After the Falcon and the Winter Soldier finale, we saw Valentina Allegra De Fontaine recruit
John Walker to a team that she could be setting up in the future. While one thing is clear
that she is setting up a team, we still don’t know which one. Many think that the Thunderbolts
team will be introduced in the MCU, which is still possible, however, we believe that
instead, it will be the Dark Avengers. So in this video, we are going over the upcoming
Dark avengers members joining the MCU you need to know about.
The Team Creation Backstory: While this team did come after the thunderbolts
in the comics that doesn’t mean the MCU wouldn’t just bypass that and jump directly
into the creation of the Dark Avengers. They are a government-backed avengers team of twisted
versions from the original team members. The one way that we could see the Dark Avengers
assemble is by sticking to their original backstory from the comics and coming together
after the secret invasion series. When Val said we took that as an indication that she
may know about the Skrulls invasion plot of hijacking the identities of some of the heroes.
If she does indeed know then creating a new team that the world can trust after the invasion
would make sense and why she began her recruitment with…
The US AGENT Recruiting John Walker first may have been
a chess move by Val only because out of everyone else mentioned here he is the only one with
some public credibility being the former captain America and by publically redeeming himself
in The Falcon and Winter soldier finale. After essentially being abandoned by the military,
Walker will be willing to do anything to be seen as a hero again. This made him a perfect
recruit for whoever is assembling the team because it makes him easy to manipulate. He
may have been the first person we saw recruited but we don’t believe that he will be the
outright leader of the team and instead just be the team's figurehead. The actual behind-the-scenes
leader will be Vals possible boss who we will go over later in this video.
Yelena Belova (Black Widow) Yelena will be one more character that has
been confirmed to be taking over the mantle of another avenger by becoming the new Black
Widow. While we don’t know much about the plot of the upcoming Black Widow movie, what
we do know is that Yelena has been set up as Natasha’s “sister” from the red room.
Unfortunately due to the pandemic causing the MCU to reshuffle their movie and show
release dates we got the debut of Valentina in the Falcon and winter soldier series instead
of in the Black Widow movie. We could have seen Yelena be the first person Val recruited
in one of the end credit scenes from the movie. At the end of the movie, since its set before
the events of Endgame, they could cut to the present time and we see Val inform her of
Nat’s sacrifice where she will tell Yelena that she can honor her sister and maybe clear
her name of any past crimes by becoming the new Black Widow and joining her new potential
team.
Taskmaster (Hawkeye) We now get to begin breaking down the non-confirmed
yet fun possible members that we could see, and we have to start with Taskmaster. After
being the main villain in the Black Widow movie and being shown to perfectly replicate
the fighting styles of each avengers member, it would be hard not to see him taking on
the persona of one of the avengers on the new team. After his inevitable defeat at the
end of the movie, people may believe him to be dead or he is abandoned by the people leading
the Red Room, resulting in Val coming to his rescue like she did John Walker offering a
new start. The interesting thing about Taskmaster’s recruitment would have to be his identity.
Only because he could wear a mask throughout the whole movie, making his recruitment as
possibly Hawkeye alongside Yelena, who will have fought each other, compelling due to
it bringing a different dynamic between the Hawkeye and Black Widow characters.
Baron Zemo With all the new fan love he is receiving
in his return in the Falcon and Winter Soldier series it shouldn't come as a surprise that
Zemo may have a more prominent role in the MCU's future which may include his involvement
on the team. In the comics, Zemo is one of the people responsible for the creation of
the Thunderbolts, however, his inclusion into the MCU’s Dark Avengers could stem from
his confinement on The Raft. While on the raft the leader of the new team will offer
Zemo an opportunity to be released by joining his team so that he can help prevent the tragedy
that happened in Sokovia from happening anywhere else. His knowledge and connection of the
criminal underground along with his tactical abilities would become great assets to the
team. On the other hand, Zemo could end up deciding to join all so that he could accomplish
his goal of getting rid of all the supersoldiers such as John Walker.
