Originally Posted by
thwhtGuardian
I've seen a lot of talk about what people hope they see in the show, but what appears to not be in this take seems to be more interesting to me. For one, I'm really glad that Marlene seems to be absent, as much as I love the classic stories and as much as I loved seeing those images of her parading around in night gowns and bikinis when I was growing up...I got a little skeeved out reading them last week as that's literally all she's there for; to patch up Marc when he comes home, have sex with him and admonish him for his activities, she has no real self motivation or agency at all.
You could fix that in a modern take, make her a smart strong willed woman who helps with his investigations; maybe make her a SHIELD agent trying to make sure he doesn't go too far off the reservation...but part of me thinks it would be better if she just vanished all together.
I'm also okay with Frenchie going away too, he wasn't problematic but he didn't add much either.