Why is Wanda not held responsible for what she did. (spoilers) - WandaVision (2021) Discussion

[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

What jail could hold her? Seriously, what can they do to someone with her powers? And if they did succeed in constructing a prison that would hold her, what would happen the next times aliens invaded and they needed her to save the world?

Frankly, I suspected they realized that and so did she, and when she offered to go stay away from humanity for a good long time, they said "Uh, fine, you're under house arrest. Stay there until we need you again.".

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

"What jail could hold her? Seriously, what can they do to someone with her powers? And if they did succeed in constructing a prison that would hold her, what would happen the next times aliens invaded and they needed her to save the world? "

She can do whatever she wants because we can't stop her is the definition of a cop out.

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[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

If people like her existed, that would be the reality. They'd be above the law, because nobody could force them to follow any law they didn't want to follow, and the rest of humanity would just have to to hope they made themselves useful to the rest of us and didn't decide they wanted to be Planetary Dictator.

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

I don't want to discuss fictional politics or laws on a message board.

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[–] ExTechOp (2770) a year ago

So now we know (after "Doctor Strange 2") -- it wasn't a "cop out"

It was a supervillain origin story

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

She escaped through gate 9¾

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

It's been a bit since I saw the finale, but I don't think she was really "allowed" to get away. The big mean government man (Marvel does this waaaay too much) DID try to stop her. On the other hand he was portrayed as being "wrong" for doing that while Monica "We've got to help Wanda" Rambeau, Tits McGee, and the Asian agent were the "good" people for bringing him down. Then again, the town's people visibly feared/hated her at the end. it was a bizarre mix. I hope she's portrayed a a villain in the future, because she is.

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[–] ExTechOp (2770) 3 years ago

So post-Dr.Strange, we know they DID let her get away ONLY because they couldn't stop her.

And I can still forgive "Rambeau, Tits McGee, and the Asian agent" for focusing on Hayward because (A) he was, in fact, overstepping his authority and (B) they, unlike you (and me) still saw Wanda as a world-saving Avenger, and therefore redeemable.

Now we know wasn't redeemable after all.

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[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Well, we don't know exactly why the authorities of Earth made no visible attempt to imprison her, but it's more clear than ever that they couldn't have held her if they tried. So maybe they put the best possible face on events, and told each other that she'd probably do more good than harm, and hey, maybe her magic would take her to another planet or dimension or something, and they wouldn't have to worry about her!

Well, she tried to go to some other dimension where our leaders wouldn't have to worry about her, didn't she! And she didn't really do that much damage on her way out, just attacked one monastery that nobody had ever heard of, and there was this little street fight in New York, which was hardly out of the ordinary.

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[–] Joogle83 (4472) 3 years ago

dumbest take she was grieving she paid for it in Doctor Strange MoM dumbest take

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[–] Narwhale37 (1226) 2 years ago

No one knows where she is. She went to a remote house in the middle of nowhere.

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[–] NorrinRad (5468) a year ago

How about them Skrulls in Secret Invasion and Fury KNEW they were doing it??!!

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[–] TylerAArse (2870) a year ago

Waiting on the series to finish so I can binge it all at once.

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[–] NorrinRad (5468) a year ago

Interesting approach. I like the week to week tension and build up. WandaVision did that expertly but of course it was built on a sitcom format with a mystery underneath.

Stay away from the internet/youtube then for Secret Invasion or it won't be much of a secret. 🤣

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[–] ExTechOp (2770) a year ago

I agree -- just started re-watching it and I think I'd have missed a lot if I'd binged it

As a weekly series, (A) it allowed itself time to build tension properly and (B) followed the sitcom gimmick in the process

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[–] NorrinRad (5468) a year ago

Many younger viewers may NOT have bought or gotten the "Gimmick" of the sitcoms but it was so expertly and deftly revealed that it was horrifying and heart-breaking in the same shot.

The scene where Vision's boss is over for dinner and starts choking and his wife is begging Wanda to "Stop it" had a Twilight Zone feel.The actress Debra Jo Rupp's performance is intense and terrifying. The audience doesn't realize but it is Agatha injecting herself to get Wanda to break character and Wanda refuses.

WandaVision deserved a LOT more love.

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