#hexvision

"There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain… Or so says the legend."

I totally agree with you anon, been there since the beginning with ScarletVision and was so looking forward to WandaVision showing us those wholesome domestic scenes that the movies weren’t equip to address. 

I can understand it being hard to reconcile OurVision with the new HexVision we saw in WandaVision, particularly given that last scene where Wanda explains how he came into being. I saw someone make a really good point somewhere on Tumblr (forgive me I can’t find the link yet) but it seems like this part was more for casual viewers or Marvel fans who weren’t invested in scarletvision before this series. It was a way to explain precisely how she created him, but I don’t think it was as necessary for us SV fans. 

If we think back to episode 8, Hayward was already hinting at what Wanda had done: 

“Not everyone has the kind of power that could bring their soulmate back online. Forgive me. Back to life.”

(Mystery is how the heck he knew of this power before Wanda had even created the hex… Perhaps he assumed that Wanda could somehow restore Vision’s power etc. but moving on)

And of course for their final goodbye she heartbreakingly explains how he really came to be:

“You, Vision, are of the piece of the mind stone that lives in me. You are a body of wires and blood and bone that I created. You are my sadness and my hope. But mostly, you’re my love.” 

I think HexVision’s following comment about being ‘a memory made real’  best describes what he was in my eyes. He was the version that Wanda had within her head that she gave a form and a consciousness to. It is kind of weird trying to look at their relationship in WandaVision through this new lens of HexVision being something she created. But I think it’s important to remember how much of the narrative the show lent to exploring HexVision’s autonomy - particularly in episode 6 as he discovered more of Westview and actually goes beyond the Hex’s boundaries. Not to mention how he negotiated with WhiteVision in Ep 9, which was handled exactly how OurVision would have. We can see throughout the show that a part of Wanda wasn’t conscious of what she was doing to Westview and I wholeheartedly believe she was never ‘in control’ of HexVision as an individual, no matter how much she wanted their perfect suburban life. (evidenced by Vision not believing her in Ep 5 for example, if it was all her then she could have made him believe) 

All in all, HexVision may have been created from Wanda’s memories but he was more than just a memory. He was half of her soul given life again. He was a real person synthezoid and was able to make his own decisions throughout the story, independent from Wanda. Therefore, it stands to reason that the love he has for her and the life they made together, all their kisses and the softness and pet names was just as real.