In the isolated grief of our pandemic bubbles, we are all Wanda Maximoff

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In the isolated grief of our pandemic bubbles, we are all Wanda Maximoff

This post contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 8. 

Listen. I didn’t think I’d be relating to a mythically powerful witch from a comic book superhero show who created her own alternate reality TV bubble to stave off the grief and isolation outside of it. But a year spent in quarantine surviving a pandemic does strange things to a person.

In the latest episode of Marvel’s WandaVision, we finally got answers to exactly how Wanda Maximoff birthed an entire universe of illusions that exist under her control. Turns out it was through nothing more and nothing less than the uncontrollable power of her own loss, isolation, rage, (literal) magical thinking, and will to survive.  Read more…

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