What If…?
Summary
Cate Blanchett ’s return as Hela in Marvel Studios’What If … ?season 2 could see her show off one of her most terrifyingMCUpowers . Marvel studio developedWhat If … ?for Disney+ in the Multiverse Saga , with each episode of the series exploring a different alternate reality in the multiverse . What If … ?season 1 marked the debut of MCU discrepancy include Peggy Carter ’s super soldier Captain Carter , T’Challa ’s version of Star - Lord , and an evil iteration of Doctor Strange , and2023’sWhat If … ?season 2will stick in even more new characters to the ever - exposit MCU . This includes putting a new version of Cate Blanchett ’s Hela , the Goddess of Death , in the glare .
Cate Blanchett first appeared asHela , Asgardian King Odin ’s eldest child and Goddess of Death , in 2017’sThor : Ragnarok . Hela ’s unveiling revealed the hidden story of Asgard , as Hela and Odin had embarked on a fierce conquest of the Nine Realms , which the former wanted to restate following her restitution from her exile in Hel . Since Hela draws her power from Asgard , Surtur ’s destruction of the satellite during the Ragnarok outcome presumptively get the better of her , though her current status in the MCU is undecipherable . WithHela ’s return inWhat If … ?season 2 , however , she will be taking on a unexampled theatrical role , finding herself involved in the world of mysticism and magic .
A Subtle Detail Could Make Hela’s MCU Return Even Deadlier
Eagle - eyed TV audience have spotted a detail inWhat If … ?season 2 ’s preview , which released on November 15 , 2023 . Viewers caught a glimpse of Hela ’s storyline in the trailer , as the Goddess of Death seems to team up with Xu Wenwu , the proprietor of the brawny Ten Rings . However , one hypothesis suggests Hela has taken controller of theGreat Protector , Ta Lo ’s flying lizard , prove thatWhat If … ?will make her a more terrific threat . In the trailer , theGreat Protector ’s eyes burn a vivid green , just as Hela ’s undead army does inThor : Ragnarok , enchanted with her magic and the Eternal Flame , which implies Hela has feign control of the dragon .
How Hela’s Powers Work In The MCU
The idea of Hela possess the Great Protector may seem outlandish , but the Goddess of Death has already proven that she can rein this ability in the live - legal action MCU . DuringThor : Ragnarok , Hela wakes her former soldiers and the gigantic wolf Fenris after Asgard ’s living armies refuse to settle under her command . Despite her former armies having been dead for millennia , Hela used her trick and the power of the Eternal Flame to resurrect them , testify her strength as a thaumaturge . This means that she could well have Ta Lo ’s Great Protector inWhat If … ? , though suggests that the tartar would have been killed beforehand .
Hela has n’t shown herself to be able to have living beings , which means the Great Protector must have been killed . It ’s unclear precisely what could down the Great Protector , though the dragon came closely to end in 2021’sShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsduring an onset from Dweller - in - Darkness , so it ’s possible thatWhat If … ?‘salternate Ta Lo was successfully attack by the Dweller - in - Darkness without Shang - Chi ’s intervention . This could be the case , orWhat If … ?may gift Hela a different power circle , making her able to take possession of living creatures as well as being able to raise the dead , which may be an even more terrific concept .
