did 9/11 happen in the MCU?
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Replying to @Lochlan_S @fiddlersgreen92
I think so? There's no trade center in NYC skyline shots where it would be
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @Lochlan_S
This is one of those dicey things about establishing superhero universes in analogues to the real world: if there's a New York, were there ever Twin Towers? If they're not there, why? Did 9/11 happen? How *could* it when NYC is superhero plaza? Even in the context of...
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... of the MCU, there *were* some underground supers at the time. Granted, Carol Danvers was out in space helping the Skrulls find a new home, so you can't fault her for not having been there. Some say the Chitauri Invasion is the 9/11 equivalent of the MCU.
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But... if that's the true, then, uh, why the hell is the first Iron Man explicitly *about* the War on Terror?
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Replying to @fiddlersgreen92 @Lochlan_S
I very much assume 9/11 happened but also yeah there weren't any supers at the time to stop it, like hawkeye? I guess?
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Ant-Man retired in 89 after his wife's death, Carol was in space, I have to read Nuke as existing specifically in response to 9/11, I guess maybe Hawkeye and Black Widow could've been Involved?
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @fiddlersgreen92
I meant less "one of the 2 dozen superheroes would have stopped 9/11" and more that the MCU's political climate and the specific players involved were completely different in 2001 since they're pretty scrupulous to just have a generic "mr president" type there all the time
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The connection between Netflix Marvel and the MCU proper is a big mess but if you accept that Luke Cage is MCU canon then Obama was elected in 2008 in their world
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Lochlan_S and
The fact that the President in Iron Man 3 is the fictional Matthew Ellis led fans to conclude that in this universe Obama was a one-termed, who lost reelection in 2012 against a "national security" Republican because of the debacle with the Chitauri invasion
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Likewise Runaways, which was supposed to be part of the MCU in its original conception, prominently features a Women's March 2016 pink pussy hat in its pilot
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