MCU "redemption arcs"

Thoughts on the above poll? I have a quite a few issues with it, the first being whether Loki, who obviously won by quite a landslide, can even be classed as having a redemption arc (yet)? At best, Loki S1 left off with him being something of an anti-hero – his motivations to stop Kang can't entirely be classed as a feat of heroism. It's just that Kang is a threat that's bigger than all of them & he played a part in releasing it (also, before Quantumania, he'd have been the only one to know about it). I know we love Loki, myself included, but if we're being realistic, his journey hasn't yet reached the point of an actual redemption arc. Second is the Winter Soldier. I mean, Bucky has always been a good guy, he was just brainwashed into doing what he did. It's fairly different from Black Widow who was psychologically induced, but nothing to the extent of mind control like Buck. I don't think he had anything to redeem except public image, but he was always a good person so he didn't need an arc in the sense we're talking about here. The only ones I think meet the criteria are Tony & Nebula. Both fully conscious of their actions (though their fathers seemed to have a heavy influence in said actions), made a pivotal decision to redeem themselves from the error of their ways & followed through. However, Nebula takes the cake for that. After GotG3 I even more strongly believe this. She overcame years of abuse & torture, found a friend in the sister she once felt made her life hell, joined the Guardians & traded the horrible life that she knew, fighting & practically living for Thanos, to now fight for what was right. Heck, she even shot her AU self when it came down to it. I probably haven't explained it well, but point is Nebula is top-tier & has the best arc out of all those listed above. submitted by /u/gumption_11 [link] [comments]