And every time she did, instead of being rewarded for her perseverance, the world just kicked her again and laughed Because that's what gritty reality is - it isn't fair, and there's no rules, and the story just keeps going after the episode is supposed to be over
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Like a good Shakespearean tragedy, she's railroaded toward her fall into darkness All her other options get cruelly taken away She tries, she really tries, to find that pathway to recovery and it's blocked, repeatedly, until she has nowhere else to go
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The reveal that Hayward was lying, as guys like him do, about her "descent into madness" She was still trying to be responsible and healthy RIGHT UP TILL THE END All she fucking wanted was a little closure, to mourn him and say goodbye, and she couldn't even have that
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The way she just drives in a haze to Westview because where else can she possibly go now Knowing that going there can't possibly make her feel better but what the fuck else is there to do
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That sick sensation you get when someone "does something crazy" It doesn't make sense but it's the only thing that makes sense She didn't come there intending to cast the Hex, she didn't know it was even possible until she was doing it, but it was the only thing there was to do
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The reveal from her childhood that her stupid childlike escapism is the only thing that's kept her going - because in this superhero universe she's always had just a touch of the gift, the ability to make it come true, within her own little world
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She and Pietro should have died exactly ten seconds after their parents died, that's what was supposed to happen Stark Industries is a quality outfit that doesn't make duds But they lived because of her stupid childish belief that at the end of the episode the story continues
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Lol I guess that's "hopepunk" isn't it In a very real sense - Wanda was never 100% "in character" or "asleep" We saw the "real Wanda" wake up in a big way when Hayward sends the drone
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She knows the real world is out there, with their guns and their bombs and their bombs and their guns She speaks its language well enough And she's just decided she's doing to do what she needs to do to survive it, even if it's completely fucking literally diagnosably insane
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Hey, could you please use the
#WandaVision hashtag when discussing episodes that have only been out for a few hours? I'm having to play mute whack-a-mole and it's not even working for threadspic.twitter.com/JEv0Bv2o5K
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Sorry I don't know that it's retroactively possible but I'll add the tag now
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