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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is one of the most widely anticipated movies in the future of the MCU, as it looks set to provide us with multiple universes that we havent seen before. At present, theres only a slight indication of what the plot of the film might be.

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Based on what weve heard so far, weve compiled a list of scenarios that this movie could have. These are generally speculations on our part, but dont be surprised if a few of these angles do end up being in the movie. The following scenarios arent exclusive to themselves, and can overlap with any of these 10 storylines that the film can have.

This is the most obvious angle to choose, seeing as the stinger for Doctor Strange had Mordo take the turn toward the dark side by claiming there were too many sorcerers. We should be in to see him make good on his plan to eliminate the number of people who practice magic.

In order to make this story is a personal one, the movie could have Stephen and Mordo hark back to the times when the former had been training to become a sorcerer, thereby adding a level of familiarity to their conflict as Stephen would be on the move to stop Mordos maniacal ways.

Weve previously looked into scenarios for future Marvel movies, one of which involves a storyline that comic book fans will see most probable. In case you dont know, Nightmare happens to be one of Doctor Stranges arch-nemeses.

The storyline we envision for Nightmare as the main baddie has to do with Doctor Strange realizing that hes been living in Nightmares Dream Dimension for a while, and has to figure out a way to escape by using the Multiverse. This would bring in the horror aspect that the MCU is looking to inject within this film as Doctor Strange would see his worst nightmares come to life.

One of the things that we know for certain is that Scarlet Witch will be appearing in this film as well, thereby bringing two of the most powerful magic-based heroes together. Of course, Scarlet Witch is far from a master at her craft, with her use of abilities only being raw talent.

Here would be Doctor Stranges role coming into play as the Master Sorcerer could fill in the part of being Scarlet Witchs mentor and teach her what true magic looks like. This can coincide with Mordos plan to eradicate the sorcerers, with Scarlet Witch being one of his targets.

Its too much of a plothole, at present, for the Time Stones absence to go ignored. After all, the Ancient One had made a big deal out of this stone remaining with the sorcerers for the protection of humanity. For this reason, we might be in for a new Time Stone to be made.

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Scarlet Witch can be brought in to complete this task, seeing as she was the only one said to be able to destroy an Infinity Stone - she might be able to do the reverse. The point of the multiverses here could be for Doctor Strange to find the exact way how to craft a new Infinity Stone.

Nobody thinks of a storyline to do with multiverses without also thinking of characters encountering different versions of themselves. Its the best part about having different universes colliding, and the multiverse in the MCU can bring in another Doctor Strange.

The twist here would be that this alternate Doctor Strange isnt exactly clear cut as the one we know, with there being a conflict in ideals between the MCU Doctor Strange and the one he encounters in the multiverse of madness. Their meeting could come about by having the alternate Doctor Strange warn the MCU one about Mordos threat.

We cant simply assume that Doctor Strange will know how to take down Mordo, Nightmare, or any other villain that hell encounter, which means hell need the guidance of the Ancient One once more. We saw in Avengers: Endgame how the Hulk encountered her in the past, and something similar can be seen here.

It can be explained away that the multiverse in the MCU entails different versions of the past, which would make Doctor Stranges mission one where he travels back in time to find the Ancient One and seek her knowledge in defeating his foes, or perhaps bring her to the future with him.

So far, WandaVision is being promoted as the first sitcom in the MCU, with the series carrying a highly comedic tone. Of course, having Vision be alive and for him and Scarlet Witch to be living an idyllic 1950s life sounds too out there to be true.

A great twist can be done by having Doctor Strange arrive to break this bubble and reveal to Wanda that shes also trapped in Nightmares DreamDimension as him. This can make Multiverse of Madness an escape story where Stephen and Wanda look to go back to the real world, the clue to which lies in Wandas dream.

One of our great hopes with Doctor Strange is to have him eventually lead the newest version of the Avengers, and this film can begin proceedings in this regard. With a lot of the sorcerers fractured because of the Time Stones loss and Thanos attacks, now could be the time for Doctor Strange to step up.

