Assessing the full effect of the Blip on the MCU Timeline

[@AbitofEverything4U]

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[@salarpie3129]

Great server!!!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@salarpie3129 So glad you like it. It's been alot of fun so far!

[@Surfboarder4]

Would love it if you joined us!

[@chickenphat730]

Aye that’s so exciting. I love this channel and community

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@chickenphat730 Yes, the community is so much fun to be part of!

[@Regularcael]

There are some really cool story opportunities with the blip but I feel like it just gets named dropped every so often

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I totally agree. There is so much story to tell and we got so few details on the blip. Supposedly Secret Invasion will have flashbacks to the time of the blip, so that would be cool. But you are right, we really could have had so many stories about how the world coped with the blip. Bummer. Anyway, thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@LibertyPrime2077]

Sort of like "The Incident" with the Netflix shows

[@AbitofEverything4U]

​@@LibertyPrime2077 I could be wrong on this, but I always assumed when they referenced "The Incident" that it was referring to the attack on New York in the Avengers movie. Thoughts?

[@LibertyPrime2077]

@@AbitofEverything4U that's exactly what the incident is, kind of an anticlimactic name for such a huge event lol

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@LibertyPrime2077 Right! Almost like they just want to downplay it as it was so traumatic. I totally agree!

[@matiasarriaza1304]

As illogical as it may seem, birth rate tends to rise after a disaster. Like after WW2 and hence the term "baby boomer". If I recall correctly, it is a survival mechanism. Given that a lot of people died, people would want to preserve the species and therefore they have more kids. I might be wrong since it's something I read a long time ago, but I wanted to share the fact. Love your videos. By far the best MCU content in KZbin.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, excellent point about WW2 and it actually goes with my point in the video very well. During WW2, I don't think there were alot of babies born, but afterwards the baby boomer generation was born. In a similar fashion, I suspect not many babies were born during the 5 year blip, but after the return of 1/2 the population, then a huge baby boom occurred. Great points...I totally agree. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@benjaminseelking9483]

@@AbitofEverything4U I disgree there. A lot of people try to run away from Trauma by drowning it out with physical Pleasure. And since no Contraceptive is perfect, new Babies would have been born. In particular since the medical Staff you would need for an Abortion would be gone as well

[@AbitofEverything4U]

​@@benjaminseelking9483 Right I don't disagree on that...everyone definitely deals with trauma differently. But history has shown that in general, less babies are born if people have a fear about the future. That was really all I was pointing out. In the end, I was just showing lots of reasons that I suspect there were less people on earth after the second snap and that it would still take awhile for Tiamut to emerge. Just my theory on why Eternals was placed in Oct, 2024 instead of right after Endgame.

[@jackalantlers]

i'm so happy to see someone finally talking about this. after the first few projects of phase 4, it seemed like marvel themselves wouldn't even address the blip anymore, which was very baffling to me seeing as it's probably one of the most impactful historical events (if not THE most) in universal history

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Well said! Yeah, this has been on my mind for awhile now. I agree, it was very weird how little we've learned about such an important event in the MCU. Would love a special presentation going over it in more detail. Thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@Nulono]

I think that one factor that you're overlooking, which was exemplified pretty strongly during the pandemic, is that one of the first things people seek after a big disaster or other upheaval is "a sense of normality". It doesn't surprise me at all that something trivial like tourism would recover more quickly than something vital like healthcare, because things don't return in order of importance; they return in order of difficulty. People may very well be seeking out escapist retreats specifically to distract themselves from the chaos of the Blip.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I definitely agree that travel picked up during the pandemic, but of course it was more individualized travel, as we saw RV sales go thru the roof while cruise ships were shuttered. But, keep in mind that the pandemic was nothing compared to losing 1/2 of the entire population in an instant. There simply is no comparison to anything the modern world has ever experienced. And, remember those scenes in endgame showing us that 5 years after the blip, the statue of liberty still had hundreds of abandoned boats sitting around it and the ball park was a graveyard of abandoned cars. And again, that was after 5 years of the blip. I think we just can't comprehend how catastrophic the blip was on society. Anyway, thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@bravecoolman1173]

The PowerPoint-like layout makes me feel like I’m in school but it actually makes me pay attention lol

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Too funny! Yeah, it probably does feel like school. As long as it doesn't put you to sleep, then I guess its a success. Or, if it gets too boring, it could be great for addressing insomnia! 🤣 Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@KirboYT]

I just wanna say, I really love your channel, it's nice to hear someone who isn't just trying to say negative things about the MCU like everyone else while also just talking about it, these are also good vids to just put on and listen to in the background while I do something

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much! Yeah, I do try to stay positive. There's enough negativity out there for those that like that, but I try to avoid it. And I agree, it's fun to put on a video and do some other work. I do that while listening to videos as well. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@eljhin1]

Strongly agree

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@eljhin1 Thanks so much!

[@Frazer227]

Also imagine if half your family blipped, the suicide rate probably also went up over the 5 years. And also there were probably people that blipped that were CEOs and they had nobody to run the company, etc

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent points! Yeah, I just can't imagine how insane those first few months were after the blip. Love your additional thoughts on it. Really appreciate you watching!

[@ThatSpeedrunnerGuy]

The Math Behind The Blip was probably my my favourite part. I’ve never thought about people in the middle of heart surgery or a bus driver vanishing.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, it's it crazy to think about how massive the fallout damage from the blip would be? I totally get why things still looked so dismal in Endgame even 5 years later from the blip. It really all fits together when you stop and consider just how traumatic the blip would be IRL. I'm removing my "Thanos was right" tattoo tomorrow!

[@AJ-xc4qe]

There's a role playing subreddit I love to read which is called Earth 199999, where users pretend they're living in the MCU. And my favorite subject is their story of how the Blip affected their lives, in bad ways and surprisingly good ways. From adoption woes to age gap relationships between the blipped and unblipped. BTW, there's another role playing subreddit for Avatar the Last Airbender called Lake Logai I'd recommend.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

How cool! That's a great idea for a subreddit. I think the blip is fascinating and didn't get anywhere near enough coverage. Thanks for the tip on that. And also for the tip on the Last Airbender. I bet that's going to become even more popular with the revival coming soon. Really appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@lewisthomas4857]

I would really enjoy a tv show set in the blip, doesn’t even have to involves the avengers etc. Just show me the way everyone’s been affected.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I totally agree. Lots of untold stories that would be really interesting to see fleshed out. I'd be down for a show focusing on the blip period for sure! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@EnderBuilder]

Certainly a lot of people died when the blip happened. In the post-credit of Infinity War there's a copter just going straight into a building and exploding.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, excellent point! Yeah, I suspect that was just one example of the utter mayhem across the world at the moment of the blip. Very well stated! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your feedback. Really appreciate it!

[@LeonLee1]

You look into this blip way too much, and I’m all here for it 😂😂👀

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Too funny. Yes, I am a total nerd. Been thinking about this for several weeks, actually. I kept bouncing it around in my head until I thought I had enough info to share. I definitely need to get a life...that's for sure! Thanks for watching. Really appreciate it!

[@Surfboarder4]

As mentioned on discord i literally just watched Eternals, and I dont think Tiamut needs a specific number of people alive to emerge, I think the purpose of intelligent life is to gain data, to build his mind, a bit like machine learning using large sets of records. That would still be happening with half the population, just slower. The blip delayed the emergence as Tiamut's brain was almost complete, but then the growth rate halfed for 5 years. Then, it was completed in Autumn 2024.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Ah, I like that theory! Plus, it still lands Eternals in Autumn of 2024, so that works as well. I do think the movie needed to explain the emergence abit more thoroughly. But you hit the key point that for whatever the specific reason, the emergence was delayed due to losing 1/2 the population, but simply returning that population didn't immediately trigger the emergence. It took some time after that. Great comments!

[@christopherlee8989]

@@AbitofEverything4U no those 5 years wouldbhave been the baby boom not after it would have been 2020 in mcu not 2023 or 2024

[@ryanarttmo]

Didn’t they also mention it was specifically the 3 snaps happening on earth to supercharge Tiamut?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@ryanarttmo I'll have to re-watch it to check on that line, but I didn't think it was the snap as much as the return of humanity.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@christopherlee8989 Sorry, just saw your comment (KZbin isn't very reliable in letting me know about comments each time), but I do think a baby boom when the world was in turmoil during the 5 year blip would be less likely. I mean things were a total mess as shown in the video. But that's just my opinion.

[@JulianRog]

I totally agree with the long term effects at 7:40 but you also have to remember that even though there are less people to do things like food plants and doctors, there are also less people who need those things. But fantastic video like always 😊

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent point! I probably should have elaborated on it even more. What I was meaning to say was that even though less people need to be fed, it doesn't mean less people can run the same food distribution plant. The machines still need operators at every station that know how to do their job and need the plant managers and supervisors etc. So losing 1/2 the workers at a plant would likely shut it down for awhile, even if the plant only needs to produce 1/2 the output. You still need all the workers to make things go. Hope that makes sense. I should have explained that better. Fantastic feedback as always!

