My ideas on how the other Infinity Stones will be introduced in the MCU (SPOILERS)

My ideas on how the other Infinity Stones will be introduced in the MCU (SPOILERS)

With Marvel announcing that three of the Infinity Stones have already been introduced, how will the other three come about?

Editorial Opinion
By ferg815 - Jun 04, 2014 11:06 AM EST
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If you aren't up to date on your Marvel movies, you probably don't want to read this article. If you have, but haven't seen Cap 2 yet then you should go see it, but this won't spoil any of that.



As soon as Thanos showed his scalloped chin at the end of Avengers, any comic book fan worth his salt saw the Infinity Gauntlet coming (especially since it was actually shown in Thor).




It soon became apparent that the portal-controlling Tesseract was indeed the Space Gem...



And we were quickly introduced to the mind-controlling Mind Gem contained in Loki's scepter...



These were still speculative until the after credits scene from Thor: The Dark World where Sif tells the Collector that they didn't think it wise to hold two gems in the same place, leaving the Aether with him. The Aether was first assumed to be the Power Gem, but now I believe it to be the Reality Gem (more on that in a second)



Feige has recently revealed that the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy will instead be the Power Gem, which is what makes the Aether into Reality. (An interesting side note is that Scarlet Witch's reality bending powers have a similar red glow)



So we still have to be introduced to the Time Gem, and Soul Gem. This is where I see Marvel having a couple of viable options. We know that a Dr Strange movie is in the works, and they could choose to use the Eye of Agamotto to represent the Soul Gem. 



The only issue I have with this solution is that the above picture clearly shows it in Odin's Vault, meaning that to keep the Aether in Asgard would have kept THREE stones in the same location. I'm not sure how they will fit it into the "Phasing", but I'm pretty sure we've seen Adam Warlock's cocoon in the same scene with the Aether. Is there a chance that Adam is already in possession of the Soul Gem, or is actually a physical embodiment of it, unbeknownst to the Collector?



Whichever route they go (or if they have another surprise up their sleeve), clues for the Soul Gem already exist. I'm more excited about the idea of the Time Gem. If the Infinity Saga isn't actually slated for Avengers 3, then we could easily see Kang bring the Time Gem with him in that installment.



The other option is to have Thanos get his hands on four or five and have them lead him to the last.



Whatever they decide, I am definitely excited to see the continued unveiling of these stones. I would really like to see Loki (Now king of Asgard) develop a cabal, the Masters of Evil. They could find Red Skull, the REAL Mandarin, and Parker Robbins (assuming he is the villain of Dr Strange) and have some henchmen below them. That way they would help in combating Thanos since if he wins, there is no place for them to rule.
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NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 6/4/2014, 12:44 PM
The Orb in GotG has been confirmed as the Power Gem.
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 12:46 PM
I thought the Aether was the Power Gem too, but Feige recently admitted that the Orb would be the Power Gem. I don't want to spoil anything, but you need to check out the end credits stinger attached to Winter Soldier. It does begin to explain the source of the twins' power. The only explanation I can come up with for the weakness of the Mind Gem in the sceptre connects with the other containment units the Asgardians have used. At the end of Avengers, Thor twists the handles to activate the Tesseract to send them home since the Bifrost is still broken. I wonder if Thanos gifted Loki with the sceptre in this contained state rather than give an Asgardian full power of a stone?
Peel
Peel - 6/4/2014, 1:57 PM
I can't help but think the Aether will instead be the soul gem - It did have a way of essentially controlling Jane Foster, corrupting Malekith and internally poisoning anyone who touches it.
Bekss
Bekss - 6/4/2014, 2:13 PM
The aether fits better with the reality gem, because malekith wanted to transform/change the universe to darkness.
The mind gem is still speculation.
space gem is confirmed
Maybe they thought the power gem was better for GofT and they had the opportunity to change what the aether is.
Bekss
Bekss - 6/4/2014, 2:23 PM
SniktBub