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To this end, the film can have the plot concern Doctor Stranges visit to different universes in order to locate the perfect team that he has to put together. It would be a great way to show multiple Avengers, all the while having many established characters cameo in this movie.

The whole Ive come to bargain sequence took a life of its own in popularity, and we think its worth another visit to Dormammu, this time to see Doctor Strange encountering him without the Time Stone. The film can see Strange trying to come up with a win without his most prized weapon.

Its hard to imagine Dormammu keeping his word if he finds out the Time Stone doesnt exist anymore, so the plot could have Dormammu appear once more by having Mordo summon him as part of his grand act of eliminating all sorcerers.

There are currently three sanctums that we know of in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Doctor Strange and Wong operate within the New York one, with the other two only seen fleetingly.

This can change in Multiverse of Madness as we can have Doctor Strange realize due to Mordos actions that the sanctums are better off united, paving the way for him to become the main leader of the Mystic Arts. This can be the conclusion of a story that predominantly has him contending withan unrest in the other sanctums, with something of a civil war situation happening.

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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The CWs Crisis on Infinite Earths, streaming now.

After resetting things with Crisis on Infinite Earths, the characters who remember the originaluniverse are going to have some adjusting to do. The biggest change is that the heroes of the Arrowverse all reside on Earth-Prime now, rather than being scattered across different realities. Its a massive alteration to the status quo that the individual series will be dealing with for the foreseeable future.

However, the merging of Earths has led the heroes to the wrong conclusion. The most recent episodes of Batwoman and Supergirlsee the characters saying the multiverse no longer exists. Fans know thats not the case, however, given the montage at the end of Part 5 of Crisisrevealing the different realities that houseStargirl, Titans, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol and Brandon Routh's Superman. So, what's actually going on with the Arrowverse's multiverse?

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Clearly, the heroes dont know what the audience does. Its an easy mistake to make given the entire multiverse was destroyed by the anti-matter wave the Anti-Monitor unleashed. When the heroes wokeup on a new Earth that clearly merged at least three separate realities, it's easy for them to think that they're the sole survivors.Oliver wasnt exactly clear about what he was doing when he helped the Paragons recreate reality, and he may not have known that they werecreating an entirely new multiverse.

Sinceeveryone believes there's one Earth, it's unlikely that anyone will venture out in search of other realities.Breaching to other Earths was getting to be almost routine in the last couple of seasons ofThe Flash, so its not that they cant go and look. With the big reset, though, theyve lost a lot of their reason to go reality skipping.Theresclearly a whole new mess of problemson Earth-Prime to deal with, so even if they knew the multiverse was out there, they might not be in a big hurry to explore it.

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But if there's one show that could fix this mess, itll be The Flash. There are a lot of characters from other Earths that made relatively frequent appearances on the Grant Gustin-led show. At some point, Team Flash is going to go looking for Earth-3 Jay Garrick or Jesse Quick and Harry Wells from Earth-2. Barry Allen was a Paragon and heard about the destruction of Earth-2, so he at least should remember them and everyone else.

Of course,the powers that be at The CW wouldn'tinclude those shots of the newmultiverse in "Crisis" if they werent planning on using it in some way eventually. The immediate future of most of these shows is going to be exploring the new status quo, and the multiverse is part of that new order. If it does get addressed, though, expect it to be finding old friends from across the old multiverse. While it would be exciting to see Titans come to Earth-Prime Gotham City or the insanity of Doom Patrol crossing over with Legends of Tomorrow, it's unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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For now, it looks like the multiverse is going to be in the background of the Arrowverse. While the heroes thinking that its gone is sure to be addressed down the line, the focus is on Earth-Prime for the time being. Theres more than enough to keep everyone busy in their new home, rather than jumping back into the multiverse right away.

"Crisis on Infinite Earths," the five-show Arrowverse crossover, is now available on The CW's streaming service in its entirety.