[@gerriehetschaap1854]

I saw this videos first thing when I woke up because KZbin was still open on my phone, and my sleepbrain just thought: 'Well the pandemic unfortunately had a massive impact on phase 4,since big plans couldn't go through and projects got shuffled around...' Only to read the title again and realise that you were, of course, talking about the in-universe Blip. So THAT gave me the thought: 'What if the pandemic was just our universe/timelines version of the Blip?' And that thought shook me up just enough to not be able to fall back asleep again.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Oh wow! Now that's deep. Yes, I definitely see the comparisons and it's wild to think that this year (i.e. 2023) is also the in-universe year that everyone comes back from the blip. Wild, huh? I think you are onto something with your thoughts. Thanks so much for watching. Really do appreciate it!

[@nonyia17]

Honestly I really wish secret war dives into the INSANE havoc caused by the blip. It would make sense to touch on it to show how some skrulls got so deep into the government

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Right! I think the skrulls definitely took advantage of the chaos. I hope we get some sense of that during Secret Invasion. It is supposed to have some flashbacks to the time of the 5-year blip. Really excited for it to come out. Thanks so much for your comments and feedback. Really appreciate it!

[@MediaLeft425]

you thought about this in way more detail than i've ever seen it described before. Very thorough!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks, it was alot of fun putting it together. And great to have you on the discord server now!

[@aurrickan]

i love how in the mcu, these big events have the opportunity to be explored. in the comics new york city gets demolished and attacked every other week so those kinds of things don't really matter much there

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent point! Yes, it's wild how I never thought about stuff like this in the comics, but when we see it in a movie, it just really hits home. I mean, I cringe each time a car is crashed into as I'm thinking "man, I'd be so bummed if that was my car" vs. in the comics I'm like "that was cool...a whole building was leveled!" Funny how live action changes our perspective so much!

[@Blazecap]

One thing I wish phase 4 explore more was the sheer impact of billions of people suddenly returning. In retrospect that was a highlight from FATWS. Also I don’t feel Covid happed in the mcu otherwise people would still be in lockdown in 2025 especially with half the medical world gone.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I totally agree...both the period of the 5 year blip and the period immediately afterwards would be very interesting to see explored. And I also agree about FATWS. I rewatched it to get the quotes for this video and I found it even more entertaining due to learning the specifics of life after the blip. Oh, and I was really just spitballing on the covid theory. It's quite possible it didn't happen in the MCU. It doesn't change the math by much (I just attributed 3M deaths to it) but it was interesting to brainstorm just how hard it would be to address something like a pandemic during the blip. I suspect the suicide rate went way up as well, so that would more than make up for the 3M I put in there for covid. Great feedback! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@lucassmith3844]

Love this assessment. People don’t think about everything like this and it’s so frustrating. Thank you for this.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks! I had alot of fun making the video as it had been on my mind as I rewatched some of the Phase 4 entries and tried to think about just how traumatic the blip would have been. Would be cool to see an MCU entry set during the blip. I am hearing some of Secret Invasion could be flashbacks to the time during the blip, and that would be very cool, if so. Really appreciate you watching and leaving your thoughts. Love the dialogue with fellow MCU fans!

[@salarpie3129]

Wouldn't it be cool if Marvel or Disney announced like, what day/month and hour the blip happend so that you know what you would be doing if you were blipped?

[@luke2max]

According to the wiki the blip happened on October 17th, 2023

[@salarpie3129]

But that was when Hulk bringed back everyone, no?

[@luke2max]

@@salarpie3129 Yea

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I would love it if the upcoming MCU Timeline book went down to at least the month and year for MCU events. I suspect it won't get down to the specific day like the wiki does, but I'd love at least an official Marvel timeline with month and year.

[@salarpie3129]

@@AbitofEverything4U I still dream with an total chronological marvel movies edit. It would propabily be very chaotic in Fury's big week but at the same time awsome. Well, I wish the timeline book makes the job of the timelime keeper worth it

[@RialSwift]

This can lead to some good story opportunities that can come from this. Another great video as always! Also I was eating strawberries as you were talking about the food plants! I like to think they are incredibly important lol

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, totally strawberries rock! And I agree, there are some great story opportunities to be told in regards to the blip. So much uncharted territory. Hope the MCU finds a way to tell some stories in that period. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@SilvuddyPkmnMusic]

My headcanon is that Thanos’ snap automatically selected the half of the universe that would have the least or possibly zero consequential deaths as a result of disappearance. I know he said it would be entirely random, but like you said this could result in many more deaths than an exact half. While those extra deaths may be negligible in the grand scheme of trillions being gone, I can’t help but feeling Thanos would want to be true to his word and erase as close to exactly half as possible.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Well, that’s the rub… Even if Thanos made it so that the initial deaths didn’t cause unintended deaths (such as a helicopter pilot blipping, and then everyone else in the helicopter dying), there still would’ve been millions of additional deaths due to all the other things I mentioned such as the medical industry being crippled and the energy, industry being crippled and the food industry being crippled by losing half of the workers. There’s just really no way for Thanos to make it random and yet make sure that no one else died as a result of his blip. I think he just felt he needed to remove half the population and let the chips fall as they may. But I do actually think there were some unintended deaths on the day of the blip because we did see a helicopter crash into a building at the end of the movie. It’s very unlikely that didn’t end up killing someone. So just my opinion, but I think there were a ton of additional deaths on top of the 1/2 of the population that was blipped. Just my theory though. It would be great if Marvel did more stories around what happened due to the blip. I think there’s a lot of interesting stories that could be told.

[@arrowblueberri]

I always thought that Tiamut happened because of energy, not exactly just population by itself. I think that the energy of over 3B people being brought back into the world, all at the same time would be enough to jumpstart Tiamut’s emergence in Eternals

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, that's a good clarification. I was focusing on the population numbers, but the result of the population was energy for Tiamut to emerge, so we are essentially saying the same thing. To your point, I do think the return of 1/2 of the population gave him a boost, but if there wasn't enough energy for him to emerge based on the population before the snap, then I am theorizing that even with the one time boost of 1/2 the population returning, there still wasn't enough energy until the population hit the right number. It would be like draining your cell phone to a low level (maybe 1/4 charged) and then somehow super charging it back up to 3/4 charged in seconds. It still isn't fully charged, even if it got a nice boost all at once. Hope that makes sense. Just trying to figure out why Eternals is in late 2024 vs. late 2023 and I think this theory would work. It won't satisfy fans that want Eternals placed in 2023, but it at least attempts to explain the later placement. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@arrowblueberri]

@@AbitofEverything4U yeah I do think you would be right. I do agree with your points in the video though, and I would like to think that the timeline people at marvel aren’t just half guessing when to place the movies. There was a really good amount of research in this video and I always enjoy watching your analyses on the mcu and etc. Keep up the great work

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, just my opinion, but I do think Marvel puts more thought into the D+ timeline than many may believe. But I guess we'll find out when the official book comes out. Perhaps they totally surprise us with an even different timeline. I just hope they update the D+ timeline if that's the case. Would look pretty bad to have it reflecting something other than the official book. Great feedback and I really appreciate the dialogue. Thanks so much!

[@souljairfan]

Found this channel this week and haven’t been able to stop watching! Great work!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate your positive feedback!

[@TheTurdle]

5:27 bro my uncle is actually called fred

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Oh no! I promise, it wasn't your Uncle Fred. He made it just fine. But the other Uncle Fred...well, not so lucky!

[@completeownage379]

The post credits of infinity war shows some of the carnage that happened when people get dusted like the helicopter crashing into the building because the pilot vanished and cars crashing into each other

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent point! Yes, it was definitely utter carnage when the snap occurred. I would love it if at some point Marvel gives us abit more about what life was like during the blip. I think it would be fascinating to see more about that time in the MCU. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@margar9021]

The math on the Blip just goes to show why Thanos was actually crazy even if he tried to sound eloquent. He was every bit the mad titan people said he was. Anyone who thinks just erasing half of the universe wouldn't destroy society fundamentally is assuredly mad.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Exactly! And considering he said "At random. Dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike", it means it really was random and thus likely resulted in a ton of additional deaths. I totally agree with you on that. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Surfboarder4]

The Job of the mind stone in the snap is to refine the request, make it so that your intent is not in any way misunderstand. Therefore I think that in it choosing who gets blipped, it also minimises fallout deaths. It wont be 0 though, due to the chaotic nature of events. However, very easy things like pilots to disappear were probably unlikely.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Interesting thought about the mind stone. I was focusing more on Thanos saying "At random. Dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike." I can see the logic behind the idea that the mind stone would perhaps try to help minimize others from dying, but that would then remove the randomness that Thanos intended. Good its head canon though. I do like the idea that the stones might override Thanos and try to minimize additional death. However, even if the initial deaths are minimized, I would still argue all the rest of the math would work out. There would be a ton of deaths due to 1/2 the population vanishing and bringing the food industry, medical industry, energy industry, etc. to a halt. I suspect the mind stone couldn't address that type of downstream impact. And I suspect the new baby count went way down as well due to how depressing the world was. So I think that the overall math remains the same and Tiamet wouldn't be able to emerge right after the return of the population. But just my take. Love your input as always. Makes me think every time. Thanks so much!

