20210918:
The show is called "What If...?", but after watching the first episode, my understanding of the show is that all these events happened.
[20210918][20241007 Edit]
20211015 Comment:
Ok, so how does all this Watcher stuff work with Loki, that's what I want to know.
Well I read that apparently Loki, and the MCU, takes place within a Sacred Timeline that was isolated and pruned; but in general there are many timelines with branches, many of which aren't isolated. When left unpruned, the timeline is able to branch out and reach other timelines.
Great, so now what about the Ancient One's Sacred Timeline speech in Endgame? Loki makes that sound like a bunch of lies. Well there's a YouTube video that explains - I'm assuming based on what the writers have said - that there were five new timelines created as a result of The Avengers collecting the stones to undo the snap in their own timeline.
I later watched a different video where the host of YouTube channel Because Science, Kyle, gives his quantum mechanics interpretation of what happened. I like how it's based on science and how plausible it actually makes the movie.
I would say that this video and the previous video are compatible. In some sense, all these timelines already exist. For example, there already existed a timeline in which Bruce Banner enters and meets the Ancient One. It's similarity to the one we witnessed is one of the many possible paths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If...%3F_(TV_series)
S1E01
1a: The episode was full of fun parallels and references to the events that took place.
1a: Paused with six minutes left
1b: Most of what was left was credits
1b: That doesn't make sense to me: "Does not, cannot, will not interfere." I feel "will not" implies a "can."
1a=20210917, 1b=20210918
S1E02
Doesn't make sense to me that Yondu was content that his henchmen grabbed the wrong person and didn't still go back for Quill.
Captain America's shield was in Tivan's collection.
Hehe. The headdress.
"Lol no no no no because it's random." - Thanos defending that his idea wasn't genocide.
20210918
S1E03
???
202109??
S1E04
This was a dark episode with an unhappy ending
20211001
S1E05
Blam blam blam
Blam.
Intersting twist but i suppose strange of Vision to suddenly atone... no reason for change of heart
Wish we got to see the hulk defeat scarlett witch, is it just a draw?
Hmm... zombie thanos with power stones
20211004
S1E06
Like with the Spiderman zombie episode, this ends on a cliffhanger. I wonder if they will pursue these cliffhangers, it would be nice. One thing about the episode is I do think it seemed uncharacteristically short sighted of Stark to not leave a more obvious backup of evidence of Killmonger. That would be a better failsafe than the chance for someone else discovers some obsure trace of it. While they don't say how, during the episode I assumed he would have built it into the robot's programming.
20211011
S1E07
Infinity glove in background
Lol "if I were you I'd start at the corners" "corners... corners... but it's a sphere"
Lol. "You will listen to me!"
Straightens the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Compared to Jane being transported to Asgard, it seemed like it took his mother a while to get to Midgard.
It's great this was such a fun episode compared to the darker ones, there really wasn't much in the way of a cliffhanger; though the writers threw in a twist at the end which suggests maybe there will eventually be follow up episodes for each alternate reality...
by the way, who was that? [it was Ultron with six infinity stones]
20211012
S1E08
Where does Clint get his arrows, does he ever run out, i think he did in the movie [he has a mechanical looking quiver]
Wow Ultron/Vision so easily took down Thanos... does that make sense? Why didnt he try that in the movie? [I guess in the movie was just Vision, whereas this episode is Ultron]
Haha Raiders of the Lost Ark
PDFs
Just pick a box? Seems silly
Clint's turn to fall down
"You cannot compute the power of my will." - Uatu to Ultron
Lol, this Dr. Strange.
20211013
S1E09
Next episode. Haha Bernard in accounting.
Oh wow, Killmonger chosen
Hehe Guardians of the Multiverse.
Why would there not be more copies of the Infinity Stones in other universes?
Ok so they mention multiple stones. In fact Strange still has his time stone.
