How he survived the end of WandaVision

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 6, “Familiar by Your Side.”

Billy Maximoff’s return to the MCU is explained in Agatha all along Episode 6, “Familiar by Your Side,” Reveals Just How the Son of the Scarlet Witch Was Able to Come Back After WandaVision’s Emotional finale. Billy and Tommy Maximoff first appeared as the magically created twin sons of Wanda and Vision WandaVision Episode 3, “Now in Color.” They age throughout the series, eventually being depicted as superpowered ten-year-olds, but their futures are left uncertain after the Scarlet Witch brings down the hex around Westview, New Jersey.

Although Billy Maximoff is seemingly killed off at the end of WandaVision, Agatha all along Episode 5 confirmed that he has now returned to the MCU. Joe Locke’s “teen” was heavily theorized to be Billy Maximoff before Episode 5’s revelationWith many clues pointing to him being the Scarlet Witch’s son. Agatha all along Episode 6, “Familiar by Your Side,” explored Billy Maximoff’s new origin story in the MCU, changing his Marvel Comics backstory, but perfectly explaining Wiccan’s much-anticipated return.

What happened to Billy Maximoff at the end of WandaVision

Julian Hilliard portrayed Billy Maximoff in WandaVision

Born during WandaVision Episode 3, which took the form of a 1970s sitcom, Billy Maximoff aged five years, played by Baylen Bielitz, in the 1980s. He was later aged up to ten years, this time played by Julian Hilliard, so that he and his brother would be allowed to keep their new dog, Sparky. Hilliard’s Billy was the first to exhibit his magical abilities, copying those of his mother, the Scarlet Witch. While these powers came in handy during the final battle against SWORD, they didn’t help Billy survive the dismantling of the Westview Hex.

When Wanda Maximoff decided to bring the Hex down, the versions of Vision, Billy and Tommy she created in the Hex also ceased to exist.. Billy and Tommy Maixmoff, unlike Westview’s other residents, have no human alter egos outside of the Hex, meaning their physical forms did not revert to their original owners, but disappeared entirely instead. Hilliard portrayed a variant of Billy Maximoff in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessBut his Earth-616 counterpart was seemingly dead – until now.

As Agatha all along explains Billy’s return

Agatha All Along Episode 6 explored Billy Maximoff’s return in detail

The end of Agatha all along Episode 5, “Darkest Hour, Awaken Your Power,” confirmed that Joe Locke is playing a new version of Billy Maximoff’s Wiccan. It was a shocking, but expected and heavily theorized, revelation, so it was great to see Agatha all along Episode 6 explores how Billy Maximoff has returned. When the Westview Hex was dismantled, Billy’s physical body may have ceased to exist, but his “soul,” created from the magic of the Scarlet Witch, survived. Billy’s soul found an empty vessel to inhabit: the body of William Kaplan.

Born and raised in Eastview, New Jersey, William Kaplan, son of Jeff and Rebecca Kaplan, witnessed the Westview anomaly dismantled by the Scarlet Witch on the day of his Bar Mitzvah. This upset his parents, which caused a tragic car accident, which resulted in the early death of William Kaplan. at the same moment, Billy Maximoff’s soul found itself in Kaplan’s now empty body, and he retained his abilities, although he did not remember who he was until three years later.When he started to investigate Agatha Harkness in hopes of accessing the Witches’ Road and finding his brother.

How Marvel Comics answers the mystery of Wiccan’s return

The MCU changed Wiccan’s Marvel Comics history

Agatha all along Explanation of Billy Maximoff’s return found the perfect way to adapt his slightly more complicated Marvel Comics origin story. Billy and Tommy Maximoff first appeared in Marvel Comics’ The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 in 1986. Just as in WandaVisionThe twins were made with the Scarlet Witch’s reality-warping powers, though they were later revealed to be forged from fragmented pieces of the soul of the demonic villain Mephisto. Mephisto reabsorbed the twins, ending their lives, and leading to a world of pain for the Scarlet Witch.

Through their mother’s love and sheer power, Billy and Tommy’s souls were not fully reabsorbed by Mephisto, and instead returned years later in the 2005s Young Avengers series like Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd. The reincarnations, despite being raised by new parents, were actually brothers and the children of the Scarlet Witch, and were formidable young Avengers as Wiccan and Speed, respectively. Agatha all along Dramatically changed the story and still kept it fairly faithful, providing a believable and understandable new beginning for Billy Maximoff’s Wiccan.

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