Saturday, February 27, 2021

Saturday Showcase: the Vision ("White" Version)

 


    We all know that the Marvel Studios projects veer from the original comic storylines in some shape or form.  So, with the bombshell that WandaVision dropped with episode 8, fans are asking why is there a "White" Vision at S.W.O.R.D. and what they will do with it?  Well, I hope after you read this post you may have some kind of idea.

    The "White" Vision storyline took place during a story arc known as Vision Quest and it took place in issues #42-45 in the West Coast Avengers(March – June 1989) and was created by writer/penciller John Byrne to take the character away from his earlier depictions as a "synthetic human" and emphasized his android nature. The story had the Vision's memory and human brain patterns wiped out, severed his relationship with his wife, revealed their children to be essentially imaginary constructs, and included a two-page spread showing a dismantled Vision. Can you see some of the similarities going on now?



    Here's how it could tie into the show.  In the "Vision Quest" storyline, rogue agents of the United States government, abduct the Vision and dismantle him. This much is the same, however instead of the Avengers rebuilding him it could be S.W.O.R.D. They rebuild Vision, but with a chalk-white complexion (symbolizing that his human side is dead, a ghost if you will). This, along with damage to Vision's synthetic skin when he was dismantled, results in the synthezoid's resurrection as a colorless and emotionless artificial human.

   Not exactly how it went down in the comics, but you get the gist of it.  I know, it's a mouthful as well as a brain freeze to try to relate comics to film.  What you basically need to know is, S.W.O.R.D.  will send their Vision into Wanda's reality to try to stop her.  With only so much time left it's hard to say if Vision will gain emotion with the help of chaos magic or if the Vision we all love will remain dead.  There are countless ways this series will end, but I think we can all agree that it will lead us into the adventures of Phase 4.



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