The MCU Diaries

I Think I Figured Out How Stephen McFeely Figured Out How To Bring Tony Stark Back — Without Ruining Endgame

The new Avengers: Endgame Encore trailer brought Tony Stark’s warning about messing with time back into focus. What if Stephen McFeely’s big Secret Wars idea is a Tony variant who reaches the final choice of Endgame — and makes the other decision?

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WandaVision Is About Grief — But Its Real Story Is About Control

WandaVision is obviously about grief, but grief is only Wanda’s wound. The real story is what happens when she tries to control reality, Vision and an entire town so she never has to experience that loss again.

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Will There Be A WandaVision Season 2? Why VisionQuest Is The Real Sequel

There is no traditional WandaVision Season 2 on Marvel’s slate. Instead, Agatha All Along and VisionQuest continue the Westview story, with VisionQuest completing the trilogy that began in 2021.

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Why Is WandaVision A Sitcom? The TV Gimmick Is Actually Wanda’s Defense Mechanism

Why is WandaVision a sitcom? Because Wanda builds a world where loss can be contained, family survives the episode and reality can be edited away. Here’s why the TV format is really her defense mechanism.

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Why Is Ultron In VisionQuest? He’s More Than Vision’s Villain

Ultron is alive in VisionQuest because Vision secretly preserved him. That retcon turns an old villain into the most personal test of Vision’s identity.

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Who Is White Vision? Is He Really Wanda’s Vision?

White Vision has Vision’s original body and restored memories. But is he still Wanda’s husband? VisionQuest shows why remembering a life isn’t the same as reclaiming it.

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VisionQuest Trailer Review: Marvel Gave Vision His Memories Back. That Wasn’t Enough

The final VisionQuest trailer makes its story clear: White Vision has the memories of a hero, but he still has to prove the virtue behind them.

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“You Have Lived Stolen Lives”: Doctor Doom Just Put The Entire MCU On Trial

Doctor Doom says Marvel’s heroes have lived “stolen lives.” That may be more than a threat. It could turn the MCU’s biggest victories into evidence against them.

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“Did You Do This, Victor?” Why Doctor Doom Is Reed Richards’ Perfect Villain

“Did you do this, Victor?” may reveal the key to Reed Richards and Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday: two geniuses trying to solve the same crisis by very different rules.

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Cyclops in Avengers: Doomsday: Marvel Is Finally Fixing the X-Men Movies’ Biggest Mistake

Cyclops gets one of Avengers: Doomsday’s biggest X-Men moments. Here’s why Scott Summers matters, what the old movies got wrong, and what Marvel can finally fix.

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