Okay, but lets talk about how Darcy is the only one who came out sane and safe after this. Lol. Erik loses his mind. Jane is kind of bonkers, goes all crazy for Thor, puts herself in danger constantly, and then gets cancer (which honestly is probably bc she’s been surrounded by weird radiation. Thor, the aether, the Bifrost, the tesseract, whatever is in Asgard…), but Darcy actually lives and becomes a functional member of society. Darcy has clearly become respected by the government for her skills. She’s also managed to avoid becoming a super public figure despite her numerous interactions with Thor. Most other superhero civilian allies in the MCU either die, become a superhero, lose their memories, get permanently injured/maimed, fall in love with the hero, or become a supervillain. Actually managing to stay alive and a civilian is downright impressive. Darcy’s mental strength and adaptability is actually highly commendable. Like, seriously. How many other sane/healthy civilian superhero friends in the MCU can you think of? Completely civilian, no superpowers, not a soldier, not imprisoned/used against the hero, etc… Darcy is like the only person with enough self preservation to get through this stuff. Lol.
Love Kat Dennings Darcy. I hope they majorly expand her role in the MCU. (I wonder if she kept the escape artist skills she picked up in WandaVision, could come in handy).
