[Snowflakian]

Falcon Cap, Female Thor, New Wolverine, these things aren't because of Disney.

Disney has been very hands off when it comes to Marvel to let them do their own thing.

The characters themselves and their histories for why are sound, granted some of the writing that has led to it has been hit or miss, but the characters themselves and their transitions have been interesting even if the execution of it has been all over the board. It's nice to see the Marvel Universe genuinely age and evolve instead of being the same frozen in place universe it's always been. I'm genuinely interested in reading the comics now because of these changes. Even want to start picking up cap's title.

Falcon as cap makes sense because of their long history as partners, and Odinson losing the hammer is kind of expected when you really think about what Fury may have said to him. Laura as Wolverine to me is far more interesting than Logan, and his stories have been told to the point that really any new stories would have only started rehashing ones already told.

Hawkeye is still Clint Barton/Kate Bishop. The native american character is named Red Wolf. One might argue it's been the success of Kate Bishop as Hawkeye who many readers now prefer that's led to these other changes across the board though.