Before I dive any further into this article, I would like to point out that I do not deem myself as a hardcore feminist. I believe in woman's rights, of course, and how we should wear whatever we want without having to be harassed on the street; but I do admit that I do not attend protests or outwardly post my opinions on every occurrence that has to do with this topic on social media or even in the conversation. Maybe I'm scared to say my opinion in the wrong words, maybe I'm scared that people will jump down my throat regardless, but either way I keep my mouth shut for the most part unless the matter is just completely crazy that I feel the need to voice my opinion.

Well, that time has come around again (see my article on gun violence here).

A little movie called "Captain Marvel" has released recently that is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that centers on a female hero (played by Brie Larson), and even the President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has said that she may be the strongest character in the MCU overall. This film and the introduction of this badass hero has been in the works for some time and fans everywhere have known about this since 2014, so you would think that everyone would be prepared and excited for this time to finally come around.

Once the first trailers and even pictures from the set started to hit social media, haters started coming out of the woodwork about the most minute details. I have been a fangirl long enough to know that no matter what there will always be people hating on something about a person or character, movie or television show, and I've become immune to seeing these words over the years. Now, however, the backlash seems more ridiculous than ever and I really think it's because some people are bothered by the fact that a woman is at the forefront of a superhero movie in a franchise that is so beloved by the most hardcore comic book fans.

Now I know that not every fanboy is like this, but the number of tweets and comments everywhere are enough to make a good portion of the fan world against this movie, or more so, the character herself. There was even a plan that went viral to boycott the film because of Larson's negative comments toward white men, or "man-hating." In reality, she has only voiced her opinion about having more representation in the industry, especially when it comes to critics and journalists. These so-called "fans" then tried to make "Captain Marvel" a flop in its opening weekend, and boy, did their efforts fail: the film had a $455 million worldwide opening weekend, making it the second-highest MCU solo film debut and the sixth-highest opening weekend of all time.

The numbers just don't lie, and they also prove that the world wants and likes representation and diversity in their movies- not to mention in a kick-ass superhero one. Don't fans realize that little girls will get to grow up with a strong superhero as a role model and that it will probably become the most-wanted Halloween costume in the upcoming years? And even for the fans that don't care about this (for some odd reason), don't you want your beloved comic book universe to expand and evolve for years to come?

First-time representation superhero movies like "Wonder Woman" and "Black Panther" have had significantly less hate towards them and huge success in recent years' past, so why can't "Captain Marvel" have the same kind of treatment and success? Instead of pinning (specifically female) heroes against one another to see who's more powerful, or even hate on the people who play them because they "don't look exactly like the comic book version" or "aren't hot enough", fans everywhere should embrace them because they are supposed to represent the hero in all of us.