Alright, ideas for Avengers?
Let's set the stage.
Major Characters
Avengers
Iron Man
Captain America
Thor
Wonder Man
Hawkeye
Mockingbird
Hulk?
SHIELD
Nick Fury
Maria Hill
Coulson
Nefaria (SHIELD consultant/potentially brainwashed by Loki)
Other & Side Characters
Bruce Banner?
Pepper
Madame Masque?
War Machine?
Black Widow?
Eric Williams?
Etc.
Antagonists
Loki
Kree
Nefaria (SHIELD consultant/potentially brainwashed by Loki)
Thoughts Regarding Nefaria
Movie could start with Nefaria studying the Tesseract at a SHIELD lab. Perhaps he's requested the ability to study the Tesseract and Power stones together but was denied by Nick Fury. Either way, Nefaria is at SHIELD right now and they have both the Space and Power stones. Perhaps one of the experiments he is prepping to run in secret is an experiment to find any Infinity Stones that exist on Earth using the space stone. He gets a result but easily scrubs the data after memorizing the Longitude and Latitude of the stone so only he remains with the knowledge. (This will be setup for future reality stone in Phase 2, perhaps a post-credit scene is Nefaria prepping an expedition with Maggia agents after to find the reality stone).
At some point during or after the experiment, Loki forces himself through the portal with his staff, attacks SHIELD, etc. Maybe Nefaria has been evacuated by Nick Fury while Maria Hill extracts the power stone from the facility so both stones don't fall into enemy hands. He serves more as a scientist role from then on, having an interesting dynamic with Tony (and Bruce Banner if he's included) and perhaps also Simon Williams? Depending on if Simon knows who Nefaria is or not.
Considering we have introduced the power stone into the story we should find a way for it to have a narrative use. Perhaps someone (mind controlled agent?) sabotages the arc reactor in Tony's suit and Nefaria hooks up the power stone to it to save his life as an alternate source of energy, using his knowledge of the stones. This could be a good moment to heighten the tension and also redeem Nefaria in the eyes of the audience for his experiment being the reason Loki arrived to Earth.
Edit: If Nefaria is mind controlled instead of evacuated, perhaps this could happen near the end of the movie to redeem him after the mind control wears off, but we still need the power stone to have a narrative for the middle of the movie
We've also had Black Widow working for Nefaria in the past, so perhaps he could have hired her to steal the power stone back from SHIELD while all the chaos is going on? Or maybe we could keep the stones under the possession of SHIELD at the end of the movie, while Nefaria plots his next move and waits for an opportune time to steal both stones later in Avengers 2. (sometime after SHIELD falls apart from double agents). Similarily, Madame Masque as the daughter of Nefaria could have a role in the film acting in his interests even if he's mind controlled or being watched closely by SHIELD.
Lastly, we could have it so Nick Fury failed to evacuate Nefaria at the beginning of the movie, so Nefaria is mind-controlled by Loki and being the one that is building a portal for Loki like Erik Selvig was in the first Avengers. Except give him more lines critiquing the intelligence of Loki's plans and mocking how he seems to be relying on the Kree to accept their part of a bargain and so on. Perhaps he also gives some fatherly advice to Loki like Odin never could that Loki takes later on, planting the seed for redemption / Loki character arc in future movies. This probably makes more sense than the alternative, also gives a reason for Nefaria to not be plotting for his own side throughout the movie and he could have a redeeming moment near the end of the movie.
Thoughts Regarding Kree
We need to figure out what the Kree are planning, what their relationship to Loki is like, how that influences Loki's plan, and so on.
Perhaps the Kree are helping Loki build a stable portal from their planet to Earth that is self-sustaining even without the Tesseract, so they can easily conquer Earth and use it as a stepping stone to conquer the rest of the Nine Realms and grow their empire to give them an edge against the Skrulls in their never-ending war?
We could also introduce Hexus for later by having Kree Agents ingratiate themselves with a fake identity and introducing the Hexus parasite on earth (
Edit: Or just finding someone to infect with the parasite and leaving), with their end goal to use it to extract as much resources from Earth and the rest of the Nine Realms for their war effort. Perhaps their plan is two-pronged. They simultaneously help Loki with his plan while also introducing the Hexus parasite for if Loki fails or betrays them.
This is the Kree thought pattern (not shown/told in the movie itself but it's still good to think about what the characters are thinking):
- If Loki succeeds, they help prop up his rule and extract resources for their war effort directly, using the Mind stone to contain the parasite for later as it wouldn't be needed. (Obviously this would never come to fruition because Loki will be defeated by the Avengers)
- If Loki fails, the parasite is a backup option that will extract resources from Earth without the Kree needing direct control or access, and spread across the Nine Realms portion of space to extract resources for the Kree war effort, building up as a background threat throughout Phase 2 until a mid-phase crossover event movie deals with the Hexus Corporation that was born from the parasite's influence.
Eh if Thunderbolts becomes a thing it shouldn't be until after Avengers 2 at minimum I think. The world is just starting to turn into a superpowered clusterfuck. Buuuut~ Helmut Zemo leading it as penance for his father's sins would be an awesome way to do it when it happens~
I agree. We should have a "regular" big villain team-up in Avengers 2 before we have a big team-up of
reformed villains.
