Yahoo Movies So, Did That WandaVision Finale (and Hidden Final Scene) Cue the Future of the MCU?
WandaVision episode 9 spoilers follow.
Well, it's over. Anyone else wish the Scarlet Witch would come along and put them in a world where WandaVision never ends? For a show that's focused so heavily on grief, we imagine Marvel fans everywhere will be going through their own mourning period right about now.
But Wanda's story isn't over, not really. And in fact, it looks like her journey will play a key role in the MCU as a whole moving forward. Just like Westview revolved around Wanda, so too will future movies, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and, to a lesser degree, Captain Marvel 2.
The first post-credits scene focuses primarily on Monica and Jimmy Woo. Darcy has already left Westview, which is unfortunate as her character absolutely deserved more screen time in the finale. But at least Hayward was captured thanks to her, and now we see his arrest unfold thanks to Jimmy's friends at Quantico.
Monica is then approached by a stranger who suspiciously asks if they can speak privately in the cinema. It turns out that this human-looking official isn't human at all. They're a Skrull who was "sent by an old friend of your mother's." Yep, this new character is definitely talking about either Nick Fury or Talos, another Skrull who played a big role in the first Captain Marvel movie.
This scene sets up Monica's upcoming journey into space where she will meet Talos and possibly Nick Fury too, probably aboard the spaceship seen at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Does this mean Spectrum will become the new Captain Marvel like she does in the comics? Quite possibly, but before that happens, expect a team up between her and Brie Larson's character in the near future.
Monica absolutely deserves this as we still didn't get to see much of her newfound potential in WandaVision's final episode. But another scene which is even more important comes straight after.
Here, we come across Wanda casually making tea in a cute house by a lake. She's ditched the superhero outfit for some cozy looking casualwear, which makes a lot of sense given all she's been through. You enjoy your tea, Wanda! Except, that's not really Wanda, or at least, not the true Wanda.
Because we then discover that there's another Wanda in the backroom, casually floating in the air while she reads through the Darkhold book. Is the first Wanda just an illusion designed to hide her from the authorities? That's unclear still, but what we do know is that as the Scarlet Witch flicks through the book, we suddenly hear Billy's voice scream "Help, help me!"
Whether these words come from Wanda's memory or whether she's actually hearing a version of Billy scream out with his powers right now, it's clear that Wanda's goal is to bring her children back. If anything can help her, it's the Darkhold, but didn't Wanda watch Agents of SHIELD or Marvel's Runaways? If she had, then she would know that this "Book of the Damned" corrupts the minds of those who use it.
This is worrying, because Marvel has already fed at least partly into the Unstable Powered Woman trope up to this point. If Wanda's quest does indeed turn her evil, then we're looking at yet another female superhero who's been punished for being stronger than the men – too strong, as misogynists would say.
Whether that happens or not, the Darkhold draws power from other dimensions, and with Wanda's confirmed involvement in Doctor Strange's next movie, it seems that her meddling here will somehow break reality, creating a "multiverse of madness."
Agatha did say earlier on that Wanda has "no idea' what she's unleashed by accepting the Scarlet Witch's power. Although the mechanics behind this are still a little fuzzy, it appears that this combination of chaos magic and Darkhold energy will become key to the MCU moving forward.
We now know that Evan Peters wasn't really playing an alternate version of Pietro, but that doesn't mean WandaVision hasn't still set up crossovers with the X-Men and Fantastic Four in future films.
Sounds good, right? Well, if Agatha is worried, then we should be too, because nothing fazes that iTunes-topping witch. But, at the end of the day, maybe it's all worth it if Wanda can bring back her children. As she said, 'family is forever," and lord knows the MCU needs more LGBTQ+ representation moving forward.
Will this happen in a second season of WandaVision? Probably not, as the end of this show seems like a closed chapter for now. But either way, bring on adult Billy, bring on adult Tommy, and bring on the whole Young Avengers team, multiverse be damned!
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