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Earlier this month, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige suggested that wed be seeing some new characters debuting in next years Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and now if rumours from The Illuminerdi are correct, we may know of two MCU newcomers set to feature in the sequel.

According to the site, the Doctor Strange sequel will feature the fan favourite America Chavez, a.k.a. Miss America, along with Jericho Drumm, better known as the sorcerer Brother Voodoo. Marvel is said to be actively casting both roles, searching for a teenage Hispanic female and a male of Caribbean/Haitian descent for supporting leads.

The inclusion of Brother Voodoo wouldnt be too surprising given his association with Doctor Strange in the comic book source material (he even served as the Sorcerer Supreme for a time, under the name Doctor Voodoo).

America Chavez on the other hand has no ties to Doctor Strange, although the Young Avenger does hail from the Utopian Parallel, an alternate dimension of of time and space, and ventures through the various dimensions of the Multiverse in an effort to prove herself a hero. So, shes certainly someone Doctor Strange could encounter as he ventures through the Multiverse of Madness

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Are you excited about the prospect of seeing Brother Voodoo and America Chavez in the MCU? Who would you like to see cast in the roles? Let us know in the comments or on our social channels @FlickeringMyth

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will see Benedict Cumberbatch reprising his role as Dr. Stephen Strange alongside his Avengers co-star Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch. It is currently without a director following the exit of Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson over creative differences, but is still expected to be on track for its planned release on May 7th 2021.

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I could honestly spend this whole review talking about the last page, but I wont. Anyway, in this issue, author Tim Seeley gives the fans something I dont think they knew they wanted. But now that its out, its gonna be really hard to put the genie back in the bottle, if you will. Anti He-Man pretty much has 90% of the Powers of Grayskull, and hes going around the multiverse gathering more powers until he has it all. Yes, a few He-Men stand in his way, but this issue we find that Skeletor also stands in his way. Theres been a theme in comics for a while now that has villains coming out of nowhere and destroying the headlining hero. Remember when Doomsday killed Superman? Shouldnt it have been Lex Luthor that killed him? I mean, Luthors been calculating plans to do that very thing his whole life!! And when Bane broke Batmans back? His whole rogues gallery had to be really ticked off when some guy nobodys ever heard of just goes and destroys the hero theyve been trying to kill/capture/unmask for decades.

Anyway, its a nice touch that Seeley puts Skelator into the book and makes him powerful enough to pose a credible threat to the team of He-Men that are traveling across the multiverse. Not only that, he uses the worst incarnation of Skeletor thats ever existed. Disco Skelator was infamously hated by Masters of the Universe fans everywhere and of every age. Seeley does a great job of making the most hated toy ever into the only chance of saving the multiverse. I wont give away what happens, but the issue is packed with Skelator rethinking what hes been doing with his life and you might be surprised at the conclusion that he comes to.

Artists Tom Derenick and Dan Fraga do an amazing job this issue. They hit a grand slam with every panel. The versions of the franchise theyre using couldnt be further apart from one another, yet again, they manage to portray them on the page as if theyre actually real characters from different places living in the same shared planet. The difference between some of the characters is immense, yet Derenick & Fraga smash them together with ease. Another beautiful book to look at.

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In many contemporary science fiction stories, as well as in some speculative scientific studies, the idea of alternative realities has been raised. These alternative realities are said to be similar to our own. They contain many of the same people, places and things in them. The difference lies in the choices which are made by the people in each reality. Different choices lead to the creation of different histories, and the more these choices differ, the more the different realities branch out, like a tree. Likewise, when talking about these alternative realities, each a particular universe, there is also the notion that these universes are all interconnected, that they form one great whole which is called the multiverse.

There is some semblance to various notions of the Kabbalah, where the Torah itself is said to have multiple interpretations, contradictory interpretations, which are all valid, depending upon which are actualized. If properly interpreted, the Torah can be used to predict a variety of possible futures, each which are valid, even if only one of them is actually realized. What ties them together is the Torah. And this is because the Torah itself is an expression and representation of all the meanings associated with the names of God.

