MCU Relationships

In the MCU there have been lots of romantic relationships, some are fan favorites and some have left audiences asking why. So here we are going to talk about which ones audiences loved and which ones we hated.

First up we have the classic Peggy and Steve. Now they were very short lived. So short lived in fact that they were never actually a couple, they kissed once and talked about a date but there was never anything more than that. This one has also very much split the fandom. Some fans love them together (even though, again they didn’t have much screen time together), and others think they made no sense and find it creepy and weird that so many have attached themselves to this couple that isn’t really a couple…guess which camp I’m in.

Next we have Steve and Sharon. Sharon is Peggy’s niece which already makes their relationship kind of creepy and weird. Like Steve is only attracted to Carter genes. I don’t know of anyone that was rooting for these two, they are a definite no for the fandom. The best thing about this one is that it's now impossible for them to pursue in the main continuity. Yes they have a long ongoing relationship in the comics but it didn’t translate well to screen and now Sharon can be her own person outside of a relationship with Captain America.

Another obvious relationship is Tony and Pepper, this is also a split in the fandom but in a very different way. Tony stans love them together, and everyone else simply doesn’t care either way. Pepper in the MCU is super annoying and kind of useless so whether or not she ended up with Tony really didn’t matter. Love that their relationship gave us Morgan though, that will be fun for the future of the MCU.

Now let's get to the relationship that the whole of the MCU fandom hates (an opinion that I really don’t share) and that is Bruce and Natasha. Now before we all jump up my ass let me defend my opinion. I think that their pairing isn’t inherently bad. The idea of them is actually quite sweet, he turns into a monster she still feels like one (because of her past as an assassin, not because she can’t have kids for all the people who don’t understand how to watch a fucking movie) and they see the good and the human in each other. They make each other feel safe and comfortable and I truly think that had it been executed better it would have been very sweet. The problem however lies in the fact that it was executed poorly.

The last relevant one to talk about is Jane and Thor. Now a lot of people didn’t have a problem with the relationship, they just didn’t think Natalie Portman was a good casting choice. Now my problem with their relationship is that the MCU wasn’t consistent with it. They set it up and revisited it occasionally but for the most part it was forgotten therefore making it an afterthought making it very difficult for the fandom to really root for them.

Some of the relationships in the MCU were treated really well unfortunately it just wasn’t the romantic ones. The platonic relationships were handled with much more care and thought than really any of the romantic relationships. And quite frankly fans are right to take issue with how some comic book relationships are portrayed on screen. They seem to be doing better going forward so we will see what the future of the MCU holds.