Fun fact: There's been 3 MCU projects with Blade and he hasn't fought a single vampire in any of them
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ImDero2025-10-27 15:20
Until Secret Wars reveals we've been in the vampire dimension the whole time and everyone is a vampire except Rhodey who of course is a Skrull. The other Skrulls are also vampires.
demonoddy2025-10-27 15:50
I think explaining he’s been fighting vampires this whole time would be a funny way of showing where he was
Kiloku2025-10-27 16:21
"What do you mean, I've never even seen a vampire!"
"You're welcome."
belladonnagilkey2025-10-27 17:38
"Vampires don't exist!"
"Thanks to my efforts, that statement is correct."
Olifant_DK2025-10-27 21:27
I hear this in Wesley Snipes voice lol
StanyeEast2025-10-29 14:45
"But aren't Vampires sexy and sparkly."
"Fuck Twilight."
HowDoMermaidsFuck2025-10-27 19:34
Honestly when the MCU first kicked off and the rumors of Blade joining in started, I thought the ending of Blade 3 would have provided an *excellent* explanation as to why there weren’t any vampires in the MCU, and it’s because (spoilers, I guess) Blade killed them all at the end of that movie.
Zeratul_The_Emperor2025-10-27 23:56
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HowDoMermaidsFuck2025-10-28 00:39
In Blades home universe, maybe. But Wesley Snipes’ Blade is not from the “mainline” MCU. As much as I would love to see him in the mainline MCU I don’t think that’ll ever happen. At best we’ll get a cameo in a future movie.
Emergency-Baby5112025-10-30 01:17
They've already acknowledged that vampires exist within Loki Season 1, when Mobius is telling Loki about the different types of species the TVA has captured
thorjustice12025-10-27 20:43
Oh we're definitely getting a Blade movie with a montage of Blade in background other of MCU movies as he's casually slaying vampires, right? Kinda Deadpool-like eh? 😏😂
Edit: I was late to the party. Someone has already mentioned this below. lmao
jaemoon72025-10-27 17:15
Better story than Secret Invasion
originalchaosinabox2025-10-27 18:10
See, this is why they keep having so much trouble making a Blade movie. They keep thinking they have to do stuff like this, instead just have him kill some vampires.
Neveronlyadream2025-10-27 18:27
I wish they'd gone with what the upcoming Blade game is doing and just have it set in the past. Do a cool, moody period piece with Blade just killing vampires.
I suspect that Marvel is somehow trying to tie it into the wider MCU still and that's where the sticking point is. Ali wants a good script and Marvel wants to tie it into the universe and they're clashing.
Cineball2025-10-27 20:14
A throwback vampsploitation/Hammer horror mashup would be amazing!
demonoddy2025-10-27 20:52
That’s what they were going to do. They had costumes made and everything
AchillesShort2025-10-27 18:34
They messed up with having him show up (?) in Eternals. IMO they should've pulled a Fantastic Four and have him in his own timeline/universe. Worry about introducing and bringing him into the mainline when you do that for X-Men/F4. If you're gonna have to do it for them, you might as well do it for Blade.
Or you're right OP, just make a freaking Blade movie and not worry about the tie-ins. Werewolf By Night it. The template is there. Frustrating how complicated this whole saga has been. As much as the interconnected-ness of the MCU is in essence it's main draw, they shouldn't all have to have a one off cameo or out of place scene/time to connect to the rest. That's what the avengers movies are for.
Reshar2025-10-27 18:51
I'd rather there be no Vampires in the MCU because the MCU BLADE wiped them out already in the background.
xjuggernaughtx2025-10-27 21:53
Rhodey should also be a vampire. Then they can also make him one of everything else they introduce. Brood. Reaver. Sentinel. Somehow, Rhodey just manages to also be part of that.
Webofshadows12025-10-27 15:30
The MCU does not know what to do with the horror/supernatural genre. Marvel Zombies wasn’t great. Moon Knight was okay. Doctor Strange has 1 decent movie and still doesn’t hold the title of Sorcerer Supreme. Blade is indefinitely canceled.
Werewolf by Night has been the only great product and I’m not sure if we’ll ever see any of those characters again.
ScaredFamousfan2025-10-27 15:34
Marvel Zombies was good in my opinion. And you forgot WandaVison,Loki, Agatha All Along, and Iron Heart which were all big hits that made the Nelson charts. Their supernatural side has become the most promising.
Webofshadows12025-10-27 15:42
Is WandaVision or Loki really part of the horror-type genre?
Agatha All Along was popular amongst fans, but I don’t think it’s as popular to general audiences. I understand the appeal, even if I wasn’t a huge fan.
