Originally Posted by JadedDM
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...the champion 'from beyond the stars' didn't turn out to be Hive, which was my first guess. I should have known Marvel would never acknowledge Agents of Shield being canon!
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SO MUCH THIS.

From the moment Red Skull started talking about his "patron," I was convinced it would be Hive. Who else would it be? The original guiding tentacle-spirit of Hydra?

But no, apparently a random tentacle-monster instead. Ah well.