(This guest post was written by Law and the Multiverse contributor Scott Maravilla. Significant spoilers in the main body of the post!)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) does a good job of contemplating the ramifications on the civilian population from the actions of superpower beings. After the Hulk and Iron Man laid waste to Sokovia in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the United Nations stepped in. The Sokovia Accords became a (literally) divisive moment among the Marvel heroes. The Accords were an attempt by the governments of the world to reign in superheroes and place them under their control.
WandaVision continues to dwell on the harm a super human can wreck on regular people. In this instance, the people of Westview, New Jersey. WandaVision opens as an homage to the golden age of television. The show references such luminaries as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, Family Ties, and Malcolm in the Middle. Wanda and Vision, now married, settle into life in the suburbs over a multitude of television epochs. Along for the ride is nosy neighbor Agnes and her ever absent husband, Ralph. Ralph is reference to such sitcom characters as Buddy’s wife “Pickles” in Dick Van Dyke who is never seen.
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