What If…?
Warning ! This clause moderate spoilers for What If … ? season 2 , episode 5 , " " What If … Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper ? "
Summary
What If … ?Season 2 , Episode 5 admit a abbreviated shot of an alternate universe ’s Avengers , and 11 days afterMCUPhase 1 ’s close render on Joss Whedon ’s lost addition . What If … ?Season 2 depicts alternate universe in the MCU , with timeline including one in which Happy Hogan injects himself with Hulk blood andthe Space Stonegives rise to a brand - new slew of Mohawk superheroes in North America . This instalment , however , revisited old ground as it picked back up on a narration from last season in which Peggy Carter became Captain Carter and Steve Rogers pilot the Hydra Stomper suit .
While the episode include many callbacks , including anotherlook at the Red Roomand Black Widow ’s " female parent , " Melina , there is an other shot in which the Avengers attend markedly different . This substitute timeline ostensibly progressed similarly to the Sacred Timeline , with Loki leading a Chitauri encroachment into New York against the Avengers . Except , this lineup of Avengers does not seem to include Hulk and has tot up a reference that did n’t don a lawsuit until several year later in the Sacred Timeline .
Marvel ’s What If … ? time of year 2 , episode 5 end with a surprising twist for both Hayley Atwell ’s Captain Carter and Uatu the Watcher himself .
What If…? Added Wasp To The Original Avengers Line-Up
Cast
The Battle of New York see Captain Carter wielding her vibranium buckler competently alongside Black Widow , Iron Man , Hawkeye , and Thor . Joining Carter in being a non - original member of the first iteration of the Avengers , however , is Hope Van Dyne , AKA Wasp , who seems to have donned the suit to fall in the defense of Earth in this timeline . The shots featuring Wasp were abbreviated and had no bearing on the wider report , but Head Writer and Executive Producer A.C. Bradley clarified onXthe accurate serial of outcome that led to Hope ’s early adoption of the Wasp moniker .
Specifically , the salary increase of Captain Carter gave way to a wave of distaff empowerment , with more women bring together the social rank of SHIELD , becoming heroes , and take up leadership positions . As Peggy Carter was otherwise invade as this timeline ’s Super Soldier , it meant that SHIELD had to be founded by somebody else - namely Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne , alongside Howard Stark and Bucky Barnes , who was never captured in the state of war . These circumstances led to Hank and Janet ’s daughter , Hope , adopt the purpose of Wasp much before than 2018 , allowing her to become one of the founding Avengers . Incidentally , this was part of Joss Whedon ’s original design for the team .
Joss Whedon’s Original Avengers Plan Included Wasp
The original script for 2012’sThe Avengersunderwent several change , but there was one bill of exchange in which Black Widow did not feature as the studio apartment was not sure if they would be able to admit Scarlett Johansson . In this version , Black Widow was replace by Wasp , with Whedon write several scrapped tantrum in which she starred . This version of the handwriting also had Loki ’s efforts bolster up by Obadiah Stane ’s boy , Ezekiel Stane , as Whedon was n’t sure that Loki would be a big enough threat to stand up to the might of The Avengers . Ultimately , the ideas were rejected by Kevin Feige .
Interestingly , the original script is closer to the original Avengers card from the comic strip . This lineup , pen in 1963 , admit Iron Man , Thor , Hulk , Ant - Man , and the Wasp , with Captain America connect the rank a few issues later . While Ant - Man and the Wasp in the comic were mantles hold by Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne at the metre , it turns out that thisWhat If … ?episode was something of an court to that original card , if only fleeting .
