Falcon and winter solider

[Umbran]

She did need it - in order to reveal herself without giving away that she was a skrull.

This is exactly what a skrull would say, trying to give people a false scent!

We can never say never, of course, but I don't see a good story reason for her to be a skrull - the basic payoff for that will be "Aha! I'm a skrull! which is kinda weak compared to a "fall from grace/redemption" arc.

Filming for Secret Invasion hasn't even started yet, so setting up elements now might be a tad premature.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Filming for Secret Invasion hasn't even started yet, so setting up elements now might be a tad premature.

The have already started in the post-credits scenes from Spiderman Far From Home and Wandavision.

 

[MarkB]

This is exactly what a skrull would say, trying to give people a false scent!

We can never say never, of course, but I don't see a good story reason for her to be a skrull - the basic payoff for that will be "Aha! I'm a skrull! which is kinda weak compared to a "fall from grace/redemption" arc.

I think the reason people are looking for it is that, so far, her arc feels rather weak as it is. The character of Sharon has been poorly served by the unfolding narrative of the movies, basically amounting to "hey, we maybe need a love interest for Captain America at some point if we get round to it, so let's drop her into a couple of his movies and throw around a bit of sexual tension. Oh, what's that, main Avengers timeline? That ship has not only sailed but headed off into the sunset? Ah well, guess we'll make her a villain then."

The Blip once again shows up as this gaping hole in the development of multiple characters and global events across two TV series, which leaves us scratching our heads as to how things got from there to here.

 

[Maxperson]

There is also the oddity with their ending. We got the guard saying "One World, One People" suggesting the movement will live on...but then everyone gets firebombed....suggesting they are really dead, so its unclear what they are going for there.

Yeah. I think that was deliberate. They left us to guess whether Zemo killed them with a bomb somehow or whether the guard faked their deaths and they will return another time.

I continue to like Sam's unique style. The moment where he took a super soldier's punch on the shield but sticking his wings into the ground for support was very cool.

It wasn't just the wings. The shield absorbs kinetic energy, so he was getting a reduced punch even before he had to use his wings.

 

[Maxperson]

In answer, it is pretty dark ...

Spoiler: Alzrius Answer

But as near as I can tell yes. She does fire her gun, and is pointed in his general direction. Karli shoots her at the same time because it is a three-way standoff.

Cheers

Yeah. That's what I saw, but it was a very stupid thing to do. Just tell him yes and then kill him later with the, "I don't do blackmail." line. To move your gun off of the main threat who has a gun aimed at you and shoot him was..................................terrible and not something a person who rose to that level in a criminal kingdom would do. Loved the episode, but that part was just bad.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Yeah. I think that was deliberate. They left us to guess whether Zemo killed them with a bomb somehow or whether the guard faked their deaths and they will return another time.

I am pretty sure that guard was working for Zemo and said that to make sure they would not try to escape before the bomb went off.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

The have already started in the post-credits scenes from Spiderman Far From Home and Wandavision.

Those are setting up Captain Marvel 2.

 

[Maxperson]

Sharon isn’t a skrull. If she were, she wouldn’t have needed to use that mesh face-mask she disguised herself with (the kind Natasha used in Winter Soldier).

I don't think she's a skrull, either, but for the sake of argument... If you were a skrull posing as Sharon and were planning on sneaking in disguised as someone else, planning to reveal yourself to Sam, you wouldn't use your skrull powers to do it. That would just let Sam know that you were a skrull.

 

[Maxperson]

I am pretty sure that guard was working for Zemo and said that to make sure they would not try to escape before the bomb went off.

Try to escape in the 20 feet the truck went before exploding? Anyway, it might have been Zemo or it might not. The guard's words made it vague enough that they can go either way with it in a future show or movie.

 

[Umbran]

The have already started in the post-credits scenes from Spiderman Far From Home and Wandavision.

Or... have they?

Here's my current thinking - this is all far to simple and pat. They set up Skrulls... as friends. Long ahead of time, they call a series "Secret Invasion", after the comic series. So, we ALL KNOW what's coming...

Where's the fun in that? No darned surprise at all there.

It almost seems like when they cast Evan Peters in WandaVision. Total fakeout.

There's also the rather simple possibility that Sharon is under very deep cover.