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Spring 2018 Overlap (Nox23)
Nox23 wrote: Hey all! So with the decision seemingly made on JJ S3, where do that, Punisher S2, and the AoS/Wasp/Infinity War saga fall in with each other? Any overlap between them? (I've already mixed together the latter based on all your evidence, just wondering how to work in Punisher and Jessica now) I'll be working that out when I put the events in Jessica Jones: Season 3 on the 2018 page. I won't be able to work out the scene-by-scene order of the overlaps until the full write-ups of The Punisher: Season 2 and Jessica Jones: Season 3 go up, but I can give you a general watch order soon and which bits of which episodes occur on the same days - just not how they inter-weave.

The general idea is something along the lines of, just looking at the 2018 page right now and estimating from memory how the The Punisher episodes play out and how Jessica Jones fits in:
 * Roughly The Punisher: 2,1-3/roughly Jessica Jones: 3,1-3
 * Ant-Man and the Wasp
 * Roughly The Punisher: 2,4-13/roughly Jessica Jones: 3,4-8
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5,14-18/roughly Jessica Jones: 3,9-11
 * Roughly Jessica Jones: 3,12-13
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5,19-21
 * Avengers: Infinity War
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5,22

But yeah, proper order soon.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Snap (CirUmeUela, Edward Zachary Sunrose, ProBot1227, Mrmichaelt)
CirUmeUela wrote: BEJT, fair enough about AoS Season 6 not being an alternate timeline. But they have said they will mention the snap, not sure if they said that for season 6 or 7 though. Loeb also said, as we know, that season 6 was before the snap which we agree makes zero sense. So if season 6 is not in an alternate timeline, then that means they might show the snap after season 6's events, which would be stupid. They said they'd address it. Honestly, I think they might just be referring to the fact that they have got away from present day now, which isn't really addressing it but whatever.

There was a small concern that they would show the Snap at the end of Season 6, but thankfully, they didn't. And I think they'll be away from present day until probably the end of Season 7, and they won't do the Snap at the end of the show. So I think we're pretty much safe now, unless they were to return to present day and go, "Wait, what happened while we were gone?!" or something, but that would also involve more time travel shenanigans which could explain it depending on how it's handled - whatever, we'll see. But needn't worry right now.

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: They said at Comic Con that the Snap would be addressed in 6x13... Which it wasn't. I thought they just said it would be addressed at some point. But if it was 6,13, then yeah, they probably just meant escaping the problem of present day, which isn't really addressing anything.

ProBot1227 wrote: Pahaps they think that time travel equals addressing, which it doesn't and in fact does the opposite. Maybe they're going to over complicate the timeline by trying to fix the snap? Yeah exactly, it's possible they meant that even though it's not addressing anything.

I don't think the Snap will be a plot point, trying to fix it is a waste of time for the show since we know they have nothing to do with fixing it in the end, so it would be aimless.

Mrmichaelt wrote: I still think Jed was being sarcastic when he said that in the interview, he was not confirming anything, imo. Then Bell and Jed even say they're not talking about the Snap in season 6 because they don't know when it airs and don't want to spoil it. I think he was joking at least when he said that anyone could disappear at any time.

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volume Two: Aftermath Notes (additional)
Again, I've gone into quite a lot of detail, meaning I can just refer back to here instead of having to reread parts of the book, and hopefully this can help all you guys so you can know everything that happens without having to read the book. And I also am making sure, even if it's not particularly relevant, to include every referenced character, item, location, whatever else, to help with editing the wiki pages related to the novels if I get around to that to help those parts of the wiki, since the information on the books is sparse on the wiki as people haven't read them.

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volume Two: Aftermath notes.


 * "Prologue": A description of the decimation event. Introduces a scientist called Erik, once head of Theoretical Astrophysics at Culver University, whose life was changed when Thor Odinson arrived on Earth, and later when Loki used the Scepter to control his mind. He had got back to normal, but now, after the decimation event, struggles with his sanity again when he doesn't have answers.
 * "Chapter 1": Darcy shows up at Seafarer Motor Inn, New Mexico, having been called by Selvig in the night to meet him, sounding broken. Darcy waits outside, Erik not answering. She calls inside, saying she swears to "God, Odin, and whoever else is up there" that he's wearing clothes, and mutters that she bets Pepper Potts never had to deal with things like this. She strolls to a rail overlooking the grounds, where there are various people, including the owner, Ken, and a young boy, about 12, with tight black cornrows. She starts a conversation with the boy, who reveals he's called Felix and his parents are from Ethiopia, but were killed in the decimation event. He says people are turning up at the Seafarer every day to check if their loved ones have returned. Erik bursts out of his room and is surprised to see Darcy, already having forgotten calling her. Ken calls Felix to scrub toilets, saying he has to do it if he wants to stay, and Selvig explains Felix has take a shine to him. He takes Darcy into his room, where she finds everything is a smelly, horrible mess. Selvig, nonetheless, is happy because he thinks the pieces are coming together. He says he came back here, Puente Antiguo, due to it being the first sighting of an Einstein-Rosen bridge. Selvig says it all started here, the recent years' events, such as the events with the Tesseract, the Aether, and Loki's Scepter, which all led up to the decimation event. He says they need to find Jane, but Darcy says they've been through this, her phone is dead, her emails bounce back. He insists, though, that they will find her and get her help, and bring everyone back. Felix turns up at the door and says now is the time to act, they need to go. Darcy says Erik just needs a vacation, suggesting a condo her great-aunt has in Florida, but Selvig is determined. He gets dressed and says they need to get information from his old colleagues to help them locate Jane, convincing Darcy to come along. She doesn't want Felix, but he says otherwise he'll end up snatched by Child Protective Services soon and put into foster care. They head to Darcy's rusty red hatchback, the Mary Jackson. Ken asks where they think they're going without paying, but Erik assures he will transfer money soon and they leave.
 * p3 - "Selvig called her in the middle of the night."
 * p4 - Darcy drove "all night" to New Mexico.
