MCU: Why Doctor Strange's Multiverse Is Key To The X-Men & Fantastic Four

2. Blade

We now know that Blade is coming thanks to the appearance of the MCU's Daywalker - Mahershala Ali - at the very end of the Marvel panel. It says something that his appearance was accepted with huge excitement rather than confusion at how Marvel Studios were once more going to account or a whole genus of characters in a pre-established reality.

Vampires are probably a little more easy to explain, because you can write in some mythology that explains their dormant state, using their awakening to bring Blade out of the shadows as a protector of mankind, but it's a lot to just change the fabric of a reality with a handwave. And "they were all just asleep" is a little pedestrian.

So what if the multiverse is also responsible for the arrival of more nightmarish creatures on Earth? We know they've existed before in this universe because Korg mentions a wooden trident only being useful against a trio of vampires, but their absence suggests they're no longer present. As if they've passed into myth and legend.

The idea of the Realm Of Madness is that it houses the manifestation of humanity's greatest fears and vampires would be an easy element to focus on in there. And if Strange and Scarlet Witch unwittingly leave a door open - or tear one open - why couldn't they follow them back to Strange's own Earth?

There's one more consideration too and it concerns the final film in Phase 4: Thor...

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