[@thec0nductor537]

@@AbitofEverything4UI don’t even think that thanos did account for the pilots and stuff given that in the infinity war end credits scene we saw a bunch of cars crashing as well as a helicopter crashing into a building

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@thec0nductor537 Excellent point! I don't personally think the infinity stones would override the will of the person wielding the gauntlet and your example makes alot of sense. Great comments!

[@Surfboarder4]

@AbitofEverything4U I guess it depends what thanos' intent was. Did he care more about it being as random as possible, or did he care more about the deaths being nearer 50%? The mind stone would have known and fulfilled his intent accordingly.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

​@@Surfboarder4 I think the helicopters we see crashing and the cars wrecking in Infinity War answer that to some extent. If he wanted to prevent unintentional deaths, then he wouldn't have had the stones blip anyone that would cause collateral damage. But I do agree that if his intent had been to avoid those deaths, he could have done it. Just seems like that wasn't his concern.

[@slurples149]

actually a little a detail in the post credit, of captain marvel, where they show how many people were missing/snapped and I did the math it was actually around 45%. So what i think is that the snap was disproportionate meaning that some species prob went fully extinct while others weren't as effected. And I believe they say that some family weren't affected while others completely disappeared

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Interesting...give me more details on the math you did, if you don't mind as I'm fascinated by that. I was mainly going off how many times people said "1/2 the world population" in both Endgame and FatWS. So it could be that people were rounding the number, but if you want to share your math, I'd love to see it. Thanks so much for watching the vid and leaving your feedback. Really appreciate it!

[@cardboardbelt]

I'm actually a fan of the idea of watching the MCU almost entirely in chronological order, but that can't be done by watching each movie/show/short in its entirety. What you would have to do would be to edit them all together, sometimes at a pretty granular level. With that in mind, bumping Eternals forward a year (which I don't mind at all) seems to me to put it smack dab in the middle of a big time gap in Spider-Man: No Way Home where it jumps from the beginning of the school year following the summer break in Far From Home to shortly after Halloween. Likewise, Multiverse of Madness happens after the battle on Liberty Island and before Peter goes to MJ's work with the intent of reminding her who he is. The snow is falling on NYC during that scene and is then on the ground during the Hawkeye series. But the first scenes of Hawkeye actually take place during and shortly after the first Avengers movie. And that's just the start. It's a big beautiful mess and I hope someone with real technical and storytelling skill takes it on. 🙂

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Right, I think Eternals take place before the scene in NWH where they are saying the Halloween decorations need to come down in the coffee shop. But from a chronological watch order (my favorite way to watch as well), I agree that it would technically mean you have to stop NWH to watch Eternals. But for me, as long as I watch them in as close to chronological order as possible, then I don't mind not stopping one movie and starting another. Although a massive super cut of the MCU that put all of movies together would be fascinating indeed! Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Gosh these are some interesting ideas on what went down post blip and during it alternate history Hub and an interesting video covering some similar ground

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, there is so much ground to cover with the blip. Wish the MCU had covered it in more detail. Maybe some future special presentations could give us more of the details of what life was like.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@AbitofEverything4U I don't think you should write it off right now I think it'll probably happen in due time and like what you said the special presentations can also cover it and there has been plenty of dialogue references too especially with the Hulk and his bar and lab that him and Tony Stark made had me tearing up

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great point. Yes, those references to Tony and Hulk and the bar were just amazing. Okay, I'll hold out hope for the future!

[@empressmako]

this is why i think it would have been a lot cleaner to stop the snap in the first place and fix their timeline

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great point! Yeah, there was an awful lot of carnage caused they snap for sure. I just wonder if it's better that the MCU avoided time travel that lets you alter the past. Those stories can get so confusing after awhile. But I agree, if they could have stopped the snap in the first place (hello, Starlord), then it would have been much better. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@AllyGirl-hg2sb]

The silly examples in the math of the blip had me laughing. 😅 interesting video I never thought about this before.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, the math was definitely just an example and likely would have gone down very differently. I think the key, though, is that it seems that even with the return of 1/2 of the population after the second snap that there would still be less people than before the first snap. It would be due to so many people dying either as an indirect result of the first snap or dying during the 5 year blip. It's certainly an interesting topic to consider. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@CapPotato388]

The math part of the blip i largely agree, but, it is my headcannon that the mcu avoided covid-19 BECAUSE of the blip, just like they explain in-universe that it delayed the rise of the celestial.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I could definitely imagine that Covid-19 didn't happen in the MCU. I think you may very well be right on that. I mainly brought it up as it was interesting to consider what might have happened if it did occur in the MCU, but I agree, I suspect Thanos at least did the MCU that small favor. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Surfboarder4]

Interestingly, 3/4 couples were inactive due to the blip, as there's only a 1/4 chance both members survive. So, at a maximum, 1/4 of the pregnancies. Most likely a lot lower.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I think the new population growth is the biggest area that would suffer during the blip. Not only are many couples affected by losing a spouse, but even the lucky 1/4 where both partners survive may still decide its not the best time to have a kid. Crazy to think of the impact to the world as a result of the blip.

[@scottking8189]

I can’t even believe I never realised that there couldn’t have been more or even the same amount of people that came back to do with the celestial being born

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, that vid idea had been floating around in my head for awhile. Just seemed like the MCU moved past the blip too fast, and that there was alot more story to be told. Would be great to get a special presentation set during the 5 year blip. Hoping Secret Invasion covers some of that time in flashbacks. Would be cool to see more of what life was like during those 5 years.

[@NimN0ms]

When Infinity War came out, you have no idea how many and how the long the conversations I had about the "dusting" (aka "the blip") with my research team at work. We tried to figure out the Thanos snap toll on the Earth for almost until Endgame came out and then some. There is one major assumption we have to make from the get go. Did Thanos dust half of the entire UNIVERSE'S or half of EARTH'S population. If the former, which I think is the case, then Earth did not necesarily lose 50% of its population - it can be less or MORE. We are assuming that Thano's snap dusted 50% of each planet equally. You used Tiamet as a population growth indicator which is just perfect. The fact that it was able to emerge confims that the population during that time was at a net increase compared to any other previous time point!!! Not sure by how much. Also, I don't think COVID was a thing in MCU, there has no mention or reference to it in the 10+ properties that have come out since March 2020. What a brilliant and fascinating video. Emailed it to my research team. I'm sure they will appreciate your analysis too 😂😂.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great points! Regarding whether 1/2 the earth was dusted or not, I'm going off the comments in Endgame where they mention 1/2 of the earth was blipped, at least that's what I recall. But you are right that it might not have been 1/2 of the earth's population or it even could have been more than 1/2. I also agree that the MCU might not have experienced Covid, which is indeed why I didn't subtract too many from the count since it was just a guess. Thanks for your great analysis. Love your comments, as always!

[@rasagas3682]

I dont reallt like the MCU that much and i am mostly aware of it because i go to the cinema every weekend. But damn, i love your videos, you put so much effort putting together info about something i dont really know about and that is kinda therapeutic when doing long tasks.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I truly appreciate it!

[@john_comi]

You know what I hope this new MCU timeline book explains? What exactly was the political turmoil in New Asguard, and who/what was behind turning it into a tourist destination? Doesn't seem like the thing Valkyrie would do, and the citizens of asguard didn't really talk about it in LAT.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Interesting point! Yeah, how did New Asgard go from being an inwardly focused community that just wanted to lick its wounds from all that had happened to them... to being a major tourist destination for the world? Inquiring minds want to know!

[@josinfleurs]

Something that makes me wonder why Marvel decided to place Shang-Chi in summer instead of spring was that they didn’t wanted Eternals to be the only movie between FFH and NWH, like... it would be weird to watch FFH, then Eternals and only then NWH... (this is based on the fact that Tiamut emerged in October, and the main events of NWH happen in November, so I particularly place NWH after Shang-Chi and Eternals in the timeline) Anyways, I think they went like “oh no, we can’t let Eternals alone there, let’s push Shang-Chi after FFH”, just a crazy theory 😂

[@josinfleurs]

Of course they could place FFH, NWH and then Eternals, but narratively speaking it would be weird since both NWH and MoM deals with the multiverse, so I like to place them together. I also don’t like the idea of ​​placing NWH exactly where it starts (July) because only the first 15 minutes happen there... the rest is all after Halloween, but of course, it’s just a personal opinion, they could easily make a situation like Thor: TDW

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, that could be the reason. Eternals was lonely!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Agreed...I like NWH where the majority of it happens. Will be so interesting to see where it gets placed!

