Continuity in MCU
I'm a bit confused about the continuity in the MCU. let preface by saying that I have not seen every* but for a studio that tried so hard to link things together in a single multiverse, I can't help but feel they've left some plot holes. The biggest of these, in my opinion, is how these immensely powerful superheros and in some cases literal gods don't show up when other catastrophic battles are being fought. It hit me while watching The Eternals just now for the first time. I've been catching up on the MCU via disney+. I have watched the films up to and including Deadpool vs wolverine and also the show Loki (both seasons). I was going to start the captain America brave new world film but in the first few minutes they reference a celestial mass in the ocean which is a reference to The Eternals, which led me to watch it...
Where in the actual hell were the avengers when the Deviants attacked? Where were they during the events of Loki? Falcon and winter soldier? Etc..
One thing I respected was that they answered this question in the eternals when they said that they stay out of humanity's wars and conflicts including Thanos by design. But what about the rest of Marvel's heroes?
Where in the actual hell were the avengers when the Deviants attacked? Where were they during the events of Loki? Falcon and winter soldier? Etc..
One thing I respected was that they answered this question in the eternals when they said that they stay out of humanity's wars and conflicts including Thanos by design. But what about the rest of Marvel's heroes?
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Fans when they do show up: CAPTAIN AMERICA 3? MORE LIKE AVENGERS 2.5
Also they cannot instantly teleport everywhere, most things happen too fast or in places that might not even lend to other heroes arriving there on time.
*Ant-man and Hawkeye in Infinity War is the example I can think of.
You keep mentioning the Avengers, but there was no Avengers team between Endgame and Thunderbolts.
As for the Avengers, at the time of Eternals, all that was left was Prof. Hulk, and a retired Hawkeye, who just got his family back. Thor was off world, Steve was in the 40s, Tony dead, Nat dead. And all the attacks were so quick no Avenger could have gotten there in time anyhow. (Which is also my answer for why the Eternals didn't help when Thanos showed up. The ones that had the power to get their quickly either wouldn't, or were hanging out on the ship not paying attention to what was going on outside.)
Most of the deviants had been wiped out centuries ago. The ones that were left had been frozen in ice, that Icarus had stumbled upon. They were never a large enough threat to get the other heroes radars.
>Where were they during the events of Loki?
Loki only very infrequently happens on the Sacred Timeline, and when it does, most of the heroes would have not been born or would be dead at those points.
They would have had to have known about the TVA (which they didnt) have access to a timepad (which they didnt) and even know there was anything going on in the TVA that would require their help (which they didnt).
>Falcon and winter soldier?
Most of the show is normal military level threats, that wouldn't have needed the other heroes to be a part of the solution. Also, who around to help? Thor and Captain Marvel are off planet, Wanda is off reading the Darkhold somewhere, Hulk has basically retired, Rhodey is working more inside the government for...reasons. Clint and basically retired too, and Natasha and Cap are straight gone. Dr Strange could care less about that type of stuff.
They've addressed these questions before though. Such as "where was captain Marvel" to which she replies "Earth isn't the only world that needs saving" or something like that.
Mainly though, there are too many factors to exposition dump where every single hero is in every film. You have to just kind of accept it. To have a linked universe with so many characters, you have to just ignore a lot of things.
As for Loki... I'm wondering how much attention you even paid, as it would oppose common sense for the Avengers to turn up at any point during that show. The majority of it is set beyond time, in the TVA - so a logistical impossibility, as well as there being utterly no reason.
May as well ask where the Avengers were in Thor: The Dark World, or in Doctor Strange, or Ant-Man and the Wasp.
I stopped watching the MCU films after the infinity saga but was very up to speed up to end game. Now I'm slowly catchy up one film/series at a time.
The reality is the practical expense of putting all the actors together and also giving stories where those characters are the focus. I really wish the MCU had focused on more team ups as rosters grew.
Oh is Galactus gonna destroy Earth?, the FF will deal with it while the rest of the heroes go off do their own things
But also you have to remembers some real life logistic, having the Avengers respond to every single circumstance will mean that all of the actors will have to be available to film every single movie, you will need to have the budget to hire alll of the characters so they can appear in it, and may take away from the focus of who the film's leads are supposed to be
If one is gonna watch an MCU or DCU film/show, just keep in mind there are gonna be plenty of world ending events, but its gonna be just whoever is the title character/team who will handle it.