As Vandavision nears its end, Episode 8 looks through the past

Path to Vandavision Not an easy one for Kevin Feige and the Marvel Studios team. At least, the way for Wanda Maximoff.

One of the most powerful characters in both MCA and comics, Wanda Maximoff found herself the child of divorced parents. Was there Disney On one hand Joe wanted to use the character in his Marvel Cinematic Universe films, and on the other side 20th century Fox who technically owned his rights. Marvel’s team found a way to make the character work, but something was always felt.

After Disney’s takeover of 21st Century Fox, and everything has changed as a huge family, things have changed – and a lot about how this can become evident in the MCU VandavisionIt is a hard incident.

[We’re seven weeks and eight episodes into this, friends. You know what’s about to happen. Don’t want to be spoiled? Stop reading here.]

Picture of sorrow

It seems almost silly to talk about the theories that are coming up. This episode was the most poignant, unbelievable mourning Wanda Maximoff has experienced throughout her life. Agatha as Wanda, Wanda’s neighbor Agnes, introduced at the end of last week’s episode, brings Wanda on a journey through the past using a series of portals.

We see Wanda watching her parents die at the hands of the Stark Industries missile in Sokovia, while she is trapped under the bed with her twin brother Pietro, who was the only family. It then leads to the Hydra facility where Wanda and Pietro volunteered for the organization. Her powers, seemingly from when she was a young child, allow her to touch the stone of the mind trapped within the scepter seen in the locket. Avengers Dying instantly.

In a post-age of Ultron The world, Wanda, is once again dealing with more grief after Potro fires a gun at Sokovia after trying to help the Avengers. In a heart-wrenching scene, where Vision is trying to help Wanda through the grieving process, we are treated to an intimate conversation between the two, in which Sight tells Wanda, “If What is unhappiness if it is not strongly loved? “

The last bit of Wanda’s memory focuses on Wanda trying to regain her body of vision. Endgame. Instead, he runs into Director Hayward and his SWORD team after decapitating the body of the Vision, as he has been declared “the most dangerous sensitive weapon ever”. This is all too much for Wanda, who drives to the vacant lot, where Vision “bought a deed to grow old” for her home. Wanda’s grief eventually reaches a breaking point, causing her magic to burst, occupying the city of Westview and introducing the fictional reality she is in.

Of this much Vandavision Thus far the focus has been on presenting Wanda’s grief in a small form. It is said of her grief – by Darcy, Monica, Pietro and even Vision – but Wanda rarely showed it. Ultimately the episode allowed it to take center stage. It is important for the finale for the audience to really understand how right Wanda is, full of desperate and sorrow, to set what is going to happen next, and this episode finally allowed us to do the same Granted. This is a beautiful episode of television and if they can stop the landing, it could be Vandavision One of my favorite pieces of the MCU.

Welcome, scarlet witch

That said, there are a few things to explore a little further, starting with a beautiful Ritten of a retcon … like this.

When Marvel Studios first introduced Wanda and Pietro, there were some rules. They could not use the word mutant (which is why both were referred to as advanced beings), and since they could not exist as children of Magneto (that Fox area), they were included in the comics. Was. leading up to age of UltronReleased. This was always a sad point for Marvel fans, but the community understood that the licensing battle was complicated. Post-Fox takeover, everything changed, and the end of this Vandavision The episode eventually introduces Wanda as the Scarlet Witch.

The powers of Wanda and Pietro were combined within the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a way that Hydra enhanced. Neither realized they had any special abilities, but genetic testing using the scepter revealed extraordinary abilities in both of them. Vandavision This takes it a step further, allowing Agatha to point out to Wanda that she clearly had the ability inside her since birth that she was using as a child as well. For example, when Wanda and Pietro’s house exploded after the Stark missile went off, and they were trapped under the bed, Agatha remarked that they were using a possibility hex to stay safe. .

In the comics, Wanda’s powers allow her to control the possibility through her hex – the same word for her powers is also the size of the fictional city she has created for herself, yes. As long as everything he was trying to control was in his sight, Wanda could control the possibility of what would happen. In this episode, when Wanda is staring at the non-detonated Stark missile, which lands in her living room, it’s a case of “good luck” made by Wanda that never stopped it from taking off. At least, it happened according to Agatha.

