The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has a complex history, but it’s just made things significantly more confusing for one character due to appear in Thor 5. Over the course of the MCU, we have been introduced to the Nine Realms, different eras of time, and even alternative realities.

The story of the Nine Realms has principally been told in the Thor movies, and the end of Thor: Love & Thunder appeared to set up a fifth chapter. It saw Zeus commission the heroic Hercules to kill Thor, a plot that seems unlikely to be continued elsewhere.

The problem, though, is that the various mythological hints are beginning to raise major questions about the MCU timeline.

The MCU’s Newest Release Just Made Thor 5’s Villain Even More Confusing

While Thor’s story has been one that covers a large expanse in the MCU, it has never veered out of the reality where Earth-616 resides. Even in Thor: Love and Thunder, when Thor approaches the Pantheon of the gods, all of this appears to take place in one version of reality.

But, Eyes of Wakanda recently took the MCU hundreds of years into the past as they unpacked stories from myth and legend, including the Battle of Troy. While the truth of these events in real life is heavily mixed with fictional stories from the Epic Cycle and Homer’s writings, the MCU appears to confirm that they are factually correct in this timeline.

Now, whether this is the same timeline as the rest of the stories from the MCU thus far is not explicitly stated, but ᴀssuming it is, Eyes of Wakanda complicates the story of Hercules, who debuted in the post-credits of Thor: Love and Thunder, and is set up as a villain in Thor 5.

If the Battle of Troy is a historical fact in the Sacred Timeline, how many other mythological stories are actually real? We already know Thor to be a source for human’s belief in many Norse mythologies, but the lines are now blurred between what is myth, legend, and what is actually true.

Thor 5 Has The Perfect Opportunity To Answer All Of These MCU Questions

Thor 5 is now in a position to add context and clarify what is true and what is simply legend in the Sacred Timeline. As far as humans are concerned and their connection to the gods of myth, this needs to be explained.

As a god who has chosen Earth as a secondary home, Thor’s connection to humans and their broader connection to gods is a story worth exploring for Thor’s next, and potentially last, solo outing. However, Thor 5 could take place in a whole new reality depending on the events of Avengers: Secret Wars.

Whatever the case, Thor 5 seems like the perfect place to clarify where the history and myth connect, and what remains in the future of the MCU.