History WMG / Runaways2017

* Karolina Dean: her mother would casually mention having a previous relationship with a ManChild with a [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy ridiculous nickname]] before coming to Earth.

* Victor Mancha: an [[Series/AgentsOfShield LMD]] or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron Drone]] that gained true sentience and has a very hard case of PinocchioSyndrome. If he is an Ultron Drone, he has matured more than the original and really thinks like a human. The Runaways would be the first people he finds that at least hear his side of the story and he joins the group [[TheAtoner to atone for the sins of his creator]].

* Chase Stein: his parents worked on the [[Film/IronMan1 military branch of Stark Industries]] until [[RealityEnsues they lost their job when Tony closed that branch]]. For bonus points, it will be revealed that they were among the scientists that were berated by Odadiah Stane for fail to replicate Tony's Armor.

[[WMG: Alex has not been possessed.

[[WMG: Alex will accidentally be the mole because of Darius

! Beware of LateArrivalSpoiler from the comics!

[[WMG: The Hernandez family will be Inhumans]]
They're the next best thing in the MCU to Mutants.
* Jossed, as Molly clearly has her powers, but developed them without being exposed to a Terrigen crystal or being encased in a chrysalis as portrayed on ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''.
** Unless her powers somehow manifested during puberty without needing to go into Terrigen.
*** Still unlikely, because exposure to Terrigen is more or less the only accepted canon method of having one's Inhuman abilities manifest -- though it's possible it happened prior to the events of the show and we just never saw it.
*** In Episode 9 [[spoiler: young Molly was exposed to [[GreenRocks glowy blue rocks]] from the dig site before her eyes flash yellow.]] It would be a new form, but Terrigen is not out of the question.

[[WMG: Xavin will be a Chitauri or a Kree]]
Since the Skrulls are tied up with the ComicBook/FantasticFour.
* Xavin could still be a Skrull, just a regular Skrull since it is the Super Skrulls who are tied up with the FF/Fox.
* With Skrulls officially appearing in ''Captain Marvel'' this line of reasoning is happily contradicted.
* Now that Marvel owns Fox Studios, the Skrulls are fair game for the MCU.

[[WMG: Tina and Robert Minoru turned evil as a result of the events of ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'']]

[[WMG: Because otherwise [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology Somewhere, a paleontologist is crying]]]]
Old Lace will be some sort of feathered dromeosaur.
* Semi-confirmed. While Old Lace has feathers, its still less than a real raptor.

[[WMG: The Runaways will keep the handles this time...]]
...but still shun costumes.
* The MCU tends to be okay with people being called by their given names a lot of the time. Given that the comic characters were only associated with names like "Arsenic" and "Sister Grimm" for a very short time, there wouldn't be as much pressure to have them called those aliases.
** The way it works in the MCU is that that the characters officially have codenames, but the heroes interact mostly with people they are familiar enough with that they are on first/last name basis (either friends and allies, or villains for whom ItsPersonal). The Runaways in the comics did the same thing for the same reason; the kids are TrueCompanions so calling each other by their code names would be wierd, and either their parents would know them from appearance (during the original miniseries) or they have no one outside the group that they need to keep a secret for (after that), so they had no reasons to try and keep a secret identity. All in all, there'sless of a chance they'll stick to their codenames in the MCU than in the comics.
*** Jossed. The handles don't come up at all.
*** ... they haven't ''yet'', anyway.

[[WMG: The Yorkeses and Steins used to work for Tony Stark]]
And they quit because, well, Tony is who he is.

[[WMG: Xavin won't appear in the first season]]
Victor would probably be a season 2 addition as well.
* Seems like the case. The series is stretching the origin of the team out, so they haven't even spent that much time as, well, runaways yet.

