Not a film treatment, but I read this fun article at the doctor's office...

This was inspired (or adapted from, I’m not too sure) an article I read in the Doctor’s Office by Michael McKnight called ’76 Bucs. Good read, I stole the magazine.

Please note this is based on real people. If I have offended you in some way, please contact me and I will remove any mention of you in the post.

Buc’ Yeah!

or

The Spirit of the ’76 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

A comedy about professional athletes that features no scenes set at an actual NFL game.

A treatment for a half-hour, single camera, sit-com focused on the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers daily life outside their games.

Hugh Culverhouse- The owner. A shrewd businessman who goes to extreme lengths to cut costs. Including sub-letting a Boeing 720 from a chainsaw manufacturer he was friendly with.

Ron Wolf- General Manager

Coach John McKay- Obsessed with an outdated and easily defeated strategy.

Steve Young- Offensive tackle (no not that Steve Young)

Steve Spurrier- Veteran QB and a true captain of the team. Hosts parties after the game where they celebrate their defeats. Married with three children.

Psycho- Linebacker who’s small, fast and doesn’t give a shit.

C.O. Jones- Veteran cornerback, currently dating two secretaries from the front office and the author of tell-all book about the NFL.

“Paydirt” Dickinson- Back-up QB, has tried to call penalties against the opposing team himself during games.

Mike Current- Offensive tackle and anything but an upstanding guy.

Dave Pear- Wild-man noseguard and probably best player on the team.

Howard Fest- Guard

Lee Roy Selmon, All-Star rookie

Steve Wilson- Right guard

Essex Johnson- Running Back

J.K. McKay- Receiver

Bob Moore- Intellectual tight end

Mark Cotney- mustached cowboy strong safety.

Jimmy “Hollywood” Gunn- Linebacker

“Batman” Wood- Linebacker

Council Rudolph- Veteran defensive end

Pilot

Trapped in a Bottle made by a Chainsaw Manufacturer

Act 1

The Bucs’ board the Boeing 740 for the trip to Pittsburg for what they are sure is going to be yet another spectacular defeat. Spirits are up however, as a friend of one of the players has joined them on short notice as a starting Linebacker.

However, it quickly becomes apparent to all on board that something is not quite right with this man. He’s much smaller than a traditional NFL linebacker and his eyes dart around him intensely. He barely acknowledges the warm welcome extended by the QB.

The flight is delayed for an oil pressure failure and the team groans as the crew refuses to turn on the AC until they’ve achieved cruising altitude and the plane has been out on the tarmac in the hot Florida sun all week.

Psycho, as he is called by his friend, quickly becomes an irritant to all onboard, beginning with an altercation with Paydirt over Psycho’s perceived lack of legroom. It escalates until Psycho breaks the back off Paydirt’s chair and throws it into the aisle.

Break

Act 2

Psycho has been secured with broken safety belts and extenders to the toilet and the rest of the team begins to reminisce over the past season. Stories and anecdotes are shared back and forth. The plane finally takes off and they are on their way. The stories continue. When they descend for a landing, the pilot banks up sharply and the entire team screams in terror as we go to commercial.

Break

Act 3

The Bucs’ are boarding for the return flight. Psycho is exuberant over his NFL debut and making several tackles. His celebrating escalates until he is once again secured to the toilet with safety belts.

Credits.

Post-Credits- Psycho doesn't start at the next game as he was left locked in the bathroom and nearly died of heat exhaustion.

Masters of Evil (Unofficial)

This is the second in a series of three movies meant as a capstone to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It involves time travel, which should be introduced in a prior installment in the cosmic movies, Limbo, which functions as a membrane connecting all possible realities and paradox, a phenomenon created when the main timeline diverges and which can be wielded with the Forever Heart to change the prime timeline permanently.

Please note I do not own any of the following intellectual property and this is only for my own amusement. If you own this property and would like me to remove the post, please contact me and I will be happy to comply. Thanks for inspiring me.

The Masters of Evil

CAP ROGUES Controls Europe
Red Skull
Baron Hydra
Crossbones
Sin
Hydra Goons (Obviously)

IRON MAN ROGUES Control California, Alaska and Russia
Iron Monger
Whiplash
Justin Hammer
Extremis Guy and his foot soldiers in iron man tech are their goons.
The Real Mandarin and his followers resist the Tech Rogues in the Middle East. Trevor Slattery is kept around in some capacity.

