Is The MCU Finally Making A Tonal Shift With Its New Projects?
For many years, Marvel kept a pretty standard “good vs evil” tone when making their projects, a recipe that worked, but ultimately became predictable over time. Phase 1 and Phase 2 stayed true to this formula in every movie, so fans always knew for a fact that the heroes would ultimately win in the end.
Phase 3 flipped the script with Avengers: Infinity War by making the heroes taste real defeat before eventually saving the world in Avengers: Endgame. The current Phase 4, however, is much different from all the rest, because there’s no longer such a clear-cut definition as to what makes a hero and what makes a villain.
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Phase 4 kicked off with the Disney Plus series WandaVision and completely transformed the direction of the franchise with this show alone. For starters, it was the MCU’s first official television show, but it also smashed the barriers in place that defined good and evil, as well as right and wrong.
Wanda serves as the prime example of the MCU’s new favorite anti-hero character trope. Even throughout the earlier phases, Wanda has done whatever she can to help people, yet somehow she ends up accidentally hurting others in her attempts to be a hero. Wanda had no intention of tormenting the people of Westview during WandaVision, but she did anyway, holding them hostage for quite some time.
Even when Wanda turns herself into the villain, it’s still very easy for fans to sympathize with Wanda because of all the horrible things she’s been through. Since her heart is always in the right place, it’s easier for viewers to excuse her actions and root for her on her journey towards self-discovery.
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