#deadpool theory

[daisies-daydreams]

THEORY ABOUT ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (⚠️SPOILERS FOR ATSV, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, AND DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE BELOW THE CUT⚠️)

Disclaimer: This theory is very speculative and loosely based on events between different movies. However, please please PLEASE be respectful of my and other people's thoughts if you disagree. Thank you!

So I just got out of seeing Deadpool and Wolverine, and man, was it an absolute thrill to watch. But there was one thing that got me thinking: the Time Ripper and the potential effects of it being nearly hijacked by the movie's primary antagonist, Cassandra Nova.

⚠️ SPOILERS START NOW ⚠️

Context & Possible Connection with Deadpool and Wolverine

The Time Ripper is a device that is planned on being used by one of the movie's antagonist, a Time Variance Authority (or TVA) associate Mr. Paradox. Due to the "anchor being" in Wade's universe (Logan, aka Wolverine) being dead, his realm is slowly decaying (as in, it would fully cease to exist within an estimated 1,000 years).

According to Mr. Paradox, an anchor being is "A being whose existence is so vital to their universe that their death sparks the slow decimation of their universe" (Deadpool and Wolverine). However, Mr. Paradox wants to makes the decay of Wade's universe more..."efficient".

Thus, the Time Ripper is utilized to "prune" these decaying universes "early" (seriously, the way Mr. Paradox and other TVA people talk about "pruning" timelines like they're just rose bushes in their garden is terrifying).

This obviously causes Wade to go on his (anti)-Hero's Journey and recruit a replacement anchor being to save his universe. A bunch of action and a setting from the show Loki later, they come face-to-face with the film's main villain: Charles' Xavier's twin sister, Cassandra Nova.

She is a powerful psychic/mutant who was banished to the Void due to her immense and dangerous abilities, and is the deemed "ruler" of the Void.

The Void is, according to the Judge/Ravonna Renslayer: "A void at the End of Time. Where every instance of existence collides at the same point and simply stops" (Loki, S1:E5). It's basically used as the TVA's dump for leftover matter from universe's that get "pruned", as apparently not all of it always gets destroyed.

Of course, in a perfect world/movie, Deadpool and Wolverine would defeat Cassandra at her weakest and save the day.

However, the movie doesn't end there.

Cassandra is informed of the Time Ripper through one of her henchman, and with an insatiable god-complex, decides to utilize it herself to erase each and every timeline until all that's left is the Void, the one true place where she can rule as "god".

Thankfully, our heroes are able to eliminate Cassandra through the power of becoming living batteries with matter and anti-matter (and Madonna), and voila, all of the timelines are saved...

Or were they?

The film's main villain, Cassandra Nova, attempting to hijack the Time Ripper - Deadpool and Wolverine (Disney)

Theory for Across the Spider-Verse

What I thought was interesting was that we didn't see the direct effects of Cassandra trying to hijack the Time Ripper. Surely there could've been detrimental effects to the many timelines as the stability of them was being tampered with due to Cassandra's interference.

Which got me thinking...what if her manipulating with the Time Ripper caused Earth TRN1042 (Gabriella O'Hara's universe) to decay more rapidly than it should have? And what if 1042-Miguel O'Hara was the anchor being for that universe?

It was already decaying, just in the "normal" way: slowly and over a period of several centuries.

928B-Miguel O'Hara (the one who runs the Spider Society in ATSV) was actually saving Earth TRN1042 by becoming the new anchor. However, perhaps there was the matter of him having to split time between being in his own universe and being the surrogate father to Gabriella on Earth TRN1042, not giving that universe enough time to recognize his status as an "anchor being" and unable to stabilize before the hijacking happened.

Cassandra sped up the decay of Earth TRN1042...and Miguel was left believing it was all his fault.

Miguel looking on in horror after his variant daughter, Gabriella, disintegrated in his arms - Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

Potential Holes in the Theory

Now I will confess, this theory isn't without it's flaws.

There's the fact that Kingpin was already tampering with multi-versal technology before the events of Deadpool and Wolverine, trying to find a replacement for his family who were tragically killed in an accident. Miguel specifically says that Kingpin's interference is related to these events during the exposition of ATSV, thus displacing the multitude of villains throughout different universes. However, there's also the fact that the event in Spider-Man: No Way Home, that also displaced several villains from multiple Spider-Verses. And yet, the fact that Doctor Strange reverses the spell at the end of the movie and the fact that all the villains were coming to Earth 616 makes me think that this isn't the event that caused the villains to be stuck in different universes as seen in ATSV. I could say that Cassandra's hijacking of the Time Ripper caused it, but that discounts Miguel's thought of Kingpin's tampering with the multiverse.

The fact that the variant Logan/Wolverine doesn't "glitch" like other variants do throughout the Spider-Verse franchise when he's in Deadpool's universe (Earth 1005), a realm that he doesn't originate from. Perhaps it could be due to him becoming a new "anchor being", thus adding stability back to the timeline...but this is merely speculation. It just seems odd to me that molecular decay wouldn't happen to him or any of the Deadpool variants who visited Earth 1005.

Conclusion

All-in-all, this theory is very speculative and I was just curious to see if there were any potential connections between Deadpool and Wolverine and the Spider-Verse franchise, with there being villains trying to "bend the rules" of the multi-verse and mentions of universal decay. But what do you all think? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments/reblogs!

Thank you for reading!

[mischievous-thunder]

Wade's not gonna remain "cum-loser" for much longer and you know that too, Logan.

