I have been an avid reader/follower of this site for many years but this will be my first contribution. Please forgive any inaccuracy's or if anything is not clear. I am not the best writer, so please feel free to provide me some constructive criticisms, and I shall do my best to make corrections.
As far as I'm aware I haven't come across a theory like this on CBM.COM before so I apologize if any one has already written something similar, but I had this idea today and thought it worth sharing. Without further ado, I shall begin.
It's no secret that Ultron will take on the Avengers in their next outing, we also are now aware that Vision will also factor into this somehow... but, "who creates who?" is the biggest question on all of our minds.
We all know that in the comics Hank Pym is the creator of Ultron, and Ultron the creator of Vision but this is not how it will play out in the MCU. At first I was annoyed by this; the majority of changes from page to screen I have happily accepted but I was put off by this idea. One of the things I love most about the marvel comic universe is the years upon years of character lineage and how through the ages one character can create/affect another and so on. However reflecting on my views of Iron Man 3 (which I greatly enjoyed) I realized that its all about deliverance, yes I was anticipating a big villain showdown between Tony and Kingsley's "Mandarin" but upon the reveal of Trevor Slattery I was completely won over. I realized for me that despite what I know and love about each character, the wonderful thing about the MCU is that they can change and have a different outlook for film. Now it may not always work as well as the Trevor reveal did for me, though I would be lying if I said I was a fan of every writer and artist that has ever worked for Marvel comics. However I digress, back to Vision.
Bare in mind this is all under the presumption that Tony Stark has a major role to play; I think the SDCC14 teaser pretty much confirmed this. So upon reading the wonderful news that Paul Bettany will be taking up the role of Vision my first thoughts were that Ultron would create Vision to combat the Avengers, eventually turning against Ultron aiding in his defeat. Yet I was failing to include the fact that Paul Bettany is the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S, I feel this would not make sense considering James Spader will be Ultron. The fact that Bettany is both J.A.R.V.I.S and Vision (I believe) shows a clear connection between the two and also Ultron. Why create Ultron with James Spader, then have Vision formed on seemingly lesser technology of J.A.R.V.I.S? But then after re-watching Captain America: The First Avenger, all the dots started to connect.
As much as I and all of the CBM fans love to read and know the stories like the back of our hand, occasionally things fall through the cracks and we forget. I was working under the idea that Ultron just creates Vision, but there was a previous incarnation before Vision; Jim Hammond the original human torch, an android created in 1939 by Professor Phineas T. Horton. This android form was used as the body for what became Vision. Now we have already seen this creation in the MCU, which I'm sure pretty much all of us are aware of. A very quick panning shot of the 1943 Stark Expo showed us a glimpse of 'The synthetic man' and above stating its the creation of Professor Phineas T. Horton.
So we start Avengers 2 with Tony happily living with Pepper, sticking to his promise not to build any more suits. He may not admit it but he misses being Iron Man. They're living back in New York in the newly named Avengers tower (not that any of them have visited but he likes the name) he's made living quarters and training rooms heck, even a hulk sized shower. Unable to 'tinker' on his suits, he goes in search of other diversions and discovers a whole load of disused and discarded Stark Expo experiments and presentations (there could be a little reference to Howards Starks flying car and how it mysteriously went missing, as we know it ended up as Coulson's 'Lola' in AOS.) Searching through the mess and clutter he comes across this large dust covered test tube with who else but Prof. Horton's synthetic man. We then move on to some form of conversation that Tony has with J.A.R.V.I.S and a light is turned on for Tony, 1+1= Vision! His best (non human) friend who can know what he's thinking before he says it and has been his backbone through out the majority of him being Iron Man. If Tony can't be the hero why not create J.A.R.V.I.S to be.
This of course is a very loose idea and if this does end being the case I'm certain Joss Whedon will have crafted a much better story than stumbling upon a dusty man sized test tube. This, as I say is all quick messy thinking on my part but definitely think it is a valid way for Vision to come into creation.
Now Ultron's creation is an idea I haven't really got down yet; however, I feel that if things were to go the way I've predicted it may lead into Visions creation. A lot of what happens in Winter Soldier and what could possibly come to light regarding S.H.I.E.L.D and HYDRA would also come into play. Maybe he's created as a result of Tony wanting to tinker and upgrade Vision. Or maybe I'm completely wrong and we find out Hank Pym made Ultron all those years ago with Howard and slowly he's been evolving himself. Regardless though, Whedon has been quoted saying that in some form or another Ultron will be a result of all the avengers.
At the end of the day I would love to be completely wrong and like Iron Man 3 leave the theatre surprised and overjoyed while straight away in line to buy my second ticket of the day.
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