 * p5 - "Years earlier, she'd applied as a long shot to a summer internship. The next thing she knew, she was working with Selvig and Doctor Jane Foster, learning how to make a good cup of coffee and doge entities from other dimensions."
 * p7 - Darcy thinks the boy (Felix) looks "around twelve years old".
 * p9 - Felix's parents moved to America "about twenty years ago", and he "was born about eight years after that".
 * p9 - It's implied to be a little while since the Snap, maybe a good few months.
 * Erik specifically called at "three AM" last night.
 * p13 - Erik has been living in isolation and with a complete mess of a lifestyle following the Snap, without contact outside of Felix. It's very possible he was "missing" for a while after the Snap.
 * p14 - "This location has significance. It has meaning. Remember when we first met? What a day that turned out to be, eh?" This would suggest they had just met in the events of Thor, implying, from Darcy saying she worked on a summer internship that Thor takes place in early summer, which fits.
 * p16 - ""The fantastic events that have occurred over the last few years. The Tesseract, the Aether, Loki's Scepter.""
 * p17 - Jane's post-Snap status is unknown, without her phone on or receiving emails. It's very possible that Selvig, not answering anything in his crazed state post-Snap, was also considered "unknown, likely killed" for a few weeks.
 * p20 - When Felix asks if Selvig is "like, eighty years old", he says he's actually "a fit sixty-five", so assuming this is 2018, he would've been born in 1952-1953.
 * p21 - Selvig has "shared ideas and theories with" many quirky scientists "over the years".
 * p23 - Felix is "almost thirteen", so if this is 2018, he was born in 2005 and his parents arrived around 1997, he was rounding with "about twenty years ago".
 * p24 - Mary Jackson exists in the MCU.
 * "Chapter 2": The group arrive in Lil' Odessa, Texas, with stores Video Gulch, Illusia's Hair Salon, and Tank Top City, and retail outlet Dollar Holler. Erik leads them into Dollar Holler and finds a tiny woman in a pink blouse, with blonde curls and thin reading glasses around her neck, called Zelda. He says he's looking for Alpha Tango 718. Zelda is confused and Darcy claims he's her confused grandpa, but he insists he's not, being "childless". Felix needs the toilet, but it's for paying customers only, so Darcy buys a $1 key chain. Erik then goes to the toilet after, but Zelda is suspicious. Felix explains he's a top astrophysicist who worked for NASA and S.HI.E.L.D. and knows the Avengers, and Zelda realises he's the man who ran around Stonehenge naked. She says some people think the Avengers were involved in the people turning to dust, and that she hopes Scarlet Witch is OK, since her niece "just thinks she's magical", and asking if they know Black Widow. Darcy is given a box of test tube key chains in return for answering, and tells Zelda Black Widow is her best friend. Felix excitedly tells them about Hank Pym and his Pym Particles, then mentions the Water of Sight, which Zelda has vaguely heard of, thinking it's a fancy spa. Felix reveals Erik has said the Water of Sight is the key to everything. They hear shattering lass in the bathroom, and when they check, Selvig is stuck having tried to get through the window. He insists there's been a mistake as Zelda tosses him out and closes the shop. Erik keeps saying "She was supposed to be here", when a woman sticks her head out of a store across the street and calls them over. He realises he got the wrong place, and makes his way over.
 * p26 - It's been a "six-hour road trip".
 * p28 - Again, "I just drove six hours".
 * p30 - Mercury exists in the MCU.
 * p33 - Zelda says she practices judo "on the weekends", implying it's currently a weekday.
 * "Chapter 3": The group go over to the woman, Anjelica Tan, a tall woman with a shaved head, whom Selvig had previously hired for Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.. She is frustrated with him for jeopardising her operation with his foolishness, and invites them into her darkened lair. Felix introduces himself as Felix Desta, which she recognises as Ethiopian. He nods and she says it's beautiful and borders Wakanda, noting that all sorts of information is coming out of Wakanda, and that she has a vibranium Kimoyo Bead somewhere but she's not sure where, and can't reveal how she got it. She tells Darcy Erik has told her stories about her and how she's the glue of the group. She pulls a lever and the room begins shifting, wooden panels flipping over to silver steel and the ceiling tiles folding away to reveal rods and pistons, and they find that underneath them is an underground storage facility, which Tan explains are mostly S.H.I.E.L.D. secrets. Felix points out that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database was exposed a while back, but she says she has things that never made it onto the database - paper documents from before things went digital, which S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't have space for on the Helicarrier, as well as tech items, pointing out it's better to take them off the grid than have them stolen by "some idiot with mechanical wings". Anjelica says she doesn't usually get lonely and watches a lot of online Saucy Sara cooking tutorials. She is not happy that Selvig has never mentioned her, and reveals a prosthetic leg that she got after Loki's attack on Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.. Anjelica walks off with Selvig to talk, and jokes that she definitely doesn't have a web of cloaked satellites around the planet, as that would be forbidden by a S.H.I.E.L.D. document she signed, and that those satellites picked up unidentifiable readings before erasing themselves, so she's at a loss. He says they're looking for Jane, but Anjelica says she could be in Aruba, Jamaica, anywhere - she has no idea, but she has Jane's records and data in a box and Selvig is one of two people granted access, albeit limited for him. He's disappointed, however, that her journal is missing, as he thinks the Aether from their time in London could be linked to the decimation event. Anjelica reveals she does have a flash drive of Jane's video diaries, which she isn't really supposed to reveal she has, but says she trusts Erik. Meanwhile, Darcy is shocked to find her ex-boyfriend, Ian Boothby. Their relationship, which started soon after the Convergence, didn't end well as they couldn't make it work. Ian tags and bags things for Anjelica, and trains in the underground gym, having beefed up. Felix looks at the boxes waiting to be returned to their proper places, including "The Battle of New York", "Damage Control", and "177A Bleecker Street". He takes a look at some classified files, one about a UFO encounter near Winslow, Arizona, one a missing-persons report on Janet van Dyne, but Ian makes him put them back. He hands Darcy her old MP3 player, revealing that when S.H.I.E.L.D. gave it back after the Thor encounter, it was a decoy duplicate with a tracking device, and this is the real one. They realise Felix has disappeared. Selvig, meanwhile, plugs in the flash drive and Felix finds him, sitting to watch. The video diary has Jane sitting at Smith Motors Auto Dealership, Puente