WandaVision: Episodes 7 - 9 ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction
Added 2023-09-02 15:28:25 +0000 UTCHappy weekend everyone! I hope you're having a good one so far. Please enjoy and I look forward to your comments. [Direct link here.]
Cheers,
✦ KL
Comments
The cereal sniffing is such a little detail that I missed of course, but adds so much to the show and performance. Thanks for watching with me!
kaiielle
2023-09-05 15:49:58 +0000 UTCThis was awesome. I am so happy you decided to jump into the Marvel Universe, you are a most welcome addition to the fandom. This show is a rough one for sure, emotionally speaking. As much as I love Marvel, there are only a few scenes in the multitude of movies & shows that never fail to bring me to tears. Wanda telling Vision he is her sadness, her hope, and mostly her love, right before she has to watch him “die” for the 3rd time, turns me into a puddle every time. I loved what you said/quoted about grief, it is spot on. On a more lighthearted note, I love the way Wanda sniffs her cereal in episode 7 before she eats it. It is such a simple little touch. I don’t know if it was scripted or improved by Elizabeth, but it was so relatable. We have all eaten something questionable, so long as it passes a quick sniff test 😆 Now that Wanda & Vision have broken our hearts, again, I can’t wait for you to see what Team Cap has been up to!
CheshireKat528
2023-09-05 15:43:12 +0000 UTCThanks for watching with me! I can understand that disappointment in folks, for sure!
kaiielle
2023-09-04 14:32:08 +0000 UTCWandaVision remains one of my absolute favorite projects post-Endgame. So glad you enjoyed it! Now that you have finished the show, for some extra context: When Episode 5 originally aired, we all went nuts because we thought that Marvel Studios bringing in Evan Peters to play Wanda's brother was their way of bringing the X-Men characters into the MCU. After that, there were so many theories about Wanda and the Multiverse and how the rest of the show would play out. At least in the context of WandaVision (and not speaking for any future projects), that was not the case. Casting Evan Peters as Fake Pietro was more of just a nod to his X-Men character if anything. I know a lot of people were disappointed that it wasn't more, but it was still really cool to see. Can't wait for you to continue your MCU journey! :)
Aaron B
2023-09-04 05:04:51 +0000 UTCThanks for watching! That is hilarious that Paul did that, what a troll indeed. I'm looking forward to Loki too! I don't watch reaction compilations because I prefer to give my views (and thus give ad revenue) directly to the reaction channels themselves. I have watched Blind Wave and Reel Rejects reactions to WandaVision so far, and I have a few more channels to get around to, too!
kaiielle
2023-09-04 04:58:58 +0000 UTCGreat reaction as usual. I lowkey envy the fact that you got to watch this so long after it's release and without knowing much lore on the characters. When it first came out, a huge part of social media called the Agatha twist by the 2nd episode. However, so many people got annoyingly bitter after the finale because the other popular fan theories did not come true. To their defense though, Paul Bettany did some top tier trolling by teasing that the finale would feature a cameo with an actor he always wanted to share the screen with (which of course ended up being himself lol). Turning Fietro into a "Bohner" joke also pissed off the people who thought this was going to be the first MCU x Fox multiverse crossover. I get the frustration, but IMHO a lot of people let it distract them from how good this series truly was. Looking forward to seeing your next MCU D+ reactions. This show was definitely my 2nd favorite one (ranked slightly under Loki). On a side note, have you watched J2O's reaction compilations? I think they're a great choice if you are interested in seeing how others reacted to this series when it premiered.
Keanu
2023-09-04 04:19:33 +0000 UTCBeen waiting to make this pointless comment since the Dr Strange reaction: Rewatching Dr Strange after WandaVision, and I’m realizing that in the post-credits scene she could be considered to be doing the same kind of astral projection-y stuff that goes on throughout that movie. No clue if that’s on purpose or just a coincidence though. I’ve barely touched the MCU after this because my wife lost interest, so I’m hypeeeeed to keep goin!
MattyK
2023-09-03 20:55:04 +0000 UTCI've edited that part of my reaction already and don't worry, I was cackling at myself during it. I am the Queen of Denial. Yes, I'm super stoked for it too! It's gonna be epic!
kaiielle
2023-09-03 20:45:26 +0000 UTCYour theory about agatha just being a projection of wanda's denial was different and not at all what I expected, and then the continued denial about her being a witch made me laugh so much before you were like: oh, wait... maybe she is LOL. Also agree with you her getup with the little crown headpiece looked sick af Loved Wandavision and how unique and interesting the style was, and your reactions to them as well. I can't wait for you to watch falcon and winter soldier next seeing as how you like more of the grounded storylines like I do!
