Doctor Strange 2 Completely Changed Phase 4's First Post-Credits Meaning
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness directly follows on from Wanda's arc in WandaVision,but the film gives an entirely new meaning to the show's eerie post-credits scene. After the events of Westview, Wanda leaves to seclude herself in a cabin, seemingly to clear her head and resolve her issues. However, that is revealed to not be the case when the post-credits show her studying the Darkhold, in which there is a whole chapter dedicated to her.
This led her to the multiverse on a rampant mission to find her kids, Billy and Tommy, in Doctor Strange 2.Multiverse of Madness is conveniently shortened to MoM, which perfectly summarizes the core of the movie, as it focuses on a mom and her children. Wanda twists herself inside out and upside down, making enemies out of friends, even killing the Illuminati, just to get to her kids.
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In the post-credits for WandaVision, when Wanda is reading the Darkhold, the voices of Billy and Tommy are heard pleading ''Mom, help, please.'' Wanda widens her eyes upon hearing them, and she understands this to mean that her children are still out there and in need of help. However, in Doctor Strange 2, Billy and Tommy actually cry out this same line in response to the Scarlet Witch when she tries to take them from Earth-838Wanda, their real mother. This repetition of one line completely flips the meaning of the post-credits scene, forcing Wanda to face herself and what she's become.
This line makes Wanda's situation (and the Doctor Strange 2 ending) even more heartbreaking as she has always struggled with being feared
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