WandaVision Episode 9 Explained

The final episode of WandaVision is finally here. All of the mysteries have been revealed and we even got a glimpse at where the MCU may be heading from this point forward. So, let’s take a look at what we discovered from this final episode.

Warning: spoilers for WandaVision Episodes 1-9, earlier MCU movies, and general information from other MCU projects follow. Plus, spoilers from a few Marvel comics also follow.

Monica Rambeau

We’ll start this explanation with some of the easier things to explain, before moving on to the harder stuff. This episode saw Monica Rambeau officially performing a few superhero acts. She is clearly able to see things no one else can see and is able to shift her body’s structure. This puts her in line to become Spectrum, a superhero in the comics.

In addition, the conclusion of this episode hints at where Monica’s future may lie. We already know that Monica is set to appear in the next Captain Marvel movie. Now, the conclusion of this episode hints that this Captain Marvel movie will involve the Skrulls again and that it will, at least partially, take place in space.

Vision

In this episode, Wanda’s version of Vision went head to head with the reanimated body of the real Vision. Their battle concluded with the white Vision simply leaving the scene while Wanda’s version of Vision disintegrated along with the rest of her Westview illusion.

This conclusion opens the door for Vision, or at least a version of Vision, to return in the future. The white version of Vision, in the comics, comes about after Vision is killed and his body is put back together. This version of Vision has all of his memories but is devoid of emotion. This is similar to what happened in this episode, as it concludes with a seemingly emotionless version of Vision loose somewhere in the world.

However, in the comics, this Vision eventually regains his emotions and it effectively brings the real Vision back to life. The conclusion of this episode hints at a similar return, with Wanda’s version of Vision stating “Who knows what I might be next?” and “We have said goodbye before so it stands to reason… [we’ll say hello again].” Despite this hint, it is entirely unclear where or when we may see Vision again in the future.

Wanda

While the information surrounding Monica and Vision is relatively straightforward, Wanda’s story is more complicated. At lot of what happened across this episode helped move Wanda closer to the power level seen in her comic book counterpart. In the comics, Wanda has innate powers that are then enhanced by lessons in real magic from Agatha Harkness. In the MCU, Wanda has her own unique set of powers but, by the end of this episode, she appears to be supplementing these powers with information about real magic. There is even a chance, with Agatha still out there and under Wanda’s control, that Agatha will teach her more about magic than before. This episode also officially gives Wanda the Scarlet Witch moniker, which is what she goes by in the comics.

Throughout this episode, there are also a number of suggestions that Wanda activating this level of power will bring about some sort of doomsday scenario. It is possible that the MCU is borrowing themes typically associated with the Phoenix Force, an entity of immense destruction and rebirth. The Phoenix Force has already been seen in two separate X-Men movies so Marvel may attempt to simply loop some of its themes into Wanda’s character arc, rather than going for another direct Phoenix Force adaptation. In the comics, the moniker of “Scarlet Witch” is not typically associated with world-ending scenarios so it may be that the MCU is mixing some elements of the Phoenix Force into Wanda’s character.

However, there is a specific comic book storyline that has Wanda as the center of a doomsday prophecy. This storyline also involves something else from this episode: the Darkhold.

The Darkhold

In the comics, the Darkhold is a book written by the evil Elder God Chthon. He wrote this book before being banished to another dimension and intended for the book to serve as his connection to the real world. Over time, the book was used for dark magic and even influenced some to attempt to summon Chthon back to the real world.

At one point in time, Chthon was also able to reach out to a child and grant a child some of his power. The child’s natural affinity for magic was enhanced and she was given access to Chaos Magic. Chthon intended to, one day, use this child as a vessel to escape his prison dimension and enter the real world. That child was Wanda Maximoff.

With this episode of WandaVision giving numerous hints that Wanda will be part of some doomsday prophecy, it seems possible that her connection to the Darkhold may play a key role in this. If the MCU’s version of the Darkhold also maintains a connection with a being of powerful evil, Wanda may end up summoning this evil, even if it is on accident. It is also worth noting that Chthon, the Darkhold, and this entire comic book storyline are heavily associated with a specific mountain, Wundagore Mountain. It may be that Wundagore Mountain is where we see Wanda at the end of this episode.

Readers can learn more about this entire story arc in Avengers #185-187, collected in Marvel Masterworks: Avengers Vol. 18 (Review).

Billy, Tommy, and the Multiverse of Madness

We already know that Wanda will reappear in the upcoming Doctor Strange movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and, given the current lineup of Marvel projects, it seems likely that this will be her next major appearance. The conclusion of this episode has Wanda studying the Darkhold when she suddenly hears the voices of her children calling out to her. With this in mind, it stands to reason that Wanda’s role in this upcoming film will involve her trying to save her children somehow.

In the comics, Wanda also has two children that cease to exist because they were never quite real in the first place. Wanda discovers that her children were soul fragments from Mephisto, a devil character, and that he used her to power up these fragments so he could reabsorb them into himself. However, at a later point, these children are reincarnated as Wiccan and Speed, two significant characters in the comic world.

The teaser at the conclusion of this episode and the fact that we never see Billy and Tommy disappear hints that the twins were somehow taken by someone before Wanda’s reality fell. Given the information from the comics, this could go a number of different ways. It may be that a demonic being, like Mephisto, is trying to use the boy’s souls to increase his own power, something Doctor Strange and Wanda will try to stop. Or it may be that another demonic being, like Chthon, may have taken the boys as a bargaining chip in order to force Wanda to do what he wants. Either way, it opens the door for the children to return at some point in the future.

Next week we’ll be uploading an explanation for the entire WandaVision series and we’ll be following along with other Marvel shows as they release. So make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest or subscribe to ComicBookWire’s newsletter to stay up to date on what’s happening!