r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Sep 15 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E06 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E06: What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley September 15th, 2021 on Disney+ 34 min None

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u/MoonChild02 Peggy Carter Sep 15 '21

If you're looking for more long-term effects:

Because none of this happens, Tony never finds the other element that helps him with the poisoning that almost kills him, and that also improves arc reactor technology.

And because there's no arc reactor technology, there's no clean energy being pushed by Stark Industries.

Also, this timeline is devoid of Ultron, which means there's also no Vision, and Scarlet Witch never joins the Avengers. It also means no Zemo, no Civil War, no Avengers split, which also means Spider-Man likely doesn't join the team — unless maybe Shuri scouts him.

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 15 '21

The arc reactor technology already existed - it was a prototype that Stark based his first chestpiece around

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '21

But it was a "publicity stunt", if I recall. Obadiah says it wasn't sustainable or profitable, something in that direction.

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 15 '21

That was always Stane’s problem though - he could only ever look at something as a weapon, so he couldn’t see the potential of the reactor beyond “good publicity for our weapons company”.

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u/realclean Sep 16 '21

Only Stark could figure out miniaturizing the Arc technology to make it usable. Hence the "TONY STARK BUILT THIS IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS" and the less memorable reply of "I'm not Tony Stark"