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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

June 2nd was when the Salem Witch Trials began.



I'm thinking Agnes was perhaps a practicing witch with little power until she was burned at the stake (even though that didn't happen in Salem in actuality) and made a deal with Ralph.

As for FF, last episode Monica said:

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She knows an aerospace engineer. I think that's the biggest FF clue but this rules out any time freeze or connection with Agnes.

I never knew that was the Salem date. That totally makes sense, and maybe the headline was just a false clue or it was just a happy circumstance, or just a Sue shoutout knowing they will introduce them in later episodes.

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Makes sense that the aerospace engineer is Reed Richards and he is infected with the Cosmic background radiation from the Hex while trying to solve the problem and that's their origin story. We know Monica is changed, probably into Photon, so entering the hex is a big deal. Its a lot smoother of a storyline than my ramblings.

So yeah, I may be reading too much into it, but I am definitely still on this giving some FF origin story and not just mutants.