By Kevin Wong on Mar 16, 2019 12:26 am
Winter is here, and it's going to be a cold one. Spoilers ahead!
A year and a half ago in August 2017, we watched the Season 7 finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, and our jaws dropped. The Wall came down. Littlefinger died. And Jon Snow did a lot more than bend the knee to Daenerys Targaryen. At the time, it seemed we'd have to wait forever to see the final six episodes in the series. But now, finally, we're there. Season 8 will premiere on April 14, and we'll finally get to see who, if anyone, will win the game of thrones. But first, our heroes have to deal with a little threat up North. The Night King has it in for the Starks, the Lannisters, and anyone else with warm blood coursing through their veins. That includes Cersei, cold-blooded as she seems. The extended break since the last episode has given the show's most dedicated fans time to theorize. We scoured the Internet to see what they've been saying, and found 9 of the best theories we've heard so far for Game of Thrones Season 8. If you liked this gallery, be sure to check out our frame-by-frame breakdown of the newest Game of Thrones trailer. Winter is here, and it's going to be a cold one.
1. The Bran and Night King Connection
Bran Stark returned in Season 6 after a season-long absence. This late-game resurgence is pretty clear proof than Bran will have a crucial role to play in Season 8. And with Bran still exploring his three-eyed-raven abilities, fans' imaginations are running wild. One theory is that Bran is the Night King; in the process of trying to stop the Children of the Forest from creating the first White Walker, he perma-warged himself into its body and became the Night King. Bran's actor, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, all but disavowed this theory. And although we typically can't trust the actors to give us correct information or spoilers, we believe him this time; He's right when he calls this theory "cheesy." The other Bran theories are a bit more intriguing. In the same way that Bran damaged Hodor's mental state by warging back in time, what if Bran affected other key events in the timeline? Could he have warged into the mind of his ancestor, Bran the Builder from the Age of Legends, and told him to build the wall? Could he have warged into the Mad King's head to warn him about the White Walkers, but instead drove him mad and instilled the directive to "burn them all?" Time travel has a way of of making anything and everything possible. It'll be interesting to see how far the writers can take this concept while maintaining the suspension of disbelief.
2. The Destiny of Direwolves
There's a well-circulated observation that the Stark children's direwolves each reflect something about the personality or fate of each child. Jon Snow's direwolf, for example, is named Ghost; Jon's death in Season 5 and subsequent resurrection in Season 6 gives this name a fresh, new meaning. Nymeria is the name of a warrior queen that Arya admires; between her training with the Faceless Men and her overall resourcefulness, Arya has evolved into quite the warrior herself. Sansa's wolf's name was Lady, and Lady died back in Season 1--around the time things started going sour for Sansa, who had to let go of the delicate part of herself to survive. Which brings us to Bran's direwolf. It's dead, but its name was Summer--a telling name in a show that is preoccupied with encroaching Winter. Perhaps this means that Bran will be the key to defeating the Night King, or that his actions could bring about about a new season of fertility and peace? We can only hope.
3. Does Daenerys Have To Die?
The books have a detailed prophecy about a legendary figure named Azor Ahai, who will return to lead our heroes out of the darkness. There are lots of theories as to who this Azor Ahai might be. And if you're one of the fans who believes it's Jon Snow, then you might be upset about the implications. According to legend, to forge Lightbringer, the sword he wielded, Azor Ahai plunged it into the chest of his true love, Nissa Nissa. So, if Jon's true love is Daenerys Targaryen, will she have to die to bring peace to the realm? It seems that at best, any happy ending to this series will be be bittersweet. One or more main characters may have to be sacrificed for the greater good.
4. Who is Arya Running From?
In the first official trailer, you can see Arya running through the Winterfell Crypt, seemingly terrified for her life. And although she could be running from typical wights or White Walkers, fans believe she's running from something more specific and terrifying. What if the Night King was able to reanimate the Starks that are being buried in the crypt? Could we see an undead Catelyn chasing her daughter through the corridors? That's certainly creepy and unsettling enough to send even the most hardened warrior fleeing for her life.
