Warning: This article contains spoilers for “VisionQuest” Season 1, Episode 8, “Forever.”
The “VisionQuest” Season 1 finale, “Forever,” brings the story to the reunion that has been building all season: Vision’s (Paul Bettany) surviving family is finally together. The series has revisited Vision’s history through “WandaVision” flashbacks, introduced a powerful cosmic artifact from “Avengers: Infinity War” to help him recover his identity, and reunited him with Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica). Billy Maximoff (Joe Locke), Tommy’s brother and the central character of “Agatha All Along,” is also back in the fold. Together, they form the remaining members of the enigmatic Maximoff-Vision family — and Tommy’s conversation with Vision even hints that Wanda “Scarlet Witch” Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) could eventually return.
It turns out that return may be happening much sooner than either of them expected. “VisionQuest’s” post-credits scene shows a hooded figure using apparent levitation magic to excavate Wanda from Mount Wundagore, the place where she was buried at the end of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” The reveal is even more significant because Wanda is alive.
The scene makes little effort to conceal the hooded figure’s identity: It is Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.), who has already appeared to be gathering powerful allies in previous post-credits sequences. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” depicts him kneeling beside the formidable young Franklin Richards, seemingly with sinister intentions. Meanwhile, “Avengers: Endgame Encore” includes a scene in which Doom “collects” the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). If Wanda is now part of that growing group, Doom could enter “Avengers: Doomsday” with an especially dangerous arsenal of power.
Wanda’s return could validate a theory about Doctor Doom’s Latverian witches
Wanda’s apparent alliance with Doom may also lend weight to a theory about the Latverian ruler’s mysterious servants. Marketing for “Doomsday” features three masked, color-coded Latverian witches. One is dressed in red, a color strongly associated with the MCU’s most prominent magical figure: Wanda.
If the post-credits scene confirms that Wanda is the red Latverian witch, the identities of the other two remain uncertain. The character in purple may be Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), who appeared in “WandaVision” and “Agatha All Along.” However, Agatha’s death in the latter series — and her current existence as Billy Maximoff’s incorporeal mentor — could make a physical costume difficult. That leaves open the possibility that the purple-robed figure is Clea (Charlize Theron), last seen in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”
The green-robed witch is more likely to be Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino). The female Loki variant has remained largely removed from the wider MCU since the events of “Loki,” but “Avengers: Endgame Encore” has already brought back the Time Variance Authority’s Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and several TVA employees. Sylvie would therefore be a natural candidate — unless Doom has somehow captured or exploited the powers of Death (Aubrey Plaza), who was established as the ultimate Green Witch in “Agatha All Along.”
The mystery of the Latverian witches will not be resolved until “Avengers: Doomsday” arrives on December 18. Wanda’s return, however, makes the wait more intriguing. Her role in Doom’s plans could be crucial, especially once she discovers that Vision, Tommy, and Billy are still alive.
