Agatha Harkness Retcon: WandaVision and the MCU Rewrite!

Agatha All Along: A Mind-Bending Retcon That Rewrites Wandavision and MCU History!

Agatha Harkness's Shocking Origin Story Twist: Was WandaVision a Lie?

Whoa, hold onto your broomsticks, Marvel fans! A crazy new theory is rocking the MCU, suggesting that Agatha Harkness's (Kathryn Hahn) entire origin story in WandaVision might be a complete fabrication! This revelation emerges from Agatha: Coven of Chaos, which changes several things about what we know, specifically challenging how those initial episodes from WandaVision conveyed its storyline and character arcs.

The comic books showed Agatha as a wise old witch; she mentors Franklin Richards; getting killed during the Salem witch trials by her son (Nicholas Scratch) and her grandchildren (the Salem Seven), then helps Wanda with her magic. The MCU tweaked this— her origin from WandaVision episode 8 showed Agatha’s mother (Evanora Harkness) and her coven sending Agatha to the stake for using dark magic! She totally flipped things, killing her coven and absorbing all that witchy power!

Agatha: Coven of Chaos challenges those initial episodes, though. This totally upends those things in major ways that were established previously. Now the writers are challenging some of the events established earlier! It seems far less clear what precisely we have in those earlier episodes.

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Agatha's Power: Out of Control or Deliberate Deception?

Joe Locke as Teen and Kathryn Hahn as Agatha in Agatha All Along (2024) next to Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Image

Agatha: Coven of Chaos episode 5 shows Evanora (as a ghost), taking over Agatha's body. Alice Wu-Gulliver (who attacks Agatha) then tries to take Evanora out, and unleashes a power surge, unintentionally granting Agatha all of Alice's magic after she absorbs and ultimately kills her! And Agatha isn't remotely worried; arguing that her ability is uncontrollable, yet it begs the question if that was totally unintentional.

If Agatha couldn't control that power surge which directly led to Alice's death; then did Agatha kill Evanora (in WandaVision)? If so, maybe the Salem Witch Trials weren't Agatha's fault! And then the next question emerges: maybe she was unjustly condemned!

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The Salem Seven's Revenge: A Misguided Quest?

Agatha Harkness on her broom with the Salem Seven in Agatha All Along Image

Agatha: Coven of Chaos also upends another thing – The Salem Seven. The comics say these are the children of Nicholas Scratch! This new storyline? The Salem Seven’s mothers were Evanora's coven! They died during Agatha's original fight against their mothers – possibly the only point where these details don't entirely shift from their original version. The new addition completely alters what previously had already been established.

Were they trying to exact revenge because their mothers were killed by a supposedly uncontrollable power surge?

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The Darkhold: A Tool or a Trap?

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WandaVision portrayed Agatha as this power-hungry witch. Yet Agatha: Coven of Chaos completely alters this; creating a potentially different view which presents entirely different insights. This may provide an interesting angle for future writers and showrunners to work with, in regards to her character arc itself. The powerlessness is something that really highlights just why Agatha wanted the Darkhold! Maybe she couldn’t control her own abilities, thus the need for the Darkhold wasn’t some simple scheme; she is seeking that solution to deal with those ever-increasing risks of an increasingly dangerous magical world she's finding herself in!

It totally could’ve directed Agatha to Wanda. Perhaps she simply saw that Wanda's power as something necessary and was necessary in controlling her own!

Also Read: Who is Nicholas Scratch? The Son of Agatha Harkness in Marvel Comics

Could Wanda's Chaos Magic Be the Answer?

Agatha Harkness with new power in Agatha All Along episode 5 and Lady Death in Marvel Comics Image

Wanda's Chaos Magic, that super powerful reality-warping stuff that can alter reality, could've potentially helped! It's implied that such immensely powerful forces can fundamentally change another magical individual’s capacities; and in the larger context, could have actually potentially overridden Agatha’s uncontrollable power.

This might involve some changes in how Agatha acts, which has enormous potential and could become a focal point to deal with those long-held problems. That remains extremely unclear, but this is certainly another avenue to potentially add greater complexities and details around Agatha's later plot decisions and what she decides to do for herself.

Conclusion: Agatha's Story Just Got a Whole Lot More Complicated!

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This twist challenges WandaVision's portrayal of Agatha. Now, the MCU’s portrayal involves a possible massive retcon of a previously established storyline. Even what exactly happened earlier isn’t really fully answered! It has changed how people regard Agatha, her own past; and sets up those intensely dramatic possibilities that involve even more revelations, demonstrating this creative flexibility and opening other options for new plots.

We don't have all the answers; making viewers want more! The ongoing storyline presents a very intriguing, mind-bending new path for Agatha; the changes affect both how WandaVision and even the MCU might need to be re-examined to produce more satisfactory explanations which creates intense audience excitement and drives more engagement around the overall storyline.