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What if Avengers The Kang Dynasty actually happened and featured three separate Avengers teams going up against three variants of Kang?
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Not only that, what if the film saw the introduction of Miles Morales as well as the deaths of several prominent Avengers?
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Believe it or not, all of these things almost happened.
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To find out what the film would have been about, let's dive in and take a look at what could have been Avengers The Kang Dynasty.
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After writing Ant -Man and the Wasp Quantumania, screenwriter Jeff Loveness was hired to write the next Avengers film, titled The Kang Dynasty, while Destin Daniel Cretton,
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the director behind Shang -Chi, was hired to direct.
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At the time, this seemed like an obvious choice, since Loveness had just written for Kang in Quantumania, while Cretton had directed Simu Liu,
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whose character in their Ten Rings was going to be an integral part of the Kang Dynasty.
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However, once Quantumania actually hit theaters, underperforming at the box office and drawing a negative response from both critics and fans,
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Marvel began to rethink both Kang as the saga's central villain and Loveness as the writer tasked with shaping it.
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Combined with Jonathan Major's arrest and subsequent assault allegations, Marvel decided to scrap the Kang Dynasty entirely and bring back names they could trust.
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The Russo brothers, who helmed both Infinity War and Endgame, were brought back to direct, while Kang was replaced with Marvel's biggest box office draw, Robert Downey Jr., who would now be playing Doctor Doom,
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as the film would be renamed Avengers Doomsday.
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However, what would the Kang Dynasty have been like if it was made instead?
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The film would have opened where Quantumania left off.
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Kang the Conqueror falls into the Beyond Zone, a chaotic dimension outside the multiverse.
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As he plummets, he's haunted by memories of a woman named Ravonna, and a child he failed to save.
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Meanwhile, at the Kang amphitheater at the end of time, the Council of Kangs led by Amortis, Rama -Tut, and the Centurion prepare for war.
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They execute variants of the X -Men in a sacrificial ritual, before the Kang's soldiers drink their mutant blood.
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Amortis then reveals that the Exiled One's Time Chair has revealed the location of Shang -Chi's Ten Rings, and Kamala Khan's Bengals on Earth -616,
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which are both sacred relics of the First Multiversal War.
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The Kangs intend to recover them
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and use the relics' energy to power a device capable of rewriting all of reality in their own image.
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However, in order to do that, they propose killing every Avenger, every Mutant, and every hero in every universe that stands in their way, starting with Earth -616.
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Meanwhile, Loki, holding the timelines together at Yggdrasil, witnesses the approaching destruction and realizes they've run out of time.
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Back on Earth -616, Scott Lang is barely holding himself together, haunted by nightmares of Kang.
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While trying desperately to reach the other Avengers, he can't shake the growing fear that defeating the exiled one didn't save the universe.
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It may have unleashed something far worse.
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Elsewhere, Peter Parker and Miles Morales are struggling to juggle college at Empire State University with their lives as Spider -Men, barely scraping by while working delivery jobs at Joe's Pizza.
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They eventually get fired for being late after stopping a robbery.
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The pressure begins to fracture their partnership.
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Peter, weighed down by loneliness and watching MJ move on, lashes out during an argument about money and responsibility.
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Kamala, on the other hand, is plagued by nightmares of a crumbling reality, and hears Monica Rambeau's voice warning her.
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Because her bangles are dimming and glowing strangely, she seeks out Captain Marvel, terrified that she's breaking the universe.
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They take the bangles to Kamar Taj to meet Wong, who then connects with Banner, his son Scar, She -Hulk, and Shang -Chi, who are analyzing the Ten Rings at a West Coast facility.
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Doctor Strange and Clea then arrive looking tattered and exhausted, after having already been fighting the Council across other realities.
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Strange reveals that the Council has weaponized the multiverse, and destroyed countless realities already.
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Together, they confirm that the rings and bangles are not just weapons, but beacons, sending a signal across the multiverse, a signal that's attracting the Council of Kangs to Earth.
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Meanwhile, in Wakanda, Sam Wilson is trying to train a new Avengers team consisting of War Machine, Ironheart, and the new Falcon, but he confesses to Shuri that not only is the team not ready,
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but he feels inadequate compared to Steve Rogers, lacking the serum or the inherent ability to make people believe.
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Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man, is introduced as a depressed actor grieving a lost fiancé.