They can make thanos say "no one can use the real power of the gems/stones except me" or something like that. That way they can make them stronger
Noobster
Noobster - 6/4/2014, 2:57 PM
what if the aether and the orb are both the power gem. Like the collector used the orb, which is like a container, just a normal artifact to store the aether until he could get payment from thanos. Thanos finds out and has Ronan send korath to get it. Star lord gets it, thinking that its just a normal artifact and tries to sell it, then finds out its power, takes it to the nova corps planet, and so on.
Odin
Odin - 6/4/2014, 3:06 PM
Terrigen mist, or their source terrigen crystal(s) that gives Inhumans their powers, could that be one gem, might be the source of Quicksilver's and Scarlet Witch's powers.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 6/4/2014, 4:06 PM
I'm hoping that in GOTG Ronan/Kree use the power gem to make the Terrigen Mist, that will ultimately give the Inhumans their powers.
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 4:26 PM
Superhero96 - I completely agree! My ideal would be the Kang confrontation in Avengers 3, then have a separate movie for Infinity Gauntlet. With the amount of characters involved and the stakes, I think they could even make it it's own event. Two or three movies in one year.
Noobster - I like that idea, and was playing with it myself. It just seems like a cop out if they do that. If they make the center of GOG a container, then it kind of takes away from the stakes IMO.
Odin - You and SniktBub should go watch The Winter Soldier and stay until the very end. Trust me.
BawbScharf
BawbScharf - 6/4/2014, 4:40 PM
@superhero96
Yeah, I am thinking that is what they are going to do. Just as we thought A2 was going to be Thanos, I think we will see Masters of Evil (obviously not called that)be the A3 villains. Red Skull is still around, so is Leader and Abomination, Mandarin is apparently a real dude, and you have Loki. Throw in someone new like Kang and you have yourself a damn good full on super human brawl which we will have not have seen yet.

THEN, we will get an Infinity Gauntlet/War movie with the battlefield being the whole Marvel Universe. Ontop of Avengers, there will also be Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange, the unofficial Avenger side characters such as War Machine, Falcon, and Winter Soldier, probably at least Coulson and Deathlok in cameos with maybe more from the AoS series, Defenders, and Fury and Hill. Granted, MOST of those will be cameos but I think MS is building up to an Avengers x10 scenario. It is just a matter of upping the ante. We never thought we would get the Earth's Mightiest Hero's in one place and we did. The next logical step is the first ever live action feature film Crossover. Just as Avengers had an end game, so does the post Avengers movies as well.
Starkasm
Starkasm - 6/4/2014, 4:44 PM
The twins powers are derived from Loki's sceptre. They say that in the mid credits scene in Cap 2.
Starkasm
Starkasm - 6/4/2014, 4:46 PM
Reality is an interesting sentiment.
If Thanos Quest is anything to go by, the original holders of the gems have no grasp on their true power. This might explain Malekith's almost simplistic use of the Aether.
Futers11
Futers11 - 6/4/2014, 5:41 PM
I always thought the cube was the tesseract?
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 5:51 PM
@ObectivelyBiased - I really like that idea of yours. I think it runs a little parallel to Lord of the Rings actually. I don't see it being an all out frontal assault of every "super" introduced vs. Thanos, there will likely be other arenas of battle. Maybe some of the other races (Kree?) find the link between Earth and the Gauntlet and a group of Avengers (or Defenders) will be left on Earth while the Avengers go Cosmic with GOG. That would be pretty epic!
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 5:54 PM
@Starkasm - Great point, but I think that in the MCU each gem is just less powerful until they are combined. It didn't seem like anyone has used the Tesseract to it's full potential, and if the sceptre IS the mind gem then it certainly wasn't either. Maybe we'll know more after GOG.
BawbScharf
BawbScharf - 6/4/2014, 6:26 PM
Thank you. What I envisioned was something like this:

-Warlock, Cap, Iron man, and Hulk taking on Thanos

-Skrull or Kree Invasion (preferably Kree because we already saw a version of them in Avengers) masterminded by Loki when he was King of Asgard to aide Thanos and distract from Thanos. And lets just mcguffin this a bit to say that Kree are setting something that connects to each gem in different areas of the earth which will result in earth's destruction. Yep, it is the ending to EMH and to a lesser extent X-men: Evolution. But it works in this kind of scope ...and obviously there would be a whole lot more to it.

