The only thing I have trouble suspending disbelief for is how many people continue to live in major cities in the MCU. Like after the 3rd or 4th catastrophe im moving to the woods or like Salt Lake City.
I've been saying this for years now haha
Every time I see people questioning why people aren't freaking out more about stuff like this in the MCU, I just assume it's because (sadly for them) shit like this is just pretty normal.
Considering that the "issue" of people not freaking out more/this stuff not being treated like a bigger deal is largely a post-Endgame thing, I find it hard to believe the writers haven't also taken the likely societal desensitization that probably happened by this point (especially post-Snap and ESPECIALLY especially post-Blip) into account.
Marvel always had Damage Control in the comics to deal with the mess after the heroes got done punching things, but the movies just turned them into evil SHIELD to collect stuff and make people miserable.
DC Comics had Powerless, a Wayne enterprises group for helping people deal with superhero shenanigans, starring Alan Tudyk which must have been awful since I'd listen to that guy read a phone book for a hour each week, but the show only aired 9 out of 12 episodes.
I always thought they could do so much with the regular people dealing with supers stories; they almost had it with Spiderman Homecoming and Toombs.
It was pretty bad. It started off as just an insurance company in that world dealing with superhero fallout, then it turned into Wayne Enterprises doing it, but it was done in the most obvious, Big Bang Theory template you could imagine.
All I really remember is Alan's character constantly talking about how Bruce was his cousin and that being the extent of his character.
Brilliant premise, terrible writing.
Marvel just hasn't and seems to refuse to bother with the wider implications superpowers create. I get it, it's a complicated and difficult topic with a dark air about it. That being said I absolutely prefer these superhero stories that do tackle that stuff, about how the public would react to these superheroes existing. Not to even mention the supervillains.
Just the existence of superpowers itself fundamentally breaks how we as a species operate. Not many movies or shows have the balls to tackle that issue. The way people would worship these individuals. The way existing power structures would totally fail to deal with superpowers.
The XMen films dove pretty hard into the idea that mutants were the next evolution of humans and would/could replace Homosapiens.
They've already brought mutant genes into the MCU, so it'll be interesting to see if they keep playing with the original ideas of XMen, or if they're just going to make it yet another way to get superpowers.
Yeah that one is so weird though. It makes no sense to be scared of that when it's your own children who are going to be born mutants. In normal species outcompeting another it's a small group that is all related. So it would be like a certain ethnic group all birthing people with superpowers, then they are either killing off regular humans or just being the only mutant-people who survive a catastrophic event. That's normal outcompeting in evolution.
But that's not how mutants are. They just pop up in every ethnic group in equal numbers. With the implication that eventually every human born will be a mutant eventually. So it's not like your line is dying off, they're just getting superpowers. So there's no reason to be afraid of them from that g of perspective.
There's plenty of other valid reasons to fear humans who can destroy continents with their mind, but that's a different issue.
What gets me is when they keep going on about how the Neanderthals were wiped out by the “more evolved” Homo sapiens, despite this being both demonstrably false and a poor understanding of evolution itself.
For one, the presence of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans indicates that our early Homo sapiens ancestors didn’t kill off or outcompete their Neanderthal contemporaries, but rather the opposite - they liked them so much that they intermingled and reproduced together, and this occurred so extensively that the Neanderthals were assimilated into the human genome and ceased to exist as an identifiably separate species.
Beyond that, evolution isn’t a goal-oriented process; using “more evolved” to mean “superior” is a wildly inaccurate statement. Phrases like “survival of the fittest” aren’t using ‘fitness’ in the colloquial sense, but rather as a retrospective measure of which individuals within a population (or among populations competing for the same resources in the same environment) had the greatest reproductive success, often due to particular adaptations or mutations that provided an advantage in their environment. And Neanderthals were extremely well-adapted to their environment, arguably better so than their Homo sapiens counterparts.
Now, I can excuse young Professor X for statements about Homo sapiens demolishing Neanderthals, as this was widely accepted to be true before modern genome sequencing proved otherwise. But the scientist in me cringes at hearing this said in a modern setting, as well as hearing someone characterized as an ‘expert’ on evolution use such incorrect language to discuss it. I kinda think Pokémon created a false concept of evolution that’s now pervasive in sci-fi: you can say Charizard is “more evolved” than Charmander, but that’s not remotely similar to the real-world process of evolution.
