A Fan Theory On The Fourth World and The DCEU-It All Ties Togerther

A Fan Theory On The Fourth World and The DCEU-It All Ties Togerther

I feel that there is more sharing in this Snyder created universe than meets the eye as certain themes keep reappearing in the DCEU.

Editorial Opinion
By GarthRanzz - Jun 15, 2017 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Justice League

In Man of Steel we are introduced to an alien ship that has been trapped under ice thousands of years ago.  In Suicide Squad we are introduced to a brother and sister who were treated as Gods thousands of years ago.  In Justice League it seems that thousands of years ago forces of Atlantis, Themyscria, and Man fought Darkseid's forces....resulting in supposedly 3 Mother Boxes left behind which will be a plot point in Justice League.  Only thing is, no one talks about the fourth mother box.  Four you say?  But I read on other sites it is three.  The Fourth Mother Box is actually seen in the deleted scene between Lex and Steppenwolf in Dawn of Justice.  Which really begs the question....how did that fourth box get on the ship and how did Lex know about it?  It adds to the question of why did Lex want Superman dead so much?

Simple?  That talked about fight in the beginning of Justice League involved a Kryptonian.  If you noticed at the end of Dawn of Justice Lex in his ramblings talk God is dead and he is coming.  Could it be that Darkseid fears the power of Kryptonians and most likely due to a past encounter with a Kryptonian under a yellow sun?  Could this Kryptonian be the one from the open pod?  I know folks are going to comment "no its Supergirl because of the tie-in comic".  Well I say where is she?  I have been reading comics and following comic book movies since 1981 and there are plenty of instances where the tie-in is not canon.  Where sequels and what not basically pitch the tie in stuff in the trash....IE see Force Awakens or pre-Empire Strikes Back tie ins.  I think that open pod is a Kryptonian that will be involved in the ancient battle taking place in Justice League.

In Suicide Squad, Enchantress and her brother alude to their God like status thousands of years ago.  But since then until World War 1, there seems to be 0 people with extraordinary abilities.  Who defeated Enchantress and her brother keeping them locked away until June Moon finds them?  The fact that again this movie has ties to ancient times, like Man of Steel, Justice League to a period of close to 10,000 years ago seems too much to be coincedence.

In Wonder Woman, we meet Dr. Poison.  In her early scenes she is appearing to wear a Parademon mask as a hat.  True, it doesn't appear exactly the same as the the Parademon's seen in Dawn of Justice, but the green hood and gold goggles are clear homages to the parademons in comics and cartoons.  With the actress slated to appear in more movies, people are wondering how?  Also, Dr. Poison has the giggle of Mad Harriet, just an odd observation from me and I accept that part is a stretch in my theory.  What do we know about the Fourth World?  Not everyone is insanely powerful in fact if you read early Fourth World stuff, there are a ton of mad scientists...which fits Doctor Poison to a tee.

And Lex to a tee.  What if he was working for Darkseid as is/was Doctor Poison.  And  Darkseid's finger is involved in every facet of the DCEU.  he may not be hear, but it is certainly a possiblity he has agents on Earth, just like in the Comic Books where Darkseid was preceded by Intergang.  What if for Darkseid's Elite to come back to Earth, he was biding his time to wait for no more Kryptonians?  Lex first tried to have Batman kill Superman, when that failed he had Doomsday do it.  He had zero fear over what Doomsday would do to the Earth had Superman not kill him.  Thats because he knew back up was on the way the whole time.

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Philip
Philip - 6/15/2017, 3:14 PM
I think, unintentionally, you bring up a good idea.

What if Supergirl was part of the battle we'll see in the beginning of JL? What if she's been on Earth all this time?

You ask "where is she then", but would a being like that be accepted in a world already ruled by extraordinary beings?
We have the Amazons, the Atlanteans and the humans, and then this girl comes along stronger then their entire army? Maybe, she - like Jonathan Kent - believed that the world wasn't ready?

I think it'd be cool if she actually was Earth's savior, only to be rejected by it, and goes into hiding for literally thousands of years.
kong
kong - 6/15/2017, 3:28 PM
^ This

And I also heard the idea that Darkseid captures her during the battle and trains her to be a fighter for him and she's introduced in JL or JL2 and Superman has to save her from Darkseid's control.
drellik
drellik - 6/16/2017, 9:15 AM
Awesome theories. I really enjoyed this. What if Supergirl is actually one of the goddesses that helped create Themyscira and the Amazons? Likely not Artemis...maybe Hera and Supergirl are one and the same? Maybe after Zeus died, Supergirl went into hiding to wait until Darkseid's forces show up again.
Kyos
Kyos - 6/16/2017, 11:56 AM
he was biding his time to wait for no more Kryptonians?

But Kal had been on Earth for only a few decades, and his presence had been widely known for less than two years. And if Darkseid had known about Kal since his arrival there would have been 10-20 years to dispose of him without him posing much of a threat. Kal's short presence being a deciding factor in Darkseid's gameplan sounds like a case of seriously bad timing in a game that spans millennia.

But it's possible, and there are some interesting thoughts in the editorial. Right now the past of the DCEU is one of its most intriguing aspects for me.
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