THOR ROGUES Control Most of North America and Asgard
Loki is President of the US and King of Asgard
Kurse is his Secretary of Staff
Some of Thors allies may be forced to support Loki on Asgard as his rule is mostly benevolent, if invalid, he’s got very little ill-will towards the bulk of Asgard as he holds his Brother and Father personally responsible for his troubles. Rank and File Asgardians may even serve in Loki’s armies on Earth.
Humans with Asgardian tech are his goons.

HULK ROGUES Control Mexico and Central America
The Leader
Abomination

And one of the following returning supporting characters/human antagonist mutated by gamma rays.
The Harpy
Doc Samson
Red Hulk
Their foot soldiers are gamma enhanced monsters

And the rest of the globe is divided among super villains yet to be introduced.

Wakanda stands alone against the Masters of Evil

AVENGERS

Black Panther and Phil Coulson lead the resistance with support from the New Avengers. No Avenger has died yet, but many are missing and several have been incapacitated and are recuperating when the movie opens.

ACT 1

Loki and Red Skull are talking via Hologram about marshalling their troops and preparing to strike at the hearts of their enemies. They villain monologue about what they are going to do with their (so it seems) future conquests. It starts to get very detailed and the last line of Loki’s

“And I’m going to have them put a stripper pole in right above the panic room.” And it is revealed when he gestures that he is in a redecorated oval office.

Red Skull: Yes, we are also nearly done… redecorating ourselves.

Skulls room is revealed to be Parliament building filled with various torture and execution devices, medical experimentation, etc. “Though I must admit, we are fast running out of Jews.”

Slowly the state of the world is revealed as described above, carved into pieces controlled by the greatest assemblage of evil Earth ever birthed. The Avengers remain as the only resistance. Coulson is hard, his team is dead, many of his closest friends and loved ones. He has an eye patch like Fury for a second as he stares at a screen displaying the end of the world. However, when approached he quickly takes it off and reveals an undamaged retina. “I just like to see it how he did and think about what he would do.”

36 Days Earlier

Riding high on the victory in the Destiny War, the Avengers are more popular than ever and have gathered to honor Coulson while he receives a ticker tape parade celebrating his role in saving humanity and his imminent retirement from SHIELD. 

Cameos of politicians and Steve Rogers gives a very moving speech about serving with Coulson in WWII and how Phil was there and could do anything, could murder Hitler, could tell Steve how to find Schmidt years earlier. And he wanted to, because that’s the kind of hero Coulson is. But he also knows the meaning of responsibility, in a stellar career, he’s worked from the shadows with no credit to make the world a safer place but never over reached, never abused his authority and power. And when he had to make those tough decisions, to weigh human lives against human existence, he did what Phil always does, he rolled up his sleeves and he got in there and did what he could and the end, snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I am proud to have served with him, whatever the contrivance that allowed it, and to call him my friend, my colleague, and my brother. I’m truly grateful we all lived to see the day when the world was safe enough for its sheriff to hang his guns up and God willing, in a few years he’ll be up here being grateful to see my retirement from service. 

ROGERS: Sorry, Sam, if I got two choices for my retirement dinner, I’d have you guys come up here and do a routine. 

FALCON: It’s cool, brother! I wouldn’t accept it if you didn’t ask Phil first!

And we thought and we thought about how to do this. A friend of Phil’s came to us, explained that due to the enormous strain Phil’s work put on him, their relationship had to end. Those close to Phil probably got this figured out already, if you’re not in on the surprise, but Phil, we’re going to have a nice dinner now and you needed a date and you cant say you don’t have time for relationships now, buddy.

Applause breaks out as Phil is joined at the head table by the cellist. During the dinner she quietly explains that she knew all along and she’d just couldn’t handle all the lies and intrigue, despite loving him so much and now that’s he’s retired, maybe he would like to come back to Portland to visit for a while. They smile and then…

The Masters of Evil attack. 

They devastate the event and kill almost all of the attendees and most of the parade watchers. Phil watches the cellist die in his arms as she whispers something in his ear that makes him first shocked then he starts sobbing,

We’re gonna get Stark over here, we’re going to call him over here, and he’ll save’em he’ll save’em and we’ll Fury’s got a machine, you’ll see, it’ll hurt, but I’ll fix you and we’ll be together. This is intelligible as he is absolutely racked with sobs.

