The first episode of Ms. Marvel introduced us to Captain Marvel fan-girl Kamala Khan, and wasted little time in revealing that the teenager was well aware of Carol Danvers' heroic role in Avengers Endgame's final battle.
So, how did members of the public know the finer details of that massive, world-altering conflict? The show explains that Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) told all during the in-universe "Big Me Little Me" podcast interview, but a very different idea was pitched to Kevin Feige... before being immediately rejected!
During an interview with The Wrap, Ms. Marvel executive producer Bisha K. Ali revealed that she proposed a slight retcon to the Infinity Saga finale.
"At one point, like early days before we kind of expanded the creative team out, I was like, 'Kevin, what if there was like, drones and a live stream of the battle of ‘Endgame?' And he was like, ‘Bisha, no.' I’m like, there wasn’t one Twitch streamer around for the final battle of ‘Endgame?' Are we kidding?"
"I think I lost my mind at that point, trying to solve this riddle," she continued. "So it was really a big iterative journey. And it was something that kind of changed and moved all the way through. And I think it must have been a Sana [Amanat, co-creator of the Ms. Marvel comics] pitch by the end. Or it might even — I actually have no idea where that idea came from. But when we kind of integrated it into the script, I think it was perfect. It was characterful.”
Though it sounds like a minor alteration on the surface, we're not really surprised that Feige was convinced by Ali's pitch. Fans don't tend to respond very well to even the smallest retcon, so the Scott Lang podcast was probably the best way to go!
What do you guys think? Would you have been bothered if Kamala's knowledge of the events of Endgame was never addressed at all, or would it have stood out to you as a plot hole?