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ratcreature) wrote2013-10-25 10:47 pm
ratcreature) wrote2013-10-25 10:47 pm
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maybe it's one of those things that are different on Marvel's earth?
After watching the first two eps of Marvel Agents of SHIELD I had stopped, because I wasn't impressed and suffered from my embarrassment squick, but since I've seen an increase in more squeeful posts, so I decided to give it another try, but the series keeps tripping my up, like then while watching the third episode...
Did the writers not realize that Malta has actually been part of the EU for a while now? I don't think this is a case like Marvel's fantasy countries like Wakanda that must rearrange either either political of physical geography on Marvel's Earth (or is Marvel's EU different?) At first I wondered why SHIELD was so unwelcome in Malta when it didn't have trouble operating in Europe in the Avengers movie, but then there was that talk where that mining business guy went on about how Malta wasn't interfering into things like the US or the EU, and just... surely it's fairly common knowledge that Malta belongs to the EU, especially since the EU-related news the last years were dominated by financial crisis this, Eurozone trouble that, and Malta has a big banking sector relative to its size and is part of the Eurozone not just the EU.
And even if you didn't know, as soon as you want to write a story and to pick a location that isn't supposed to like too much interference from supranational bodies or big government, you'd do a quick check and pick another island? IDK, maybe Mauritius could have worked...
Did the writers not realize that Malta has actually been part of the EU for a while now? I don't think this is a case like Marvel's fantasy countries like Wakanda that must rearrange either either political of physical geography on Marvel's Earth (or is Marvel's EU different?) At first I wondered why SHIELD was so unwelcome in Malta when it didn't have trouble operating in Europe in the Avengers movie, but then there was that talk where that mining business guy went on about how Malta wasn't interfering into things like the US or the EU, and just... surely it's fairly common knowledge that Malta belongs to the EU, especially since the EU-related news the last years were dominated by financial crisis this, Eurozone trouble that, and Malta has a big banking sector relative to its size and is part of the Eurozone not just the EU.
And even if you didn't know, as soon as you want to write a story and to pick a location that isn't supposed to like too much interference from supranational bodies or big government, you'd do a quick check and pick another island? IDK, maybe Mauritius could have worked...