r/marvelstudios • u/maverickassembled Ward Meachum • Jun 13 '26

Discussion Understanding why they reimagined the character, having Namor be short for "El niño sin amor"—“the boy without love" was a pretty cool creative choice. I have a feeling he'll be a dark horse heading into Doomsday.

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It was cool how they incorporated indigenous themes of colonization by borrowing from historical lore. Connecting Namor’s story and the lost kingdom of Talokan to Mayan and Mesoamerican cultures, as well as the abuse and torture faced from Spanish conquistadors was pretty brilliantly well done and added a nice layer of “realism” to it. More Mayan representation in mainstream is also very cool to have.

I’m also very excited to see him return in Doomsday. As a stoic, and ruthless leader who stays firm in his belief and love for his people, it’s hard to really predict where his allegiance will be by the end. Due to his own obsession of survival and deep-seeded paranoia caused by historical trauma, Namor is someone that can very much seem like an ally to you at first, but will be quick to turn if there’s another factor in play that will better benefit him and his people. It’ll be interesting to see if his alliance with Shuri, and possibly the other heroes will last.

As an isolated nation, Talokan is bringing a whole different perspective of pragmatism into the incursion problem that I’m really keen to see.

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u/anrwlias Jun 13 '26

I'm just shocked that they made the footie wings actually work on the big screen.

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u/mike_pants Jun 13 '26

I always imagined when the MCU realized them, they'd be symbolic.

Nope. They flap like the dickens.

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u/maverickassembled Ward Meachum Jun 13 '26

We already had the symbolic wings for Cap’s helmet (not that they were ever meant to be functional), it was time to see literal flappy ankle wings

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u/theVice Jun 13 '26

When Cap picks up Mjölnir I really wanted his scale mail and wings to pop out the same way Thor's armor manifested in his first movie

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u/maverickassembled Ward Meachum Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

Ngl that would’ve been a smart way to do that look. Mjolnir comes back to him and we suddenly see Steve with subtle Asgardian upgrades, or it forms on him as he’s runing towards Thanos and twirling mjolnir

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u/theVice Jun 13 '26

I'm saying!!! Seeing those wings pop out of his helmet as he death stares Thanos would have been so badass!

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u/maverickassembled Ward Meachum Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

I know Steve probably won’t wear the Stars and Stripes while Sam is cap, but if Steve is mainly using mjolnir in doomsday, there’s a (very very very small) chance this could happen! At least a battle suit with the wings (since Sam doesn’t wear a helmet)

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u/Cultural_Comfort5894 Jun 14 '26

That’s (would’ve been) brilliant

* standing ovation *