Antiguo. Her phone rings off camera, and she checks it to find it's Don Blake, but ignores the call. She starts talking about the auroras and magnetic storms and Selvig fast-forwards, knowing she will talk for a long time about their beauty. She gets into talking about the one in Puente Antiguo, Thor's arrival, taking him to the hospital. Felix interrupts to ask about Einstein-Rosen bridges, the Rainbow Bridge, and the Bifrost, but Selvig stops him to resume the video. Jane talks about S.H.I.E.L.D. and Coulson stealing their equipment and Thor getting her diary back. Selvig now interrupts to tell Felix how he was the one to rescue Thor, and how he bonded with him that night. He admits he doubted Jane's confidence about what was going on. He resumes the video, Jane talks about Thor, them bonding, him explaining the Nine Realms, and the struggle with convincing the scientific community. Felix says his parents always believed, and he remembers watching the Avengers in New York City on the TV, eating Frosted Sugarbombs. Jane talks about Loki taking over Asgard, and the Warriors Three coming to Earth, listing Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg, plus Lady Sif, whom she calls one of the fiercest women she's ever met. She tells of the Destroyer's attack, and Mjolnir, with Darcy calling it "Meow-Meow". Thor's apparent death, reviving to defeat the Destroyer, and having S.H.I.E.L.D. give back their things. She finishes the first video, and Selvig feels energised, some hope restored, just by seeing his friend and her thoughts again. Selvig starts the next video. Jane says it's time to talk about the Aether.
 * p41 - Selvig hasn't seen Anjelica in "years".
 * p41 - They met at the Scientific Frontiers conference. She was an astrobiologist who worked for NASA, and spent late nights bonding over their love of the cosmos. "Years later", he hired her onto Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., and she became one of his closest friends and colleagues.
 * p42 - "After the incident with Loki, their working relationship ended, and their friendship suffered. As a result, they hadn't spoken or seen each other in a few years."
 * p45 - ""Good interns are so hard to find. I was supposed to have a bunch from some elite magnet schools, but they all bailed at the last minute. Guess they didn't want to get stuck in a basement in the desert all summer."" This would imply it's currently summer, so presumably Summer 2018.
 * p59 - During Thor, S.H.I.E.L.D. gave Darcy a decoy duplicate MP3 with a tracker instead of the real one.
 * p62 - After the events of Thor, Jane made a video diary entry.
 * p68 - Arthur C. Clarke and his science/magic quote exist in the MCU.
 * p73 - "The faith he'd lost in the past few months was returning," implying a few months since the Snap. Coupled with the summer line, I would guess it's around late August 2018.
 * p73 - After the events of Thor: The Dark World, Jane made another video diary entry.
 * "Chapter 4": Jane starts talking about Erik running naked around Stonehenge, which he fast-forwards. She goes back to the time between New Mexico and London, saying she heard nothing from Thor, then Selvig was kidnapped and controlled by Loki and Darcy and her were whisked to Tromsø, New York was attacked, and Thor went back to Asgard without checking in. Erik invited her to London, but disappeared by the time she got there. Felix jokes that he ghosted Jane just like Thor, and Erik becomes emotional remembering how horrible being trapped inside his own brain felt, so Felix apologises. He explains about the mental health facility and Darcy and Ian rescuing him. Resuming, Jane talks about her Phase Meter picking up emissions, the London warehouse, being transported to the dark world where she was infected with the red liquid, returning to Earth, Thor returning, and accidentally lashing out against the police. She tells of Thor taking her to Asgard by the Bifrost, the Soul Forge/Quantum Field Generator, and Odin rejecting her until the liquid lashed out again, which he realised was the Aether. She says she came to find out later it was one of six unique cosmic forces, which Erik is particularly interested by. Jane recounts how Odin told her about the leader of the Dark Elves, Malekith, using the Aether as a weapon against King Bor, and the Asgardians defeating him at the Convergence - and how Malekith and the Dark Elves reawakened as the Aether did, ahead of the Convergence. Selvig lists the Nine Realms to Felix: Asgard, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Vanaheim, Nidavellir, Niflheim, Muspelheim, Alfheim, and Midgard/Earth, and explains the Convergence. Felix asks if you could pinpoint an epicentre and stabilise the activity, and Selvig explains they created a set of Gravimetric Spikes to do that. Resuming the video, Jane tells of Malekith's attack and Frigga's death and funeral, and how she was then stuck on Asgard, feeling the Aether killing her. Selvig starts to feel like he might have failed in supporting Jane over the years. Jane continues, telling of how they went to Svartalfheim and Malekith got the Aether, then they found a portal back to Earth. How Erik pinpointed Greenwich, England as the epicentre, gravity and physics went bonkers, and Darcy and Ian were there with them, plus there was a Jotunheim beast that came through a portal. How they used the tweaked Gravimetric Spikes, beat Malekith, how Thor took the Aether back to Asgard, and how she still feels changed by the Aether, down to her essence and soul. She says she has something else to get off her chest, but will save it for next time. Selvig is desperate to learn more about the six cosmic forces, and Felix takes the tablet, hacking in past the encrypted data, having learned hacking when he was young. Another video plays, which Jane says will be her last entry before handing her material to Anjelica Tan, and she is talking about how her and Thor had different paths in the end and broke up. She says that something else has been on her mind: during her time on Asgard, she browsed Odin's library and found out about the set of powerful items that, if wielded together, could control the universe. Anjelica storms in though, angry at them hacking in further and saying that this isn't the first time he's abused her trust, that he needs to go and heal his mind. Anjelica agrees to tell him about someone planning something he'll want to know about if he reveals who he's going to next, and he reluctantly reveals it's Anoki, which makes Anjelica laugh. Darcy returns and Anjelica tells them Ignatius Bixby is throwing a party, who Selvig declares is a fraud. Darcy knows him as Iggy Bixby, "the infomerical guy" whom her mum loves. Anjelica says he's a patent snatcher, stealing people's ideas, cheapening them, and making lots of money, and h's gathering the scientific community for an announcement. Selvig refuses to go. She suddenly remembers something and runs to a drawer, but comes back disappointed, saying she wanted to give Felix "a tiny piece of Arnim Zola's burned-out circuitry as a little souvenir", but can't find it. She mentions they should eat because they'll need energy for the "climb" to Anoki's, and as they say goodbye to her and Ian and leave, Darcy asks what exactly she meant by that.