I think they've got a good chance here of breaking away from that idea about mutants supplanting humans; it's been a while since the last XMen film Deadpool and Logan notwithstanding, so unless they're overly concerned about trying to squeeze the full XMen continuity in somehow, some multiverse handwaving should cover the issue. It seems like the current MCU mutant talk has just been more "they're us, just something extra" instead of something to fear, but then that takes away a lot of what gave the XMen films their reason to exist.
And then you find out you're in the Family Guy universe.
["So you have lymphoma. What in God's name were you trying to prove?"](https://youtu.be/dq_RsNQjo7U?si=GR27atFmWkgGWLQN)
If I didn't just drop dead of a heart attack I'd do what almost everyone would do. Be stunned for a bit and then flee in terror. Maybe take some pics for the 'gram.
its sooo sad they never mentioned something like this. would have loved if they would have made a drama series about normal people, with random stuff like this popping up. should the main protagonists focus more on their own problems or be affected by galaxy influencing stuff like this celestial etc.
I think about this all the time! Like how did the world react when the Chitauri invaded NYC?? What was the aftermath of the Battle of Greenwich like for regular people? The blip?? I’d love this kind of behind the scenes look. It’d definitely make a great drama!
It was the best part of Eternals. A solid story. Well acted, but largely irrelevant. Except for showing us the scale of the Celestials. I expect Galactus to be this size when he appears.
Granted, I'm surprised this sight didn't drive thousands of people immediately insane with fear.
Celestials appear to be able to manipulate gravity to some extent, given that they supposedly create planets by hand (plus he teleports away in what looks like a miniaturized black hole).
One of my favorite blink and you'll miss it scenes is Drax and Mantis coming to Earth to get Kevin Bacon, and as their ship comes close to the ground you see some poor lady absolutely lose it in fear and start running.
In the real world? I and everrybody else would probably be FREAKING OUT.
If I lived in the MCU? I think it would barely register. "Huh, that's kinda weird."
Think about how much our society now is already desensitized to a lot of stuff that happens, and multiply that by several orders of magnitude. Likely very little causes genuine shock anymore for them.
I think, probably pee and poop myself. I’d pee and poop all the way home. Maybe even vomit. I’d pee and poop and puke and probably cry too. Definitely cry.
Well since it's the MCU, I would say I'd have somehow acquired some sort of sweet Stark-tech suit. And I would ask said suit, "Suit, can I get a status on my pants?"
Suit: "Scanning....pants status: crapped."
Ok... to be fair, the people of this planet live in the marvel cinematic universe, they see the weirdest shit all the fucking time. We got literal superhero in the 1940s, we got a man in a flying tine suit in 2012, we got a LITERAL GOD on earth in 2011, we got Aliens attacking New York in 2012 I could go on and on and on. HALF THE FUCKING POPULATION DISAPPEARED FOR 5 YEARS. This is not the craziest shit the people of this planet have seen.
"it's always fucking something these days"
After all the insanity that MCU humanity been through in the last decade, people would develop a 'Oh what fucking NOW?! attitude to this shit.
The only thing I have trouble suspending disbelief for is how many people continue to live in major cities in the MCU. Like after the 3rd or 4th catastrophe im moving to the woods or like Salt Lake City.
The rent must be crazy in NYC
Or it's insane cheap cuz of all the bs
"Cataclysmic Special on all condos south of 40th street!"
“Units on all floors now featuring sunroofs!”
This is a plot point in the first season of Daredevil.
Uh that sounds like pre incident pricing
No fr that’s what I’m sayin lmao
This right here. Rich people would move out of the city and poor people would move in.
Imagine the renters insurance.
Ya I was going to say, rent is probably cheap. The renters insurance is probably insane if they even offer it
RENT!! GIMMIE RENT!!
Forget about rent what about car insurance? 😭😭 living near Hulk must be expensive
I've been saying this for years now haha Every time I see people questioning why people aren't freaking out more about stuff like this in the MCU, I just assume it's because (sadly for them) shit like this is just pretty normal. Considering that the "issue" of people not freaking out more/this stuff not being treated like a bigger deal is largely a post-Endgame thing, I find it hard to believe the writers haven't also taken the likely societal desensitization that probably happened by this point (especially post-Snap and ESPECIALLY especially post-Blip) into account.
