Thread:Marvelus/@comment-26838855-20190116120806/@comment-3095612-20190328120829

BEJT wrote: Yeah, well judging from how old Fitz and Simmons apparently were when they joined and from the ages of the students in Seeds and just the general impression, it seems to me that basically you go to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy instead of university, so most people around 18-21 with some variation (Simmons started early at 17, obviously some people don't join straight out of high school, and I imagine like university some courses are longer than others). Yeah, always thought it was fascinating they graduated from the Academy at 17 years old in 2004 and Simmons, in particular, joined SHIELD with two doctorates ("Making Friends and Influencing People")

BEJT wrote: I wish explanations would be given for that sort of delete.

Carter would be 70 by then. While I'm sure she would want to keep going into her 70s, she might have delegated by then out of knowing that it might be more beneficial for the agency if a younger person took over, without retiring because I'm sure Peggy kept working for as long as she physically could. So I'm not sure that Howard and Peggy were still directors in 1991, but maybe. I can't remember if they're ever referenced as directors in the Ant-Man Prelude or Ant-Man prologue, I don't believe so but I might be wrong. Good point, always found it weird Stark and Carter were referred to in text boxes as 'Founding Members of SHIELD' in text boxes when they first appeared in Issue 1 of the Prelude. But no one in dialogue referred to them as 'Director'. Hank was on a first name basis with them. Yeah, not sure about the prologue off the top of my head. If it wasn't, it was probably noted in interviews.

BEJT wrote: Great! Thank you. You're welcome.