As far as Mephisto goes, I’ve had the though that the SWORD Director could be Mephisto.
This makes perfect sense now that I read it. Although ...
I think he's also offscreen husband Ralph. Double reveal.
Random question
Was there a point to lampshading the fact she's referred to as "Wanda" and not "Scarlet Witch"? MCU has never shied away from "comic booky" stuff, going back to the first Iron Man ("technically it's a gold titanium alloy but that sounds cooler"). And later on we get the pun of calling Westview "The Hex." Is her alias off the table for some obscure legality? Or are they trying to set up some big finale reveal?
Was there a point to lampshading the fact she's referred to as "Wanda" and not "Scarlet Witch"? MCU has never shied away from "comic booky" stuff, going back to the first Iron Man ("technically it's a gold titanium alloy but that sounds cooler"). And later on we get the pun of calling Westview "The Hex." Is her alias off the table for some obscure legality? Or are they trying to set up some big finale reveal?
Agreed. The structure of the first 4 episodes could’ve been better.
I think originally it had to do with the Fox/Marvel/Disney usage of the character. That's why her powers weren't as expansive as they are now and why she was never given a superhero name. Now that the usage isn't an issue anymore, I'm guessing they're going to build up to it.
I actually have a feeling the name may drop as soon as next episode give next episode is Halloween and we've seen what she looks like in that one. She looks like the old comic accurate Scarlett Witch. Since they'll be dressed up, it'll give a chance maybe for Vision to coin the name for her by saying something like "You look lovely dear. Like a Witch. A Scarlett Witch".
I would have lumped the first 3 episodes together for the first day of release. The episodes after are fine as episodic content.
Personally, I would've opened with Monica's blip back (but we don't know who she is just yet), cut to the Marvel logo, do the 1st episode as it was, and at the end - add a bit more of "something's not right" instead of just a "person viewing TV" tease. They could've spliced more of ep 4 in between 2 & 3 and still leave #4 to build more of Monica's backstory as well as flesh SWORD out (as they are new and we're supposed to be unfamiliar with them).
This episode officially makes literally anything possible going forward in the MCU.I mean...this episode opens up so much
Also I don't care what anyone says...the next spiderman film will have all three live action actors.
The FBI never said who the missing person is. SWORD didn’t tell them about Vision being gone so I think that’s the real mystery. Also on the list of people and identities, I found it peculiar two people were not on the board...Dottie who was a major part of episode 2. They identified Beverly and Herb from the 60s episode.
Also, Dottie alluded first to knowing Wanda and vision didn’t belong. Even more so than Agnes.
One little thing I found amusing:
The Wanda vs. Captain Marvel vs. Thanos conversation (where it was like the characters had actually watched ENDGAME the movie, rather than simply heard about what happened in the final battle):
"Wanda would have totally beaten Thanos if he hadn't done yadda yadda."
"Well, I think Captain Marvel could have beaten him EVEN MORE!"
Meanwhile, even in death, Tony Stark -- the one who actually defeated Thanos, and the only one who ever would have, per Doctor Strange seeing all the variable futures -- still gets no respect in this universe!
I actually thought it was important for them to acknowledge that Wanda and Captain Marvel could have taken down Thanos on their own because we all know they could have, but them saying it inside of the MCU is important imo as it finally acknowledges that those two are the most powerful Avengers.
They did backflips in Infinity War and Endgame, purposefully keeping Wanda and Captain Marvel out of key fight scenes and when they finally did show up, they were able to go one on one with Thanos and his army and hold their own rather easily.I'm leery of that sort of definitive power ranking becoming explicit in-universe, because it will be impossible to be very consistent with it.
Characters are generally as weak or powerful as the writers need them to be in any given scenario. The more powerful "on paper" that you make them, the more backflips you have to do as a writer to create drama and worthy adversaries.
It's kind of fascinating in the context of WANDAVISION, because Wanda's biggest opponent here...
... is probably, essentially, herself.