A theory about Dr. Doom’s origins in the MCU, that I hope WON’T BE how it goes
It’s strictly bound to Iron Man’s origins, and that’s why I hope the actual backstory will be the different. I’m writing this theory because I find it quite plausible in the context of the MCU multiverse, and because I think that it’s something similar to other choices in the MCU.
Dr. Doom is what would have happened if Tony’s escape from the cave had gone wrong.
Let’s say that he didn’t meet Yinsen but still built an armor to escape. I’d imagine that in his solitude Tony would go mad and paranoid. Then he escapes, destroys the camp and the weapons thanks to the armor. only this time, it goes very wrong and he is very severely injured. What happens is that, in the explosion, the heat fuses the mask on his face and parts of the armor to his body. An already darker Tony Stark has now gone mad due to the extreme physical and mental trauma, but he is still the genius everybody knows, only now his mind is twisted beyond repair.
Now, some surviving prisoners manage to carry Tony to safety and contact their home country: Latveria. Tony is M.I.A. and presumed dead, but in reality he is now in the hands of Latverian doctors who partially heal his body (including the shards in his chest) but can’t fix his face and body scars. Tony also finds out that Latveria has access to an incredible source of energy (maybe vibranium?) and helps the mostly poor population with groundbreaking uses of such energy. He dons the mask of his MK1 armor, now deformed in the shape of his face, to hide his scars.
At some point, due to his influence, he is given access to a Sling Ring and starts practicing magic, concentrating on powerful and forbidden dark spells.
Tony’s ever growing power and influence eventually lead him to become the ruler of Latveria, and that’s when Tony really becomes Dr. Doom, wearing a new powerful armor but keeping the mask.
Again, I hope that Doom and Tony will be two separate characters, and I don’t think that my theory is particularly good or anything. I just wanted to share my personal idea because think that something similar might happen to explain Doom’s origins.
Dr. Doom is what would have happened if Tony’s escape from the cave had gone wrong.
Let’s say that he didn’t meet Yinsen but still built an armor to escape. I’d imagine that in his solitude Tony would go mad and paranoid. Then he escapes, destroys the camp and the weapons thanks to the armor. only this time, it goes very wrong and he is very severely injured. What happens is that, in the explosion, the heat fuses the mask on his face and parts of the armor to his body. An already darker Tony Stark has now gone mad due to the extreme physical and mental trauma, but he is still the genius everybody knows, only now his mind is twisted beyond repair.
Now, some surviving prisoners manage to carry Tony to safety and contact their home country: Latveria. Tony is M.I.A. and presumed dead, but in reality he is now in the hands of Latverian doctors who partially heal his body (including the shards in his chest) but can’t fix his face and body scars. Tony also finds out that Latveria has access to an incredible source of energy (maybe vibranium?) and helps the mostly poor population with groundbreaking uses of such energy. He dons the mask of his MK1 armor, now deformed in the shape of his face, to hide his scars.
At some point, due to his influence, he is given access to a Sling Ring and starts practicing magic, concentrating on powerful and forbidden dark spells.
Tony’s ever growing power and influence eventually lead him to become the ruler of Latveria, and that’s when Tony really becomes Dr. Doom, wearing a new powerful armor but keeping the mask.
Again, I hope that Doom and Tony will be two separate characters, and I don’t think that my theory is particularly good or anything. I just wanted to share my personal idea because think that something similar might happen to explain Doom’s origins.
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