After he makes the realization, "We were never meant to win. We were here to separate the stones from the body." I'm not sure I understand. [Zola and Ultron are trapped in a pocket dimension. Strange was returned to his pocket dimension and agrees to watch over them... not really having anywhere to go anyways.
Peggy wanted her happy ending, something like Rogers at the end of Endgame. Uatu refuses her request, telling her she's needed
The door was a metaphor lol
What? Alive? How even...
20211013
S2E01
did the narration say nebula's sister?
Howard the duck
hehe what's his name knew what it was
she wants to destroy the codes. the thing with this type of trope is typically the protagonist finds their way toward something only for the antagonist to follow behind. while the protagonist still wins at the end of the day
hehe. "oh no. this is bad. those arent supposed to pay out"
ah. what a twist to the trope
1=20241005
S2E02
hmm a team. did ms marvel have powers? thor, peter quill, ant man, a friend of ant man, hope, [20241007: that was Mar Vell][20241008: Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, Goliath (Bill Foster), Black Panther (King T'Chaka), Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes), Mar-Vell (Wendy Lawson), Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Hope van Dyne, Peter Quill, and Thor]
1=20241005
S2E03
In a building. Takeover at business office. Christmas setting. Seems like Die Hard
Hehe A Christmas Story and someone is heard "poke your eye out"
Hehe air vent as security risk
Hehe. She guesses Con Air and Under Seige, and Happy says "Hey, John McClane, focus."
Haha. "Ctrl+Alt"Delete"
Hehe. Some of the Avengers are dressed up
Smile. The Iron Man toys are sold out and the Hawkeye toys are full on the shelves even after a slashed discount. I guess earlier the scene where Clint insists on bringing home the last toy could be a nod to Jingle All the Way.
At the end of the credits, Darcy sings the full verse she put together
1=20241007
S2E04
Hehe. Stark is appalled by the racing and deaths involved
Hehe. Korg requested the slow walk
The board is desgined around competitors getting eliminated (green for alive and red for dead)
Haha. His right hand woman [Topaz] reacts with a sarcastic monotone "wheeeee"
The car turning back into a suit was cooler than the suit turning into a car
What a crazy weapon. Just touches him and melts him. There should be a safety switch
1=20241007
S2E05
Jeez. That info on left knee weakness is... well unfair but... she's already outnumbered. Why aren't the other Widows as good?
Hehe. "I am the Watcher. I see all, I observe all, I know... What the hell's this?"
1=20241007
S2E06
1=20241008
S2E07
Hmm. So Hela's crown is kind of like Thor's hammer in this story?
Hehe. Hela may be the antagonist in Ragnorak, but she's pretty comical here
Huh. What realm does the ten rings come from anyways
Hahaha. "I can't decide if you're brave or stupid."
Haha. "Knives would be much more serviceable."
Wow. She leveled up.
Great episode.
1=20241008
S2E08
Hehe. She can hear him.
Hehe. "What if. What if. What if. I have to try."
1=20241008
S2E09
"Gremlins. Aliens. Jurassic Park."
Oh wow. Zombie Scarlet Witch from Season 1
Hehe. Thanos disappearing from a snap
Neat trick. She took him out of his suit
Hehe. Two Thors against each other.
She mostly uses the Power Stone
Pretty cool to see Kahhori and Captain Carter go at it with Strange. But shouldn't there be other heroes collected that were released?
Hehe. Copies versus copies.
Why did strange have to drophis clones
Wielding various powers is quite cool, though questionable (e.g., able to wield ten rings without training)
Huh. Strange destroys Thor's hammer.
That's Loki's tree? [World Tree]
1=20241008
The show is called "What If...?", but after watching the first episode, my understanding of the show is that all these events happened.
[20210918][20241007 Edit]
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| The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) |
20211015 Comment:
Ok, so how does all this Watcher stuff work with Loki, that's what I want to know.