[[WMG: All the Runaways will be connected indirectly to the rest of the MCU]]
My Guessings about them are the next:
* Nico Minoru: obviously with ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', since her mother appears in the movie. Maybe her mother was a more nice person...until Mordo decided to strip her of her powers or tortured her because he wanted the names and directions of her apprentices.
** Jossed. Tina's status as the same woman from the film is [[SchrodingersCanon ...iffy.]]
* Alex Wilder: his parents were one of the many criminal families of New York or had associates there, but decided to get out of the city [[Series/Daredevil2015 for]] [[Series/JessicaJones2015 very]] [[Series/LukeCage2016 good]] [[Series/IronFist2017 and]] [[Series/TheDefenders2017 rational]] [[Series/ThePunisher2017 reasons]].
** Jossed. Geoffrey's previous criminal career was in Los Angeles as a member of the Crips. Catherine is an AmoralAttorney, and this was her role in the past prior to the show.
* Karolina Dean: her mother would casually mention having a previous relationship with a ManChild with a [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy ridiculous nickname]] before coming to Earth.
** It doesn't even seem like Leslie is an alien in this series.
* Gert Yorkers: her parents would be previously scientists of SHIELD that were charged with studying the Tesseract and ended without work after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Old Lace is not a dinosaur but an alien animal that they accidentally summoned during an experiment and decided to take with them.
** Jossed. The couple are bioengineers who created Old Lace ''after'' joining the organization as a form of protection for Gert. No reference to SHIELD is made.
* Chase Stein: his parents worked on the [[Film/IronMan1 military branch of Stark Industries]] until [[RealityEnsues they lost their job when Tony closed that branch]]. For bonus points, it will be revealed that they were among the scientists that were berated by Odadiah Stane for fail to replicate Tony's Armor.
** Jossed. Victor is the CEO of his own successful company and Janet isn't linked to the science side of things.
* Molly Hernandez: her parents were civilians until they [[Series/AgentsOfShield ate some fish oil supplements]] and everyone they knew [[FantasticRacism began to see them as less than human]]. Or they were from [[Series/AgentsOfShield Afterlife]] and escaped or were exiled before having Molly or when she was very little, making her ignorant of her heritage. However they still had with them some of the supplements or maybe even a Terrigen Crystal that Molly WILL end up using during the pilot or in the middle/ending of the First Season.
* Victor Mancha: an [[Series/AgentsOfShield LMD]] or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron Drone]] that gained true sentience and has a very hard case of PinocchioSyndrome. If he is an Ultron Drone, he has matured more than the original and really thinks like a human. The Runaways would be the first people he finds that at least hear his side of the story and he joins the group [[TheAtoner to atone for the sins of his creator]].
* Xavin: [[Film/TheAvengers2012 a Chitauri]] that survived when Iron Man closed the Portal, he/she and others of his/her species had been hunted by SHIELD and HYDRA since the failed invasion, making him/her the LastOfHisKind on Earth right now. This, however, will serve to Retcon the Chitaury into an entire TragicVillain species: it will be revealed that [[GreaterScopeVillain Thanos]] conquered their planet and forced the survivors to [[UnwillingRoboticisation be transformed into his soldiers]]. The reason they are AlwaysChaoticEvil is because they [[AndIMustScream are completely aware of their situation]], with Xavin being one of the few that [[HeroicWillpower hadn't turn insane]]. To make his/her situation more of a TearJerker, he/she is at the brick of [[DrivenToSuicide taking his/her own life]] after all that has happened when the Runaways find him/her. To explain his/her powers, it would be revealed that the Chitauri had been experimented in the past by the Kree, making him/her a non-human Inhuman, and can change appearances because he/she stole [[Series/AgentsOfShield a camouflage device similar to the used by Agent 33 from some HYDRA operatives]].
* Klara Prast: an [[Series/AgentsOfShield Inhuman]], HumanAlien stranded on Earth and adopted or just a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Gifted]], she began to show [[GreenThumb powers]] at an early age and her parents thought they were antinatural, but [[GenreSavvy knew that their neighbors would meddle if they tried to kill her]], so they decided to marry her to a guy that could be her father to get rid of her. Now, there are two options about how to do this: 1) Klara exist in PresentDay but lives in a community like the Amish, that likely don't have a clue about all that had happened in the world outside their village; and 2)the Runaways travel in time to 1907 and, when they discover her situation, take her with them. Hey, if they do 2) the 1) would be a very good excuse if they had to explain her behaviour to modern day people.

[[WMG:About Molly...]]
Someone will say that "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86K-p089R8 she's a little runaway]]"

[[WMG: The man in the white room is Karolina's father.]]
And Leslie isn't all that keen on him wanting to meet his daughter....
[[spoiler: Confirmed. Jonah is Karolina's real father, but Leslie did want them to meet, at least at first.]]

But he thinks he's her father, and Leslie doesn't want him to find out he isn't which is why she looks so nervous when he brings it up..

[[WMG: Eiffel will play a larger role and possibly get superpowers of her own.]]
It seems unlikely that Danielle Campbell would take such a small role. Especially being more famous than most of the cast.

[[WMG: The Hernandezes' deaths wasn't an accident.]]
They tried to leave the Pride, but one of them had them killed.
* [[spoiler: Confirmed: It's revealed in "Doomsday" that Leslie threw a bomb and called Tina letting her know it's done.]]

[[WMG: Amy and/or Nico are clones of their mother.]]
The staff and other technology that was designed to respond to Tina only also responds to Nico. They mention in the show that this is due to 50-51% of Nico's DNA being the same as Amy's, but it could be because they have exactly the same DNA.

[[WMG: The Staff works on mitochondrial DNA.]]
The reason Nico, and possibly Amy, could use that staff is that they're Tina's children and the staff pings to mitochondrial DNA, the type passed down from mother to child. In full.

