10 Most Irritating Subplots In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

3. Darcy & Ian's Romance - Thor: The Dark World

Ian Boothby was a sidekick character introduced in Thor: The Dark World, an intern of an intern in essence, as he works under Darcy. The pair help rescue Erik Selvig, and the pivotal moment of goofiness comes near the end of the film when Darcy is about to be attacked by a Dark Elf, and he smashes it with a car. Before you know it, the pair of them are sucking face, as apparently Darcy needs a love interest to parallel the anodyne Jane-Thor conundrum (which we'll get to momentarily). Thankfully this one is at least mercifully short, and Ian is a pretty inconsequential character throughout, though we can expect that the next time we see Darcy, she's going to be dating the guy, so we should expect to see a lot more of him in Thor 3.