The next MCU film coming up the pipeline is none other than Captain Marvel; a movie shrouded
in mystery, but based on the details we already know, has a ton of potential to shake up the
MCU and set up some interesting stakes for the showdown with Thanos in the upcoming Avengers
4.
So naturally, people have a lot of ideas about what the movie will entail, and how Carol
Danvers will be brought into the fray.
Today, we’re exploring some of these ideas with our list of the top 10 captain marvel
fan theories.
And of course, there’s a ton of MCU spoilers in this video, especially for Infinity War
and Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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10 Captain Marvel will Wield the Gauntlet This theory suggests that Captain Marvel will
be capable of welding the infinity gauntlet.
Marvel Studios has revealed that Captain Marvel will be the strongest superhero in the MCU
that we’ve seen yet.
So what are the chances that she’d be able to wield the gauntlet?
Well, our heroes need to reverse Thanos’ actions somehow, and for some speculators,
Captain Marvel is the Avengers best bet when it comes to someone capable of wielding power
that immense.
That being said, there’s also a very convincing theory that suggests the Avengers will be
working together to travel back in time and create their own Infinity Gauntlet in order
to strip Thanos of his powers.
If that’s the case, Carol would be a good candidate to wield it, although many think
that Tony Stark is destined to do it.
9 Nick Fury Loses His Eye Ever since he was first introduced in the
MCU, Nick Fury has had that eye patch on his face.
Over the years, we’ve gotten a glimpse of what it looks like under there, and it ain’t
pretty.
Clearly a battle wound.
In the comics, Fury’s lost eye is explained as being the result of a shrapnel injury during
World War 2, which caused him to lose his eye sight in that eye over the years.
But the MCU on the other hand hasn’t offered up an explanation yet, leading most people
to believe that we’ll get to see how it happens in Captain Marvel’s film.
Captain Marvel will be set in the 1990’s, and Fury will be in it, making it the perfect
opportunity to show audiences how that went down, and to create a backstory bond between
him and Danvers.
From the first Captain Marvel trailer that’s been released, it looks as if Nick and Carol
may go rogue, with him dressed down in civilian clothes and seemingly taking her into empty
SHIELD medical facilities to examine Skulls (if that interpretation
is correct).
8 The Doctor Strange Connection A very popular theory about the Captain Marvel
film is that Doctor Strange will make a cameo in it, time travelling back to speak to her
in order to put his plan in motion for defeating Thanos.
But how can he do that without the time stone, having handed it over to Thanos?
Some people believe that when Strange was looking through those 14 million 605 realities,
seeing that there was only one possible chance for victory, he used the time stone to quickly
time travel through astral projection to contact Captain Marvel.
Despite its popularity, it seems that Strange would likely do something else with his time.
It also doesn’t really make sense narratively to have both Strange and Fury contact Captain
Marvel, unless there’s another purpose for Strange contacting Danvers that isn’t just
a call for aid.
7 The Other Timelines One theory from a redditor named Mattster00
dives deeper into the 14 million plus realities that Doctor Strange looked into while hanging
out on Titan prior to fighting Thanos.
It suggests that because Nick Fury managed to use the space beeper to contact Captain
Marvel before getting dusted, that’s the key moment that will save all of the galaxy;
in other realities, Fury wasn’t able to get to the beeper in time to contact her,
and her presence will be critical if Thanos is to be defeated in Avengers 4.
This also suggests that Captain Marvel is the one who will defeat Thanos; something
that the Captain Marvel to her prior, Mar-Vell, was able to do in the past prior to Thanos
getting his mitts on the Infinity Gauntlet.
That being said, he’s got the Infinity Gauntlet, so Captain Marvel and the rest of the team
better have a pretty substantial plan in order to take him on.
On the flip side, while this theory is probable, it kind of seems like that Strange looked
through all of the possible outcomes for the battle that takes place in Infinity War, rather
than its aftermath and the attempts to reverse and correct the damage caused.
6 Vormir & The Soul Stone - UPDATED According to Marvel Studios, Captain Marvel
is “very much a cosmic film that also has earthbound elements.”
Considering it’s plot will revolve around the Kree-Skrull war, it wouldn’t be surprising
to see the movie start off on Earth and then venture out further into the galaxy.
Carol’s origin in the comics has her gaining her powers when an explosion goes off that
bonds her DNA with Kree DNA thanks to Mar-Vell.
We also know we’ll be seeing the return of two now deceased Kree characters, Ronan
the Accuser and Korath the Pursuer.
But this theory is concerned with something else that is within Kree territory, and wasn’t
full explained or explored in the Infinity War film; Vormir.
Leading up to Infinity War there was a lot of debate about where on Earth, or rather,
the galaxy, the Soul Stone was hidden.
