Disney wants Marvel - We own your imagination from cradle to grave

Hey everyone, guess what? Disney wants to buy Marvel! From BBC:

"Entertainment giant Walt Disney is to buy Marvel Entertainment in a shares and cash deal valued at $4bn (£2.5bn).

The deal means Disney will take over ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters, such as Spider-Man and the X-Men.
Marvel shareholders will get $30 per share in cash plus 0.745 Disney shares for every Marvel share owned.
The boards of Disney and Marvel have both approved the deal, which now needs the backing of Marvel shareholders and competition authorities."

 Hi guys! Thanks for inviting us to the party... don't run, we brought hugs!

So here's what I'm thinking. You're born, early infancy, what do you watch? Disney movies. And then you grow a bit, look for a little more edge, a little more maturity, and you find Marvel (at least I did). You kind of leave Disney behind except for fond memories, and still thinking Lion King is bad-ass and humming Hakuna Matata while you write :P

But now Disney stands poised to obtain Marvel. Disney's shares are worse off than Marvel, and from all the products floating around, I get the sense the crisis isn't exactly killing the comic giant. So I'd assume that if Disney has any sense, they won't look to change a thing, rather the opposite, give Marvel more resources to, like Wolverine, be the best at what they do.

And this means Disney now has an even bigger monster of a brand (if that was even possible). If this goes through, Disney can be the over-arching name responsible for so many elements of your imagination from the day you're born to the day you die as an overgrown kid who still gets excited at the thought of super-heroes. The full range - from flowery happy Bambi and Mermaid to dark discussions of humanity like Marvel Civil War and Earth X. It's a one-stop shop of awesome, just shift to the next age slot as you grow and Disney's got you set.

I don't think it's too bad - very influenced by the crisis I think though. But it's not like I'm hoping for Lucasarts to join the club now or anything, just to complete the set. The standard concerns are of course present: is this going to kill the Marvel spirit? Will they be watered down? Will vision be lost in too many layers of hierarchy? Will we begin to see cross-overs? Will Mickey don a crime fighting mask? Will we get a Kingdom Hearts: Marvel Avengers? (Sora, Hercules, Sephiroth and Cap in one game?)

Let's see how this goes... Here's to you Mickey, Spidey. Make friends, play nice. Stay out of each other's backyard and be good neighbors.

P.S. I know the image above isn't all Marvel vs Disney, but gimme a break, it's a great fit right?