5. Putting On A Good Face
The Faceless Men have so much narrative potential; their ability to impersonate anyone, both living and dead, has led fans to believe that one of them is hiding amongst the main characters, right now. A small percentage of fans theorize that Arya is already dead; that she bled out back in Braavos, and the Waif is currently wearing her face, pretending to be her. This is very unlikely, given that the Waif would have no cause to murder all the Freys, which Arya did in the Season 6 finale/Season 7 premiere. But there might still be some Faceless shenanigans in Season 8. For instance, there is a prophecy that Cersei Lannister will die at the hands of her younger brother. Since that same prophecy also predicted that all of Cersei's children would die before her, we can assume that this final part may also come true. So which brother will do the deed? Few fans believe that Tyrion will kill Cersei; it's too obvious, for one, and he seems busy with his role as Hand to Daenerys. Most fans think Jaime will be the one to kill his sister; he developed a conscience last season, and he might feel compelled to kill Cersei, for the good of Westeros, if she puts everyone's livelihood at risk. He already killed one king for the same crime, after all. But there's also a third theory that Arya will do it, while wearing Jaime's face. This will technically fulfill the prophecy, while also crossing Cersei off Arya's lengthy kill list.
6. Dragons Beneath Winterfell
The evidence for this is mostly symbolism and hearsay. But could there be dragons hidden in the crypts of Winterfell? Winterfell is built over hot springs; the only other location in Westeros associated with hot springs are also associated with dragons. And one of the companion books to the novels, Fire and Blood, reports rumors of dragon eggs hidden in Winterfell, although it was dismissed as the ramblings of a fool.
7. Littlefinger Is Dead, We Think
The duplicitous, Iago-esque Petyr Baelish met a bad end in the final episode of Season 7. He tried to turn the Starks against one another, and for one of the first times in the show's history, Littlefinger got into a dilemma he couldn't talk his way out of. Arya Stark slit his throat, and finally, we were rid of him. Or were we? There is some speculation that Littlefinger faked his death. In Episode 5 of Season 7, we see Littlefinger give a cloaked woman a coin, and she whispers to him, "Your time is up," Fans are theorizing that this woman is a Faceless Man (or a Braavos citizen who knows the Faceless Men), and the coin is a form of Braavos communication, similar to the coin that Jaqen H'ghar gave to Arya in Season 2. So perhaps, the man who died at Arya's hand was not Littlefinger, but a Faceless Man wearing Littlefinger's face. If so, then Littlefinger escaped from Winterfell long before his "death." It would certainly be an interesting twist; Littlefinger has always been smart enough to see danger coming, and it's difficult to believe he would have suspected nothing prior to his untimely execution.
8. Gendry the Blacksmith
After spending three seasons on the sidelines, Gendry, the surviving bastard son of Robert Baratheon, took a more prominent role in Season 7 after Ser Davos found him in King's Landing. He played a key role in Jon's mission beyond the Wall to capture a wight and prove to Cersei Lannister that the White Walkers and the army of the dead are real. As a trained, skilled blacksmith, he might know how to work with Valyrian steel; in the books, his master, Tobho Mott, is the one who forged two Valyrian steel swords from Ned Stark's original Ice sword. This gets complicated, since in the show, Mott is not the one who forged the new swords. But perhaps in the series, Gendry will have learned this skill anyway. And since the special steel is one of the only materials that can destroy White Walkers, it's especially important.
9. Samwell The Storyteller
According to Hobbit lore, Bilbo Baggins wrote down his adventures in a book called There And Back Again. This has led some fans to theorize that Samwell Tarly is the corresponding storyteller of Game of Thrones. His dumbstruck reaction to the Citadel's library underlines the writing connection. The chandelier in the library and the Maesters' magnifying glasses can also be seen in the Game of Thrones' opening credits, as the camera swoops toward and around different landmarks. Perhaps this clockwork world map, which we've been looking at now for seven seasons, is in the Citadel library, and a Maester (maybe Samwell himself?) is retelling the events from the perspective of someone who survived them.
By Meg Downey on Mar 16, 2019 12:02 am
Time to start speculating wildly.
