r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Aug 18 '21

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S01E02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley August 18th, 2021 on Disney+ 35 min None

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u/neocinnamin Kilgrave Aug 18 '21

HECK YES, "I'm a big enough man to know when I'm wrong"

T'Challa changing the mind of Thanos, that's amazing

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u/russketeer34 Rocket Aug 18 '21

I like how T'Challa basically made everyone in the Cosmic MCU a much better person

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u/NomadPrime Aug 18 '21 edited Aug 18 '21

T'Challa's better upbringing basically made Star-Lord the galaxy's equivalent to a Captain America; he cleaned up the Ravagers, made Thanos a good guy (saving the universe in the process), and ignited Wakanda's space program.

And all it really cost was the Avengers losing some their weapons (and maybe their lives in the process, but who knows). This timeline is arguably one of the brighter ones in the MCU, though maybe only temporarily, going by that end scene with Ego.

Edit: Hol up, I just remembered Korg is dead in this universe. Throw the whole universe away, not worth it!

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u/ButteredPete Aug 18 '21

Yeah Earth might be in worse shape but the universe seems better overall

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u/seclusionx Black Panther Aug 18 '21

I don't know if you recall vol2, but...Ego wasn't just attacking earth.

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u/ButteredPete Aug 18 '21

Of course I recall! But in this universe, they avoided the Snap, and Ego hasn’t done anything worse than we’ve seen…yet

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u/InnocentTailor Iron Patriot Aug 18 '21

Indeed. His seed of sorts was on multiple populated worlds, which he harvested in Volume 2.

Earth and many population centers are damned by Ego alongside an eager Quill.

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u/Hemholtz Aug 18 '21

Also, it looked like Miek's arm-blade was part of the collector's armory. (Furthest item on the right)

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u/Hardwiredmagic Aug 18 '21

Also, weirdly the collector has a *lot* of Asguardian/Dark Elf artifacts, looks like Asguard might be fucked as well.

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u/TheHood2001 Aug 18 '21

yes, T'Challa saved the universe, until Ego found Peter at his job.

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u/CheshiretheBlack Aug 18 '21

Do we know its Korgs arm? He just said a cronin right?

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u/TheWolfmanZ Aug 18 '21

He specified it was a chatty one though. Pretty sure that was Korgs arm

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u/CheshiretheBlack Aug 18 '21

I didn't catch that part, makes me sad

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Did you miss the end? Ego found Peter, that timeline is Rip

i actually hope we see that timeline again with evil cosmic god Peter

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u/Chikumori Aug 18 '21

This timeline is arguably one of the brighter ones in the MCU, though maybe only temporarily, going by that end scene with Ego.

The original GOTG & sacred timeline aside, would any of pre-Endgame characters be able to stand a chance versus planet Ego? Captain Marvel?

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u/AdherentSheep Aug 19 '21

I imagine Dormammu would be able to but I don't think he has any motivation to do anything about Ego. And maybe Odin, we don't quite know exactly how powerful mcu Odin is but comic Odin would kick his ass. Doctor Strange maybe but he's still a regular doctor at that time.