Mara wanted to do some live combat practice and try out some stuff. There also may be times in the future when she can't go full suit, so always relying on its strength would be a bad habit

Yup!

In theory, Ant-Man should be even stronger when smaller. For argument's sake I'll say that Ant-Man is 1.7m like in the example. If he was to shrink 10x his size, his weight would decrease by 1000x while his strength would increase by 100x. Assuming Ant-Man had the same 411 strength/weight ratio, the ratio would increase to 4110 strength/weight. That is part of the reason why he can jump really high when small and punch harder, he's 10x stronger when small. I'm not exactly sure what the negative effects would be when he's that small though. As in, I think his lungs or blood vessels would explode with how much oxygen they would absorb. But Ant-Man never takes his helmet off when he's small or big, so an argument could be made that the suit regulates his body so that it functions normally? Either that or there's something in the Pimm particle that can magically explain everything away. Official Marvel logic and superpowers are confusing sometimes. Sorry if that's not exactly the clearest explanation, but I hope it helped regardless 😅❤

Thanks for the feedback. From Mara's point of view, she would want to be involved in the plot because she was obsessed with the movies and media. If anyone was suddenly transported into a universe they knew inside and out, most would try to interact with the plot if they had the ability and/or opportunity to do so. She doesn't need S.H.I.E.L.D., she just thinks it would be fun to do secret agent stuff while also making sure that she's aware of any changes to the timeline that her presence caused. This will also be the times when I have her do her own thing. If I just went movie to movie, with nothing original, there would be no point reading the novel as you could just watch the movies. Although she isn't a vigilante, I could have written her to work solo and without the other heroes. But, in my opinion, it would be a waste of the material that the MCU offers. Hope that answers your questions. If it doesn't sound like the novel is for you, I appreciate you giving the novel a shot in the first place. ❤

❤

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you're enjoying it, and I appreciate the kind words. Yeah you're spot on with your assumption. El will always be genderless on a biological level, but their personality and behaviour will be heavily influenced by Mara. Since El understands human DNA, they will have free reign to customise the body as they want - provided they know enough about it. Since the DNA El knows best will always be Mara, there'll be an unconscious bias towards her appearance, meaning that the 'base' of the form would be female. Keeping it open like this gives me the ability to spice things up and allows me to be flexible in my writing in the future, so I apologise that it's not a definitive answer for now.

That's a good idea. I didn't intend it for this scene, but I might use it in the future as like evidence of El's improved control over their emotions. Thanks for the feedback and pointing out the possibility, I appreciate it as it expands my thinking when I'm writing ❤

Yup, since El removed the face part of the suit their mouths stopped overlapping meaning that their voices did as well

You're absolutely right that Marvel Universes would have more advanced technology compared to us, but for the MCU, it's not always the case. Since they're all live action, they have to work with the technology available at the time of filming. Some things, like commercial phone releases, aren't explicitly stated but are alluded to have happened at the same time in the MCU as they did in our universe. Take the iPhone, for example. It's been in multiple movies, with find my iPhone being referenced in a Jessica Jones episode if I remember correctly. If the iPhone was popular, I think it would be reasonable to assume it was one of the best phones on the market. Otherwise, people wouldn't buy it. The generations of iPhones seen in MCU media also follow our universe, so it just makes it easy to follow the pre-established lore of phones being released roughly at the same time in the MCU as us. Most of the advanced technology in the MCU is military based, which general consumers wouldn't have access to, or is private, like Tony's personal toys. I know Marvel isn't the most logical thing at times, but I want this story to follow semi-logical reasoning where possible since illogical stuff in a real life world, with no semi-decent explanation, always grinds my gears when I'm reading. Obviously, not everything can be logical all the time since it is fictional, but even for that stuff, I'll try and find some partially logical way of explaining it if I can. Sorry for the wall of text, and if it came across as like an 'um actually', I didn't intend it to, so apologies if it did ❤️

Natasha mentions it during the Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie. It's the first time she met the Winter Soldier.

Thanks for the feedback. You make a good point and as I was writing I started to think the same thing as well. I decided to start with subtly changing things within a movie scene first, before changing the scene pretty substantially and then ultimately make the novel branch off from the movies so that it is a new story. I know the way it's written implies that nothing will change, but that is what Mara wants, as a transmigrator, and not what the story will actually be. That's in the future though. For now, it's going to be changed movie scenes at least until Iron Man 2 is done. If that's not for you, I appreciate you giving the novel a try in the first place, and thanks again for the feedback. ❤

Thanks for the feedback, as always, Baa. I appreciate you sticking with the novel ❤️ It'll most likely be in the gap between Thor and The Avengers since there's a fairly large 1 - 1.5 year timeline gap with not a lot of content MCU wise.

Thanks for the feedback and glad you're enjoying it ❤ I know there are a fair few symbiote novels, so I appreciate the praise and I'll aim to only improve the more I write.

To be honest, with how short they were, I didn't really consider them as proper limes. They were more like lime slices, I guess, while I got a bit confident in my writing to do something properly.

Thanks for the feedback. That's a good point, and to be honest, I never even thought of it. It makes logical sense and, in theory, would allow him to completely flush his system to restart with much lower contamination, even if the problem itself hadn't been solved yet. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll try and keep a broader view of future situations ❤️

Thanks for the feedback. At the time, in 2010, the best smartphones on the market were the iPhone 3GS and the Samsung Galaxy S, so recording video on them wasn't as crisp as it is today. The crowd would be able to get a rough outline of her, but nothing really substantial. In the movie, it shows the crows panicking and running around, so the majority of them wouldn't be thinking about recording what was going on. Hope that helps explain why Mara didn't mind revealing herself in front of the crowd. ❤️