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He's visited by Trevor Slattery, who tries to cheer him up by taking him to a production of Julius Caesar, but Simon leaves the play during the assassination scene due to a panic attack.
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When he steps outside, he finds the world has frozen, signaling the arrival of Immortus, who manipulates time.
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In fact, three colossal holographic projections of the Council of Kings, Amortis, Rama -Tut, and Centurion, appear in the skies over every major city,
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as they declare Earth's time has come, and an end of the Age of Marvels.
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The Council's warships descend and obliterate iconic landmarks, like the Empire State Building, Golden Gate Bridge, and Eiffel Tower.
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In New York, Peter Parker and Miles Morales swing through the destruction, attempting to save civilians.
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But the devastation is overwhelming, and Avengers spacecraft carrying Sam, Shuri, Riri, and Rhodey is caught in a gravitational field generated by Immortus' ship as they crash land in the decimated Tokyo.
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At their lakeside cabin, Pepper Potts holds her daughter Morgan and Happy Hogan as the air ignites around them, consuming the cabin in a violent burst of flames.
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The assault on the planet is so intense that it permanently alters the planet's climate within minutes.
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Fires burn so intensely across the continents that soot and ash rise into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun and triggering a nuclear winter.
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The assault concludes with the survivors retreating to Wakanda, the last sanctuary untouched by the destruction due to its shields.
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As they plan their desperate counterattack, the remaining world leaders have lost faith in the Avengers.
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Against Nick Fury's advice, they activate the Adamantium Sentinels, massive robots built by General Ross as a contingency plan to fight the Kangs alone.
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However, Sam Wilson rallies the Avengers, electing to take the fight to the Kangs before they can merge the rings with the Negabands, aka Kamala's Bengals.
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Sam splits everyone into three teams, each with a different objective.
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To avoid confusion for this plot summary, I'm going to summarize what happens to each team one at a time.
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Otherwise, it'll get way too confusing jumping back and forth between them like in the script.
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Team 1 is led by Captain America and made up of Captain Marvel, Hulk, She -Hulk, Scar, Wonder Man, Black Panther, Miss Marvel, Falcon, Star -Lord, Rocket, and Groot.
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Their goal is to destroy Immortus' warship in orbit, which acts as the Kang's central command, and to protect the Negabands.
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As they fly their spacecraft to the ship, however, the Adamantium Sentinels arrive and attack it first,
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but are easily destroyed, before Immortus himself leaves the ship and enters the vacuum of space to confront the Avengers himself.
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He fires a devastating energy beam that tears the Avengers spacecraft apart.
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The Avengers, though, survive the explosion thanks to their spacesuits, but are immediately trapped in a glowing green energy field generated by Immortus,
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who mocks them and orders his ship to fire a green atomic beam at Wakanda, destroying it.
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Wonder Man, angered upon watching the destruction, shatters Immortus' energy filled with a huge ionic blast, blasting Immortus backward and freeing the team,
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as the Avengers engage Immortus' elite Kang bodyguards in a zero -gravity fight.
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Immortus fires a blast aimed at Captain America, but Quill flies in front of it, taking the full force of it and killing him.
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Enraged, Rocket and Groot charge Immortus, who strikes them down with brutal precision, killing Groot, mutters one last I am Groot.
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Then Captain Marvel launches a coordinated attack with Wonder Man
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but Immortus overpowers them hurling Wonder Man into debris and killing Captain Marvel before hurling Hulk into deep space.
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During all this one of the nega bands flies loose into space.
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Immortus snatches the band and fuses it to his wrist roaring as the power surges through him
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while Kamala is left clutching the remaining one.
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Wonder Man realizing they can't win asks her to give it to him
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which merges with his ionic form turning him into a being of brilliant golden light.
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Wonder Man opens a portal and pushes the surviving team members through it yelling at them to get out of here.
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Alone Wonder Man charges Immortus.
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They collide with a devastating force before Immortus rips the second
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Negoband from Wonder Man's arm leaving him floating lifeless in the void as Immortus now possesses both bands.
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Team 2 is led by Spider -Man and made up of Miles Morales, Daredevil, Punisher, Ant -Man, Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Ironheart, War Machine and Moon Knight.
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Their goal is to infiltrate Rama Tut's fortress built on the ruins of Washington DC
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and destroy the Time Conduit which the Kangs plan to use to merge the power of the Ten Rings and the Negabands.
