Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27136464-20151101154200/@comment-14267015-20160222055342

Something I've been considering since seeing the movie is that SHIELD and Hydra existed in the world of the X-Men movies but are now both defunct. Perhaps this SHIELD took down Hydra for good and this led to them either being shut down or down-sized. That could explain the half torn-apart helicarrier and Bob no longer working for Hydra; which always struck me as an organization that you signed on for, for life. As well as explain how Ajax was able to operate on it without alerting anybody. Whether this means some form of Nick Fury, Cap, Red Skull, etc also existed is up for debate.