“Wanda, Wanda. You didn’t think you were the only magical girl in town, did you?”
Agnes (Agatha Harkness), WandaVision S1E7 “Breaking the Fourth Wall”
*** spoilers below ***
Well well well. Popular (and likely too obvious) fan theory confirmed. Wanda’s kooky neighbor Agnes is actually Agatha Harkness! A whole lot of other stuff went down as well, of course, but we’re going to focus primarily on what other things the introduction of Agatha could introduce into the MCU. There’s a lot of possibilities, so we’re going to just start anywhere, and worm our way around.
The Fantastic Four
So we already know that Marvel’s First Family, the Fantastic Four will be coming to the MCU in a movie that will be helmed by Spiderman: Homecoming and Spiderman: Far From Home director Jon Watts. The question that has been up in the air has been where will the make the connection. It’s doubtful that they would just release the movie with no lead up or previous link to the MCU, and the introduction of Agatha has given them one possibility.
Our dear friend Agnes, unphased by children possessing abilities some would consider to be … unnatural, was formerly (or will be – timelines be damned!) the nanny to Franklin Richards, son of Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) and the Invisible Woman (Sue Richards). Now, Franklin is an exceptionally powerful mutant possessing all manner of powers, so I am sure he is someone Kevin Feige wants to keep in his back pocket for the future of the MCU.
Agatha’s connection to the Richards family provides a seamless way for the Fantastic Four to be introduced into the MCU. What Agatha’s intentions are, we have no idea. Episode 7 ends with Agatha putting some sort of hex on Wanda – I am hoping it is to allow her to explain her motives to Wanda without having to fight. I imagine a touch of exposition to start off Episode 8.
Mephisto
There’s a bit more of a straight line path with the introduction of Mephisto. There are already a lot of connections to make within the existing MCU. In the comics Mephisto has fought Thor, Spiderman and Dr. Strange, as well being a primary foe of Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider hasn’t been introduced in the MCU proper, but did enjoy a significant arc in Season 4 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series.
Specific to WandaVision, however, are Wanda’s twins – Billy and Tommy. We go into what their deal was and how they were connected to Mephisto in the comics in this earlier blog post. You can read all about it there!
The Defenders
This one may feel like a bit of a stretch, but with Marvel Studios recently reacquiring the rights to The Punisher and Jessica Jones, completing its Defenders stable, the connection from Wanda to The Defenders is a little more clear. The key connection is Agatha Harkness’ son, Nicholas Scratch. Nicholas Scratch is a longtime adversary of the Fantastic Four, but also of Patsy Walker (aka Hellcat) and BFF of Jessica Jones. Agatha -> Scratch -> Patsy -> Jones -> Defenders. Check my math, but I think I aced it.
Additionally, consider that Charlie Cox’s Daredevil is potentially linked to Spiderman 3, Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Bernthal (The Punisher) have confirmed that they are down to clown again, and they are actively searching to recast Luke Cage and Danny Rand. They are definitely gearing up to bring The Defenders back into the MCU fold, and this may just be one way they do it.
Was Nicholas Scratch even in WandaVision? Remember Agnes’ bunny, Señor Scratchy? Maybe.
The X-Men
We saw that Agatha was involved in bringing Pietro back, and it wasn’t the MCU Quicksilver, but rather the Quicksilver from the X-Men Fox Universe (is there a name for this distinction? The XFU? XFMCU?). Could this mean that Agatha is either from another part of the multiverse, or has been to other parts of the multiverse to alter this reality with the XMFSMCU Quicksilver? I honestly don’t think they will use this as a direct reference or setup for the X-Men, but as I mentioned previously, I don’t think it’s a throw away reference that they “recast Pietro“.
Any or all of the above is at least possible, if not totally probable. Least probable is the X-Men, most probable would be Mephisto edging out the Fantastic Four. The Defenders connection is somewhere in the middle. Let me know what you think. There’s only two episodes left, so we don’t have to wait long to see just how wrong I was (I don’t think I’m 100% wrong).
I might be only 80% wrong.
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