5 Things About ‘The Marvels’ That Made Zero Sense and 5 Things About It That Made Perfect Sense

Bringing together Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan, ‘The Marvels’ links story threads from ‘Captain Marvel’, ‘WandaVision’, and ‘Ms. Marvel’ and sets them against a Kree crisis. The movie moves quickly through jump points, a space station called SABER, a musical planet, and a city of Skrull refugees, while a Kree Accuser hunts for enough power to repair a dying world. Along the way it leans on long established elements like the Universal Neural Teleportation Network from the earlier cosmic movies and the Flerken species first seen with Goose.

The plot hinges on light based abilities that interact in unusual ways. Kamala’s bangle draws from Noor energy, Monica can perceive and manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum after her Westview exposure, and Carol still carries Tesseract infused photon energy. The Kree threat is rooted in the destruction of their AI ruler and the collapse that followed, which pushes the story into questions about responsibility, repair, and the cost of power.

Zero Sense: Power swapping rules

The three heroes begin switching places whenever any of them uses light based powers, which the movie attributes to entanglement through jump point disturbances and the Quantum Bands. Carol’s abilities come from Tesseract energy, Monica’s vision and phase shift come from Westview’s radiation exposure, and Kamala’s constructs come from Noor energy via the bangle. The film shows the swap trigger during combat, travel, and even simple ability tests, which makes every activation a risk.

Several scenes show powers used without an immediate swap while other moments cause instant exchanges, which creates inconsistent cues for the audience. The swapping ends only after the band pairing is broken and the rift is sealed, which links the effect to the bands and the jump point tear rather than to the powers themselves. The movie provides terminology for the phenomenon but does not present repeatable conditions that the viewer can track.

Perfect Sense: Team training fix

Once they realize the swapping is unavoidable during the crisis, the trio runs structured drills in the Khan home to synchronize movement and timing. They practice callouts, mark positions, and rehearse baton style handoffs so a punch or photon blast triggers a planned exchange instead of chaos. The scenes show them testing distance, momentum, and orientation so each swap places someone in a safe stance.

The later fights demonstrate that preparation with coordinated combos, controlled grapples, and short range teleports that drop an opponent into a teammate’s strike zone. Their rehearsed rhythm explains why the mid movie battles look more precise than the first encounter and shows how planning can turn a disruptive rule into a tactical advantage without adding new abilities.

Zero Sense: SABER after ‘Secret Invasion’

Nick Fury operates from the SABER station with a mixed human and Skrull crew while supervising planetary evacuations and defense. ‘Secret Invasion’ presented a global political crisis about Skrull presence on Earth with direct consequences for leadership and security services. ‘The Marvels’ does not reference those developments or show visible restrictions on Skrull allies in orbit.

SABER first appeared in the post credits of ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ with Fury off world and then again during ‘Secret Invasion’ when he departs Earth. The movie places Fury back on the station with full authority and a cooperative command structure, and it proceeds without addressing the public fallout depicted in the series. The omission leaves the wider status of Skrulls on Earth unclarified within the film.

Perfect Sense: Carol and Hala fallout

The plot states that Carol eliminated the Supreme Intelligence, which fractured Kree society and left Hala without stable air, water, or a functioning sun. The Kree Accuser Dar Benn seeks enough power to reverse that collapse by targeting other worlds for resources. The movie establishes cause and effect by tying the new crisis to an earlier decision, which grounds the conflict in a real consequence rather than an unrelated threat.

Carol spends the story confronting the damage and working to repair it by saving civilians, stopping further raids, and finally addressing Hala’s sun. The climax shows her using photon energy at stellar scale to reignite the star and restart the planetary cycle. The sequence closes the loop from harm to remediation and gives a concrete repair that fits her known energy profile.

Zero Sense: Planet siphoning science

Dar Benn opens jump points to pull atmosphere from a Skrull city and oceans from Aladna to refill Hala. Moving a breathable mix requires compatible pressure, composition, and temperature or the gas will not sustain life for the recipients. Transferring seawater introduces heavy salt loads and unknown microorganisms, which are unlikely to match a devastated world’s soil and water chemistry.

Removing air from a populated settlement causes rapid decompression and oxygen loss at street level. The film shows evacuations and sheltering but the rate of extraction depicted would produce widespread casualties long before relief arrives. The method functions as spectacle inside the story but it does not align with known environmental needs for recovery.

Perfect Sense: Aladna diplomacy

Aladna’s people communicate through song, and Carol is recognized as a princess through a prior ceremonial marriage to Prince Yan. That status grants diplomatic standing and access to the royal fleet, which enables a legal and military response when Dar Benn attacks. The musical dialogue is not a gag in setting terms because the planet’s culture treats melody as formal speech.

The protocol on Aladna explains why Carol can request resources quickly and why the locals answer with coordinated formations rather than confusion. The scene uses an established relationship and a defined custom to move ships, protect civilians, and create a corridor for evacuation. The cultural rule functions as a clear tool for action in the plot.

Zero Sense: Flerken evacuation

Goose and a new clutch of Flerkens swallow SABER personnel as a way to clear the station before it is destroyed. Flerkens previously demonstrated the ability to store objects in pocket dimensions and later release them intact, including the Tesseract in ‘Captain Marvel’. The plan assumes breathable conditions inside that pocket space and safe retrieval on the surface.

The operation also depends on crew discipline and the rapid growth of enough Flerkens to carry a large headcount. The movie shows eggs hatching into many kittens and then a controlled release on the ground. The approach works on screen but it relies on biological and spatial properties that are not explained beyond the species’ unique physiology.

Perfect Sense: Monica and the rift

Monica’s spectrum abilities allow her to read and manipulate energy at multiple wavelengths, which gives her the expertise to analyze the tear at the jump point. She identifies the breach as a link to another universe and calculates that it can be closed if energy is applied from both sides. Her background from ‘WandaVision’ supports the diagnosis and the choice to act.

She completes the circuit from the far side and succeeds in sealing the opening, which strands her in a parallel reality. The mid credits scene places her in a world where Maria Rambeau lives as Binary and a blue furred scientist called Beast explains her situation. The result follows directly from her powers and the established idea that jump points connect across universes.

Zero Sense: Quantum Bands history

Kamala’s bangle in ‘Ms. Marvel’ is tied to the Noor dimension and was found in a temple that displayed a familiar ring like symbol from another corner of the franchise. ‘The Marvels’ identifies the artifact as one of a matched pair called Quantum Bands and shows the second band in Dar Benn’s possession. The film uses the pairing to escalate the threat and to drive the entanglement.

The movie does not explain who forged the bands, why they were separated, or how the Noor connection relates to Kree history, the Ten Rings, or the Clandestines. Those details exist in earlier clues from ‘Ms. Marvel’ but remain unaddressed within this story. The origin and full rule set of the bands are left for future projects.

Perfect Sense: Kamala’s Young Avengers setup

The final scene shows Kamala visiting Kate Bishop to talk about forming a team of young heroes. The structure mirrors the first recruitment moment in the franchise when Nick Fury approached Tony Stark and mentioned a larger initiative. The conversation uses Kamala’s confidence and her notebook planner style to outline a path without needing extra exposition.

Recent projects have already introduced potential members such as Kate Bishop in ‘Hawkeye’, Cassie Lang in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, America Chavez in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, and Riri Williams in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’. The cameo aligns those introductions with a simple plan and sets the stage for a new lineup inside the same continuity. The setup uses existing characters and ends the movie by pointing forward with clear pieces already on the board.

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