Nabila Rahmani
2023-09-03 18:05:20 +0000 UTCYour Agatha questions about where/how she's living in Westview, I assume, will be answered in her series (which hasn't come out yet). I believe it will be called "Coven of Chaos" or "Agatha Harkness: Coven of Chaos." I wouldn't spoil any story things, even if I knew them. I think it was supposed to be released later this year, but who knows with the actor/writers strikes.
Thadman
2023-09-03 08:46:52 +0000 UTCYou've outdone yourself this time. Now on to the next series? Not having seen mention of it in previous comments, I remember Agatha saying that the power Wanda used to create the "Westview anomaly" was so strong that Agatha felt it and became curious about who and what caused it. I, too, place this show high on my MCU list.
JIM SCHMITZ
2023-09-03 03:41:30 +0000 UTCI'm curious to see where I place WandaVision myself after getting through everything else! Episode 8 was very good.
kaiielle
2023-09-03 01:30:38 +0000 UTCOOOOOO, what do I see. Be still my racing heart
Jim Schmitz
2023-09-03 01:22:43 +0000 UTCLoved taking this journey w/ you. WandaVision still ranks as my favorite MCU show overall and episode 8 was a masterpiece of writing and acting. 👏🏼
HugoBoss435
2023-09-03 00:30:56 +0000 UTCThanks for the commercial explaining! I had gotten most of those on my own, but the Yo Magic one definitely confused me and yes, in hindsight it makes all the sense in the world. Right, Wanda being able to cast a spell on Agatha without a hex makes sense. Wanda having more power than Doctor Strange is pretty sweet. Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 23:53:16 +0000 UTCOh I'm definitely interested in checking those out on my own time! Thank you!!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 23:51:27 +0000 UTCI will check out that reaction! I didn't even know about this channel - just subscribed! Thank you!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 23:50:50 +0000 UTCStarting with this MCU project, every show and movie has an associated Making Of documentary called "Marvel Assembled: [XYZ show/movie title]" on Disney+. I don't think it's reaction-worthy, but they're really interesting to get a behind-the-scenes look. Spoiler-free if you have seen everything up to and including what the docu is about. For WandaVision specifically, it goes into how they filmed in front of a live studio audience, and how they got all the specific feels and styles from all the different TV shows over the decades.
Onno Smits
2023-09-02 23:36:05 +0000 UTCSo just a few things about this show. I don't know if someone previously mentioned it, but all of the 'commercials' we see are references. Ep. 1 is the toaster with the blinking red light that stands for the Stark bomb that hits them but never goes off. Ep. 2+3 are Hydra, with 2 being a mention of Strucker, who was the one that experimented on the twins. There's also mentions in 3 of "creating a world all your own" which in hindsight is a hint. Ep. 5 is Lagos brand paper towels, which is where the incident at the start of Civil War takes place. It says "Lagos: For when you make a mess you didn't mean to!" Ep. 6 is Yo Magic, which is another hint. "Yo Magic, the snack for survivors!" That's why Agatha is here in the first place. Ep. 7 is the anti-depressant, where the side effects are "feeling your feelings, confronting your truth, seizing your destiny, and possibly more depression". The pill is called Nexus. In the comics, Wanda is a nexus point, which means that she's basically consistent in every reality. In the comics, White Vision is essentially Vision without emotions which would kinda make sense. While Vision restored his memories, he doesn't actually have any ties to that information, that's sort of all it would be. White Vision when revived was basically a blank slate. In answer to a couple of your questions, I think the implication of sitcom Agatha is that she's stuck in that role and probably living at Ralph's place. I imagine that guy ran for the hills and never looked back. The spell she casts though is on Agatha's mind, so it's independent of the hex. As far as the ending shot, it's Wanda astral projecting. We see Doctor Strange do it while he's asleep. Wanda on the other hand can apparently do it while awake and doing other things, which just goes to show she's more powerful than he is. Loved your reaction to this whole series. It's a fun watch for reactions because of how the show twists and turns and inevitably gut punches people at different points for different reasons.
Aaron B.
2023-09-02 23:33:22 +0000 UTCPretty sure Wanda kept the people alive with her magic which is what that commercial was alluding to. Also I think it’s worth acknowledging that the second Wanda found out and saw for herself the pain her powers were causing people, she immediately let them go. If she were in her “villain arc” she never would’ve brought the hex down or she would’ve been beaten by another character to get her to take it down. You also have to remember, Monica was in Wanda’s mind and knows exactly what she’s feeling and what her intentions are. That’s why she’s so dead set on not villainizing Wanda because she knows nothing that’s happening was a premeditated act of aggression or intentionally meant to harm anyone. Also I thought Monica’s line “You’ll never know what you sacrificed for them” was in reference to her original killing of Vision to save half the universe, which is what led to all of this happening. Not the things that just happened in the hex.