Captain Marvel may be an MCU prequel set 25 years before Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet ever arrived on Earth, but it's still full of potential Avengers: Endgame clues. Yes, there was the whole post credits scene, and yes, obviously we know from the latest Endgame trailer that Carol is on her way to help--but now we've finally got some idea of what that means for the immediate future. And with Endgame only weeks away, no detail can remain unexamined--partly because we're genuinely curious, and partly because we're just so anxious we've gotta get some of this nervous energy out of our systems. Now, before you go down the rabbit hole with us here, head over to our Captain Marvel review where we spend some time taking a look at some of the bigger picture parts of the movie. "Captain Marvel expands the scope of the MCU significantly; just as Guardians of the Galaxy added a whole universe and Doctor Strange introduced magic to the world, CM brings a long running Marvel comics conflict to the silver screen: the war between the Kree and the Skrulls," reviewer Mike Rougeau wrote. Now the question has become: How will the introduction of the Kree and Skrulls affect the story of Avengers: Endgame? And what else in Captain Marvel provides potential clues for the conclusion of the Avengers' clash with Thanos? let's zoom in and take a look at just what else Captain Marvel has to say about the MCU's future, one tiny detail at a time.
1. The Skrulls are, presumably, still out there.
We may not be getting the full scale Secret Invasion of the Skrulls on Earth like we all feared--but that doesn't mean the Skrulls still aren't out there, and potentially ready to return as allies. It's a weird possibility to consider for anyone who has spent some time with Marvel comics in the past and knows the Skrulls as a terrifying invading force, but in the MCU, they might just show back up somewhere as bystanders. There might actually still be some on Earth--but they're probably not a major threat. Will they play a part in Avengers: Endgame? It's possible, but we just don't know yet.
2. Fury's pager has an origin story
The story of Fury's weird retro-futuristic pager is actually a lot more simple than we would have guessed. Turns out it really was just a normal pager from 1995 that Carol updated with Kree tech. This probably won't have any bearing on the plot of Endgame but, hey, at least that's one mystery down.
3. Carol's already on Earth
This is a big one: We learned care of the post credits scene that Carol is actually on Earth relatively soon after the end of Infinity War--just look at Nat's hair and Steve's beard as they're examining Fury's pager--which is pretty wild considering she's only had one brief appearance in any of Endgame's trailers. This could mean a lot of things--maybe she shows up on Earth and then leaves, maybe she's off sneaking around somewhere, maybe the Avengers don't trust her and refuse to work with her right away--honestly, who knows? But she's definitely going to be there right from the start.
4. Steve's beard was still around for a hot minute
Everyone's favorite costume choice of 2018, Captain America's amazing beard, was still around for the post credits scene of Captain Marvel. This is significant, not only because it looks incredible, but because it helps us establish a little bit of a timeline of events after Infinity War--Carol shows up and Steve's still rocking his beard, but during the Endgame trailers, he's clean shaven (RIP), so we can assume that at least a little time has passed between the post credits and the first trailer. That is, of course, unless Carol showed up and Steve immediately went to shave like, right then and there. Who knows?
5. Talos and co. might be heroes down the line
Not only are the Skrulls still (probably) out there somewhere in the galaxy, but we think it's pretty safe to say Talos and his friends owe Carol a favor. It's possible that they'll--or their relatives, depending on the whole Snap situation--will come back into play for Endgame as a trump card Carol is able to call in.
6. Maria and Monica Rambeau are on Earth somewhere
Maria and her daughter Monica stayed on Earth and they've both got some intimate knowledge of the weirder, more cosmic side of things thanks to Carol--at least way more than the average civilian. Also, Monica has her own comic book history as a hero in her own right--she was even Captain Marvel for a while--which could amount to something cool come Endgame when she'll have grown up. Maybe an adult Monica Rambeau is going to come storming in at the last minute as Photon and save the day?
7. Carol's powers came from the Tesseract
This is majorly significant, all things considered. In the comics, Carol's abilities come from a wacky sci-fi piece of technology called the pscyhe-magnetron, but in the MCU, she's directly empowered from a blast of the Tesseract, aka the Space Stone. This means she's the only other hero in the MCU next to Wanda Maximoff and Vision who is directly connected to the Stones. We saw just how much Wanda could do in Infinity War when she destroyed a stone with one hand all while holding off the rest with her other--if Carol is anywhere near as powerful, that's great news for our heroes.
