10 MCU Fan Theories That Just Won't Die
4. Certain Characters Are Actually Skrulls
It is the main ability of the Skrulls that they can shapeshift, taking the form of anyone they desire as well as copying exactly their DNA. This doesn’t come without mastering the skill of course, but it did seem that just about every Skrull that appeared on screen throughout Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home was an expert.
The fact that the characters fans thought were Nick Fury and Maria Hill in the latter were actually Talos and Soren all along just proves that literally anyone could technically be a Skrull at any time. As there is clearly no way of telling, no one is safe it would seem.
The main target of these theories is still Nick Fury. The fact that he ate a sandwich cut into a triangle in Age of Ultron, despite specifically saying he couldn’t do such a thing in Captain Marvel has people wondering just how long Talos has been impersonating Fury on Earth. Plus the fact that Secret Invasion will follow Fury through the Blip, when we know for a fact that he was a victim of the snap, only raises further questions about who and where the ‘real’ Nick Fury is.
The very nature of the Skrulls and this theory essentially means that it will never end. There will always be question marks over who is real and who isn’t, particularly throughout Secret Invasion. That’s kind of the whole point.