#mcu speculation

[jenniferoksana]

HEY. Remember when I wrote this fic and called it Interview with the Witch-Killer? I SURE DO.

"Considered to return." lololol there's a reason Kathryn Hahn mostly stopped doing fun public events since last summer. I cannot imagine what her schedule has been like since June 2025, because they figured out Tangled in what, December 2026? (Edit: December 2025, I keep thinking it’s 2027 out of wishful thinking)

[falllpoutboy]

killing off mcu mj when she’s never had a character arc or character development in the almost 10 years she’s been onscreen… lmao

[agentem]

Ironheart finale random thoughts

The thing that bugs me about the finale is that I fear it's going to make people even MORE critical of Riri. Saying she's stupid for trusting Mephisto or whatever. (As if Peter Parker hasn't done deals with him all the time.)

It is also a bit of a bummer to wait all these YEARS for this series for it to end with her NOT winning.

I wonder if this is setting up Mephisto as the villain in "Champions"/Young Avengers? It feels like there SHOULD be another season of this but I don't think we are going to get it with the way Marvel has been failing to promote this show.

Certainly Wiccan and Speed have lots to do with Mephisto in the comics--which the internet told us non-stop during WandaVision. And with America in Kamar Taj, I can see how she'd get involved. Except the only two who have teamed up so far are Kate and Kamala and I don't see what this has to do with them.

I might have more thoughts later but right now i am in the "no, riri, don't do it, girl" place.

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I think I’m starting to get what the Moon Knight team is trying to do with their version of Jake Lockley. I know that people are worried that he’s being portrayed as the “evil” alter, but I don’t think that’s necessarily the case. Based on Marc and Steven, I feel like the show is trying to do all three columns of the D&D alignment chart:

1) Steven Grant is clearly the lawful one. He’s against all violence and is just a genuinely good person.

2) We were led to believe that Marc Spector is the ruthless one. But as of episode 3, he’s more like the neutral one. He’s not above violence but he holds back his punches. 

3) Jake Lockley then is the chaotic one. He’s the one who’s not afraid to get a little dirty if the situation calls for it. I don’t think he killed those guys because he’s evil, I think he killed them because he fronted during the middle of a fight and thought to himself, “Well, it is what it is”. Self-defense without holding back. 

Also, if Jake is the one who asked out Steven’s co-worker, then that just further adds to his role as the “chaotic” one. Steven is too shy and doesn’t want to bother people, while Marc is too much of a dry hardass to be pursuing anyone other than his wife. If Jake asked the tour guide lady out, then he’s the “fun” alter who just wants to enjoy his life. 

So if you combine those two traits together (the fighter who’s not afraid to get a little dirty / the womanizer who just wants to enjoy his life), you end up with kind of a chaotic man who isn’t necessarily evil, he’s just a little wild. 

[mvcrvture]

spider man: no way home

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[prettywitchiusaka]

So I think I’ve figured out (what I think) would make a perfect plot for the next Doctor Strange film that would continue the themes of acceptance and love we see in his first two films.

- Have Stephen’s acceptance of love and trust be slow, using his struggle to control his new, dark powers as an analogue for how becoming the person you want to be is hard and takes time.

- Have his third eye manifest in the form of Sinister Strange to further the analogue, to show that he fears becoming like that. And to continue the theme of Stephen vs. himself (or Benedict vs. Benedict lol)

- Bring Mordo back, but as an “uneasy alley” to Stephen who then teams up with Dormammu to defeat Stephen because, in his mind? Stephen is the real dangerous threat, not Dormammu.

- Have Nightmare as secondary villain to show how terrifyingly awesome he is, as well as to showcase Stephen’s insecurities and fears over what he’s done and what he fears he’ll become if he’s not too careful. Also use Nightmare as a way to bring Stephen and Clea closer together.

- Have Stephen and Clea’s romance be slow burn, and instead focus the film of them becoming friends and allies first, while hinting that they’re attracted to each other.

- And yes, open the film by confirming that yes, Clea watched Stephen die repeatedly at her uncle’s hands and was inspired by/fell in love with him that way.

- Give Rintrah a bigger role (Rintrah’s adorable).

- Instead of one climax, you have two;

The first is Stephen fully giving into his dark powers to save the Earth from Dormammu, loosing himself in the process.

The second (and true climax) is Stephen’s friends trying to bring him back. Stephen hears these pleas, remembers the person he wants to be (someone who isn’t afraid of love anymore), and chooses to embrace life instead of the darkness and he comes back. He’d still have the dark powers, but they don’t have the same hold over him they once did.

- End the film with Stephen and Clea out together, chatting about where the future might take them (and heavily implying that “Yeah, they’re probably gonna start dating sooner or later”)

- Then bookend the film with a callback to the “Are you happy?” question...or set up that Kang is coming!

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That would be my take on it, anyway.

Either way, I just hope Ben pulls rank and talks Feige into getting a new writer for the third film because...yeah...I may like Multiverse, but I don’t want Waldron touching my boy ever again.

And yes, this is heavily inspired by Strange Tales Vol. II, in case you’re all wondering.

[onetrueartform]

Current rumor mill is the MCU is bringing Ultron back as a potentially recurring antagonist starting with late Phase 5/early Phase 6.

I’m not one to believe anything about MCU installments these days until I see it on-screen but I hope this one is true.

[mars-626]

**SPOILERS**

Ok but.... COMMON! That HAD to be some form of Terrigenesis!?! Right!?!