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After the devastating conclusion of WandaVision, we started to formulate a new image of where the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) will stand in the MCU’s Phase 4. Wanda was meddling in magics that are above even Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) paygrade. Given Wanda’s strength as a magic user, it is obvious that if Strange is coming up against a problem in the magical realm he might go to Wanda for advice in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But, he will not get what he’s looking for. Let’s look back on the connections between Wandavision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Doctor Strange finally hits Disney+ this week!
In WandaVision‘s second credits scene, we find Wanda in a remote cabin getting well-acquainted with the cursed book of spells known as The Darkhold. The Darkhold is full of ancient, dark magic – the type of forbidden incantations that are considered a corruption to magic. WandaVision itself makes the connection; composer Michael Giacchino‘s Doctor Strange theme plays over the credits scene, and Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) says outright that Wanda’s newfound power is going to put her higher on the magical totem pole than Strange himself.
“The Scarlet Witch is not born, she is forged. She has no coven or need for incantation. Your power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. It’s your destiny to destroy the world.”
It’s the whole “destiny to destroy the world” bit that’s probably going to concern a few of Wanda’s superhero peers. The thing is, Wanda’s deep-dive into forbidden magic mirrors Strange’s own journey in Doctor Strange. He, too, cracked open the pages of deeply powerful books before he was ready, for slightly less noble reasons – Wanda is acting out of trauma and desperation, Strange is just ambitious to a fault – without fully understanding the possible consequences of his actions.
This is not even accounting for Strange nearly tearing apart the fabric of the universe when he helped Peter Parker (Tom Holland) try to create a spell to hide his identity again in Spider-Man: No Way Home, creating the tears in the fabric of the multiverse that allowed for rogues like Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) and Doc Ock (Alfred Molina) to break through into the 616 universe. Oh, and then there’s that plot line in What If…? where we saw a variant of Strange consume and abuse magic, pushing it to its darkest limits in order to save Christine (Rachel McAdams) from inevitable death.
After his actions in Spider-Man, we see Wong tell Strange, “You opened the doorway between universes, we don’t know who or what will walk through it.”
As the former Sorcerer Supreme (a position he lost when he was blipped), Strange was solely responsible for defending natural law. But, he disregarded those rules with his spell and, as a result, has opened a whole new can of worms. And, as Wanda points out to him, “You break the rules and become a hero, I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair.”
The last thing we hear in WandaVision is the voices of Wanda’s twin sons, Tommy and Billy, calling out for help. The problem is, Tommy and Billy…don’t actually exist in our universe; like Vision, they existed inside Westview as an extension of Wanda’s longing for a less traumatic life. So wherever they’re calling from, it’s not here. At least, not a here that we, people without access to a reality-altering spellbook written by a Lovecraft monster, can comprehend.
It’s obvious from what we see of Wanda that she is still reeling from the loss of her family. After losing Vision, Billy, and Tommy when Westview was freed from the Hex, Wanda has a one-track mind. She is only interested in finding Billy and Tommy, even if it is not her version of the two kids, and even if that means taking it from another version of herself.
It’s unclear if Strange knew about Wanda’s potential for Chaos magic. But, one of the first lessons the Exalted One (Tilda Swinton) taught Strange is that a threat to the multiverse is the highest priority possible. “Learning of an infinite Multiverse includes learning of infinite dangers,” she says in Doctor Strange. “If I told you everything else that you don’t already know, you’d run from here in terror.” With Wanda desperate to find her children again and with her capacity of power, she is a very real and powerful threat to the multiverse with the Darkhold in hand.
Vinnie Mancuso also contributed to this article.
