducing diverse side characters. Natalie Portman and Kat Denning’s characters pass the Bechdel test within the first five minutes, and some of the Asgardians are played by people of color including Idris Elba’s Heimdall and Tabano Asano’s Hogun. Four white women characters are introduced instead of the other films’ average of one or two. But even then, there’s no question that the main characters of the film are Thor and his brother Loki.

Marvel is working off of decades of existing properties that for years solely focused on white men and a the demographic market of white men. So it makes sense that many of the films would have an abundance of white male characters. Beyond ratios, what doesn’t make sense is that even in the comics there is also an abundance of characters of color, etc. that they are ignoring or underutilizing. There are already five completed films where the titular character is a white man, with more to come. There are no films in the works where the titular character is a person of color or a woman.

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Women made up at least 40% of the audience of The Avengers, yet only one out of the six Avengers–Black Widow–was a woman. Women also made up 40% of attendees at this year’s ComicCon. Why, given the scarcity of female heroic leads in the existing Marvel films, did Marvel choose to announce the addition of several more male characters but only one new female character?

Read the full article at Racebending.com: On Marvel, Mandarin, and Marginalization

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#they're making fucking ANT MAN YOU GUYS #marvel #thor #captain america #iron man #the avengers #representation

∞ 08/07/12

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#in the thors of ecstasy #the avengers #thor

∞ 07/12/12

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Did you take any of your relationships with your brothers & kind of bring that over to your relationship to Tom and Loki?

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#stop that #it's getting silly #chris hemsworth #thor #the avengers #queue

∞ 06/17/12

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kingruffalo:

You go to a costume party as a superhero, not your own, who would it be? [x]

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#in the thors of ecstasy #chris hemsworth #mark ruffalo #the avengers cast #the avengers

∞ 05/31/12

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#*__________* #the avengers #iron man

∞ 05/17/12

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revivi:

siksta:

#Fun fact: We were asked to scream when running out of the gala #but none of us knew much german #so a lot of people were screaming the only German things they knew #Wiener Schnitzel #Oktoberfest #Schadenfreude

Omg, Revvi. Are you serious? LMAO

100% serious. The three I tagged were the most common, but there was a few ”kindergarten”s here and there as well. One girl really did know German, and she was utterly baffled by what was going on.

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#ok hear me out #in my head canon Loki is a demi-god right? #and what are the chances they speak english in Asguard anyway #so like Loki and Thor must just speak in a language that is understood by everyone? #like a babel fish but for speaking #idk it already doesn't make sense that they would speak english in Asguard anyway is my point #the avengers

∞ 05/17/12

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alcoholicgifts:

I have lived many ages of men, Steven. Centuries without end. I have seen many great men, and known countless honors. But the greatest honor of this ancient and tired soul has been the privilege of fighting beside you, and calling you my friend. May grace and peace be with you, to the end of all things.