10 Ways The Marvel Multiverse Could Kill The MCU
The Marvel Multiverse is going to be a game-changer, but not necessarily in a good way...
In Avengers: Endgame, Earth's Mightiest Heroes played with time-travel and discovered the existence of alternate timelines and realities in the process. The trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home indicated that Mysterio had found his way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe from another Earth, and while Quentin Beck was outed as a fraud, the Multiverse is going to be explored in a big way over the next few years.
That will start with WandaVision and continue in Spider-Man 3 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and while it's an exciting prospect in many ways, it's also one that could backfire on Marvel Studios massively.
Heading into Phase 4 and beyond, it's clear Kevin Feige and company are looking for a new way to tell stories, but there are some downsides which come with that. Over time, said downsides could lessen interest in the MCU in a way the shared comic book world won't be able to recover from.
Here's how the introduction of a "Marvel Multiverse" could prove to be disastrous, and even kill the MCU fans know and love...
10. Death Stops Meaning Anything
Avengers: Infinity War was praised for boldly killing off some big name characters, including Loki and Gamora. Everyone knew those dusted heroes would eventually return, of course, but the introduction of the Marvel Multiverse meant that both characters - well, different versions of them - were alive and well by the time the credits rolled in Avengers: Endgame.
While not everyone will come back (mostly because when some actors are done with these roles, they're done for good), it's going to be hard taking any character death seriously when resurrection is so easy to achieve now.
If Spider-Man is taken out by Electro, who cares when Tom Holland can suit up as another Peter Parker? The simple fact that option is even on the table now means the impact of any character death has lessened, and it would become tedious watching these doppelgängers acclimate to their newfound place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Death has never been permanent in the comic books, but it's a shame to think the MCU is already heading down that route.