This weekend’s release of The Marvels may not have been hailed as the kind of success Marvel Studios have been used to, but in terms of the continued interconnectivity of the franchise, the Brie Larson-led Captain Marvel sequel delivers another round of world building. Along with that, comes the almost obligatory “retcon” of events past, which this time around centers on the whereabouts of Captain Marvel before her game-changing appearance Avengers: Endgame’s final battle with Thanos, and why she is frequently absent from Earth’s big events.