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The team steps through a portal opened by Wong and Doctor Strange into the shattered streets of Washington DC,
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only to be immediately engulfed by an army of specialized Kang variants pouring in from every direction.
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What was supposed to be a coordinated push towards the fortress
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quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival as the overwhelming numbers begin to break the team down.
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Ironheart takes to the sky to lay down cover fire, but a barrage of energy blasts rips through her armor, setting her crashing hard onto the pavement below.
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Rhodey dives to shield her, unloading everything he has, with a swarm
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and galsam as his armor is torn apart piece by piece by the sheer mass of enemies, taking him out of the fight.
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Kate Bishop then finds Hawkeye lying on his back, coughing blood, as he smiles faintly and tells her, you're gonna be fine kid, before he dies.
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Khonshu then materializes to fight alongside Moon Knight against Rama Tut.
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They engage in a brutal fight with Moon Knight managing to throw a crescent blade into the time conduit, causing it to destabilize.
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Enraged, Rama -Tut lunges forward, driving his staff into Moon Knight's chest, killing him.
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Peter and Miles then attack Rama -Tut, who mocks Peter, calling him an insect and just a boy in a costume.
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Seeing Peter about to be killed, Miles jumps in to protect him, and is killed by Rama -Tut, while Peter screams no, as the surviving Avengers retreat in defeat.
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Team 3 is led by Doctor Strange and includes Clea, Wong, America Chavez, Thor, his daughter Love, Valkyrie, Shang -Chi, Warlock, Phyla -Vell, and Cosmo.
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Their goal is to lure the Centurion away from Earth
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and into the multiverse to keep the Ten Rings out of his hands.
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The team initially joins the battle at Ramatut's fortress to create a diversion, as Wang and Clea open a portal to the Gap Junction, a chaotic realm between universes.
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As a team goes through the portal, Centurion, lured by his desire to obtain the Ten Rings from Shang -Chi, pursues them.
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The chase takes them through a rapid succession of hostile dimensions that include a realm of fire, a crystalline dimension where reflections distort movements, and a realm of endless void where sound disappears.
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Eventually, they land in the Gap Junction, a swirling void guarded by ribboned, demon -like entities that attack both sides indiscriminately.
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Amidst the fight, the Centurion spots the Book of Ashanti, resting on a floating platform.
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Driven by Ego, he attempts to steal the Book for himself as Doctor Strange engages him in a magical duel to stop him, joined by the other Avengers.
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Losing an outnumbered, Centurion activates a device that transports everyone, heroes and villains alike, into the Quantum Realm.
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The battle resumes as Centurion kills Thor's daughter, Love.
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After witnessing her death and seeing Thor's grief, Shang -Chi has had enough, and whispers, this ends now, before engaging Centurion alone, channeling immense power from his rings.
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However, Centurion's forces are overwhelming the rest of the team.
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Clea, gravely injured, uses her remaining strength to conjure a portal back to Earth, staying behind to hold the portal open against Kang's forces.
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However, during the escape, Centurion steals Doctor Strange's sling ring and opens his own portal to escape into the multiverse.
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At Ramatut's fortress, Amortis orders Ramatut to execute Centurion since he failed to obtain the Ten Rings.
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Ramatut carries out the command.
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Meanwhile, the surviving Avengers retreat to the Stark Underground Bunker, where Captain America rallies the broken team for one final stand.
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They exit the bunker into the wasteland that is Earth to face Immortus's armies head -on.
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At the same time, the exiled one is trapped in the Beyond Zone, haunted by something called the Probability Storm,
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a chaotic, metaphysical phenomenon that manifests as a swirling mass of shifting fragments of broken realities
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and millions of distorted clones of Kang, representing his infinite failures, alternate life paths, and probabilities.
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Initially, these apparitions torment him by both physically attacking him and mocking his inability to save his love, Ravonna.
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However, driven by vengeance against the council that banished him, Kang chooses to weaponize this chaos rather than succumb to it,
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physically absorbing the millions of clones and the storm's energy into his own body, thus amplifying his power to a godlike level and transforming him into Beyonder Kang,
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an entity with the combined strength of his infinite possibilities, allowing him to escape the void and return to destroy the council of Kangs.
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Back on Earth, the Avengers have engaged Immortus and Rama Tut in an all -out war.
