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Someone's trying REALLY hard to get Wanda to raise the dead. First with the dog, then the prompting to think about her brother. Sidebar: The brother thing failed as apparently dead is dead in the MCU as evidenced by Black Widow and Tony Stark, for the time being. So, Wanda's powers did the next best thing and pulled Quicksilver from an adjacent dimension. Back to the point, who is currently known as dead in the MCU and has people around with a vested interest in getting them back to the land of the living? I'll have to think on that bit. OH gently caress, I'VE SNIPED THE CRUELLEST SNIPE.
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Is Quiksilver supposed to sound like that? I've never actually most of the X-men movies post First ClassSloth Life posted:On a very superficial note, Bettany is made of legs and fills his trousers out nicely. He was rocking some Dad Jeans for sure in this episode, made me laugh
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Feb 5, 2021 20:10
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Gavok posted:In addition to what's been stated, I've seen the idea that each commercial is linked to a different Infinity Stone. The Paper Towels were named after the city from Civil War where Wanda and the Avengers kind of hosed up and had that explosion that killed people in the building. And the tagline for the towels something like, "For cleaning up the messes you didn't mean to make." So I don't think the commercials are supposed to be linked to the stones, but just revealing traumas in Wanda's past. Not sure how that links up with the soap one, though.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:14
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If there is a big surprise coming later in the series I think it will be one of the following characters: Magneto (either version), Prof X (either version), MCU Doctor Doom, MCU Doctor Strange, Fox Wolverine, MCU Wonder Man, MCU Reed Richards, MCU Quicksilver (raised from the dead), or Tobey Spider-Man. I feel like expecting one of any of these characters is setting myself up for disappointment except for Strange.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:16
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Sir DonkeyPunch posted:Is Quiksilver supposed to sound like that? I've never actually most of the X-men movies post First Class No, he's obviously a riff on Uncle Jesse from Full House. I think the problem in the show is that Wanda has somehow been imbued with the powers of all of the Infinity Stones, whereas before she only wielded the power of the Mind Stone. So she might not be fully aware of what she's doing or how, only that it's happening and that she wants it to keep happening.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:17
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The events of this show presumably take place before Spider-Man: Far From Home, right? Three weeks post-Unsnappening vs. a couple months? Also, presumably the mission/naming of S.W.O.R.D. changed based on five years of tinkering with Vision's corpse?
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Feb 5, 2021 20:20
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Wonder who the engineer Monica was quick to call is.thrawn527 posted:The Paper Towels were named after the city from Civil War where Wanda and the Avengers kind of hosed up and had that explosion that killed people in the building. And the tagline for the towels something like, "For cleaning up the messes you didn't mean to make." So I don't think the commercials are supposed to be linked to the stones, but just revealing traumas in Wanda's past. Not sure how that links up with the soap one, though. yeah, I just interpreted the red liquid as spilled blood.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:21
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double negative posted:Wonder who the engineer Monica was quick to call is. If it's anyone already established, what engineers are left in the MCU? The kid from Iron Man 3?
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Feb 5, 2021 20:27
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That confrontation at the end there was fantastic. Probably the best part of the series so far. Paul Bettany knocked it out of the park. Also enjoying the confirmation that this version of Vision is in some way real and not an illusion. I don't care if it's a lazy retcon I want him back.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:29
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Yea when Monica says Wanda protected her so she didn't get hurt when she was tossed out of the Hex, its very possible Wanda's protection was giving Monica some kind of power. Hell, Wanda would have seen how much Monica as a kid idolized Carol and made her deepest wish to be just like Auntie Carol if that existed. Also Monica being clearly uncomfortable with Captain Marvel being mentioned is possibly because she went off into space, never came back, and clearly hasn't visited Monica post Blip. Without her mom and and Carol, the two people most important in her life are gone, one is dead, but the other looks like they just forgot about her. Though for all we know, Carol did come back and visit Maria during the Snapping Time, but Monica wouldn't know that. And yes, 80s fashion was horrrrrrrrible. So many floral pattern things for women.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:30
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Phylodox posted:If it's anyone already established, what engineers are left in the MCU? The kid from Iron Man 3? What engineer focused characters are there from the comics in general it could be? I assume its a new one to expand Monica's potential supporting cast.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:33
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They brought back the wrong Quicksilver
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Feb 5, 2021 20:34
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Oasx posted:They brought back the wrong Quicksilver 
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tsob posted:What engineer focused characters are there from the comics in general it could be? I assume its a new one to expand Monica's potential supporting cast. If it's not an already established character, it could be Riri Williams, maybe? But, I dunno, something about the way Monica said it made me think it was setting up a pre-existing character. Was Bill Foster an engineer? He built Ghost her fancy chamber, but I think he was a bioengineer or something, wasn't he?