Act 2

Present Day

The Avengers are planning their last stand and have chosen to go out on the offensive rather than waste away under siege. Although 1/3 of the population has been liquidated, and a great deal have turned collaborator, there are still approximately 2 billion innocent people being held hostage by the Masters. Any time the Avengers take an offensive action, a formula is applied to the captives and a percentage are liquidated. Every day the siege takes place, they liquidate a number of captives. It’s an untenable position and the Avengers are going to have to move as quickly as possible. They’ve called in help from space and the Guardians are planning with them for a two pronged attack against the strongholds of Masters.

In Asgard, Thor leads the cosmic heroes with Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy. The hope is to pull Loki and his forces away from the Earth to defend his seat in Asgard. All the loyal Asgardians have been using Loki’s old hidden tunnel to coordinate the attack. It seems to work as Loki engages them with all his might plus Hulk’s enemies.

On Earth, a covert infiltration is being led by Captain America and the ground based heroes, street level heroes. In reserve, the most powerful members of the Avengers are held in reserve and led by Black Panther and supported by the Wakandan Military and technology. Coulson coordinates the assaults from an Iron Man HUD and is revealed to be wearing a Stark suit made of cobbled together bits of War Machine and Iron Man (Unless by some contrivances they can appear in a full roll, then he is just wearing an old suit or combination of old suits. Would like to see him in the Mark IV, no repairs.) He is in the field at the head of the main force.

As the battle at Asgard rages, the street level heroes penetrate as deep into enemy territory as possible to gain control of the 2 billion hostages. Once they are discovered, Coulson sends everything in. Just when they start to take control of the battle, an Avenger falls and the Red Skull reveals he has the Infinity Gauntlet.

COULSON: Son of a Bitch must have had it the whole time, subtly using it to take over, waiting to unleash when he knew he could take us in one.

After the Avengers are decimated, Coulson demands the Red Skull’s full attention.

COULSON: Cosmic awareness, yeah, I been there, I know you’re barely paying attention as you achieve your ultimate victory. I mean, what the hell else are you watching, Schmidt? This is it, you won. Now you pay god damn attention to me while I scream your bloody name before I meet you in hell to settle up! Come on, Skull! This is it, the last enemy, the last victory, pay me the courtesy of looking me in the eye when you kill me!

Dr. Strange had been concealing Ant-Man from the Astral Plane where he retreated when he was defeated earlier. In a secret last minute twist, it’s shown that when Strange discovered that Skull had the gauntlet, he faked his own death and began to communicate subtly with Scott Lang. With Skull believing he killed every avenger, he lets his awareness focus on Coulson as he prepares to deliver the Coup De Grace.

SKULL: Yes. It is only fitting I mark this occasion. In truth, I’ve barely even savored Roger’s death. I must make do with memorizing every detail of yours. A pale substitution, but I suppose once resolved I can at least cast my gaze backward and time and watch Roger’s death again. And again.

Coulson tries to get the drop on Skull, but he blasts his arm off and burns half of Coulson’s face.

SKULL: You think because I’ve narrowed my focus you have a chance? Even my gaze upon you is enough to give me every secret of your heart. Nothing you do has not already been seen by my power and handedly dealt with. Before you even think, I have defeated you.

Strange had been waiting for this moment, he also saw into the near future and learned that both Coulson and Lang would attempt last ditch gambits to separate Schmidt from the gauntlet, but only by coordinating them could they hope to succeed. By allowing Coulson to take the fall, Strange was able to mystically shield Lang for a brief moment from Schmidt’s cosmic awareness. In that second, Ant-Man gets his hands on the Gauntlet.

With the gauntlet knocked loose by Ant Man, Phil puts everything he’s got left into knocking Skull out with one last repulser powered punch. 

Ant-Man, Phil and Dr. Strange discuss the moral consequences of using the gauntlet to revive any of the fallen.

COULSON: What do you mean just enough to recover! How do you choose? Who do we bring back?

STRANGE: Well. The most prudent course of action would be to not bring anyone back. Perhaps not even use it at all, secure, behind the most powerful magics and technology we can fashion.

LANG: We have to bring our friends back.

Coulson comes unhinged at the idea of picking and choosing who lives and who dies. He flashes back to what the cellist said. Back home, in Portland which was being devastated by Iron Rogues, was a little boy. She didn’t want to ruin his big night, so she planned to tell him if everything went well. And she had every intention of telling him if it didn’t, she just didn’t know how. She found out she was pregnant after he’d already left and they’d split up, but she knew Phil would be a good dad. The danger in his life kept her from acting before his retirement. Coulson rants on in tears of rage.

COULSON: Why? How do we come back? How do these piece of crap murderers keep standing back up? It’s madness!

