The MCU Just Made Iron Man's Ten Rings Plot Hole Even Worse
Warning: Spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 3
A detail in Ms. Marvel made the MCU’s inconsistent depiction of The Ten Rings organization even more perplexing than its two portrayals in Iron Man and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The MCU's Ten Rings are one of the first villains to appear in the MCU franchise, debuting in 2008’s Iron Man as a terrorist organization responsible for Tony Stark’s critical heart injury under the instruction of Obadiah Stane. While AIM masquerades as the organization in Iron Man 3, it truly returns in Shang-Chi, where its origin and the full scope of its power are shown. The portrayals between Iron Man and Shang-Chi are quite different, and while Ms. Marvel seemingly exacerbates the issue, there is a possible explanation for the inconsistency in Shang-Chi.
The Ten Rings are shown to be a well-organized and lethal terrorist group in Iron Man, operating out of a secret base in Afghanistan and kidnapping Tony Stark to force him to make his deadly Jericho missiles for them. The Ten Rings are shown to be far larger and more dangerous in Shang-Chi, as they’re an international criminal empire whose influence is found throughout the world and whose leader, The Mandarin (a.k.a. Xu Wenwu), is virtually immortal thanks to the mysterious ten rings he wears. With this in mind, it’s difficult to see why The Ten Rings would need Stark’s weapons or an alliance with Obadiah Stane in the first place.
Related: Why The Ten Rings Organization Was So Weak In Iron Man (Vs. Shang-Chi)
Ms. Marvel’s third episode, “Destined,” includes a Ten Rings easter egg, showing their distinctive symbol on the floor of a temple in India, where four inter-dimensional Djinn find one of two powerful bangles. This implies that
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