{"id":209635,"date":"2021-03-06T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/wandavision-finale-beautifully-meta\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:35:46","slug":"wandavisions-finale-was-beautifully-meta-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/06\/wandavisions-finale-was-beautifully-meta-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"WandaVision’s Finale was Beautifully Meta | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following contains spoilers for the finale of Marvel Studios\u2019 WandaVision.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Near the beginning of WandaVision<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2019s climactic conclusion (so confident in its own finality the episode is literally titled \u201cThe Series Finale\u201d), the show brings audiences up-to-speed on the immediate whereabouts of Teyonah Parris\u2019 Monica Rambeau, trapped in a basement and held hostage by Evan Peters\u2019 mysterious individual calling himself \u201cPietro Maximoff.\u201d Rambeau later discovers \u201cPietro\u201d is neither a brainwashed doppelganger from the X-Men<\/em> movie universe<\/a> nor a subconscious creation of the title character\u2019s sprawling circling cycle of grief like so many believed – he\u2019s Ralph Bohner, an ordinary Westview resident, powered by and under the command of Kathryn Hahn\u2019s Agatha Harkness<\/a>. No multiverse, no X-Men<\/em>, no crossover. He\u2019s just\u2026 a guy.<\/p>\n

To many Marvel Cinematic Universe scholars, this \u201cBohner” joke was emblematic of WandaVision<\/em>\u2019s disappointing ending<\/a> – a handy helping of anti-climaxes served to a community that had spent the preceding weeks feverishly piecing every bit of each episode into a cohesive hypothesis for the MCU\u2019s future, both immediate and distant. But chastising the show\u2019s supposedly underwhelming closing episode ignores the consistent commentary permeating the series, right up to the end.\u00a0WandaVision<\/em>\u2019s finale satisfies in its own unique way, with its pointed meta-meditation on a part of modern movie culture that helped build Marvel Studios into the great and terrifying force of filmmaking it is today.<\/p>\n

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Throughout its nine-episode duration, WandaVision couldn\u2019t stop dropping clues to an exciting future for both Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s Wanda Maximoff and her surrounding cinematic universe: Who’s\u00a0Agnes? How was this sitcom-world created? Is Evan Peters playing the same Pietro he played in the final few X-Men<\/em> films? And what’s with all the\u00a0hexagons?<\/p>\n

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Just as the series came to a close, the wider mysteries covering every corner of the \u201cevent series\u201d were solved one after another, revealing a heaping of herrings as red as Wanda\u2019s wardrobe: The recurring shape of the interdimensional \u201cHex,\u201d the array of vaguely themed commercial breaks<\/a> in every sitcom-based episode, and the aforementioned true identity of the dude calling himself \u201cPietro Maximoff\u201d were not onions of lore with everlasting layers like so many assumed, but instead standalone details without agenda. It amounts to a finale that plays locally – no surprise appearances or bombshell exposition drops, just a superpowered family protecting their home.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as if this wasn\u2019t part of the point – from musical stingers to odd details in the background, WandaVision<\/em> was designed to cater to the MCU\u2019s amateur fortune tellers, more than any other entry\u00a0in the preteen-aged universe. The intention was only made clearer by the unfolding mystery outside Wanda\u2019s world, as Monica, along with Randall Park\u2019s Jimmy Woo and Kat Dennings\u2019 Darcy Lewis, observed the goings-on within \u201cWandaVision,” speculating as passionately as the fans watching the show. Marvel is known for its meta-storytelling, but this was on a completely different level.<\/p>\n

The metatextual narrative arguably speaks to one of the hallmarks of a frighteningly-effective\u00a0Marvel Studios strategy: Over the last decade, coverage and discussion of popular genre media\u00a0have\u00a0adopted an unending cycle of speculative content generation, largely thanks to the MCU. No longer\u00a0simply trailer drops and cast announcements, but additionally\u00a0theories and easter egg guides<\/a> and potential reference material for later films. The inherent lack of moderation in this model has created a hungry machine with a bottomless stomach, with\u00a0which Marvel feeds with post-credits scenes and cameos.<\/p>\n

