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How did they get the Aether back?


Can someone remind me?

Malekith took it from Jane. He and Thor fought and Thor slammed him with the Hammer. But then Sif and Volstagg took it to the Collector in the end, but, I cannot remember how they got the Aether out of Malekith

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It's not shown (so there's really nothing to remind you of). I think it can simply be assumed that after Malekith got squished by his ship someone was sent to Svartalfheim to recover the Aether.

Nillindeiel

Agent Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.

Agent Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.

Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.


~Agents of SHIELD; Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"

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I thought. For the life of me, I couldn't remember how they got the Aether back after Thor and Malekith's fight. At least I know they didn't show it and it's not me lol

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so is Either one of infinity stones? when they gave it to Collector they referred to it as infinity stone. also in the middle of the film Odin spoke about it as one of the relics. but while other relics were stones, this one was a fluid he said. so infinity 6 stones and one infinity fluid? thats how they are? doesnt make any sense really

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Yeah, strange to refer to it as an Infinity STONE. It was a liquid / life form type of thing

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yeah maybe its not mentioned much and not regarded as valuable infinity relic, other than that its dangerous, because its worthless. i mean who would want to convert matter into dark matter - since that is its power - other than lunatics seeking world disctruction

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Mercury is a liquid metal.

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so is Either one of infinity stones?

Yes, it's been confirmed that the Aether is the Reality "stone". I think it being the Reality stone explains why it's able to take a fluid form (if you think of the idea that reality can be bent to whim of the one that wields it - Malekith's 'whim' was to use it to return the universe to endless night). It's also able to take solid form (as seen in Thor's vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron).

There's just 6 stones total.

Space - Blue - Housed in the Tesseract - Last known location: Asgard
Mind - Yellow - Location: Vision
Power - Purple - Housed in the silver orb in Guardians of the Galaxy - Last known location: Nova Corps
Reality - Red - the Aether - Last known location: The Collector
Time - ?? - Location: Unknown rumor has it that it may be the Eye of Agamotto in Doctor Strange
Soul - ?? - Location: Unknown

(the two colors unaccounted for are orange and green, the stones do not necessarily match the color of their comic book counterparts)

Nillindeiel

Agent Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.

Agent Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.

Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.


~Agents of SHIELD; Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"

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I'm really wary of the Time Stone. So many films have really buggered things up with time travel etc.

I hope they find a way to include it without it somehow putting the whole MCU on its ear.

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I'm really wary of the Time Stone. So many films have really buggered things up with time travel etc.

Yeah, I'm wary as well. They need to be sure they think very carefully about the 'rules' of the Time Stone and what it can and can't do and be sure that they consistently stick to the rules they establish.

Nillindeiel

Agent Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.

Agent Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.

Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.


~Agents of SHIELD; Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"

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I would be super tempted to nerf it sort of. i.e. no time "travel" but just an ability to see through time or something.

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Maybe they can use time travel to fix the holes they made in the rosters when comparing with the comics? According to the new films, the first Avenger was Captain America and he was then joined by Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, and the Hulk.

In the comics, the original line-up was Ant-Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk.

Of course Ant-Man finally had a film but the Wasp was barely introduced.

I have similar issues with the X-Men lineups and was hoping that when they went back in time they would fix the roster there too. They made it worse (I am so done with Mystique, enough already). Their original line-up was Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel, and Iceman. Wolverine and Mystique didn't even show up until something like issue 94 or later.

Anyway, I LOVE Black Widow, but the first few Avengers movies should be featuring Wasp instead. Maybe I am too much of a purist, but for those of us who grew up on the comics and finally getting to see kick ass films with our favourite characters in them, it sort of sucks when the rosters changed and major characters get lost in the transaction and relatively minor characters are constantly in your face.

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Hey I would have loved the original team and something closer to the original story as well. (Not the silly Ultimate one.) But I made peace with it a long time ago and I do not want any "fixing". The MCU is an adaptation and that's fine by me. Any ways they can find to acknowledge or nod to bits from the comics would be great of course, but I don't want to see some silliness where they go get a young Hank Pym from the past, bring him to just before Cap was found in the ice (along with Janet?) and somehow have them form the Avengers closer to the originals?

It's like having Rogue play the Kitty Pride role in X-Men (2000) and be Logan's kid sister (or for the youngins out there, the Jubilee role).

Fox made a mess of things for sure but they also blazed a trail that allowed the MCU to ultimately exist and avoid some of the same mistakes.

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confirmed when and where? are you sure about this? i guess it makes sense but Odin says when speaking about the Aether that it changes matter into dark matter. sounded like he meant that it always does that, not only when Malekith owns it. or maybe Odin was unaware about it being reality stone?

and btw, good luck to Thanos with putting reality "stone" into his gauntlet, since its liquid

and also, colors of the stones doesnt make any sense. its commonly established among people that red is power symbol and purple is soul or mind symbol but in MC movies its all mixed. dont know about comics. or maybe i am confusing power symbol with war symbol idn..

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confirmed when and where?

Official featurette that was on the Age of Ultron blu-ray release (or maybe it was in the Phase 2 collector's set - either way, it's an official featurette):

https://youtu.be/KMP26fyeT8M?t=3m36s
or maybe Odin was unaware about it being reality stone?

Which is entirely possible. Despite what he might want you to believe, Odin does not actually know everything (as this movie itself showed with him being wrong about the Dark Elves no longer existing. Thor's dialogue also indicates that stories told of the Aether being destroyed as well - which again, is clearly not the case). He's not an infallible character, he makes mistakes, his knowledge is not the end all be all.
and btw, good luck to Thanos with putting reality "stone" into his gauntlet, since its liquid

Again, Thor's vision in Age of Ultron showed that it can coalesce into a solid stone, it's not always liquid.

Colors are colors, the main reason I pointed out that they don't necessarily match up with their comic counterparts is because early on (before they started confirming which stone was which) some tried to speculate what was what based on their color in the comics. However, the MCU has switched things up. In the comics the Space stone is purple (in the MCU it's blue), the Mind stone is blue in the comics (in the MCU it's yellow), the Reality is yellow in the comics (in the MCU it's red) and the Power stone is red in the comics (in the MCU it's purple)

Nillindeiel

Agent Hill: ...Then aliens invaded New York and were beaten back, by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's.... and a god.

Agent Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god.

Hill: Well...you haven't been near his arms.


~Agents of SHIELD; Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"

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Not sure but this must predate GOTG because the purple girl is dead.

Wasn't me

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