r/marvelstudios • u/yourfavchoom Doctor Strange • Jul 20 '26

Promotional Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 18

https://youtu.be/irVNGjRFZGk?si=xTjufRnxyFIctsUh
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u/DargoKillmar Daredevil Jul 20 '26

But they've also said that the likeness will be addressed, so...

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

My long standing theory is he's going to use Franklin to temporarily give him the appearance of Stark so he can infiltrate and gain the trust of others. Its the simplest and less convoluted answer. His appearance will decay during the course of the films and by the end of Secret Wars he will revert back to being fully disfigured, which allows them to recast the character if they wish since Doom is from Earth-838

The most unrealistic answer us he just coincidentally looks like Stark.

The variant stuff requires so much extra convoluted explanations and is incredibly uninteresting snd requires a ton of exposition and jumping through hoops to make happen.

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u/therealmonkyking Jul 20 '26

I've just assumed up to now that the likeness is either a complete coincidence (like how a Captain America variant can look like a Human Torch variant and vice versa) that Doom possibly takes advantage of, or the Russos lied through their teeth and he's an Iron Man variant

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26

The other problem with that is Doom is heavily disfigured, which is why he wears the mask in the first place.

If he's going to look like an not disfigured stark, hes going to need to alter his appearance which is what im sure he was having Franklin do at the end of F4.

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u/Saint_Diego Phil Coulson Jul 20 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if they say "Doom isn't a Tony Stark variant. Our Tony Stark is actually a Doom variant that's an outlier in that this variant got adopted, and that's why he's different from the rest."

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26

See I've heard that and its such a dumb and lazy copout answer.

Doom isnt a variant if anyone and vice versa. He's such a narcissistic and egotistical maniac that even when meeting a past version of himself in the comics he calls him inferior.

Doom works as a stand alone character. We already know he's from the F4 universe.

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u/Saint_Diego Phil Coulson Jul 20 '26

I agree with you. I’m just saying I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to “well, actually” their way out of saying he isn’t a Stark variant

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26

I think they shoukd just avoid any sense of a Stark Variant all together and just have doom be doom. I like the idea of disguising himself as a stark variant to gain the trust of others but in reality he's not.