Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-74.141.212.63-20140408171601

If you've seen CA:TWS by now you would know that HYDRA has infilitrated S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of its long game for world domination. Armin "Max Headroom" Zola put together a hit list of all current and potential threats to the octopus. At the movies I saw the fictional U.S. president; others reported Tony Stark, Maria Hill, Bruce Banner, and others. I'm surprised Thor wasn't on the list, considering Baron Von Strucker has Loki's scepter. Could it be possible HYDRA has no clue that Thor is back on Earth? I doubt it because turncoat Sitwell was there where S.H.I.E.L.D. first captured Thor and was in on the studies involving the hammer. Stark's reactions should be interesting: thanks to Black Widow's document dump of S.H.I.E.L.D./HYDRA secrets the Stark family name will be ruined given his father was a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and he co-signed on letting these vampires in. All of HYDRA's criminal and terrorist activities happened on Stark the Elder's watch, and questions would be raised about how much did Howard Stark know and when did he know it. Tony blew up his suits but he will come back as Iron Man to repair the family name and restore his father's legacy. This ought to play to more friction between Stark and Steve Rogers because Cap made the decision to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. Other relationships would be put to the test as well.

As the team squabbles, again, the still active HYDRA cells go on with its plans. Given that Von Strucker has Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch as prisoners  my guess is for Avengers: Age of Ultron HYDRA uses Loki's scepter to mind control humans with special powers to counteract and take out the Avengers and  other threats. But, the scepter has uglier side effects on superpowered humans with led to dead subjects that HYDRA had to bury and The Twins to be contained. Remember, Loki used the scepter on regular humans (Selvig and Hawkeye) but there were still side effets. Von Strucker may still use the scepter on ordinary humans to do the grunt work - like help build Ultron.

My two cents. Thoughts? 