In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, we meet Xochitl Gomez's America Chavez. The character has the unique ability to punch her way through different realities, and [SPOILER ALERT], she manages to gain a pretty solid control over her powers by the time all is said and done in the sequel.
It doesn't feel like the character's story is over, though, and it's clear that a big part of America's arc moving forward will be searching for her two mothers after they were lost in the Multiverse.
Writer Michael Waldron was asked by Vanity Fair if that unresolved plot point was deliberate, to which he said, "Yeah, that's definitely me collaborating with Marvel and with Sam. Really, that is as much about trying to drive America's story in this film, as it is attempting to set up a mystery to be solved in the future. She's somebody without a family. That's what she's searching for."
"And that's what she finds - surprisingly - in our Doctor Strange and Wong. She finds a home in Kamar-Taj at the end," the Doctor Strange sequel scribe continues. "When it's all said and done, it looks kind of tidy. We also set up the next chapter in the America Chavez story."
Waldron would go on to suggest that there are even bigger plans in place for America in the MCU than first anticipated, teasing a solo outing for the hero. "Getting into the real specificity of her with her parents came a little bit later in the process. It felt, at least to me initially, that maybe we should hold some of that back. It felt like the sort of stuff you'd rather answer when you're getting into America's solo outing. But as we continued to build the story, we found we wanted to know more about her."
There were rumblings about a Disney+ series not too long ago, and that would be the perfect way to continue America's story and better explore the Multiverse. Having her cross paths with the God of Mischief in Loki's second season would make sense, though there are no doubt plenty of heroes and villains (such as Kang the Conqueror) who would like to tap into her reality-hopping powers.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is now playing in theaters.
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