How many lives does this cat have?

[lynnenne]

Hello, and welcome to your weekly discussion post! My apologies that this entry is a day late, I was unwell yesterday. This week's topic is about Goose the Cat.



In Captain Marvel, we're introduced to Goose the Cat. By the end of the film, we learn that Goose is no ordinary cat. She (or he? I'm unsure of Goose's gender) is actually a flerken, a deadly alien life form capable of swallowing all its enemies along with an Infinity Stone.

But what exactly is a flerken? Where did they come from? Where is their home planet? How did one of them end up on Earth? Why did it attach itself to Carol and Fury? Do flerkens have more than 9 lives? And do they live long enough to appear in the next Captain Marvel movie (which, one presumes, will be set in the current MCU timeline and not in the 1990s)?

Give me your head-canons!

Comments

[snickfic]

the next Captain Marvel movie (which, one presumes, will be set in the current MCU timeline and not in the 1990s)

I actually had assumed the opposite. It felt to me like the end of the movie was very clearly setting up a Carol vs Ronan clash at some point in the future, and Ronan dies in GotG in 2014, so a confrontation between them would have to be before then. Also, the Kree had just made a treaty with Xandar at that point, which I figured meant Carol had finally succeeded in taking down the Supreme Intelligence and turning the Kree empire in a less imperial direction.

[lynnenne]

It felt to me like the end of the movie was very clearly setting up a Carol vs Ronan clash

Huh, that part did not leave an impression on me - I'd forgotten all about it! I have no idea when the next movie will be set, to be honest. I just figured that it would be post-Endgame, since that was Carol's most recent MCU appearance. A Carol/Ronan clash would be great!

[luthienberen]

I had the same impression. Considering that in the GotG 2014 the Kree seem to have an Emperor now with no mention of the Supreme Intelligence and a peace treaty with Xandar, it would imply that Carol has succeeded in her mission.

I also can't believe she would wait so long to take on the SI or to find the Skrull a new home?

I do hope we see Goose in the next Captain Marvel film, perhaps on a sneaky visit of Carol to Earth to see Maria, Monica and Fury and Goose. OR Goose realises she is needed by Carol, (because who knows what power Flerken's possess?) and dashes off temporarily to assist?

[kore]

That would be great! (I am more than a little tired of how Endgame is affecting everything.)