Jocasta foreshadowed in Avengers: Age Of Ultron and has big ramifications for the MCU!
Spoilers ahead-
In the third act scene where Tony Stark is uploading his older operating system F.R.I.D.A.Y in his latest armor, on his cluttered workstation to the left I saw a disc labeled “JOCASTA”. I’ve seen Avengers: Age Of Ultron twice now and there is no mistake about it. What’s the significance? Well, in the comics Ultron, seeking a companion, brainwashed the Wasp’s then-husband and Ultron’s creator, Henry Pym (Ant-Man), into transferring her consciousness into a newly built robot: Jocasta. Jocasta acquired the Wasp’s personality, emotions & conscience, but not her memories. The Avengers reversed the transference, save Janet Van Dyne-Pym and shut down Jocosta. Ultron reactivates Jocasta and summons her to him remotely. Jocasta, being based upon Janet and therefore being a good person, realized Ultron was evil, switched sides and aided The Avengers against Ultron. Comic book Jocasta doesn’t share Ultron’s malevolence but the MCU has taken liberties with the original comic stories before the perfect example switching Stark for Pym as Ultron’s “daddy”.
In Avengers: Age Of Ultron Black Widow was captured admittedly for Ultron to have someone to talk to so we know he has a desire for companionship. If Jocasta exists in the MCU perhaps this is the biggest clue that Ultron shall return? Like most of Ultron’s creations, Jocasta was programmed with “Ultron Imperatives” which can impel her to rebuild Ultron after his destruction. So what if she happens to recreate Ultron at a most inopportune time like in the middle of Avengers: Infinity War? That would be bad, Bob. I think Jocasta could also be a player in Guardians Of The Galaxy 2. After Ultron’s defeat, in the comics, The Collector kidnapped Jocasta and several Avengers. The remaining Avengers freed Jocasta and the others, learning of the oncoming universal threat of self-proclaimed God, would-be universal conqueror, former computer technician Michael Korvac who I strongly suspect will be the GOTG2 “Big Bad” because Jocasta helps Thor and the Guardians Of The Galaxy defeat him.
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