Marvel burned its Civil War storyline during the height of hero popularity, when audiences had no reason to fear permanent loss. The same story, deployed after Endgame, would have landed with devastating emotional weight because viewers would already be grieving the heroes they lost. The lesson is universal: the impact of a narrative sacrifice is proportional to what the audience has already invested in the characters.
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