The notion of the multiverse is highly controversial. Not everyone agrees with it, indeed, many scientists think it is entirely false. But this is because of its speculative nature. Some scientists are more concrete in their speculations, wanting more evidence than is usually offered by those who promote the notion of the multiverse. Nonetheless, there are elements coming out of scientific research (especially from those involved with quantum mechanics, where the notion of every quantum possibility is realized in some universe within the multiverse), which provide evidence in favor of the multiverse being real, especially when that evidence is examined and contemplated upon by someone who is willing to engage speculation.

Now, there are several questions which could be asked about the multiverse theory. From a Christian perspective, two of them are: what, exactly, are the theological ramifications of the multiverse theory, and can Christians hold to some version of a multiverse theory? As the topic of the multiverse is new, as the scientific research and study of the notion is relatively new, as there are many variations of the multiverse theory which can be brought up, it is difficult, if not impossible, at this stage to give definitive answers to these questions. What can be done is to speculate possible answers, leaving it open for more definitive responses to be given as the multiverse theory is explored more in scientific and in theological circles.

As there are a variety of ways people can understand the multiverse, the theological and philosophical ramifications for a multiverse will depend upon the qualities one attributes to the multiverse. What is also important for us is to explain what we mean by the term universe. If the universe is defined as all that exists, then a universe and a multiverse would be the same thing, but if a universe is seen as all that exists within a particular space-time continuum, allowing for a variety of space-time continuums to exist, then it is possible to call each alternative reality, with its own space-time continuum, a universe, and to say the multiverse is the holistic unity of all such universes. Each space-time continuum, each universe, can be said to be infinite in regards its own space while finding itself bounded and contained by the multiverse, similar to the way a line is infinite but finds itself contained within a plane. This is why even if a particular space-time continuum exists within an infinite universe, this would not mean that such a universe could not exist within a multiverse.

A universe within the multiverse theory is thus an integrated space-time continuum, with boundaries or limits, and beyond those boundaries then can be found other space-time continuums, other universes. Just as it is possible for a believer to believe God created multiple words full of intelligent life, God likewise can create multiple universes. He can integrate them, if he likes, or have them relatively independent (they would still be united together as one in the sense that they all share the fact that they are created by the same source, God). This, at least, should be something that Christians can agree. They do not have to assert that God actually created a multiverse, but that it is possible for him to do so if he chose to do so. If they deny this possibility, it suffers from the same errors associated with tienne Tempiers condemnation in 1277 of those scholastics who said God could only make one world.

Perhaps the most troubling idea of a multiverse is the one in which every quantum possibility will be actualized in its own particular universe This is because it seems to turn creation, and the freedom given to creation, as well as the freedom of God himself, inside-out. Why? Because it suggests that every possible reality, every possible contingent existence must exist, which would mean, contingency would also be necessity. But the notion of possibility relies upon the qualification that what is possible is possible not to be, but if every possibility exists, then it suggests that there really is no possibility which also remains unactualized. Freedom, however, gives those with such freedom the ability to engage possibility, to choose what to actualize and what not to actualize. This freedom would be lost to God because he would have to generate every potential universe in order to actualize all the possibilities of existence. God, then, would not be free. Likewise, free will can then be ultimately denied within creation itself, since all possible actions, all possible willed events would be actualized. For this reason, such a multiverse theory must be rejected. But this does not remove the possibility of a multiverse, and the establishment of many particular universes, based upon particular points in time and various different actions which could take place at those points in time that God uses to create a variety of realities. Since this other notion does not necessitate the realization of all potential universes, but rather the generation of various particular ones, based on Gods own decision of when to create such alternative realities, Gods freedom would not have to be denied, and so, along such lines of reasoning, its possibility remains acceptable.

Both possibilities hold some merit as well as some concern.

