*Fans consistently express desire for movies with more diverse leads*
Marvel: Well, you see, it’s not that we don’t want to, it’s just that we already laid out this plan that just happens to not include those, and everything is just so tightly woven together and carefully planned that we couldn’t possibly add anything or change anything without ruining the whole plan.
*Marvel unexpectedly acquires Spider-Man rights*
Marvel: Okay, we want to get him onscreen ASAP, but we didn’t plan for him to be in Phase 2. No biggie, we’ll just push all of these movies (including the only female-led and PoC-led movies we’ve announced) back several months, and he’ll fit in perfectly with no repercussions to the overall plan beyond changing release dates. In fact, we’re still early enough on that we can probably write in a role for him into the movie before his!
Me: ಠ_ಠ