A new Peggy Carter-centric episode of Marvel’s series ą²Legends has angered some fans – thanks to its refusal to acknowledge Agent Carter as canon.
The 10-minute recap, designed to catch viewers up before What If&hellą¹ip;? introducesš¤” Captain Carter to the world later in August, charts the history of Hayley Atwell’s character in the MCU.
Everything from ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:The First Avenger to her reunion with Steve Rogers in ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Avengers: Endgame is covered, and even the Agent Carter MCU ‘One-Shot’ in 2013. But nothing from the Agent Carter series, which ran for two seasonš¼s from 2015 to 2016, is shown.
That, perhaps understandably, has caused someš§ø discontent among a vocal minority of fans. There are many, after all, aching to see the likes š¹of Agent Carter and Agents of SHIELD folded into MCU canon.
On Twitter, they couldn’t believe they "ignored" her own show, while another between showiš·ng Peggy’s iconic red hat from the show in the thumbnail for the episode but not showing footage fromź§ Agent Carter.
This year alone has seen some canon-based confusion thanks to thš°e introduction of the Darkhold in WandaVision. The Darkhold, a magical tome filled with all manner of nefarious spells, was first seen on Marvel television in Agents of SHIELD – but ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:WandaVision overwrote it with a šdifferent origin story anšd look.
Of course, the fact ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:the multiverse is now "open" after Loki suggests that Marvel can now comfortably slide any story it wants into MCU canon without any real leap in logic. Whether it’ll do so for Agent Carter in future remains to be seen but, for somį¦e fans, this isn’t a promising start.
Find out what MCU has in the works on Disney Plus with our complete guide to ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:new Marvel TV shows.
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