VisionQuest has arrived on Disney+, and whereas the primary two episodes gave a whole lot of solutions as to what the mysterious present is about, additionally they raised a ton of questions. We’ve realized the Imaginative and prescient is in hiding, and he, together with all the different Stark synthetic intelligences who’re dwelling in his Mindspace, hopes to learn to join with human feelings in addition to Imaginative and prescient’s previous.
Nevertheless, he doesn’t keep in hiding lengthy, as a bounty hunter named Paladin finds him at a distant European pub and makes an attempt to kidnap him. Ultron reveals that an unknown Shopper put out a significant bounty on Imaginative and prescient’s head, and the Paladin took up the provide. So, after escaping a lure through which Paladin used Imaginative and prescient’s son Tommy as bait, the previous Avenger and his son should go on the run and discover out who’s after them. Fortunately, now we have some concepts.
5) Billy Maximoff & Agatha Harkness
VisionQuest is the conclusion of a trilogy of Disney+ exhibits, with the primary being WandaVision, and the second being Agatha All Alongside. Whereas there aren’t many clear connections between the second and third entries on this trilogy simply but, the id of the Shopper might wind up being the most important one. On the finish of Agatha All Alongside, the titular witch has grow to be a ghost. Nevertheless, this hasn’t hindered her powers, with Agatha and Billy Maximoff setting off on a journey to search out Billy’s brother, Tommy.
Tommy has already appeared in VisionQuest, and now that he and Imaginative and prescient are collectively, it will be the proper time for Billy to indicate up. Billy and Agatha might have hoped to search out Imaginative and prescient as a way to get to Tommy, main them to rent the Paladin. Nevertheless, it’s a bit odd that they’d rent such a violent individual to hunt out Imaginative and prescient, placing him and Tommy in danger. Whereas Billy and Agatha being the Shopper might elevate extra questions than solutions, it wouldn’t be onerous for VisionQuest to tug off this reveal.
4) Justin Hammer
Now, now we have completely no indication that Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer will seem in VisionQuest. In reality, this might simply be wishful pondering. Nevertheless, when itemizing out suspects who can be keen on stealing Stark expertise lifeless or alive, Hammer is on the high of that listing. The villain was one of many predominant antagonists in 2010’s Iron Man 2, though he has solely appeared in a One-Shot particular and an episode of What If…? since.
Justin Hammer continues to be on the market someplace, and if he came upon that Imaginative and prescient was flying round undetected, it will be almost unattainable for him to withstand the temptation. Plus, virtually each different Stark AI resides in Imaginative and prescient’s head, which means that if Hammer will get his palms on Imaginative and prescient, he might have unparalleled entry to Tony’s tech. It was closely rumored that Justin Hammer would return in Armor Wars, and now that the challenge is seemingly caught in improvement hell, the MCU might have simply pivoted and reworked Hammer’s story to suit into VisionQuest.
3) Jocasta
VisionQuest is about to introduce one other synthetic intelligence named Jocasta, and since we don’t know when and why she’ll be popping up, it’s totally potential that she might be the Shopper. Within the comics, Ultron creates Jocasta as his android companion, along with her persona being based mostly on Janet van Dyne. Since this storyline didn’t happen in Avengers: Age of Ultron (partially as a result of the truth that Tony Stark creates Ultron within the MCU somewhat than Hank Pym), Jocasta might be repurposed to suit this villainous function in VisionQuest.
Jocasta might be looking down Imaginative and prescient as a way to get entry to Ultron, who’s presently trapped in Imaginative and prescient’s thoughts. We don’t know the place she got here from, however it’s potential that Ultron might have created her for this function, along with her then deciding to rent the Paladin. She might have additionally been created by a wide range of different characters, reminiscent of Justin Hammer or an agent of S.W.O.R.D.
2) S.W.O.R.D.
Talking of S.W.O.R.D., the intergalactic protection company might simply be those behind the hunt for Imaginative and prescient. In any case, they’d the unique Imaginative and prescient’s physique after he was killed in Avengers: Infinity Conflict, just for Wanda to steal it from them earlier than the occasions of WandaVision. S.W.O.R.D. clearly desires Imaginative and prescient again, and so they might have employed the Paladin and his goons to carry his physique again, whether or not the hero is alive or not.
The chance that S.W.O.R.D. is the Shopper is even introduced up in VisionQuest, with the characters theorizing this actual factor. It’s odd that one of the crucial highly effective businesses within the MCU wouldn’t have the surveillance expertise to search out Imaginative and prescient himself, however a random bounty hunter would. Nevertheless, S.W.O.R.D. and S.H.I.E.L.D. have at all times labored in mysterious methods, and so they could also be keen to do no matter it takes to get Imaginative and prescient again, even when it means killing just a few civilians and a whole lot of mercenaries.
1) Ultron
An Avengers-level risk is presently dwelling inside Imaginative and prescient’s mind and has already tipped off Paladin as to the place Imaginative and prescient is. Thus, it’s unattainable for Ultron to not be the most certainly suspect. The Shopper posted the contract on-line, and Ultron has confirmed that he can get round Imaginative and prescient’s defensive code. So, it’s totally potential that Ultron might have put out the hit as half of a bigger plan to flee or to carry down the extra virtuous Stark intelligences. Ultron did say that he wasn’t the Shopper in VisionQuest, however why ought to we consider a robotic who actually tried to wipe out all of humanity?
Ultron could also be too apparent a choose, however it will be an odd option to have him come again after over a decade solely to not be the villain of VisionQuest. Ultron poses an enormous risk to Imaginative and prescient, and he’s able to pulling off extremely complicated schemes. We don’t know why he would need Imaginative and prescient lifeless, because the hero’s encounter with the Paladin virtually killed everybody already. Nevertheless, his willingness to promote Imaginative and prescient out and his encouragement of J.A.R.V.I.S. to delete himself implies that he’s as much as one thing sinister.
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