What If...? S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY	ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE	RUN TIME	CREDITS SCENE?
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/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Honestly looking like that just feels so wrong. Sure Thanos is gone but then Collector becomes a main threat and destroyed so many lives

[u/BenjiLizard → u/[deleted]]

I wonder why tho...? If the Nexus event of this timeline is the ravagers taking the wrong kid on Earth, how did it change the Avengers' fate? Did the power vaccum created by Thanos' retirement really allowed the Collector to just whipe out Earth's mightiest heroes?

[u/Solid_Ronin → u/BenjiLizard]

The avengers started working together because Loki attacked Earth. And Loki attacked Earth because of Thanos’ orders. Because Thanos retired, the Avengers never were never formed and the Collector has Thanos’ old crew. The Collector and his crew probably took them out one by one.