Generally speaking, the story always has an ending. The original world view setting and character setting are difficult to support the infinite development of the story. Many dog tails continue to forcibly expand the second and third parts... The works of the Nth part all prove this.
However, Marvel seems to have broken this shackle. It has made it possible for its heroes to keep telling new stories, which not only saves the huge cost and difficulty of creating new characters, but also satisfies fans' hopes that heroes will never die. The desire to always show the charm of the characters.
The fan's wishes - if he had chosen differently?
Sometimes, fans often fantasize that if the characters made different choices at the time, what different results and developments would it bring? Wouldn't there be so many regrets?
And Marvel found an opportunity to continue telling hero stories from this desire of fans.
So, in "What If...? ", begins with Carter becoming a super soldier, and then describes the impact of her change on the entire multiverse that follows, applying the butterfly effect theory.
In the future, maybe we can try more different development directions.
Marvel's Ambition - The Multiverse Opens Heroes to Immortality
Usually we think that when a character dies, his saga is over and should be brought to an end. But Marvel doesn't think so.
First, the Infinity Stones were introduced, and then the Infinity Stones were introduced into the multiverse. Marvel did it very cleverly, and the whole process was natural.
After the introduction of the multiverse, Marvel has gained a lot of opportunities and space to continue to tell the story of superheroes. It can be more bold and free when arranging the plot for the characters, and there is no need to worry about the end of the legend after the death of the character, because only one of the universes died. The characters in the story can continue their stories in another universe, and the superheroes have thus obtained immortality. They have experienced different choices in different universes, creating their different experiences and moving towards different development. Heroes They retain their own character and spiritual characteristics while possessing different characteristics.
Hero symbolization - it doesn't matter who it is, the symbol is eternal
In the multiverse narrative, the heroes are no longer a definite individual, they have the same name, but there are many different versions, some have died in their own world, some have made up for the original regret...
The name of each hero eventually becomes a symbol of the character's personality qualities, character traits, and personal abilities. Captain America is not necessarily that skinny boy from Brooklyn, but is synonymous with human loyalty, firm will, and spiritual leadership.
In "What If...? "In the season one finale, Fury said to Black Widow, "You're not our Black Widow, but I feel like you have the same spirit." That's exactly what happened.
So, in the multiverse, the death of a certain hero is irrelevant. Anyway, the gap can be filled with the same name in another universe, and the story can continue, like a screw in a machine, broken One can be replaced with another of the same model, and the machine can continue to run.
Just as we love a character because of his charisma, it may not necessarily be the specific person. It just needs a person to carry this symbol and become a place to place expectations.
Old wine in a new bottle - the storytelling method that Marvel is good at
The original Marvel Comics universe has many, many different versions of hero stories. Their origins may be the same or different, giving people a feeling of familiarity and unfamiliarity. The accumulation of these strong stories also gives Marvel a solid foundation for filming them. Base.
Marvel has been very good at this set of practices after the practice of deducting in comic stories before, changing one or two factors in the development process of similar characters, allowing the story to enter a new development direction and producing a new version, both Retaining the characteristics of the hero itself and presenting new content is indeed a very neat approach.
If the development path of the world is the branches of a tree, then Marvel wants to try every branch in its own heroic universe.
In "What If...? "In the finale of the first season, the Black Widow in a certain universe lost everything. Although she won the victory with her teammates in other universes, she has nowhere to go, so the narrator sends her to a world without Black Widow.
Isn't the narrator here Marvel? Wave the pen and keyboard in your hand, let the heroes in the pen go where they need to continue to play the value of the characters and create more box office...
However, I don't know if it will be like 007, after constantly consuming the charm of a symbol, whether the last remaining is just a pot of exquisitely cooked but tasteless mountain and sea delicacies.
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