 * p81 - ""Every five thousand years the realms align themselves.""
 * p83 - ""Jane and I have been colleagues for many years. Before that, her father and I taught at Culver together for decades. I made a vow to myself that after he passed, I'd always support her.""
 * p83 - Felix says, "I've followed Doctor Foster's career for a long time. Ever since I was, like, six."
 * p86 - Jane made another diary entry after her break-up with Thor.
 * "Chapter 5": They finish eating. Erik steps out for fresh air and Felix asks Darcy if Erik is losing it. She explains he was getting better, but the decimation event has thrown him off again. Felix says he was very excited when Erik turned up at the Seafarer and started saving money to get to a school in California, but eventually got to know Erik. He wonders if the Aether might be a Radical Quantum Selector, and Darcy complains about the constant science talk. Felix turns the conversation to what to go as for Halloween. He's unsure, Darcy suggests Iron Man, saying he's cool. Felix says that while Stark is cool, he prefers Doctor Foster, and Darcy says Jane has her favourite hat. Felix gets things out from his pockets to find money, but Darcy agrees to pay. She notices he has a photo of his parents in front of the New York Hall of Science. Erik taps on the window and gestures that they have to go. They hike through the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, and Selvig explains Anoki doesn't have a phone, forsaking modern comforts in favour of natural living. Anoki was a gifted student of his at Culver University then entered the Theoretical Astrophysics program, eventually made money off an app predicting weather for travellers and retired early. Erik leads them to a hillside cavern. Anoki reveals themselves, gender fluid, tall and thin with caramel skin, waist length silky black hair, and warm blue eyes. He explains he's looking for Jane and a greater understanding of recent events. Anoki asks why he is here and not at the Water of Sight, which he had told them about before and asked not to mention. Selvig says it's too powerful and unpredictable. Anoki says to go to Bixby's party, but he refuses. Anoki says Bixby is actually jealous of Selvig as a man of science with opinions that are deeply considered and have value in the community, and the event is him trying to show Erik he's flying. They call Bixby a low-rent Tony Stark, and say that isn't saying much, considering Stark is a "capitalist in a cheap suit of gaudy armor", but Selvig says "Stark is a brilliant man", even if he can be a "stubborn egomaniac", since he cares about people and the future. Anoki says they know Erik has really come for help healing his mind, and gives him a thick black tea, telling him to drink. When he does, he sweats and falls to his knees, and Anoki says that when he wakes, his burden will have lifted. They explain to Darcy that it's a ritual called smudging meant to cleanse an area of negative energy, as well as that they're a survivalist, and have also noticed that Darcy is "the glue". Anoki reveals they have a tablet and aren't as off-the-grid as Erik thought, showing Darcy they have a file on her. Darcy is freaked out, but Anoki assures they simple kept in touch with Erik over the years, and says they are the reason Darcy has a job. Darcy points out Jane hired her, not Erik, but Anoki says they are the reason Erik kept Darcy on. They turn to Felix, asking if he wants to be the next Erik. Darcy suggests he wants to be the next Jane, but he just says he wants to be the first him, and Anoki says they have a friend who's an instructor at the Wakandan Outreach Centre and they would be lucky to have him. Selvig, meanwhile, finds himself in a vision with Loki taunting him, then summoning the Scepter, but with a drab pebble instead of a blue gem. The stone explodes, replaced by the gem, and Loki continues to mock him for being frightened, sending him flying into a pile of gravel. A mysterious figure sits in a craggy chair atop a throne of boulders nearby and laughs. Selvig stands up to him but Loki doesn't believe him and throws the Scepter at him. Selvig dodges, but it reappears in Loki's hand. Selvig is emboldened though and stands face-to-face with Loki, despite continued taunts. Selvig realises he was scared because he didn't understand the cosmic energies at play, but now knows he is in control of his own fate. He swipes the Scepter from Loki's grasp and tosses it. The figure on the throne laughs again and Selvig tells him he'll come for him next, before awakening in Anoki's encampment. He feels better, having vanquished the "manifestations of [his] struggles". Anoki then tells them to leave, giving Felix a business card to email and saying they will write a letter of recommendation for the Wakandan Outreach Centre. They give Erik an invitation to Bixby's event, and Erik notes a crescent shape, which Anoki says is Bixby's new logo. Darcy asks if they can go home, but Erik says there's been a change of plans.
 * p95 - Felix checked into the Seafarer after the Snap, worked at night, schooled himself during the day, and would hear Erik talking to himself whenever he walked past his room. Eventually he knocked and they talked for an afternoon.
 * p96 - They've known "each other less than a day".
 * p97 - Again, Felix is a "twelve-year-old".
 * p97 - Halloween seems to be soon-ish, which would fit with the apparent approximate August 2018 setting.
 * p100 - "The sun was bright", fitting with summer.
 * p100 - Anoki was a gifted student of his at Culver University then entered the Theoretical Astrophysics program, winning grants, awards, and accolades all before the end of sophomore year. They dropped out of school and invented an app to allow travellers to plan getaways based on weather prediction.
 * p103 - It's now "evening".
 * p104 - Erik taught Anoki at least in freshman year, and used to bark at them when they were late to class.
 * p106 - "Years ago, he shared a story with Anoki about a strange and ancient body of water he'd visited with Thor." It's presumably only been 3 years, so he likely told Anoki soon after for it to be "years", suggesting at least about 3 years.
