Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-182.69.21.72-20131126125218/@comment-25124692-20140630215404

I always felt like the staff was the Mind gem because like you said Clinton and Eric said he was in their head. Now Loki could do this without the staff through hypnosis but maybe not on a mass scale when dealing with strong minded individuals such as Clinton and Loki's leadership with the Chitauri. I feel like the Aether can be the Soul gem because it seems to affect the will power of it's host as well as being drawn towards it's life force. It is also a gem that can lead to death and maybe life on some level whereas it awakened the Dark Elves from hibernation. If so, then the cocoon in the Collector's museum could be Adam Warlock waiting to be awakened in a future Marvel film.