Marvel Studios What if…? began with Captain Carter. After seeing this episode, here are five burning questions we need answers to.
Marvel’s What If…? is going to give fans the opportunity to see things that could have happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe if they panned out a little differently.
In episode one of the Disney Plus series, we get “What If… Captain Carter was the First Avenger”. Steve Rogers didn’t take the Super Soldier Serum and never became Captain America and Peggy Carter became the first Avenger – something a lot of Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have wondered about. Now, we get to see exactly what it would look like. And, not only did she do a great job, but we see that Steve Rogers was going to do his best to be a hero anyway.
Like most Marvel Studios shows and projects, we were left with more queries. Here are five burning questions that we need to know after watching What if…? episode 1
5. What if…? Peggy Carter danced?
While Peggy is justifiably upset about not being able to use her abilities to be a soldier, Steve says something funny. He says at least she wasn’t sent to be a walking commercial for war bonds. Considering Steve did it in Captain America: The First Avenger, makes you wonder if Peggy would have. This writer says probably not. Peggy knows her worth while Steve didn’t.
4. What if…? Tony Stark
Instead of giving up, Steve Rogers became the Hydra Stomper. Realistically, though, he was the first Iron Man. Howard Stark created the suit of armor that his son, Tony Stark, would have created decades later. As Uatu said, one moment changes the course of history.
Now, we don’t know what Tony Stark became or if that moment changed his father. Howard may have become emotionally available. That alone could have taken away Tony’s arrogance. He could have become a humanitarian a lot earlier. Or, it could have made him worse. When it comes to the Starks, you just never know.
3. What if…? Winter Iron Man?
In Captain America: The First Avenger, Bucky appeared to died. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we found out that he survived and became Hydra’s weapon called the Winter Soldier. When the train exploded in this episode, this writer thought that Steve blew up with it. Towards the end of it, however, we see that this wasn’t true. But, what if we didn’t see him in the end?
Sure, Steve Rogers was a skinny kid. Not someone that would be taken seriously by the threats he faced. However, that works to his advantage. He could go places and no one would ever assume he was the assassin that’s been working for decades. Also, after the brainwashing, he would have shown others how to use the Hydra Stomper. A Steve Rogers Winter Soldier? Now that would’ve changed the course of history.
2. What if…? Captain Carter survived
In Men in Black 3, Griffin said, “Where there’s death, there must always be death.” It essentially means that some things were meant to happen. Here, we saw that a Captain was always destined to disappear after saving the day. Now, what if there was no sacrifice. Imagine if Peggy Carter didn’t go to the alternate dimension.
As we saw in episode one, there was a lot of misogyny around the world. Captain Carter saving the world from tyranny had to have had an effect on that. Now, imagine if she was around to see the legacy she had created. There’s no way she would have allowed the injustice of the world to stand. Plus, women all around the world would have had a living role model to look up to and help them fight for their rights.
1. What if…? Red Skull fought Captain Carter
If this writer has one complaint about this episode, it’s that there was no fight between Captain Carter and Red Skull. It feels like everyone was waiting for their inevitable clash. Alas, it was not meant to be and it makes you wonder how the fight would have gone.
Knowing how arrogant Red Skull is, he wouldn’t have taken Captain Carter seriously. That would have been his first and last mistake. As we’ve seen, Captain Carter was more aggressive than Captain America. She would have taken him out a lot quicker. That would have been worth the price of admission.
What If…? releases new episodes on Disney+ each Wednesday.
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