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Hey, brother.
Oh my goodness, you guys.
I cannot tell you how good it felt last weekend
to finally see that Marvel logo again
and finally get some new content.
I mean, it felt genuinely unfair
to go from "Captain Marvel," "Endgame," and "Far From Home"
in 2019 to then nothing for 2020.
It has been over a year but at long last the wait is over,
and goodness does it feel worth it
because how great were the first two episodes
of "WandaVision"?
I don't think I have ever watched a show
that has so seamlessly made me laugh
and gave me just the heebie-jeebies
in such a fun and seamless way.
And I mean fun.
Like they're not trying to parody '50 or '60s sitcoms,
they're just embracing it.
They're going in full hog and crushing it.
Yeah, full hog.
I'm sticking with that.
Ah, but seriously it makes you feel so nostalgic
but also it makes you keep wondering
what on Earth is going on
because despite the style, this is still a superhero show
and obviously none of this is real.
Like hey, Vision is supposed to be dead.
And what is up with the beekeeper?
And who is doing this to Wanda?
And if we're looking for the antagonist,
like, well I don't know.
The main cast isn't really that big.
It's like Wanda and Vision and Agnes, the goofy neighbor.
I mean like you're not telling me Agnes
is supposed to be the bad guy, right?
Like she's not like the devil or something
keeping Wanda's soul in another dimension or something.
Right?
Or is she?
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Okay, so in case you need to refresher,
let's take a quick look back at Wanda's journey
through the MCU thus far
because despite being one of the most powerful Avengers,
if not the most powerful one,
she's never been the sole focus
of any movie or TV show until now.
She was first introduced in "Age of Ultron"
along with her brother Pietro as the end result
of Hydra's experiments using the scepter,
aka the Mind Stone.
The guy doing the experiments on them was someone
named Wolfgang von Strucker, great name,
who might sound familiar after the first two episodes,
but more on that later.
And even though Strucker was torturing Wanda and Pietro,
it turns out they volunteered for these experiments.
But the reason they volunteered was because
their home was destroyed and their parents were killed
by some terrible weaponry, but not just any weaponry.
- And on the side of the shell was painted one word.
- Stark.
- This, quite understandably, makes the two very upset
with Tony until they actually get to spend some time
with him and decide, "Oh well, maybe he's not that bad.
"I mean, at the very least, he seems against dropping
"our home city back on the planet
and destroying all life on Earth.
"So he's got that going for him."
During said battle, though, Pietro,
whose superpower was super speed,
gets shot by bullets and dies.
Seriously, are they going with that?
The guy who can like run faster than bullets
gets shot by bullets and...
Okay.
The quicksilver lining, ah.
No. No, that wasn't funny.
The good news out of the situation, though,
is that she gets a new boyfriend and family
in the form of Vision,
who is also powered by the Mind Stone, and the Avengers.
Of course, soon after she shoves Vision
down a super giant hole and then the Avengers breakup, so.
But don't worry, it's okay.
At least her and Vision patch things up
and the fall in love, until she's forced to kill him.
To save the, to save the universe.
Did I say...
She has to kill him to save the universe.
And she does it and it's really hard.
Of course, then it is immediately reversed
and then she has to watch it happen again,
this time at the hands of the person
she was trying to prevent it from happening
with the first time.
It's even worse the second time.
I mean, think about that.
She is forced to kill the person she loves
only to immediately fail to save his life, which is...
That doesn't happen often.
But hey, at least like 10 seconds later
she gets snapped out of existence anyway, so.
Man, that's a bad day.
As such, when she comes back to life, she is insanely mad
and finally cranks her power up to a full 10.
And, as far as I'm concerned, defeats Thanos by herself
until he decides to like rain fire on the battlefield.
Okay, seriously though, Wanda versus Carol,
Mind Stone versus Space Stone, who you got?
Let me know in the towel section down below.
Wanda.
But while "Endgame" does a pretty good job
of wrapping many things up,
we never know at all what happens to Wanda afterwards
until now when we see her suddenly showing up
in black and white on a '50 and '60s-styled sitcom
with Vision still alive.
Which, let's be clear, he should not be.
He is one of the very few heroes
who is not brought back to life by the Hulk's snap.
That is because he was not killed by Thanos' initial snap.
He was killed by Thanos ripping the Mind Stone
out of his head and it does not return for the final battle.
In fact, between Thanos ripping the stone out of his head
and "WandaVision" starting,
Thanos snaps again and destroys the Mind Stone
that used to power him out of existence.
So, how is he suddenly back, alive and well
and wondering what his job is?
Well, as they say, the devil is in the details.
- That's not the only place he is.
- (laughing) Classic Agnes.
What do you know, Agnes?
Where else is the devil?
Where? Is it you?
Yeah, I'm sorry, but if Agnes herself isn't the devil
then she is at the very least working for him.
