Warning: Contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness finally fixes the ongoing plot hole surrounding the Darkhold in the MCU. Every appearance of the Darkhold following Agents of SHIELD has created more and more contradictions regarding it, especially when WandaVision brought the Darkhold into the mainstream part of the MCU. Now, though, Multiverse of Madness has expanded on the lore of the Darkhold in a way that allows for renewed consistency among its various appearances.

Over the years, the MCU has become more and more inconsistent in regards to the use of the Darkhold. Agents of SHIELD season 4 ended with Ghost Rider taking it to keep it out of the wrong hands, but then Runaways had Morgan le Fay use it without a proper explanation of how she got it from Agents of SHIELD's Ghost Rider. More recently, the Darkhold appeared in WandaVision in possession of Agatha Harkness, and not only was there still no explanation for how it changed owners, but the Darkhold now had a completely different appearance from Agents of SHIELD and Runaways. Every new appearance of the Darkhold doesn’t appear to take its previous showing into account, and its appearance in WandaVision even adds to the ongoing problem of the Marvel Television shows having a hard time fitting into the MCU canon.

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Fortunately, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness finally solves the problem surrounding the MCU’s use of the Darkhold. After Master Sara destroys the Darkhold, Wong is forced to reveal that the Darkhold is actually a copy of the spells transcribed into Mount Wundagore. Based on that, the discrepancy between Wanda’s Darkhold and the Darkhold from Agents of SHIELD and Runaways can finally be explained by saying that they’re separate copies of the same spells.

The idea of there being multiple versions of the Darkhold in the MCU also fixes the issues with its use in Runaways. As previously mentioned, it wasn’t explained how Morgan le Fay obtained the Darkhold after Ghost Rider took it under his protection, but now that can be explained by saying that she was using another copy of the Darkhold separate from Ghost Rider’s, meaning he didn’t fail in his mission to protect it. Granted, the Darkhold’s appearance in both shows was the same, but each copy of the MCU's Darkhold doesn’t necessarily need to have a unique appearance, so that doesn’t automatically discount the idea.

With the reveal that the Darkhold is a copy of the spells of Mount Wundagore, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness finally solves the MCU’s Darkhold plot hole, as it means that every appearance of the Darkhold can be a separate copy. Not only does that remove the contradictions between its uses across the MCU, but it also means that WandaVision’s use of the Darkhold doesn’t necessarily retcon Agents of SHIELD and Runaways, as was previously a possibility. That means that there’s still some amount of room for the Marvel Television series to be properly integrated into the MCU; whether or not that was intentional on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' part is unknown, but it’s a good thing for all of the shows that Marvel Television encompassed either way.

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