Echo’s MCU powers are not only fascinating — they may also explain why a seemingly normal human can stand up against the likes of the black ops veteran Hawkeye and the super-powered ninja Daredevil (Charlie Cox). After all, if she can tap into enough ancestral power to move train carriages, why wouldn’t her baseline abilities be above and beyond, as well? However, her reimagined ability set also poses an interesting, as-yet unanswered question: If all Maya’s direct female ancestors have access to this power, does her grandmother Chula (Tantoo Cardinal) secretly wield it, too?
The comics version of Echo doesn’t have an established grandmother, so it’s anyone’s guess whether Chula is an MCU original or a reimagined version of some familiar Marvel character. However, she certainly seems to carry herself with the kind of fearlessness that might come from the ability to punch through a wall should the situation require. This is a particularly interesting prospect since she doesn’t seem to like Echo very much. Chula blames Maya’s dad William Lopez (Zahn McClarnon) for the death of her daughter and seems to have transplanted the animosity from the deceased father to the very much alive and around daughter.
Does this mean that “Echo” Episode 2 is starting to stealthily set up a battle between the protagonist and her superpowered grandma? Only future episodes of “Echo” will tell.
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