Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-1894786-20190726031210

BEJT wrote: *Sigh.*

I've begun using the real world fact that Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley, Jessica Chastain and Dallas Bryce Howard, and Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifer Goodwin all look like twins despite not being related as justification for how Cottonmouth and Blade could look so incredibly similar without any tangible connection. (The latter two pairs constantly mention in interviews that they do autographs for the other due to constantly being confused for each other. Morrison and Goodwin even ended up playing mother and daughter on Once Upon A Time due to their physical similarities.)

BEJT wrote: Didn't know he's British. I don't know much about the character outside of his origin and clips from the Snipes films, where he has an American accent.

Yeah, a lot of characters are British that aren't really coded as such. Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) and Blade are the first two that immediately come to mind. I think Emma Frost is also British, but I'm not entirely sure, and it could just be that I just interpret her that way due to her ice queen personality. But Blade was raised in a London brothel, and Jessica's parents moved from England to whatever country Wundagore Mountain is in.

BEJT wrote: I've always assumed Natasha switched to S.H.I.E.L.D. around 2005. It feels in 2010 like she's been at S.H.I.E.L.D. for quite a while, becoming a top/trusted agent. It feels in 2012 like her and Clint have several years of history. But Natasha can't be younger than 20ish in the Age of Ultron flashbacks, making them at least about 2004. So I've always settled on about 2005.

With Hawkeye, I think they said it's set after Endgame, but will explore more of his time as Ronin - so presumably that's just flashbacks.

I may have to watch Winter Soldier again, but didn't Natasha say that she met Bucky 5 years prior (2009) on one of her first SHIELD missions? 2005 would be too early for that. And I always headcanoned that she was about 15-16 in the AoU flashbacks (probably closer to 18, since it was a "graduation"). Granted, I'm mostly basing this on her hairstyle. Only a teenager would have hair that ugly.

BEJT wrote: To be fair, I've seen a couple of articles which word it better, basically saying that it feels like Feige is treating them as non-canon or saying, "Some fans are wondering if this might even make the shows no longer canon."

I mean, that's not particularly better.

BEJT wrote: This is... troubling.

I trust Jed somewhat, and I think I believe him when he says they've properly thought it through, more than I would if Loeb said it. It does sound to me like what they've thought through might be a way to make this an offshoot timeline. While it doesn't seem possible from the conventional theory of "Oh it's when they changed time in Season 5", they could potentially make it work with additional information, some twist about how the Chronicoms have already changed time or something. While I would be sad for this to be a different timeline from the main MCU, at least the reasoning would make sense. Better than the Snap happening now, which... don't even want to think about that. I mean, I definitely trust that they have it figured out. I just really, really hope it's a casual mention of the Decimation, or a newspaper headline or something. Don't retcon the show out of the MCU by making the Snap happen in 6x13 or worse, confirming it's an alternate reality altogether.

BEJT wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: If the Snap happens at the end of Season 6, I will literally drink an entire bottle of wine. Marvelus wrote: Let me join you, I will travel to wherever you live xD Quite. You are both quite welcome to join me in Springfield, Massachusetss. Airfare's on you, bring your own Zima. We can get wasted and cry over the timeline. And whoever gets snapped in this hypothetical scenario. (May? Simmons? Mack? They all saw their loved one die last season, after all.)