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Wanda's Multiverse Mess: A Two-Year-Old Plot Hole in the MCU?
Whoa, MCU fans, this is a wild ride into spoiler territory! We're talking aboutAgatha All Along,theWandaVisionspinoff series which is also a direct response and critique of those things portrayed previously, providing critical and thought-provoking additional details! And one major revelation fromAgatha All Along, episode 6 (“Familiar by Thy Side”), has seriously blown the ending toDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswide open! Specifically focusing on Wanda and that now-problematic ending, the major and important thematic arc explored suggests that her tragic demisemight not be necessary at all! The original conclusion had already received criticism! Why is this so important?
Wanda Maximoff, theScarlet Witch, dies heroically (or so we thought) inMultiverse of Madness. This plot decision has been seen by some as simply nonsensical. That revelation? Agatha All Alonghas presented some hugely crucial information concerning the actual fates ofWanda'skids – BillyandTommy(conjured inWandaVision)—completely reframing that storyline and creating the possibility for several additional scenarios involvingWanda'sactions throughout the story arc presented.
TheWandaVisionpost-credits scene ends withWandahearingBillyandTommycalling for her! This completely sets that multiversal quest ofMultiverse of Madness. AndAgatha All Alongreveals a crucial fact which really adds an incredibly dramatic twist here. Billy'sspirit actually moved intoWilliam Kaplan—a significant point concerningBilly'sarc.ThismeansBilly’snot in the multiverse. He is far closer, inWilliam Kaplan'sbody and it's rather important that people realize this pivotal point in understanding why some have suggested her sacrifice could've easily been prevented had this connection been previously made clear to audiences!
This brings the major question and significant thematic critique to light: how couldWanda(one of theMCU’smost powerful magic users) totally miss this insanely obvious point? The claim of hearing her kids from the multiverse might now look entirely invalid after being reassessed from another point; and especially with this additional, crucial new detail being made clearer now.
WasWandaactively blocked from discovering this fact? This major misinterpretation completely undermines that emotional journey portrayed!The implications are shocking. She basically launched a multiverse-spanning massacre because of a fundamental miscalculation! This key misjudgement changes that entire story entirely!
This revelation has shifted perceptions ofMultiverse of Madnesscompletely; showcasing a fundamentally flawed narrative; completely creating new perspectives on what would've been achievable in those areas never explicitly shown before. It was previously believed thatWanda'sdescent into villainy was primarily a function of her grief over the lost twins! ButAgatha All Alongnow shows it was based entirely on a flawed assumption that would easily have been avoidable; had she previously realized what her son Billy truly was.
This storyline creates the possibilities for revisiting those important elements from the previously portrayed narrative. Even critics ofWanda'sactions were suggestingWandacould’ve found a world to create a new and peaceful home with her sons, a vastly different direction. That is an option that viewers easily suggested even years prior; an ending option forWanda'scharacter which could provide a much more fitting and well-balanced ending for her. Yet even this alternate option pales next to the new possibility created here, whereWanda'sdesperate search was completely pointless because her son remained far closer than she previously expected!
There’s a possible explanation that mitigates that issue, showcasing the possibility ofWanda’smissteps as functions of forces acting entirely beyond her control. Could theDarkholdbe the reasonWandamade those horrible choices? It certainly added some critical influences; influencing perceptions through its own terrible dark magic which might explain those fundamental errors shown.
This evil magic played a key part in that descent to madness! It manipulated her and created those terribly limited points in her reasoning, causing that horrific loss. This might involve a very creative connection presented inAgatha All Along: it could imply this magical objectlimited and restrained its own user's abilities for an unspecified reason and only the loss of that object could unleash previously constrained abilities, thus opening an incredible possibility and opportunity: could theDarkholdhave obscuredBilly'slocation through that specific manipulation that had those deeply-set effects. It's worth noting.
Agatha All Alongchanged the way people sawWanda'sMultiverse of Madness sacrifice, showcasing how significantly details released even years later can completely reshape the understanding concerning earlier released works and its characters, even including significant elements such as the Scarlet Witch’s very tragic ending which creates several new narrative possibilities surrounding her story, particularly showing how easily missed clues could actually become huge plot devices, influencing how people view the narrative itself and the decisions made.
The impact from these later events has really put into serious question and made many audiences question and challenge the narrative presented in earlier installments and in various related narratives from both series, emphasizing just how crucial each decision for narrative progression really is.