Although I should clarify, when I say the devil
I don't necessarily mean the The Devil,
but rather a very specific Marvel villain
known as Mephisto.
Not to be confused with the "Diablo II: Lord of Destruction"
act three final boss Mephisto.
I mean, I'm sure they're inspired by the same thing,
but you know.
Anyway, getting back on track, you might be wondering,
"Wait, who is Mephisto?"
Great question.
Story time.
The Marvel Universe has a lot going on
with like gods and demons
and there's a lot of kind of confusing overlap.
Like take the Asgardians.
Are they actual proper gods?
Or are they just aliens that humans called gods
because they're so powerful?
It's complicated.
And Mephisto falls into that same camp.
Technically, he is an extra-dimensional being
who is considered by the people of Earth to be a demon
or the actual real-life devil.
He also happens to rule over a flame-ridden dimension
known as Hell or Hades, depending on the story.
But again, it's not actually either of those places.
It's just his own personal dimension
that he lets people believe is Hell,
the same way he lets people believe he is the real devil
because he just likes messing with people.
In fact, he likes it so much that he is often striking
shady, very dishonest deals with people
that come with very hefty prices.
It's like the monkey's paw where your wish is indeed granted
but normally with some very horrible twist.
The most infamous story involving such a deal
happened when Spider-Man's Aunt May is fatally wounded.
So, Spider-Man goes to Mephisto
and asks him to restore Aunt May's life, which he does
but the price is that Peter and Mary Jane's marriage
and all history of their happiness together ever
is erased from history.
Now, everyone totally hated that story,
but it does give you a good idea
of how much Mephisto can manipulate reality
and how underhanded his deals are.
Not only can he create brand new realities,
but he can also shapeshift into different forms,
like say a wacky neighbor who seems to know more
than she's letting on, Agnes.
All right, let's look at the clues,
most of which come from the second episode of the show.
Agnes' first words to Wanda in this episode are-
- Look, it's the star of the show.
- Now this is quickly covered up by her meaning
that she's referencing her rabbit, Senor Scratchy,
who will be the star of the magic show.
However, it is also a not-so-subtle way of implying
that Agnes is actually aware that Wanda is the star
of this reality warped show.
Or it's possible she could be referring to herself
in that moment as the one who is actually in control
of the entire warped situation.
Speaking of Senor Scratchy, though,
that is an interesting name for what appears to be
a fairly docile rabbit.
Turns out it's actually very close
to an archaic name for the devil,
Mr. Scratch or Old Scratch.
According to Wikipedia, the name likely comes from
Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin,
derived from Old Norse skratte.
But again, possibly the biggest clue
that Agnes is just Mephisto in disguise
comes from the little dialogue during the planning committee
for the fundraiser for the children.
Dottie says, "The devil's in the details."
And Agnes responds-
- That's not the only place he is.
- Now, the retort gets a little laugh
which makes it seem like Agnes is just making a silly joke,
oh Agnes, but it is also a little clue that Agnes knows more
than the audience about what is going on.
Perhaps the devil is right there in front of our eyes
and they're just toying with everyone, including us.
But so if Agnes is Mephisto,
the big questions obviously become
what deal did Wanda make with Mephisto?
Like what did she ask for?
And what is it costing her?
And of course, it's hard to say exactly what the deal was
but I have to say it feels pretty obvious
why the deal was made and that was-
- For the children.
- [Planning Committee] For the children.
- For the children.
- [Townsfolk] For the children.
- [Wanda And Vision] For the children.
- Also, Ms. Hart asks-
- And why don't you have children yet?
- And sure enough, by just the end of the second episode,
Wanda has already magicked herself pregnant.
And actually it turns out that Wanda using her powers
to manifest a child has some precedent
because in the comics she tries this very same thing.
So, if such a thing happened in the real world
after the events of "Endgame,"
she tried to manifest a child and failed,
that could be the inciting incident
for what we're seeing in "WandaVision."
That after losing her home, her parents, brother,
the Avengers, Vision, dying herself,
and then losing her child, she finally just loses it,
breaking down entirely deciding this reality is not for me.
And instead, she makes the deal with Mephisto.
Actually, I keep saying she manifested a child
but they keep saying children,
which makes me think maybe it's going to end up being twins.
I mean, Wanda is a twin herself
and in the comics she has twins named Speed and Wiccan,
which like, I wonder what their powers are?
Anyway though, it seems pretty possible to me
that she would have bargained for Vision to have been back
and for them to have had kids.
But the question is what was the price?
Well, typically Mephisto deals in souls,
which, if you ask me, is kind of a vague price
in terms of what it means Wanda has to give him.
Like does that mean he's now allowed to control Wanda?
Or does she have to do his bidding?
Or is it more like "Harry Potter" where he takes your soul
and you become like a vacant shell of a person
and he gets that it to his collection?
In the meantime, he also creates a brand new reality
for you to live in.
