Who even watched that shit?

Criticism of inconsistent, poorly written character arcs for MCU's Ironheart

This meme is a screenshot of an anonymous 4chan post featuring a still of Riri Williams / Ironheart, a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The post uses greentext formatting to list a series of widely panned, contradictory writing choices for the character: she is established to be supposedly smarter than Tony Stark, but proceeds to bite an electric wire, sell her soul to obtain magic powers, and then use those new powers to steal. The original poster asks 'What did the writers mean by this?', followed by a sarcastic punchline reply that reads '>smoke detector beeps', implying the character's nonsensical choices and poor writing are so absurd they would set off a smoke detector, or that the content is of very low quality.

This item originates from an RSS feed of 9Gag, with the provided original title 'Who even watched that shit?'. The core content of the meme is a screenshot of a 4chan post dated June 24, 2025, mocking the poorly received writing of the Ironheart character in recent MCU media, such as her standalone Ironheart series or appearances in other MCU films. The format follows classic 4chan anonymous greentext post conventions, and was later reposted to 9Gag.