8. Carol doesn't age
The time jump between the end of Captain Marvel in 1995 and the beginning of Endgame is pretty significant--not to mention the undefined amount of time between the end of Infinity War and the start of what we've seen in Endgame--yet Carol shows up on Earth looking exactly the same as she did back in the 90s. This is obviously thanks in part to her Kree biology, but it could also have something to do with her Tesseract powers, which could be significant.
9. The Kree are terrible, and still out there
We know that Carol didn't end the Kree's galactic reign of terror when she left Earth with Talos thanks to Ronan's continued existence and alliance with Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy--so that begs the question, just what, if anything, does the Kree empire have planned? Yon-Rogg is still alive, we can assume, given the Kree's slowed down aging, and he's obviously going to have a bone to pick with both Carol and Earth. Is it possible we'll be seeing him again come Endgame? Maybe picking up where Ronan left off as an ally of Thanos?
10. Project Pegasus was helmed by a Kree scientist
Project Pegasus was first referenced in the MCU all the way back in Iron Man 2 as a joint project between the military and SHIELD to work on engineering tech from the Tesseract--we now know that the Kree were directly involved via Mar-Vell, which could have some significance come Endgame. Carol's relationship with the Kree might mean some answers--or at the very least--some theories of how to undo the damage done by the Infinity Stones, or how to unlock Carol's full potential with her Tesseract imbued abilities.
11. The Avengers might not trust Carol
The post credits scene gives us a very clear look at just how wary the remaining Avengers are of Fury's pager, which makes us think they might not be stoked to just accept Carol's sudden arrival with smiles on their faces. The major question is how exactly does Carol win them over--or does she even bother? We could very well be looking at a movie where Carol leaves Earth yet again and winds up helping Tony and Nebula rather than Steve and company.
12. There's a baby Skrull who "won't change her eyes," whatever that means
One of the most bizarre throwaway lines in Captain Marvel came from Monica Rambeau when she told a little Skrull child that she should "never change her eyes" when she changes shape. We're not exactly sure what this could mean, but it seems like a bit of foreshadowing for a Skrull return somewhere down the line. Maybe if Talos and company don't come back to Earth full force, the grown up version of this little Skrull will--and who knows, maybe they'll take the form of someone familiar. Maybe Kamala Khan will get her MCU intro not as an Inhuman--which are largely out of the picture for the MCU thanks to the failed TV show--but as a Skrull? It sounds crazy but, hey, we're not ready to count anything out at this point.
By Mat Elfring on Mar 15, 2019 02:36 am
Out of the blue, a second trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped on the morning of March 14, taking the world by surprise. It gave viewers a much better look at what is happening in the MCU after everyone was dusted off by Thanos in Infinity War. We also learned what other superheroes will show up in the movie who haven't appeared in previous videos. That got us thinking about where Endgame could go. We put our sleuthing caps on, while trapped in our secret underground bunker, and found evidence--some convincing and some not--that suggests Endgame might go in a very different direction than we originally thought. Some of these theories are as obvious as, "These people aren't around because they got dusted off screen" to as ridiculous as, "Everyone is a Skrull." However, because of these new speculations about Endgame, it undoes a few of our original theories from the first Endgame trailer. We're kicking things off with the most plausible theories and going deeper down the rabbit hole of insanity from there. It's going to get a little weird, so be prepared. Additionally, there are a few Captain Marvel spoilers weaved into some of these theories. Avengers: Endgame releases in theaters on April 26, and make sure to check out the latest poster for the upcoming movie.
1. Hawkeye's Family Has Been Dusted
The latest trailer gave us more Hawkeye and not just Clint in his Ronin outfit looking sad. We got to see him with what seems to be his daughter, practicing archery. She hits a bullseye, they high five, and then she gets dusted. Well, we don't see the young girl get erased from existence, but that's where it will happen. At this point, we can only assume the transition from family man under house arrest--you can see his ankle monitor in the trailer, over his pants (that's weird)--to guy with a mohawk and nothing left to lose is because he literally lost everything. That kind of destroys my whole theory from last time that Ronin was the real Clint Barton and the one we met was a Skrull. Actually, if you've seen Captain Marvel, my whole Skrull theory is out the window anyway.
