Your Feminist Avengers Post 4: Moondragon

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I would like to like Moondragon better. However, if you look up the definition of entitled in the Marvel Universe, you will find Moondragon.

Moondragon is a human being who has achieved both physical and psychic perfection. You can do this too, if you train with outer space monks. Delusional, she believes she's a god, and while she is influenced by the entity from which she takes her name, she's a powerful metahuman with privilege issues.

As my friend Steve said, I talked about the Wasp's costumes, but I didn't object to Moondragon's. Well, Steve, I do object to Moondragon's 70's costume. Like you said, this is very much accessory, and not costume.

Does this costume hearken back to a freer, more liberated time, or is Moondragon's costume Marvel trying to equivocate that naked is cool? Well, all I gotta say is wherever you come down on opinions about the costume, I don't think you can do much advanced martial arts in an outfit like this.

Fortunately, Moondragon's outfits settle down a bit as she moves forward in time.

Moondragon dances on the edge of morality throughout her career at Marvel. Full of herself, she is a short-lived Avenger. She is often monitored by other heroes and heroines who don't trust her, and they shouldn't. Under the right circumstances, you could even see Moondragon as a villain rather than a hero. However the character is fully realized. She's not a pleasant character, but she is a strong one. I'd rather not see Moondragon in a Marvel film.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.