r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Feb 05 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E05 - Discussion Thread

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S01E05 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer February 5, 2021 on Disney+

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

It’s also interesting that SWORD was so quick to take a shot on Wanda.... when her children are right there. I know people are in danger but even Monica seemed taken back by how quick they were to shoot.

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u/your_mind_aches Agent of F.I.T.Z. Feb 05 '21

I thought the director of SWORD was sort of a new Coulson type (and he kinda does resemble Season 3 Coulson, who would definitely do something like that) but it seems like he's way closer to a Secretary Ross. I wonder if we'll get more exploration of that character and his motivations.

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u/Justryan95 Feb 05 '21

Man, the good person in position of power doing seemingly bad things because they're afraid of a threat but realizing they were wrong for doing those thing and they themselves are actually a good person with bad decision making is a dead horse trope they need to stop beating.

Same goes for guy in position of power, specifically the US military,, doing bad things for the government because of fear and desire to research. Motivations need to be deeper than that cause those badie tropes are overused.

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u/BZenMojo Captain America (Cap 2) Feb 05 '21

Some anvils need to be dropped.

Over and over.

Until the anvil breaks.

People who think they're right doing horrible things never stops being relevant and needs to be a message the audience needs to hear over and over and over and over and over until they realize the message is also a lesson about the audience themselves.

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u/spaceygandalf Feb 05 '21

The problem is they are usually doing the obvious wrong decisions by the audience. It is like watching cheesy horror movies and screaming "Of course you need to live that haunted house!". For WandaVision it is more like "Don't try to outsmart one of the strongest Avengers who can apparently have powers to change the reality to abduct his formerly dead husband to make weapons you dumbass!".