The MCU Just Broke The First Rule Of Time Travel
This article contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 5.
Ms. Marvel episode 5 features Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) and the MCU breaking the first rule of time travel. The cliffhanger to Ms. Marvel episode 4 saw Kamala transported back in time to 1947 during the Partition of India. Ms. Marvel episode 5, «Time and Again,» reveals the reason for Kamala's time travel and brings her face to face with her legendary great-grandmother Aisha, who requires her to play an integral role in the Khan family's Partition story.
The MCU is no stranger to time travel, having deployed it to reverse the effects of Thanos' snap in Avengers: Endgame. The Avengers' cavalier trip back through MCU continuity was later smoothed over by Loki's TVA, butKamala's trip back in time presents a more complex problem. Traveling back to the Partition of India in Ms. Marvel allows Kamala to play her part in reuniting her young grandmother and great-grandfather at the railway station. In essence, Kamala has played a crucial part in her own eventual birth, breaking a fundamental rule of time travel.
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Ms. Marvel's Djinn bangle is the means by which the MCU has subtly changed Kamala Khan's superpowers from their comic book origins. Sent by her grandmother in Ms. Marvel episode 1, the bangle has given Kamala her abilities to generate hard light to protect the innocent and face off against the villainous ClanDestine. It's also given Kamala the intriguing new power of time travel. In Ms. Marvel episode 5, it's revealed that by sending the bangle, Sana has enabled Kamala to reunite her childhood self with her father, creating a confusing MCU causal loop, breaking the first rule of time travel.
A causal loop
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