Taskmaster in Thunderbolts*
With all of the speculation that Taskmaster will most likely be dying early on in Thunderbolts* due to her absence in the trailers and Olga not even showing her face yet, I thought I would take a break from lurking and bring up a topic that hasn’t had much discussion.
Last time we saw Taskmaster was at the end of Black Widow, where Antonia had just been freed from her decade or so of mind control by Dreykov. This opened the possibility of her finding her own path and developing as an exciting version of the comic character who was known for his wise cracking and sarcastic remarks.
I don’t necessarily object to the idea of Taskmaster being killed off since we haven’t spent much time with her yet, but her only story until now has been getting blown up, then living her adolescence and young adulthood in constant pain and a prisoner of her own father’s sadism. The idea of her finally finding peace and getting her freedom and autonomy back, only to be killed off in her next appearance, doesn’t that seem needlessly cruel for the MCU?
On surface level I can only think of a few characters who would be considered more tragic than Antonia if the rumors are true. I hope the speculation turns out to be all for nothing and Taskmaster actually gets some sort of character arc in the film, I would hate to lose the potential she has just for early film shock value.