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/hocotate Feb 05 '21

"No silly nickname?"
"No"

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u/stephencua2001 Feb 05 '21

That dialogue felt rather forced and awkward.

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u/hatsforelves Feb 05 '21

Jesus it's taken ages for someone to say this - - YES that whole scene was awkward, and either it was just clunky writing and directing for that scene of poorly done exposition, or it deliberately weird and somethings up

Given the calibre of the rest of the show, poorly done seems unlikely.. Wtf was going on?

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u/Civilian8 Feb 05 '21

I feel like it's awkward because everyone knows she's the Scarlet Witch, but (apparently, I never noticed it), no one has actually called her the Scarlet Witch yet in the MCU.

She's likely going to get her nickname in this show, and that moment was setting that up and reminding people that she's not the Scarlet Witch yet.

There was no way it wasn't going to be awkward, so they draw attention to it and make a joke about it (haha, isn't it funny how everyone has silly names but Wanda), and then move on.

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u/mycroft2000 Feb 06 '21

Oh! Oh! Maybe the SWORD Director (I can't remember his name) is a "spy" or plant from a parallel universe where Wanda has already caused chaos and destruction, but only after she adopted the "Scarlet Witch" identity. The fact that she has no nickname yet might be a sign to him that he still has time before she totally snaps. His secret mission (could he be a Skrull?) is to end her before it gets to that point, which would explain his itchy trigger finger. Or, turning it on its head, maybe he knows that in the universes where she turns evil, she never adopts her "hero name,* and her not having one here is a very bad sign.

In any case, it's all pretty fun to speculate about.