{"id":331986,"date":"2021-08-25T17:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T17:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:16:43","slug":"what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"#What If Episode 3 Explained: Rethinking a Marvel Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2621ff29fae\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2621ff29fae\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_If%E2%80%A6_The_World_Lost_Its_Mightiest_Heroes%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cWhat If\u2026 The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/#Understanding_the_Rage_of_Hank_Pym\" >Understanding the Rage of Hank Pym<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/#In_the_MCU\" >In the MCU<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/#In_the_Comics\" >In the Comics<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-3-explained-rethinking-a-marvel-hero\/#Hank_Pym_is_a_Killer\" >Hank Pym is a Killer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What If Episode 3 Explained: Rethinking a Marvel Hero<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;The Avengers Initiative implodes from within, and we can never look at on particular character the same way again.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;&lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;&lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-If-Episode-3-Explained.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"What If Episode 3 Explained\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-If-Episode-3-Explained.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-If-Episode-3-Explained-768x349.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Marvel Studios&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;&lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 25th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Marvel Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Marvel shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry explores What If\u2026? Episode 3 and why a certain Ant-Man ain\u2019t to be trusted&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u201cThere was an idea. To bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Fury\u2019s vision for the Avengers cements the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but what if someone stepped in at a few critical moments and smashed it to smithereens? The fantasy would soon become a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What If\u2026?<\/em><\/strong> Episode 3 drags us back to one critical week during Marvel\u2019s Phase Two: that moment between Tony Stark exiting the donut in <strong><em>Iron Man 2<\/em><\/strong> and Bruce Banner rampaging through Culver University in <strong><em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em><\/strong>. Just as these heroes draw near each other, an interloper <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears. And strikes, stopping the Avengers Initiative in its tracks.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_If%E2%80%A6_The_World_Lost_Its_Mightiest_Heroes%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cWhat If\u2026 The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Instead of receiving the antidote for his palladium poisoning, Tony Stark keels over dead, apparently murdered by Black Widow. The Hulk doesn\u2019t escape <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Ross\u2019 college assault; his body pops, splashing so much green blood upon the campus. Rather than holding his aim, Hawkeye sends an arrow straight through Thor, and his twisted brother Loki arrives on Midgard with an occupying army. The Avengers require some avenging.<\/p>\n<p>Black Widow gets on the case, but even she falls victim to the mysterious killer. Before she perishes, she sends one last message to Nick Fury. And Fury puts two and two together, and we discover the choice made that separates this reality from the prime MCU reality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_the_Rage_of_Hank_Pym\"><\/span>Understanding the Rage of Hank Pym<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the Multiverse world seen in <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 3, Hope Van Dyne, the second Wasp, joined Nick Fury\u2019s team well before Tony Stark declared himself Iron Man. No doubt, she was a serious ass-kicker, but like her mother before her, she died in the field. This tragedy sent her father, Hank Pym, over the edge. When he discovered what Fury was planning with the Avengers, he struck, killing these heroes before they could be killed.<\/p>\n<p>Pym\u2019s logic is flawed, but it\u2019s not about logic. It\u2019s about rage. Hope\u2019s death fills Hank\u2019s heart with hate. He wants Fury to feel just an ounce of what he feels. Would our prime-MCU Hank Pym behave in a similar fashion given the same circumstances? Probably.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_MCU\"><\/span>In the MCU<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As we saw in <strong><em>Ant<\/em>\u2013<\/strong><em><strong>Man<\/strong><\/em>, Hank Pym bent over backward to keep Hope outta the suit. The death of his wife poisoned their relationship, and in his desperate desire to keep Hope safe, he drove a massive wedge between them. He even went so far as to trick a convict into taking on the Ant-Man persona rather than sitting down and having a rational conversation with Hope about his feelings. Hank Pym does not do feelings well.<\/p>\n<p>If he had only caught a glimpse of the future and peered into <strong><em>Ant<\/em>\u2013<em>Man<\/em> <\/strong><em><strong>and the Wasp<\/strong><\/em>, he would have seen just how incredibly capable Hope is as a hero. She elevates Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, into being the best he can be, and he does the same for her. We don\u2019t know the circumstances surrounding her <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> death, but it\u2019s easy to defer that it would not have happened if either her father had been more open with her regarding her mother\u2019s heroism or if she could have bounced some of that action off Scott Lang. When the Pyms and Langs are fighting together, they\u2019re unstoppable. When they\u2019re fighting with each other, they\u2019re doomed.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_Comics\"><\/span>In the Comics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hank Pym as a raging psychotic, as we see in <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 3, is nothing new. Infamously, Pym is known for striking his wife Janet <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/issue\/7079\/avengers_1963_213\">in <em>Avengers<\/em> #213<\/a>, published in November 1981. In that storyline, Pym is losing control of his emotions, falling into patterns of violent outbursts. On the battlefield, Captain America scolds Pym for his careless behavior. Formal charges are brought against him, and the Avengers put Pym on trial.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to defend her husband, Janet initiates a private investigation. She discovers an adamantium robot in his laboratory, clandestinely constructed to attack the Avengers so that Pym can heroically defeat \u201cthe villain\u201d\u00a0in battle. When she confronts Pym about this absurdly despicable plan, Pym hits her.<\/p>\n<p>Pym\u2019s plan never goes into motion, the Avengers boot him from the team, and Janet issues divorce papers. Eventually, Pym is arrested, goes through a series of adventures designed to offer redemption, and slowly crawls his way back into the Marvel Comics spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>But this moment in his history has forever stained the character. There\u2019s no coming back from such a violent, low. And, it would not be surprising to learn that this is the reason why Scott Lang was positioned to be the first cinematic Ant-Man. If Hank Pym were made front and center, fandom would be left waiting for this dark episode to rear itself. And, probably, it\u2019s an episode Marvel Studios would wish we would forget. Except, they go ahead and make Pym the psycho for <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 3.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hank_Pym_is_a_Killer\"><\/span>Hank Pym is a Killer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/14967-alan-moore-now-believes-the-killing-joke-was-melodramatic-not-interesting\">Alan Moore and Brian Bolland\u2019s <em>The Killing Joke<\/em><\/a> once stated that we\u2019re all just one bad day from becoming the Joker. But we\u2019re also just one bad day from becoming Batman, too. We can\u2019t blame others for the choices we make. They belong to us.<\/p>\n<p>Hank Pym\u2019s loss is unimaginable. First, his wife. Then, his daughter. We can\u2019t blame him for the anger he feels. We can blame him for what he does with that anger.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 3, we meet a killer. Do we empathize with him? Sure. Forgive him? No way.<\/p>\n<p>The question becomes, does seeing Hank Pym behave so wretchedly in <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> change your feelings toward him in the rest of the MCU? Is his darkness visible now? Do we have to watch him with one eye always open? Yeah, definitely. Do not trust a Hank Pym. Ever.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 3 is now <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/series\/what-if\/7672ZVj1ZxU9\">streaming on Disney+<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Marvel Explained, Marvel Studios, What If\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. 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