Is Dr. Strange An Incompetent Boob, A Skrull, Or....MEPHISTO?!?
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We had a biiiiiiiiig week in The Basement, with not only a new episode of What If to break down but more importantly to break down the trailer for Spider-Man Far From Home, which may be the most hyped non-Avengers Marvel movie ever despite it not being a Marvel Studios movie.
We discussed what type of multiverse shenanigans we hoped to see from all the Spider-Men, what the Sinister 6 #Superteam may look like, and most importantly how sus Dr. Strange was acting. I mean how can you call yourself the Sorcerer Supreme and have a chance of surviving the Multiverse of Madness if you even can't cast an everyday amnesia spell over the entire planet?
I love the guy, but Dr. Sus has been riding a MASSIVE losing streak for a while now. He straight up gave away the Time Stone in Infinity War, was basically playing on a water table like my kids during the final battle of Endgame, and appeared to cause a massive rip in the multiverse because a nerd was talking in his spell casting backswing. Someone that ice cold has nooooooo chance surviving a Multiverse of Madness movie with Wanda doing some heavy lifting and becoming a magical 2001 Barry Bonds with the Darkhold acting as her cream and clear.
However the internet does what it always does and started coming up with theories about what may be going on with Dr. Strange. He could be a shapeshifting Skrull even though those green assholes being able to use magic seems like bullshit. Some sort of Shadow Strange now that the multiverse gates of hell have opened. Or speaking of the gates of hell, he is actually Mephisto since there was an entire arc just like this in the comic books.
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I never heard the name Mephisto mentioned once in my life before Wandavision yet now this asshole is being rumored in every MCU property to hit a screen. But you want to know the fucked up thing? I kinda love it. It's almost like a running gag at this point like the old Ball Don't Lie shirts or Pres spitting out his coffee that he wasn't even drinking any. Any time we have an unknown villain or random mystery pop up in the MCU, we can blame Mephisto pulling some devil hijinks like we're Bobby Boucher's mom.
Then after countless Reddit threads and conspiracy theories, we find out its just the more obvious answer that has been right in front of us the entire time. I can't wait to relive that fate every day like Groundhog Day and break it down on My Mom's Basement (Click here to listen and subscribe on your favorite podcasting site).