 * p123 - Felix says he will email in about a week.
 * "Chapter 6": They arrive at a junkyard in Compton, California, and in a corner near the back is a tiny cottage owned by a man called Bisi Banyaga, who used to work with Selvig at the University of London. Selvig calls to him as "Reverse Engineer" and two enormous hounds of his come down. Selvig asks him to call them off. Bisi opens the door, asking if this is about him calling him a bore in Science Digest or about Anjelica Tan's new boyfriend, whom Erik didn't know about. Erik says it's about saving the world, and Bisi flicks a switch and the hounds disappear, just holograms. He lets them in, having some Agatogo - a Rwandan soup - on the stove. Felix looks at a document about "optogenics", which Bisi explains is a technique that uses light to change the behaviour of genetically modified tissues or organisms. Felix says that could be dangerous in the wrong hands, but Bisi says scientific development is always dangerous. Bisi assumes Erik's there to beg him to bring him as a plus-one to Bixby's, but Erik says he's here for help with creating "a device that can harness cosmic energies and communicate directly with the collective consciousness of the universe". Darcy is confused, thinking they were here to ask about Jane, but Erik says the plan has changed. Felix asks why Erik called him the Reverse Engineer, and he says he takes things apart, studies them, and puts them back together, sometimes to work in new ways. Bisi says he will help if Erik tells him about the Tesseract, "the jewel of Odin's throne room", and some S.H.I.E.L.D. secrets. He points out he particularly likes Captain America, and if you "add Bucky to the mix", he'd "definitely ship it", which Erik doesn't understand. Felix asks Bisi to explain exactly how Captain America survived in the ice. Bisi says Steve's body chemistry was changed when he became the super-soldier, and that tardigrades can metabolise glycogen in their liver, reducing osmotic shrinkage of cells. Felix understands that Steve's body contained extreme amounts of glucose, so the water in his blood couldn't freeze and his body was preserved. Bisi affirms this, saying his enhanced blood essentially contains a cryoprotectant. Erik says he wants to know what Bixby is doing with the Crescent and in return will talk about the Tesseract. Bisi agrees, and Erik starts recounting its history but Bisi stops him, wanting its modern journey. He explains that after World War II, it was recovered by Howard Stark, but he never reignited its power. Fury later drafted him into P.E.G.A.S.U.S. to work at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility in the Mojave Desert. But they couldn't crack it until Loki arrived. Loki destroyed the facility and controlled his mind, had him create a device to focus the Tesseract energy and open a portal allowing the Chitauri through. Bisi says his cousin found a Chitauri eating rats behind a dumpster in Queens, but Felix explains their hive mind shut down during the battle, so his cousin lied to him. Bisi explains his cousin is indeed a known liar. Erik explains Thor took the Tesseract back to Asgard, and he assumes it's still there. Bisi in return tells him Bixby has been stockpiling materials and is up to something, having gone silent and clearly now ready to unveil whatever it is. He explains the party is just 30 minutes away. He tosses them a knapsack with wigs for disguise, and Erik reluctantly considers that he will have to go.
 * They've gone from the Sangre De Cristo mountains to Compton, California, which is a 16-hour drive, so presumably this is either the following night or the morning after that, Day 3 (with Day 1 being the beginning).
 * p126 - "In his early years, Banyaga studied engineering at the University of London."
 * p127 - Science Digest exists in the MCU.
 * p129 - "A few years back, a group of local scientists were able to erase specific memories in laboratory mice."
 * p132 - ""That big ol' info dump a few years back."" Fits as 2014 and now 2018.
 * p132 - Urban Dictionary exists in the MCU.
 * p132 - ""How did Captain America survive, trapped in a block of ice for, like, fifty years?"" Felix is just quite far off here.
 * p135 - "Tønsberg, Norway. March 1942."
 * p135 - Selvig being hired by Fury was "decades later" after World War II (obviously).
 * p136 - Einstein's Theory of General Relativity exists in the MCU.
 * p137 - Bisi says his cousin found a Chitauri leftover from the fight behind a dumpster in Queens "a few years ago". His cousin lied, but this means it's at least "a few years" since 2012. Obviously, this fits.
 * p139 - The party is "thirty minutes away", which could become relevant.
