WandaVision: What’s hidden in plain sight in episode 7
By Mike McNulty
The Nexus Commercial
By now, everyone watching WandaVision knows that its fake commercials either reference something from Marvel Comics, Wanda’s past, Wanda’s state of mind, or even what may actually be the real plot of the series. So what this episode’s ad about antidepressants referring to? Well, it may have everything to do with the multiverse.
Yes, just like DC Comics, Marvel Comics has its own version of the multiverse, as well – that every decision made by every being who ever existed creates its own universe, resulting in an infinite number of universes. In addition, its the Infinity Stones – which exist in all of these parallel universes – which bind the multiverse together. And there’s a network of paths which also link these different universes and realities that is called… the Nexus.
As if this wasn’t crazy enough, each universe also has one unique person that is known as a “Nexus Being.” This individual has the ability to reshape and alter reality, including merging different realities, creating branching timelines, or opening paths to the Nexus. Guess who is one these Nexus Beings from the original comics? That’s right… Wanda Maximoff.
No wonder the ad tells us how Nexus “works to anchor you back to your reality… or the reality of your choice,” and “Because the world doesn’t revolve around you… or does it?” It also explains why Agatha would be so interested in Wanda. If you could control someone who could literally break down the barriers between different universes and alter them as they see fit, you’d have a very dangerous weapon in your hands.
Monica’s transformation
Monica forcing her way through the Hex wasn’t just a convenient way for her to gain super powers. It, too, confirmed that the Hex isn’t just a mere barrier, but an actual pocket dimension, surrounded by a barrier that literally warps space-time.
When Monica breaks through as we see different versions of herself literally branch off from her, we don’t just see versions of her as how she appeared in WandaVision. One of those Monicas is Akira Akbar who played the younger Monica in Captain Marvel (2019).There’s also a different Monica alongside the 1960s and 1970s Monica, as well. And the voiceovers we hear are taken from both Captain Marvel and previous episodes of WandaVision.
Thus the scene isn’t just using visuals and audio showing us Monica literally pulling herself together through sheer determination, it’s also using visual and audio cues to show us that she’s forcing her way through an interdimensional time warp, i.e. breaking through “the fourth wall” or fourth dimension.
Incidentally, when Monica does break through and sees Westview in all those strange colors? In the comics, Monica has the ability to control various wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, including altering her own body into one of those wavelengths. That includes radio waves, microwaves, ultraviolet, infrared, x-rays, and… gamma rays. You know, the same gamma rays that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk? Fascinating how this all fits together.