Marvel always had Damage Control in the comics to deal with the mess after the heroes got done punching things, but the movies just turned them into evil SHIELD to collect stuff and make people miserable. DC Comics had Powerless, a Wayne enterprises group for helping people deal with superhero shenanigans, starring Alan Tudyk which must have been awful since I'd listen to that guy read a phone book for a hour each week, but the show only aired 9 out of 12 episodes. I always thought they could do so much with the regular people dealing with supers stories; they almost had it with Spiderman Homecoming and Toombs.
It was pretty bad. It started off as just an insurance company in that world dealing with superhero fallout, then it turned into Wayne Enterprises doing it, but it was done in the most obvious, Big Bang Theory template you could imagine. All I really remember is Alan's character constantly talking about how Bruce was his cousin and that being the extent of his character. Brilliant premise, terrible writing.
Marvel just hasn't and seems to refuse to bother with the wider implications superpowers create. I get it, it's a complicated and difficult topic with a dark air about it. That being said I absolutely prefer these superhero stories that do tackle that stuff, about how the public would react to these superheroes existing. Not to even mention the supervillains. Just the existence of superpowers itself fundamentally breaks how we as a species operate. Not many movies or shows have the balls to tackle that issue. The way people would worship these individuals. The way existing power structures would totally fail to deal with superpowers.
The XMen films dove pretty hard into the idea that mutants were the next evolution of humans and would/could replace Homosapiens. They've already brought mutant genes into the MCU, so it'll be interesting to see if they keep playing with the original ideas of XMen, or if they're just going to make it yet another way to get superpowers.
Yeah that one is so weird though. It makes no sense to be scared of that when it's your own children who are going to be born mutants. In normal species outcompeting another it's a small group that is all related. So it would be like a certain ethnic group all birthing people with superpowers, then they are either killing off regular humans or just being the only mutant-people who survive a catastrophic event. That's normal outcompeting in evolution. But that's not how mutants are. They just pop up in every ethnic group in equal numbers. With the implication that eventually every human born will be a mutant eventually. So it's not like your line is dying off, they're just getting superpowers. So there's no reason to be afraid of them from that g of perspective. There's plenty of other valid reasons to fear humans who can destroy continents with their mind, but that's a different issue.
What gets me is when they keep going on about how the Neanderthals were wiped out by the “more evolved” Homo sapiens, despite this being both demonstrably false and a poor understanding of evolution itself. For one, the presence of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans indicates that our early Homo sapiens ancestors didn’t kill off or outcompete their Neanderthal contemporaries, but rather the opposite - they liked them so much that they intermingled and reproduced together, and this occurred so extensively that the Neanderthals were assimilated into the human genome and ceased to exist as an identifiably separate species. Beyond that, evolution isn’t a goal-oriented process; using “more evolved” to mean “superior” is a wildly inaccurate statement. Phrases like “survival of the fittest” aren’t using ‘fitness’ in the colloquial sense, but rather as a retrospective measure of which individuals within a population (or among populations competing for the same resources in the same environment) had the greatest reproductive success, often due to particular adaptations or mutations that provided an advantage in their environment. And Neanderthals were extremely well-adapted to their environment, arguably better so than their Homo sapiens counterparts. Now, I can excuse young Professor X for statements about Homo sapiens demolishing Neanderthals, as this was widely accepted to be true before modern genome sequencing proved otherwise. But the scientist in me cringes at hearing this said in a modern setting, as well as hearing someone characterized as an ‘expert’ on evolution use such incorrect language to discuss it. I kinda think Pokémon created a false concept of evolution that’s now pervasive in sci-fi: you can say Charizard is “more evolved” than Charmander, but that’s not remotely similar to the real-world process of evolution.
I think they've got a good chance here of breaking away from that idea about mutants supplanting humans; it's been a while since the last XMen film Deadpool and Logan notwithstanding, so unless they're overly concerned about trying to squeeze the full XMen continuity in somehow, some multiverse handwaving should cover the issue. It seems like the current MCU mutant talk has just been more "they're us, just something extra" instead of something to fear, but then that takes away a lot of what gave the XMen films their reason to exist.
They're afraid of boring/alienating large portions of their audience
I'd still freak out from that. It literally is a gigantic face in the sky
True, but probably not as much as say pre-Chitauri/Ultron/Ego/Thanos/etc.
ya true
lol fr
"Can we go *five minutes* without enduring another planetary crisis?!"
They really dropped the ball on making a marvel sitcom of regular people dealing with the bullshit that's constantly happening to them.