[[WMG: The Staff of One is still magical.]]
Tina explains in Metamorphoses that she developed it in her lab via scientific theories. This is a lie; she's hiding the fact that magic is real. She doesn't explain how it can silence things or make snowstorm. It's still an ancient magical artifact. (As for the blood scanner for her computer, she uses it because of how secure it is, and because she's used to getting nicked because of the staff).
* Magic in the MCU frequently mingles with science-notably on Asgard where Thor said they are considered one and the same. It's entirely possible Alien science/tech can interact with wizardry.

[[WMG: Jonah is human]]
And Karolina is half-human. Alien means were simply used to extend his lifespan.

[[WMG: The reason why Molly's power origin is taking so long to be revealed]]
It's because Disney and Marvel Studios prepared in advance for the 21st Century Fox buyout and have filmed alternate scenes of people using the word "Mutant" and "Inhuman." This will potentially make Molly the first canon Mutant in the MCU.
* if true, it would be a very long delay. The Fox / Disney merger still needs approval from the government as of the end of season 1.

[[WMG: Amy's soul is in the staff]]
It goes along with her mom's orders, but actively tries to protect Nico and her friends.

[[WMG: The meaning of "Find Elian..."]]
Elian isn't just Molly's plush elephant, but also the MCU's version of Victor Mancha -- possibly an older cousin who could help her with her powers?

[[WMG: Jonah ''is'' Gibborim.]]
In the MCU, Gibborim isn't a race of aliens, but specifically a singular entity named Gibborim who spawned a cult in his name -- and Jonah is him.

[[folder:Pre-Season 2]]
[[WMG: Jonas's plan]]
Related to a previous theory but Jonas is othe human avatar of one of the Gibborim whose plan is to free his two self and his two brother Gibborim. Or he is a herald freeing his masters.

[[WMG:The season will have these comics moments:]]
Place anything you think they will adapt, from page to screen:
* The Runaways heading to Chase's secret hideout.
* This badass line from Alex, which may be either {{Foreshadowing}} or a RedHerring towards his comic death.
-->''"If [being an adult] means turning into the people who raised us... I hope I die before I get old."''
* Karolina, Nico, Alex and Chase stop a group of burglars who try to rob a convenience store.
* Cloak and Dagger's appearance (And subsequent mind erasure by the PRIDE).
* A TakeThat towards ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', if they bring in Topher or not.
* Molly ends up riding Old Lace, even spouting her comic line of having put her hat on the dinosaur.
-->''"I PUT MY HAT ON OLD LACE!"''
** Everyone else but Alex having fun with their powers in Chase's hideout, with Alex bemoaning that he is basically in hell after he has died.

[[WMG: Topher [[AdaptationSpeciesChange won't be a vampire]] in the show]]
After the first season stripped nearly all of the comics' more fantastical elements away, it's doubtful they'd be willing to throw a vampire into the mix out of nowhere.
* [[spoiler: Confirmed. He's a human who was given powers by the same rocks as Molly.]]

[[WMG: Chase won't be welcomed back into the team.]]
Even after learning that Jonah has possessed, it doesn't change the fact that Chase chose to leave the team to be with his parents.

[[WMG: Alex [[spoiler:has not been posessed.]] ]]
[[spoiler: It seems like, with his comics canon role of traitor, he'd be too obvious to be the last host for fans, so more likely one of the others will be the host.]]

[[WMG: Someone else was at the dig site that night]]
[[spoiler: Might be an AssPull but it's possible that someone else, [[FromNobodyToNightmare perhaps one of the guards is the real host.]] ]]

[[WMG: Alex Wilder won't be TheMole this time]]
Chase will take this role, this time, after [[RedHerring some misdirection]] involving Alex and/or Gert.
* This seems likely as he's beginning to be close to his dad.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed, although Chase doesn't take his spot - instead, it seems that Frank Dean has the position of Mole this time]].

[[WMG: Molly is the mole]]
The parents don't know she's on their side. Taking a picture of the PRIDE sacrifice using flash, her BadLiar moment blurting "I didn't see anything" and telling Catherine that time was running out weren't stupid mistakes, she was trying to tip them off that the kids know. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And Molly and mole start with the same 3 letters]].

[[WMG:Gert is the Mole]]
She discovered the dinosaur a while ago and secretly trained her which is why she obeys her. Of the main characters she was the most nonchalant about her parents being murderers and tried to deny it to throw off the crew. Her SJW tendencies were just an act to throw off suspicion, given she just casually told her friends to hold off "Smashing the Patriarchy".

