The finale of Marvel’s VisionQuest series is now available on Disney+, with the show featuring two post-credits scenes that not only tease the future of one of its most important characters, but also set up the events of December’s Avengers: Doomsday.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR VISIONQUEST, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK
After eight episodes exploring the journey of Vision (Paul Bettany) as he lives off-grid following the events of 2021’s WandaVision and embarks on an existential journey to understand his identity and humanity, VisionQuest’s first post-credit scene focuses on setting up the future of another important character that hasn’t been seen since 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, James Spader’s Ultron.
During the events of the series, the character had changed significantly due to being stuck inside Vision’s mind, slowly renouncing his desire to end humanity and moving on from his hatred. Of course, the loss of Jocasta (T’Nia Miller), the Android that shared a connection with Ultron as the series progressed, led him to briefly return to villainy in the series finale, but Vision ultimately manages to talk him down.
Following the show’s climax, Ultron has now chosen to take on the appearance of his human avatar, Virgil Horton, the grandson of scientist Phineas Horton. The post-credits scene also reveals that he is in possession of Jocasta’s hard drive, teasing that Ultron might ultimately try to rebuild her down the line, and that they might return for a future MCU project, although the project in question remains a mystery for now.
The show’s bigger surprise, however, came from its second post-credits scene, although this reveal is one that fans already saw coming. The sequence begins with a shot of a crumbling Mount Wundagore, the climax of 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which saw Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), finally realising her errors and sacrificing herself to destroy all copies of the Darkhold throughout the multiverse.
It is revealed that shortly after Mount Wundagore’s collapse, Doctor Doom appears and lifts up the debris with his powers, revealing Wanda underneath. The villain then reawakens her, proclaiming, “Your powers will be mine.”
With this bombshell, it’s all but confirmed that Scarlet Witch will return in Avengers: Doomsday, although she will be fighting against the Avengers this time around, seemingly under the control of its villain. Even prior to this reveal, fans had already speculated that Scarlet Witch would be one of the Latverian Witches, a mysterious group of masked, magical followers aligned with Doctor Doom.
Three Latverian Witch costumes were previously revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con in green, orange and purple, so Scarlet Witch will likely be the one dressed in orange. As for the other two, it’s unclear for now, but some fans have speculated that the green and purple Witches could be Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) from 2021’s Loki and Clea (Charlize Theron) from the final scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, respectively.
Of course, these are just fan speculation for now, but at least we now know that Scarlet Witch will return in Avengers: Doomsday, although the identities of Doom’s remaining followers will likely only be revealed once the film launches in theatres on 17 December 2026.
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