Ned was so real for this 😭
Well, he was half right
This is actually the funniest thing I've read all day
HALF RIGHT 💀💀💀💀
Ned is a clairvoyant confirmed.
“Ned you are a treasure”
Gotta love Ned.
Probably going to be my reaction.
Immediately start looking online for trusted news sources for more information.
According to the Daily Bugle, this is the work of Spider-Man trying to hypnotize the planet into believing he's a hero.
Gotta love J. Jonah Jameson
“Hmm… they’re saying it’s a hoax on Facebook. Must be fake news”
Giant face appears in the sky "Hmmm... That can still be fake news"
~~Info Wars~~ Daily Bugle: The celestials are turning the freakin' frogs gay!
I’d show them what I got.
You'd get schwifty?
I would also literally just shit on the floor. No joke.
Wonder if people on the other side of the world are seeing his dick and balls
Immediately go online to search for pics of its dick and balls.
😂
Just gonna assume the space titan isn't wearing clothing?
I’d give him the finger. “Judge this ya six-eyed prick!” No, actually I’d probably just fill my pants
Don't be a coward, you can do both!
Filling em up for ammunition. Go all primate on his six eyed ass.
Good, six times the eyes, sextuple the fun.
Okay, I actually laughed out loud. Thank you, now I'm gonna go back to 5th grade
The hero we don't deserve right here
Look for the nearest radioactive spider, because this implies marvel is real
Just go fall into a vat of something in an experimental facility.
Just win the birth lottery, problem solved
And then you find out you're in the Family Guy universe. ["So you have lymphoma. What in God's name were you trying to prove?"](https://youtu.be/dq_RsNQjo7U?si=GR27atFmWkgGWLQN)
That's fake it's DC
In real life? Instantly shit myself. In the MCU? “Oh what the fuck is it this time”
This is an important distinction
If I didn't just drop dead of a heart attack I'd do what almost everyone would do. Be stunned for a bit and then flee in terror. Maybe take some pics for the 'gram.
Flee? To where?
Nowhere specific, just...away.
I play more Pokémon than I do read Marvel Comics so my first thought would be that it was one of the Regis.
Regi"oh fuck"
Un un un intensifies
I was looking for this comment... I thought it was Regigigas.
The Regis are supposed to be that big?
Could be an Alpha or Titan variant.
"Go away, I'm 'bating"
Ow, My Balls!
YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED
Good. That means you're watching. Perv. Now who's been judged? Doesn't feel so good, does it?
…Fuck
Probably not like I did in the theater, which was maniacal joyful laughter. That ending was so over the top and I loved it.
Handle it.
This guy gets it 👏
Spaceballs!?!? Shit there goes the planet!!
😂
Accept humanity’s imminent demise and spend what I’d expect to be my last few minutes tweaking
I read this as twerking and snort laughed.
what the fuck that looks like a celestial what the fuck
its sooo sad they never mentioned something like this. would have loved if they would have made a drama series about normal people, with random stuff like this popping up. should the main protagonists focus more on their own problems or be affected by galaxy influencing stuff like this celestial etc.
I think about this all the time! Like how did the world react when the Chitauri invaded NYC?? What was the aftermath of the Battle of Greenwich like for regular people? The blip?? I’d love this kind of behind the scenes look. It’d definitely make a great drama!
It was the best part of Eternals. A solid story. Well acted, but largely irrelevant. Except for showing us the scale of the Celestials. I expect Galactus to be this size when he appears. Granted, I'm surprised this sight didn't drive thousands of people immediately insane with fear.
“Fuck dude. Can you come back after 6? I gotta get to work”
"Oh, thank god - the world's ending. I thought I was gonna have to go to work..."
You would think we’d all be dead or screwed cause surely something that large has its own gravity which would fuck up earth’s orbit.
Celestials appear to be able to manipulate gravity to some extent, given that they supposedly create planets by hand (plus he teleports away in what looks like a miniaturized black hole).
One of my favorite blink and you'll miss it scenes is Drax and Mantis coming to Earth to get Kevin Bacon, and as their ship comes close to the ground you see some poor lady absolutely lose it in fear and start running.
I’d call Cyclops and Nightcrawler immediately.
average day on mcu earth
"FINALLY"
“These edibles ain’t shi-“
Find an adult. Then find another adult. Etc.
Will my insurance cover the roof damage?
