Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-71.209.180.44-20140626234518/@comment-35356788-20180420100331

I realize this is an extremely old thread, but given the fact that the movie is coming out (and every wiki out there assumes that the aether is the reality stone), I feel I should get my theories out there.

I agree that the aether is probably the soul gem. The liquid, blood-like appearance, the possesion, etc make it seem that way. People seem to forget that all of the reality-bending effects (gravity, etc) in the dark world were do to the CONVERGENCE, not the Aether. Also, people don't appear to have noticed this comment in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsSjL3bs3k&feature=youtu.be&t=30 "soul forge" seems an oddly random name to assign to the thing if it's NOT a movie about the soul stone.

As for the Orange stone, it's the perfect red herring for marvel if everyone's been looking for a soul gem, when in fact the reality gem is the only one missing. I'd invite people to take a look at the orange, oval stone around scarlet witch's neck in age of ultron, then watch this scene again, and tell me that her powers aren't actually blood orange (not, in fact, scarlet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlN4PxQ_dJo Joss Whedon has already played with intentional misnomers before in the marvel universe. He named Quake (as in EARTHquake) "Sky" in Agents of Shield. Given how scarlet witch DOES have the power to mess with the laws of physics, and did already put fake visions in the minds of several avengers (hulk, thor, etc), it presents a solid case for the reality stone being the source of her powers.