STRANGE: Please, try to remain calm. This is hardly ideal, I don’t know if I can even return to my body after so long in the astral plane. It’s all absolutely devastating and the road back is very, very long. But our friends… they would want us to carry on, not risk all of creation to bring them back.

Ant-Man puts his hand on Phil’s shoulder and lifts the glove up, gesturing.

LANG: I think Doc’s right, Phil. I think that’s the right thing to do. We can’t choose who lives or dies.

Coulson looks up.

COULSON: Can’t we?

Coulson grabs the gauntlet and the screen goes white as Coulson, Lang and Strange scream.

No Post Credits Scene

The Destiny War (Unofficial)

This is the first in a series of three movies meant as a capstone to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It involves time travel, which should be introduced in a prior installment in the cosmic movies, Limbo, which functions as a membrane connecting all possible realities and paradox, a phenomenon created when the main timeline diverges and which can be wielded with the Forever Heart to change the prime timeline permanently.

Please note I do not own any of the following intellectual property and this is only for my own amusement. If you own this property and would like me to remove the post, please contact me and I will be happy to comply. Thanks for inspiring me.

Avengers Forever Pt 1

Destiny War

Prologue
On a planet outside our solar system peopled by Yondu’s race, a small group of terrorists are returning to their hideout with their stolen goods, a weapons cache they intend to use to start a resistance against the government. Suddenly, they freeze in mid step and sentence. As the POV widens, we see that the entire planet has been frozen in mid-whatever they were doing. An army of soldiers wielding weapons and equipment inspired by the Avengers destroys a large portion of the planet. A figure, concealed in shadow, sitting upon a floating throne and powerful enough to control time with a gesture comes upon the last surviving resistance fighter.

Figure: You have been punished for your rebellion. 1/3 of your infrastructure and population has been liquefied. It will take generations to recover. I charge you with remembering why this was done. I charge you with the burden of telling your people what happens when you cross The Avengers.

Act 1

New avengers segment. Dr. Strange freezes a group of criminals in the act of stealing weapons from an abandoned Hammer factory. It is eerily reminiscent of events in the prologue as Avengers drop out of the sky to stop the frozen terrorists.

Captain Marvel: This is what happens when you cross The Avengers!

During the fight, Coulson and the Agents of SHIELD, working secretly in support on the operation, get their cover blown and The Avengers reunite with Phil.

Back at his home, Coulson is attacked by Immortus and defended by Kang. New avengers are frozen in time as Coulson seems to remain mobile, in reality, Libra is extending limbo into our dimension to collect Phil for Kang. He reveals the importance of Phil’s role in human development and how being a pivotal part of the time stream grants him an intuitive ability to use the Paradox in Limbo to achieve desired results. Libra encourages Phil to summon allies and uses his mastery of Limbo to manipulate who Phil chooses.

IMMORTUS: A thinking villain. Very proper and doesn’t consider his actions villainous. He believes he is operating in humanity’s best interest. Wields temporal powers and has access to all of history to summon allies. He compels obedience with his technology.

KANG: Full of rage and cunning, Kang is a warrior born into a time of great peace. He used a time machine to go to Ancient Egypt where he was worshipped as a God. After an encounter with the Avengers, he is inspired to become a true Conqueror of all time. He uses advanced weaponry and defenses. He also has armies of loyal followers from his adventures in the time stream. His soldiers are loyal and die for his glory willingly.

TEMPOS: A reluctant slave of Immortus with the power to reconstitute himself from any injury.

The Forever Avengers

PHIL COULSON, the McGuffin

YELLOW JACKET aka Darren Cross (from the ant man movie time period after he betrayed Pym and developed his own super suit. Wasp knows what he did but ant man doesn't).

CAPTAIN AMERICA aka Steve Rogers. This is Cap from his lowest point. (can sub in an original avenger besides Cap if Chris Evans isn't available. Second choice is Ed Norton as Hulk. That guy deserves another bite at the apple and he can play an older, crueler Hulk like Maestro or that weird Hulk, Kluh from axis)

HAWKEYE aka Clint Barton (can be recast as younger Hawkeye pre-avengers)

WASP aka Hope Van Dyne (From the future where she is an Avenger)

HANK PYM, Ant-Man from the past. Fresh faced, nerdy and wearing the first iteration of the ant man suit. Fascinated with the weirdness around him and distracted by any new phenomenon the avengers discover. Also a good exposition receptacle as he predates all other characters and is extremely curious.

