What If...?

What If...? (2021)

3 stupidities in season 1

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What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath? - S1-E9

Stupidity: Ultron says he can destroy galaxies with a thought. So regardless of Dr. Strange's protection spells, he could destroy the planet they're all standing on, or evaporate the atmosphere, leaving them all suffocating in space, and just step away from the fight entirely while they die.

Jon Sandys ★

What If... Ultron Won? - S1-E8

Stupidity: For some reason, Ultron's Mind Stone is a death ray thousand times more powerful than anything ever seen; not only it one-shots Thanos wearing all the other stones, but effortlessly dissolves the star-forged Gauntlet that is meant to withstand the power of all gems combined.

Sammo ★

What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath? - S1-E9

Stupidity: Infinity Stones are so particular to each universe that a gem-destroying tool coming from another universe can't do anything to them, but on the other hand Ultron has no problem using them in any other universe, including where The Watcher is hidden, which should be extraneous to space and time much like the TVA (where the stones are worthless paper weights).

Sammo ★

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What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? - S1-E1

Other mistake: The premise of the first episode is flawed; "a single choice" should make the difference, the choice being identified as Ms. Carter not leaving the room to get in the observation booth. But in the normal timeline the booth is exactly where all the other characters were. In this reality everyone else is downstairs, with the German spy that inexplicably sets the bomb early. If anything, it's his bizarre, suicidal choice that matters.

Sammo ★

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Suggested correction: Except it was her decision to not leave the room that delayed the procedure and gave Heinz Kruger the chance to attack. And with her in the room, she is now given the chance to volunteer to take the serum.

Bishop73

How did her staying delay the procedure? Besides, in OTL the spy only triggered the bomb after he saw the procedure succeed, to know it works before stealing it.

lionhead

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The Watcher: I am the Watcher. I observe all that transpires here. And I do not, can not, will not interfere.

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