MCU Theory: Kang The Conqueror Pays Off Captain America's Story
Kang the Conqueror’s time travel shenanigans in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania can serve as a payoff for Captain America’s story in Avengers: Endgame. In the movie, time travel was the key to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes acquiring the Infinity Stones and stopping Thanos. But for one hero in particular, time travel was a way for him to get the happy ending that had been denied to him over 70 years ago.
Time travel was the only way Steve Rogers could get what he truly wanted. After getting thawed out from the ice and realizing that he had missed out on a life with Peggy Carter, Steve made some attempts to move on in the Captain America sequels and Avengers movies. But as Endgame revealed, this just wasn’t something Steve was able to do. For that reason, Captain America used the Avengers’ new time travel technology to go back to 1945 and have that dance with Peggy Carter that was never possible in Captain America: The First Avenger. As a result, Phase 3 was able to deliver what truly felt like a perfect ending to the Sentinel of Liberty’s MCU story.
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The battle with Thanos has reached an end, but Marvel isn’t done with time travel as a plot device. After exploring it a bit more deeply in Disney+’s Loki show, the MCU will make the concept the focus of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Scott, Hope, and Hank’s next big-screen adventure will see the characters go up against Kang the Conqueror, a prominent Avengers villain whose MCU debut was set up by Loki’s ending. Exactly what he’ll be planning remains to be seen, but it seems it’ll fall on Ant-Man and his allies to thwart Kang’s plan. Here’s why Kang’s MCU invasion can be how the MCU answers
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