[Andrew NDB]

I actually wonder if more credit isn't due to Feige and company there... and that seems weird to type. But what I mean is, yeah, they positioned Captain Marvel in such a way between such gigantic cushions that it could only accel (it's just good business)... but in the aftermath of general viewer reception of Captain Marvel? If Marvel Studios was just gung ho about an agenda, Captain Marvel 2 would have been greenlit right away and steamrolled into Phase 4 as this "new leader" figure it seems like she was once poised at... but instead? We only even started hearing anything concrete about Captain Marvel 2 a few months ago with about 0 before that beyond Brie's press people making her dress sexy and go on Conan or whatever.

Something happened.

Now, if one were to be conspiracy minded... it could alternately be that they went, "Uh oh... wait, we didn't go 'far enough.' Straight white female? That's just one step removed from straight white male. We need to shift Captain Marvel into a minority as soon as possible!" And then the push for Kamala and Monica to kind of swoop in to pass the baton to.