 * "Chapter 7": They arrive at Bixby's compound in the Hollywood Hills and the Mary Jackson dies. Selvig is anxious to move on, but Darcy is annoyed at his dismissal of the car's value to her. She says she always shows up for him, but right now she needs some space, and walks off. Felix catches up with her and convinces her to come with them, since they seem to be close to finding whatever Erik is looking for. Erik admits he is nervous about seeing Bixby, and worried about what Bixby might have built. Felix asks why Erik mentioned the Water of Sight once at the hotel but never again, and whether it might hold the key to everything, but Erik says it's too dangerous for humans to tamper with. Felix says Erik is scared, asking where the Doctor Selvig who pushed boundaries and went the distance despite the odds being stacked against him is. Erik says he won't be lectured to by a child, and Darcy tosses him the wig bag, telling him to put one on and stop talking. Selvig puts on a wig of long, brown, ratty and tangled hair and sticks on two goatee pieces, Darcy puts on a wig of bouncing blonde locks, and Felix can find nothing left, but Darcy points out he doesn't need to be disguised. They enter "Bixby-Con" with all sorts of booths with seemingly incredible breakthroughs. Selvig calls everyone hear fakes, quacks, and reality TV stars. A cater waiter offers meatballs called Pym Particles. A woman called Linda in the foyer has hundreds of name tags and asks who they might be. Darcy cans them, recognising some names: Cho, Halliwell, Benhamou, Marlow, Banner. Linda admits some names are just for show and won't actually be attending. Darcy picks a name and says she's "Penny Miller, Microneural Biologist", and Erik is "Brizan Versteeg, Renewable Energy Developer". Darcy writes Felix a name tag for "Felix, Intern". They are given an itinerary. Linda says highlights include Biomisting, Smart Blobs, Doctor Elodie's Entropic Circuit, a performance this evening by Anna & the Ablations including the hit Vaporize, and getting a photo taken with "Vysion". She also says to keep their hands off the Permeable Membrane. Selvig says everyone here is out for fame rater than betterment of humanity. He spots someone he knows, Doctor Mansoor Amjed, and calls out, but Darcy reminds him he's undercover. He heads out into the crowd to try to be "Brizan Versteeg". Darcy realises Felix has wandered over Scientifica's Miraculous Gene Drives, with fifty small bunny rabbits in cages. Scientifica tells her their technology creates a unique genetic trait, known as a Gene Drive, and inserts it into an organism, modifying their DNA and eventually spreading through the population. The rabbits have had their digestive systems modified to eat meat instead of vegetables. A peculiar but otherwise average man with brown hair and a medium build, called Darryl, approaches Selvig, trying to talk about Quantum Futurism and Lennox theory. When Selvig refuses, he says that if he prefers they can discuss the effects of the Gaudet-Bowie Law of- but Erik cuts him off. Darryl says he thought Erik was "one of the actors", not a real scientist. Bixby comes over, a short man with thick white hair, slicked back. He says he owns a yacht with Brizan Versteeg, the Scientific American, so he knows this isn't him. Selvig drops his Norwegian accent and says he must have got the wrong tag. He says he's about to unveil his big invention and goes upstairs to do so. Darcy and Felix come across a video presentation about "Smart Blobs", gelatinous balls filled with hundreds of tiny robotic nanites for entertainment. Darcy spots a woman dressed casually in a simple jacket and jeans, with her hair in a ponytail and wearing a Culver University baseball cap. Darcy notices a small hole in the cap, and realises it looks an awful lot like her cap - the one she loaned to Jane.
 * p141 - Darcy has had the Mary Jackson for "all these years". She "was living in it when Jane hired" her.
 * p142 - Cheez Doodles exist in the MCU.
 * p145 - ""One night, when you first came to the hotel [...] I heard you in your room, talking to yourself [...] You got so bent out of shape over the Water of Sight.""
 * p149 - "The first annual Bixby-Con", which could become relevant.
 * p151 - "This evening Anna & the Ablations will be performing", suggesting it's daytime currently, so likely.
 * It being daytime suggests it's Day 3.
 * p153 - Darcy was a political science major.
 * p156 - John Lennox exists in the MCU.
 * "Chapter 8": Darcy goes through the crowd to get to the woman. A cater waiter offers her a drink called a Gamma Bomb, which she refuses. She blocks the woman, and finds it is indeed Jane, who is shocked and confused, not expecting to see anyone she knew. Darcy hugs her and says they thought she might be- but Jane cuts her off, signalling to be quiet. She asks where Jane has been, and Jane says she had to take herself off the grid to protect Darcy, Erik, and her work. Darcy explains Erik has struggled since the decimation event, and Jane apologises for not being around to help. Felix finds them and is excited to see Jane, frantically talking about how he admires her work. Jane thanks him and states they need to find Erik, when an announcement blares that Bixby is about to speak. Darcy asks if she has spoken to Thor lately, wanting some DVDs back, but Jane says those DVDs are probably gone. They get Selvig's attention and he comes over and embraces Jane. He says how he took it upon himself after her father's passing to make sure he can be there for her and wishes she had told them she was safe, and she says she will give him an explanation soon, but that her work led her in an unexpected direction and she couldn't involve them without putting them in danger. She says that she, too, has come thinking Bixby might be up to something. Erik explains he has worked out the decimation event is tied to the items of power they've encountered, and how they went to Anjelica and saw her video diaries. Felix explains he hacked the encryption. She tells them about happening upon Odin's library, and found out about colourful stones made up of raw cosmic energy, each imbued with unique powers, and the Aether, Tesseract, and Scepter are among them. She tells him the name: Infinity Stones, then telling of how they were born at the beginning of the universe and the six aspects of the universe they represent. Erik realises the Tesseract is just the casing for what Jane explains is the Time Stone and can open portals and teleport across vast distances. Felix works out that it's so powerful it can only be contained controlled in the Tesseract. Jane says the Aether is the Reality Stone, and in its shapeless form can possess a host body and give them unlimited strength and unpredictable power, but that in its solid form it can create illusions and twist perceptions. Felix exclaims that he was right, it is a Radical Quantum Selector. He says that Hugh Everett III proposed that there are an infinite number of parallel universes, a lot similar, others very different, and essentially any reality you can think of exists, so the Aether allows its wielder to access these alternate realities and manifest them into our physical universe. Jane continues by saying the Power Stone can destroy worlds and that its casing is known as the Orb, the Time Stone allows wielder to go backward or forward in time, changing whatever they see fit, Loki's Scepter housed the Mind Stone, and all the stones together could control the totality of existence, with Jane believing they are behind the decimation event. When Felix asks about the sixth stone, she says the Soul Stone is a mystery. Jane states that she at first thought Bixby might have one of the stones, but then intercepted a communication that scared her - that she's been keeping tabs on him, and he's been keeping tabs on Erik, and has built some kind of device that he will use to destroy the planet. Erik explains that he came up with the Crescent device one night and forgot until he saw the symbol on Anoki's invitation. Darcy remembers the half-moon shape from his wall, and Erik states that Bixby has co-opted his idea. Jane asks what the Crescent does, but then the lights dim and Bixby makes his grand entrance.
 * p161 - Dolly Parton exists in the MCU.
 * p161 - ""It's been an interesting couple of days, to say the least"", indeed suggesting it's been 2 days since the start of the book.
 * p164 - Darcy lent Thor Bill Nye DVDs that she never got back.
 * p164 - Bill Nye exists in the MCU.
 * p165 - Erik says to Jane, "When your father passed years ago."
 * p167 - Again, while on Asgard, Jane happened upon Odin's library. She wasn't supposed to go there, but went nonetheless.
 * p169 - Hugh Everett III exists in the MCU.
