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The upcoming Disney+ series Vision Quest is set one year after WandaVision, a storyline that left the synthezoid hero searching for meaning. That journey will be at the heart of the Paul Bettany-led show.
After the Scarlet Witch cast a hex on Westview, Vision emerged from it as White Vision, a recreation of the original. Since then, little has been heard of him.
The Timeline
As the first new Marvel series to come out of Phase 6, Vision Quest has fans theorizing on where it will fit into the MCU’s grand timeline. The upcoming Disney+ series is set a year after the events of WandaVision and will see Paul Bettany’s Vision grappling with his identity in one of the MCU’s most emotionally powerful scenes. But that gap between WandaVision and the new Vision series gives Marvel plenty of room to explore his arc, which will likely focus on what it means to be alive when your entire existence is built on memories and data.
In WandaVision, Vision was reconstructed by S.W.O.R.D after absorbing her grief and emotions. But the hex didn’t turn him into the Vision we knew and loved before, instead turning him into White Vision. After his battle with the Hex Vision and his conflict with the drone that created him, the synthezoid escaped Westview and began to wander.
Since the end of the episode, he hasn’t appeared in any other MCU content and his whereabouts are currently unknown. The upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is expected to feature the character prominently as Scarlet Witch struggles with her loss, but it’s not clear whether the show will touch on his relationship with Agatha Harkness. As for the rumored Avengers: Disassembled film, which is said to feature the hex-powered Vision alongside a number of other Stark-created AIs, that’s also currently unaccounted for in the MCU.
White Vision
After his dismantling in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Vision (Paul Bettany) returned in the post-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier with a new look and some impressive powers. However, his emotional emptiness remained and was a constant reminder of the loss of Wanda Maximoff and their children. This sparked a long-running arc that made the synthezoid one of Marvel?s most complex and tragic characters.
During the events of WandaVision, the original Vision is destroyed by Westview Vision, but his white form survives thanks to a bit of magic that came from the Chaos Magic used to construct him. This version of the Vision doesn?t appear to have the same level of connection to Wanda that her hex did, though it?s possible this could be adjusted in the future.
While the white version of the Vision is capable of using his powers as the original did, he?s unable to express any emotions and seems to be more a drone than a superhero. He has no loyalty to his creators or any desire to protect the world. Instead, he follows his programming and obeys orders without question.
As a result, this version of the Vision isn?t as popular or as well-known as the hex reincarnation, and it?s not clear if the Disney+ series will give him more screen time or just focus on the hex reincarnation. That said, he could still play a key role in the multiverse threats the next few Avengers movies seem to be setting up.
His Future Role in the MCU
After the end of WandaVision, we never really heard from Vision again. He’s not entirely out of the picture, though, as Marvel’s upcoming 2026 Disney+ series Vision Quest will pick up the synthezoid’s story.
The show, helmed by Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas, will explore the rebuild of the original Vision after S.W.O.R.D. resurrected him with a bit of latent chaos magic near Westview. The agency rebuilt him as White Vision, a weapon meant to kill Wanda and the other virtual Visions she created with her powers. White Vision was not, however, the real vision, and he gained his memories back when he entered the Westview hex.
It’s unclear exactly how that battle will play out, but it looks like the hero might be able to come to terms with his existence as a recreation of himself and find a new purpose in life. That’s a compelling arc to build upon, and one we hope the upcoming series delivers on.
Unfortunately, the MCU has a tendency to lose track of some of its heroes. Luckily, Vision Quest seems to be a promising project that can pick up where WandaVision left off and build a more consistent arc for this important character. We can’t wait to see what happens next.
Connections to Wanda’s Story
The upcoming series will explore the future of Vision, but it will also look back at his past. This is a great way to add depth to the hero and help him become even more interesting and complex.
In the post-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see that Pietro and Wanda Maximoff were the subjects of experiments carried out by Hydra’s Baron Wolfgang von Strucker with the Mind Stone in Loki’s scepter. The experiments turned them into hex-powered superhumans with superspeed, telekinesis, and telepathy abilities. But the most devastating change was in the area of emotions and personality. Pietro lost his empathy and emotions, while Wanda suffered from grief and loneliness. In order to overcome these feelings, she created a suburban utopia called Westview and constructed a family for herself within it. Then she used her powers to rewrite reality for herself and the people living in it.
She was able to create this alternate reality, but it wasn’t without consequences. As she manipulated reality, she was unable to reactivate her own body and instead grew an external android that she called White Vision. He was powered by a bit of the latent chaos magic that she used to control her Westview experiment. The new version of Vision lacks her compassion and memories of their past together, but he is still a powerful, intelligent synthetic being.