2. Scott Lang Was Trapped In The Quantum Realm For A Couple Months
There is a shot in the trailer of Scott Lang looking at a street post with missing persons signs on it. Scott looks confused because we're assuming he's just returned from the Quantum Realm and is trying to make sense of people disappearing. That's because he wasn't around during the dusting. We know he was trapped in the Quantum Realm because of the post-credit sequence in Ant-Man And The Wasp. But how long was he actually gone? Because the signs on the posts look a little sun faded, and the weeds in the yard behind Scott are looking a bit overgrown, I'm thinking Scott has been in the Quantum Realm for a couple months before making it out. These posted signs wouldn't be as much of a shock to Scott if he had been on Earth since they were originally put up. He wouldn't be shocked by them. How did Scott get out of the Quantum Realm though? With a little help from Doctor Strange.
3. Endgame Takes Place Over The Course Of One Year Or More
According to a 2005 study, caucasian female's hair grows five inches a year. "Mat, why are you talking about hair?" Shut up and hear me out. Take a look at that picture above. Natasha has been growing out her hair, and all feels right with the world. But, wait a minute, there are still some blonde tips. In total, it looks like there's an extra eight inches of hair, which would mean that from the first trailer, where her hair is just starting to grow out, to this scene, and the ones that follow it, about a year and a half has passed. Think about how crazy that is in the grand scheme of things. Most of these Marvel movies take place over a few days or weeks--or at most, a month. Infinity War's story was maybe two weeks at tops, but Endgame's story is so large that the characters live out more than a year trying to bring resolution to it.
4. Tony Stark Dies On Earth When His Ship Crashes
We know that Nebula and Tony Stark are on a ship, stranded in space. It's obvious that they'll make it back to Earth, as we see the wreckage on fire in one scene; however, I propose that only one of them will make it back alive, and it won't be Stark. And that's why Nebula is so mad in the trailer. Look, we all know Robert Downey Jr. is on his way out, and that there will be some very real deaths by the end of Endgame. But what if, as a total surprise, Nebula and Stark's ship gets shot out of the sky, and Iron Man doesn't make it out alive? His final message to Pepper Potts feels like foreshadowing, and there is nothing more shocking to the viewer than a character biting the dust halfway through the movie. Sure, Stark appears in the fancy new costumes toward the end of the trailer, but Marvel has a knack for lying to us in its teasers. Stark's addition is merely a red herring. He won't appear in that scene. He's dead.
5. The Quantum Realm Is The Secret To Everything
The Quantum Realm--originally introduced in Ant-Man, seen in its sequel, and briefly glimpsed in Doctor Strange--is more relevant to the MCU than we all think it is. Sure, it's a place that's only accessible by shrinking a lot or through mystic travel, but it is also a place where time and space are irrelevant. If time isn't a thing there, then--in theory--it could be used to travel forward and backward in it, right? At least, that's how I think this all works in the MCU. Although Samuel L. Jackson stated Captain Marvel can travel through time, that doesn't mean she can bring other people along on the ride with her. Regardless, Jackson now says he made the whole thing up, but who knows what's true or not with Marvel actors slipping up and giving away plot points anymore? That's why the Quantum Realm will be how the New Avengers team goes back in time to stop Thanos. Yes, I'm still riding the theory that they have to do that.
6. Skrulls Show Up To Help
The Captain Marvel movie introduced a shape-shifting alien species to the MCU, and it ended with Carol Danvers taking Talos and other Skrulls off into the cosmos. Most folks would write this off as a throwaway event, but I refuse to, especially when time travel is involved. The Avengers going back in time to stop Thanos has been a popular theory, and not just with me. However, what better way to stop the Mad Titan than to infiltrate his Black Order? A few Skrulls will go with Captain Marvel on a side mission to go back in time--maybe through the Quantum Realm--and they will shapeshift into the Children of Thanos: Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive. Doing so will get them close to Thanos, and the Skrulls will be able to get inside information to the Avengers. Also, when you're close, it's easier to assassinate someone trying to kill half the life in the universe.
