Thread by @JennyENicholson

This is such a bizarre take & imo exemplifies how literal pop culture discourse has gotten

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/1369301663035650061

Like the impulse to point out that a comic book witch has violated the Geneva Conventions with her magic sitcom spell lmao. When it's left pretty ambiguous the degree to which Wanda had conscious agency in the spell or realized it was tormenting the other people at all

This point is reiterated multiple times, that the show fails to address how "grief can make us do terrible things." But no it doesn't. It addresses that, by having her do terrible things, realize they're terrible, and stop. That's the show

By "fails to address" OP is basically just saying that he wanted a scene where Wanda is brought to court and sentenced to jail for doing bad things, because in an excruciatingly literal sense the witch not going to jail in a comic book show = pro evil sitcom magic messaging

I can't fathom watching the whole show and thinking it's leading up to the other grieving character "condemning" the scarlet witch, however that is meant to have played out lol.

My main disappointment coming out of Wandavision was that its overall message about grief seemed a little basic. Basically that grief exists & feeling feelings is important. So the idea that that came out too nuanced for pop culture thinkpiecers is blowing my mind

For this take this is all I got

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/1369301664994369543?s=19

& like in real life the "terrible things" grief can make you do are probably like... say hurtful things? Fall so deeply into depression that you require a lot of support? How would watching Wanda go to jail be more instructive than her apologizing & receiving understanding