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Fears, tears and rebirth in WandaVision



Spoilers for the final episode of Marvel Studios' Wandavision streaming on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, WandaVision and don't want to find out what's going on, please look away from the screen now.

Here is a Marvel superhero story not afraid to deal with the aftermath of losing a loved one. Would Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) choose the dark path, like Anakin Skywalker did in Star Wars, in her desire to save Vision (Paul Bettany) and their twins in an alternate Westview of her making?

Fan theories were swept away as Wanda and Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) engaged in a bombastic battle of wits in crimson skies over Westview as Vision versed White Vision, culminating in the birth of the Scarlet Witch.

Wanda, reborn as Scarlet Witch, reversed the damage she had wrought upon the townsfolk of Westview and banished Agatha in plain sight before leaving with the Darkhold.

However, Scarlet Witch's actions will have grave consequences for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and, seemingly, Spider-Man: No Way Home this holiday season.

For 9 glorious episodes, WandaVision’s sitcom puzzle box opened up with an enigmatic flourish worthy of director JJ Abrams (Lost), went, somewhat predictably and messily, full-blown Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) before ending with a heartbreaking Spielbergian familial farewell in suburbia. All the while, Olsen and Bettany were at its beating heart.

Underscored by composer Christophe Beck's (Frozen) lush orchestrations evoking his Emmy-winning soundtrack for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. WandaVision broke down the walls of a fairytale illusion, with inherent moral and ethical implications, and shook me to the emotional core by the series finale’s end.

14 years ago this June, mum died in the wake of an NHS never event. Time doesn’t dilute or heal such trauma and loss. When Monica Rambeau's (Teyonah Parris) told Wanda she would have used her powers to bring her mum back... Well, that would have profoundly resonated for many (myself included).

It was overwhelmingly too close to home. And in a week a beloved member of my family passed away (not COVID-related) in lockdown, which, like many, means I won't be able to attend their funeral.

Saying goodbye to the first Marvel Studios Disney+ spin-off is such sweet sorrow.

What did you think of WandaVision's series finale? Let me know in the comments below.


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