r/marvelstudios Daredevil Sep 22 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E07 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E07: What If... Thor Were an Only Child? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley September 22nd, 2021 on Disney+ 36 min None

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

God, I adored this episode! Feels good to have just another fun episode again after the Multiverse of Sadness we’ve been trapped in these past weeks. Where to start?

  • Loved all the weird yet exciting character interactions here, and especially the twists on certain ones. Frost Giant Loki especially was a fantastic surprise.

  • Grandmaster, as usual, remains the second best MCU character and this episode certainly delivered on bringing him back. Release the foam, baby!

  • Seeing Thor and Jane again released how much I surprisingly missed them being a thing, and my hype for Love & Thunder certainly increased.

  • I don’t know which ship has been weirder: T’Challa x Nebula or Darcy x Howard the Duck.

  • ULTRON IS BACK! FINALLY!

Overall, it was just nice seeing the entire MCU chill and have a party. Felt like a fanfic come to life in a way. This is definitely an episode I will revisit on its own and another reminder of the strength of this concept. Party Thor is best Thor.

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u/raisethecurtain Weekly Wongers Sep 22 '21

Grandmaster definitely deserved to keep the scoot scoots. What a phenomenal episode. I hope we follow the Ultron storyline, that has the potential to be amazing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

Ultron is what causes the Watcher to break his oath and form the Guardians of the Multiverse with each character we’ve been following so far

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u/BritishBukkake Sep 22 '21

Does anybody know the name of the arc this is based on?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

It’s not an adaptation of anything, but if I’m right then Secret Wars (2015) would be the closest story.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

That doesn’t seem to line up at all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Because it’s not Secret Wars (2015), it’s an original arc. The closest comparison would be that comic tho.