The Marvels did something so amazing in the way they presented Carol’s marriage.
Like she revealed that she married this man (an objectively beautiful man) and the only takeaway was that she was now technically a princess.
Carol says something along the lines of, “we’re friends, and he needed help with this” and there was no indication or question of romance whatsoever.
And thats really rare. Because usually, you have two people of different genders that are put in a marriage of convenience, you’d see at least one other character comment on the romantic implications, if not see the actual romance play out. But there was no question about the relationship between the characters in this.
Carol said they were friends, then she changed into a pretty dress and danced with him, and… that was it! No one swooned or sighed in the audience while they danced, Kamala and Monica didn’t bat an eye when Carol said they were friends, there were no lingering shots of them looking at each other.
Nia DaCosta managed to introduce a fairly common romance trope as the most platonic partnership I’ve ever seen on screen.
Meanwhile, there were clearly lingering shots and deep conversations and genuine chemistry when Valkyrie shows up.