[@adinolfi7279]

If the blip did occur in real life I don’t think there would be 0 population growth in 5 years. Historically the world’s population begins to grow at a fast pace after a period of turmoil and large loss. It would not be close by any means but I think within 3-4 years the world population would begin to steadily increase - which of course would only create even more chaos when everyone who was blipped returns. Honestly, there is so much story potential with the blip. The social, economical, and political implications are really interesting to think about. Really wish they spent more time covering this but I honestly think we’re going to hear less and less about it as we move further into the next phase.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, I definitely agree that I wish Marvel would give us more stories during the time of the blip and how the world coped. I've heard that Secret Invasion will have flashbacks to the time of the blip, so that may be interesting to see. As for whether there would be zero population growth or not, it's so hard to tell. We've never seen something like 1/2 of the world vanishing and how that would impact the growth rate, so it's all speculation. We also don't have solid numbers of the growth rate during WWII as the figures only go back to 1951, as that would perhaps be a helpful comparison if we had those figures. Consider how damaging to life on the planet it would be if a random 50% of people vanished...not just the troops that fight in wars but literally 1/2 of the population across the board. That just seems to be really earth shattering to life as we know it. But just my take. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@La_cabine_de_Cabine]

I assume Banner knew about these incidentals deaths (planes etc) and brought them back too, he's supposedly really smart. He only brings up Natasha because it's a special case, so the rest should be fine

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I guess I'm not too sure we can say Hulk brought back follow-on deaths due to the snap. They repeatedly said to bring back the people we lost and to undo the snap, etc. And especially if the snapped people were kept in the soul stone (like in the comics) then bringing them back would be different than bringing back people that just died on their own and were in the afterlife based on their faith. And if Hulk brought back follow-on deaths, then why not bring back people that died before the snap. Why not bring back people that died of a terminal illness and cure them. The possibilities are endless for what one could do with the glove. So I suspect he just brought back the blipped. That seems to be what everyone has said over and over, so that's my assumption. But I do appreciate you sharing an opposing view point. Gives me things to think about. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@jettstreamyt8177]

my best description of the blip, would be like a second great depression

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent analogy! I completely agree. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@mr.iiconic]

Love the video and LOVE the channel. However, personally, I don't think that the snap didn't subdivide to such a level as professions. I don't believe it's accurate to assume half of doctors, food workers etc were blipped, as if there's some quota needed for each occupation. All we were told was half of humanity were randomly blipped. We could have more or less than half of doctors. There could be a hospital somewhere that doesn't lose a single staff member. Even though it's high unlikely, it's possible 90% of doctors survived by sheer luck. I just don't think it would benefit Thanos goals to go that specific and it would have to account for every specific profession per planet in the universe. Then the question also becomes "does the subdivision stop there?" Do half of all families blip? Half of all households? Couples? When does it stop? I think it only logically stops at "half of all humans will vanish at random and any variables of gender, race, nationality, occupation etc are completely up in the air at that point". So some Industries and institutions and hit worse than others.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great feedback! Yes, I should have stated that better in the video. I didn't mean 1/2 of each profession, per se, but was just saying it metaphorically. However, that was my bad and I should have stated it better. I do suspect that several hospitals, power plants, food distribution plants, etc were unable to operate for quite a bit of time simply due to the loss of random people at their facilities. But you are absolutely right that it was random and thus a given hospital might not have lost any staff at all, while another one lost every employee, etc. I do think it was likely utter carnage for quite some time, mainly due to how depressing things were during the opening sequences in 2023 where the all the boat and cars were just abandoned and life was pretty grim. Whales in the Hudson due to no boat traffic is a crazy thought to have. Anyway, excellent feedback on the video. Really appreciate it!

[@mr.iiconic]

@@AbitofEverything4U it's alright, you're doing amazing. I want to say this is absolutely one of my favourite channels on KZbin and I appreciate the way you respond to the fanbase.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@mr.iiconic Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I really do love reading all the comments and replying. Always great chatting with fellow MCU fans!

[@chickenphat730]

Really interesting points here, I never thought about a lot of this. Yeah I hope we get a show or special presentation at some point showing how much and in what ways the snap and blip effected the world, that would be fascinating to go deeper into that. Because yeah FATWS was the mainly the only one that did that

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Right! If not for FATWS, as well as some of Engame before the Time Heist part of the movie, then we would have had no insight into such a major occurrence in the MCU. I'd love a special presentation delving into it some more. Would be really cool!

[@TobstarNB]

The only way I can see Eternals being in 2023, is that MAYBE all the New Asgard people being on earth somehow balances out the people who died, because of their long lifespans (aka a lot of energy for Tiamat).

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Interesting point. You are right, the addition of the Asgardians did likely help Tiamet. It's hard to tell how many Asgardians survived the battle against Hela as well as the attack by Thanos on their ship as it seemed like so many died (or were then blipped after that), but that's still a very interesting theory. Really appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts idea. Love hearing from fellow MCU fans!

[@ajbrace7299]

Another Amazing Video! Keep up the good work!!!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much. Really appreciate it!

[@theblackdragon7568]

Fantastic video keep up the great work.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much...really appreciate it!

[@theorycraftingmachine2876]

In Eternals Ajak says quote, "5 Years ago Thanos erased half the population of the universe." Can you please do a video explaining this, because I can only see Eternals happening in 2023?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great question. I did cover that to a degree in my video covering the Phase 4 timeline here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rabOg52bos6lmqc. But the gist of that particular 5 years ago statement boils down to a few possible solutions: 1). It was another mistake like the infamous "8 years later" in Spider-Man: Homecoming. If Marvel comes out and says it was a mistake and that she should have said 6 years, then this might answer it. 2). If it wasn't a mistake, then it could be that for Ajak, the difference between 5 and 6 years is irrelevant since she's an Eternal that has lived thousands of years. So she may have just rounded to 5 years even though it was actually 6. 3). It's also possible she was meaning to say "For 5 years Thanos snapped away half the universe" rather than "5 years ago Thanos snapped away half the universe". Again we'd need Marvel to confirm that, but maybe that was the issue. So whether it was a mistake or whether she just rounded down, the fact that Disney+ places Eternals in Oct of 2024 makes me think that Marvel intended it to be a year after the return of the population after the blip. And as I lay out in the video, it seems like there is solid reasoning for why it may have taken a year. But at the end of the day, the line is at odds with the placement of Eternals in Disney+ on their timeline. Hopefully the new timeline book coming out in September will address this once and for all because I definitely agree that it is a confusing situation right now. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@RavenFlag]

I would love to see some more Blip stuff. Like maybe who as or wasnt? I'm still not sure about shang chi lol. Maybe its just my desire to know if people like Jenn Walters or Moon Knight got snapped :D

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I think that's a great idea. I did an earlier video on who got blipped, but it's time for an update. Great suggestion!

[@RavenFlag]

@@AbitofEverything4U Oh i just saw it! Very informative thank you!! I guess its just a few characters that werent there cuz they came out after your vid. But no big deal, its probably to early for an update tho :0

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Oops, of course you saw this one on the impact of the blip. Sorry for my short term memory gap. And yeah, I may be doing a "who got blipped" update soon. You're not the first to mention it, so it may be time.

[@RavenFlag]

@@AbitofEverything4U I'd love to see it! You have spoken about a lot of minor characters I forgot about, so speculating about them seems fun😂 also I looked up the video of the snapped AFTER you mentioned it here! So it's on me, not on you :) no worries!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@RavenFlag Great! I may well do that soon. Thanks for the kind words!

[@Martin0]

Nice, a Michigan ID! I love how we have the Mackinac Bridge on our cards :) Although I hate that they make us carry citizen cards. Tyranny!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

LOL! Yeah, I just googled for an ID card and up pops Michigan! I've been to Michigan many times having had family live there off and on, so I was happy to let the state represent in the vid! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

This never would’ve happened if they used the Smash Ultimate World of Light method and had one sole survivor to pick up the pieces!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent point!

[@josinfleurs]

So many interesting ideas they could’ve used, but they didn’t... anyways, this video is INSANE!!! I wish everyone could see it to finally understand why Disney’s timeline is not 100% wrong!!! I wish we could have that book tomorrow man, September feels like forever... but if they do what we want them to do then it’ll be worth the wait, we just need explanations to end all those timeline discussions!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I was so excited to see what you thought about this. I've been mulling this video over for probably a month as I kept trying to put difference pieces together in my head. It just kept nagging me as to why D+ did what they did with their timeline as there had to be some larger reason for it. It finally all fell into place when I rewatched FATWS with a particular ear for anything they said about the state of the world after the blip, as well as any comments about the time during the blip. Then, watching the parts of Endgame where they show us life during the blip finished off the puzzle pieces. I don't know if Feige really thought it all thru or it just happened to fall into place like this, but either way, it makes so much sense when you look at all the clues lying in place site. You have to wonder if Feige is sitting at home reading the comments about the D+ timeline and scratching his head and saying "have they not watched the same shows that I watched?" Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. Now you now my answer to my prediction on whether the timeline book will rework the D+ timeline. My gut tells me no. It may happen, but I would honestly think that if that was the plan, then they would update the D+ timeline now rather than let it keep getting criticized. I think Feige is happy with the D+ timeline and it may get tweaked after the book comes out, but I don't see it being changed much. We'll just have to see. Thanks as always for your great comments and ideas. I was eagerly awaiting you watching this one!