Iron Heart is probably the worst show out of everything listed.
-Xenocide-2025-10-27 16:10
I would say wandavision had some thriller elements, and Loki was definitely not horror genre, but both of them are in the “supernatural” category without a doubt
ScaredFamousfan2025-10-27 18:40
They’re both supernatural. And wanadavision had some horror elements, like when visions corpse pops up.
-Xenocide-2025-10-27 19:47
Yeah agreed
Gremlin3032025-10-27 16:14
Did you actually watch Ironheart? I only ever see this take from people who didn’t watch it
Pale_YellowRLX2025-10-27 16:25
I did and I agree. It's not often I nope out of a show after the first episode but Ironheart did it for me and I went in with zero expectations.
I don't understand this strange belief that people cannot dislike a show after watching it. Even if you disagree with him, the viewership numbers and reviews more or less support his opinion. It's probably the worst Marvel show ever.
ohheyjoshay2025-10-27 16:37
you didn’t watch the show, you only watched the first episode. saying Ironheart is worse than Secret Wars is so out of pocket lol
Character-Owl94082025-10-27 20:40
I think you meant Secret Invasion. I really hope Secret Wars is better than Ironheart lol
ohheyjoshay2025-10-27 22:22
LOL yes I did great catch
Gremlin3032025-10-27 17:08
You didn’t watch it then. You watched the first episode.
I didn’t say people can’t dislike it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My comment was just saying that so far I haven’t seen this take from anyone who’s actually watched it. And I still haven’t.
Lun4r65432025-10-27 18:16
You watched the first episode. You didn’t watch the show.
And saying Ironheart is worse than the shitshow that was Secret Invasion is ridiculous.
Luvke2025-10-27 18:24
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Webofshadows12025-10-27 16:41
I try to give every show a chance, but it’s not good. I could probably make a whole post about why I don’t like it. The only good redeeming quality is how Mephisto is portrayed for his brief appearance.
Dangerous_Teaching622025-10-27 18:11
>Agatha All Along was popular amongst fans, but I don’t think it’s as popular to general audiences
This is where I disagree. It's the more casual superhero fanbase that I've found like it. The ones who didn't were the same people who didn't like she hulk.
ScaredFamousfan2025-10-27 18:39
It charted in the top 10 on the Nelson overall and originals chart. Agatha might not be everyone’s favorite thing, but it was very successful can’t that that away from it. One of the more successful projects post the first 4 tv releases.
Character-Owl94082025-10-27 20:42
I am not a big fan of SheHulk, but Agatha All Along is fantastic. I’m not sure how you’re mixing those two crowds together
Dangerous_Teaching622025-10-27 23:12
What I'm tryna say is the people who typically hated AAA are the same crowd who typically hated she hulk. Obviously, it's not a monolith and doesn't represent everybody.
It's the same crowd who was goofy about the acolyte.
sortalikeachinchilla2025-10-27 18:05
> Marvel Zombies wasn’t great
Really? Huh, I loved it. I thought others did too.
vim_deezel2025-10-27 18:45
we did, you are only looking at one person's opinion. I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from it. Reddit is full of very confident people
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 19:51
There were rumors (take this all with a grain of salt) that the first Phase of Multiverse Saga was going to be about magic and mysticism and was going to lead into an Avengers movie where Strange organizes a new team to fight Wanda, with the Sanctum even becoming kind of like the Avengers Mansion from the comics.
But then Covid hit and Scott Derickson got fired and then Cumberbatch wanted more money after his contract expired, so they consolidated that movie into Multiverse of Madness. Take this all with a grain of salt, obviously.
deemoorah2025-10-28 08:05
There's no such rumor exists
blanketskies92025-10-27 15:30
Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Zombies. What's the 3rd?
Joshawott272025-10-27 15:32
A brief voice-only cameo in the post-credit scene of Eternals.
MacGuffin-X2025-10-27 15:40
Blade was there as a black smith in the forest scene just before they were attacked
Joshawott272025-10-27 15:43
That is honestly the first time I've heard of that. Has it ever been confirmed to be Blade, or Mahershala Ali?
demonoddy2025-10-27 15:51
The voice is mahershala confirmed by the director of the eternals
Joshawott272025-10-27 16:03
Yes, I know the voice cameo was (I brought it up in this thread). I was asking about u/[MacGuffin-X](https://www.reddit.com/user/MacGuffin-X/)'s claim that a person in the forest was Blade.
demonoddy2025-10-27 16:07
Oh yeah no I have never heard that
MacGuffin-X2025-10-28 02:06
It's just an easter egg. Of course it's a different actor.
ezrs1582025-10-27 16:46
Source? Are you seriously just making this up?