 * "Chapter 9": A voice introduces Bixby, though the voice appears to be Bixby himself, introducing him as the inventor of the Handi-Pan and a TV personality who's appeared on shows like Doodad King and What IS That?. Bixby steps out and panders to the crowd, getting them going and excited. He talks about how he was once a nobody like most of them, but has become rich through projects he claims are his. He says that of course the world has had a catastrophe, complaining that his assistants Kaitlyn and Connor disintegrated into his hot tub while he was there, and that he had to drain the tub and disinfect it. He says he wanted to get to the bottom of the decimation event and points out that the Avengers have brought nasty cosmic energy to Earth. He unveils a silver device the size of a frisbee, the "Crescent", to "allow humanity to access the heavens themselves". Felix suggests they steal it and use it to jump-start the Water of Sight, stabilising things with the Gravimetric Spikes. Selvig realises he is probably right, but it would need a detailed plan. He asks Jane, and she agrees it might work. He tells Jane to go upstairs and get it, and rips off his wig and goatee, calling him out for stealing his idea. Bixby is pleased, saying Selvig is jealous that he has done what Selvig couldn't, and after so long trying to court him, he realised that the best thing to do is stop chasing and wait for him to show up. He explains that he spoke to Ken from the Seafarer Motel, not-so-subtly hinting he bugged Erik's room, and Erik realises that's how he knew about the idea. Jane moves into position behind the balcony curtain and nods to Erik. Erik calls out to the crowd to rise up against him, but the crowd take Bixby's side, saying Erik thinks he's better than them. Bixby plays the video of Erik running around Stonehenge naked. Meanwhile, though Erik is left feeling powerless, he makes eye contact with Jane and she removes the Crescent while people are distracted. She gets to the bottom of the stairs when Bixby spots her and shouts for the crowd to stop her. A man called Doctor Globulus weakly tosses a Smart Blob at Jane, but she dodges it with ease. The other attendees then start grabbing Smart Blobs. Erik spots Felix and Darcy by the Gene Drive, and Felix and Darcy toss open each rabbit cage to release the animals as distractions. A "clunky, junky android" tries to stop Jane, announcing himself as Vysion, nit Jane stabs it with a blade from her waistband, easily ripping the cheap metal. Jane comments that he should have been vibranium. Erik looks back at Bixby, pleased to see him furious. The group escape through the door and down the driveway, and realise they have no transportation, when suddenly a Tomahawk helicopter roars down and ominously hovers above them. Felix worries it's the police, but a rope ladder falls down and they're called to board. They ascend the ladder and find Anjelica Tan, Anoki, and Bisi Banyaga. Anoki says to take a breath, and that then they will discuss business. They add to buckle up, as they're going to Norway.
 * p174 - Bixby couldn't use his hot tub for "weeks" after the Snap, meaning it's at least "weeks" since the Snap.
 * p179 - "After years of chasing Selvig, the man had finally shown up on his doorstep."
 * p183 - The Tomahawk helicopter exists in the MCU.
 * "Chapter 10": Banyaga pilots the helicopter and Anjelica says they're going to the Water of Sight, explaining that it's Anoki's vehicle - again, Erik notices, not living as off-the-grid as he thought. Anoki says that the three of them knew enough about Erik to put the plan in motion to save them. Anjelica is excited to see Jane and says she didn't want to say anything, but knew Jane was out there somewhere, doing her thing. Erik is grateful for the save, but scared of dealing with the Water of Sight. They land and jump out, and Anjelica reveals she brought the Gravimetric Spikes and Phase Meter. Bisi explains they can't fly a helicopter from California to Norway, so they're changing into a sleek black supersonic jet. Erik believes that the configuration of the Crescent and Spikes will function as a conductor, absorbing the output of energy from the Water of Sight, refocus it through the Spikes, and open an Einstein-Rosen bridge - but not for interstellar travel, instead as a "galactic communication conduit". Jane says she needs to reconfigure the Spikes and Bisi swings her a backpack with unique tools inside. Erik thinks that they can get the Water of Sight to show them visions like it did for Thor. She gets to work with Felix. Anoki explains the flight will be shorter than they think, and they'll arrive in Oslo, where a vehicle is waiting to take them to Tønsberg. Anjelica tells Darcy Ian quit, but that she's grateful, as he "wasn't the brightest bulb". Anjelica again says that Darcy is important to Erik. Bisi tells them that the three of them guessed Erik would end up in a mess at Bixby's, and calls the group the "Science Avengers", which Selvig doesn't particularly like. The flight finishes, having been smooth, and the drive to Tønsberg is quick. The Water of Sight is located in a cavern outside the city's centre, and the locals know to avoid it, particularly after Hydra's theft of the Tesseract in World War II, teaching them some powers weren't worth toying with. Jane holds out her Phase Meter, but finds it seems to be like a dead zone. They get behind a rocky column, away from the Water of Sight, and Erik flips a switch, warning there might be lightning, static, or they could tear through the fabric of reality. Felix uses a remote to jolt the Spikes with power, creating a gravity well above the pool. He turns on the Crescent, and the air in the cave starts vibrating. The Gravimetric Spikes shake and start to come apart. Bisi cracks open the Crescent and finds it's channeling too much power for the Spikes, and that they need to absorb the output. Felix reveals he swiped the Kimoyo Bead from Anjelica's bunker and thinks it should do the trick. Anjelica is not happy he stole it, but it does work. Felix is a little sad for having given up what he feels is the coolest thing he's ever owned, pointing out that it's not likely he would ever get another piece of Wakanda. Bisi assures him he has a bright future. Felix activates the Crescent and the Spikes shake again. Gusts of powerful wind sweep through the cavern, stirring dust and rock. Electricity dances, and the Spikes look like they're about to collapse before a sudden boom goes off and the chaos stops. Above the Water of Sight, on the cavern ceiling, a wormhole opens and spreads out like a tapestry - meant as a window into the unknown, unlike a normal Einstein-Rosen bridge. The dawn of the cosmos is shown, and six bold flashes of colour as the Infinity Stones blink into existence. The Space Stone bounces from place to place until settling into the Tesseract, changing hands through