Well I read that apparently Loki, and the MCU, takes place within a Sacred Timeline that was isolated and pruned; but in general there are many timelines with branches, many of which aren't isolated. When left unpruned, the timeline is able to branch out and reach other timelines.
 |
| Doctor Strange vs Doctor Strange Supreme |
Great, so now what about the Ancient One's Sacred Timeline speech in Endgame? Loki makes that sound like a bunch of lies. Well there's a YouTube video that explains - I'm assuming based on what the writers have said - that there were five new timelines created as a result of The Avengers collecting the stones to undo the snap in their own timeline.
I later watched a different video where the host of YouTube channel Because Science, Kyle, gives his quantum mechanics interpretation of what happened. I like how it's based on science and how plausible it actually makes the movie.
I would say that this video and the previous video are compatible. In some sense, all these timelines already exist. For example, there already existed a timeline in which Bruce Banner enters and meets the Ancient One. It's similarity to the one we witnessed is one of the many possible paths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If...%3F_(TV_series)
 |
| Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) |
S1E01
1a: The episode was full of fun parallels and references to the events that took place.
1a: Paused with six minutes left
1b: Most of what was left was credits
1b: That doesn't make sense to me: "Does not, cannot, will not interfere." I feel "will not" implies a "can."
1a=20210917, 1b=20210918
 |
| What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? Peggy Carter / Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) |
S1E02
Doesn't make sense to me that Yondu was content that his henchmen grabbed the wrong person and didn't still go back for Quill.
Captain America's shield was in Tivan's collection.
Hehe. The headdress.
"Lol no no no no because it's random." - Thanos defending that his idea wasn't genocide.
20210918
 |
| What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? Star-Lord T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) |
S1E03
???
202109??
S1E04
This was a dark episode with an unhappy ending
20211001
 |
| What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands? Doctor Strange Supreme (Benedict Cumberbatch) |
S1E05
Blam blam blam
Blam.
Intersting twist but i suppose strange of Vision to suddenly atone... no reason for change of heart
Wish we got to see the hulk defeat scarlett witch, is it just a draw?
Hmm... zombie thanos with power stones
20211004
 |
| What If... Zombies?! Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Hudson Thames), James "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and Okoye (Danai Gurira) |
S1E06
Like with the Spiderman zombie episode, this ends on a cliffhanger. I wonder if they will pursue these cliffhangers, it would be nice. One thing about the episode is I do think it seemed uncharacteristically short sighted of Stark to not leave a more obvious backup of evidence of Killmonger. That would be a better failsafe than the chance for someone else discovers some obsure trace of it. While they don't say how, during the episode I assumed he would have built it into the robot's programming.
20211011
 |
| What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" (Michael B. Jordan) |
S1E07
Infinity glove in background
Lol "if I were you I'd start at the corners" "corners... corners... but it's a sphere"
Lol. "You will listen to me!"
Straightens the Leaning Tower of Pisa
 |
| Captain Marvel vs Thor |
Compared to Jane being transported to Asgard, it seemed like it took his mother a while to get to Midgard.
It's great this was such a fun episode compared to the darker ones, there really wasn't much in the way of a cliffhanger; though the writers threw in a twist at the end which suggests maybe there will eventually be follow up episodes for each alternate reality...
by the way, who was that? [it was Ultron with six infinity stones]
20211012
 |
| What If... Thor Were an Only Child? Thor (Chris Hemsworth) |
S1E08
Where does Clint get his arrows, does he ever run out, i think he did in the movie [he has a mechanical looking quiver]
Wow Ultron/Vision so easily took down Thanos... does that make sense? Why didnt he try that in the movie? [I guess in the movie was just Vision, whereas this episode is Ultron]
Haha Raiders of the Lost Ark
PDFs
Just pick a box? Seems silly
Clint's turn to fall down
"You cannot compute the power of my will." - Uatu to Ultron
Lol, this Dr. Strange.
20211013
 |
| What If... Ultron Won? Ultron (Ross Marquand) |
S1E09
Next episode. Haha Bernard in accounting.