Honestly, just because of Wanda's insane level of power,
I'm leaning kind of more towards the first two
because like just think of the amount of destruction
you can cause if you control Wanda.
However, whatever the deal was
it seems like there is also another force
for good out there trying to rescue Wanda,
and that his SWORD whose logo you can see right here
on the side of helicopter.
SWORD, in case you don't know, at least in the comics,
is just a subdivision of SHIELD
that deals with intergalactic threats.
As far as the MCU is concerned, though,
it looks like it's gonna be more just like SHIELD reborn
but with a new name and in space.
Actually on that note, the actress playing Geraldine
in "WandaVision" has been confirmed
to be the grown-up version of Monica Rambeau
from "Captain Marvel" in "Captain Marvel 2."
Monica, of course, would have obvious connections
to Nick Fury and the Skrull
and I think could very believably be working for SWORD.
Either way, I think they are the ones communicating
with Wanda asking, "Who is doing this to you?"
- [Man] Who's doing this to you, Wanda?
- I mean, at the very least,
they can absolutely see what's happening
'cause they zoom out on this little TV screen right here.
And when I first saw that I was like,
"Whoa, they found a way to see what's happening
"inside Wanda's mind.
"That's crazy."
But then I started thinking, well honestly,
if the show ends and it's like ha ha, that was all a dream
and Wanda just wakes up, uh, that's pretty lame.
Instead, the reason I think they're able to see
what's happening is because what's happening
is really happening inside of some town somewhere.
I mean, just take a look at this shot
from one of the trailers.
It looks very much like the edge of a bubble or something
inside of which this entirely new reality is happening.
So just like we talked about earlier
with Spider-Man and Aunt May,
Mephisto would have effectively been able to rewrite
everyone in the town's entire history,
which would then also explain why nobody seems to know
how they got there or who they are
or how long they've been there.
- I don't know what I'm doing here.
- How are you?
- What exactly is your story?
- It would be like a pocket dimension
within our own dimension.
Very similar to how Thanos used the Reality Stone
to portray a restored Titan
or to conceal all of the damage he did at Knowhere.
But so then the question becomes is Mephisto doing this
or did he give Wanda the power to do this?
And either way, the end result is the same
that an entire town has been corrupted,
or at least trapped inside of this new reality
without them having any awareness of it,
which just feels very sinister.
Also makes you wonder like so is Vision really there then
because if he's really there,
does that mean they also recreated the Mind Stone?
Because if so has questions.
Seems like that has the many implications.
Or is he not there at all and will he just sort of fade away
if this reality is broken?
Honestly, questions I don't quite have the answer to yet
but I am so excited to find out.
On the other hand, I might be able to offer
some explanations for some of the other weird things,
like this Stark toaster or the Strucker watch.
If I had to guess, I would say the ads are the ways
in which Wanda is unpacking her emotional trauma,
and that in each episode we'll see the next one unpacked
in some form of an advertisement.
So first, her parents were killed by Stark weapons.
That's the toaster.
And then, Wolfgang von Strucker tortured her
and her brother.
That's the watch.
And if the pattern continues,
I would bet that in the third episode
we see something to do with Pietro dying,
like maybe Ultron-branded shoes or something.
And that just leaves us with the beekeeper,
which has everybody buzzing with questions. (laughing)
Okay, this guy feels so random,
but you will notice he too has the SWORD logo on his back
and that is the key to understanding him.
Basically, all I think that's happening
is SWORD is doing everything they can
to penetrate this weird reality bubble.
First, I tried coming in from above with the helicopter
but it hits the reality filter,
turns into a toy and crashes.
But that's why it's a different color
'cause it's not supposed to be there.
They also try with the radio and almost get through to Wanda
who breaks a glass and begins bleeding.
Again, not supposed to happen, so it's red.
And then there's the beekeeper.
If the airwaves and the sky didn't work,
it looks like they're trying to come in from below
through the sewers.
And Wanda recognizes this person isn't supposed to be there,
has a moment of lucidity,
and decides, "No, I'm pressing rewind."
So be on the lookout.
Anything with the SWORD logo is probably trying
to break its way into the bubble,
but so far they're being pretty unsuccessful.
So the bees and the beekeeper suit
I think are just the result of passing through the filter.
It's the same as the helicopter.
It was big, hit the filter, became a toy.
I'm betting they started out
with like a hazmat suit or something,
but when they crossed through (buzzing).
But in the meantime, our theory right now is that Wanda
made a deal for the children with Mephisto,
who is secretly inside the reality himself as Agnes,
along with her super sus rabbit Senor Scratchy.
Oh, we're on to you, rabbit.
And this is all not just happening inside Wanda's head
but that it is legit happening to an entire town somewhere.
But Ben, my question for you and everyone else is
do what you agree?
Is Agnes secretly Mephisto?
Let me know your thoughts in the towel section down below.
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