Captain Marvel: 12 Rumours That Were Utter Bull

4. The Movie Takes Place In An Alternate Timeline

Captain Marvel SHIELD Cap
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The Rumour: And now for one of the more outlandish theories that did the rounds ahead of Captain Marvel's release.

This theory suggest that in order to explain the Los Angeles public seeing Carol blatantly using her powers during the Los Angeles chase, the movie actually takes place in an alternate timeline/dimension to the Earth-199999 seen in the rest of the MCU.

The Avengers would then visit this timeline during Endgame and find Captain Marvel, the first superhero revealed to society in this reality, and bring her back to Earth-199999 to help destroy Thanos.

The Truth: This was always a fun tinfoil hat theory and nothing else, and to the surprise of nobody, it turned out to be complete bunk.

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