So here’s the thing about that final fight scene between Yon-Ragg and Carol. It was quick and some have called it anti-climatic. Personally I think that men aren’t seeing the thing that most women noticed right away. What I saw was an egotistical man trying to salvage what was left of his masculinity, he tried to control the situation and placed conditions on the fight to prove to himself that he can’t be beaten by a woman of all things. But Carol in that moment had an epiphany, she had no obligation to obey this man, her saying that she had nothing to prove to him is the equivalent of saying “You are not worth my time or energy because I know who I am, and I don’t need you to give me your stamp approval.” Because we know that he would never have given it. He would have kept controlling the situation and taking away her abilities until they reach a point where he has the upper hand. This is something that women face in real life, and that’s exactly what we saw in that scene. This is why that scene was more powerful than some could ever realize.