White Vision When we saw white vision disappear at the
end of Wandavision we were all left wondering how he would return to the MCU. This could
happen during the secret wars series where he ends up being a key contributor to the
defeat of the Skrull invasion. After which he will accept the offer that is made by Val
to join the new avengers team after computing that the world will always need the avengers
to prevent an invasion. Seeing as how he doesn’t have the former visions complete memory, or
emotional capacity, he could also join the Dark Avengers trying to feel what his predecessor
felt when he was part of a team. One theory has suggested that he is indeed one of the
first members to be recruited, especially since he is a government-built weapon.
The Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff joining the Dark Avengers may
seem like a reach but there are 2 main reasons as to why she could be a member. The first
is if White Vision does indeed join, Wanda will feel obligated to keep an eye on him
and perhaps try to emotionally reconnect as well. She would do this after she saves her
children in the Doctor strange sequel and her wanting her children to have their father.
The other reason would be her wanting to clean up her reputation for her 2 sons, especially
after what she did in WandaVision. Having a powerhouse such as the Scarlet Witch on
the new team would help to quell the public fear of the new Avengers team not being capable
enough. All of this will only happen if she manages to survive The Doctor Strange sequel,
which we get into more in the video on the top of the screen.
GHOST Ava Starr, aka Ghost, may be the one character
that has the biggest mystery surrounding her in terms of survival and future in the MCU.
The last time we saw Ava was at the end of Antman 2 when she escaped through the alleyway
with Bill Foster after being temporarily healed by Janet. Unfortunately, just when the team
had promised to help cure her they were all either turned to dust or left in the quantum
realm for 5 years which left her survival in question. We highly doubt that Marvel would
just kill off or forget about such a great complex character. If neither one of them
were turned to dust in the blip Ava and Foster may have been able to keep her alive without
the particles. However, If Foster was part of the blip that would have left Ava alone
to search for a cure, making her desperate. This is when Val may have appeared and bribed
her to join the team in exchange for either the particles or an actual cure provided by
someone very high in the US government.
Norman Osborn (Iron Patriot) While Norman Osborn is the one character that
is not currently a part of the MCU that seems to be changing very shortly. In the post-credit
scene of the Falcon and Winter Soldier, after we saw Sharon Carter get her old job back
she made a call saying. One of those people she was talking about could end up being Norman
Osborn, who owns Oscorp and is rumored to be buying the old stark tower and could also
now be in the process of taking over the weapons & technology fields from Starks Industries
as well. The one weapon that Osborn could end up getting is an actual Iron Man Suit,
which he would modify. But the even better option would be if he got the actual original
schematics on how to develop his very own suit. This would tie in with the Armor Wars
series whose plot is set to focus on War Machine tracking down Tony's tech that has gotten
into the wrong hands. This would set the stage to have Osborn make his "hero" debut by teaming
up with one of the original members of the Avengers to save the day. Even though Rhody
may not forgive the fact that he would have illegally gained access to Tony’s suit,
the US government on the other hand would look the other way all so that he would get
recruited to join the new Dark Avengers team whose leader who is none other than...
Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Red Hulk) General Ross has been very adamant about one
thing throughout the time we have seen him in the MCU which is control over the most
powerful whether it be over Bruce Banner’s Hulk or over the Avengers team as a whole.
After the original team technically completely disobeyed the Sokovia Accords, Ross won’t
be too happy and will have begun to create his own team backed by the US Government.
Having intel to the most classified information not to mention running the Raft as well Ross
would have recruited former SHIELD agent Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to help him assemble his
new team. If Ross is indeed part of the team that would mean that the Red Hulk will finally
be coming to the MCU. The most likely scenario into the Red Hulks’ first appearance would
have to be in the She-Hulk series, seeing as how Ross has always been associated with
the Hulk family. Even though Ross is an old man, the ability of the Red Hulk to absorb
most energy forms and to emit more radiation the angrier he gets would make him a tough
fight for dominance even for The Scarlet Witch. It would be a classic callback to a very important
moment in the history of the MCU if Ross were on the opposite end of the recruiting from
this scene.
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