Spider-Man: Far From Home: 15 fan theories so crazy, they might be true

Tom Holland is Spider-Man in Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man: Far From Home.

2. The Whole Movie Is Just One Big Illusion

We’ve already established how effective Quentin Beck/Mysterio is at trickery, but it’s quite frankly impossible to over-explain just how powerful his illusions are, and that’s where this next long-standing fan theory originates from.

Both trailers for Spider-Man: Far From Home created a lot of debate among the MCU fans because there was so much going down that just felt, for lack of a better term, out-of-place.

First, you have Peter and his high school buddies heading off to Europe which, given how young Spider-Man’s crime-fighting career is, seems a little premature. Then, you have revered S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury reaching out to a friendly neighborhood hero to tackle major world problems.

Adding to that, M.J. out-of-the-blue appears to know about Peter’s web-slinging wonders, The Elementals in the film aren’t actually the comic-accurate Elementals and, perhaps most importantly of all: Mysterio is a hero instead of a villain.

With all of those left-field narrative threads in mind, some fans believe that the entire movie is just one big illusion created by none other than Mysterio himself in a bid to manipulate Peter into doing his bidding. Why he would do such a thing is unknown but, given his reputation in the comics, it’s totally believable that he would be capable of it.

While this is undoubtedly a troubling claim to make, considering that this is the final film of Phase 3, that right there may be the exact reason why it’s true.

Fans just haven’t been able to get their heads around the fact that, following the five-year time jump between Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Peter was seemingly able to pick up right where he left off. While it’s believable that he would still be in school (he’s still the same age that he was when the snap happened), shouldn’t Ned, M.J. and the rest have all graduated by now?

Of course, this could all be explained through Mysterio and, if that is indeed the case, we have to wonder what the real world actually looks like. Furthermore, is this illusion covering for what really comes next?