If we were to answer that there will be the creation of a plurality of persons after particular events spawn the creation of alternative realities, is this because those people were already together as one before the creation of those realities, or because a soul can somehow be divided up and create many other souls from itself? Both answers offer challenges. The first would raise the question of who and what is in charge when multiple souls work together as one, and whether or not all the souls share in the merits and demerits of their combined actions, or only those in charge would do so. The second answer, however, would raise questions about the nature of the soul itself, but on the other hand, would explain that the creation of alternative realities might be something given to the soul and is established when a soul divides itself into two or more (whether or not it knows it is doing so). In either case, the eschatological fate of every particular soul will depend upon its state at the end of its temporal existence, and so each soul can easily be judged without affecting the results of other souls.

The possibility that we are persons who exist in many different universal realities at once troubles us, and seems to be contradicted by the fact, that we are not aware of such other universes and other existences within our lives. Nonetheless, as we have come to recognize various aspects of our psyche remain outside of our own conscious awareness, this does not mean it is impossible for us to have different parts of ourselves living and acting unaware of what other parts of us do. Yet, this is not to say we would be totally unaware of such alternative existences being lived out by our souls. Perhaps the feeling of dj vu could be explained by the fact that in some other reality, we lived through a similar sequence of events, and our unconscious connection to that other reality is manifesting itself to us. Theologically, we would have to deal with the soteriological ramifications of tis. What would salvation entail for those who exist and live out in a variety of universes at one time? Would it be the salvation of only particular parts of ourselves, that is, those parts of us who do what needs to be saved in their particular aspects of their meta-life? Or would every aspect of us, even those which do not cooperate with grace but resist it, be saved because of those parts of us which open up to salvation are tied together in one soul with such a meta-existence? And yet, not everything would be a challenge. Such a multiversal existence would help give hope that all will be saved, because it would suggest that even if we do not see someone act in accordance to salvation in a particular form of existence, this is not to say they do so in all forms of existence. Perhaps, even, this could be the cause for the development of many universes by God, so that everyone can find some particular universe in which they come to God and open themselves up to him to be saved. Nonetheless, it would seem, in an eschatology which accepts the existence of a variety of universes in which we live, our whole self would be consciously reintegrated, so that we would be aware of all we have done in all realities, or some if only some aspects of us are saved, allowing our true character to form as a result that combination instead of what is revealed in only one reality; what is lacking in one reality could be fulfilled in another, so that in that reintegration, we will find satisfaction not only in our eternal life, but in our temporal existence as well.

Christians can hold to some form of multiverse theory, so long as they continue to affirm basic Christian theological doctrines. What is important is the realization of freedom, to make such a multiverse theory does not override freedom, either in God, or in his creatures. Likewise, it is important to recognize, if some form of multiverse theory is true, it raises questions concerning who we are, questions which we might not be able to answer and will not know the answer until we experience eternal existence, when we transcend temporality and so will know and realize what is contained in all forms of temporality.

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With her chill-inducing vocals on prominent display, the powerhouse didnt miss a beat during her three-song performance

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Ariana Grande made her return to the GRAMMYs stage during the 62nd Annual ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 26. With her chill-inducing vocals on prominent display, the powerhouse didnt miss a beat during her three-song medley.

Grande started off her performance with an orchestra-heavy take on her song "Imagine." After getting back to her Broadway roots with a string-assisted rendition of "The Sound Of Music"'s "My Favorite Things,"Grandeclad in a sheer pink teddytook the audience to a 2020 version of the Von Trapp Familys bedroom to sing, dance and flex along to the Rodgers and Hammerstein-interpolated "7 Rings."

The petite pop star finished her highly-hyped performance with "Thank U, Next,"which is the title track of her GRAMMY-nominated album. The song serves as a classy kiss-off to some of her high-profile romantic relationships.

Grande is up for five nominations tonight including the coveted Album Of The Year honor for her chart-topping project.

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