Question is, given how much Marvel comics is in the red at the moment, what are the odds of disney just saying "fuck this" and ordering a bunch of firings and a quiet settlement in order to avoid another PR nightmare?
conversely what are the odds of them going into a panic at the idea of their golden MCU goose getting star-wars'd and pouring everything into protecting marvel?
I don't think some cocaine-snorting suit gives a shit about what happens to Marvel Comics, we have seen with films like Spider-Man: Homecoming that they don't really need to adapt comic-book stories to make successful and enjoyable movies. The only reason they keep the comics outfit in there is to create new characters and test out ideas, even if they have to drastically change those characters and ideas in movie form. That's why they can just take Riri Williams or Kamala Khan or whoever the fuck and just change their entire characters, arcs and histories into something workable while only keeping the most surface of their surface traits.
Honestly speaking, I think the main problem that spawned Comicsgate isn't the actual act of replacing the classic characters, it's the shockingly poor execution of it, and the later chimp-out from creators when they discovered that oh, maybe people just don't like your new characters as much as you thought they would. Any ordinary professional would ask to be given a chance to prove his creations' worth, or alternatively adjust their writing to the feedback they're getting. DC Comics in particular has multiple generations and incarnations of almost every major character they have, and I didn't see fan backlash, they just have their favorites and that era's creators mostly accepted that.
On another note, I also think Crossovers kinda fucked the possibility of introducing new characters in their own space, and giving them time to actually develop into things people like. Now it's 10-12 issues maximum and it's on to a team book or crossover. So no wonder you get shitty or half-baked characters.
But all these ruminations of mine are useless anyways, no one will ever listen to them, because now we live in the #WOKE age, where you can't dislike some shitty pop-culture thing without it being some kind of indication as to the prejudices that lie within your true character or whatever the fuck.
You now have to love every single shitty thing you see or you're some kind of -ist. Apathy, indifference or just plain tolerance of things aren't acceptable anymore for these idiots, you have to absolutely love everything and everyone with all your capacity, or you get branded as someone who hates most or everything, and that's just a shitty existence that most sane people can't deal with for stuff as trite as pop-culture. No wonder people are voting for Trump or not buying comics, or hating on those comic professionals/journalists/woke indie companies, because no one will ever accept getting dictated to feel something they don't.
Oh, and regarding settlements, why settle a lawsuit that hasn't been filed, and may never get filed?
