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The WandaVision pre-finale breakdown: what's next for Vision and Scarlet Witch?

By Tim Augustin - 2 Mar 2021

Wanda's kids, White Vision and Agatha the witch

The kids might not be alright

Image: Marvel Studios

We didn’t get to see much of Wanda and Vision’s kids Tommy and Billy this episode, besides them being put on magical leashes, but it’s worth talking about who these two become in the comics. ‘Billy’ is William Kaplan, AKA a powerful mage called Wiccan, who is said to one day succeed Doctor Strange and become the Sorcerer Supreme. ‘Tommy’ is Thomas Shepard, AKA Speed - a teen superhero with the quick-moving abilities of Quicksilver. Originally, these two kids were named Thomas and William Maximoff, created from individual fragments of the demon Mephisto’s soul by Wanda (long story). Eventually, they were reabsorbed into Mephisto, destroying the demon, and reincarnated as Wiccan and Speed. 

I know, I know, it’s complicated. WandaVision clearly has a plan for these two kids however, and given their history in the comics, I wouldn’t count on them vanishing into the ether once this series ends. They’re bound to be more relevant down the line, seeing as almost every Marvel series on Disney+ has one thing in common: they’re setting up a new generation of superheroes. Think about it: WandaVision has Wiccan and Speed, Ms. Marvel has Kamala Khan, Hawkeye has Kate Bishop and Ironheart has Tony Stark’s successor Riri Williams. I have my own theories about the upcoming Loki series introducing the trickster god’s reborn adolescent form Kid Loki, but that’s a bit of a reach. 

Image: Marvel Comics

The point is, most of these characters (Wiccan, Speed, Kate-Hawkeye, Kid Loki) end up joining the Young Avengers in the comics, while the remaining few (Ms. Marvel, Ironheart) join the Champions - another teen superhero team. Marvel could easily combine both teams for a movie down the line, or even a crossover event series like Netflix’s ill-fated Defenders. Being part of the Young Avengers is central to a lot of these characters’ backstories. Heck, Wiccan even marries his teammate Hulkling during the comics' Empyre event. If Tommy and Billy end up making it out of WandaVision alive, you can bet that a Young Avengers project is on the horizon. 

 

White Vision

Image: Marvel Studios

If you quit Episode 8 the moment it cut to credits, you missed a very important post-credits tease. SWORD’s slimy acting director Tyler Hayward finally turned to Wanda’s magic after, “trying every power supply under the sun,” to bring a newly-rebuilt Vision back to life - only this one is clearly different from his magical counterpart in the Hex. He’s mostly blue/white for one, and one can assume that since Hayward earlier referred to Vision as a, “sophisticated, sentient weapon,” this Vision isn’t going to be particularly heroic in nature. 

Once again, we can turn to the comics to see where this storyline is going. In Marvel’s ‘Vision Quest’ storyline, the Vision was abducted and subsequently dismantled - just like he was in this episode. After Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man) rebuilds Vision, the hero returns with a chalk-white appearance devoid of colour and emotions. He becomes a robot, for all intents and purposes, without a soul. Think Sam Winchester from Supernatural Season 6. This Vision grows apart from Wanda Maximoff due to the nature of his new personality, but he later regains his emotions and a new body, and things go back to normal. 

Image: Marvel Comics

We’re obviously not going to see this entire arc play itself out in just one episode, but one can expect White Vision to go toe to toe with Wanda at the very least. The people of Westview need to be freed from their horrific mental prisons, and there are very few characters in the MCU who could best Wanda in battle to do this - but White Vision stands a decent chance. Let’s not forget that the full-colour Vision we’ve been following all this while is still in the Hex, and on his way to reunite with Wanda. Between two Visions, a Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness - it’s honestly hard to tell who’s going to come out on top in the finale. 

A lot of people are speculating that the series will end with these two Visions somehow merging, seeing as one has a physical body and the other has a soul. This would put Vision back in the MCU - but I have my doubts. This series deals with Wanda’s overwhelming sense of loss and grief, and I doubt Marvel would pay those themes off with Vision just… coming back. There aren’t any emotional stakes there, and it doesn’t feel like we’re barrelling towards a happy ending anyway. 

 

And she killed Sparky, too!

Image: Marvel Studios

Agatha’s been pushing Wanda’s sanity to the brink all this time, but Episode 8 revealed that it wasn’t just Agatha all along. Most of the blame still belongs to Wanda, who snapped in grief and emotionally tortured an entire town after Vision’s death. Agatha isn’t even a real villain in the comics - she’s acted as Wanda’s magical tutor and protected the world multiple times. I think Agatha just wants to help Wanda reach her full potential as the Scarlet Witch, rather than attack her and her children for no reason. 

Regardless, WandaVision has a ton of loose ends to tie up in just one episode. Monica Rambeau has powers now, but she was last seen with Evan-Peters-Quicksilver. Full-colour Vision is on his way to see his wife, but their children lie at the mercy of Agatha Harkness. White Vision is now in the mix, although his take on the whole situation remains to be seen. Wanda is pretty far from ever being an Avenger again, and it's hard to imagine her peers being cool with her actions thus far. 

We know that the events of this series lead directly into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, so whatever the Scarlet Witch becomes - it’s the Sorcerer Supreme’s problem now. 

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