[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

What male character in the MCU would be the equivalent of a Mary Sue? Maybe there's a reason people see Captain Marvel as one?

Vision in Age of Ultron would likely have been the best example - but they muted his abilities in future films.

Dr. Strange with the time stone was pretty much unstoppable at times - until he made the decision to give up the stone.

Thor is a god, with pretty much unlimited powers after the Ragnarok ark + getting Stormbreaker.

Really though maybe the big difference here is that I'm not assuming that Captain Marvel is going to be some all powerful hero that's going to make quick work of Thanos like Nik and Ashasx.

Going to spoiler the next part since Captain Marvel is only recently released.

Spoiler!

Sure Captain Marvel did seem over powered at the end of her movie when she destroyed Ronan's ships, but they also didn't really give her any real conflict with another actual person. It was more done to highlight her ability to fly. Also why I think they avoided real conflict with Ronan who has been shown to be a more formidable villain.

And part of the reason they needed to make the threats not seem as risky is because of the story they told. In Avengers 1 that was the first real threat they've seen from "Space". Both Fury and Stark had made reference to that in the story. So the threat faced here couldn't do any real damage or else it would have taken away from the overall story of the New York attack and Thor's first appearance being the first real appearance of super natural threats that the general public saw.

My guess is much like Vision she gets introduced in a way that makes her look over powered but that will be a much level playing field compared to other Avengers and major villians in this movie.