[@josinfleurs]

@@AbitofEverything4U The only timeline change I could see them doing is placing Thor earlier in timeline, like in May 2025 or something, but like you said... they have a reason for placing the titles right where they are, the only thing they are trying to solve now with the book is something like “look, so many people confused by our timeline, let’s just give them a 100% confirmation and end those discussions”. And I totally get what you said, when I rewatched Phase 4 a couple days ago, I did it following Disney’s timeline but comparing with the fans timeline, and this went like Endgame ✅️ WandaVision ✅️ Eternals (?) - “Could work here but I rather believe it happens 1 year from now on” / But after seeing this video I’m 101% convinced is 1 year later. Shang-Chi (?) - “This might be the best placement for it if we are looking to the real world’s date for the festival, but look at the trees, look at the weather, it’s definitely a summer movie” TFATWS ✅️ Love and Thunder (?) - “Absolutely not, I just saw how the world was so messed in TFATWS and you want me to believe this is happening beetween this mess? I don’t buy it” Moon Knight (?) - “Oh, this is NOT here, like at all 😂” Far From Home ✅️ Shang-Chi ✅️ - “Yep, looks better here” Eternals ✅️ - “This absolutely should be placed here” No Way Home ✅️ - “Since the main events of NWH happens after Tiamut emerged I rather watch after Eternals” MoM ✅️ Hawkeye ✅️ Moon Knight ✅️ - “Definitely spring” She-Hulk ✅️ Ms. Marvel ✅️ Love and Thunder ✅️ - “I would rather see it earlier in 2025, but this works as well” The GOTG Holiday Special ✅️ You see? Watching the movies and series following the Disney timeline feels more natural and cohesive! My experience was so much better following them. And thanks man! It’s nice to see how my feedbacks are important for you and this channel! Always count on me!

[@josinfleurs]

And just like Kevin, when I was watching in chronological order I was like “are these people watching the same movies and series that I’m watching? They really want Thor after TFATWS, MK before FFH and Eternals after WandaVision? You guys... c’mon!!” 😂

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Wow, love that feedback. Yes, I agree, it just works so much better in this order. And yeah, I would love to see Thor: L&T move to a May 2025. That would be my only wish for a change on the D+ timeline. It would fit alot better there because Groot's timeline then makes so much more sense. Nice call on that! And thanks as always. Your feedback is always amazing!

[@TheDukeCountyGaBoy01]

February we will get black panther in wankanda

[@AbitofEverything4U]

So bummed we have to wait abit, but will be great to finally have it on D+!

[@dr.t.5404]

I wish we could get more info about the blip. Like where did the heroes go etc more so about what people did in those 5 years the first year how was it and what not

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Totally agree. There is so much untold story about the 5 year blip. It would be amazing to learn what everyone was doing during those years. I'd love a D+ special exploring it. Great comments! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@xiongrey19]

Regarding post-second-snap population growth for Tiamat, also consider the interstellar tourism that's been brought in by at least New Asgard if not other sites after Earth/Terra became more known on the galactic stage. And if there was an influx of Skrull refugees during the blip as has been theorized regarding Secret Invasion then that number may be even higher.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good points. Although I suspect that since Thanos blipped half of the universe, even interstellar travel might have declined for abit since the universe was in disarray in general. So New Asgard interstellar visitation might not have picked up until well into 2024. I suspect New Asgard wasn't a very fun place to visit until after the political turmoil in July of 2024 was resolved. After that, I agree, it was probably a hot spot for tourism from across the galaxy. Excellent comments. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@broston_]

I'm sorry but the birth rate part is not very good. From a couple quick google searches it's hard to determine whether this would have an impact when comparing it to other relatively similar events. Weather disasters seem to have a negative effect but the aftermath of civil conflicts a very positive one. Either way, after some time birth rate picks back up (for example in WWII, just a year later the baby boom starts) and starts increasing again, like it always is: increasing. And the couple testimonies you bring up are very few and specific. Of course the 6 people in a *recovery group* are gonna feel worse. And you say that Torres (1 guy) says the Flagsmashers (multiple people not even including all those they were trying to help) were wrong but in the show's conclusion it's clearly stated that they had a point, they just didn't deliver it through the right means so to speak. I also don't think it's fair to judge the state of the entire world just based on New York and New Asgard. I think it makes sense that these places specifically would have more depressed populations since it's their heroes who couldn't save them. And again judging by the Flagsmashers, there's a point to be made that the rest of the world wasn't in such a bad statem

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great feedback. I think the key words you used in the second paragraph are "comparing to relatively similar events". There is just nothing to compare to losing 1/2 the population of the entire planet. It would send the entire world into turmoil. Thus, suspect that New Asgard and New York are pretty reflective of what was experienced across the globe And don't forget all the quotes I shared from Falcon and the Winter Solider. Rhodey mentioned the world being turned upside down, Torres mentioned the chaos, Sam discussed the refugee camps that have existed for the last 5 years, and some people didn't even have their social security or health care restored. So not only was the 5 year blip terrible for the world, but then everyone coming back made it chaotic again. But it's all just theories on my part. I'm taking the information from Endgame and Falcon and the Winter Soldier (as well as a few statements made by Hayward in WandaVision such as "You people who left, still have the luxury of optimism. You have no idea what it was like. What it took to keep the lights on") and I am trying to flesh out what the world would be like. I do think it perfectly explains why Disney+ pushed so many things later in the timeline. I do wish we had gotten more stories during the 5-year blip. Would be really wild to see more of what it was like during that time frame. Anyway, thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate hearing what fellow MCU fans are thinking!

[@broston_]

@@AbitofEverything4U Yeah you definitely have a point. From what I remembered in Falcon and Winter Soldier they mostly talked about after the blip, not after the snap, but you're right they do mention all that and there's the Hayward thing too

[@AbitofEverything4U]

​@@broston_ Yeah, in the end, it's all a guess. I just think 1/2 of the population vanishing would be such a negative effect on life. But it's all just fun theories. Maybe Marvel will tell us more some day. In the meantime, it's all head canon. Thanks again for the great dialogue!

[@Scimarad]

Much as I love Endgame and a lot of the stuff that followed I think this is the main reason I struggle to take any of the post snap stuff as seriously. Broadly speaking it seems like they have just used Endgame as a reset button to make everything okay again. Honestly it's like 2 civilization ending events one after the other but apparently it's sill okay for Spiderman to go on a school trip to Europe.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yep, I think it was a bad call to have Far From Home directly follow Endgame. Granted, it was 9 months later in the timeline, but it did make it seem like after the two Snaps, everything magically went back to normal like nothing happened. On the other hand, when Falcon and the Winter Soldier finally came out, it made so much more sense to see that everything was not instantly okay and that 6 months after the blip, things were still a mess. The only reason I can imagine things returning to a semi-normal state by the time of Far From Home is that the MCU has advanced tech, very rich billionaires willing to help, and superheroes to make big things happen. But yeah, Far From Home was not a good look right after Endgame. Totally agreed! Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@ViralEdge]

Great video, bit of a challenge video for you that would be awesome. Being that we’re going into Phase 5 and the middle of the multiverse saga. Doing a chronological multiverse timeline. That being Sony movies, Deadpool 1&2 maybe as we’re getting DP3. You could even add in the xmen if you really wanted. As well as all the Netflix shows! Would be an amazing video and you could add to it as time goes on!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, that's a very cool idea. I've been holding back as I'm waiting to see how they handle Deadpool and the X-men Timeline (what a messy timeline) and also whether AoS is still canon to 616 or not. So many questions. In fact, I did a video on "Prep for Deadpool" and discussed the X-men timeline as I understood it and it was amazing how many different views people had. It is a very wonky timeline. But I do need to do more of those videos. It's a great idea!

[@ViralEdge]

@@AbitofEverything4U very true! Going off that, I believe all the Netflix shows are cannon to the MCU. But I am unsure of Agents of shield, a video of why it is cannon or why it isn’t would be great. All I know is Colsen survives and it goes off the path around Infinity War time period. Would love to hear more.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I think I need to look at the pre-D+ shows again in another video. I did do this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXbFiXh7pbtqfdE. It answers alot of your questions, but I may do an updated one in the months to come. Lots of ground to cover on this topic for sure!

