New mask. Same podcast. MCU Diaries breaks down what matters in the MCU—why it works, why it doesn’t, and how it all points to Doomsday and Secret Wars.
The MCU Diaries is Blake Larsen’s craft-first Marvel podcast and essay series for fans who love the MCU but want more than recap, lore-dumping, cameo hunting, or empty hype.
This is your hub for Mary & Blake’s Marvel storycraft coverage, including MCU podcast episodes, written essays, Multiverse Saga explainers, Doctor Doom analysis, Avengers: Doomsday coverage, Secret Wars theories, anchor beings, incursions, and the story choices that actually matter.
Each episode is an essay you can listen to: character pressure, turning points, theme, consequence, moral debt, and the machinery underneath Marvel’s biggest swings. We track what works, what doesn’t, and how those choices point toward Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
This isn’t “hey, remember when?” fandom. It’s selective Marvel coverage, big swings, strong opinions, and zero sacred cows.
Spoiler policy: We talk full spoilers for whatever Marvel movie, show, episode, or story we are covering.
If you are trying to understand where the MCU is heading next, start with the Marvel stories that define the road to Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
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The MCU’s multiverse only matters if it creates pressure. Anchor beings, incursions, variants, timelines, the TVA, and the Sacred Timeline are not just franchise mechanics — they are story rules that should force characters into impossible choices.
Doctor Doom is not interesting because he is powerful. He is interesting because he believes he is right. MCU Diaries tracks how Marvel can turn Doom, Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Loki, and the multiverse into a story about moral debt, control, sacrifice, and consequence.
Secret Wars should not be cameo bingo. It should be the place where Marvel’s multiverse chaos finally costs something. The best version of this story is about broken worlds, impossible choices, Doctor Doom, Loki’s burden, and whether heroes can save reality without becoming monsters.
From WandaVision and Loki to Doctor Strange, Quantumania, Deadpool & Wolverine, and beyond, MCU Diaries looks at what each Marvel story is really doing underneath the plot.
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Unofficial fan podcast and essay series. Not affiliated with Marvel Studios, Disney, or the Marvel productions.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.05 – Journey Into Mystery.
Blake discusses “theme vs. anti-theme”, why this might be his favorite MCU episode yet, and why there absolutely needs to be an Old Loki and Alligator Loki spinoff…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.04 – The Nexus Event.
Blake discusses the narrative use of twists, why the big twist for this episode is not the one you’re thinking of, and why he wants Loki’s hair flip put on a 24 hour loop…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.03 – Lamentis.
Blake discusses why love is knowing and accepting fault, why there is an odd structure shift half way through the series, and why it feels like all is not what it seems…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the LOKI: episode 1.02 – The Variant.
Blake discusses how the show goes beyond it’s “hook”, Free Will vs. Determinism, and why The Falcon And The Winter Soldier should be furiously taking notes from Loki…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the LOKI season 1 premiere: episode 1.01 – Glorious Purpose.
Blake discusses the exquisite use of exposition to break down character, how the show uses striking visuals and action to highlight the exposition, and why that leads to such an incredible emotional payoff by episode’s end…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats The Falcon And The Winter Soldier season 1 finale: episode 1.06 – One People, One World.
Blake discusses Thesis and Antithesis, the cathartic arcs for Sam and Bucky, and why this episode is the MCU at it’s best, but also it’s very worst.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: episode 1.05 – Truth.
Blake discusses the push and pull of the main character’s stasis, getting the big fight out of the way, and why THAT cameo is such a big deal for the MCU…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: episode 1.04 – The Whole World Is Watching.
Blake discusses the significance of THAT final shot, the emotional fulcrum of this series, and why a freshman psychology major would have done better than the American government…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: episode 1.03 – The Power Broker.
Blake discusses the plot informing character, another gotcha cliffhanger, and why this felt like John Wick Lite…
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