So, Wandavision?

[Umbran]

My issue is they don't address mental health in a responsible way.

Ah. I kind of think of that as the point. Because, honestly, our reality doesn't address mental health in a responsible way, either.

Remember that superhero comics books don't generally lead the times by very much, and movies even less so. They are modern mythology, and express the times in which they are written. They are stories about now, not about where the future could be. These are times in which we are recognizing that we don't do well with mental health - so our comics give us examples, writ large because that's the style of superhero comics.

Tony Stark gets his issues largely managed off camera, during the five years of The Blip, by actually getting himself a personal support structure. Hulk, similarly, gets himself under control in that period. Note that, once this happens, their stories are pretty much done.

Wanda's story isn't done yet. So, yeah, she's still in the woods.

 

[Arilyn]

Wanda is not ready to get help and when she flies off, who in their right mind would attempt to stop her?

The second post credit scene clearly shows us that her trauma isn't over yet, and there is definitely going to be more trouble. Wanda turning herself in and getting help does not further the story.

 

[Rune]

Wanda is not ready to get help and when she flies off, who in their right mind would attempt to stop her?

The second post credit scene clearly shows us that her trauma isn't over yet, and there is definitely going to be more trouble. Wanda turning herself in and getting help does not further the story.

Well, kind of. As the director explicitly said in that Kevin Smith/Marc Bernardin podcast (and, in retrospect, I can’t believe I missed it while viewing), Wanda progresses through the five stages of grief during the show – meaning she had to end up at acceptance.

But that’s grief over The Vision’s death. Her kids are another matter, which she can (or at least believes she can) actually do something about.

 

[tomBitonti]

I have to admit ... there is a bit of a disconnect at the end. There should be other Avengers on-hand to assist. And the initial issue was the town being put into a reality bubble. That should be seen as at least kidnapping, and definitely as causing emotional distress to a few thousand people.

Hmm, maybe the knowledge filter was preventing word of the bubble from reaching the world at large? That would explain the low-key, specific, interest which was had to the entire event.

TomB

 

[Umbran]

Wanda progresses through the five stages of grief during the show – meaning she had to end up at acceptance.

Note, the "stages of grief" (the Kübler-Ross model) as typically portrayed is not what the person originating the model intended. Nor is even the original model solidly backed by tested and measured empirical evidence.

In this context, it is at best a narrative trope, like hearing an explosion in space. It is not an accurate depiction of what happens, but it is recognizable to the audience, and signals what the author intends to get across.

See what I mean by how we don't work well with mental health?

 

[Tonguez]

I have to admit ... there is a bit of a disconnect at the end. There should be other Avengers on-hand to assist. And the initial issue was the town being put into a reality bubble. That should be seen as at least kidnapping, and definitely as causing emotional distress to a few thousand people.

Hmm, maybe the knowledge filter was preventing word of the bubble from reaching the world at large? That would explain the low-key, specific, interest which was had to the entire event.

TomB

Yeah thats apparently the stated reason - the Westview Anamoly occurs only 3 weeks after Endgame, so most of the other Avengers are plausibly busy with their own recovery. Wanda also puts a filter on so that most people forget that Westview was ever there (until Jimmy Woo comes looking for his missing witness)

 

[ART!]

How much time do we think passes, from Wanda standing in that plot of land with the deed in her hand and then transforming Westview, to flying off at the end of episode 9?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

How much time do we think passes, from Wanda standing in that plot of land with the deed in her hand and then transforming Westview, to flying off at the end of episode 9?

It was specifically stated that Wanda's attack on the SWORD lab was 9 days before Jimmy called for help about his Witness Protection person. Assuming there was no time differential inside vs outside, the Hex was up for maybe 2 weeks? Wanda came back from the Snap, spent about a week and a half doing who knows what, ends up at the lab, drives straight to Westview to look at the building lot, breaks down, and her magic takes over.

 

[ART!]

It was specifically stated that Wanda's attack on the SWORD lab was 9 days before Jimmy called for help about his Witness Protection person. Assuming there was no time differential inside vs outside, the Hex was up for maybe 2 weeks? Wanda came back from the Snap, spent about a week and a half doing who knows what, ends up at the lab, drives straight to Westview to look at the building lot, breaks down, and her magic takes over.

Cool. Thanks.

Regarding the lack of involvement of other MCU characters in this crisis in New Jersey: the MCU has been pretty good at eventually letting us know why they didn't call in the Avengers or whatever, even if the explanation is pretty hand-wavey. (How did the Hulk get to the Grandmaster's planet? Hey just flew off in that quinjet at the end of AoU...into space?...and came across a wormhole? Okay cool.)

 

[Umbran]

Yeah thats apparently the stated reason - the Westview Anamoly occurs only 3 weeks after Endgame, so most of the other Avengers are plausibly busy with their own recovery.

Note:
Captain America is ancient.
Iron Man is dead.
Black Widow is dead.
Falcon and Winter Soldier are off in their own show.
Thor is in space.
Captain Marvel is in space.
Guardians of the Galaxy are in space.
Spider-Man is a kid, off in his own movie.
Black Panther is... well, Shuri is in Wakanda.
Valkyrie doesn't really know these people, and is presumably in Norway.
Ant-Man is on the West Coast, typically.

I think the only plausible ones who might intervene are... War Machine, Hulk, and Doctor Strange?

The only one who'd be of any use would be Doctor Strange. Or... well, I could see a big green Professor Hulk sitting down with Wanda for a heart-to-heart. That would be amusing.