[@geeklore8528]

Animal life would very well have continued to multiply. This is really fascinating idea, however these numbers dont include accidental births that may have occured.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good point about animal life continuing to grow. I suspect animals ran rampant all over, in fact. And good point about accidental births. But I still suspect we'd have less births than normal as it would be such a dark time for society. Anyway, excellent feedback on the vid. Really appreciate you watching it and sharing your thoughts. Thanks so much!

[@georgeHMiK]

What about how ‘normal life’ is going on in Spider-Man far from home they’re going on a school trip to Europe all of Europe that they visit seems very back to normal

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, it a big jump in the quality of life from FATWS to FFH. I do wonder, however, if Sam got the GRC straightened out and that helped get things moving along faster. Also, I'm not sure how much of a time span FATWS covers. It starts in April, but may end even earlier than June. So it could be that a few months pass between FATWS and FFH. I suspect things just made some rapid improvement after FATWS. Anyway, very good observation! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@fatherpie7014]

About the normal life stuff, I can't remember, but was it mentioned if Shang and Katie and any of the major characters in the movie had been blipped? If not, I imagine those who didn't must have returned to some sort of normalcy in that time, and with them not having to deal with being unblipped that they wouldn't have to deal with all the paper work, thus having very little change in their day to day.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I did a video guessing who might have been blipped or not and I need to update it as we keep getting more info slowly. I think the real issue during the 5 year blip is so many of the people that made the world function on a daily basis were suddenly gone w/o warning. So that likely made the world a real mess for awhile. But just my guess on that. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@Kompatainment]

Great video! Marvel Studios should hire you as their timekeeper.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much for the kind words. I would gladly take that job in a heartbeat. Being an uber-nerd makes this type of thing alot of fun to do. Really appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@eianblosch3341]

What is the release date for that new marvel book? I already have the MCU book the story of the marvel cinematic universe by Tara Bennet and Paul Terry. Very good book. Worth a read and the pictures are awesome

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Looks like the timeline book comes out Sep 5, 2023. Really looking forward to it! And I agree, I should check out the story of the marvel cinematic universe. I've heard that's really good. Thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@QuynhNguyen-gp4ti]

About the effects of the Blip, there is something I have yet to see MCU brought up is the resources. The reason Thanos wanted to cut down all the population in the universe in half is because he witnessed the consequences of overpopulation and lack of resources in his own planet first hand. Did the natural resources get reserved/gain from the lack of people harvesting them during the Blip? Is there any shortage of resources again when people suddenly reappear? TFATWS tried to cover the police and politics side of the ramifications of the Blip but honestly it's not clear. And in FFH we learnt that all the students have to repeat a year after they're snapped back, does it extend to the un-blipped students? Etc. About reproduction, well there's Tony as representation for people who can have the strength (and wealth) to bring another life in this environment. So maybe there were new babies being born during that time. But yeah I think it won't affect much in the grander scheme. Honestly I think if the Flag Smashers have clearer goals like "we want things back during the Blips because people have more chances of getting resources, a place to stay, education etc." it would be a better motivation and would be struck harder against Sam and Bucky who would question themselves if them being back is better for the world. The MCU needs more stories expressing at least an aspect of hardship for both the people who got blipped and un-blipped. (Also what happened with the Sokovia Accords? There are law firms (or something similar) for superhumans in She-Hulk, but don't they have to be registered as superhumans to be defended in the court or something?) I'm rambling again, but I hope we can see a more serious angle about the ramifications of the world (and other planets) after the Blip (or even during if they can). Thanks for the video.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I totally agree that I would love to see a show focusing on life during the blip and how people got thru it. You are right that I do think people had kids during the blip, but I suspect it wasn't enough to outweigh the death rates and thus the zero population growth. I didn't state that very well and you said it much better. Great comments as always. I love the fact that the MCU has such a rich storyline that we can find topics like this that are interesting to pick apart and dissect. Thanks for watching and sharing your ideas. Always appreciate reading them!

[@suicidaltommy4853]

I wish marvel would make a show placed during the blip focused on normal people

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I agree...I'd love to learn more about what happened during the blip and how people coped. So much untapped story to be told. Maybe Marvel will give us more info about that time period in future stories. Supposedly some of Secret Invasion includes flashbacks to this time period, and that would be very cool, if so. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@jonahnichols1]

honestly this is very believable for why the order is this way, we can just add Ajax saying "five years" to being an inaccuracy like Spider-Man homecoming be "8 years later" or how if Iron Man is in 2010 the dates for 2008 are just accidents. Though with the Spider-Man and 8 years I like to think about what if the 8 was correct? what happened during the opened time between Spider-Man and Avengers because there would then be some years where nothing would have happened if it was just the movies, Like obviously Iron Man 3 would be soon after or a year because of Tony's PTSD and Christmas, Thor the Dark world would still be just shortly after Avengers by maybe a year, lets say either the fall before Iron Man 3 or the later winter right after because of the clothes they wear on earth but to be fair it is England and the weather is usually that way, but I would say that Avengers in 2012, Thor and Iron Man in 2013, I feel like with Winter Soldier I would give that to 2014 like when it came out, Guardians 1 & 2 are both 2014 as well meaning that there is 8 years between Guardians 2 and Infinity war if Spiderman is 8 years after Avengers, 2012-2020 and then two years till Infinity war. I am going to say that given how close Ant-Man is to Ultron and Civil war I would put Age of Ultron at 2019, Ant-Man at early 2020 and Civil war right after, then then in the timeline I would put Black Panther right after so still 2020 but Spider-Man for the most part would be 2021 with the beginning of Vulture still be the 8 years but the rest of the movie jumping to the fall season of 21, Dr. Strange at around that time and Ragnarok in 22 right before Infinity war. But between Winter Soldier in 14 and Ultron then in 19 there is still a 5 year gap on earth. So my question to you is what would have happened during the 5 years on earth and 8 years in space?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great comments. I definitely agree with the fact that Ajak was either just wrong (i.e. like the 8 years later was wrong) or perhaps the fact that she's an Eternal means that 5 vs 6 years means nothing to her. But you raise some interesting questions about what would it be like if the 8 years later statement was actually correct. I think you landed on the real issue that we end up with regarding that gap. It just doesn't work and it means the MCU was at a standstill for several years. That's why Feige ultimately decided it was just wrong. There isn't any way to make it work and not leave the MCU with a huge gap. So your analysis is spot on. Really appreciate you watching the video and sharing your thoughts. Love to hear all these different fan theories in the comments!

[@Volvagia0slayer]

I disagree that there would have been that many fallout deaths. We know from Hulk's snap that you can fine tune the rules of your snap to a perfect degree with everyone being brought back safely, so I think that Thanos, whose one goal was to perfectly half the population of the universe, would have made sure that his snap didn't kill off more than half of the universe. He would have made it so that the only people targeted by his snap are those whose disappearance wouldn't kill anyone else. If their disappearance would have killed someone else, then that someone else would also be blipped or that first person wouldn't have blipped. And the omniscient Mind Stone is smart enough to do those calculations. Now, people who would have died in a matter of days because their organ donor disappeared or the like... Those are the only type of "immediate" fallout deaths I could see happening since I wouldn't be surprised if Thanos didn't consider anything further into the future than the relative temporal vicinity of the snap. However, I do agree that you're not likely wrong about the additional deaths that would come about from the supply chain disruption and potential lack of medical workers. I also think that this video does some interesting explanations regarding some potential social and economic impacts of the blip that could explain why the population still grew during the blip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZa0gWmApN2ngc0 I also have to assume that Endgame just showed us the worst of the worst of the world rather than the average of the world because otherwise the Flag Smashers wouldn't believe that the world was better during the blip.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great comments. But I have to question whether Thanos tried to prevent any fallout deaths. First, consider that he said "At random. Dispassionate, fair. The rich and poor alike.” The more he tries to prevent fallout deaths the less random it becomes. Also, watching the end credit scene of Infinity War we saw a helicopter crash into a building and explode, likely killing anyone in the helicopter as well as anyone on that floor of the building. There were also car crashes shown. So I'm not sure we can assume that Thanos tried to avoid fallout deaths. And as for whether we saw the worst of the worst during Endgame, that's hard to determine. I mean we are talking about very visible parts of society. The Statue of Liberty...sports arenas...both looked like a ghost town. If one of the most important monuments in all of the U.S. was surrounded by abandoned boats five years after the blip and if sports stadiums were still shuttered 5 years after the blip, then that is a pretty good sign that things weren't great. Plus, Torres said the Flagsmashers were wrong about it being better to have been alive during the blip and he would know first hand. And I never trust a terrorist to know what's best for the world and instead trust people willing to negotiate and discuss options. So I have to look at the evidence Marvel provided us and assume it was there for a reason. Life during the blip was shown to be terrible and life after the blip during that first six months was shown to be terrible. So I'm taking Marvel at face value that they wanted us to believe them. But just my take. As always, love your comments!

