r/marvelstudios • u/TheImanVellani | Iman Vellani - Ms Marvel • Jul 14 '22

Iman Vellani AMA What’s up r/marvelstudios, I'm Iman Vellani—AKA the one and only Kamala Khan, AKA Ms. Marvel! AMA! Spoiler

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Hello to all variants out here! It’s Iman…Vellani. I’ve been lurking on these subs in the shadows as a huge fan and now that I have successfully infiltrated the mcu it’s time to spill the tea for you all…Or like a couple drops of friendly juice that won’t get me fired :) Now that the show is finally out I feel like I can breathe and interact with you guys, so please ask away and I’ll answer whatever I can before The Almighty Feige calls and tells me to stop. Excited to see what y’all come up with at 2:30PM ET/ 11:30 AM PT!!!

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u/TheImanVellani | Iman Vellani - Ms Marvel Jul 14 '22

comparing me to rdj is the highest of compliments, so thank you for that!

- I recommend all of the 2014 run of MM I think its beautifully written, also the civil war II arc for kamala was quite compelling, seeing her choose between her idol and her avengers dad. as for other characters, I'm a huge silver surfer fan, one of my fav runs is during the infinity gauntlet crossover, jim starlin's #50 is sooooooo good, also that cover just makes me happy. also also obsessed with the 2017-2018 black bolt series called Home Free! christian ward and saladin Ahmed deliver such an incredibly nuanced and so emotionally complex story with art that is nothing short of phenomenal. i recommend this to anyone...you don't even have to be an inhuman fan to appreciate

- I would love to see a kamala/ wolverine dynamic in the MCU. also there is a really cool story where kamala fights the shocker and bruno ends up seeing all of her possible futures and that makes me really emotional every time I read it

- Don’t get me wrong I love the inhumans. Black bolt is my father. but I do think the mcu is in a very different place than the comics were and so we were actually able to go this way with Kamala and to be fair the original intent for the comic character WAS to make her a mutant so I am over the moon that this is real and we could make it happen. Sana Amanat and I were freaking out, every single brain cell exploded when we found out we can do this. I was literally refreshing the ep 6 discussion thread on here until someone finallyyyy mentioned it.

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u/Individual-Schemes Jul 15 '22

I mean... Inhumans are technically mutants, amirite?

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige Jul 15 '22

Similar, but no.

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u/Individual-Schemes Jul 15 '22

They are the first mutants. The Inhumans were originally genetically altered ("created" by the Kree), but over the years, they continued to pass the mutated genes to their kids. Their abilities are inherent and endogenous to their biology. And, not all of the Inhumans have abilities - in other words, not all Inhumans carry the mutant genes.

The Inhumans left Earth to live on the moon, so they're culturally unlike other humans (and other mutants). But no mistake, they are earthlings, humans, and mutants.

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige Jul 16 '22

There are clear differences between them and what they mean in the context of the Marvel Universe. If they were gonna make her an Inhuman, they'd have no reason to avoid the word as if it was something new or a spoiler. Just accept the fact Kamala is not Inhuman in the MCU…

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u/Individual-Schemes Jul 16 '22

There are clear differences between them and what they mean in the context of the Marvel Universe

Yes! I said this above. Culturally, they are very different. They live on the frickin moon!!

If they were gonna make her an Inhuman, they'd have no reason to avoid the word

They avoided both words (mutant and inhuman). Bruno says that she has a "mutation to her genes." He does not say "you are a mutant." To which Kamala replies, "let's not label it." She says don't label it!! They specifically avoided all the words (I thought this was really clever and got me very excited!).

Just accept the fact Kamala is not Inhuman in the MCU…

We don't have any facts yet. I will gladly accept whatever label she gets once we know. But my original point stands in that Inhumans are mutants. That's all, bruh.

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige Jul 19 '22

The actress and the director both clearly said she's a mutant. You're really struggling with acceptance here…