scifigrl47:

1.  He killed Rogue and Scarlet Witch on his way out the door on Uncanny Avengers.  (Two female characters who feature heavily in just released/upcoming movies)

2. He fridged Sharon Carter for Steve Rogers’ manpain. (ANOTHER female character who features in a current movie, wow what are the CHANCES he’d find another one to kill?)

3. He just wrote a story that features a sex scene that a lot of people (especially females and POC, two groups that often feel that their concerns are not taken seriously by comics culture) are finding to be very problematic.  It involves alcohol, Sam Wilson (ANOTHER character that was just introduced in a major movie, WOW!) and a female character who may or may not be of age.  Although the narrative has established her to be an adult, the fact that Remender felt the need to clearly state her age in the middle of the sequence means that he was aware that most people did not take her to be an adult.  To put it another way, when Natasha Romanov has a morning after, it does not involve her saying, “I’m thirty-six.”  She doesn’t need to.  Everyone KNOWS she is an adult.  The fact that the character’s age must be stated indicates that the writer and the editorial staff KNEW it would be an issue, and they moved forward with it anyway.

4.  He wrote a speech where a (white, cis, het male who could pass for a non-mutant) character states that he does not approve of the “M-word,” or Mutant, that he considers it divisive.  IT IS BAD TO HAVE SUCH LABELS WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH THEM.   This kind of speech, written and spoken from a position of privilege, does not feel like inclusion.  It feels like erasure.  Having a pretty blonde white boy dismissing the very real problems of people who CANNOT hide their minority identity, dismissing the way they define themselves, because he doesn’t like that word, but doesn’t offer an alternative, smacks of the worst kind of white male privilege, and it sticks in the craw.

4. I do not appreciate his writing aesthetic.  I do not appreciate how he treats female characters.  I do not approve of the choices he makes.  I do not appreciate how he handles his interviews or how he treats fandom.  I do not appreciate the fact that every time I get an ask saying, “I’m new to comics, but I love the movies, can you recommend a comic?” I cannot, in good conscience recommend Captain America.  I will not, especially to a new, female reader who loves the Cap she’s seen on the screen.  Because Remender does not write that Cap.

5.  He is a hack.  I’ve seen more compelling plots and character development from the average AO3 fic.  

I don’t like him.  I’d be happy to see him driven from comics.  I’d be happy to have Cap in better hands.  I will not buy anything else with his name on it.  I have let Marvel know as much, and I continue to support comics with creators who, in my opinion, treat their characters and their fanbase with more respect.