

This has a huge repercussion on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since Marvel Studios is currently developing a Black Widow solo movie. Based on what Marks and McFeely stated here, Cap returning the Soul Stone only patched up the timeline - it didn't undo Black Widow's death. The trade is permanent and there are no refunds. Evidently, someone can't just say that they don't want the Soul Stone anymore and will give it up to get back the soul they sacrificed. Sure, the two explained the mechanics of the Soul Stone with some playful language, likening the Soul Stone's keeper to a pawnbroker and the whole transaction to an old-school bank that required customers to put their cash in a little tube and send it shooting inside the building, but the takeaway would be the same even if Markus and McFeely gave it to us straight.

It's not like a pawn shop."įans held onto the hope that Black Widow could be resurrected once Captain America put the Soul Stone back on Vormir, but according to Markus and McFeely, that's apparently not ever going to happen, as it's simply not the way the Soul Stone works. As Markus told it, "You put it back, but you don't get anything in return. The exchange is permanent, and the soul that was placed into the "slot" can never be retrieved. Unfortunately, this shows that just because the Soul Stone was returned doesn't mean that those who were sacrificed to allow another person to obtain it will come back to life. McFeely agreed, saying, "It's like an old time bank. Markus added that it's like "a slot," in which one puts a soul so that the Soul Stone can pop out. I think it is an everlasting exchange," said McFeely when asked about how someone can return the Soul Stone and what happens after they do.

Markus and McFeely explained during a recent episode of CinemaBlend's HeroBlend podcast that Captain America faced no trouble returning the Soul Stone - but sadly, the soul-for-a-soul exchange that Black Widow and Hawkeye made with the keeper of the Stone, Red Skull (Ross Marquand), wasn't reversed in that moment. How did he successfully return the Soul Stone? And, perhaps more importantly, would putting the Soul Stone back revive the person who died for it? As Marvel fans know, one must give up a soul before they can take the Soul Stone - and that seemingly poses a problem for Cap's return trip. A little refresher for the Soul Stone-related events in Avengers: Endgame: Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) took a trip to Vormir, Hawkeye obtained the Soul Stone after Black Widow threw herself off the planet's massive cliff, and then Captain America (Chris Evans) traveled back to the past to place the Stone in the same spot it was before Black Widow sacrificed herself.
