I've seen all the thor movies, and wandavision. Just to me personally Darcy doesn't really have much to her expect to be the snarky best friend to Jane that she also hired to be her assistant, and who is now working for Sword, who also has some hacking skills if I'm rembering wandavision right. And I assume that's why people like her because she doesn't have much to her so people can project whatever they like to her. Which can also be their own personality. Is she in the comics? I have no problem that Darcy Lewis is a woman or brunette I am also a woman and a brunette. Sorry I'm autistic I tend to ramble and can come off rude without meaning to. Especially if I don't double check with my writing and think does this come off rude. I apologize if my comment came off rude. Thanks for all the info on Tony Stark. Do you have any recommendations for Ironman comics?
Alright. V took the first part of this ask (and I agree with everything she said!) but now I (Emily) have gotta go to bat for my girl Darcy Lewis.
I understand if you didn't mean to come off rude, but it kinda feels like you threw that 'self-insert' comment in just to be hurtful since nowhere in any of our ranting has our love of Darcy Lewis had anything to do with how we feel about RDJ.
Dr. Darcy Lewis is not a self insert character. She is a whole character and she has been since at least Thor: The Dark World. She was never meant to just be Jane's snarky best friend/assistant. If anything, Kat Dennings was hired to create this character because there was not enough humor in the original Thor script and Kenneth Branagh liked her sitcom work and thought she would bring a little bit of levity to the world he created. And he was right! But in the first Thor, Darcy is still her own character, albeit one that's there for more comic relief than plot momentum. She's funny, yes, but she's also compassionate and resourceful and dedicated to the mission of the film once she understands the stakes, despite not being a scientist.
Moving on to Thor: The Dark World where, if you don't remember, she managed to bring Jane's focus back to the science that defined her career, investigate gravitational anomalies and see the similarities to previous atmospherical conditions, AND when Jane disappeared, she took it upon herself to get Erik out of the hospital when she realized she was out of her depth with the whole alien-invasion thing.
That's not self-insert behavior. Nor is that "just snarky best friend" behavior.
Fast-forward to WandaVision where she is now DOCTOR Darcy Lewis, Astrophysicist in her own right and requested specifically to investigate the Westview anomaly. Where she is the one who decodes The Hex and figures out at least part of what is going on with the world Wanda created. Where she also locates Monica, and then works with Monica and Jimmy Woo to break the spell and get everyone out safely (as well as drives a truck through Hayward's escape plans and helps get him sent to prison).
Again: NOT self-insert behavior.
Yes, she has computer skills and is mentioned to have some hacking capabilities but she's much more than that. She does appear in the comics, but my favorite appearance of hers is the Marvel YA novel CosmicQuest Vol. 2 - The Aftermath. That's where she literally drives across the country (multiple times) after The Snap to pick up the pieces of everything Jane and Erik were working on and gets everyone back on track with saving the planet. Again. All while being snarked at by a know-it-all teenager underestimating her every step of the way.
My time in Darcyland has introduced me to some of the most talented artists and writers I've ever met. And not because we're all projecting ourselves onto some empty husk of a character. There's a fairly robust fanon collective understanding of who she is as a person, regardless of who you ship her with. She's almost always portrayed as funny, always kind and compassionate, she goes out of her way to help people and be part of a solution rather than a problem, she's frequently Jewish, consistently brilliant, and usually a decent baker. <- These are all traits that we've collected through a decade of loving this character and watching her through films, tv, comics, and novels, as well as listening to Kat Dennings talk about her portrayal and the things she loves about being Darcy.
Put some respect on my girl's name.
Everyone else, feel free to chime in about Ironman comic recommendations.
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