The excitement for Marvel movies is slowly dying down, but the hype remains high for the two big Avengers movies in the Multiverse Saga finale. The studio has set up Kang, played by Jonathan Majors, as a more menacing villain than Thanos. One Kang theory from a Marvel fan on Reddit suggests how the studio will establish the storyline in Avengers: Secret Wars, incorporating one vital element from a less-than-stellar Phase 4 film.
Eternals, directed by Oscar-winning Chloé Zhao, introduced Marvel fans to the world of Eternals, Deviants, and Celestials. According to the fan theory, the Celestials will play a pivotal role in the plot, as Marvel will adopt some key Secret Wars comic plots.
Avengers: Secret Wars Will Depend On One Major Eternals Antagonist — Fan Theory
With Jonathan Majors entangled in a major domestic violence case, fans speculate that Marvel Studios may let go of the actor and recast the role of Kang. Rumors began circulating that Marvel may also consider Doctor Doom as the supervillain for the Avengers in the two-part climax to the Multiverse Saga.
However, one fan on Reddit argues that Marvel introducing Doctor Doom at this stage would be impractical. Doctor Doom is a major antagonistic character in the Secret Wars comics. The fan believes that Doom’s complex character requires a lot of character development with substantial screen time, which may not be feasible before Avengers: Secret Wars.
The fan’s theory proposes that the MCU will retain Kang as the villain and adapt the Secret Wars comic storyline accordingly, replacing Doctor Doom with Kang. In the comics, Doctor Doom briefly steals the powers of the Beyonder, an unseen cosmic entity, to create a Battleworld. The Battleworld is a patchwork world created from remnants of fallen universes resulting from multiple incursions.
Doctor Doom uses a secret weapon created by a multitude of Molecule Men to defeat Beyonder and steal his powers. The fan speculates that Kang will be the supervillain who creates a Battleworld in the movie. Since the MCU hasn’t introduced a Beyonder yet, the character could be replaced by an existing character, potentially a Celestial from Eternals. The emphasis on showing the power of a Celestial to create a galaxy in Eternals could further support this theory.
In essence, the movie will discuss how Kang would steal the powers of a Celestial to create a Battleworld, pitting Avengers from different universes against supervillains from those universes.
Other Fans Also Added Their Inputs To This Avengers: Secret Wars Theory
The Reddit fan theory sparked further discussion among MCU fans. One comment discussed the possibility of Kang, defeated in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, returning as a more sadistic villain in Secret Wars. Another theory suggested that the Kang variant from the Ant-Man end credits scene, frustrated by his inability to kill the main Kang, might return to prove his supremacy to the Avengers. Fans also anticipate the entry of a more brutal Kang, unleashing his wrath across the multiverse.
Discussions also centered on potential key players in Avengers: Secret Wars. If the Darkhold prophecy from Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness holds true, Kang could potentially use Scarlet Witch variants to take down the Celestial, mirroring how Doctor Doom used Molecule Man in the comics. Fans also speculate whether Arishem, the Celestial who judged humanity in Eternals, could be the Celestial involved in Secret Wars.
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Avengers: Secret Wars will only open in theaters by 2027, leaving plenty of time for further fan theories.
