Originally Posted by
Confuzzled
You're right. Those paper thin love interests are the bane of the MCU films. Compare them to the depiction of Mary Jane in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films, a fully realized character with her own ambitions, subplots, flaws and strengths. Hopefully DC goes the MJ route with their movie love interests rather than the MCU route.
From the sounds of things so far, Mera seems to be elevated to almost a costar position in the Aquaman solo. And she will also get to kick ass in Justice League which is cool.