Isn't part of the premise no superheroes? I like the middle ground, myself. What life is like for the 99% of people who will never see one, but ripples will wash over their heads even if they don't know it at the time.

Where my other Marvel characters at?

Seriously. Black Widow works for S.H.I.E.L.D. (okay, I'm probably never going to use the periods again; that is a pain in the ass), as does Hawkeye. I think the show sorely needs Jeremy Renner's arms.

Thor: The Dark World

Alternate title: Everyone Punches Loki For 2 Hours.

If Loki is onscreen for two hours I will punch Branagh or whoever got this go round for the same duration.

But even though Tasha and the other guy aren't super (depending on what you read when), they are also on the other side of the premise divide.

But even though Tasha and the other guy aren't super (depending on what you read when), they are also on the other side of the premise divide.

It comes down to me wanting Jeremy Renner's arms on my TV. I am a simple girl with simple needs.

We can find you substitute arms! Don't cling so tightly to one required solution!

Renner-equivalent arms are relevant to my interests.

Isn't part of the premise no superheroes? I like the middle ground, myself. What life is like for the 99% of people who will never see one, but ripples will wash over their heads even if they don't know it at the time.

Yeah, I like that, too. Like real life!

I mean, like in the way that I rarely see the CEO at my job. Not like how I never see Thor.

I would love Jeremy Renner's arms on my TV too, but I can see why they don't want direct cross between the movies and the TV.

Right now, it's just these arch little name drops. "Hey! Remember Stark? He was in that really successful movie we made." I don't need superhero protagonists, but I would like them to have both feet in the universe, instead of a toe.

I can see several reasons to keep the show and the movies mostly separate:

1) keep the shiny away so it doesn't detract from the non-supered characters

2) Avengers characters aren't supposed to have clearance to know what's going on, limits actual presence in storylines (and would otherwise be distrating if they were included even tangentially, Fury notwithstanding).

and 3) if the show tanks, the taint isn't too closely associated with the stars of the ongoing movies /cynic

I feel that I'm actually getting more acknowledgment of the larger 'verse than I'd been expecting.

Point #2 is a bit of a meta-juggle for keeping "big-name" "movie star" actors off the TV, or alternately, a reason other than not being able to afford them.

I also think that the same question sort of applies to why no other character has yet appeared in another's movie to date (why was Tony solo in IM3?) (why would any Avenger not have all the other Avenger's making appearances in their movies --maybe they should? Maybe that's cameo fanservice, maybe it would be made of awesome?! Maybe it's mere storyline streamlining?).