Scarlet Witch Created WandaVision's Fake World: All The Evidence

With each ing WandaVision episode, there is mounting evidence that Scarlet Witch is responsible for the creation of her Westview reality. The series marks the first of Marvel's many Disney+ offerings and has, so far, lived up to its promise of being unlike anything that's come before from the studio. While the show draws inspiration from classic American sitcoms, the hilarity and slap-stick are frequently punctured by increasingly uneasy feelings that something is amiss, leaving the audience with new questions every time the end credits begin to roll.

Scarlet Witch and her powers to center stage after many films where she existed on the periphery of the larger narrative.

Considering her comic book history, Wanda's future in the MCU may take something of a dark turn - a prediction bolstered by several disquieting moments that surround her in early WandaVision episodes. How much agency Wanda has in the creation and manipulation of her new locale will likely be key to the series' central mystery and how it fits into the wider universe. Here are some clues that suggest Scarlet Witch created the fake world that imprisons the citizens of Westview.

Wanda's Power Upgrade Shows She Is Capable

Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in WandaVision

Even from her origins in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Wanda has displayed a level of power that sets her apart from other MCU heroes. Yet, WandaVision has given Wanda a massive power upgrade, letting her tap into her comics-accurate reality-warping abilities and transform the world around her. Within the bounds of Westview, Wanda has been able to bring entire dinners, a magic act, and even two infants into existence - feats unlike anything shown in her past cinematic appearances. Feige has implied in interviews that Scarlet Witch is one of the most powerful beings in the MCU, and with powers that appear only limited to Wanda's imagination, that is hard to argue against.

Wanda's ability to influence the minds of so many of the Westview residents also speaks to the Avenger's rapidly increasing formidability. After Baron von Strucker's experiments in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Wanda was able to invade the minds of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hulk with ease and was even able to use her powers of persuasion to convince scores of Sokovians to evacuate the city before Ultron's attack. However, since her first outing as a superhero, Wanda's mind control and illusory skills have been largely ignored - perhaps for narrative purposes or in an attempt to keep her from being too overpowered. In the Disney+ series, however, it seems as though Wanda is able to draw her Westview neighbors into her reality for an extended period of time with very few cracks in the facade. While how much control she has over her new world is still in question after WandaVision episode 3, it is obvious the changes are stemming from Wanda and her desire for an idyllic life with Vision.

Wanda Awakens Vision to Rescue Mr. Hart

The first major indication that things in Westview aren't what they appear occurs in WandaVision episode 1's dinner scene. While Wanda and Vision host the Harts, things get a little uncomfortable when it becomes clear that the former Avengers have no memories of how they came to their new home. When an increasingly combative Mr. Hart begins to choke, the episode's sitcom zaniness comes to a grinding halt as the characters eerily freeze. As Mr. Hart continues to sputter, Wanda looks calmly at Vision and tells him to help and he responds promptly, almost as though a spell over him has been temporarily lifted.

During this Twilight Zone-esque sequence, Mrs. Hart repeatedly says "Stop it," first directed at her husband in a rather dismissive manner. As the scene continues, her pleas take on a more desperate tone, as though she's now begging Wanda to stop it, implying Mrs. Hart is aware Wanda is somehow capable of helping the residents of Westview, perhaps the only one able to lift the enchantment they are under. When things get particularly odd or real in subsequent episodes, such as when Dottie hears Jimmy Woo's radio message and when Wanda mentions Pietro to Geraldine, those around Wanda appear to temporarily break free of the illusion.

Wanda Says "No" and Rewinds Time in Episode 2

In the final moments of WandaVision episode 2, the couple's kiss is cut short by the arrival of a mysterious man in a beekeeper suit, seemingly a SWORD agent infiltrating the bubble from the outside world. The camera slowly zooms in on Wanda's face and her initial alarm is quickly replaced by something resembling recognition. After firmly saying, "No," the scene rewinds to moments before and Wanda and Vision redo the previous scene, this time uninterrupted. This bizarre ending was WandaVision's first overt display of Wanda's intentional manipulation of her reality. During the episode's final tableau, the radio message asks, "Wanda, who's doing this to you?" just as the audience begins to suspect that she may be doing this to herself - and the inhabitants of Westview are just along for the ride.

The Glitch in Episode 3

Vision tells his wife of his suspicions that something is wrong in Westview, citing the dinner with the Harts and Herb's disquieting cheeriness while inexplicably cutting into the garden wall outside. Listening to her husband as he articulates his unease, the camera lingers on Wanda, who appears rattled by what she is hearing. As the music becomes uncharacteristically ominous and the atmosphere takes on a determinately dramatic tone, the scene abruptly resets itself to seconds before. As in WandaVision episode 2, Wanda and Vision replay the scene, this time without addressing the weirdness around them. Could it be that Wanda, unwilling to break from her happy new life with Vision, causes this glitch with her powers to keep her dreamlike world intact?

Wanda Expels Geraldine/Monica Rambeau From The Bubble

In perhaps the series' tensest sequence so far, WandaVision episode 3 ends with Wanda forcibly removing Geraldine, a.k.a. Monica Rambeau from the Westview bubble after the latter begins asking questions. After the births of Billy and Tommy, Wanda mentions that she, too, is a twin, referencing her deceased brother Pietro. Geraldine seems to recognize that name and she quietly asks Wanda, "He was killed by Ultron, wasn't he?" Wanda is upset and angered by this, creepily confronting Geraldine and demanding that she leave before using her telekinesis to remove her from the town altogether.

When Vision asks Wanda what happened to Geraldine, Wanda calmly tells him Geraldine went home. During Olsen's understated and disionate delivery, the camera zooms in on her as the aspect ratio expands, effectively bringing the audience (and perhaps Wanda herself) out of the artificial Brady Bunch-like world. This dark and almost scary final shot of Wanda is perhaps the most ominous in the series so far, positioning Wanda as a person incredibly in control of the goings-on around her.

Although there are still so many unanswered questions, it is looking more and more as though WandaVision is really serving as an extended Scarlet Witch character study. Therefore, it would make sense Wanda would attempt to use her powers to create an escape from her considerable grief and trauma - which have been relatively unexplored during the bombast of the Infinity Saga. As theories and speculation continue to swirl in the coming weeks, non-comic book savvy fans may need to prepare themselves that Wanda is operating as both the series' hero and its villain.

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