re: I think I’ve figured out why people have a hard time respecting captain marvel

Let’s briefly compare Capt Marvel to other cocky MCU characters (pun intended):

Iron Man— cocky, smart, and rich. Learns humility, stops war profiteering, devotes time and riches to save others, nearly dies from the device that keeps him alive, struggles with alcohol, anger, PTSD, eventually becomes monogamous. Has an arc.

Dr. Strange—cocky, smart, and rich. Man of science learns humility and spirituality, loses everything he has, struggled with recovery and frustration, becomes selfless. Willing to spend eternity in a loop to save everyone. Has an arc.

Thor—cocky, powerful, and spoiled. Learns about humility, honor, respect and responsibility. Has powers taken from him until he earns them. Has an arc.

Capt. Marvel—smug, stoic, and super OP. Has no faults. Doesn’t learn anything except that her male superior is a liar and held her back. Becomes even more powerful. Bland arc, if there even is one.

There’s a clear distinction.

Captain America doesn’t have many faults, but he’s not OP. Plus he’s humble and has a do-gooder type of innocence.

Even if you ignore Brie Larson’s political activism and the obvious shoehorning of this character/story into this universe, you’re still stuck with an unlikeable character and a meh story. Plain and simple. Wonder Woman was great. The End