Originally Posted by
Ichijinijisanji
i don't know, carol under kelly almost joined up with minnerva cuz of bad publicity of her being kree and was jealous/resentful of star and almost started drinking 'cuz of it including questioning her ability to be a hero if the world hates her.
I mean she was a pirate opposing the shiar, and ascended to high ranks in military even with the systemic sexism and people hating on her.
she wasn't even like that under reed where the whole publicity angle was played straight (and was sort of even a meta joke, where Dr strange, the x-men had that same publicist)
Even there it was about her goal to become the greatest hero on earth (which included both image and action), and eventually she figured, she didn't like that and just focused on being her best self. Even her fighting Karla sofen was about making her realize that she needs to oppose osborn instead of joining him in order to BE a hero rather than just be seen as one for the benefits.
Like I kinda liked it when the book started because carol didn't seem to care about the publicity aspect, but was only put upto it by as something begrudgingly.