Contains spoilers for “VisionQuest” Episode 8 – “Forever”
The action-packed finale of “VisionQuest” brought back a beloved hero, and his return raises major questions about “Avengers: Doomsday” as well as the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe. The post-credits scene takes audiences back to the end of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” when Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) destroys Mount Wundagore and brings it down on herself, sacrificing herself because of the damage she had caused to the multiverse to reunite with her children.
The brief post-credits scene at the end of the “VisionQuest” finale, titled “Forever,” takes us to the ruins of Wundagore moments after its destruction by Wanda. None other than Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) lifts the rubble to find his body. He said, “Scarlet Witch, wake up. Your powers will be mine.” Then her eyes snapped open and she gasped. That’s right, Scarlet Witch is alive and well! But how will the MCU’s next big bad use Wanda to his advantage when “Avengers: Doomsday” crashes into theaters?
Will Doctor Doom really take Wanda’s powers?
One of the biggest questions fans have been asking after the “VisionQuest” finale is whether or not Doctor Doom will take Scarlet Witch’s powers or if he’ll just use her to help him in his assault on the Avengers. The last time we saw her, she had accepted that what she did in her hunt for her children was wrong, which is why she chose to destroy Mount Wundagore.
While this redeemed her in the film, it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that she still wants her children back – and it would be very easy for Doom to manipulate her into helping him if he offers to remake a world in which she is back with her family. Of course, Vision (Paul Bettany), Billy (Joe Locke) and Tommy (Ruaridh Mollica) are all back after Marvel’s “WandaVision” trilogy (which also includes “WandaVision” and “Agatha All Along”), but Wanda won’t know that at first.
There have already been many theories that Wanda is one of the masked witches from Latvia who have been seen on posters for “Avengers: Doomsday” and at various events like San Diego Comic-Con. Now that she’s been revived at the end of “VisionQuest,” it would make sense for Doom to make her one of his sidekicks. It’s worth noting that the 2010 comic series “Avengers: The Children’s Crusade” sees Doom gaining Wanda’s powers while she suffers from amnesia – and it’s her sons who try to save her. So there’s already a priority for a lot of these things.
Will Doomsday feature a Maximoff family reunion?
The finale of “VisionQuest” reunites Vision with Billy and Tommy in a truly heartfelt moment after the magical hero of “Agatha All Along” combines his powers with his speedster brother to save their synthezoid father. What’s it like for a dysfunctional family? Obviously, the question now is whether or not Wanda will get the chance to meet her sons in “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Tommy wonders if Wanda is anywhere, and now that we have that answer, it surely seems inevitable that a Maximoff family reunion is on the cards. But it would be a tragic twist of fate if she wasn’t on the right side in the fight with Doctor Doom.
Perhaps their arrival could be what forces Wanda to realize that Doom is not the person she should follow and that her family should come first. Hopefully the movie doesn’t tear the Maximoffs apart after spending three series and a movie trying to exist normally together. But with “Avengers: Secret Wars” on the horizon, anything is possible.
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