Alec, Seeker of Shine Sprites
2023-09-02 23:07:26 +0000 UTCRunes…. So, I guess I’m part of a basic protection spell, then 😂 I do consider the last two episodes to just be one continuous story and it is awesome. Vision v Vision and witch v witch. Monica got some very interesting powers that I want to learn more about.
Rune
2023-09-02 22:58:28 +0000 UTCI loved your reaction! My fave is still by the guys at pReview'd, recommend if you haven't seen enough reactions yet. 😅 With regards to them now being able to call Wanda "The Scarlet Witch"; Disney actually bought Fox in between Age of Ultron and WandaVision coming out. So yeah, the legal situation changed, with Disney (who owns Marvel), reacquiring the rights to all Fox-owned licenses.
Onno Smits
2023-09-02 22:49:45 +0000 UTCJust binge watched your whole 9 Episodes and i wanna thank you. Was a fun experience although we differ in some oppinions about the Show. As i said before i think your are easily one the best 3 Reactionchannels i know of and i know a lot. As i wrote in your first reaction, Episode 1-3, i thought this Episodes showed how much potential this Show had with the talent of Liz Olsen and Paul Bettany. Sadly imho they threw a big chunk of said potential out of the Window starting with Episode 4 and the falling back to typical Disney tropes. That said i think the Show still had a lot of good/great moments, especially when Liz was on screen. She was amazing and showed her talent over and over again. But i cant go out without talking about three things that bother me. I mean the Show had some plotholes and the typical bad writing that became a recurring theme for phase 4 but those 3 things stood out for me. First and i know someone else mentioned it before the line "They´ll never know what you have sacrificed for them.". That is one of the worst lines i heard in a long time in any show or movie. I will try to explain it as short as possible why i think that way. Wandavision takes place over a time period of 9 Days . She mentally enslaved a town of nearly 4k People, i admit it was not intentionally at first, but over time it became intentionally. There are numerous moments were the Show clearly shows us that Wanda is aware of what she is doing and she wont stop. Again i understand her intentions and can even empathize with her but to say that she is the victim after mentally enslaving and abusing a whole town is ridiculous especially after Monica herself experienced it. More about her later. Second and that comes into play with my first probem. Wanda not only enslaved those people she also should have killed atleast several hundreds of them but the Show/Writers never thought about that imho. In Episode 6, when Vision tries to leave the Hex you can see how people stand there, unable to move, frozen in place. I always ask myself what did they eat or drink all the time? A human body can survive for up to 100hrs, depending on temperature, climate, body type and so on. But 6 Days are over 100 hrs so how did they survive? From a logic standpoint they should be all dead. I know logic in a Universe like the MCU is far fetched but atleast they should have given the audience an explaination. So she not only enlsaved them, she also should be a mass murderer by all means. Hayward said in Epsode 5 "she holds thousands of people hostage" and the only thing Monica comes up with is "She could hold thousands more if she hadnt put up her own quarantine." What Quarantine!? She put the Hex in place to protect herself. How does Monica come to this conclusion? All she knows about Wanda to this point is what she experienced in those first 3 Episodes and what she heard about it in Episode 4. Why is she so into defending Wanda without any clue or hint about Wandas intentions? To make it worse she herself said it was a violation, terryfing and excruciating. Enslaving people so that you can have your fake, happy life is fucked up in every sense. It was not a personal sacrifice to get rid of her fake life, because she stole everyone elses lives. She was sacrificing them to get her happiness, not them sacrificing her to get their loves back. There is no interpretation of the story where the people of Westview are not victims who were taken advantage of by Wanda. Hell, the only reason Agatha was there was for Wanda. Wanda is the sole reason that their lives were taken away, and it's her job as a superhero, and her moral obligation as a person to do what she can to help those that she was wronged, but she just up and leaves without even explaining why they were tortured. Monica serves through the whole Show for just 2 things...a Messenger telling the Audience Wanda being the victim over and over again even when she has no reason for it and...that is my third problem. I have to give every reader a trigger warning, you might not like what i will write now cause i know how it might look like. My third problem is Monica Rambeau who is a horrible written Character. A arrogant, self entitled Woman who always does what she wants and never takes into account what others tell her unless it suits her oppinion. First she stands before the Hex in Episode 4. She knows nothing about it but is just touching it without any thought what it could be or what risks there might be for her but with a plot armour i guess theres no need for reason or logic. Later on Darcy tells her the Hex has changed her DNA and it could be dangerous to her life to get through the Hex again but she compares it to her mothers cancer and ignores the threat. I could understand her if she would do it for her mother but for Wanda who she knows nearly to nothing, that is quite adventurous. And this is her second serving...all the arguing with Hayward It felt very unsatisfying and insulting. It seemed the writers wanted to show Monica, a strong black female character go from being oppressed by a white Idiot, to empowered, up sacrificing herself and surviving being SHOT at. Let me get this straight, Hayward was a complete Moron in the Show but he felt so over the top and so dumb that you have to question yourself how such an idiot could get into this position.
