WandaVision Finale Predictions

The first (and for now, only) season of WandaVision has proven to be a hit for MCU fans. 2020 was the first time we didn’t get a single MCU installment in an entire year. I couldn’t have been the only fan to feel goosebumps upon hearing the theme with the montage of top moments of the MCU showing through the letters of Marvel Studios.

And Episode 8 did not disappoint, leaving us with major reveals and more questions as well as the promise of an epic final battle.

Before we knew it, eight episodes have been released, and the finale will be upon us in a few days. There are many theories and predictions about the WandaVision finale and how it will impact Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Is Wanda indeed a mutant? Will Doctor Strange make an appearance? Is it still accurate to predict that Wanda will be the villain of the show and the Doctor Strange sequel?

Wanda might not be revealed to a mutant after all

Episode 8 revealed that Wanda is the Scarlet Witch, a mythological being in the lore of witches. The episode also showed that Wanda didn’t get her powers from the Mind Stone (as previously established in the MCU). The Mind Stone instead awakened her abilities, by showing her a vision of her future (as the Scarlet Witch).

Fans have been theorising that WandaVision will introduce mutants to the MCU. With Evan Peter’s Quicksilver (from the now dead Fox X-Men universe) shown to be a fake in the last two episodes, that theory seems to have lost some of its grounding.

Some websites, like CBR, have already put forward the theory that mutants have been in the MCU all along. That would be convenient for Wanda’s sake, but where are the rest then? That seems like an issue that might be explored in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, especially since the final episode, while the longest in the season, will only be 50 minutes.

Another factor to consider is, if Marvel Studios is trying to tie Wanda closer to her comic book counterpart, then she may not be a mutant after all. In the comics, Wanda (as the Scarlet Witch) was originally thought to be a mutant. It was revealed much later that she and her brother Pietro were not mutants. Instead, they received their abilities because of the genetic tampering of a being known as the High Evolutionary. This being only did this due to the twins parentage, coming from a long line of warlocks and witches. In addition, their mother was the previous Scarlet Witch.

So, in the end, the final episode might not address this, since a lot of things will be happening.

Ultron will return in the form of the White Vision

Episode 8’s mid-credit scene revealed what S.W.O.R.D. had been working on: to reactivate Vision’s body. The last moments of the reveal showed the synthezoid awakening, with his behaviour and expression clearly nothing like the Vision we have come to know. Could it instead be Ultron?

In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ultron built Vision’s body for himself. It was meant to be his ultimate form. While that plan was foiled and Ultron was defeated, there has been speculation that the villain survived the events of that movie and has been waiting in the shadows to emerge again. That would be a faithful adaptation of the villain, who was far too easily defeated in the first Avengers sequel.

Alternatively, some have said that Tyler Hayward is secretly Ultron. This theory holds some ground, especially since Vision is able to change his appearances. But the hole in that theory is that Ultron never could do the same. He never got to upload his consciousness to Vision’s body. The only way Tyler could be Ultron would be if the A.I. had created another body like that of Vision’s. This might not be possible because Ultron was locked out of the internet by Vision.

Alternatively, the White Vision could be a completely new character. In the comics, the White Vision was, as in the MCU, the synthezoid rebuilt, although, in the comics, this was after he had been kidnapped and nearly destroyed. After he was rebuilt, he was devoid of emotion but still a hero. The last few moments of Episode 8 moves away from this, however. The White Vision had a somewhat sinister expression as he regarded his hand.

Vision will either resurrect or die in the finale

Since the White Vision was revealed, there have been many theories about how WandaVision’s finale will play out.

What is obvious is that S.W.O.R.D.’s Vision will be deployed to kill Wanda. What isn’t obvious yet is the abilities the White Vision will have. Vision’s abilities in the past were a combination of the vibranium and the Mind Stone. Without it, it remains to be seen what White Vision’s abilities will be since he has a different power source than the original Vision.

When White Vision confronts Wanda, she most likely will hesitate to destroy him since she might realise that it is the body of Vision, the one she loved. In the end, Westview-Vision might take on White Vision, and it’s not clear how that will play out. Either Wanda will destroy White Vision to save Westview-Vision or she will try to use her Chaos Magic to fuse the two.

It should also be noted it will be very much in character if Westview-Vision overpowers the S.W.O.R.D. version and destroys him, since he would never want his body to be used as a weapon.

S.W.O.R.D. will see a change in leadership

Since the last few episodes made it clear that S.W.O.R.D. is divided, there might be a confrontation similar to but smaller than the one in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

The faction loyal to Maria’s memory and Monica seems similar in size to the one following Tyler Hayward. It could be that through the assistance of Darcy, Hayward’s plan and deception could be revealed for all of S.W.O.R.D. to see. This might show those who are truly loyal to S.W.O.R.D.’s original principles or the ideology of Hayward.

If this plays out for Monica’s faction, the organization would see a change in leadership and a return in focus to their original mission, namely manned missions and extraterrestrial operations. This could also mean that S.W.O.R.D. will stop treating enhanced individuals like Wanda with mistrust and, like S.H.I.E.LD. originally did, support them and provide a base of operations.

Doctor Strange will appear in the final moments… or will he not?

Since WandaVision has been confirmed to lead into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, many fans and websites have been theorising and hoping for the character to make an appearance.

There have been also been theories that Doctor Strange has been in Westview all along, since he was “unavailable” according to Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far from Home.

At first, it seemed Wanda would be a villain in the Doctor Strange sequel but as of the last few episodes of WandaVision, that theory doesn’t seem so convincing anymore.

While Wanda did create the Hex that encases Westview, she did not intentionally do it to capture the town’s residents. As Episode 8 revealed, the destination had a rundown look to it and the inhabitants seemed sad. As we’ve seen from Episode 1, these people have been living in a kind of paradise thanks to Wanda. It might be fake, but could it be some sort of therapy? Of course, that might not be true since on resident, Norm, who was clearly distressed after Vision awakened him from the control of the Hex.

Since Wanda seems to have all the answers as to how she created the Hex, perhaps she might feel differently about bringing it down, especially if Vision can convince her to let him go.

With her status as the Scarlet Witch revealed, perhaps Doctor Strange will appear to ask her for help.

So, these are my predictions for the WandaVision finale. Do you have any? Let me know in the comments!

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P.S. For everyone hoping for Magneto to show up as Wanda’s father, that fact was retconned in the comics a few years back. It connects with her mother being the previous Scarlet Witch who was never involved with Magneto.