What If…?
word of advice : This clause contains spoilers for What If … ? season 2 , episode 1 , " What If … Nebula Joined the Nova Corps ? "
Summary
Marvel Studios ' terminal release of 2023,What If … ?season 2 , has already research a sword - young realness across the multiverse of theMCU , but also created several glaring plot holes . What If … ?season 2 premiered on December 22 , 2023 , with its first episode , " What If … Nebula join the Nova Corps ? " The series is set to release an instalment day by day for nine consecutive days over the Holiday flow , and will explore newfangled creation and variant characters afterWhat If … ?season 1 introduce the likes of Captain Carter , Strange Supreme , the HYDRA Stomper and Jeffrey Wright ’s enigmatic narrator the Watcher . However , What If … ?season 2 ’s premiere episodeseemingly breaks some major MCU rule .
What If … ?season 2 , episode 1 , " What If … Nebula join the Nova Corps ? , " saw Karen Gillan recapitulate her function of Nebula from theMCU’sGuardians of the Galaxyfranchise . In this alternating reality , however , the unrestrained Titan Thanos was shit by Ronan the Accuser , and while Nebula was leave for dead , she eventually found herself on Xandar being recruited into the Nova Corps , mirror her grand journeying as a Guardian of the Galaxy in live - legal action . What If … ?season 2 ’s premiere was a thrilling and dark tec news report , but the episode break several rules plant in Phase 4’sWhat If … ?season 1 , and create several plot hole in the MCU ’s multiverse .
What If … ? season 2 premiere on December 22 , 2023 , on Disney+ , bringing raw and returning part actors to the animated worlds of the MCU ’s Phase 5 .
What If…? Season 2’s Return Breaks Its Own Rule
What If … ?season 1 established the rules of the invigorate universes in the MCU , with one major one being that these fib branch off from minor change in pick from the MCU ’s history . This suggests that the history of these realities would be the same as the one show in the MCU , butWhat If … ?season 2 , episode 1 breaks this rule at once . Ronan the Accuser never got the chance to defeat Thanosin 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxy , so the events prior toWhat If … ?season 2 , sequence 1 clearly are n’t the same as the MCU ’s known history . This leads to several patch holes being create throughout the instalment .
Nebula’s MCU Return Creates Multiple Plot Holes
It has antecedently been stated that , whileWhat If … ?season 1 was more closely associate to the MCU ’s actual events , What If … ?season 2 would tell wackier and more divergent storyline . This means that the regulation ofWhat If … ?season 2 might be massively different to what audiences have a go at it of the MCU ’s timeline , so it could make sensory faculty that the outcome of " What If … Nebula conjoin the Nova Corps ? " are wildly different . However , ifWhat If … ?season 1 ’s rule are still in issue , What If … ?season 2 ’s premier episode creates some major plot holes , even despite explore analternate reality in the MCU ’s multiverse .
DuringWhat If … ?season 2 , sequence 1 , several Guardians of the Galaxy penis , such as Drax the Destroyer and Groot , are get word inhabiting Xandar ’s gambling casino , yet Drax should be imprisoned in the Kyln at this level in the MCU ’s timeline , and Groot should be seen with Rocket Raccoon by his side . Similarly to Drax , Taika Waititi ’s Korg should also still be imprisoned , though he was in the Grandmaster ’s incarceration on Sakaar at this point in the MCU ’s live - military action story . 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxyalso introduced Howard the Duckas part of the Collector ’s collection in Knowhere , so his manse on Xandar inWhat If … ?season 2 ’s premiere is confusing .
New episodes ofWhat If … ?season 2 departure day by day at 3 am ET/12am PT on Disney+ .
