Let`s get weird with it.One of the most fun parts of being an MCU fan is sitting back and trying to connect the dots. And after a decade of movies being woven together, there are no shortage of dots in play. As we head into Avengers: Endgame in earnest, it`s crunch time on getting every crazy, abstract, just-weird-enough-to-work theory written down and out there, just on the off chance that you`ll get to say `I told you so` when the final battle with Thanos actually happens.That, and with a little over a month left to wait for Endgame to hit theaters, we`ve got to keep ourselves sane somehow, right? The anticipation is killing us.So, with that in mind, we`ve compiled a list of our favorite post-Captain Marvel fan theories, ranging from the extremely likely to the absolutely bonkers--and everything in between. We`re just as in the dark as everyone else when it comes to the next phase of Marvel movies, but we like to think we`ve got enough nervous energy and enthusiasm to make some educated (and not-so-educated) guesses about the way things are going to play out. 1. Carol could bring the X-Men into the MCU With the Fox/Disney merger reportedly still going on, fans have been clamoring for the X-Men to be brought into the MCU fold--and Carol might just be the key. Not only does Carol have a long and sometimes rocky history with the mutants over in the comics, the Skrulls do as well, with a band of Skrull pacifists known as the Cadre K providing a direct link to Charles Xavier. It`s a pretty long shot, to be sure, but anything is possible. And, hey, if there ever were going to be an MCU/X-Men merge, having them piggyback into the fray with Carol as a jumping off point would certainly be a fun way to do it. After all, that same sort of introductory formula worked really well for both Black Panther and Spider-Man. 2. The Tesseract is the key to defeating Thanos Carol`s powers came directly from the Tesseract, which makes her the only other hero in the MCU, n ...
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