[@filmflash3297]

Would it be possible if you could make a based on where agents of shield take place in chronological order I know it’s half canon half not but I still have it in my mcu Collection

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, I really do need to do something on AoS. I loved all 7 seasons and there is so much depth to the show. It's so hard to figure out where Feige now considers the show to lie. Is it all canon to 616, is part of it canon to 616 and part a multiverse story, or is it all now part of the multiverse, perhaps a "What if Coulson didn't die?" type storyline. Regardless of it's canon status, it would be cool to do a video on it. You definitely aren't the first to ask that. I've got it on my list of future videos for sure. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@Powerman293]

I'm 99% sure that Covid didn't happen in the MCU. Weirdly the Snap kind of predicted a lot of similar trends of things with Covid in those early months. So I think that on a functional level, the Snap is the in universe replacement.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, I'm with you that covid may well not have occurred in the MCU. I just thought I'd show how hard it would be to address a pandemic during the blip, if one hit. But the numbers were pretty small (just 3M in deaths) and thus even if we take those out, it had very little impact on the overall math. Bottom like is that the world was a mess during the blip and even for several months afterward the return of everyone. Wild stuff. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@ryanarttmo]

Didn’t they say the multiple snaps supercharged Tiamut and that’s why he was emerging?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Hmmmm... I don't remember that particular line, but I think Ajak said something about how the return of the population has hastened his emergence. And I think that is most definitely the case...I just think it wasn't enough on its own because I believe there was an overall drop in the population during the 5 years such that if Tiamet didn't have enough energy from humanity to emerge prior to the snap, then the return of everyone who was snapped wouldn't be enough to make up for all the loss and that's why it took some time after the second snap for Tiamet's emergence to begin. All just theories, but I do think the math seems to indicate it could be true. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@ryanarttmo]

@@AbitofEverything4U yea I’ll have to rewatch, I took it to mean the energy from the stones/snaps added to the energy Tiamut was absorbing. So while the 2 follow up snaps helped bring everyone back and stop ‘14 Thanos, it also doomed Earth another way lol

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay, I'll check out that quote again. I just assumed it wasn't energy from the snap itself, but was the return of the people that gave Tiamet his boost, since it seemed the emergence had been slowly fueled by humanity over the years. But I could be wrong on that.

[@mattviggiano]

so heres also the thing. It was half of ALL life in the universe, correct? what percentage do humans count for all living beings in the universe including aliens and animals. or was it half of each planets population thanos blipped? Am I overthinking it?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good question. I'm not sure if exactly 1/2 of the earth's population got blipped or not. In FATWS, Rhodey says "Billions of people reappeared after five years away, sending the world into turmoil" and in Infinity War, Thanos says "You Have My Respect, Stark. When I'm Done, Half Of Humanity Will Still Be Alive. I Hope They Remember You." So it could be 1/2 the earth got dusted, but I guess we'll never know for sure. Great comments. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@ThePinkDragon]

there was a hosple in Wandervision

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Right, I suspect there were still hospitals, but they just didn't work as well in the first few years after the blip. But by the time of Wandavision, I suspect most hospitals were up and running again.

[@Alejandroigarabide]

It is my personal headcanon that Covid didn't exist in the MCU due to the blipping of the chinese dude who ate the bat soup.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Nice! Yes, that would be very helpful to the world during the already traumatic blip if that bat soup dude got blipped. I love it!

[@Glitch-qj3nj]

"Flashforward" series good show blip like situation. Or Leftovers

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Agreed...those are very good examples of a blip-like situation!

[@Glitch-qj3nj]

@@AbitofEverything4U )))😃😉

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@Glitch-qj3nj

[@sethchee1897]

And it isn't just earth people that blipped. There were so many other people on other planets that disappeared too

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, excellent point. While my video focused specifically on the impact to Earth, Thanos' snap impacted planets across the entire universe. Well said!

[@sethchee1897]

@@AbitofEverything4U Thank you! I feel like we deserve a series about what happened on earth and all over the Galaxy when thanos snapped

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Definitely agree. Would be very cool!

[@serpentlord1312]

The thing with the Disney Plus timeline is I don’t agree with where they place Iron Man 2 The Incredible Hulk Thor The Dark World and Iron Man 3 mainly because I feel like if the movie is largely set in one point in time then that’s when we should watch them yes Iron Man 2 starts immediately after Iron Man 1 but a huge chunk of the film is set from May to June of 2011 while The Incredible Hulk starts in April then goes to late May then June and finally July at the end then with Dark World yes it starts immediately after Avengers 1 but wouldn’t that mean we should watch it before Item 47? Same with Doctor Strange 1 Disney Plus sets it after Homecoming but the film starts before Civil War so then shouldn’t we watch it before Captain America 3? Stuff like this is way I say watch them in the order of the timeline where their largely set like watching No Way Home after Eternals but yeah

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I definitely agree that the issue with any timeline that doesn't go down to the month level is that it makes it hard to place things that span several months. For instance: - Hulk starts before IM2 but ends after IM2.. So it is impossible to place it correctly as you technically should start watching Hulk, then switch to IM2 and then back again. - Same with the IM3 v. T:TDW issue. - Dr. Strange spans a year so is really tough to place. - MoM was controversial at first, since it happens during NWH, if you consider that the final scene of NWH is after MoM. So I like the D+ timeline for what it is attempting to do, which is show a general placement order. But I do think the timeline book needs to give us the months for each entry as well. That would make it more clear. In the timeline that I have on my google drive, I go down to months. It's located here, if you want to see it: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1R_PrexMkTjYpQAraxlhzs2U5EPJEPioc. Thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@serpentlord1312]

@@AbitofEverything4U also I’ve found out about Spider-Man 3 Venom Let there be Carnage and Morbius timeline placement in Spider-Man 3 during the scene where Captain Stacy is talking to Peter and Aunt May about Flint being Uncle Bens actual killer Peter says to him you’ve had suspicions for two years considering Uncle Ben died in 2002 let alone I’d imagine Harry would want to kill Peter as soon as possible after finding out his Spider Man the third movie is likely set in early 2005 and for Venom 2 and Morbius in Venom 2 Anne mentions to Eddie how the events of the first movie happened a year ago 2018 placing Venom 2 in 2019 and considering Morbius references we are Venom then Morbius is likely set in 2019 as well and considering that in the movie the police mention a bunch of crazy killings happing in San Fransisco then Morbius is set after Venom 2 with all of Carnage’s killings going on as for both Venom 2 and Morbius post credit scenes it’s likely their set in 2024 so yeah (also I believe Venom and Morbius are in the same universe as The Amazing Spider-Man since I find it weird only villains from Toby and Andrew Peters universes appear in No Way Home but yeah)

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Love it! I think I'll do a video on this before long. Well worth doing. Thanks for the timeline info!

[@ThePinkDragon]

I agree With the Deaths

[@ThePinkDragon]

the people who died because someone else vanished

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, there were probably alot of deaths due to someone else blipping. Great comment. And also thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it!

[@JuriSins]

6:09 This got me laughing 🤣🤣

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, it was fun thinking all this through. The number of collateral deaths after the blip are crazy, when you consider all the bizarre scenarios. Let's face it, I'm a total nerd and think about this stuff waaaaaaaaaay too much. Oh well, as long as it is at least mildly entertaining then I've done my job.

[@JuriSins]

@@AbitofEverything4U Always nice to hear you theorise this stuff! Bonus points when you add humor into it, just makes the content much more appealing and fun! Love this video. I always thought about the world during the blip, how it was like and the consequences. Especially in nations like Wakanda, what happened? The Queen took over, yes, but then what? Stuff like that makes me wish they made a special presentation dedicated to the world's perspective on the blip. Wishful thinking on my end! 😅

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I totally agree. Would love to have a special presentation on life during the blip. Would be so fascinating!

