Doctor Strange 2 Proves Fan Theories Are More Daring Than The Actual MCU
Warning: Contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
If there’s one thing to take away from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it’s that fan theories have proven themselves to be more daring than the actual MCU. The MCU has no obligation to take fan theories into account with their stories, and people shouldn’t go in expecting all of their theories to come true. At the same time, however, it feels like a problem when fan theories for the films and shows are often more interesting than what the finished product ends up being.
Leading up to its release, the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cast and premise set it up to be one of the biggest MCU films in recent years. The film was made out to take Phase 4’s focus on the multiverse to its peak and not only be the biggest exploration into the concept, but have major ramifications for the rest of the MCU going forward. Not only that, but there was a lot of hype around it being a cavalcade of cameos and callbacks to previous Marvel films both in and out of the MCU, much like Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home. All of this came together to spark many theories about Multiverse of Madness' plot, characters, and the ever-anticipated Doctor Strange 2 post-credits scenesthat persisted among audiences for months on end; that, combined with the word of people who had been known to correctly leak plots before, led people to believe that there was legitimacy to most of those theories.
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When Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was finally released, however, many of the fan theories surrounding the film ended up not being true, and in a certain way, that shows how much more
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