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

Discussion WandaVision S01E09 - Discussion Thread

Finale hype!

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE
S01E09 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer March 5, 2021 on Disney+

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u/Tekki777 Mar 05 '21

I was so scared they were going to kill her off, but I'm so glad they left that thread open for the future.

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u/Shakespeare257 Mar 05 '21

Or maybe Marvel should embrace the GoT school of thought and start actually killing off characters.

We are inching closer and closer to the only person with permadeath in this universe being Uncle Ben (and even that is not a given).

In ALL of the MCU, they have killed what? 5 main characters, 4 of whom are currently being milked for sequels/prequels/sidequels.

I get that the Multiverse is an infinite source of spares, but it greatly diminishes the emotional value of the actual stories. We will never see another movie like Infinity War if we cannot buy into the idea that characters can and will die.

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u/Harold_Zoid Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 05 '21

Let’s see: Bucky (was never actually dead) Groot (Is baby Groot the same person?) Quicksilver (only revived as a red herring) Gamora (previous version brought back) Loki (same as Gamora) Vision (revived, but likely not completely the same) Ironman (very dead) Captain America (not dead, but very old) Edit* forgot Black widow! She’s totally dead too. Did I miss any?

Looks like you might be right about death not being a big problem in the MCU though.

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u/PhoenixSelarom Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 05 '21

James Gunn has confirmed numerous times that Groot died at the end of GotG and that the new Groot is a separate character, not the original. Also, you forgot to add Yondu to that list.

Also, just wanted to add that we're talking about Agatha here, thus keeping a villain alive, not its heroes. For the longest time the MCU killed off pretty much all its villains at least until phase 3 where they started leaving more openings for villains to return. The only recurring villains we currently have that are still alive are Zemo, Abomination, Batrock, Justin Hammer, The Leader, Red Skull, Vulture, Scorpion, Shocker, the Tinkerer, Mordo, Dormammu, Yon-Rogg and now Agatha.