At the tail-end of a recent WandaVision<\/em> theory video<\/a> on the popular YouTube channel \u201cThe Film Theorists,\u201d host Matthew Patrick unintentionally lays out\u00a0the result of Marvel Studios\u2019 marketing model\u00a0in designing its cinematic universe with so much speculative texture: \u201cWe do [Marvel theory videos] all year-round, even when there\u2019s nothing to talk about in the Marvel Universe.\u201d Thanks to its\u00a0marketing model, Marvel Studios is literally never out of style.<\/p>\n

Yet, in the aftermath of 2019\u2019s Avengers: Endgame<\/em> and the universe’s\u00a0unplanned year off in 2020, speculation surrounding the studio\u2019s future began to swell, and after MCU CEO Kevin Feige\u00a0confirmed the upcoming introduction of the Marvel multiverse at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, said speculation – and accompanying expectations – reached a fever pitch. Whether by fated circumstance or intentional timing, it’s fitting the MCU’s grand return\u00a0would have\u00a0something to say about this enflamed culture\u00a0of rumors\u00a0and predictions.<\/p>\n

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Given its premise, lead character, its ties to future films<\/a>, its arrival as the first MCU product in a year and a half, and its (last-minute) placement as the first production in Marvel\u2019s \u201cPhase Four\u201d media lineup, WandaVision<\/em> was intensely scrutinized from the first frame of its debut trailer. Whether anticipated or not, the show was geared to play a game of expectations with the most attentive part of its audience; as it entered its twilight episodes, fans grew convinced their many ambitious\u00a0predictions<\/a> would be verified and validated. Then the rug was pulled out from under them and, within the final trio of chapters, the show\u2019s actual hand was revealed.<\/p>\n

The most deafening\u00a0nail in the coffin came during\u00a0the seventh episode, \u201cBreaking the Fourth Wall,\u201d in\u00a0which Wanda explicitly tells her sons – and, in turn, the audience – she\u2019s just as lost\u00a0as they are: \u201cI\u2019m your mom, and as such, you are counting on me to have all the answers, right? Well, I don\u2019t!\u201d WandaVision’s\u00a0self-contained finale\u00a0offers\u00a0a way for Marvel Studios to firmly slam its foot down, reminding everyone easter eggs and sequel teases are not, nor were they ever, the reason its mega-franchise became the most successful in film history. Though the MCU may rely on theory culture to stay relevant, what keeps people coming back\u00a0are lovable characters and engaging storylines – WandaVision<\/em> not only proved that, it also demanded its fans acknowledge that too. Marvel baited its millions of fans into proving a point – it’s hard to argue that’s a genius creative choice in and of itself.<\/p>\n

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Despite what many fans wanted, WandaVision<\/em> is not the story of Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch,<\/a> introducing the multiverse and relocating the X-Men to the MCU – it\u2019s the story of\u00a0Wanda Maximoff, a person drowning in a sea of grief, taking an entire town with her as she spirals. It ends with that same person recognizing the havoc she\u2019s wrought and choosing to rectify her poor decisions the best she can, even when presented with a permanent way out of her pain. Monica\u2019s aerospace engineer friend wasn\u2019t Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four<\/a>, Dottie wasn\u2019t Arcana of the Squadron Supreme, and Agatha Harkness wasn\u2019t playing second-fiddle to Mephisto, Marvel\u2019s version of the Devil. Everything played out more-or-less as expected, and the lack of any universe-building surprises left so many fans sour (even with two post-credits scenes<\/a> teasing upcoming Marvel films).<\/p>\n

That such a straightforward ending is controversial posits a question of priorities on the part of the MCU\u2019s loudest and proudest fans – if the only reason someone\u2019s watching a Marvel Studios production is to figure out clues to the next three Marvel Studios productions, what is their goal (or \u201cendgame\u201d)? Experiencing well-produced mass entertainment eventually becomes a never-ending cycle of emotional investment and disappointment. For these die-hards, there will never be enough answers, just more questions to ponder, leading to the perception of an underwhelming conclusion for the MCU\u2019s streaming debut – for everyone else, WandaVision<\/em>\u2019s moving and bombastic finale proved the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks a lot like Wanda\u2019s world: weird, wild, and wonderful.<\/p>\n

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