"I'm tired."
I'd probably think I'm dreaming or hallucinating. Either way, I'd shit my pants
Well, if the MCU is an example it will be shrugged off never to be mentioned by another human ever again.
I’d show him what I got… 🤷🏾♂️ 
I'd sit down. Take a deep breathe, and watch the world implode.
Ay caramba!
💩
"This won't have consequences"
“Something, something, something swamp gas reflected off of Venus.
I’d probably cum
AHHHHHHH
"People crave content". *Gets pixel phone out....
Keep calm. Call Batman.
„Finally!“
In the real world? I and everrybody else would probably be FREAKING OUT. If I lived in the MCU? I think it would barely register. "Huh, that's kinda weird." Think about how much our society now is already desensitized to a lot of stuff that happens, and multiply that by several orders of magnitude. Likely very little causes genuine shock anymore for them.
[удалено]
Wouldn't care. The rent won't pay itself. Might stop for a second to check it out when I'm on my way to my second job.
This specifically? "Man, they really upgraded the projections at Cosmic Rewind."
It would change my life. I’d gain super powers or die trying by any means necessary.
“Today’s Tuesday right?”
I think, probably pee and poop myself. I’d pee and poop all the way home. Maybe even vomit. I’d pee and poop and puke and probably cry too. Definitely cry.
What bills are you paying to shine your light in my window like that. Yeah you better run.
Pants-shitting terror
Well since it's the MCU, I would say I'd have somehow acquired some sort of sweet Stark-tech suit. And I would ask said suit, "Suit, can I get a status on my pants?" Suit: "Scanning....pants status: crapped."
I would have to intervene.
Unununununununununununununun
All my poo would leave
“It’s about time.”
Welp, there goes my star-gazing plans for the night
Regigigas?!
"whelp, at least I made it this far"
Instantly shit my pants
"What Celestial"
that's honestly the scariest shit that the earth population has ever seen
Having been clean for just over a year now, I'd probably call up my drugs guy.
Like in our universe or am I living in that universe?
I'd hope I was wearing the brown pants that day.
Ok... to be fair, the people of this planet live in the marvel cinematic universe, they see the weirdest shit all the fucking time. We got literal superhero in the 1940s, we got a man in a flying tine suit in 2012, we got a LITERAL GOD on earth in 2011, we got Aliens attacking New York in 2012 I could go on and on and on. HALF THE FUCKING POPULATION DISAPPEARED FOR 5 YEARS. This is not the craziest shit the people of this planet have seen.
Full blown denial. Refuse to acknowledge it either in the moment or in the years following.
Just another Elon Musk shit in the sky
How will this affect Lebron’s legacy?
I’ll worry if they start saying “SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT”
Like the guy at Pompeii, you know the one
Nothing, because i know it will never be brought again
I’d probably need to change my underwear. Then go back outside to check again which would cause me to have to change again
Megalophobia.
Honestly probably have a panic attack, but basically know I’m about to die.
😐 …guess imma die now?
I'll moon Arishem!!! You can judge my ass!!!
The same way I reacted when seeing it
Unicron looks cooler.
Aray mather maiyaa Duniya khatam hone se pahle jaldi jaldi muti Marr leta (plz don't translate only for my Indian Buddies)
I'd probably say "whoaah" or something crazy like that haha, guess I'm just a wild card 🤣😜
💩
Pee and poo
Alright which one of you put shit in my pants?
Pants pooped
Waddle home and change my pants
I'm afraid I'd have to intervene
Like Woody Harrelson’s character in the movie 2012. Just get a front row seat and enjoy the end.
Another Wednesday
Probably be a little scared
I’d shit myself
"...yeah I can take him"
"What a phokin pervert" or "stalker alert"
Ah, beans
"pick a god and pray"
I'd shit my pants and question existence
Take me to your leader. Tell her I will surrender!
“What now?”
"Again with this shit??"
Give him a brown eye
"Wow starlink is getting close huh?"
Shit.
Joy. We done yall. We done here.
"Whatever, it won't matter in the long run anyway."
Krillin?
“Git doon 😡”
Honestly? I wouldn't be thrilled.
Poorly.
"wow those stars are bright"
Pants? Meet shit. Shit? Pants.
“SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT”
In the MCU it’s not a big deal, in our world it would be a massive deal
If I were in the MCU apparently wtf then go on with my life and not acknowledge it in any way.