TheLiquor19462025-10-27 17:10
Seem like you've seen a deleted scene none of us have.
Praetor_60402025-10-27 19:30
Just making stuff up for the love of the game 😭
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 19:46
jesus christ dude, you can just call him a smith ^^^/s
bretttwarwick2025-10-27 21:07
Just don't say smith with a hard S.
TorontoDavid2025-10-27 16:25
Thanks. I was struggling to think of the 3rd one.
Jupiters2025-10-27 16:25
tbf we only hear him in that scene and can't confirm whether or not he was fighting vampires off camera
Tribult2025-10-27 21:31
I can confirm that is what he sounds like whilst fighting vampires
zhiryst2025-10-27 19:45
Wait that was supposed to be Blade?
Joshawott272025-10-27 19:46
Yeah. Turns out he wasn’t asking Dane Whitman if he was ready for that blade, he was asking Marvel Studios.
ScaredFamousfan2025-10-27 15:32
Saving it for his own movie I guess
ccReptilelord2025-10-27 15:45
In fairness, we haven't seen a single vampire aside from Blade himself. Perhaps we haven't really met Blade because he retired after killing all the vampires.
OnlinePosterPerson2025-10-27 15:54
Blade isn’t a vampire. He’s a Dhampir
inthehxightse2025-10-27 17:12
We had Saracen in She-Hulk
yuvi30002025-10-27 17:38
And they were directly referenced in Werewolf By Night with a bat-monster-like vampire's head kept as a hunting trophy
Sethito-Bandito2025-10-27 19:35
And Lilia also talked about killing a vampire in Agatha All Along. And Morbius mentioned the TVA fighting vampires in Loki
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 19:49
> In fairness, we haven't seen a single vampire aside from Blade himself.
"I know. *you're welcome*"--Blade
THE-IMPOSSIBLEreddit2025-10-27 15:45
Im sure he has some some sorta mental struggle in those projects.
So he may have fought a vampire
Wtygrrr2025-10-27 15:49
How do you know none of Casandra’s people were vampires?
CaptHayfever2025-10-27 16:00
All the sunlight.
Wtygrrr2025-10-27 16:02
Maybe they’ve finally figured out they can just wear ninja clothes.
crispy_attic2025-10-27 16:34
Fun fact: In a world where Norse gods are real, aliens exist, and time travel can be invented in an afternoon, somehow War Machine still can’t feel his legs.
They really dropped the ball with Blade, War Machine, and T’Challa.
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 19:52
Charles Xavier's entire friend group is people who have had their entire body reconstructed at the point of death, and yet he is still in a wheelchair
REDDITATO_2025-10-27 22:42
That's just not correct. Once the X-Men started doing that resurrection thing, Xavier got out of the wheelchair and hasn't been back since.
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 22:43
Ok but that's super recent.
House of X/Powers of X started in 2019 which as we all know was last year
HalfOfLancelot2025-10-28 06:45
Elixir suddenly missing when it comes to healing Xavier's legs...
Marcuse02025-10-27 16:41
Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill.
Blade is a weird one, because aside from if Spiderman fights Morbius there's not a huge amount for him to do, and the inclusion of widespread vampirism is kind of a weird addition to the MCU because then why wouldn't other superheroes find out about that and do something to put a stop to it?
africkinduck2025-10-27 16:53
Because he's good at his job damn it!
shadownights23x2025-10-27 17:06
Same reason any other hero didn't show up during another hero's solo movie.
I still agree with you though it be a wierd addition but they dont have to acknowledge it at all in other films.
Galiphile2025-10-27 17:39
Add a montage of Blade appearing in the background of other MCU movies killing vampires with the other movie's characters being wholly unaware.
Marcuse02025-10-27 17:43
Now that's a fun idea!
TheLateThagSimmons2025-10-27 19:13
I would like it if they showed that, but only for the really early projects, and he "completes" his task by wiping out all the vampires, so they're no longer an issue by the time the main stories start to happen.
Like how do you get new vampires if there's no existing vampires?
What does Blade do once there are no more? He joins the fight, kinda.
MusicLikeOxygen2025-10-27 18:12
They could always set it up as vampires being a secret society and the plot of the Blade movie could be built around them deciding to come out of the shadows. That could explain their lack of presence so far.
Jaddman2025-10-27 18:21
That's literally the most basic stuff imaginable.
Vampires have lived among humans for hundreds of years and generally kept quiet.
