‘What If?’ Can’t Escape the Shadow of the Avengers, but It Needs To

Out of What If…? Season 2's nine episodes, there's one indisputable standout. Episode 6 introduces Kahhori (Devery Jacobs), a hero Marvel kept shrouded in mystery and whose debut generated buzz. That's only fitting. Not only is Kahhori a phenomenal character and a needed adrenaline shot to the MCU canon, she isn't an obscure figure plucked from Marvel Comics' depths. She's an entirely new creation for What If…?, and therefore intentional: intentionally an Indigenous woman, intentionally from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and intentionally powerful enough to defeat violent colonizers sent by Queen Isabella (Carolina Ravassa). In Kahhori's universe, she gains powers from the Tesseract and defines her destiny by protecting what matters most, which is her homeland and her people.

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