7. Reed Richards Made Those Fancy New Avengers Suits
Let's get a bit out there. The final shots of the trailer are the members of the Avengers in new red and white outfits. These suits have a similar design to Ant-Man's suit, which can shrink to a subatomic level, taking him to the Quantum Realm. So it stands to reason that these suits function this way as well. While we don't see Bruce Banner in these shots, he could have designed these, right? What if it wasn't Bruce Banner designing these? He knows nothing about the Quantum Realm. What if another super-intelligent person entered the fray? One of the smartest people in the Marvel comic book universe is none other than Reed Richards, also known as the Fantastic Four's Mr. Fantastic. This may be a long shot, but the Fantastic Four are perfect characters for the MCU, and this would be the easiest way to introduce them to the world, now that the rights to these characters are back at Marvel. Also, these kind of look like Future Foundation outfits.
8. The Avengers Are Starting Over
I think it's a very fair assumption to say that after Endgame, The Avengers will be in a rebuilding period. The team will exist, but most of the original Avengers will be gone. Many heroes will survive, but not all of them will be on the future Avengers team. Here's who I think will make the cut for the next Avengers installment: - Captain Marvel
- Falcon
- Winter Soldier
- Black Widow
- Ant-Man
- War Machine
- Scarlet Witch
- Vision
- Shuri
- Spider-Man
9. Galactus Is Coming
You can only raise the bar so much before it's impossible to raise it anymore, and the Avengers movies are pretty much there now. So what's next for the superhero team? Well, when it comes to the Marvel bad guys, there are a couple that come to mind. First is Kang, the time-travelling conqueror, but using him later down the line--when the Young Avengers exist--would make more sense, as Kang has ties to that team. Second, there's Galactus, the eater of worlds. Ignoring what Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer did with the character--and also ignoring what Marvel's Ultimate Comics did with Galactus as well--the world is ready for a giant, purple-armored space man who eats planets. Heck, we saw Ego: The Living Planet in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and that character, conceptually, is a lot more bonkers. A younger team of Avengers taking on an unbeatable cosmic being who wants to eat the Earth is a solid story, and since Marvel owns the rights to the Fantastic Four again, Galactus is good to go.
By Meg Downey on Mar 15, 2019 01:32 am
Let's get weird with it.
One of the most fun parts of being an MCU fan is sitting back and trying to connect the dots. And after a decade of movies being woven together, there are no shortage of dots in play. As we head into Avengers: Endgame in earnest, it's crunch time on getting every crazy, abstract, just-weird-enough-to-work theory written down and out there, just on the off chance that you'll get to say "I told you so" when the final battle with Thanos actually happens. That, and with a little over a month left to wait for Endgame to hit theaters, we've got to keep ourselves sane somehow, right? The anticipation is killing us. So, with that in mind, we've compiled a list of our favorite post-Captain Marvel fan theories, ranging from the extremely likely to the absolutely bonkers--and everything in between. We're just as in the dark as everyone else when it comes to the next phase of Marvel movies, but we like to think we've got enough nervous energy and enthusiasm to make some educated (and not-so-educated) guesses about the way things are going to play out.
1. Carol could bring the X-Men into the MCU
With the Fox/Disney merger reportedly still going on, fans have been clamoring for the X-Men to be brought into the MCU fold--and Carol might just be the key. Not only does Carol have a long and sometimes rocky history with the mutants over in the comics, the Skrulls do as well, with a band of Skrull pacifists known as the Cadre K providing a direct link to Charles Xavier. It's a pretty long shot, to be sure, but anything is possible. And, hey, if there ever were going to be an MCU/X-Men merge, having them piggyback into the fray with Carol as a jumping off point would certainly be a fun way to do it. After all, that same sort of introductory formula worked really well for both Black Panther and Spider-Man.
2. The Tesseract is the key to defeating Thanos
Carol's powers came directly from the Tesseract, which makes her the only other hero in the MCU, next to Wanda Maximoff, who was empowered directly by an Infinity Stone. This is particularly interesting, given how we know that Wanda was able to not only destroy another Stone with her abilities in Infinity War, but hold off the other five at the same time. Add to this the fact that the Tesseract got a very special shout-out in Infinity War care of the Red Skull, who was made the "keeper" of the Soul Stone by some sort of consciousness found within the Tesseract back in the first Captain America--and, well, things are getting pretty curious indeed.