Those who have stepped out of line were killed by some ancient vampire hunting order.
None of them posed a threat on a global scale to leave a significant mark in history.
Or if you really want some "deep lore", throw in the Vlad Dracula in there, who was active long after Asgardians interacted with norse pagans.
Anyway, they kept quiet all this time, but suddenly there's an extra evil motherfucker, who plans to block out the Sun with a red skybeam or something.
And it's up to Blade to stop him.
bretttwarwick2025-10-27 21:10
They have used that plot in vampire movies countless times already. I don't see a problem with one more.
VileSlay2025-10-27 19:21
Literally the plot of the first Blade movie.
MusicLikeOxygen2025-10-27 19:29
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
bretttwarwick2025-10-27 21:15
Also the plot to Queen of the Damned, Daybreakers, Sunset Society, and Underworld among lots of others.
AdrunkGirlScout2025-10-27 20:18
I wonder if any vampires at all even got Snapped since they’re technically not living right? Could finally give us a movie during those five years if half their food supply vanished
vim_deezel2025-10-27 18:42
They can make up for quantity with power. There doesn't need to be hordes of vampire. Just a nice size covens of them with powerful master vampires here and there. The "we only turn a few" works best I think. Just make them less fodderish
HowDoMermaidsFuck2025-10-27 19:38
I said this elsewhere, but when the first rumors of a Blade movie started happening as the MCU was kicking off, I always said the ending of Blade 3 is a great way to explain the lack of vampires in the MCU (spoilers - it’s because Blade killed them all).
mrbaryonyx2025-10-27 19:48
I honestly think this is kind of the problem with the MCU: it's fundamentally about different peoples learning to put aside their differences, and Blade is about how "this one group of thinking, feeling people needs to be murdered and there's only one guy who can do it."
That's fine in the comics and the movies where you don't have to think about it, but when you start to crossover, it gets weird. Like Dracula's a murderer, and so are most of his progeny, but he can't throw the golden gate bridge at anyone and his people aren't fated to replace humanity like the mutants are.
ExtraBreadPls2025-10-27 21:22
Honestly, he's more of a Witcher these days. Its been established that he's a monster hunter. He was hunting Deadpool's ex demon wife at one point because he thought she was up to no good
Olsoizzo2025-10-27 21:34
I heard the costumes for Sinners were originally from the MCU Blade movie as it was going to take place decades ago at one point. I don’t know if this is true or not, but it was in the news.
HalfOfLancelot2025-10-28 06:41
honestly, i wouldn't mind if they threw in the fact that the magical community (folks like jericho, strange, clea, etc.) have been helping take care of it while keeping the general populace mostly unawares. on top of blade being blade doing his badass blade things
i think there's just generally a lot of widespread shit happening all at once (vampires, zombies, demons, intergalactic invaders, general powered villains doing villainous things) that i think it makes sense that most heroes or heroic individuals are just busy.
who's to not to say that the large swathe of the hero community just kinda stays in their lane unless one of the problems goes nuclear?
HappycatAF2025-10-27 16:41
The first mention of vampires in the MCU was a joke from Korg in Thor:Ragnarok. Implying that vampires not only exist in the MCU, but they exist on other planets and are at least known to Kronan’s who don’t have blood.
ScubaKlown2025-10-27 17:06
Gosh he must be the laziest vampire Hunter that Disney has ever seen! But they have heard of him.
xreddawgx2025-10-27 17:33
Its almost like the writers don't know how to incorporate vampire lore into the mcu when they have the comics right in front of them
Icommitmanywarcrimes2025-10-27 17:51
He could’ve been stabbing a vampire in eternals, you never know.
McDummy2025-10-27 17:55
disney is a vampiric company, makes sense.
JoshTheBard2025-10-27 18:58
If the Snap affects half of all living things would Vampires be immune? Were there proportionally twice as many vampires during the Blip?
Petrichor022025-10-27 19:17
This is a great question. Depends on if Thanos was targeting creatures with souls or with sentience/sapience. And whether or not vampires have souls in the MCU.
nmcaptures2025-10-27 20:03
“Thank you Blade, but the vampire is in another coffin”
Prestigious-Fox26872025-10-27 20:32
What’s the third one
chewywheat2025-10-27 20:42
To be fair, none of them have a solo movie in the MCU. Vampires just showing up out of no where makes very little sense elsewhere. That is like saying Hulk is in Avengers so he should always be fighting a gamma radiated enemy.
