Oh, the (In)humanity!

Oh, the (In)humanity!

The Weekly Pull is closing out 2014 with a bang! This is a big one folks, so be warned : if you haven't seen the second season Winter Finale to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which aired on December 9, you're in store for some massive spoilers and a big eye opener surrounding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

As Demo Destroyer can attest, I've been spouting my theories regarding the direction Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D has been taking this season, and more specifically the implications it will have on Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's no secret that a large portion of this second season has focused on the mystery surrounding Director Coulson's memory mapping and if you've followed my previous posts and have a keen eye, you may have noticed that the symbols Coulson is carving in the image above closely match the pattern seen within the logo of Marvel's Inhuman title ... and that's just the beginning.

If you're not familiar with the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe (pre-Guardians of the Galaxy), the ending scene of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Winter Finale may have had you scratching your head. The Obelisk contained a blue crystal that released an airborne contaminant that turned Reya, Skye and Tripp to stone? What? Let's take a step back ...

At the beginning of the Kree-Skrull War, millions of years ago, the alien Kree race established a station on the planet Uranus, a strategic position between the Kree and Skrull empires. Through their work at this station, they discovered that sentient life on nearby Earth had genetic potential invested in it by the alien Celestials. Intrigued, the Kree began to experiment on Earth's then primitive Homo sapiens to produce the genetically advanced Inhuman race. Their goal was twofold - to investigate possible ways of circumventing their own evolutionary stagnation, and to create a powerful race of soldiers for use against the Skrulls. These test subjects, the Inhumans, went on to form a society of their own, which thrived in seclusion from the rest of humanity and developed advanced technology. Experiments with the mutagenic Terrigen Mist (a process known as Terrigenesis) gave them various powers, but caused lasting genetic damage and deformities. (Source)

So where do the Kree fall into this storyline you ask? Remember the blue alien that Coulson and Bill Paxton's Agent Garrett stumbled upon when searching for the answers to Coulson's survival? Kree.

Now that the puzzle pieces are starting to fit together, let’s recap. We now know that the Obelisk contains a Terrigen Crystal, which released Terrigen Mist on Skye and company. We got a brief flash of Reya’s more mutant-esque transformation (hence the whole conversation between Skye and her father regarding his love for her even if she were to change) as well as the seemingly unaltered Skye. But don’t let that fool you. Not all transformations are physical. Both the leader of the Inhumans, Black Bolt, and his queen, Medusa, have no physical abnormalities. Plus, if you're an avid fan of the Marvel Universe, you may have also discovered the deeper reveal as well during the brief interaction where Skye's father calls her by her birth name, confirming that Agent Skye is actually an established Marvel Universe character, Daisy "Quake" Johnson.

Marvel is really going for the long con here, as the announced cinematic feature featuring the Inhumas isn’t set to arrive in theatres until 2018. Will Skye and company make an appearance? Or will the focus turn more toward the aforementioned Kree-Skrull War? I for one would love to see a massive origin story depicting the war and the impact this genetic testing has had on the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (i.e. Rocket Raccoon) tieing the whole thing together.  With my previously posted theory regarding Vin Diesel’s role also remaining intact, I may just be on the right path …

On a brief side note, it's also extremely important not to confuse Inhumans with Mutants. Partially from a fanboy perspective, but more importantly from the Marvel Cinematic perspective where Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch come into play. In last weeks issue of Axis : The New World Disorder, one of the most talked about moments was the death of Carnage (link), but for me, the real secret was buried in the background. There is a point where, in an inverted rage, the Scarlet Witch casts a Chaos Curse on her bloodline as a means to punish her brother, Pietro Maximoff (aka Quicksilver), for siding with thier father Eric Lensher (aka Magneto) against her. However, the spell has no effect on either target revealing that after all these years, Magneto has been a pawn in someone else's game ... a strongly hinted Inhuman game, which may just hold the cinematic key to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch appearing in both X-Men : Days of Future Past and Avengers : Age of Ultron franchises.

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Until next time True Believers,

-ArchangelEZE