Oh wow, Killmonger chosen
Hehe Guardians of the Multiverse.
Why would there not be more copies of the Infinity Stones in other universes?
Ok so they mention multiple stones. In fact Strange still has his time stone.
 |
| Gamora (Cynthia McWilliams) |
After he makes the realization, "We were never meant to win. We were here to separate the stones from the body." I'm not sure I understand. [Zola and Ultron are trapped in a pocket dimension. Strange was returned to his pocket dimension and agrees to watch over them... not really having anywhere to go anyways.
Peggy wanted her happy ending, something like Rogers at the end of Endgame. Uatu refuses her request, telling her she's needed
The door was a metaphor lol
What? Alive? How even...
20211013
S2E01
did the narration say nebula's sister?
Howard the duck
hehe what's his name knew what it was
she wants to destroy the codes. the thing with this type of trope is typically the protagonist finds their way toward something only for the antagonist to follow behind. while the protagonist still wins at the end of the day
hehe. "oh no. this is bad. those arent supposed to pay out"
ah. what a twist to the trope
1=20241005
S2E02
hmm a team. did ms marvel have powers? thor, peter quill, ant man, a friend of ant man, hope, [20241007: that was Mar Vell][20241008: Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, Goliath (Bill Foster), Black Panther (King T'Chaka), Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes), Mar-Vell (Wendy Lawson), Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Hope van Dyne, Peter Quill, and Thor]
1=20241005
S2E03
In a building. Takeover at business office. Christmas setting. Seems like Die Hard
Hehe A Christmas Story and someone is heard "poke your eye out"
Hehe air vent as security risk
Hehe. She guesses Con Air and Under Seige, and Happy says "Hey, John McClane, focus."
Haha. "Ctrl+Alt"Delete"
Hehe. Some of the Avengers are dressed up
Smile. The Iron Man toys are sold out and the Hawkeye toys are full on the shelves even after a slashed discount. I guess earlier the scene where Clint insists on bringing home the last toy could be a nod to Jingle All the Way.
At the end of the credits, Darcy sings the full verse she put together
1=20241007
S2E04
Hehe. Stark is appalled by the racing and deaths involved
Hehe. Korg requested the slow walk
The board is desgined around competitors getting eliminated (green for alive and red for dead)
Haha. His right hand woman [Topaz] reacts with a sarcastic monotone "wheeeee"
The car turning back into a suit was cooler than the suit turning into a car
What a crazy weapon. Just touches him and melts him. There should be a safety switch
1=20241007
S2E05
Jeez. That info on left knee weakness is... well unfair but... she's already outnumbered. Why aren't the other Widows as good?
Hehe. "I am the Watcher. I see all, I observe all, I know... What the hell's this?"
1=20241007
S2E06
1=20241008
S2E07
Hmm. So Hela's crown is kind of like Thor's hammer in this story?
Hehe. Hela may be the antagonist in Ragnorak, but she's pretty comical here
Huh. What realm does the ten rings come from anyways
Hahaha. "I can't decide if you're brave or stupid."
Haha. "Knives would be much more serviceable."
Wow. She leveled up.
Great episode.
1=20241008
S2E08
Hehe. She can hear him.
Hehe. "What if. What if. What if. I have to try."
1=20241008
S2E09
"Gremlins. Aliens. Jurassic Park."
Oh wow. Zombie Scarlet Witch from Season 1
Hehe. Thanos disappearing from a snap
Neat trick. She took him out of his suit
Hehe. Two Thors against each other.
She mostly uses the Power Stone
Pretty cool to see Kahhori and Captain Carter go at it with Strange. But shouldn't there be other heroes collected that were released?
Hehe. Copies versus copies.
Why did strange have to drophis clones
Wielding various powers is quite cool, though questionable (e.g., able to wield ten rings without training)
Huh. Strange destroys Thor's hammer.
That's Loki's tree? [World Tree]
1=20241008
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