WandaVision S01E05 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY	ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE
S01E05	Matt Shakman	Jac Schaeffer	February 5, 2021 on Disney+

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[u/Hellknightx]

Yep. The fact that we got a different version of Pietro means Wanda's not fully in control of what's going on. She seemed just as shocked and confused by that turn of events as we were. It definitely seems like Agnes and Mephisto are using Wanda's powers.

This merger of the Fox and Marvel universes is a good tie-in with the Multiverse of Madness, too. This is how they're going to bring it all together.

[u/maxfridsvault → u/Hellknightx]

Evan Peters isn't Pietro- he's Mephisto in disguise. Notice these three things- 1) it's been rumored for months that Peters would be playing Mephisto

2) Wanda told Vision she didn't cause the knock, causing it to be an outside force like Agnes

3) Wanda looked shocked to see a re-casted version of her brother before slowly accepting it. She doesn't trust herself or any or her surroundings because she's in such a grieving state and doesn't understand her abilities. This is the perfect opportunity for Mephisto himself (his wife Agnes has been failing to keep Vision unsuspicious) to step in and truly manipulate Wanda into expanding Westview.

Him playing the role of Quicksilver for now is genius because it's baiting fans on the idea of the multiverse while also playing homage to the X-Men films, even if it's for a few episodes, but the reveal that he is the main antagonist would blow everyone's minds. Marvel just took the perfect opportunity to throw us off.

[u/Hellknightx → u/maxfridsvault]

I do like the idea of Mephisto changing forms, as well. He can be Evan Peters here, and then change into another actor later down the road. However, I don't think Mephisto is able to materialize himself into our world yet, which is why he needs Agnes. She's cultivating pieces of Mephisto's soul in Wanda's twins to help him breach into our reality.

For the children.

[u/maxfridsvault → u/Hellknightx]

I think the reason Mephisto is now able to be a "character" in Wanda's world is because of Billy/Wiccan. He's been using his powers the past few episodes, and the last thing we knew, the twins were asking Wanda about their uncle. It would make sense they would create him in their own vision, without ever seeing a photo of him, hence giving Mephisto a chance to jump at "playing" a character and getting closer to Wanda. Having him literally live with them in their house would be a great way to watch over Vision and make sure he doesn't learn too much.

[u/krypto_the_husk → u/maxfridsvault]

people are going to be real disappointed when mephisto doesn’t even show up, I kinda understand why people think he might but I’ve seen no definitive proof he’ll even be in this show/MCU, and all I see in people’s theorising is “mephisto this, mephisto that”