[TheBlueMarvel]

Aww, damn. I'd just finished writing a response...

Ehh fuck it...

The term "woke' has always felt like a device to me. It represents nomenclature that is either used to oversimplify being consciously circumspect when viewing matters of race/class/gender/culture/etc and their collective impact on the world that surrounds, or as an an invective designed to embody the latest boogeyman for those that feel threatened by a changing socio-political environment. I think the term is used in both tautological ways and, for some, in a manner to identify the 'enemy' to a particular worldview.

Believe it, or not, I'm a canon guy as it pertains to the comics and the pulp sci-fi/fantasy/mythology I've consumed throughout my life. Ugly warts and all, I generally prefer things to be as I experienced them while growing up. However, you don't always get what you want and I have had to acquiesce to all sorts of changes when watching the MCU. Tony Stark didn't create Ultron. Hawkeye wasn't a doting father and husband. Loki doesn't use knives and Thor isn't a funny guy. What's interesting to me is that people seem perfectly ok with certain changes, while enraged by others. Incensed to the point of making nonsensical connections to some clandestine effort/conspiracy to snuff out a particular demographic. The same demographic that is still in control of shit, generally speaking. There's certainly a conversation to be had about how organic some of Marvel's changes have been and whether these efforts are altruistic, but that other shit is pernicious claptrap.

At some point, as humans, we're going to have to figure out how to share this planet. I've had to soften some of my antiquated canon leanings to make room for more inclusive changes. It was annoying at first, but I've found some things to like within this new context and believe other people can as well, if they want to. When the world changes, it's an easier task to figure out how to fit into the mosaic than it is to bend the world to archaic beliefs. But I guess we'll see whether we go backwards or forward as a human race.

Feel free to scrub.