I really like the theory of a lot of alternate timelines, because I generally like this trope and it’s so much fun to imagine what could happen in each of them. Especially in the one where Loki escapes, because I love Loki. :)
The Russo Brothers recently gave an interview in EW indicating that each timeline we see in Endgame is actually a spin-off reality. So, for example, when Steve decides to go back to the 1940s to be with Peggy, that timeline branches off from ours and becomes its own universe.
It’s amuses me that the writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely said something completely different about Steve situation in this interview.
The relevant quote:
Christopher Markus: That is our theory. We are not experts on time travel, but the Ancient One specifically states that when you take an Infinity Stone out of a timeline it creates a new timeline. So Steve going back and just being there would not create a new timeline. So I reject the "Steve is in an alternate reality" theory. I do believe that there is simply a period in world history from about '48 to now where there are two Steve Rogers. And anyway, for a large chunk of that one of them is frozen in ice. So it's not like they'd be running into each other.
Heh... Truth to be told, I don’t think the writers thought about it much, besides “We want a happy ending for Steve.” :)
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The Russo Brothers recently gave an interview in EW indicating that each timeline we see in Endgame is actually a spin-off reality. So, for example, when Steve decides to go back to the 1940s to be with Peggy, that timeline branches off from ours and becomes its own universe.
It’s amuses me that the writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely said something completely different about Steve situation in this interview.
The relevant quote:
Christopher Markus: That is our theory. We are not experts on time travel, but the Ancient One specifically states that when you take an Infinity Stone out of a timeline it creates a new timeline. So Steve going back and just being there would not create a new timeline. So I reject the "Steve is in an alternate reality" theory. I do believe that there is simply a period in world history from about '48 to now where there are two Steve Rogers. And anyway, for a large chunk of that one of them is frozen in ice. So it's not like they'd be running into each other.
Heh... Truth to be told, I don’t think the writers thought about it much, besides “We want a happy ending for Steve.” :)