With the rumours that the next major event the MCU is gearing up for will be an adaptation
of Secret Invasion, there’s been a whole lot of talk about whether or not the Skrulls
have already infiltrated Earth.
Now let’s back track for a second.
Secret Invasion is a story event in the comics that ran from June 2008 to January of 2009.
It involved a quiet, long term invasion of Earth by the extraterrestrial race of the
Skrulls; a race that is now being introduced to the MCU in the upcoming Captain Marvel
feature film.
Characters in the Marvel universe in the comics turned out to be Skrulls in disguise, and
the whole tag line of the series summed it up quite perfectly - who do you trust?
So today, we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 avengers who might be Skrull.
And for context, we’re not just looking at Avengers; we’ll be taking a look at many
a superhero in the MCU, and heroic ally, to determine what they’re potential as a Skrull
would be like.
So with that in mind, let’s get to it!
10 Happy Hogan What a complete mind f*** that would be!
One of tony Stark’s closest individuals, arguably one of his only non-super powered
friends, who has been there with him almost his entire adult life, turns out to be a Skrull.
While Stark often gets Happy to do some pretty hilarious things, like baby sit Peter Parker,
he’s still Tony’s head of security, and is still trusted by arguably the most powerful
man in the world.
That’s a lot.
And that would be sure as hell appealing to the Skrulls when it comes to invading Earth.
9 Captain America Out of all the current Avengers, arguably
the easiest one to impersonate would be Captain America himself, Steve Rogers.
Think about it; it wouldn’t be overly difficult, especially compared to the other Avengers
there are to choose from.
In order to impersonate Bruce Banner or Tony Stark, there’s a certain scientific gusto
that the Skrull agent would need to portray and be passable as.
Surely Stark’s Iron Man suit and tech would pick up on the fact that the imposter wasn’t
him.
And the behavioural patterns of Banner when he transforms into the Hulk are quite unique.
The rise in his strength levels would be incredibly difficult to impersonate.
And, the rest of them - How difficult would it be for a Skrull to impersonate an Asgardian
god?
Sure Hawkeye and Black Widow would be more formidable targets, but out of all the humans
on the team, Cap is the most predictable.
8 Jude Law’s character Regardless of all of the speculation, who
exactly Jude Law is playing in the upcoming Captan Marvel movie has yet to be confirmed.
Whether he’s Mar-Vell or if he’s playing Yon-Rogg, one theory about the character is
that the reason why Carol ends up becoming Captain Marvel at the end of her solo film
is because he betrays her, and she’s prompted to leave the Star Force and the Kree Empire
for good.
We know that the Skrulls, who are being introduced in her feature film, and their long conflicting
past with the Kree Empire will likely be explored, so how better a way to betray Carol then prove
to be one of her enemies?
How could this be debunked?
Well, it also seems likely that the reason Carol screws off from the Star Force is simply
because, hey, she was completely deceived, and had her memory wiped of her wonderful
and likely loving life on Earth, all so she could be used as a weapon by the Kree.
That’s one hell of a reason to abandon one’s military duty in space.
7 Iron Fist Because at least he’d be more interesting
then.
6 Elektra Getting back to something a little more serious
at this number.
If Elektra were to ever be a Skrull, for starters, the Netflix MCU television shows would have
to crossover with the films.
So here’s hoping.
But say that did happen, consider this.
In the 2008 Secret Invasion comic story event, one of the first characters on Earth that’s
discovered to have been a Skrull is Elektra.
After she’s killed in battle, her corpse is taken to Tony Stark.
Now while the MCU is notorious for taking creative liberties when it comes to setting
up major story arcs in it’s universe, it seems likely that Elektra’s role in Secret
Invasion would likely be given to a different character that’s more advantageous with
how the MCU is currently set up, rather than a character from one of their Netflix shows.
But hey, you never know.
5 Pepper Potts If Happy Hogan wasn’t enough of a painful
jab in the heart when it comes to betraying Tony Stark’s trust, Pepper Potts is like
a damn trust homicide.
There were a whole lot of theories as to why Pepper wasn’t around in the MCU as much
after Iron Man 3.
While those can likely chalked up to academy award winning Gwenyth Paltrow being a diva
about her contract, fans have come up with many a speculation to justify her absence,
including a dark theory that hypothesizes that she’s been dead all along, and Tony
has built a Life Model Decoy of her in order to fill the void.
But the theory that we’re concerned with today is that she’s actually a Skrull, and
since Iron Man 3, after being injected with Extremis, people wondered why she didn’t
die like all of the other Extremis experiments.
Of course, you could argue that Tony found a way to counter it, being a bloody genius
and all, but this theory speculates that Extremis killed her, and a Skrull quietly slipped in
to take her place.
Tony’s love for Pepper could easily be used against him, too.
4 Maria Hill BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T SEE THAT COMING!
She’s super close to Nick Fury.
