Note: Contains major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.
Although some pretty major heroes died in Avengers: Endgame, the biggest casualty of all was love. Sure, Captain America was finally reunited with his wartime sweetheart, Peggy Carter, but plenty of other heroes weren’t so lucky.
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Pepper Potts is now forced to raise her daughter alone without Tony by her side and the version of Gamora who survived isn’t the same one that grew to (maybe) love Peter Quill in previous films.
However, there’s still some hope for future romance in the MCU and it’s mainly down to the Vision and Wanda Maximoff, the original mutant/robot power couple.
Soon after Marvel recently announced a whole new slate of TV shows that would make their debut on the Disney+ streaming service, they revealed that the Scarlet Witch will be reunited with her lover somehow in a new series called WandaVision.
There’s just one catch: The Vision is still dead. Broken. Disassembled. Kaput.
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Heroes rarely stay dead for long in the comics, though, and with confirmation that Paul Bettany will indeed be reprising the role alongside Elizabeth Olsen, it seems that Marvel has already figured out a way round this.
Captain Marvel screenwriter Jac Schaeffer might be the brains behind this Disney+ spin off – both writing and producing the series – but it’s Olsen who’s given us our first clue as to how the show might work.
During an interview with Variety, Elizabeth mentioned that there’s a photo of Wanda and Vision "in the '50s", which instantly suggests that time travel might come into play. However, the rules established in Endgame state that it’s impossible to change your own past without time splintering off, creating an alternate timeline.
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While it’s possible that this new show could exist in a different universe than the one we’ve come to know so far, this still doesn’t explain the '50s reference.
What’s perhaps more likely is that WandaVision will instead draw inspiration from Tom King’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series where Vision carved out a life of his own in a '50s-style suburbia. The Scarlet Witch didn’t feature prominently here, but this wouldn’t be the first time that Marvel have retooled adaptations of the source material.
Still, none of this explains how Vision will be resurrected in the first place. Our best bet is that Shuri’s technological prowess could come into play here. During the final act of Avengers: Infinity War, the Wakandan genius came close to separating Vision from the Mind Stone so that he could exist still without it.
With the right technology and no more pressure from an invading army, it’s indeed possible that Shuri could rebuild Vision, especially as this has happened more than once before in the comics.
Alternatively, Wanda herself might be the key to restoring that white, battered husk we last saw meet its demise at the end of Infinity War.
It’s already been established that the Scarlet Witch is easily one of the most powerful members of the Avengers, and with the strength of an Infinity Stone behind her, it’s possible she could find a way to reassemble Vision using her unique gifts.
In the comics, Wanda at one point wiped out all of mutantkind with just three words, so it’s not much of a stretch to imagine her powers expanding further on-screen in the future.
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The only other explanation that seems to make sense right now is that the show may simply take place in the recent past, some time before Vision was destroyed by Thanos. While the loved-up pair have only appeared in just a few movies together so far, there’s a large period between Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War where Wanda and Vision met secretly to continue their relationship.
While this might not be the most exciting explanation, it makes a lot of sense from Disney’s perspective, particularly if this is indeed a one-time limited series. This way, two fan favourites will finally enjoy a moment in the spotlight without detracting from Vision’s death at the end of Infinity War.
Maybe love isn’t dead in the MCU after all...
Avengers: Endgame is in cinemas now and WandaVision will debut soon after the Disney+ platform launches in the US on November 12.
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