[@loch1361]

You remind me of a teacher doing a big presentation

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Too funny! As long as I don't put you to sleep, then that's great. And I guess if I do put you to sleep, then it's a great cure for insomnia! 🤣 Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@stefan3597]

What a missed oportunity from marvel to not focus a story on these ideas. We didnt need infinitywar and endgame so close to each other, there could have been some movie in between focussing on the consequence of losing. Wouldve made the payoff of bringing everyone back in endgame hit a lot harder because we've also had to then live through missing everyone

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I agree...I would love some focus on this time period of the MCU. Maybe via a special presentation. Hopefully it's true that Secret Invasion will have some flashbacks to this time period. Would be very cool. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@ThoughtBubbles909]

Considering how the world still hasn’t reached normality three years after the pandemic was at its peak, this makes sense to me

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yes, I completely agree. And in many ways, I would view the blip as even more catastrophic to life in general than the pandemic has been for us. So you make a terrific point. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@CASSIOPEIAMASHUPS]

I think it’s presumptuous to assume that COVID was a thing in the MCU. Granted we don’t know a lot from that time period but there was no mention of it (unless I was mistaken). And maybe that’s small potatoes in the mass chaos but idk

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Oh, I'm with you. In fact, I did indeed say that we don't know whether the MCU had a covid pandemic. I was more just pointing out how hard it would be to deal with something like covid during the blip, if it did occur. And I only counted 3M deaths in the math due to covid. So taking out those 3M still makes the overall point the same. But you are right, we really have no idea if covid hit during the pandemic. Excellent feedback. Thanks so much for watching and commenting with your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@moeyr6]

When the hulk snapped, everyone who blipped back would of ended up in outer space because the earth moved 5 years from where it was.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yep, the earth's rotation would indeed be an issue. A smaller issue, but still to your point, is if someone was in an airplane when the first snap occurred, then they would blip back in mid air. Supposedly Marvel canonized that Hulk used the power of the stones to bring everyone back in a safe place, but essentially relative to where they were blipped. We see that with Yelena and Monica, for example. So I suspect Hulk addressed the rotation of the earth as well as putting everyone somewhere safe. It was quite an impressive snap!

[@maeborowski3554]

Great video! Also, just something I was thinking lately, Kevin Feige said that, if not for the multiverse, the doctor strange spell would've worked, and the universe would go accordingly, but... Doesn't that makes it so the universe we're in, the 616, is just a alternative universe? The more you think about it, the least sense it makes, I like to think that Kevin Feige just didn't know what he was talking about XD

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yeah, it's so hard to tell what which is the original universe and which is an alternate one. Would be wild to find that 616 was indeed an alternate and that in Secret Wars we learn about the main timeline. Crazier things have happened. Great comments!

[@Glitch-qj3nj]

Why even exist people who take side Thanos or Flagsmashers????

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Ikr? I can't imagine believing either Thanos or the Flagsmashers were right.

[@nickydinino5651]

I think you are getting your hopes up about this book

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Probably so. But I am just hoping Feige wants this to be his timeline masterpiece that he's promised us for years. Would be nice to get it all laid out and in order. Hope I'm not too disappointed. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@nickydinino5651]

@@AbitofEverything4U of course man your videos are the best

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Thanks so much!

[@toastinos1135]

Honestly I think you might be giving the current MCU a little too much credit. I don’t think they really have any of this planned out they pick and choose when to have the blip matter and when to have it represented as a joke (like the oddly dark infinity cones establishment in new Asgard seeming like it’s celebrating a psycho space terrorist who successfully killed have the population) Btw I think your math might be off by a large margin, thanos killed half of all life in the universe, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s exactly half on earth. Could have been 70% or higher for all we know

[@AbitofEverything4U]

You could be right that I am giving Marvel too much credit regarding the blip. However, I do think the D+ timeline fits together really nicely, so perhaps they did plan it out. As for that infinity cone joke, that was just strange and out of place and was more Taika's bizarre sense of humor than anything else. I wish Marvel would have made him cut that. And you are also correct that we don't know if exactly 1/2 of the earth's population was killed, but we do know from Rhodey it was multiple billions as he says "Billions of people reappeared after five years away, sending the world into turmoil" in Falcon and the Winter Solider. And Thanos says "You Have My Respect, Stark. When I'm Done, Half Of Humanity Will Still Be Alive. I Hope They Remember You" in Infinity War. So I cheated and made the math simple based on those quotes. Great comments. Thanks so much for watching. I really appreciate it!

[@jpmcpheemcphee2695]

Did the Blip affect the multiverse?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

It appears that the blip didn't impact every universe, as in both What If and Multiverse of Madness we see universes where Thanos was defeated. So it might be that Thanos only snapped his fingers in certain universes. Just my theory, though. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Duhbiee]

I think one thing youre over thinking with the whole not thinking anyone would be doing anything “regular” during the 5 year blip or right after. Your just not realizing that humans adapt and within those 5 years new people would have become rich and had their story. Power vacuums would have been created and filled from ceos, to mcdonalds managers. Some people would still he upset but some people would be okay or even happy. And after everyone comes back those who were here are just going to he happy they are back and not really sit around and not do anything bc some people dont have social security. Theres awful stuff happening in every city today and most people still go on daily. So i dont think shang chi couldnt have happened at that time bc people wouldnt still go out and drink? And rich people wouldnt take their cars out? Thats naive

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good feedback. But I think it's important to note that Marvel showed us just how bleak it was during the 5 year blip. After the 5-year time jump in Endgame, we see a scene of the Statue of Liberty with hundreds of abandoned boats just sitting around it and we see a ball field with a parking lot filled with abandoned cars. Steve mentions seeing a whale in the Hudson, due to there being so few active boats. That was a full 5 years after the blip. So I don't think I'm being naïve...instead I'm trusting that the info that Marvel has shown us was meant to indicate the world was a mess. With that in mind, then you take in all the comments from FATWS about the world being a mess and being broken, etc, etc and it really show how it took many months for things to get back to normal again. Just my thoughts on it, but I think I'm using the evidence that Marvel has provided us. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Duhbiee]

@@AbitofEverything4U i get what youre saying but those scenes were to also show us how our characters were feeling in those films specifically. And those scenes are connected to cap and natasha and tony a bit. Along with thor and hulk. I think that most people were along the same feelings but some people felt differently obviously with what we see in falcon and winter soldier .

[@Duhbiee]

@@AbitofEverything4U i love the content btw. Found your channel a few days ago and been loving the style of videos and the way you piece things together.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

​@@Duhbiee I sorta agree. Yes, we got to learn how Natasha and Steve were feeling, but the scene around the Statue of Liberty of the abandoned boats and the scene of the ball park with the abandoned cars didn't have to do with Steve or Natasha. That was about how badly impacted the world was. Even Steve's comment about the whale was not about him but about how the Hudson was devoid of any boats, which would never have happened before the blip.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@Duhbiee Thanks so much! Really appreciate the positive feedback. I love making the videos, so it helps to hear when people enjoy them.

[@theorycraftingmachine2876]

plus the Blip could have effected the cycle of the moon!!!

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Great point! I've always wondered if that could be the case. Excellent comment!

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Gosh hope the Presidents of the US gets clarified in that book

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Yep, I agree. I admit that it's a smaller item in the grand scheme of things, but I'd love to have it laid out in the book.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@AbitofEverything4U yes and how the President handled the blip if it was President Ellis I feel he'd handle it well Trump would just make it worse

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Right...I really want to know who was president before, during and after the blip. Would be really helpful to know!

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@AbitofEverything4U yeah well I feel President Ellis would make it not as hard to deal with like President Whitmore from Independence Day and President Marshall from Air Force One I'd vote for them if they were real

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Agreed!

[@ThePinkDragon]

Tony and peper had one

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good point about Tony and Pepper's child. They had the ability to go to that cabin and be somewhere safe and Tony had alot of money. But I suspect most people were not in that same type of situation and thus held off on having a child. But just my theory.

[@Gamerboy-nl3mi]

Best discord server and I am wong is the bong

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Ah! Thanks for tying that together. Yeah, the server has been alot of fun. Great group of MCU fans sharing whatever random thoughts come into our minds!

[@ThePinkDragon]

Tim it?

[@AbitofEverything4U]

If you mean Tiamet from Eternals, yes that was who I was referring to. I probably didn't pronounce it very well though. Sorry about that.

[@benedwards2566]

People were not blipped based on occupation

[@AbitofEverything4U]

I completely agree. It was perfectly random, as Thanos planned. But I was saying that there were likely therefore people who randomly vanished from critical industries, such as food production, energy production, hospitals, etc. In some cases it might have been a lower-level employee and in other cases, it might have been a CEO, as it was random. But I was suggesting that it was likely very hard to open a food plant, for example, the day after several random workers vanished. Hope that makes sense. My apologies for not explaining it better in my video. Thanks so much for watching the vid and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!

[@Surfboarder4]

It's kind of a cop-out that none of the new characters introduced were blipped. None of the main cast from Shang-Chi, not Agatha, none of Ms Marvel's family, not Moon Knight or Layla, not Kate Bishop or Eleanor or She-Hulk... Statistically unlikely.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Excellent point! Yeah, short of Daredevil (who isn't really new), it seems everyone new avoided being blipped. I hadn't thought of that before, but that is really strange.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

The door is still open for some of them to be blipped

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@captainjakemerica4579 Excellent point!

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@AbitofEverything4U yeah and nothing is present to say they can't be blipped

[@AbitofEverything4U]

@@captainjakemerica4579 Agreed!

[@Fourmath]

Out of curiosity what is the number of people when you don't include the pandemic because nothing in the MCU that indicates that that happened.

[@AbitofEverything4U]

Good question. That's exactly why I reduced the number due to Covid deaths by a small amount (only 3 million) as I wasn't sure that it happened in the MCU. So it was only a small impact in the math. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it!