Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-74.141.212.63-20140904140257

I wrote on a previous thread about the return of Erik Selvig in Age of Ultron and the possible fallout in Thor 3 and the supposed Rangarok plot. Here's another possibility that the writers could go:

Various sites have reported that Natalie Portman will be back for Thor 3, so there will be an Earth element in the movie. There has to be more for the Earth characters this time around, so I thought of this -

Jane's rebound boyfriend Richard - at first the thought of Jane cutting Thor loose for this twerp was ridiculous, but there may be more to Richard that meets the eye. My new theory is Richard is HYDRA. He's on a honeytrap mission to get close to Jane to find out about her research as well as Erik's work. To pull that off he would need to get intel, and he does from an unlikely source....

Darcy.

Yep, Darcy. It comes out that she has been on HYDRA's payroll from the very beginning. An independent HYDRA cell decides to pull a 21 Jump Street and send her in as the mouthing poly-sci major to find out about Jane's research in Thor 1. (It's not that weird; look at Grant Ward in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Senator Stern in The Winter Soldier.  HYDRA is everywhere.)  Thor was a wild card, and when he left Jane lost interest in her work. To get Jane back on track Darcy plays Cupid, and in comes Richard.

I came up with this because the date Jane and Richard had in The Dark World was too odd to me. Richard was fishing for information from the beginning, asking Jane about her "story" and he concludes it's about a guy. Richard's mentioning about long distance killing a relationship was strange, but Jane never said anything about that. Then Darcy shows up on the date, possibly to check and see everything is ok. When Darcy brings up "you-know-how", Richard gives an understanding nod, as if he knows about Thor beforehand. He was also trying to find out more about Erik. Later in The Dark World Darcy was trying to call Erik and S.H.I.E.L.D.; the S.H.I.E.L.D. call could have been to her control or a HYDRA-corrupted agent.

Anyhoo, Thor's back on Asgard, Jane moves on with Richard. During the course Richard and/or Darcy get sloppy and the wrong people discover their treachery (HYDRA may be aiding and abetting Loki for his planned Earth invasion perhaps, with HYDRA members setting themselves up as beneficiaries of an occupied Earth). My money is on Erik first and it leads to tragic results. Jane finally catches on; and after she kicks herself for making THREE bad calls in her personal and professional lives (hiring Darcy, breaking up with Thor, and dating Richard)  she somehow get the information back to Thor but it's too late to stop Loki initially. But, Richard and Darcy are brought down and marched off to jail. HYDRA may kill those two to prevent them from talking to the authorities.

Aftermath - Richard's and Darcy's ties to HYDRA are plastered all over the news, and unfortunately for Jane her connection to two criminals is made public. Jane's reputation will be ruined (who's going to believe she did not know they were HYDRA); any university, lab, or insitute she's affliated with will fire her and none other will hire her. Jane may not get back with Thor so easily, at the end of the day she broke his heart. Well, at least not now. Jane would feel like she has nothing left, but in comes Director Coulson of the underground S.H.I.E.L.D. He understands and feel sorry for Jane; her name is dragged through the mud because she unwittingly let the wrong people into her life. Coulson offers her a job at new S.H.I.E.L.D, giving her the opportunity to put her knowledge to work and to make up for her decisions, and maybe, work it out with Thor.

I'm sorry my theory came out as fan fiction, but it's a possibile plot thread.

Thoughts? 