TGB_Skeletor2025-10-27 23:11
Only recent adaptation where he fought vampires was in marvel rivals
And he was Dracula's prisoner at the end
Kris-p-2025-10-27 23:53
Guess he's really good at his job then
DrHoodMD2025-10-28 00:51
I question how "fun" this fact is... 😑
vector_calculus19762025-10-28 02:21
He killed them all lol
Usual-Caregiver55892025-10-28 06:02
No vampires. He did fight a ghost once, though.
82ndGameHead2025-10-28 08:33
There's also a game with him in it not fighting Vampires.
He's giving hell to Zombies, tho
0LoveAnonymous02025-10-28 15:23
I mean he is a superhero after all
mikeweasy2025-10-28 20:08
Like seriously how hard is it to make a simple Blade movie where he fights Vampires?
Mickey_Juice2025-10-28 20:53
I did appreciate that the DP&W version of Azazel went up like a Blade vamp from silver.
Inhale_Clouds2025-10-29 02:57
He probably got them all by now 😂
Able-Transition-94772025-10-29 14:26
Didn't he kill a vampire in Deadpool and Wolverine?
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"You're welcome."
"Thanks to my efforts, that statement is correct."
"Fuck Twilight."
Edit: I was late to the party. Someone has already mentioned this below. lmao
I suspect that Marvel is somehow trying to tie it into the wider MCU still and that's where the sticking point is. Ali wants a good script and Marvel wants to tie it into the universe and they're clashing.
Or you're right OP, just make a freaking Blade movie and not worry about the tie-ins. Werewolf By Night it. The template is there. Frustrating how complicated this whole saga has been. As much as the interconnected-ness of the MCU is in essence it's main draw, they shouldn't all have to have a one off cameo or out of place scene/time to connect to the rest. That's what the avengers movies are for.
Werewolf by Night has been the only great product and I’m not sure if we’ll ever see any of those characters again.
Agatha All Along was popular amongst fans, but I don’t think it’s as popular to general audiences. I understand the appeal, even if I wasn’t a huge fan.
Iron Heart is probably the worst show out of everything listed.
I don't understand this strange belief that people cannot dislike a show after watching it. Even if you disagree with him, the viewership numbers and reviews more or less support his opinion. It's probably the worst Marvel show ever.
I didn’t say people can’t dislike it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My comment was just saying that so far I haven’t seen this take from anyone who’s actually watched it. And I still haven’t.
And saying Ironheart is worse than the shitshow that was Secret Invasion is ridiculous.
This is where I disagree. It's the more casual superhero fanbase that I've found like it. The ones who didn't were the same people who didn't like she hulk.
It's the same crowd who was goofy about the acolyte.
Really? Huh, I loved it. I thought others did too.
But then Covid hit and Scott Derickson got fired and then Cumberbatch wanted more money after his contract expired, so they consolidated that movie into Multiverse of Madness. Take this all with a grain of salt, obviously.
"I know. *you're welcome*"--Blade
So he may have fought a vampire
They really dropped the ball with Blade, War Machine, and T’Challa.
House of X/Powers of X started in 2019 which as we all know was last year
Blade is a weird one, because aside from if Spiderman fights Morbius there's not a huge amount for him to do, and the inclusion of widespread vampirism is kind of a weird addition to the MCU because then why wouldn't other superheroes find out about that and do something to put a stop to it?
I still agree with you though it be a wierd addition but they dont have to acknowledge it at all in other films.
Like how do you get new vampires if there's no existing vampires?
What does Blade do once there are no more? He joins the fight, kinda.
Vampires have lived among humans for hundreds of years and generally kept quiet.
Those who have stepped out of line were killed by some ancient vampire hunting order.
None of them posed a threat on a global scale to leave a significant mark in history.
Or if you really want some "deep lore", throw in the Vlad Dracula in there, who was active long after Asgardians interacted with norse pagans.
Anyway, they kept quiet all this time, but suddenly there's an extra evil motherfucker, who plans to block out the Sun with a red skybeam or something.
And it's up to Blade to stop him.
That's fine in the comics and the movies where you don't have to think about it, but when you start to crossover, it gets weird. Like Dracula's a murderer, and so are most of his progeny, but he can't throw the golden gate bridge at anyone and his people aren't fated to replace humanity like the mutants are.
i think there's just generally a lot of widespread shit happening all at once (vampires, zombies, demons, intergalactic invaders, general powered villains doing villainous things) that i think it makes sense that most heroes or heroic individuals are just busy.
who's to not to say that the large swathe of the hero community just kinda stays in their lane unless one of the problems goes nuclear?
And he was Dracula's prisoner at the end
He's giving hell to Zombies, tho