[[WMG: Alex is still TheMole, and he killed Amy]]
While he's clearly less villainous and his comic-book motivation isn't an option, a lot of Alex's behaviour still gives some hints (not attending Amy's funeral, making a dig at his parents' urgent charity meetings, spontaneously deciding to bring everyone back together coincidentally on what should be the last PRIDE sacrifice night, being the one to 'accidentally' open the secret door, etc).
So, theory: Two years ago, Alex and Amy somehow ended up discovering the PRIDE's existence 2 years ago together, leading Alex to killing her to keep her silent when she wanted to tell everyone and/or alert the authorities. Though he managed to get her body back to her bedroom and make it look like suicide, it still guilted him enough to make him skip the funeral. Since then, he's been a SecretSecretKeeper for the PRIDE's existence, and with his friends all drifting away from him, he tried to bring them all back together by using their families' dark connection to push them. Ultimately he doesn't want to kill his friends or bring down his family's secret, but he's trying to do a long-con to end the secret and bring the kids and their parents all together on the PRIDE's schemes, and his murder of Amy is what serves as a MoralEventHorizon to prevent him being too sypathetic.

** [[spoiler: Close, he does go back to the parents, but not until near the end of season 2.]]

[[WMG: Amy is alive and will be the equivalent of the mole in this]]

[[WMG: Karolina is the Mole.]]
[[spoiler: Because Jonah allows her to be saved by the Runaways. Though it's possible she's an unknowing one.]]
* [[spoiler: Jossed. Although she does go to him to learn about herself. Mid-season, she chose her friends, but was devastated when Nico killed him as revenge for Amy.]]

[[WMG:Alex is still the Mole, but will be portrayed in more tragic way.]]
Don't you feel bad for Alex, that he's the one who gather the group in the first place, yet by the end of Season 1 he kinds of get minimum respect: His first suggestion to leave the city without Karolina as soon as possible is outright rejected and they run highly risky mission to save Karolina from Church of Gibborim [[spoiler:and only succeeded because Leslie and, apparently, Jonah, let them escape]].

Then the team has two couples, Chase-Gert and Karolina-Nico, [[DudeWheresMyRespect it must be frustrating]] for Alex that he {{did not get the girl}} despite he almost hooked up with Nico before until she dumped him because she's angry that he was keeping secret about Amy's death, let alone him being the one who gather the team in the first place.

So eventually it all takes a toll on him, making him betray the group because they "made" him do it.
* [[spoiler:Jossed. He doesn't become the mole, and the team starts to forgive him. Although he still made a few stupid mistakes.]]

[[WMG: Alex will accidentally be the mole because of Darius]]
[[spoiler: At the end of the first season season Alex forms a partnership with Darius of some kind, receiving money and a gun]] In season 2 It will be revealed that they maintain some kind of contact and at some point PRIDE will find out about this and blackmail him, possibly through his unborn/newborn kid to reveal everything he learns.

This will lead to Alex being blamed but instead of becoming an enemy Alex will merely be consumed with guilt, sending him on a redemption Arc.

** [[spoiler: Sort of yes, sort of no. Darius does give up Alex to his dad but he doesn't learn much else about the others.]]

[[folder: Jossed Theories]]

** Jossed. A leak of the first teaser/trailer shows someone (Molly?) with superstrength and also shows Karolina Dean in her Majestrian form.

* [[spoiler: Jossed: The Yorkses and Hernandez both knew what was going down and Hernandezes got killed in the process.]]

** Jossed. Amy learned about what was going on because she hacked into her mother's files without her knowledge, and is implied to have been murdered when she was caught.

[[WMG: The man in the white room ''isn't'' Karolina's father, Frank Dean is.]]
** Jossed. Both Jonah and Leslie have confirmed that Jonah is Karolina's real father.

* Jossed, he survives the season.

* Jossed. [[spoiler:Jonah murdered Amy.]]

[[spoiler: Might be an AssPull but it's possible that someone else, [[FromNobodyToNightmare perhaps one of the guards is the real host.]]

[[spoiler: Confirmed. He's a human who was given powers by the same rocks as Molly.]]

[[WMG: Because otherwise SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying,]]

[[WMG:Topher will be AdaptedOut.]]
We know that [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 magic]] can exist in the MCU, but it can feel very contrived if a '''vampire''' just appeared in this show.

We know that [[Film/DoctorStrange magic]] can exist in the MCU, but it can feel very contrived if a '''vampire''' just appeared in this show.

[[WMG: Tina and Robert Minoru turned evil as a result of the events of ''Film/DoctorStrange'']]

* Nico Minoru: obviously with ''Film/DoctorStrange'', since her mother appears in the movie. Maybe her mother was a more nice person...until Mordo decided to strip her of her powers or tortured her because he wanted the names and directions of her apprentices.

[[WMG: The show is set ''before'' the events of ''Film/DoctorStrange'']]