Turns out it was on Vormir; a planet that’s pretty obscure in the comics and home to lizard-esque
creatures that were only but a blip in the adventures of the Avengers in the 70’s.
But the interesting thing about Vormir, as pointed out by website The Wrap, is that it’s
located in Kree space in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which would put it within range of
where Carol Danvers will likely end up in her film.
In Avengers issue 124, where the lizard worm creature appears, named Star Stalker, we get
a lengthy bit of dialogue with it describing its story, explaining that it visited a planet
where Kree had exiled “pacifist political dissidents”, and the planets description
matches up pretty well with what we saw on Vormir in Infinity War.
They’re known as the Priests of Pama.
All in all, pretty obscure stuff, but considering Marvel Studios already used Vormir in the
first place, hey, there could be ties there.
This theory suggests that perhaps the origin of how the Soul Stone got there will be revealed
in the Captain Marvel film, and might even tie in how Red Skull ended up there, too.
We also know that we’ll be on the Kree planet Hala for part of the film, too, so perhaps
a connection might lie there.
5 The Quantum Realm There’s a lot of theories out there attempting
to explain where Captain Marvel has been in between when her feature film takes place
and now.
There’s been a whole lot of crazy things go down on Earth, but none of which she was
present for.
Being the strongest superhero to enter the MCU, you think she would’ve been able to
lend a hand during the Battle of New York, right?
Well, this theory suggests that she’s been a bit preoccupied with the Quantum Realm,
and that’s where she’s been for the last few decades.
In Ant-Man and the Wasp, we learnt that the Quantum Realm has different levels to its
plane of existence; Janet was rescued from the Wastelands being the Void.
So we can assume that it sort of operates in a circular way; the deeper you get into
the Realm, the more the laws of reality cease to exist.
The quantum physicist consultant for Marvel, Dr Spiros Michalakis, noted that, I quote,
“there are different ways that some of these ideas appear on screen in a few years.
Not just for Ant-Man but also for Captain Marvel and all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”
Ant-Man and the Wasp also proved that theres a way to transmit signals into the Quantum
Realm and communicate; a detail that could be essential
to understanding how Fury could communicate with her when she’s so far away.
Hank Pym did used to work for SHIELD after all, so there’s no doubt that his technology,
minus his particles, would still be put to good use at SHIELD by the time the 90s and
Fury rolled around.
But why exactly Carol is in the Quantum Realm is another question.
Could she be using it as a means of transportation?
Or investigating something further?
Guess we’ll have to wait and see fi this one pans out.
Perhaps she’ll be introduced in the Quantum Realm, and she’s the one responsible for
helping Ant-Man get out (although it seems more likely that he’d have a regulator on
him in order to pull the same trick he pulled at the end of his first film, despite not
really having much of a memory about what went down afterwards).
4 Norman Osborn This one’s pretty crazy.
Spider-Man, who was previously owned by Sony, was integrated into the MCU recently, and
fans really dug the way he was depicted.
The MCU had made a few changes to the character, all of which were pretty swell.
But one thing characters noticed was that this Peter Parker story skipped over the typical
origin story (having introduced the character in Civil War already having his abilities).
Marvel also chose to introduce the Vulture as Spidey’s first villain, and teased at
the Scorpion, too.
But no Green Goblin; Parker’s arch nemesis.
This theory though suggests that Captain Marvel will be the bridge to introducing the Osborn
family, specifically Norman Osborn.
Currently in the MCU, a few of the roles that Osborn fulfills in Spider-Man’s mythos are
already covered; the Vulture is a big green flying foe who turns out to be the father
of one of Peter’s friends.
Tony Stark is the rich intelligent mentor.
The MCU is known for taking creative liberties, so perhaps we might see a very different kind
of Norman Osborn debut in the MCU.
From redditor NealKenneth, this theory explores the idea that Captain Marvel will encounter
a Skrull who has come to Earth secretly, and takes the form of Norman Osborn, who has secretly
arranged for his son Harry to be roommates with Parker.
He’s been placed on Earth as part of the Secret Invasion story line, but goes rogue,
having built up an agenda of his own over the years.
Plus, Skrulls in their base state kind of share a resemble to the Green Goblin.
Having a Skrull make a cameo in Captain Marvel who turns out to be Osborn could be a great
way of integrating that character into the mix.
Also worth noting, if you’ve been keeping up with the news, you’re probably aware
that Disney and Fox are merging, with Disney finally having access to the rights for certain
characters it hasn’t been able to tap into for a long, long time.
This includes the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool.
While many people figure Deadpool and the X-Force will still remain canon, it’s very
likely that the X-Men, and almost certain that the Fantastic Four, will get an MCU reboot.
So naturally, there’s been a lot of talk about how these characters will be integrated,
too.
