Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I'm your host Paul and this video wwe're breaking down
one of the big additions to the Guardians Of The Galaxy. Volume 3 sees us meeting some
new characters and this person even ends up as part of the team come the post credits
scene.
If you're wondering who this new character is then this is the video for you as throughout
it we're gonna be breaking down who Phylla-Vell is and what she does in the comics.
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Ok so Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3 shows us a lot of the High Evolutionary's experiments.
Along with animals we discover that he's been creating platinum haired children that possess
a lot of different abilities. I feel like these might be based off the Midwich cuckoos
due to them all looking the same with that white hair. We discover one has been running
none stop on a circular treadmill for two hours without breaking a sweat and that they're
capable of doing complex calculations.
Unlike Rocket though they're not able to innovate however that may change as we get further
into things.
Now come the post credits scene we see that one has joined the team and we discover that
this is a character played by Kai Zen. Busting out her own powers she has to be pretty important
to be brought into the group like this at such a young age.
Though we don't get much of her backstory explained we can look to the comics to see
what she can do and also talk about where things may be heading in the future. In the
comics Phylla-Vell is the daughter of Mar-Vell and she's also the sister of Genis-Vell.
In the comics both were genetically created by using Mar-vell's DNA and there is a way
that the High Evolutionary potentially created her and her sisters. In the MCU we met Mar-vell
during the first Captain Marvel movie and the villain could have potentially got her
DNA at some point which he used to create the rest of the kids.
The High Evolutionary wanted to create the perfect specimens and thus he may have grabbed
some Kree DNA in order to put the group together.
Now why I think she's worth talking about is that the character connects heavily in
with Captain Marvel and she even took over the mantle at one point. Her brother Genis
actually travelled through time and altered things which eventually led to her becoming
Captain Marvel in another reality. It's lots of timey whimey wibbly wobbly stuff and with
us skipping Genis we might just get a more straight forward version where she grows into
the role.
We also know that The Marvels will be set in space and we could see the Guardians crossing
paths with them which will introduce all the characters.
In the comics she debuted in 2004 as part of Captain Marvel 16 and with her she brought
Mar-vells, speed, strength and stamina. Like the captain marvel characters she also has
the ability to tap into energy and use it as a weapon. We see this being bust out in
the post credits scene with the purple blasts that she produces being similar to Dark Energy.
This is something that Love can tap into as well and it is possible that the pair will
meet at some point due to them both being a similar age and tackling the cosmic side
of the universe.
Now a way I think that this would lead in perfectly is through the Nega Bands.
In the comics Phylla took on the name Quasar and with this came the Quantum Bands. With
Ms marvel having one of these and the villain Dar-Benn possessing the other I think it would
be great for her to get these down the line. In the case of Ms Marvel I actually think
that she's gonna lose the bands at the end of the movie and she'll then get her powers
through her mutation.
Her disney plus show revealed at the end that she does have the mutant gene within her and
thus they could make her keep her skill set but push them through her genetics after losing
out on the bands.
Phylla Vell could then get these herself and expand her powers before becoming Captain
Marvel down the line.
Now the Guardians comics also have the character as part of the roster as well and she joined
the group in 2008.
This could set up the character Moondragon coming into the MCU one day as the pair ended
up falling in love in the comics but that's probably a story for decades down the line.
It's also important to bear in mind that in the comics Moondragon is Drax's daughter so
they could be going somewhere with that.
Now the MCU does kinda of play fast and loose with the source material and it often isn't
a 1 for 1 adaptation.
Often they take the rough outline of things but they change it up completely in order
to tell their own stories.
I think that will probably be the case with Phylla but if you wanna know other directions
they could go then we can look at the plot leaks for this movie.
Originally it listed the group at the end as being the annihilators but I think things
may have got lost in translation.
However Phyla does tie in with the Annihilation event and during that massive crossover was
when the orginal Quasar died and she ended up getting the name.
I dunno mate, but Phyla has also taken up the name Martyr and she clashed with Thanos
at several points.
Weirdly a lot of the newly introduced characters are connected to him on a number of levels.
Adam Warlock was someone who was one of the people who led the charge against Thanos during
most of the Infinity storylines. If you pick up those old graphic novels then chances are
that the story is gonna centre around him heavily. You also have his brother Eros being
introduced in the Eternals along with Adam's sidekick and ally Pip The Troll.
In the comics Phylla-Vell was killed by Thanos after he was resurrected and all these characters
coming back could tease at his return down the line.
That's a bit of a reach but it is strange seeing so many Thanos centric characters now
making their debut in the MCU long after his death.
We are dealing with the multiverse as well and we've already seen several versions of
him in other timelines.
The one that the avengers fought at the end of Endgame was from an offshoot timeline and
during What If we met one working with T-Char-Lord.
So there is the possibility that he may return at some point and be a threat that all these
characters face off against.
Now on the other side of this they could end up integrating her into just the Captain Marvel
stuff.
I must admit I did have to double take when I heard her name as I wasn't expecting her
to be brought across like this.
Kinda just popped up out of nowhere and for her to become a guardians member this quickly
she must have done something special.
So in summary I think they might reveal that her and the rest of the girls come from some
form of Mar-vell DNA which is how they possess enhanced abilities and and powers.
These clearly tap into dark energy and with her already being in the guardians she must
be a skilled warrior.
I think that all of the stuff going on in space will end up connecting at some point
and along with the eternals, thor and love we also have the guardians out there too.
I don't know where the fantastic four will take things but there is the possibility that
it may introduce galactus or a cosmic threat of that level.
Slowly we are getting these kinds of characters slipping into the MCU and we had the halls
of eternity that had several monuments to them.
So yeah I think there might be a big cosmic storyline bubbling away in the background
that we aren't even aware of at this point.
Obviously let me know your thoughts below on what you think is happening.
Do you think the bands will play into it somehow, do you think Phylla-Vell will take up the
captain marvel mantle and yeah just drop your general thoughts and theories below.
Should've probably theory timed this entire video but yeah I hope that this helped you
to understand who Phylla-Vell is.
To just drop her in like this has to be for a specific reason but we are gonna see how
things play out down the line.
The Guardians will likely return as well and though this is marketed as being the final
chapter, it's clear there's still a lot of gas left in the tank with rocket as the leader.
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