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Shang -Chi attempts to use the Ten Rings against Immortus, but Immortus uses the negabands to command them.
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The rings obey Immortus, stripping Shang -Chi of his power as they fly to Immortus.
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As the Avengers look like they're going to lose, Beyonder Kang descends from the heavens and unleashes his legions of clones, which tear through the council's forces like rabbit animals,
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before he attacks Rama -Tut and Immortus, creating shockwaves that begin to fracture reality.
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As this is happening, Mobius arrives with reinforcements aboard a TVA life arc.
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Stepping out are a team of multiversal anchors, including Tobey Maguire's Spider -Man, Andrew Garfield's Spider -Man, Wolverine, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, and the Fantastic Four.
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While the Avengers fight on Earth, Beyonder Kang, Immortus, and Rama -Tut take their duel into the time stream itself,
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crashing directly into Yggdrasil, where Loki is physically holding the timelines together to prevent total collapse.
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Beyonder Kang kills Rama -Tut before tossing Loki aside and choking Immortus with the literal timeline branches,
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eventually destroying him as the Ten Rings and the Negabands are fused together on his wrists.
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While the Avengers fight on Earth, Reed Richards realizes the battle is unwinnable, as reality itself breaks apart, and orders everyone onto the Ark.
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As the multiverse crumbles around them, the Beyonder combines the fractured timelines into one singular landmass, Battleworld, a patchwork of destroyed worlds fused together.
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The TVA Ark then crashes into this new world's capital, Chronopolis, a massive glittering city ruled by Kang, as the Avengers look out the windows of the Ark in stunned silence and disbelief.
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The script ends in a serene rose field at the edge of Battleworld.
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Beyonder Kang, no longer wearing armor, reunites with the pregnant Ravonna.
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They kiss as the twin sun set, ruling over the ashes of the multiverse.
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Now full disclosure we hear that bullets and blockbusters cannot confirm nor deny the authenticity of this leaked script.
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However, on the surface, it does seem legit.
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Not only is it well written, but it aligns with several plot details that have circulated in other leaks, like Shang -Chi and his rings being vital to the plot,
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three different Avengers teams going off to fight different variants of Kang, and Tom Holland wanting to introduce Miles Morales.
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However, there are a few things that may raise suspicion.
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For example, there's a line of description taken word for word from the script of 300, even mentioning Xerxes, a character from that film.
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However, it's also possible writer Jeff Loveness wanted to copy this moment from 300 for Kang and forgot to change his name.
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You'd also be surprised how many screenwriters actually do this.
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There's also the cliched scenes of Earth's monuments being destroyed as if this was a 90s disaster movie.
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However, it's also important to remember that this is a first draft, which means the script would have continued to get changed and improved over time.
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However, real or fake, one thing is clear.
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It stands as a snapshot of an alternate universe that never happened.
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A future for Marvel and us that was pruned from existence before it ever had the chance to be seen.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Original Plans for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Kang, Avenger, Immortus, ring. This video has 153 sentences and 2902 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:13. The speaker talks fast, about 204 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 67% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| multiverse noun | /ˈmʌltəˌvɝs/ | The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability. |
| portal noun | /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/ | An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. |
| fortress noun | /ˈfoɹ.tɹɪs/ | A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. |
| variant noun | /ˈvæɹi.ənt/ | Something that is slightly different from a type or norm. |
| void adjective | /vɔɪd/ | Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled. |
| timeline noun | /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/ | A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future). |
| bangle noun | /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/ | A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp. |
| overwhelm verb | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | To engulf, surge over and submerge. |
| haunt verb | /hɔnt/ | To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). |
| chaotic adjective | /keɪˈɑtɪk/ | Filled with chaos. |
| clone noun | /kloʊn/ | A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. |
| spacecraft noun | /ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/ | A vehicle that travels through space. |
| exile noun | /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ | The state of being banished from one's home or country. |
| armor noun | /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| dimension noun | /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ | A single aspect of a given thing. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| break apart verb | To dismantle something into its base components. | |
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| carry out verb | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | To hold while moving it out. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| go up against verb | To challenge someone. | |
| leave off verb | To omit. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been · has revealed · they've run |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was hired · were brought · would be renamed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, allegation /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, disclosure /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/
- Long words — get the stress right: coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, entity /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi], allegation /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/, permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like multiverse, portal, fortress.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.