Greetings nerdy list afficonados we're back again with more Captain Marvel lists, are
you burnt out yet we're going to give you Marvel burnout, but if you're still here and
ready for more well then I'm Sasha and get ready for the Top 10 ways Captain Marvel affects
the MCU.
For this we're going to look at definitives and get hypothetical and fan theoryish as
well.
Let's get started.
Also spoilers just in case
Number 10 - Avengers Initiative - We'll start off with a spoiler and a retcon that some
love and others well find a little corney.
In the film Captain Marvel it is revealed that Carol Danver's nickname painted on her
plane is Avenger.
Fury sees this when he is beginning to type his proposal for a phase one earth defense
initiative.
After seeing that he dramatically hits backspace and renames the project the Avenger intiative
making Captain Marvel the catalyst for forming the Avengers in the first place.
Number 9 - Potential Threat Level - With the introduction of Captain Marvel and her power
levels it means that the MCU can now open itself to more high powered villains on a
more regular basic because the scales will now be more balanced.
Perfectly balanced as all things should be as Thanos would say.
The Avengers and MCU have faced big threats that have required the whole team but for
most Captain Marvel could have pretty much Supermanned her way through and done most
of it herself.
So that means in order to make the threats compelling they have to increase the power
and threat level.
Otherwise it won't be that interesting, it's never fun to not have any stakes.
Number 8 - Cosmic Heroes - Now the MCU has been slowly bringing in it's large cosmic
legacy particualry with the Guardians of the Galaxy films but with Captain Marvel now in
play and the many years she has clearly spent in space in between her film and Avengers
Endgame means that she could have encountered many characters and with her whole existence
being handle through looking backwards and retconning the same could be done for other
characters, in a similar they were around the whole time but no one knew cause they
were in space fashion, as the Earth crews ignorance of intergalactic events creates
some wiggle room.
So Captain Marvel could lead the way for a whole slew of cosmic heroes and great space
battles.
Number 7 - She Will be the new face of the MCU so Kevin Feige has literally stated this,
but fans have been left to wonder what that means and the theories are morbid but intriguing.
It has been rumoured for some time that Avengers endgame will see the phasing out of the old
guard and original team leaders with the leading theory that to complete their parallel arcs
both cap and tony will die heroically.
With some other heroes moving on to make way for a new cast of characters, on a cynical
level who may potentially need to be paid less.
Seriously these films must be getting pricey.
There is a luke warness to this as some fell the original Avengers never really got a chance
to shine going from 1 to 2 where they pretty much instantly combusted it's why the domestic
avengers headcanon which was just a series of fics of the team hanging out were so popular.
Still it looks like their time may be done or if they don't die they will at least be
relegated to the background so new heroes can come to the forefront.
Number 6 - Speaking of Phase 5 there is the potential for Photon and other legacy heroes.
While Marvel has never done legacy characters as well as DC with the rare exception popping
up here and there the MCU may be looking to change that.
Captain Marvel intrroduced Marian Rambeau and more importantly for this legacy purpose
her daughter Monica Rambeau who in the comicverse first takes over the mantle of Captain Marvel
briefly before finding her own indentity first as Photon, then as Pulsar and finally as Spectrum
given the film took the time to highlight the Photon name, and with the length of time
in between some hope she will be on this new squad of heroes and that it won't just be
a throwaway kernel.
Number 5 - Captain Marvel saves Tony & Nebula So since the marketing for Endgame began there
has been great concern for Tony Stark, including a whole group of people tweeting Nasa to save
Tony Stark.
So some hope that Captain marvel ability to travel through space will mean that she can
go rescue the space bound twosome and bring them back and reunite the Avengers and maybe
Tony and Steve can finally have that long overdue conversation but they probably won't
there probably won't as the
|Russo's said be enough time.
Can you tell I'm bitter about this.
So who knows that could happen it's definitely one of the most plausible fan theories I've
ever heard.
Number 4 - Modifying Earth's Weapons.
Some believe that Captain MArvel will use her knowledge of Kree tech and seeming ease
with upgrading technology to give Earth tech a boost.
Just look at how easily she modified Fury's pager some feel this means that in the post
Captain MArvel and Endgame era the Earth will be taken a lot more seriously on an intergalactic
scale which is a double edged sword.
Yay for more protection boo for cosmic threats now coming to challenge a newfound power level.
Number 3 - Secret Invasion yes still so in the lead up to Captain Marvel people were
convinced they were going to see the set up of the secret invasion storyline.
This was a storyline that ran in 2008 and had 8 issues and several tie ins.
In it it dealt with the idea that for years the skrulls had been participating in an invasion
strategically replacing the earths heroes leading to the series tagline who do you trust.
Well once Captain Marvel was released it was revealed that the Skrulls in the film were
refugess fleeing from the Kree who had destroyed their homeworld for some this dashed their
hopes, others not so much.
As some feel well those weren't all the Kree and perhaps a Secret Invasion could still
be in the works and how shocking would that be after establishing a seemingly more synmpathetic
Kree.
Number 2 - Diverse heroes - For anyone paying attention to the lead up and marketing they
will be aware that much to do has been made of this being the first exclsuvely female
led marvel super hero film, and with it's weekend box office earnings domectically coming
in at over 153 million it has proved it's metal moentarily in terms of it's budget as
a result of this and films such as black panther some feel the future of the MCU will bge more
diverse and that Captain Marvel will pave the way for more female led films.
Number 1 - Multiverse Theory now this one is a lot of fun ok so you know how in comics
there's always a multiverse.
Endless possibilities multiverses upon multiverses some feel that Captain Marvel could open up
that possibility.
So this takes a bit of reaching but some believe that the upcoming climactic Thanos battle
featuring all those infinite stones and maybe the secret seventh stone could lead to an
aftermath that shatters realities and leads to multiple ones running parallel.
Why do people want this well they feel it offers the potential to introduce even more
characters perhaps such as Miles Morales while not overly complicating the MCU timeline.
The thing is that would be quite the shift for the linearly driven MCU and just look
at World's of DC it can lead to a bit of a muddled mess if not handled correctly.
Still fun to think about though.
So those were 10 ways Captain Marvel has or could affect the MCU.
Do you have any more ideas if so leave them down below.
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