3 The Kree have been Brainwashing Her Thanks to the release of the first Captain
Marvel trailer, we’ve gotten a better glimpse at how Carol’s origin story will be reworked.
And the most curious thing that fans noticed, aside from her punching a grandma that is
clearly a Skrull, is that she doesn’t remember her life on earth.
She states in the trailer that she keeps having flashes of a life on Earth, which is then
followed by an epic rotating shot of Carol restrained in a machine in which energy is
zapped into her temples, implying that some sort of tampering has happened with her mind.
Perhaps she is a part of the Starforce unwillingly?
Or works for them, only to have her memory continuously wiped, in a similar fashion to
what Bucky Barnes underwent as the Winter Solider?
Either way, she doesn’t remember her life on Earth at the start of the film, and we’re
certain that her memory comes back, inspiring her to leave the Starforce and take on the
Captain Marvel mantle.
We’ve actually done a video that you should check out breaking down the trailer and everything
it entails, which includes a discussion about this theory, and the theory in our next number-
2 Mar-Vell is the Villain So how exactly did Carol end up on Hala in
Kree-Lar?
Well, if her origin has any ties to the comics, the theory that Mar-Vell crash landed on Earth,
which is what gave her her powers, and then returned to outer space with the now altered
Carol, is a possible answer.
But, there’s something more intriguing about that.
There’s a shot towards the end of the trailer in which Carol, now in her Captian Marvel
uniform, faces off against an out of focus character, with the shot emphasizing her fist
clenching.
It looks a whole lot like Jude Law’s Mar-Vell.
This has spawned the theory that perhaps Mar-Vell is the real villain of the movie instead of
the Skrull threat, with the latter being a B-plot that will have ties in the MCU to be
revealed more so in the next phase after Thanos is dealt with.
This could mean that Mar-Vell has kept Carol there, using her powers as part of the Starforce,
and throughout the course of the film she’ll unravel this betrayal, having chased a Skrull
to Earth by accident.
This would also be an easy way to write out the Mar-Vell character from the MCU early
on and not have to worry about that character’s history from the comics complicating things.
Now, that being said, there has been an argument for Jude Law playing another Kree character,
Yon-Rogg, who was a military officer sent to Earth by the Supreme Intelligence, who
is a member of the Starforce in the comics.
Yon-Rogg fought beside Mar-Vell, but would later turn on him, and also conspired with
Ronan to murder the hero.
And if you look at how Jude Law appears in the film, it doesn’t seem to be a long shot.
That being said, when the casting for Law was announced, news outlets were printing
that his character was Dr Walter Lawson, Mar-Vell’s alter ego.
Perhaps the MCU is switching this up and combining the characters, with the intention of making
Law’s character the real antagonist?
1 Secret Invasion - UPDATED This is perhaps one of our favourite theories
about Captain Marvel right now.
So at the end of Infinity War, we see Nick Fury get out his space beeper and send out
a distress call, and the screen of the beeper then flashes Captain Marvel’s logo.
While it gave us some hope that not all was lost after thanos wiped out half of all living
things, it did raise a lot of questions.
If Fury could communicate with Carol Danvers, why has he not called upon her sooner?
And where has she been for the past ten to twenty years?
Her film in Captain Marvel now is because she was out on another mission; a mission
that involved saving the galaxy, not just Earth.
So let’s jump back to 2008 for a sec.
Marvel had a comic book crossover event called Secret Invasion.
It’s premise was that the Skrulls had been undergoing a long term invasion of Earth by
secretly replacing key figures and characters with Skrull agents.
Considering the Skrulls involvement and introduction into the MCU via Captain Marvel’s film,
could that be a Segway into a much larger scale Secret Invasion plot line?
Where Captain Marvel must travel through time and space via the Quantum Realm to eliminate
Skrull agents in order to save the galaxy from this secret takeover?
And perhaps that’s why Fury hasn’t called her until now; either knowing the galactic
threat that Thanos poses or believing that perhaps the Skrulls have something to do with
the snap (as the Krees believed in the Infinity Gauntlet comic anyway) Fury called upon her
to come save the galaxy.
She’s meant to be the most powerful superhero in the MCU to date, which only further reinforces
this idea that she’s off taking care of something much bigger.
In addition to that, if our last number is true and Captain Marvel does led the Avengers
moving onwards, using the power of the infinity gauntlet could help put an end to the Skrull
threat.
But that’s a whole other can of worms.
It’s worth noting that it’s been revealed that Captain Marvel is a part of the elite
military team Starforce on the Kree planet of Hala, so perhaps they have something to
do with eliminating the Skrull threat or the reason why she’s been away from Earth, too.
There we have it friends!
Which of these theories do you think has a solid chance of being accurate?
My money is definitely on that last one.
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