i don't MIND the version of Kamala in Tokon being depicted as kind of a rookie because compared to characters like Spider-Man and Iron Man yeah she hasn't been around as long but like. in the comics she's been around for quite a while by now. i mean it's been 13 years. she was an Avenger, she led the Champions, plus she's college age by now.... and to the teams she's been in she was often the dependable moral compass, if not outright the leader. she's to the younger heroes what Captain America was to the Avengers, or Cyclops to the X-Men. so it feels a bit weird to me to have her in Tokon as the young and starry-eyed genki girl..... i get it but i do wish we got a little more of that strong and smart "leader" Ms. Marvel. instead she feels a bit too childish to me. the kid-friendly all-ages hero who's always peppy. idk. i should just be happy that she's in and has her original powers.
Comic book adaptations always ensnare their protagonists in the first stage of their character arcs, because that's what all the other adaptations do, so it becomes The Standard Status Quo.
It's like how Peter Parker is always in high school. Except that Spider-Man is popular enough that there are adaptations where he's college-age or older, either because that specific adaptation ran long enough that he graduated or because the writers convinced Marvel to let them try something new. Ms Marvel doesn't get that, because she's new (relatively speaking) and less popular among the white boys that Marvel assumes are their core demographic. For some reason.
thing is, even at the start, Kamala was never really this peppy... she was always a pretty serious person with a grounded outlook. kinda feels like they just made her act more upbeat for the cute factor.
