Dr. Adam Brashear, better known intergalactically as Blue Marvel, checks a lot of the boxes. Blue Marvel is an army veteran turned superhuman, strong enough to knock out The Hulk with one punch, and smart enough to figure out how to make Galactus stop feasting on planets’s life energies. He fits Esposito’s penchant for playing antiheroes, as he was once considered an alpha-level threat to Captain America before later teaming up with Captain Marvel to co-create The Ultimates.

We’ve been waiting for this maniacal genius to enter the MCU for years. Who better to play a man who could make Thanos seem reasonable than the same man who often scared Walter White? It would be a perfect way to connect Marvel’s two tentpole 2025 films—Fantastic Four and Captain America— especially since Esposito said his character would be teased before taking on a larger role. When a fan at Phoenix Fan Fusion asked if he’d be playing Doom, he told them to talk it into existence, just like a true master of the dark arts would.

When the government needed to ensure The Avengers followed the necessary protocols, they sent Henry Gyrich in to keep the superheroes in order. Esposito has already shown that he’s capable of micromanaging superheroes on The Boys, and that’s with the very real threat of Homelander lasering his eyes out of his head. He also shot Charles Xavier, kidnapped Captain Marvel, and was arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. Sounds villainous enough for someone like Esposito, and could easily transition into a number of Marvel TV shows.

Look, Marvel painted themselves into a corner with Kang The Conqueror when they made him the main villain of Loki and the next Avengers film. Unfortunately, Jonathan Majors has been fired. Luckily, Kang has variants, and one of them could be Esposito. Few actors can achieve the perfect balance of unflappable condescension and ruthless thirst for carnage necessary to play Kang like Esposito. While it’s very unlikely this will lead to a third season of Loki, Kang is a threat to the entire multiverse, so no Marvel TV show is safe.