the centuries, travelling to earth, falling into the hands of Red Skull, used by Loki, and then "eventually ending up in the possession of a mysterious purple-hued Titan. Though the assembled team was unaware of his identity, the universe knew him well. Thanos". The Reality Stone, once in the possession of Malekith and the Dark Elves, reaches Jane briefly - the real Jane watches herself depicted. The Collector is shown inheriting the stone, but it is taken from him by Thanos. Selvig makes a mental note of Thanos' face. The Infinity Gauntlet emerges from a cloud of smoke and snaps and "beings across a thousand worlds turned to ash". Heroes, villains, aliens, faces familiar and strange, heartbreaking images of pain. The dust of the dead swirls into the Soul Stone, which radiates a surprising sense of wholeness that leaves them a little at ease. Hurried footsteps rush through the cavern - Bixby has arrived, angry. He swings a thick steel rod to smash the Gravimetric Spikes until they're damaged beyond repair. The portal evaporates and the images dissolve. Bixby rips the Crescent from its connection and angrily tells them he put in a fail-safe. Erik tries to warn him not to step into the Water of Sight, but Bixby interrupts, shouting that he knows what it is, and they have led him right to it. He believes he's protected by the Crescent and plunges in, and the Water of Sight erupts in electricity. His body is sucked up out of the pool and into a storm of heat and light, his eyes bulge, his body shakes, and raw cosmic power courses through his body until it spits him out against the cavern wall. The Water of Sight swallows the Crescent and then returns to its calm, natural state. Jane checks Bixby's vitals and finds him alive, but says they need to get him to a doctor. Darcy checks with the others that they, too, saw "a tree person and a raccoon with a gun at one point", and they confirm it. Erik struggles to comprehend everything, but is relieved to have answers. While it would take time and resources to piece it all together, and a new mystery has taken shape, he is ready, and fells at peace. Darcy hands them all Dollar Holler key chains. Felix asks Erik what's on his mind, and Erik says "the future".
 * p191 - Darcy has "picked up a few skills over the years" with handling big egos and communication with "unruly individuals".
 * Assuming around 1100mph, it would be about 5 hours by jet from Hollywood Hills to Oslo. If they left around 16:00 California, so 19:00 New York, they'd arrive around midnight New York time. A further hour by car to Tønsberg, they'd get there around 01:00 New York. So, we're on Day 4.
 * p203 - "After years of theories, questions, and endless wondering, Erik Selvig finally had answers," so presumably "years" since Thor, which is obvious.
 * p204 - Euripides and the, "Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing," quote exist in the MCU.
 * "Epilogue": 1 month later, Erik is standing outside a large, rusty metal dome, once a military facility, on the outskirts of Puente Antiguo, now owned by Anjelica Tan. He is waiting for his lunch companion. After the Water of sight, he had taken a step back to reorganise his life and work. He heard Felix above, and looks up to find him hovering, wearing homemade gravity boots. Erik says he heard from Bisi that Felix was in his element. Felix lands and says he loves working with Bisi's junk, and wants to design "something totally crazy, like cybernetic rhino armor". The story online is that Bixby hit his head while on an expedition, and Erik explains that he's currently in a coma, but being well cared for and expected to make a full recovery - saying he hopes when he wakes, Bixby will be rehabilitated. A shiny silver sports car arrives and Darcy steps out in a black dress, short grey sport coat, and brand new designer sunglasses, smiling brightly. She admits the car's a rental until Erik buys her a new car. She says she has to bail on lunch, as a work thing has sprung up and she has to go to the airport. Darcy has taken an enhanced role, as "Head of Science-Based Initiatives", asking people for money to fund their projects and designing science-based programs for schools and communities. She's heading to Washington, D.C. to meet with Senator Harrison about making the programs a reality. she's excited to put her major to use, but points out that unfortunately, most of Harrison's political campaigns have been funded by science deniers, and isn't the kind of legislator who respects their work. Felix says he's an idiot, thinking Earth is flat. Darcy says she's also bringing photos she got of him on the beach smooching a red-haired woman who isn't his wife. Erik tells her he said no blackmail, but she says that science is important for enhancing people's ability to solve practical problems and make informed decisions, so if he says no, he'll be saying no to the future, and then she'll have to make him regret it. Bisi calls Felix back in, and Felix admits he can't do lunch either as he's behind on an experiment and Doctor Banyaga will kill him if he misses another deadline. Erik says that if he plans on attending the Wakandan Outreach Centre... and Felix cuts him off, saying he knows he needs to raise his game, he's heard it before. While Bisi is frustrated by still improving the new place, Erik assures him their grand plan is taking shape, to give it time. Felix asks what that is, and if the other "Science Avengers" know about it, but Erik avoids the question and says he doesn't like that name. Darcy tells them Anoki says hello and is back in school finishing their degree, and has donated to built their- Erik cuts her off, saying not to go into the details. He says Jane sends her regrets, wanting to be here but her work having taken precedence. Felix says he has a new theory about the Infinity Stones and wants to email Jane, and asks Erik if he wants to be copied in. Erik says he would be honoured. Felix asks again what the dome is for, what Erik is planning, and Erik says it's "expansion", that a scientist's work must keep growing, and while the odds are stacked against them, surrounding themselves with individuals who inspire their work and keep them in check helps - saying he had previously forgotten that for a long time. He looks up to the sky, takes a deep breath, and says, "The end is never really the end, is it? There's always more to be done."
 * p208 - Felix says Darcy is "dressed for either court or church", potentially implying it's a Sunday.
 * p205 - "Once used as a military facility, it sat vacant on the outskirts of Puente Antiguo for years until Anjelica Tan snatched it up at a discount."
 * p209 - When Felix says he wanted to show Darcy his workshop, she says, "Relax. I know what a teenage body's bedroom is like [...] I'm sure yours is fairly disgusting," potentially implying he's now a teenager, so just turned 13 in the 1-month jump.