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Feb 5, 2021 20:36
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Spoilers for this episode, Vision asking Wanda where the kids are was the creepiest moment in the MCU so far I think (not a high bar tbf) and a very good question. Since I doubt they're going to have a character be responsible for a bunch of kids dying or disappearing, I wonder how they're gonna explain them coming back or whatever when this series ends.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:37
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thebardyspoon posted:Spoilers for this episode, Vision asking Wanda where the kids are was the creepiest moment in the MCU so far I think (not a high bar tbf) and a very good question. Since I doubt they're going to have a character be responsible for a bunch of kids dying or disappearing, I wonder how they're gonna explain them coming back or whatever when this series ends. Or come back as mutants. 
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Feb 5, 2021 20:39
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Firebert posted:So MCU Monica Rambeau ...but her head is full of light... Yeah, she's whiting out the X-Ray machine or whatever scanner it is, almost as if she's emitting broad-Spectrum radiation herself. poo poo, maybe beekeeper sewer guy wasn't Swarm before but is NOW. Westview could be a convenient little White Event/Big Bang/Global Terrigen Cloud excuse for a bunch of powered people. If Monica's engineer is RR I will immediate completely lose all of my poo poo. Oh hell they're going to be SWORD, they're the 1/4 of the original astronauts that are still dumb enough to go up.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:41
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thebardyspoon posted:Spoilers for this episode, Vision asking Wanda where the kids are was the creepiest moment in the MCU so far I think (not a high bar tbf) and a very good question. Since I doubt they're going to have a character be responsible for a bunch of kids dying or disappearing, I wonder how they're gonna explain them coming back or whatever when this series ends. There's the casual mention of how hard is to control children. I think it was Agnes who said that. I'm guessing all the scared kids are hidding somewhere in the town
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Feb 5, 2021 20:41
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stev posted:That confrontation at the end there was fantastic. Probably the best part of the series so far. Paul Bettany knocked it out of the park. I think he's real too but still damaged somehow, like he's part robot, maybe that gets past the 'no bringing back the dead' but she cant fix his memories, just put the parts back together. I thought Dr Strange was going to show up when the doorbell rang since his next movie is titled In the Multiverse of Madness and Wanda is in it, what a wild surprise. I wonder if they explore more about this Quicksilver's origins, more likely just stick to there's a Multiverse, it's real, and here's the lead in to the Dr Strange movie where some big bad is crossing over changing poo poo.
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Feb 5, 2021 20:42
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Klungar posted:The events of this show presumably take place before Spider-Man: Far From Home, right? Three weeks post-Unsnappening vs. a couple months? Also, presumably the mission/naming of S.W.O.R.D. changed based on five years of tinkering with Vision's corpse? I came in here to bring up this point - Far From Home is supposed to be ~8 months after; if we're talking the scale of weeks since the blip -> Monica to SWORD -> Monica inside the hex -> this ep, well (FFH spoilers in here too) we know there's a multiverse; if Pietro is actually *real* that means there might be something more to casting Simmons as JJJ (other than, you know, him being a great JJJ). Also gives a potentially weird spin on Strange being "unavailable" during FFH rather than just being a throwaway line to explain why one of the ridiculous-power-level people can't solve the problem
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Feb 5, 2021 20:43
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Oasx posted:They brought back the wrong Quicksilver I strongly disagree. 
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Feb 5, 2021 20:43
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Speculation re: Monica's "friend": Talos' daughter?
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stev posted:Or come back as mutants. Westview NJ is just close enough to Westchester NY that I'd believe it...
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Feb 5, 2021 20:48
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Did they ever say that the people trapped in the bubble were actually from Westview? I got the sense that they were from all over Jersey, and Westview itself was construct?
