Avengers: Infinity War is coming out two weeks from now and the hype has built to a crazy
degree.
Something I really love about this is that we don’t know a ton about this movie.
There are a lot of mysteries around it, so today I thought it could be fun to theorize
about one of the biggest mysteries, where the soul stone is in this film.
Thanos wants to get all 6 Infinity Stones and we’ve seen 5 of them in previous Marvel
movies, so the question comes up, where’s that sixth one.
There are a bunch of fan theories online, so I’m just gonna go through the ones that
I’ve seen and talk about which I think are plausible and which I do not.
And at the end I’ll reveal which one I think it’ll actually end up being.
Ok so I’m gonna save the ones I suspect are the most accurate till the end.
In fact I’m gonna go in order of least probable to most.
First up, the theory that Captain America is the souls tone.
Just straight up.
It was in the super soldier serum and now he contains it.
The theory comes from the fact that he blocks Thanos’ punch and apparently you can see
some gold in his eyes.
Ok, 1, that could just be the reflection of the gauntlet.
But honestly I’m not ruling out the idea that they’re using the Soul Stone to help
Cap there.
If Jane Foster can get the Aether inside her, I’m sure that could happen.
But the fact that he’s had the Soul Stone in him this whole time, I don’t buy.
Mainly cuz it sort’ve ruins the whole idea of Captain America.
He’s a good guy who was pushed to the peak of human ability.
He's not supposed to have like, god-like powers or anything.
There are a number of other ways he could be blocking Thanos.
Also, I suspect this might be because so far the stones have been a bit generic and most
have just been “powerful” and can “shoot a laser.”
But remember as we’ll get into later, the Soul Stone relates to souls.
And I don’t really get how giving you massive muscles relates to Souls, although Erskine
did say *makes what’s good better* but we’ve spent too much time on this already!
Let’s move on.
Ok next up, people think it might have something to do with Iron Man and/or his armor and/or
the Hulkbuster.
Cuz there was some promo art that seemed to hint that they’re connected.
I….don’t buy it.
I mean the fact that the Soul Stone would only be used to power an Iron Man armor, no.
Also it just seems out of character for him.
Next up, it’s in or with Adam Warlock.
Now I’m aware some people might sees this as the most likely option, cuz it makes sense
and it's where it is often in the comics.
But for the MCU, i seriously doubt it.
Look if the souls tone isn’t in Infinity War, then yeah, this could be it.
And it might not be, cuz maybe Thanos can’t get all of the stones cuz otherwise he would
destroy the world.
But if that’s the case I feel like it would be pretty anticlimactic, so i doubt that’ll
happen.
And I feel like it would be weird if Adam Warlock, this new character who was created
by the secondary villains of a previous film in an end credits scene, shows up at the end
to save the day.
So….yeah no.
Also, similar thing for Captain Marvel, we haven’t seen her yet, so I think that’d
be kinda odd.
Then some people think it’s in the Quantum Realm from Ant-Man, uh….considering how
big of a role that would be and we haven’t seen any of Ant-Man for Infinity War so far,
I don’t see this happening.
One of my friends suggested it's with the Collector, which you know, isn’t the most
outrageous theory.
He does collect things and at one point in time he had two of the stones….briefly.
But I feel like that again would just be super anticlimactic especially after all this buildup.
Ok, now let’s get to the three or four that I think could actually be real.
Firstly, the theory that it was actually the first thing we ever saw from this movie, Thanos’
home planet, Titan.
I don’t think the whole planet would be it, but maybe it’s the core?
This does sound pretty ridiculous at first, it’s a planet but considering what the others
stones have been and this universe in general, it’s not totally implausible.
That could be why they’re fighting there for a bit and maybe why Thanos fights throwing
stuff at it.
I also like the idea that it was the first thing we ever saw from this movie, so if handled
in a way that isn’t really dumb, I’m on board.
Now the top two that I think are really likely.
First off, it’s in Wakanda somewhere.
Possibly connected to the Heart Shaped Herb.
Now I’m not gonna get into any plot details of Infinity War for those who don’t wanna
know about them, but there is a reason some people will point out for the Soul Stone not
being in Wakanda, but really I don’t think that totally eliminates this as a possibility.
The main reason I think this is a big possibility (as I’ll get into with the next one as well)
is that this is actually linked to souls.
Maybe not only the Heart Shaped Herb but some combination of that with something else in
Wakanda lets you go visit the souls and spirits of your ancestors.
Souls!
So hey I would say there’s a decent chance of that.
And finally, I know I’ve said this before and it’s Heimdall.
There is so much more evidence for this than the others that I’d be slightly surprised
if it isn’t this.
For one, there’s the first letter theory, which yes, isn’t the most reliable idea
in the world, but it just is sort of an added bonus.
More importantly, Heimdall’s eyes, the biggest part of his powers, are the same color as
the stone.
And most importantly, his powers are actually linked to souls.
Like very heavily.
He can see every soul in the universe or something, so unlike a lot of the rest of these this
would make a lot more sense and wouldn’t just be generic power source #6.
So yes, although it might be a bit of a stretch and I’m not even sure he’s in this movie,
I’m gonna say the Soul Stone is with Heimdall.
Also before I close this video off, I wanna mention that yes, next week, I’m gonna be
uploading my MCU in chronological order video, the final edition, which encapsulates every
piece of the MCU, from the movies to the TV shows to everything.
It’s gonna be super long, I’ve worked on it for almost a year, so I hope you enjoy
it!
So those were my thoughts on the soul stone theories.
Where do you think it is?
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