Wanda’s powers are important to a theory that floats around for a while – Vandavision Mephisto does not set up, the Marvel Devil which has become the most popular theory to reveal big bad at the finale, but Doraemu.

Doraem-who?

Doctor strange Fans will recognize as the name Dormammu that Metaphysical Villain, which Strange had to defeat in his film back in 2016.

Well, Doraemu also has a very special relationship with Wanda Maximoff. He, along with several Avengers and Defenders, came together to try to prevent Doraemmu from putting together pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Evil Eye, which allowed Earth to be brought into a dark dimension Will give. Whom does Dormammu recruit to help achieve this goal? Pokemon’s favorite deity of all, Loki, whose story is scheduled to continue in its series this June.

The theory found new grounds for Agatha’s magic complexion. It is not red or orange like Wanda and Doctor Strange: it is purple. It is the same color as Dormammu. It’s not really color-coded in the MCU like magic (although it could go on), but if Agatha and Doraemu represent evil – despite being Wanda’s protector in Agatha comics – one of the magic to display Their evil may be one way to use certain colors.

Now, look – dormamu seems like a bit of a stretch. The last time we saw Furious, they signed an agreement with Strange so that they would never return to Earth and we hadn’t really heard from since. At the same time, we know that Vandavision Goes into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, And messing with the evil villains of different worlds certainly seems to be where MCU is headed between stage 4 Under the pretext of madness And The internet.

Daurammmu is also quite literal, God of chaos at one time. Agatha told Wanda this week that she casts a spell of chaos. This is an incredibly rare form of magic and makes him more powerful than he realized. It is also what people believe he will pose as a Nexus, an anchor within Multiverse whose existence is important to Doctor Strange. He is important in maintaining the stability of all mankind on earth. Mine Polygon Colleague Susana Polo wrote about the history of Wanda’s chaos in the comics:

Eventually, other writers gave Wanda’s brand a specific source of magic: The God of the-Chaos-Turn-Enforced-Demon-Love-Craft-Style-Crispy-Force-of-the-Dark-Lock-In-Al -Optional Dimension Chthon. Chethan’s place of power was Mount Vundagor, a fictional place in Eastern Europe where Wanda was born. Maybe it’s not going to make Vandavision, But it puts Wanda in the vanguard of the chaos magic of the Marwar Universe

Just as it is unlikely to be introduced in the MCU via Chthon Vandavision Dormammu, quite honestly. There are a lot of questions about Billy and Tommy, including Wanda’s children, and other characters and plotlines. He has a deep connection with Agatha and Mephisto, and how much Vandavision Need to set up for the entire stage? It feels so much to cram into one final episode!

So, let’s focus on the one character we know will play in the next episode and investigate how it’s going to happen – White Vision.

Who is White Vision?

Everyone knows who the vision is, but in the comics, there is a version of the character that was actually used as a sentimental weapon – and he lost everything that made him the most beloved syntheside in the process.

White Vision entered the comics in 1989 as part of John Byrne vision Quest A West Coast Avengers series runs. The body of Vision, run by a government group, was found. Once his body was destroyed, he lost color in his skin. Although, Hanak Pym figured out a way to revive the vision, he remained a ghost-white version of himself. More importantly, the revival of the vision meant that Synthezoid also lost connection with Wanda and his sons.

In the MCU, Vision’s colorless body is also a reference to Thanos after his death. There is already a logical explanation for why the vision will appear white, but the post-credits scene acknowledges that the white vision is created using the same energy that Wanda is using to keep her fictional city running. He is revived only through his chaos magic, and it is only the possibility of his chaos magic that can destroy him.

Credit Scenes Later This Week Vandavision A closing ceremony is set up where Wanda may have to fight White Vision. It is slightly poetic, and absolutely heartfelt. To protect his family, he must accept that the Vision is indeed dead and he is defeated in the process. I think he will help a little in the way of Monica Rambue’s spectrum (maybe!), Perhaps, but this raises another important question: what happened to Monica? We did not see her in this episode at all, but we do know that she met Pietro after trying to help Wanda.

Everything will be finally answered as of next week Vandavision Comes to an end.

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