CAPTAIN MARVEL aka Carol Danvers. Carol’s from the future, knows more about The Destiny War than she lets on and appears in the post-credits sequence as the Red Skull’s hostage and the revelation that Loki and Skull are working together.

THE PUNISHER aka Frank Castle. An Avenger from the future, inspired by them to fight crime even though he has no powers. He kills with futuristic weapons and causes friction in the group between the more violent Avengers and the old-school heroes. He believes that Yellow Jacket is from his time period and has reformed.

As they appear, they are in mid-sentence, motion or state of injury from the moment which they are plucked. Yellow Jacket appears from a fight in Ant-Man. Captain America falls to the ground and is in critical condition from Winter Soldier, if that is his lowest point at the time of production. Wasp and Yellow Jacket are about to brawl when Pym shows up and asks why they are wearing his tech he just invented. New Avengers present when Libra (Red Skull yet to be revealed, features hidden in his hood) sends Coulson's consciousness into the time stream blur then unfreeze as themselves from a different era as they are recruited. Like Captain Marvel from the future.

The Forever Avengers appear in Limbo and are shortly under attack by Tempos (Frost Giant serving Immortus and cannot be permanently killed, he keeps reforming) who tracked them into limbo at his master’s behest. Before Tempos ambushes them, they verify Libra’s story with a disguised Limbo Loki.

LIBRA: Alexander Lukin is a part of the Zodiac, a criminal group themed around celestial bodies, at some point in the future. His body was destroyed and his consciousness existed on in Limbo permanently, only able to observe the myriad of realities connected through Limbo. He embraces balance above all else and was more or less reformed by the time he became aware of the looming Destiny War that threatened all things in balance. Spurred to action after years of observing, he searched Limbo for a body with which to return to the prime reality. He found Red Skull and attempted to take over his body. Schmidt proved too strong and rejected Lukin, leaving him weakened and unable to communicate with others. As a result of the attempted mind jacking, Red Skull now has Libra’s mastery of Limbo and the Balance and escapes Limbo and puts himself in a position to gain from the Destiny War. 

LOKI: He's always in the void since he fell off the rainbow bridge, when he escapes it just creates a duplicate Loki, leaving the original trapped. This explains the weird inconsistencies: it was a different Loki in the end credits of Thor than the original, who is forever trapped in limbo. Another copy is pulled out by Thanos to invade earth on his behalf and after he dies on the Dark World, a third iteration escapes and takes over Asgard.

Loki: Some of us break out occasionally, many of us are recruited by entities with access to Limbo who need a capable leader they can control. We always regret leaving. It’s a mixed blessing that I, the true Loki, cannot leave. Sometimes, the shadows that get out are caged again and I absorb their memories. I care not to have them. They are me, but they are not me. It is quite disconcerting.

Libra leads them deeper into limbo where Tempos cannot follow.

Libra explains that Phil’s prominent role in the Avengers origins and the storied history of the heroes throughout humanity’s destiny has the potential for greatness and tragedy at a scale that will affect the rest of creation more than any other event in history/present or future.

Since Phil’s resurrection has been revealed, Phil has become a source of Paradox, a power that can be controlled and manipulated with the Forever Heart (A device built by Kang, but never used) to change time, something that is usually impossible. Changing events in the past only creates a new divergence from the main timeline, which remains intact regardless.

Immortus, at the Time Keepers’ behest, will attempt to change time and eliminate that power. Immortus believes that Phil’s ancestors or perhaps even Phil himself will someday become a despot, leading an army of Avengers who conquer the known Galaxy and destroy more intelligent life than any other force in existence. The Time Keepers believe that this future will be a threat to their own well-being. Kang is fighting his future self, Immortus, in an attempt to preserve free choice and the future that he believes is humanity’s destiny. To become rulers of all creation, with him as the ultimate supreme authority among humanity.

The forever avengers decide to confront Kang and Immortus head on and go to Chronopolos where the battle over Phil has continued unabated. Chronopolos is destroyed, Kang is left for dead. Immortus claims the Forever Heart, draining the Paradox out of Coulson to power it, which grants the holder the ability to wield Paradox to change and create new prime realities. The Forever Avengers escape in the Time Sphinx, Kang’s first time machine that he used to travel back to Ancient Egypt where he became a God King.

Libra takes his leave at this time. Ant-Man and the other scientist heroes are able to use the equipment to find locations where Immortus has used the device and split into three teams to investigate. They must stop Immortus’ agents (Loki) from disrupting past events or the world the Avengers know will cease to exist.

