Unlike my peers, I'm not especially good at the whole binge-watching thing. I'm nine episodes into Jessica Jones and while others are talking about how it's brilliant and unique, I'm still trying to figure out if anyone's ever going to call Kilgrave by his first name. As I've been watching, I realized that I'm incredibly excited for Luke Cage and Daredevil's second season.

Also, I'm not excited for anything Avengers-related.

Follow any movie critic long enough and you'll see a comment about superhero fatigue. We're in the "golden age" of comic book movies. Essentially, that just means there are a lot of them and some are good. For every Dark Knight, there's another reboot of the Fantastic Four. We've had eight Batmen, 11 Supermen, and five Wonder Women. We're surrounded by superheroes. That's why I'm thankful for superheroes who break the mold, like Jessica Jones and Guardians of the Galaxy.

While Jones is a pulpy televised noir, Guardians is an over-the-top space opera. They're entirely different properties, and they're similarly distinct from the average glut of superhero movies. Peter Quill isn't quite a superhero and neither is Jessica, despite her powers. Daredevil is a superhero, but his power isn't especially super and he spends the first season dressed like the Dread Pirate Roberts. They're unconventional, which is so refreshing after Avengers 2.

I'm tired of unstoppable heroes saving the world from generic villains. The problem with Marvel's "phase two" of movies is that most of them felt like filler. These were placeholders for the real action, so they relied on the same cliches. Villain wants Macguffin, bothers hero, hero fights villain's mooks, world in peril, happy resolution. Cue teaser for next movie! At least with the origin movies, there would be a character arc and sense of the hero's weakness.

Let's look at phase two. Iron Man 3—the one where Iron Man fights Syndrome's magma men. Thor: The Dark World—too many elves, not enough Loki. Captain America: Winter Soldier—patriotic superhero goes rogue to stop agency that enlisted him. Actually this one was good! Guardians of the Galaxy, also good. We're on a roll! Avengers 2—heroes fight robots for a week. Darn. There's also Ant Man, but I didn't watch it. Perhaps it's the best movie where people shoot at ants. I wouldn't know.

Marvel's shared universe is its greatest strength and its greatest detractor. I'm glad Black Widow could be in Iron Man 2 and Winter Soldier, it's fun seeing the Avengers banter, and Thor and Hulk's adventures in space might be the low key adventure they need. The problem is that everything is planned for the next installment and characters don't cross over when they should. You can't keep putting the world in jeopardy and not ask Tony Stark to help.

So here's my solution—move on from the Avengers.

Marvel won't because they have 1.4 billion reasons to keep making Avengers movies, let alone movies of the big three. But you can move on! I'm not saying that you have to skip the next phase, but don't go blindly. Don't rush to another Iron Man movie that reverses Tony's character arc so he can fight another villain he accidentally created. Don't expect that Ant Man 2 will explore the riveting ramifications of marrying an ant. That happened, right?

I'll probably watch Civil War. I like Captain America and I have enough good will from Winter Soldier, but I'm not looking forward to the big superhero clashes or the arbitrary villain wreaking chaos. I want character arcs, memorable villains, and risks. Each episode of Jessica Jones surprises me and makes me want to watch the next episode. I'll keep watching while the show keeps delivering great content.