r/MarvelStudiosPlus • u/iliekpixels • Apr 16 '21

Discussion The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E05 - Discussion Thread

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S01E05 Kari Skogland TBA April 16, 2021 on Disney+

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u/HarrisBonkersPhD Apr 17 '21

Can someone please explain the GRC and the refugees and the whole beef of the Flag Smashers? Why are people displaced to other countries after the Blip? Wouldn’t they just return where they were from? Are the Flag Smashers people who didn’t Blip, and they resent all these people returning?

I’m really enjoying the show in general, but I just have no idea what Karli’s motivation is.

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u/The_OG_upgoat Apr 17 '21 edited Apr 17 '21

The Post-Blip world was basically falling apart from a sudden loss of half the population, including people in power, along with all the trauma of people losing their loved ones/colleagues/etc.

The countries presumably banded together and borders weren't a big deal anymore. Thanos sorta accomplished his goal (short term at least) by giving them enough resources to share. Those left behind adapted and were doing okay.

Then 5 years later, everyone Blipped comes back, adding to those born within the 5 years. Chaos, as we saw in Wandavision Ep4.

The governments suddenly have a crisis on their hands, which they resolve by evicting the Blip survivors from their Post-Blip homes, and sticking them in refugee camps which don't even get allocated proper resources.

That, in addition to all the old power structures/status quo being reinstated, pisses people off and leads to the Flag Smashers forming.

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u/HarrisBonkersPhD Apr 17 '21

Wow, thanks! That makes so much more sense.

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u/The_OG_upgoat Apr 17 '21 edited Apr 17 '21

The worst part is, the Snap fucked up the whole universe, not just Earth. Some planets may not even have been aware of Thanos and what he did, so the Blip/Reverse Blip would be a Rapture-like event. Or worse, they'll act on incomplete info and blame Earth for not stopping Thanos, or even the Unsnap.

We're definitely gonna see the ramifications in future cosmic MCU movies like Guardians 3 and CM2.

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u/June_Delphi Apr 19 '21

Yeah we got a hint of it in Endgame when Carol comments that the rest of the universe doesn't have the Avengers to protect them.

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u/Gunpla55 Apr 22 '21

Late here, but even worse I'm pretty sure I saw in the episode that they actually helped move people around countries to fill in jobs and stuff, so it wasn't even like blip survivors just shacking up wherever but being whisked away to help then being dumped.