[theocddiaries]

Wade: I'm sorry. I crossed a line. I didn't mean to! Logan: Who says that right in the middle of sex? Wade: I don't know. It just came out. People say weird things during sex all the time. Logan: Well, they sure as hell don't say that. Wade: It was the heat of the moment. Logan: No, the heat of the moment is, "Yeah, just like that", not, "Will you marry me?" Wade: I'm sorry, just give me another chance. Logan: So you can crawl under covers and go: "Hey baby, wanna go look for houses in neighborhoods with good schools"?

[colaghost]

I don’t know if this was intentional but I thought the one scene from Deadpool and Wolverine looked a lot like Logan in House of M when he gets his memories back

[kneehighrainbowsocks]

ok hear me out

in the movies logan is over 200 years old, which would place his birth around the 1810s 1820s. the greatest showman takes place in the 1850s 1860s, and pt barnum was born in the 1810s

im not saying logan is pt barnum but

im not not saying that either

the timeline adds up

just sayin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[incorrectquotesmcu]

Wade: Never have I ever… been arrested.

Y/N: So I drink?

Sam: No, it’s only if you’ve done it.

Y/N: Got it.

Y/N: [drinks]

Kate: I can’t believe you’ve been arrested!

Y/N: I can’t believe Wade hasn’t.

[galaxyytrash]

King of casual fourth wall breaks

[maybe-im-dark]

An important thing to note is that Logan is not human! Yes, he looks human but he isn't. He is a feral mutant. He is his own species.

My theory how the feral mutants were created is that they evolved from canines and mustelids rather than apes. So alongside the Neanderthals they were these beings and they carried the X-Gene and mated with the modern human thus creating the mutants that Logan's paternal side of the family descends from.

And Logan has a lot of animals qualities. He has claws, little fangs and is nocturnal. He hunts and has keen senses. Yes, he is civilized from living among humans but trigger him enough and he will growl at you.

And Wade accepts that. He accepts Logan for who and what he is, rather than tell him what he should and shouldn't be. (Unlike Kayla and Stryker cough cough) And Logan finally learns to love himself, something he hasn't done in all his lifetime

[chaotic-teen-cy]

Dude I just noticed something and I wanted to see if anyone else saw it to or if I'm just slow.

Was watching this scene and I looked at Morgans glove and I'm like hey, that kinda looks familiar

Because it looks like Peters glove. And I might be insane but like.... Don't it look the same??

And we know from Deadpool and Wolverine that they kept his old helmet. Who's to say they didn't keep his gloves?? From Morgan nonetheless. Idk I just thought that was cool.

[th3d0nutl0rd]

Phan vs jedas RPF polls Suez canal glup shitto horse plinko live slug reaction I like your shoelaces do you like the colour of the sky Goncharov 1973 eeby deeby vanilla extract Nov 5th ides of march Tumblr TV summon crabs sexymen blorbo from my shows destielputinelection twitter downfall children's hospital colour theory sonadow generations ourgoodshadows no seriously imagine it car covered in hammers porn banned tramp stamps bug race muppet handjob corporate manufactured yaoi superhell

[gossippool]

ok this is An Attempt at visualising these lines from my fic:

The thing is that it's mostly Wade that makes him trip balls, as it were. He's encountered many people who are as boring as a single shade of grey or blue or orange, speaking in monochrome and dulling Logan's senses to the point of utter disinterest. Wade, on the other hand, shits Skittles and vomits unicorns all by himself, and wears clothes that are garish and mismatched—and that's on the good days. Combined with his constant flurry of movement and machine gun dialogue, he's a lethal assault to all of Logan's heightened senses. No one has had such a hold on him in decades.

i tried. yippee

[murrpa]

Wade, coming from another universe, kidnaps Logan from his universe,

“Wolverine… he’s a hero in my world”

Wade said, and Logan is dead in Wade’s universe.

‘Worst’ Logan, on the other hand, is living in his, so my questions are:

Did Logan ever meet Wade in his world, and did he die with all the X-men? Was Wade any different in that universe? How close were they? And…. could’ve this been the reason Logan didn’t really hesitate the kidnapping… bc he recognized him and got the opportunity to see Wade again?!?!

then after he obv fell for him but that’s not the point

[smallville2k]

Long live the king.

[theocddiaries]

Logan: You know what the worst part is? Wade: That you're having to process your emotional pain without vodka? Logan: …No. Wade [stares at him] Logan: …Yes.

[harryzroze]

oops uhh,,

spare insta doodle under cut lol

[ivvyela]

thinking about that theory where peter parker is the mcu's anchor being. and like. the possibilities of it. imagine learning your entire universe's anchor being, the person who pretty much controls the fate of the universe, is some guy who just doesn't exist??? not even dropped off the face of the earth, but there is no proof of this person even existing in the first place???? and maybe strange or the fantastic four or whoever feels responsible for/is tasked with finding and protecting this anchor being but that's kinda hard to do when you have Absolutely Nothing to go off of.

or alternatively, peter himself learning that the entire universe is basically relying on him staying alive, and he already has a lot on his shoulders but this??? having lost everything and everyone and now learning that the weight of the world is literally on his shoulders and fuck!!! he just wanted to be a friendly neighborhood spider-man but that's parker luck for you!!

and like. there's so many ways to take it and i haven't seen anyone considering this and guys. guys. consider it. take it and run with it or what have you. fuck it and throw doctor doom in the mix for the irondad girlies because surely that will be fun.

and i know i know the theory doesn't fully go hand in hand with the mcu cannon but. fuck the cannon. let me scream into the void about this. let me shove it in your faces and hope someone does something with it. let me have my silly where's waldo peter parker anchor being au.