WandaVision: Why the Westview Situation Was Left Unresolved

The writer and director of WandaVision confirmed that it was always their intent to leave Wanda’s actions in Westview open-ended.

The citizens of Westview, New Jersey when through the wringer on this season of WandaVision, as Wanda Maximoff essentially tortured them, using them as playthings in creating her perfect sitcom world for her, Vision and their children. At the end of the series, though, Wanda flies off to learn more about her powers and we never really see what happens to the Westview residents after that.

That open-ended nature was intentional, as WandaVision writer/showrunner Jac Schaeffer and director Matt Shakman explained to TVLine, with Shakman noting, “There’s so much conversation about taking Westview hostage in the finale as it is. We have Agatha really bringing it to Wanda, saying, ‘Are you a hero or are you a villain? Heroes don’t torture people.’ That’s a huge moment in the finale, when Wanda has to wrestle with that.”

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There is a sequence where Monica tells Wanda, “They’ll never know what you sacrificed for them” and Wanda replied “It wouldn’t change how they see me.” Schaeffer felt that with that scene and the other scenes that they did have, with the residents shouting at Wanda and noting that she even gave them her nightmares when they were allowed to sleep, they got enough of the point across, “I think Wanda’s walk of shame back into the town is really powerful, and it was written as such on the page. It was meant to be like an assault of death glares from people, and we were meant to feel how angry they all are. “I remember a note from [Marvel Studios chief] Kevin [Feige] being like, ‘More, more, let’s feel that for her, let’s understand that what she did was terrible,’”

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Schaeffer elaborated on that point, “It wasn’t about landing her in a way where it’s like, ‘Everything’s wrapped up and squeaky clean, and she’s a hero and has done no wrong!’ She’s done a lot of wrong. And there will probably be reckonings down the line. No, I like how that’s in the gray area of misdeeds that she’s been involved in.”

Shakman agreed, pointing out, “We’re not trying to let Wanda off the hook at all. The daggers that she’s getting from every townsperson as she walks through town should clearly show that she’s not being forgiven, and she won’t be forgiven, by them. She understands that.”

Written by Jac Schaeffer and directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. The series is available to stream on Disney+.

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Source: TVLine

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