User blog:Sabilsadat/How Spider-Man and the X-Men "spiritually" may still exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

HEAR ME OUT ON THIS.

It's known to all that the cinematic rights to Spider-Man and the X-Men belong to other companies (Sony and Fox respectively), and that these characters will not appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Though there's been recent speculation that Sony and Marvel are "in talks" to share Spider-Man rights, I think it's unlikely to happen since Marvel films have been announced till 2020 and Sony is still trying to develop their own Marvel Spidey-Verse. And Fox and Marvel don't really play well, evidenced in the fact that Fantastic Four comics have ended and Wolverine has been killed (all Fox-owned characters). But I still think that if a few plot holes are fixed, then Spidey, X-Men and the yet to come FF can all co-exist in the MCU.

Lets Begin with Spider-Man. This one was tricky to solve, but yet it's simple. According to some sources such as the Daily Bugle Tumblr Page, the events to Amazing Spider-Man 1 occur sometime early in 2013. So, suppose the events of The Avengers happen in early-mid 2012, Peter Parker was not yet Spider-Man so he couldn't help. Considering the fact that technology is very advanced in the Marvel Universe, they were able to fix New York within an year. And the cranes appearing at the end of the ASM were there to put finishing touches. Now, why don't the characters meet later on? Simple. After the battle of New York, none of the Avengers are stationed in the city. Iron-Man & Hulk are in Malibu (as in Iron-Man 3), Captain America & Black Widow are in Washington DC (Cap-2), Thor is in Asgard and Hawkeye is probably off in some mission. And if you've noticed something in the solo Marvel films, non of the Avengers helped each other in their own cases. I mean where were the Avengers when Iron-Man was struggling with the Mandarin? Where were they when Cap and Widow were fighting Hydra? Heck, Where were they when Thor was fighting for the LITERAL FATE OF THE UNIVERSE? Yeah, so Spidey is the only hero in New York, cleaning the streets from crooks, and he doesn't receive any help from the Avengers. Thus Spider-Man is STILL in the MCU, and doesn't need to be rebooted for that.

Now, The X-Men. So the X-Men film series timeline is very confusing. But as far as I know, the current team of X-Men have not formed yet, at least until 2023. So they don't appear alongside the Avengers or Spider-Man. And Mutants don't really consider Alien invasions as their problem. Also after DOFP, I think Mutants are now respected instead of hated. And the timeline change can also put the possibility of X-Men in the MCU.

At last, since The Fantastic Four Reboot hasn't come out yet, I can't really say anything about them. But they would fit perfectly into the MCU.

So guys, the appearance of these characters in the MCU are not out of the realm of possibility. But like anything else in real-life, some things good things just don't happen. Until we actually see a fully complete MCU, we'll just have to enjoy what we get.