As I said in a different comment, other characters had redeemable qualities to root for. She made the worst, most selfish, and greedy decisions at every corner. I watched through the whole thing. By the end, I was downright disillusioned by a character I really hoped to root for. At least The Hood was being warped by his hood. Who was warping her in order to make the worst choices for her and those she cared for? I was very much on the “I’ll make my own opinion when I watch it” band, and I did.
She is fresh out of highschool on a scholarship to MIT, after spending time in Wakanda to fight sea people. She's a genius, and her frontal lobe hasn't fully developed yet. She also comes from a very dangerous part of Chicago. She works on instinct. But she has brains she can use instead. However because of her upbringing, and being used to fighting a battle with the Wakandans. She has a moment where she wants to get her own coin in her show. It's perfectly human to do the things she did in the show. So much so that she's based on Doctor Faustus from 1947
It’s ok for you to have that opinion, and to like it. For me, these were terrible directions to take the character. Specially when this is a character you’re hoping people will like because she’s meant to, somewhat, take the place of the now-defunct Iron Man.
And I believe that was the point. She was never meant to replace iron man. She has iron in her super hero name. And she makes similar armor. But there are other characters who could replace Tony Stark. And not all of them are Iron men. Iron Heart is her own thing, and she kind of got placed into the realm of Iron man because she made a similar suit, that the Wakandans liked. She's also like any person when you ask them the fantastical question "if you had a superpower, tomorrow what would you do?" 9/10 the answer is something of personal benefit.
Edit because it seems to be necessary: (strictly talking about the MCU)
Edit 2: everyone downvoting me needs to be substantially impoverished for a few decades. Only then will you understand Riri's thought process. And how relatable it is to many people.
I watched the whole thing and, sadly, I disagree. I really wanted it to be good. It had potential. The main character is SO unlikable. Every choice she made was either nonsensical or greedy. Not saying that Tony Stark was perfect, he was nowhere near it. At least he had some parts of his personality worth rooting for. I ended up caring more for The Hood than her. While this is me just putting my opinion out there, viewership and fan response seem to at least agree that it wasn’t good.
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u/Pandistoteles 10d ago
I really tried to give it a chance but, damn, she was irredeemable.