Act 2

The Forever Avengers travel to Iron Man (2008), Thor (2010) and Captain America (2011)

In Iron Man, the focus point is the first arc reactor which is the basis for all the technology of the future Avengers’ army in the prologue. Loki intends to stop Coulson from saving Pepper so Stark will become bitter, hell-bent on revenge and such a brutal drunk that he dies, penniless in the streets when his last working arc reactor malfunctions after a short and brilliant five year career as The Warmachine. We see that possible future in a short cameo by Stark, playing the older version of himself who doesn't actually lose his fortune, he just gets mugged while binge drinking and they crack the reactor. Instead of trying to save himself, he kept drinking while the power leaked away.

Yellow Jacket, Hawkeye and Wasp go, faces no one would recognize or even question unless they get in the same room as their past double.

The Captains go to Thor, again, no recognition.
In Thor, Loki is trying to undo Thor’s bargain with Phil which led to him joining the Avengers. Instead, Jasper Sitwell has Thor labeled an enemy and arrests Jane Foster. When Thor returns. He is a wrathful God. He destroys the prison holding Jane and comes into battle with Stark in his Warmachine persona.

Coulson, Pym and Castle take Captain America: The First Avenger. Phil gets to meet Steve Rogers briefly before he is transformed and is humbled by how heroic Steve is before he became a superhero.
This is the stringer segment as the movie spans all of Cap’s war career. So between the other segments, we cut to Phil and his team serving with the Howling Commandos on the fringes of the frames. Phil saves Cap from Loki after the plane wrecks and lovingly lays him to rest in the arctic. Loki intended to murder Steve on the aircraft and prevent his miraculous resurrection in the modern era that heralded the beginning of the Avengers’ legacy.

Act 3
After averting disaster, it is revealed that Coulson is Kang and Immortus’ prime self, that Coulson is destined to be lost in time, be trapped in Ancient Egypt, and eventually return as Kang to lead the Avengers army of the future.

It is decided that Phil must not be resurrected, but his shadow work in Agents of SHIELD must still go unchanged. They develop a complex plot where a future LMD from Kang’s armory is reprogrammed with Phil’s current memories up to the moment he died. Kang, Phil and Immortus are physically identical. This LMD, and only Nick Fury would know, would be fooled into believing he is Phil Coulson resurrected until his cover is blown, then a program would activate and the LMD would reveal itself.

Coulson: C’mon guys! We have a time machine, we have multiple generations of Earth’s mightiest, we have every piece of technology in seventy centuries of time, and what? Three genius scientists? THREE! We can make this work. C’mon! Somebody?

Pym: He’s right. We’re forgetting one ingredient. With access to Limbo, we can traverse space instantly. We can literally be anywhere, any time in creation. This is a riddle. This is a thought experiment. We need… a white board.

The Destiny War

The Avengers have a huge battle in the confusion of 2012's invasion with hundreds of Lokis all trying to stop the Forever Avengers from altering the time stream further. The battle rages across the entire marvel cinematic universe (and on the TV shows, but that isn't part of the theatrical release, except maybe at special screenings.) and Limbo and Chronopolos. During the battle, Alexander Lukin gains some control over Red Skull’s body and reveals his duplicitous nature. He further explains when one of the Avengers seek out his Limbo shadow, which the Skull severely weakened when he won the contest of wills and took his ability to travel between Limbo and the next world:

Nothing is what it seems and in fact Phil does not need to die. He is the ancestor of Kang and Immortus, not their original self. But another descendent of Phil is one of the future Guardians of the Galaxy who lead the resistance against Kang’s avengers. Humanity has the potential for both great good and evil.

LIBRA: Balance demands we allow humanity to choose its own destiny.

The Forever Avengers and every super hero available to do two weeks of FX work gather to attack the Time Masters, Immortus' puppet masters and the true architects of the darker future which better suits their needs. In truth, with Coulson as their moral compass, the Avengers never falter and always know what the common man would do in the worst and best circumstances. They trust him and he represents the best and worst of humanity. He's done dark things for the greater good, but he's always known which direction the light shines.

In the post credit sequence, the future captain marvel is being held by Red Skull and he reveals that he and Loki have used the Destiny War to gain the ability to truly escape limbo and get revenge. Behind them in the shadows are every villain ever in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Captain Marvel: You think you can control this… madness? You think yourself a “master” of these animals and strange forces, but they will consume you Schmidt. Again.

Red Skull: What an appropriate choice of words, Liebchen. We truly are “masters,” my dear, Masters of Evil.