Before February of last year, I had only fully seen one Marvel movie, which was “Captain America: The First Avenger.” I wasn’t a huge fan of it (don’t yell at me) but my opinion might be different if I watched it again since the first time was in 2022. Now, I have seen the entire Infinity Saga and it was a fun, emotional and slightly confusing journey. I didn’t think I would ever get to this point in the franchise, but thank you to my boyfriend, I’m pretty locked in now.
After completing the Infinity Saga, I was a little uncertain if the adrenaline would last. Then, “WandaVision” altered my brain chemistry in the best way possible. My boyfriend told me from the start that I would be obsessed with “WandaVision” and I wasn’t positive about that because I often struggle with the pacing with many Marvel movies. So since “WandaVision” was a show, I honestly expected it to drag on. I was completely wrong. This was the best pacing Marvel has had out of what I’ve seen so far.
My favorite aspect of this show was the sitcom and drama mix. One of my favorite television shows is “Friends”, because my mother and I used to watch it together, especially when I was sick home from school. There is something so comforting about sitcoms, I feel like they lessen the worry of not having enough time in life.
“WandaVision” being inspired by sitcoms from multiple different time periods mixed with an intense tone of mystery, is literally a bunch of my interests mixed together. I won’t spoil much during this reflection, because I know there are people out there like me who are still planning to dive into the Marvel universe for the first time. When it comes to the mystery aspects, the scene where Wanda, Vision, Sharon and Arthur were at the dinner table and Aruthur starts choking. When Sharon began yelling at Wanda to stop it. I got whole body chills. For people who haven’t seen this show, I beg you to because that scene is something to experience.
The way Wanda and Vision’s relationship slowly changes as the time goes on hits with such heavy realism but the show was still able to add classic sitcom humor which was incredibly impressive. Wanda is such a complex character and even though I was very disappointed in how they left her in the last episode, I was still very happy a female character from Marvel got this spotlight.
Wanda is full with so much grief and longing while Vision is such a light in her life. The struggles they’ve both faced sit in their differences so comfortably. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful. You see how Wanda cares for the ones she loves and you just hope the world gives her that in return. As for Vision, his distance from his own existence is something that makes you want to stare at a wall for way too long. You wonder if his selflessness will “make” Wanda or “break” him.
There was another scene when Wanda and Vision are discussing grief and Vision tells her, “What is grief, if not love persevering.” I teared up at this quote because it is such a vulnerable yet glowing way to view grief.
He was also so gentle in talking to her, even though they had been experiencing a lot of conflicting feelings within their relationship and their own consciences.
There was so much soul in this show. It was such a release from many long fight scenes and superhero jargon for me. Don’t get me wrong, fight scenes are cool and I really enjoy most of the Marvel heroes. However, scenes and themes get so repetitive at times.
“WandaVision” was so unique within its humor and heart. Every night watching it with the lights off, cuddled up in a blanket, it truly felt like when I was younger watching “The HoneyMooners”, “The Munsters”, “Friends”, and “Good Luck Charlie”. Using the style of sitcoms was such a brilliant idea for these two raw, loving and strong characters.
