For the better part of the past two months, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has reentered our lives thanks to WandaVision. The series – which, due to various factors tied to last year’s COVID-19 production shutdowns – became the first new MCU installment in a year-and-a-half, as well as the franchise’s first of many Disney+ exclusive television series. Those factors, as well as the series’ story being told across weekly installments as opposed to one uninterrupted movie, have definitely had a unique impact on the way WandaVision has been received – including the opportunity for a lot more speculation amongst the series’ viewers. Anyone who has even casually glanced at the Internet in the weeks since WandaVision first premiered has probably been bombarded with some of those fan theories, which have picked apart nearly every aspect of the series for potential future storylines or plot twists. While that amount of fan speculation is a testament to how well-executed WandaVision’s narrative has been, it’s also become a curse that many viewers have placed upon the series – one that feels increasingly prominent as this week’s finale grows near.
