[Running Predictions] Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers 4 [The Third and Fourth Films]
Hello!
This time I’m writing up my predictions for Infinity War, out on 27 April 2018, and for its sequel, Avengers 4 (working title)!
Important!! The post I wrote after release, about the film itself, is here
[Analysis & Review] Avengers: Endgame [Impressions & Trivia]
[Analysis & Review] Avengers: Infinity War [Impressions & Trivia]
* Warning:
I’ll be writing analysis, predictions and the like. There are spoilers for the MCU up to now as well.
I recommend the posts below as well!! I’ve written loads of predictions in them! lol
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Thanos becomes a god and takes down the other gods
In Infinity War Thanos probably completes the Infinity Gauntlet, and he’ll likely become the equal of a god.
And that’s when the higher beings of the universe, the gods, could show up and get taken down — that’s another direction I can imagine.
Let me introduce the strongest of those higher beings in the comics — gods, in effect.
If I’ve got anything wrong I’ll fix it as I go lol
My own ranking for sheer power is TOAA > the Living Tribunal > Eternity > the Celestials.
The Celestials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf1DM0bWwbo
In live action, Ego from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is one of these. So the concept apparently exists in the films too. And Knowhere is apparently built out of the skull of one of them.
This is what they look like in the comics.
So cool.
There seem to be a lot of them, and they apparently influence life across the universe to push evolution along, or wipe out anything dangerous instead. Power-wise, I’d say they’re plainly stronger than a normal Thanos.
More on the Eternals here
Eternity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly6A1nv7cCg
Eternity is the embodiment of time, and it’s said that every living thing in this universe is part of him.
In the comics he does appear when Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet, but he ends up beaten.
He’ll probably join the fight in the MCU as well.
The Living Tribunal
Background
The Living Tribunal has been given omnipotent power by the omnipotent being the One-Above-All, so that it can guard and maintain the harmony of the mainstream world (Earth-616), of divergent universes (What If…? and the like) and pocket universes (Earth X and the like), of the entire multiverse, and of the past, the future, reality and parallel worlds.
The Living Tribunal appears on Earth as needed, watches over the actions of other cosmic beings, judges whether they will have an effect on the universe as a whole, and hands down its verdict.
Appearance
For convenience the Living Tribunal manifests in a humanlike form with three faces. Only one of the faces can be seen in full, the second only partly, and the last is completely covered by cloth. The three faces stand for equity, necessity and vengeance.
Powers and abilities
The Living Tribunal has infinite cosmic power, is omniscient and omnipotent, and after the One-Above-All holds absolute authority over the Marvel Universe. Should it choose to, it has power enough to wipe out the whole multiverse in an instant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Tribunal
So the Living Tribunal is a three-faced being, a sort of arbiter of the universe.
Even with the Infinity Gauntlet completed, I don’t think there’s any beating him.
Eternity and the Living Tribunal both entering the MCU at once would probably just confuse the audience, so maybe only one of them shows up….
TOAA (The One-Above-All)
The One-Above-All, TOAA for short, is the highest being of all. Unless an item called HOTU is involved, no being can beat him. And there’s a hierarchy at work here: even the Living Tribunal receives his power from TOAA.
The one true god, basically.
He’s also said to be the writers who make the comics — the creators themselves. Which means he can change the stories in the comics however he likes.
Since TOAA is a meta character standing in for the creator, I think Stan Lee might be the one to play him in Avengers 4.
What if every Stan Lee cameo in the MCU is actually the same man, and that man is TOAA — how much fun would that be? lol
Iron Man or Captain America sitting down for a talk with TOAA (Stan Lee) — I really want that to happen.
The title of Avengers 4
The title of Avengers 4 is still being kept under wraps.
Apparently that’s because the title on its own would be a serious spoiler.
I think the official title is going to be AVENGERS Heart of the Universe.
The comic it comes from is called Marvel: The End. I don’t know the story at all well, but there’s an item called the Heart of the Universe (HOTU from here on), the yellow cube in the image above, and it’s apparently the source of TOAA’s power? So with that item Thanos becomes a being greater than TOAA and rules absolutely everything, the multiverse included — something along those lines.
As for the ending, it apparently comes down to Adam Warlock and the others talking him round, plus Thanos in his HOTU state realising his own ruin and having a change of heart (sorry if I’ve got that wrong).
And after that Thanos apparently retires and becomes a farmer lol
In the live-action Infinity War, Thanos might well make contact with Eternity.
And then in the follow-up, Avengers 4, he goes after HOTU to bring down TOAA, the higher being? That’s the sort of thing I keep daydreaming about.
If this title prediction is right, then yes, I can see why it would be a spoiler. Really hoping I’ve got it~ lol
Introducing Adam Warlock and Magus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6p4t1LmJ2E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_nRJuYS-U4
The gold one is Adam Warlock, and the purple one is a character called Magus.
And believe it or not, the two of them are the same person!
Adam Warlock, the hero on the side of good.
Magus appears to be a future Adam Warlock who has fallen to the dark side.
Here’s the point. In the post above I predicted that a time-travelling villain called Kang is coming, and along with that, I think Magus might turn up too!!
Important!! The post I wrote after release, about the film itself, is here
[Analysis & Review] Avengers: Infinity War [Impressions & Trivia]
