Elizabeth Olsen's Vision Snub Explanation Makes No Sense
Warning: Contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Elizabeth Olsen's explanation for why Vision is missing in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness not only makes no sense, but also weakens Scarlet Witch's MCU story. Doctor Strange 2 sees Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch establish her power within the MCU by making her a multiversal villain driven to her actions by grief. The events of Wandavision saw Wanda Maximoff create a fictional family for herself, consisting of Vision and later two sons, Billy and Tommy. By the end of the Disney+ series, Wanda is forced to release the residents of Westview from her spell, losing her family in the process and embracing her Scarlet Witch persona. However, a version of Vision still exists in the MCU: White Vision has regained his memories and lives, meaning that Wanda's husband (or an incarnation of him) is still out there.
Doctor Strange 2 shows the MCU's Scarlet Witch seeking to gain power over the Multiverse in order to recover her lost children. However, not only is her husband, Vision, not present in the film, but he's hardly even mentioned. The reason for Doctor Strange 2's Vision snub has been explained by Elizabeth Olsen, with the actor saying that «they got divorced. They're separated. She's not wearing a wedding band for a reason,» and that «once you're a mother, the loss of your child is more painful than any other loss you could ever experience.»
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However, this explanation simply doesn't work, and actually undermines the emotional weight of Scarlet Witch's MCU story. Wanda's grief over Vision's death was what led to the creation of her sons in the first place,
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