Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-74.141.212.63-20140904140257/@comment-24467536-20140904180149

@Tomas Derksen - if you recall, in Thor 1 Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents confiscated Jane's equipment and research notes because they believed her work could be a threat to national security. They didn't have a warrant or a court order to take those things; Coulson just offered a check to Jane. (Those warrantless searches are probably a big reason S.H.I.E.L.D's reputation is still in the gutter.)   That was when S.H.I.E.L.D. only knew about the hammer, not about its owner. S.H.I.E.L.D. only gave Jane's property back because Thor told Coulson he wouldn't cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. unless they did. So at best, Jane's relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. is tenuous. She certainly didn't like Darcy calling the cops when she disappeared in The Dark World because according to Jane, S.H.I.E.L.D. would have cut off access to the Aether site, including her. That doesn't sound like the two parties are working together, but on occassion it becomes a marriage of convenience. With S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse and my proposed fallout, Coulson would want a fresh start and try to rebuild bridges. I threw this up there because one of the biggest complaints about the Thor movies is that Jane and the other Earth are useless and they are only plot fillers. I suggest the HYDRA tie because the MCU's goal is to keep everything connected. I don't want the Thor/Jane breakup, but they are insisting on riding that horse and this is just a suggested scenario.