Why is Wasp not an Avenger?
Phidogg
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Wasp and Ant-man were two of the original Avengers, so why isn't Wasp classified as an Avenger? Because she's not in the Hollywood version of the movies? Check back in the animated series and you will see her and Ant-man (Gi ant-man). Thanks as always hope her tags change soon.
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She is not an avenger IN THIS GAME
We do not decide which Tags each Champion gets on our own. This is done in conjunction with Marvel, and they have the final say on the Universe Tags for Champions.
If you look at Ant-Man's profile, he has an Avenger tag. In the comics he is an Avenger, but in the movies he is not (not yet). In the game he is presented in his movie suit, but still tagged as an Avenger. Wasp is in her movie suit and also not on the movie Avengers, yet is an Avenger in the comics. So the tagging is weird. Both are Avengers in the comics, but only one is tagged. Neither are Avengers in the films, but one is still tagged.
War Machine is presented in his movie suit, but is also not tagged as an Avenger, even though in the movies he is one. The same is true with Spider-Man (Stark Enhanced). Captain America (WWII) also has this problem.
But then both Ragnarok Thor and Hulk also have Avenger tags. Hulk had quit the team in that film, and Thor was away from his allies as well (it doesn't make him not an Avenger, but he is without the team in that film).
If it's a Marvel issue, it would be useful to know why they tell you to apply the tag to some, but not to others (especially when it comes to the movie characters). There's some interesting tags on profiles that seem to have no use, but keep getting tagged (#A-Force, #Champions, #Villain of the Contest). I know I wonder what those additional tags are for.
If she's not an avenger in this game, then that's it. No champion "should" be or not something just because they are in other games/universe's
In a very real sense, the MCOC team is no different from a team of writers working on something like the Ultimate universe. They can use Marvel IP, add new IP, change up things as they see fit to create new things, or change and adapt things to fit this separate part of the Marvel universe as a whole. But all under the ultimate control and approval of Marvel editors or managers. Complaining that Wasp is not an Avenger in the Marvel Contest of Champions is like complaining that Nick Fury is an african american in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or in the Ultimates universe. The writing team in the Ultimates universe was allowed to re-envision the Nick Fury character without having to replicate him from the main Marvel universe, because the Ultimates universe is a different universe, and the MCU was allowed to borrow that iteration of the character, but make their own significant changes to him because the MCU is also a different universe. The MCOC universe is different yet again.
To use DC terminology, the MCOC is an Elseworld. In this Elseworld, all resemblances to main Marvel characters is intended to be evocative, but also in some ways coincidental (because the characters didn't "have to be" that way).