re: MCU villain power ranking

In terms of raw power:

Ego
Surtur
Thanos
Hela

Give each their accessories:

Thanos w/IG
Surtur with Twilight Sword
Ego
Hela

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In the MCU, is there a creator/all powerful figure/God?

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The One Above All (TOAA). Basically, Stan Lee. Not the One Above All celestial.

The supreme being of the universe. Living Tribunal ain't got shite on him

They have these movies planned out for at least another decade. MCU is a $$$$ juggernaut

Does Odin, hella, Thor know of Thanos???

I would think Galactus could be next. Or Dr. Doom.



Maybe Mephisto

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So what happens with the MCU once Thanos is defeated? Is that the conclusion of the MCU timeline?

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Maybe Galactus? If he is somehow defeated (which is always only temporary), the Living Tribunal. I’ve always been under the impression that the Beyonder (the only immortal who is also a mutant) is the most powerful (except for TOAA/Stan Lee). So many of these guys have fought each other that it’s difficult to definitively say who’s next...

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That's a long way of saying, I think we are going even more cosmic than Thanos, therefore I think it's one of Kang (thanks Fox acquisition) or Annihilus.

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It would be awesome to see the Annihilation wave and the Negative Zone. But there are two things that would seem to be essential here: The introduction of a lot of characters like the heralds of Galactus and the negative zone, which was discovered by Reed Richards, but he is currently tied up with Fox (I think). Though, watching Galan lose his shite would be awesome.

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It would be awesome to see the Annihilation wave and the Negative Zone. But there are two things that would seem to be essential here: The introduction of a lot of characters like the heralds of Galactus and the negative zone, which was discovered by Reed Richards, but he is currently tied up with Fox (I think). Though, watching Galan lose his shite would be awesome.

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They've stripped other stories of other big pieces. It's been their M.O. They'll use Annihilus, the schematic of the conflict, and scale it down with more recognizable and easier to understand pieces - see Civil War for the best example. And remember - Silver Surfer, Galactus, Adam Warlock, all play a big-ish part in the Infinity Gauntlet story.

I think if they did Annihilation, they'd use someone else in place of Galactus. A lot of the major players, outside of Galactus and and Nova, are already in play - Xandar, Ronan, Drax, etc. I think the only critical piece they'd need is Nova, obviously. The Heralds are easy inclusion - even if you didn't use Galactus - as villains of the lead in films.

I think they do this with whatever big bad and arc is in play any case, Annihilation, Secret Invasion, Secret Wars, any of the Magus stories, etc. I think most are flexible enough to do it. I do think the Beyonder would be interesting to introduce, I think he's a dark horse for the big villain. Although, in that case, I think they make the story significantly different. Maybe even bigger.