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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
For those that need a crash course on S.W.O.R.D.:
The Sentient World Observation and Response Department (S.W.O.R.D.) is basically the space version of S.H.I.E.L.D. While S.H.I.E.L.D. dealt with counterterrorism and intelligence on Earth, S.W.O.R.D. dealt with that on a galactic level. So it's like the Marvel version of the Men in Black.
S.W.O.R.D. was planned to have been alluded to as far back as the first Thor movie, but since the organization was established in an X-Men comic, namely issue #6 of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men vol. 3, not to mention a big chunk of known agents were mutants like Lockheed, Beast and S.W.O.R.D. Commander Abigail Brand, it meant it was basically Fox's to mess around with...but since Fox was Fox, they obviously never did anything with it. Because it's Fox.
Spider-Man: Far From Home alluded to S.W.O.R.D. by having (the real) Nick Fury hanging out with Skrulls in space, but it looks like WandaVision is having the organization get established for realsies, which gives it the distinction of being the first Fox-owned Marvel thing to be established in the MCU (sorry Deadpool fans).
I'm reckoning that S.W.O.R.D. will basically be what S.H.I.E.L.D. would've been if it wasn't infiltrated from within by HYDRA and expanded its scope to the cosmos, which works on a lot of levels since after the Thanos incident, Fury will be wanting to have a more proactive unit ready for the next butthole that tries to wreck the universe.
I approve.
EDIT: O hai Monica Rambeau.
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 16th 2019 at 11:23:07 AM
Monica Rambeau time?
What could my reaction possibly be...
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Dec 16th 2019 at 10:25:48 AM
Based on my vague knowledge of Monica’s personality in the comics and supposition that they would do something different than Sam and Sharon’s relationships with Steve or Kamala’s relationship with Carol, I’m guessing Monica might be pretty cynical and not on the best terms with Carol in the present.
Edited by Hodor2 on Dec 16th 2019 at 10:43:59 AM
I have to ask, does steve and tony have more villians in their rouge gallery? because since the two are gone, better they could resue to other hero, like falcon and winter soldier or give tony remaning villan to spiderman for example.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"![]()
Yes, they have some bad guys left
that others could use.
I could've sworn MODOK was an enemy of theirs as well, but I'm not sure how they could work him into the MCU.
And hey, since S.W.O.R.D. is happening, who's your pick to play S.W.O.R.D. Commander Abigail Brand?
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 17th 2019 at 10:44:28 AM
I could see MODOK working against Captain Marvel, given how much her backstory leans into the super-science angle. One of my theories for how Captain Marvel 2 will go involves an organization trying to recreate the incident that gave Carol powers, and control it for their own ends, and if that turns out to be a terrestrial organization then AIM would be perfect.
On the other hand, she's not specifically dedicated to super-science the way a character like Iron Man is, so maybe the best use of him would probably be in a team-up title, though. Like, if the real AIM shows up in an individual character's movie with Monica Rappaccini (the Scientist Supreme) as the Big Bad, and then it leads into them creating MODOK who fights the group.
Then again, I figured something similar could happen for DOOM. Start with Lucia Von Bardas, and save DOOM for the end of that storyline.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 17th 2019 at 9:50:18 AM
Spoilers for WandaVision.
Looks like we were right Kathryn Hahn is playing Agatha Harkness.
It's still really funny how Doc Ock went from a woman of science to one of magic.
MCU Thor and Captain Marvel compete in a triathlon against DCEU Superman and Wonder Woman.
DC wins because Thor's pansy weakling ass holds Carol back.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Just a few things: in Bv S we see Clark moving a ship with ease so that should count more in strenght than doomsday, isnt? and second doomsday is more powerfull that zod(I mean is pretty much Zod on crack) so Diana should a least take double of it.
Anyway I was smiling when the meteror destroy earth, that was funny.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"In short, whatever "limits" there are, if the writer wants a person to win, they'll come up with a way for that person to go around those limits and claim victory. The problem here is how to do it in a way that's believable, if not just acceptable, for the audience.
This may sound pretentious but that's pretty much the main trick of writing: how to disguise the writer's reasons for a event happening with the character's reasons for a event happening. Watson is the puppet that Doyle makes move and the curtain that Doyle hides behinds while he operates the show.
Edited by fredhot16 on Dec 18th 2019 at 9:48:41 AM
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.

That won't work. No one's triggered yet. Now, if I were to say...
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Семнадцать.
Ржавый.
Рассвет.
Печь.
Девять!
Добросердечный!
Возвращение на родину.
Один.
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Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Dec 16th 2019 at 9:49:09 AM