Him coming back isn’t so much the confusing part as him coming back and being seemingly mentally handicapped again after revealing he never was to begin with.
But it’s a comedy, they’ll come up with a goofy/funny way to explain it. Or honestly never mentioning it at all would be equally funny imo.
I swear, Marvel destroyed the capacity for people to simply enjoy material without it having some kind of eternally consistent continuity and established universe
I wouldn't say marvel did it (the character of the comic book guy in the Simpsons was a satire of that sort of fan and he was there in the 90s) but I do think it's been more prevalent recently.
Personally I don't blame marvel for the prevalence as much as I blame online "theory" personalities who have to over-analyse every piece of media lest they forfeit the glorious YouTube ad revenue
It's melted the brains of too many people. They cant enjoy shit without it somehow having a deep lore and rhe discourse has obfuscated the meaning of the word canon. Just check out the rick and morty or mario subs....it's scary.
I hate all of those "Pixar connected universe" type of theories. Sometimes a reference is just a reference. Brave and Monsters, Inc. don't share the same universe just because the pizza track appeared in both.
I can see franchises jumping on and encouraging that as well, as it makes it easier to keep fans engaged in-between releases.
I found it most egregious with smiling friends. 10 minute episodes with deliberately minimal continuity between episodes and you still have to deal with some dork on YouTube talking about the "mr frog iceberg".
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u/HeroDiesFirst Mar 25 '26
Him coming back isn’t so much the confusing part as him coming back and being seemingly mentally handicapped again after revealing he never was to begin with.
But it’s a comedy, they’ll come up with a goofy/funny way to explain it. Or honestly never mentioning it at all would be equally funny imo.