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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Also, since it was mentioned last page, here's my list of the five top funniest or most awesome MCU characters to throw in a Fastball Special.
- Rocket
- Shuri
- Spider-Man, especially if he spends the whole time not shutting up.
- The Hulk, preferrably by someone much smaller than himself.
- Tony Stark. Without his suit.
I'd rather he be established as their father in the MCU, then them continue to ignore that connection and cast him aside just because Fox used him poorly.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 18th 2018 at 7:08:22 AM
Cap with his shield would be pretty good to throw in a Fastball Special. I feel like Falcon doesn't need it, but it might be nice to help him get airborne quickly. Obviously, though, Ant-Man is the single best Fastball Special fastball. Hell, he and Hawkeye already kind of did one.
Loki is give or take for me, but if there could be a Sam show, then between that, Wanda, and The Clone Wars I would very seriously consider coughing up for Disney’s service
What would be the point of making Magneto the twins’ father in the MCU? It’s an active plot point that their powers came from the Stone.
There can be more than one family of European minorities in the universe.
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Actually, Marvel seems to have intentionally left wiggle room on that front. The recent visual MCU dictionary
that was published described Wanda's powers as thus:
That seems like a pretty ominous wording there. And in the actual film, Ultron even says that Pietro and Wanda were the only people to survive Strucker's experiments with the Mind Stone for some reason, though he chalked that up to their desire for revenge.
Edited by comicwriter on Sep 18th 2018 at 8:00:38 AM
So I've had a theory.
The Netflix MCU is a slightly alternate universe where nothing bad has ever happened to The Avengers. Think about it: There's never been any mention of Ultron's technology, or the near-destruction of Sokovia, or the events of Civil War. No one's been dusted. Nothing.
Tony told the others about what he and Bruce planned to do with Loki's scepter. Thor, not being crazy about the idea, wants to supervise, since this is Asgardian Tech. They find out that the Mind Stone was inside the Scepter and make Vision, as Tony had always intended. There's no big cataclysm that leads to the Avengers needing to retire or split up, so they're at full strength and Zemo's plan never stands a chance while Bucky is found and put in a psychiatric hospital. Without massive collateral damage and widespread destruction, there's no need for the Sokovia accords, so there's nothing to fight over. Thanos decides to hit up Earth since he already has the Power and Space stones and the other two are on Earth waiting for him, but it's 13-to-5 and the Avengers win. Universe saved, nobody dies.
So maybe, at some point, when they go back to dealing with Terrorist organizations, they'll deal with this "The Hand" stuff.
My various fanfics.

I'd imagine it's a prequel? There's a good couple of years between Thor and Avengers Assemble where he's just un accounted for.
Wanda is really deserving of this and I'm really happy for her and Olsen.
There's a lot of supporting characters in the MCU who could benefit from this. War machine and Falcon would probably be way too expensive I imagine - makes me sad - but Valkyrie seems like a great fit, Bucky for sure too. Okoye could get up to all kinds of spy shit on a TV budget without needing the larger MCU cast. Vision would be doable too. EDIT: No he wont I forgot how intensive his make up is.
EDIT: I'd totally watch a Wong miniseries.
Edited by Whowho on Sep 18th 2018 at 2:55:48 PM