What If...?

[Paul Farquhar]

I would say that it's like projecting how people will react in a crisis situation:

I think that's exactly what Lovecraft did - projected how he would react onto his characters.

I'll go scare up an Eldritch Horror to expose you to

I've studied cosmology, Eldritch horrors hold no fear for me (aside from the purely physical threat).

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Well that was a fun space heist and I really enjoyed the alternative versions of the characters.

I was also pleased to see that in this timeline the whole Thanos situation was resolved more realistically, i.e. someone telling him how stupid his plan was.

 

[Rune]

Well that was a fun space heist and I really enjoyed the alternative versions of the characters.

I was also pleased to see that in this timeline the whole Thanos situation was resolved more realistically, i.e. someone telling him how stupid his plan was.

As I recall, a lot of people told him how stupid it was, back on Titan.

 

[Umbran]

Maybe you are right, and my opinion is coloured by experience hanging out with other theoretical physicists.

I know several theoretical physicists who think they are quite important.

 

[Maxperson]

I don't think they technically qualify as insane.

Perhaps you haven't seen the same town hall and city meetings that I've seen.

 

[Maxperson]

I've studied cosmology, Eldritch horrors hold no fear for me (aside from the purely physical threat).

The Great Wheel doesn't count.

 

[Maxperson]

I was also pleased to see that in this timeline the whole Thanos situation was resolved more realistically, i.e. someone telling him how stupid his plan was.

And yet he kept arguing and trying to sell it to people throughout the episode. I sensed within him the ability to backslide.

 

[Janx]

Some more thoughts from when I talked to a friend.

I had noticed how T'Challa was like the perfect Starlord, maybe a little too perfect. And of course Peter ends up being a janitor.

There's another angle to that, within what they showed us. T'Challa came from privilege. Rich kid, good education, great parental role models, and an instilled sense of duty.

Peter did not. He was literally an at-risk kid, picked up by criminals.

--
After seeing the Eternals trailer, there's another twist. That movie won't happen in T'Challa Starlord's reality. I think that episode canceled more movies than Captain Carter.

 

[Ryujin]

Some more thoughts from when I talked to a friend.

I had noticed how T'Challa was like the perfect Starlord, maybe a little too perfect. And of course Peter ends up being a janitor.

There's another angle to that, within what they showed us. T'Challa came from privilege. Rich kid, good education, great parental role models, and an instilled sense of duty.

Peter did not. He was literally an at-risk kid, picked up by criminals.

--
After seeing the Eternals trailer, there's another twist. That movie won't happen in T'Challa Starlord's reality. I think that episode canceled more movies than Captain Carter.

I'm not sure that I liked the message in that; rich good, poor bad.

 

[Umbran]

After seeing the Eternals trailer, there's another twist. That movie won't happen in T'Challa Starlord's reality.

I don't see anything in the What If...? Episode that completely invalidates the Eternals movie. Instead of asking why the Eternals didn't help out with Thanos, he'll ask why the Eternals didn't help with the Son of Ego, and so forth.