3. Carol's powers somehow allow her to time travel
We've been wondering about the extent of Carol's powers for a while now. Considering that Wanda was powered by the Reality Stone, which later translated into, uh, basically catch-all telepathy and "magic," what would Carol's Tesseract/Space Stone powers actually amount to? The Tesseract obviously did some sort of crazy time manipulation thing with Red Skull, so maybe we've only seen the tip of the iceberg here. Maybe Carol really can time travel and that's how the team will go back and ultimately defeat Thanos.
4. The Skrulls are actually still villains
The MCU's take on Skrulls is pretty drastically different than their comics counterparts, but that doesn't mean a heel turn somewhere in the future is totally off the table. After all, the Skrulls are pretty infamously manipulative, so who knows? Maybe Talos's whole plan was actually a scheme to get Carol on their side. Maybe there's a lot more going on under the surface of the MCU's Kree/Skull War than meets the eye.
5. Talos returned to Earth a while ago
Regardless of whether the Skrulls are actually villains, there's still a chance that they've been lurking on Earth for a while. After all, people have been trying to spot Skrull imposters in the main Avengers lineup for years--who's to say there aren't still some there? Maybe even Talos himself has been masquerading back on Earth for a while. Maybe he's been sneaking around as Hawkeye this whole time? It could be the most interesting thing to happen to Clint Barton in the history of the MCU.
6. Carol's been replaced by a Skrull decoy
On that same note, there's no telling whether the Carol who returned to Earth is actually Carol. This could be malicious, or it could just be a simple safety measure. After all, in the Captain Marvel post credits, we don't actually see the Carol who showed up at the Avengers compound use her abilities at all, which is apparently one of the ways to tell whether or not a Skrull has taken over her identity. Maybe the real Carol is being a bit more cautious in answering Fury's decades-delayed page than we all assume--but that begs the question: to what end?
7. Yon-Rogg is still out there somewhere, waiting
Yon's ending in Captain Marvel is a bit interesting. Not only did Carol brutally shame him by defeating him in battle, she also let him live and sent him back to Hala. We have no idea what happened to him after that moment--and, based on how slowly Kree seem to age in the MCU, there's a decent chance he could still be around, and if he is, he's going to have a pretty major grudge to settle with Carol later on.
8. Goose will help save everyone from the Soul Stone
Everyone loves Goose the Flerken for how cute and cuddly (and lethal) he is, but did you know that in the comics Flerken also have the ability to teleport? And that they carry a "pocket dimension" in their stomachs? Maybe Carol's furry friend has been the key to getting people to Thanos (and subsequently out of the Soul Stone dimension the Snap victims might be stuck in) all along. It would be pretty weird, sure, but it would also be pretty cute.
9. Monica Rambeau will appear as Photon
Monica Rambeau is pretty famous as the first female Captain Marvel and as a hero named Photon in the comics--and though she was just a kid in this movie, she'll definitely be an adult in the present day for Avengers: Endgame. Her comics origin story is similar to Carol's in that an accident lands her with cosmic abilities, so that will likely be overhauled for live action, but there's a very good chance we'll be seeing Monica as a hero sometime soon. After all, we do know that Maria used "Photon" as her callsign in the Air Force, so the name is already in play.
10. The baby Skrull will grow up to be Kamala Khan
The Ms. Marvel legacy may not technically exist in the MCU--Carol skipped that whole phase and went right for the Captain title--but that doesn't mean someone else can't pick it up. Someone like Kamala Khan, maybe, a recently created hero and fan of Carol in the Marvel comics universe. However, there's one sticking point for a Kamala entrance into the MCU: Kamala's powers originated because she's an Inhuman, an evolutionary off-shoot of humanity similar to the mutants (but not really--it's a whole complicated thing, don't stress about it). The Inhumans were, however, used by the ill-fated TV show of the same name which may have taken Kamala's comic book origin pretty well off the table for the big screen. But, that doesn't mean she can't show up with an overhauled identity--maybe as the very young Skrull Monica befriended before Carol and company left Earth?
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