-GoTG and Nova Corps engage in a Dog fight with the invading ships that links to the Space gem.

-Both Ant-Men, Wasp, (maybe Captain Marvel)and Vision think they are alone in defending New York until they are aided by a rag tag group of Street Heroes to undo the link to the Power gem. Dream scenario: as the battle rages on, somebody off screen starts sniping incoming enemies. When looking towards the rooftop, the heroes only see a man walking away. The movies cuts to the person on the rooftop but all we can see is his t-shirt with a skull symbol on it. Also, I think Sony and Marvel will have come to an agreement by that point, so I would not rule out a quick Spiderman cameo at this point.

-Doctor Strange must, of course, take down the link to the soul gem. I would seriously mark out if he looked to be on a losing battle until he is saved ...by Nicholas Cage and Wesley Snipes for a neat little team up between the mystical characters.

-Mind Gem is set up in Wakanda where Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and Black Panther make a stand. They are aided by all of the Asgardian prominently featured in Thor ...and Kat Dennings (why is she even in these movies?)

-This leaves all SHIELD personell to deal with the Time Gem. This will mostly be Black Widow, Hawkeye, War Machine, Falcon, and Maria Hill territory ...but this can be where you throw in your AoS cameos. In addition, since it is the time gem, I would imagine that Howard Stark, Dum Dum Doogan and Peggy Carter can also play a role doing something to aide from the past.

That is the way I see it going down. Just one big Marvel Superhero battle that will cost a butt ton of money but be so satisfying. Some of that might be wishful thinking (mostly the cameos).
Lhornbk
Lhornbk - 6/4/2014, 9:13 PM
It has never been confirmed that Loki's scepter is the Mind Gem. That is just a fanboy guess. Nor was it ever actually said in the TWS mid-credits scene that the scepter gave the twins their powers. It's only implied that they're using the scepter for something, and many think it's being used to control the twins. We'll just have to wait and see.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 6/4/2014, 11:15 PM
Not sure if Parker Robbins would be a suitable villain to go up against Strange but now that i think about it i think it could be a suitable choice. I always thought Dormammu would be a good choice of villain. Have the space gem tied to Dr Strange. I actually still do believe that the mind gem is in Loki's scepter, i mean he used the gem to control Hawkeye, Erik Selvig and other SHIELD members in The Avengers and tried to control Stark and failed, hence why people believe the twins are being controlled by Loki's scepter and the explanation for an age of miracles i'm just assuming that the twins where just born that way.
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 11:32 PM
@Lhornbk - Good points. That would be quite the slight of hand on the part of Marvel. A La Trevor Slattery.
ferg815
ferg815 - 6/4/2014, 11:36 PM
@MightyZeus - You could be onto something with the twins being born that way. Maybe the sceptre only awoke it in them, which ties back into @Odin's comment. "The Age of Miracles" could be referencing the Inhumans. It could also be what Skye is from AOS.
BaronZemo
BaronZemo - 6/5/2014, 6:22 AM
Why did you have to tell me that the orb was the power gem? Why do you have to tell me this info of an upcoming movie? God. At least warn people. You said you were going to talk about films that have come out.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/5/2014, 11:02 AM
I was under the impression that Loki's scepter isn't any of them. Also The whole Trevor Slattery thing. people keep waiting for the "Real Mandarin" to show himself. He will be played by Kingsly, because they said Slattery had plastic surgery. The real Mandarin referenced in All hail the king was based on a guy Killian Likely believed was dead. I'd love to see him having one of the real gems.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/5/2014, 11:03 AM
Warlock will totally be the enemy of GotG 2.
mook
mook - 6/6/2014, 4:23 AM
Has anyone got a link to the Orb in GotG being confirmed as the Power Gem?
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