Below are spoilers for WandaVision Episode 7.
WandaVision Episode 7 Finally Revealed the Show's True Villain, and he's the one we suspected all along, even though fan theories have drawn in every potential Marvel foe, from Mephisto to Doctor Strange's Baron Mordo. Instead,
the ending of Episode 7 revealed that WandaVision's main antagonist had been hiding in plain sight the entire time. Agatha Harkness, the neighbor we have known as Agnes, played by Kathryn Hahn, has magical powers of her own, and has pulled Wanda's strings throughout the series, often tormenting our titular hero over the course of the series. The last seven episodes of the series. . Just as the musical number at the end of episode 7 says, "
Who pulled each string? It's been Agatha from the startMore troubling for Wanda Maximoff, the song also says that "it's too late to fix anything now that everything has gone wrong." Furthermore, we learn that Agatha Harkness killed the dog Sparky, the WandaVision family pet. It's unforgivable. . So,
Who is Agatha Harkness and what havoc has she caused in Wanda's life at Westview? And could Mephisto still be a part of WandaVision's story? We will explain everything below and explore the unanswered questions left by Episode 7 of the series.
Who is Agatha Harkness in the comics?
In Marvel Comics, Agatha Harkness was featured in Fantastic Four #94, 1970. Initially considered to be a person skilled in the art of raising children, she is revealed to be a witch; it would later be revealed that she has been alive for hundreds of years and was present during the Salem Witch Trials.
In the comics, Agatha Harkness was Wanda's mentor and eventual enemy: revealed that Wanda's children were made up of parts of Marvel villain Mephisto, and Wanda later murdered her during a particularly difficult time for the character in the 2000s. As always with Marvel comic book characters, Agatha wouldn't stay completely dead forever. always. That's pretty much all the background you need to get into the series.
Is Agatha Harkness the real WandaVision villain?
(Image credit: Marvel Studios) WandaVision's biggest unanswered question to date has been who the show's villain is. Finally, the reveal in Episode 7, where Wanda enters Agnes' basement looking for her sons, Billy and Tommy, reveals that her neighbor is actually Agatha Harkness, and that she has it. -Even magical powers, as well as many items related to black magic scattered around. around her basement. The next musical number, which Agatha plays in Wanda's head, clearly shows that Agnes is the antagonist of the series, and she always has been. With only two episodes to go, it seems unlikely that Mephisto, or any other entity speculated by Marvel, will step in and prove themselves the 'real' villain. But the Mephisto theory can't be completely ruled out just yet, and here's why. Mephisto's origins were recently detailed in an Avengers comic, Avengers #38, in the final volume of the series; this particular issue was released late last year. It represents the Earth formed four billion years ago in the Marvel Universe, and Mephisto appears as... a fly. We revisited the issue in Marvel Unlimited after the episode was released. He probably noticed the fly in Agnes's house at the end of Episode 7. Could Mephisto still be a part of the yet-to-be-revealed WandaVision story? Could this be Agnes' invisible husband, "Ralph"? The main problem with this theory is that this particular comic was released in late 2020, while WandaVision started filming much earlier. It could be a mere coincidence. Some have speculated that Agatha's in-universe Marvel comics son Nicholas Scratch was also hiding in plain sight from the series. Agatha's bunny is named Mr. Scratchy. He used his magical powers to turn her own child into a pet? It is a theory that we have seen shared many times. If that's true, that's a great detail. The book seen in Agatha's basement at the end of Episode 7 is believed to be the Darkhold, a book of powerful black magic that has appeared repeatedly in Marvel comics.
What WandaVision events is Agatha Harkness responsible for?
(Image credit: Marvel/Disney) Almost everything that happened to either Wanda or Vision in this set of episodes is due to the actions of Agatha Harkness (or SWORD, in several other cases). This is what the end of Episode 7 revealed that Agatha is responsible for during the last seven episodes of the series:
- Wanda and Vision's chaotic magic show that took place in Episode 2.
- Herb, Wanda and Vision's neighbor, acts strange with Agnes in episode 3.
- Pietro's entire existence in Westview, apparently, the fact that Wanda saw his corpse briefly suggests that his Walking Corpse is the real deal, though. Some have speculated that "Pietro" could also be Agatha's son Nicholas, but the rabbit theory makes more sense on this front. It is clear that we need to learn more about this "impostor".
- During last week's Halloween-themed episode, in which Agnes appeared to be on the outskirts of town, she faked it, likely to get Wanda and Vision off the trail.
- The death of the dog Sparky. REST IN PEACE.
- Whispering: "Do you think maybe this is what you deserve?" behind the camera during Wanda's mock documentary-style monologue in episode 7.
- Oh, and although it's not related to the events of the show, it did once bit a child.
However, what we didn't see in these flashbacks is exactly how Westview and Hex came to be.
Wanda created the city? Is it Agatha Harkness? Or was she a combination of the two? It is a subject of much debate.. The exact origins of the town are yet to be revealed, but we hope to find out how it all turned out in the next two episodes.
Has Agatha Harkness brought Vision back to life?
This part wasn't explored in the end, but we'd hope that Agatha's magic likely helped bring Vision back to life in the world of Westview sitcoms. That's because, just like Pietro when her corpse briefly appeared
Wanda in Episode 6, Vision's Walking Corpse without the Mind Stone was seen in her "real" form in Episode 4 of the series.
Similarly,
we can assume that Agatha is partly responsible for the existence of Wanda's children Billy and Tommy, but that's another element of the show that needs to be explained.
Agatha's magic, therefore, is almost certainly part of the reason our Avenger synthetic still lives. But we will have to wait and see the truth behind the revival of the Avenger.