She was high up in SHIELD (although, we know how easy it is to infiltrate them, don’t
we).
She’s rubbed shoulders with many a super powered individual.
And she’s gained the trust of some of the most difficult heroes to win over (she’s
pals with Black Widow you guys, that’s no easy feat).
Maria hill is exactly the kind of person that the Skulls would want to impersonate.
With access to the kinds of information and technology that Hill has, she would be an
ideal target, and the Avengers would be completely unsuspecting.
So would audiences; for the most part, although she has been quite important in the MCU, she’s
often on the sidelines.
And as Jasper Sitwell proved in Winter Soldier, sometimes being on the sidelines is the most
dangerous place of all.
3 Norman Osborn There’s a really convincing theory kicking
around the inter webs as to how Norman Osborn will be integrated into the MCU.
Fans have pointed out that the roles that Osborn usually fills when it comes to Peter
Parker have already been designated to other characters in Spider-Man Homecoming.
The technology industrialist genius mentor for Parker is Tony Stark.
Adrian Toomes is the threatening father of one of Peter’s peers.
Much of Peter Parker’s high school days have been altered in the MCU.
So by the time Norman Osborn, his arch nemesis the Green Goblin, hits the scene, people expect
that the MCU will take some creative liberties in integrating the character to the world.
This theory speculates that Osborn will actually be introduced as a Skrull whose been present
on Earth for quite some time now.
He ends up ditching his efforts for the Skrull empire, gaining his own ulterior motives over
the years, and has grown love his son Harry.
He discovers Parker, decides to get closer to him by arranging that Harry and him become
roommates at college, and somehow in the process, he reveals his true Skrull self, which aesthetic
is quite fitting of the Green Goblin persona.
Now there could still be some sort of Goblin Formula that makes him more sinister than
just, you know, revealing he’s a Skrull, so not all is lost with the characters comic
origins.
Its a compelling theory.
2.
Nick Fury If Nick Fury were to be revealed to be a Skrull,
it would be an ultimate betrayal of trust.
When it comes to characters people think would be likely to be a Skrull imposter, many people
feel Fury would be the most obvious.
Not only because of his position of power, but also because of the fact that we’re
going to see a young Nick Fury in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie, where he’ll be privy
to the Skrull threat.
And we know based off the trailer that’s been released that Skrulls come to Earth.
Now, it is worth noting that if Fury did end up being a Skrull, there’s a chance he might
not be a bad one.
There have been stories on different alternate Earths in the Marvel universe where a Skrull
has come to Earth but ends up falling in love or seeing the good in humanity, and ends up
deciding to just work to help them rather than slowly try to cause them to go extinct.
1.
Hawkeye When it comes to MCU fan theories, there’s
plenty of them floating around the inter webs.
Hell, we recently did a list counting down our favourite 10 theories, and there’s still
tons and tons that we didn’t make the cut.
Hawkeye being a Skrull is one of those popular theories.
This primarily spawns from the fact that the character wasn’t present in Avengers Infinity
War.
Pretty much EVERYONE was, and the other exceptions to the fact have been justified; Valkyrie,
a new fan favourite, blew up after Thor Ragnarok, and wasn’t included in the filming of Infinity
War because producers had no idea how beloved she would become.
Ant-Man Scott Lang wasn’t included because he was on house arrest from Civil War, but
the main reason was because Marvel Studios didn’t want him involved in the movie since
his solo sequel film, Ant-Man and the Wasp, was the next movie up on the docket after
Infinity War.
So what about Hawkeye?
In the narrative, he too is on house arrest, and has no interest in coming back to fight
with the Avengers.
There’s a throw away line in the movie where its mentioned that he’s retired.
But, you can’t have the Avengers without the complete set, people.
And many a fan believe that his return in the next Avengers 4 film will be a big one.
Actor Jeremy Renner has been spotted donning a costume that looks a whole hell of a lot
like Clint Barton’s Ronin outfit.
So, all things considered, one of the explanations that has been thought up by fans is that really,
Clint has been replaced with a Skrull, and thats why he didn’t participate in Infinity
War.
Cause really, when would house arrest ever stop Clint Barton from doing the right thing
and saving the world?
Perhaps the reason why Clint suits up as Ronin is because he’s got a Skrull version of
himself running around.
Or it’s a Skrull whose like, nah, ditching this silly arrow bullshit, gonna be a ninja
instead.
Either way, Clint is one of the more convincing candidates to be a Skrull; in terms of his
timeline in the films, and how impactful it would be on the other Avengers, he’d be
a solid pick.
And having him killed off because of it would be painful.
Plus, it can’t be Black Widow cause she’s getting her own feature film, so don’t think
she’s really an option like Clint is in that territory.
There we have it friends!
So what do you think?
Which of these characters stands a chance at secretly being a Skrull?
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