"Agatha All Along": Multiple post-credits scenes were written... None were used.

[theleveebroke]

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[winter_lace]

I finished this last night, it was mostly solid but I thought the ending was weak and undermined some of the pluses of the show and the time gap between wandavision ending and this coming out was... excessive

[theleveebroke]

Technically Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) is the stopgap between the two. But if I had to put money on why we waited so long, it would be because Feige & co. (1) severely underestimated The Scarlet Witch's popularity and (2) were too scared to potentially alienate audiences by plunging into the magic side of Marvel.

There's a reason AAA was the cheapest MCU project produced to date, and that's not just because of the actors' salaries.

[floatinglately]

i am not even sure the delay is that deep tbh, wandavision wrapped during the covid times which fucked up marvel’s production timeline generally, they were already committed to a bunch of other shit, then there were the strikes, and at some point in the past couple years amidst all these external factors marvel had a come to jesus moment regarding the pace of their output bc people were becoming less patient with all their incredibly underbaked projects… it’s been a messy time. (and then i think they most likely could have had it out earlier by a couple months but wanted it to air in spooky season)

[theleveebroke]

That's a really good point, tbh! I guess factoring in everything you said, the wonky release schedule makes a lot more sense. (Still sucks, but makes sense lol)

[gimmemoarjosh]

I agree with the first part. I was very whelmed by the last episode, sadly.

It was still solid overall. Maybe if I knew the source material better, it would have been more satisfying?

I'm just not sure where they are going with this story now.

I have heard/read people here say the next installment is VisionQuest but I don't even know what that means. 😆

[buries]

It's very unbelievable to me that Agatha was stuck under Wanda's spell for three years. Then again, I found it unbelievable to think Wanda was alone for a year before the events of MOM. I think MCU needs to prioritise projects and not spread itself so thin.

MCU's pacing, both in-universe and outside of it, is really strange.

[juanitatequila]

the mcu really dug themselves in a hole by having everything happen in "real time" just because 3 years past in real time doesn't mean your fictional universe had to also move in the exact same time frame

[theleveebroke]

At the risk of sounding way too invested in the MCU, the current timeline has them in 2026 at the time of AAA (or 2027 at the latest, since WandaVision had a whole Halloween bit... it's confusing).

Timeline-wise, WandaVision (2021) takes place/begins in the year 2023.

[buries]

I think WandaVision also lasted a week in-canon (????). I think the Halloween episode makes sense, given Wanda was basing things on sitcoms, and there's always a holiday episode, but…

Endgame happened; a week (?) later, Wandavision, which itself apparently lasted for a week; then MOM a year later for IDK a few days I suppose; and then AAA three years later. If you really want to get into the nitty gritty, MCU wiki has a timeline. (I've linked 2023 because the WandaVision one is quite detailed…)

[curdlesnoots]

I agree with everything you said, I think it started out strong and then bollocksed it up trying to shoe horn itself back into the MCU narrative. And the Agatha backstory was weirdly weak and I was disappointed with the way they resolved her story. And the other women; as soon as the focus shifted to be all about Teen I think the story lost its way.

[winter_lace]

as soon as the focus shifted to be all about Teen I think the story lost its way

yes yes yes, the way they made all these fascinating, richly characterised older women just part of ~his~ story really bothered me

[xpirate_queenx]

Yeah the ending was oddly paced.