Curaitis
2023-09-02 22:46:17 +0000 UTCI was really out here not believing that she was another person with powers lmaooo and thank you!!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 20:41:38 +0000 UTCMan I love this show! Your reaction was great! I loved that theory that you had for a minute about Agatha just being Wanda's scapegoat. Super interesting!
Pan
2023-09-02 19:46:48 +0000 UTCYes it is a fantastic show! Had such a great time with it. And yes, that makes a lot more sense than my original thinking about it. Wanda being more like Strange is very cool.
kaiielle
2023-09-02 19:33:45 +0000 UTCMakes sense!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 19:32:56 +0000 UTCRiiiiight. Very interesting and horrible for Agnes LOL.
kaiielle
2023-09-02 19:32:46 +0000 UTCThat was a lot of fun. I'm glad you appeared to enjoy this one as much as I did. Its emotional impact hasn't diminished since this first came out and upon repeated viewing. I'm looking forward to the rest of your MCU journey moving forward as well -- I'm right there with you on how cool Bucky and Sam are. ;) EDIT: In the after-credit scene, Wanda was using the same power that Doctor Strange uses...using the astral body to perform a separate task from the physical body. 👻
William
2023-09-02 19:19:43 +0000 UTCThe reason Billy said Agnes was quiet on the inside was because her thoughts weren't available to him in the same way Wanda couldn't access them.
Isaac A
2023-09-02 18:34:18 +0000 UTCRegarding your comment about Agnes. I personally believe Wanda used real magic (the one normal witches use) with a hint of her reality powers to mind control Agnes for real and made her look different as an illusion. Agnes did show Wanda that mind control is possable, just like she showed the rune spell. And Wanda used the runes with no problem.
Yoshi1990
2023-09-02 18:16:52 +0000 UTCYes, I firmly believe Wanda was/is on her villain arc and what she did to the town was def the start of it. I still hope Wanda will use her powers for some good in the future, but I can't help but feel like she's gonna be a villain. Keep in mind I have no idea about Scarlet Witch from the comics and what she does or what kind of character she is in those and been avoiding details on that.
kaiielle
2023-09-02 17:03:34 +0000 UTCForgot how fun watching this show for the first time was! Looking back on it now, I definitely see more of the flaws (and unfortunately a certain group of fans pretty much refuses to see what Wanda did to this town as wrong just because she eventually let them go :c) but there's really so much good stuff here, especially in episode 8!
Jo
2023-09-02 16:37:10 +0000 UTCEnjoy!!
kaiielle
2023-09-02 15:53:33 +0000 UTCHow can you say you loved the reaction when you commented this 10 mins after I shared it? Are you made of super speed watching abilities?! 🤯 I think Wanda is definitely on her villain arc at this point. I just see Monica empathizing with her because she went through a similar loss, I talked about that a bit.
kaiielle
2023-09-02 15:52:15 +0000 UTCI've loved rewatching this one with ya, cant wait for these last three
MattyK
2023-09-02 15:48:48 +0000 UTCAwesome! It was such a creative show and i enjoyed every part of it really, my one issue is some of the lines they have Monica say about Wanda are just baffling, for example "they don't know what you sacrificed", and "it would have been more if she didn't quarantine herself," etc. It feels like the showrunners and marvel were too afraid to view Wanda as a villian and someone who was doing awful things, so they had characters say that what shes doing isn't too bad, or they downplay Wandas actions, when she literally kidnapped a whole town to the point they wanted to die 😂. Hopefully that makes sense. Loved the reactions KL, excited for more :)
Rhys
2023-09-02 15:37:31 +0000 UTCalso that thumbnail is exactly how I reacted
Pan
2023-09-02 15:29:07 +0000 UTCheck yea gonna watch this after dinner
Pan
2023-09-02 15:28:53 +0000 UTC