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thebardyspoon posted:Spoilers for this episode, Vision asking Wanda where the kids are was the creepiest moment in the MCU so far I think (not a high bar tbf) and a very good question. Since I doubt they're going to have a character be responsible for a bunch of kids dying or disappearing, I wonder how they're gonna explain them coming back or whatever when this series ends. Spoiler from something I noticed in the previews there are a bunch of kids running around trick or treating in the halloween episode so I think what happened to the town's kids will be solved within the next episode or two
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Feb 5, 2021 20:55
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I interpreted the kids thing as that Wanda is aware on some level that she's doing something wrong in hostaging the town and the kids were kept out of it somehow
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My working hypothesis about the kids missing: Monica makes a point of showing that the kevlar vest she was wearing on entry turned into her pants, the implication being that Wanda turns one thing into another in the Hex. Then, later on, we get Vision asking very pointedly, where are all the other children? Why are we the only ones with kids?
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Phylodox posted:If it's not an already established character, it could be Riri Williams, maybe? I would doubt that, simply because she starts her story by recreating Iron Man's armor and isn't really a known quantity before that. As well as probably being too young. She has her own show coming, so I'd assume she'll be introduced in that, or close to in in something like Ms. Marvel and not a few years out knowing random people twice or three times her age.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:That’s where Wanda blows up the Embassy and starts the whole Civil War mess Also the commercials are essentially going through Wanda's life events. 1. Stark Industries weapons were used in the Skovian war. 2. Strucker experiments on her giving her powers. 3. She joins Hydra. 4. Lagos kicks off the Civil War. so my two theories are 1. The town is just Wanda's guilt made manifest. 2. If the rumors are true Mephisto needs Wanda to do something for her and is torturing her and Wanda is trying her best to put shine on the situation for the townsfolk.
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thrawn527 posted:The Paper Towels were named after the city from Civil War where Wanda and the Avengers kind of hosed up and had that explosion that killed people in the building. And the tagline for the towels something like, "For cleaning up the messes you didn't mean to make." So I don't think the commercials are supposed to be linked to the stones, but just revealing traumas in Wanda's past. Not sure how that links up with the soap one, though. There's no reason it can't represent multiple things.
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twistedmentat posted:Did they ever say that the people trapped in the bubble were actually from Westview? I got the sense that they were from all over Jersey, and Westview itself was construct? They pretty much say that Westview isa real place and that the residents of it are trapped. I'm not sure how many of the "actors" are from Westview though.
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I'm going back and watching the first few episodes and I'm noticing a few things that seem extra odd on a rewatch, I'm really looking forward to when I have more context so I can understand what all this stuff that may or may not be foreshadowing means.
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Klungar posted:Speculation re: Monica's "friend": Talos' daughter? Maybe the person she's calling is someone fantastic?
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Oh gently caress yes, the best X-man is back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefSYpuIRoY How does he go down steps super fast, you are limited by the speed of gravity when you move downwards, don't give me no speedforce baloney either
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Feb 5, 2021 21:46
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Terror Sweat posted:How does he go down steps super fast, you are limited by the speed of gravity when you move downwards, don't give me no speedforce baloney either Subconscious secondary power that relates to control over gravity, but only in regards to how to effects him.
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Terror Sweat posted:How does he go down steps super fast, you are limited by the speed of gravity when you move downwards, don't give me no speedforce baloney either him going down some steps is like the least insane thing in that scene, X-Men franchise Quicksilver is near godlike, which makes me wonder how his powers will be depicted in the MCU
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Oh gently caress yes, the best X-man is back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefSYpuIRoY He filmed that scene over 17 days doing all his own stunts.
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Do we know if MCU Dr. Strange has any passive telepathy resistance? Hawkeye, Selwig and whoever else acted to the extent of their capabilities when Mindstone'd by Loki; Wanda having Strange brainwacked in a basement somewhere doing the real magic could explain a lot like as far as we know they haven't even met but baby I'm taking my shot
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Terror Sweat posted:How does he go down steps super fast, you are limited by the speed of gravity when you move downwards, don't give me no speedforce baloney either fine. Whenever you see that a witch did it.
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Uh. Has someone else mention this? I'm looking at the posters and it seems spoiler just in case: Wanda is getting a new uniform? I did a double take because I remember her clothes in Avengers didn't look like that. Neither on this last episode. Avengers: corset-thing, showing some cleavage, fingerless gloves,coat:  Posters: Corset thing with new design, breasts are fully covered, long gloves, belt(?):   Wonder if she'll get the full real-deal classic Scarlet Witch outfit 
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