The much anticipated follow-up to Avengers: Infinity War looks like it will be the most serious, intense Marvel movie of them all. Avengers: Endgame, formerly known to fans as Avengers 4, got that title, as well as a poster and a trailer on Friday morning. The trailer shows the surviving Avengers in various states of disarray and sorrow. Tony Stark is adrift in space. Natasha and Steve seem to have a plan involving the past. Clint has become something other than Hawkeye. Thor and Bruce look distraught. Nothing looks optimistic.
Twitter exploded with reactions to the Avengers: Endgame trailer. Some of the comments offer sharp and depressing observations about how these heroes deserve better, and some of them offer some levity. Here the very best reactions:
Maddy tied the Avengers films neatly to Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” meme:
one taught me love,
one taught me patience,
one taught me pain,
and one taught me that marvel won’t give tony stark a break#AvengersEndGame pic.twitter.com/jlc8mYU03e— Maddy (@maddywilson0) December 7, 2018
Can marvel please stop Tony’s been suffering every movie oh god he really is gonna die in this movie huh #AvengersEndGame pic.twitter.com/6ETLv7ZiEV
— iKON SOTY 👑| stream epiphany (@seunghyunsworld) December 7, 2018
Seriously. Give Tony a break! And Cap hasn’t had it easy either.
when he lost bucky
when he lost peggy
and when he lost everything.
steve rogers deserves so much better than what life gave him #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/QAdHYK9zKE— gabi (@harleivy) December 7, 2018
What have you been doing, Hawkeye?
I know I wasn’t the only one #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/ONGAeNGxRe
— Lalyn 🍄 GOING TO SEE BTS NEXT MONTH ✨ (@dtsugaboy) December 7, 2018
This is just rude.
finally we get to see shuri and peter “together†i guess….. 🙃🙃 #avengersendgame pic.twitter.com/GuOdcCR2gd
— *⋆˚ stef ︽✵︽ (@CAPTAlNERD) December 7, 2018
Let Scott Lang in, y’all!
HALF THE WORLD’S POPULATION IS DEAD AND STEVE AND SCARJO OUT HERE TREATING SCOTT LIKE HE’S A CUTCO SALESMAN OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR STEVE WE 👏🏾 DON’T 👏🏾 HAVE 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 TIME 👏🏾 #AVENGERSENDGAME
— Kendra James (@KendraJames_) December 7, 2018
He’s full of enthusiasm and ready to help!
#AvengersEndGame
Avengers: Sad, depressed, almost ready to give upScott Lang: pic.twitter.com/CFzJaQleSt
— Julia (@TheBookDynasty) December 7, 2018
An important thought about his van.
the van outlived, it’s the actual strongest avenger #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/DasAITSmVl
— m (@infinitiago) December 7, 2018
But what if it’s not Scott?
okay but
here me out
what if this is Loki
#AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/bYZsBevf2j— kayleigh (@kaymccrystal) December 7, 2018
Where are you, Wong?
Wong watching everything from the Sanctum Sanctorum #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/iDyco79i9H
— ❄️Kayla Ava Maria❄️ (@Maria_Giesela) December 7, 2018
Insert side-eye emoji here.
"I finally rest. And watch the sun rise on a grateful universe." #AvengersEndGame pic.twitter.com/VBBpOuvHD5
— MCU News & Tweets (@MCU_Tweets) December 7, 2018
And yes, the unifying theme does seem to be pain. So much pain.
things we learned from the #AvengersEndgame trailer:
tony? lost in space ready to die, depressed
steve? depressed on earth, crying
thor? too depressed to talk
bruce? feeling depressed
nat? depressed on the inside
clint? openly depressed
us? depressed— merry CHRISmas (@marvelunsolved) December 7, 2018
I knew the movie would hurt but oh boy it’s goin to hurt a lot more #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/Sa1GceREmu
— Ùكرول (@FkhrulRazi) December 7, 2018
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