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Since Thor and now Captain America came out this year, I wanted to get what Tropers thought of the concept and execution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general. Personally I love the idea and wonder why this idea hasn't been seriously tried before. It sorta seems to me like the DCAU in movie form (And well, ummm, with Marvel), and really 'gets' the comic book feel of a shared universe while not being completely alienating.

Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#98126: Mar 12th 2019 at 10:30:16 AM

[up]

She would have the right to challenge for the throne.

One Strip! One Strip!
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#98127: Mar 12th 2019 at 11:20:37 AM

In Civil War:

What if... Vision were to purchase fast food, and disguise it as his own cooking?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#98128: Mar 12th 2019 at 11:25:20 AM

Then Wanda would have stayed in the compound.

Good food is good food.

One Strip! One Strip!
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#98129: Mar 12th 2019 at 11:44:17 AM

What if Hydra abducted Howard Stark to be the Winter Soldier instead of Bucky Barnes?

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ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#98130: Mar 12th 2019 at 11:49:37 AM

What if Thanos appeared in Asgard to retrieve the Space Stone during Hela's conquest in Ragnarok?

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#98131: Mar 12th 2019 at 11:49:57 AM

What if I just read the new Exiles, where Steve was shot and Peggy became Captain America?

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Mar 12th 2019 at 11:50:15 AM

Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#98132: Mar 12th 2019 at 12:03:51 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] Delightfully devilish, J.A.R.V.I.S.!

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#98133: Mar 12th 2019 at 12:33:55 PM

[up][up] I love that series and now I want to see an episode where Peggy becomes Captain America, dammit.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#98134: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:00:06 PM

What if Captain America asked that waitress out on a date?

shackwave Ultraman Omega from Nebula M78 Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Ultraman Omega
#98135: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:11:43 PM

What if Tony Stark hadn't eaten the chicken leg?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#98136: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:11:48 PM

What if agent Coulson lived?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#98138: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:15:19 PM

I have to say the animated format is definitely the right way to do these What-Ifs. [tup]

Its lot more feasible than with live-action after all.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#98139: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:20:43 PM

zombie agent coulson does not count!

foul kree necromancy aside..

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#98140: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:37:58 PM

What if Nebula was sent to retrieve the Power Gem from Quill instead of Gamora?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#98141: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:39:37 PM

[up]

I'm more than willing to lose Xandar in order to prevent Quill from fucking things up.

I mean, it ended up getting destroyed by Thanos anyway so...

...Man, I've kept up this grudge against Quill for a long time. Even I'm a little surprised.

One Strip! One Strip!
Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#98142: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:46:20 PM

So minor / possibly major if you think about it case of Spoiled by the Merchandise for Spider-Man: Far From Home, which I only discovered from edits made to our page for it — the Elementals are officially Composite Characters with the associated Spider-Man villains — LEGO sets confirm that Hellfire and Hydron are actually Molten Man and Hydro Man.

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#98143: Mar 12th 2019 at 1:57:42 PM

...Man, I've kept up this grudge against Quill for a long time. Even I'm a little surprised.
It's okay, you're completely valid.

Edited by Pseudopartition on Mar 12th 2019 at 3:57:53 AM

AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#98144: Mar 12th 2019 at 2:00:00 PM

...Damn. Endgame is only a month away. This isn't exactly news but I'm still quite excited and worried.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#98145: Mar 12th 2019 at 2:08:02 PM

What if the Avengers never went out to eat shawarma?

[up]Huh, so Endgame and Marvel are going to overlap?

...which means I'm going into Endgame without having watched CM, perfect.

Edited by HailMuffins on Mar 12th 2019 at 6:11:08 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98146: Mar 12th 2019 at 2:31:24 PM

What if Peggy Carter had time travelled into current day? (What? That's among my favourite kind of fanfiction….)

Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#98148: Mar 12th 2019 at 3:16:29 PM

So, when is the second weekend for Captain Marvel?

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#98150: Mar 12th 2019 at 3:25:18 PM

Wouldn't it be this weekend?

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