So, Wandavision?

[Umbran]

Regarding the twins, in the comic book storylines, Mephisto gave her some of his life essence, or something like that, to help her create them.

It was Master Pandemonium (as noted upthread), and, IIRC, when the magic was done Wanda wasn't aware that's where the souls of her kids came from.

 

[Imaculata]

Here, they've made it quite simple: She creates a localized field where she can select from multiple realities her own preferred situations. She doesn't mind-control Vision - she selects a reality where he chose himself to say something different.

She's ripping through the multiverse and picking and choosing her favorite chunks of reality.

If that is what is going on, that is awesome and extremely dangerous.

 

[Rune]

If that is what is going on, that is awesome and extremely dangerous.

Looks like that quote is actually from @FitzTheRuke.

Although, I agree with you.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

It was Master Pandemonium (as noted upthread), and, IIRC, when the magic was done Wanda wasn't aware that's where the souls of her kids came from.

Sort of. Mephisto tricked him into gathering Mephisto's soul fragments and then Wanda accidentally summoned two of those fragments that became her twins. So while Master Pandemonium was part of it, the soul fragments he thought were his, were actually Mephisto's.

Master Pandemonium - Wikipedia

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[hawkeyefan]

Maybe the town is like a SWORD facility. Perhaps they were working on restoring Vision or maybe they were studying his remains or something. Maybe Wanda was involved or somehow found out and came there, but something went wrong. They couldn’t restore Vision or something similar. At that point, she snaps.

Then I think her powers are likely very much along the lines of what @FitzTheRuke said. She’s adjusting her reality by taking bits of others. It’s localized for now, but it seems like there’s concern about whether it can be contained. The military and the barrier we saw at the end had the look of a perimeter.

 

[pukunui]

So do people think the little helicopter was a real one that got turned into a toy when it entered the bubble? I was thinking it was some kind of drone.

Also, I wonder if we’ll get an in-universe explanation as to why Wanda has chosen to model her alternate reality on TV sitcoms and why she is progressing through the decades.

It’s a cute gimmick for the show as a framing device, but I feel like it still needs some kind of justification in-universe as to why sitcoms and why they keep changing.

 

[Rune]

So do people think the little helicopter was a real one that got turned into a toy when it entered the bubble? I was thinking it was some kind of drone.

Also, I wonder if we’ll get an in-universe explanation as to why Wanda has chosen to model her alternate reality on TV sitcoms and why she is progressing through the decades.

It’s a cute gimmick for the show as a framing device, but I feel like it still needs some kind of justification in-universe as to why sitcoms and why they keep changing.

Might be an indicator that Wanda isn’t creating the situation. Unless she got a chance to watch lots of American sitcom reruns while growing up in Sokovia.

 

[Dire Bare]

So do people think the little helicopter was a real one that got turned into a toy when it entered the bubble? I was thinking it was some kind of drone.

Also, I wonder if we’ll get an in-universe explanation as to why Wanda has chosen to model her alternate reality on TV sitcoms and why she is progressing through the decades.

It’s a cute gimmick for the show as a framing device, but I feel like it still needs some kind of justification in-universe as to why sitcoms and why they keep changing.

Wanda is fantasizing, subconsciously, about having a "normal" life with a nice house, white-picket fence, loving husband, couple of kids, being part of a neighborhood community . . . . what are sitcoms (especially "classic" sitcoms from the 50s through the 70s) but fantasies of "normal" life?

I think the sitcom framing device is a freaking brilliant exploration of Wanda's fantasies and state of mind.

 

[Dire Bare]

Might be an indicator that Wanda isn’t creating the situation. Unless she got a chance to watch lots of American sitcom reruns while growing up in Socovia.

Plenty of folks outside the US grew up on US television. Our culture has an insidious reach across the globe!

Also, Wanda's pretty much an assimilated American now after joining the Avengers, and has had plenty of time to catch up on any TV she might have missed. And considering her past, I can imagine that classic American sitcoms might have had a special appeal to her.

In between the Avengers movies, Wanda's been power-streaming all of the classic American sitcoms!

 

[Imaculata]

So do people think the little helicopter was a real one that got turned into a toy when it entered the bubble? I was thinking it was some kind of drone.

That's what I think, yes. But it is but a hunch. A SWORD helicopter wouldn't fit in the 60's sitcom setting, to like the people trapped there, it is transformed.

Also, I wonder if we’ll get an in-universe explanation as to why Wanda has chosen to model her alternate reality on TV sitcoms and why she is progressing through the decades.

It’s a cute gimmick for the show as a framing device, but I feel like it still needs some kind of justification in-universe as to why sitcoms and why they keep changing.

She craves a perfect sitcom-style family life that has been denied to her by reality? Perhaps it progresses because her madness is progressing? The longer she tries to deny reality, the more it catches up to her?