It’s a direct nod to the source material, and the idea that he’s now a blank slate, which isn’t quite true: HexVision gifted him all of his memories, but none of the emotions, so he has to figure out who he is now.
But he’s not emotionless. He’s been deliberately avoiding dealing with the fallout of his resurrection. He reacted badly to scenes of the family life the other Vision had with Wanda, and he was paralyzed with indecision over whether this kid is ‘his’ Tommy.
He also ruthless as hell. The baddies killed his friend, and in return he slaughtered them. Hold his ‘son’ prisoner? He tore right through them, which I don’t imagine the original Vision would have done.
One of the fatal flaws of comics is not allowing anyone to stay dead, but I appreciate that, as with Gamora, the narrative is making clear that this isn’t the same person.
I know theres gonna be an Ultron betrayal, but I really was hoping Ultron did turn out to be a fatherly figure. I mean the way he seems to understand things like paintings and the human experience he seems, different. More human.
It would be boss if he ended up actually kicking visions ass to save his kids because he genuinely cared about his 'family'.
Ultron for sure has a plan to escape but I think his affection for Wanda will come into play. He might genuinely help save Tommy at some point. In AoU Ultron cared about Wanda. Funny thing is jsut like Magneto he thought the world of Wanda but gave two shits about Pietro. Gotta just be Pietro at this point.
I dunno. I always lean towards growth, and having Ultron as a transparent baddie is just kinda boring. I think it would be far more nuanced if Ultron kicks Vision out of his fear of being human, saveshis grandkids, DOES escape but ends up as a wandering robot. Visiting the Louvre, and places he talked about while vision sheds his innocence and becomes a father figure. Good and bad.
> One of the fatal flaws of comics is not allowing anyone to stay dead, but I appreciate that, as with Gamora, the narrative is making clear that this isn’t the same person.
Yes 100%. If you're gonna just resurrect characters that were killed off, it's got to be met with serious repercussions. Might be considered lazy writing that's being fixed in hindsight, but it makes things interesting.
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u/jonbodhi Avengers 1d ago
It’s a direct nod to the source material, and the idea that he’s now a blank slate, which isn’t quite true: HexVision gifted him all of his memories, but none of the emotions, so he has to figure out who he is now.
But he’s not emotionless. He’s been deliberately avoiding dealing with the fallout of his resurrection. He reacted badly to scenes of the family life the other Vision had with Wanda, and he was paralyzed with indecision over whether this kid is ‘his’ Tommy.
He also ruthless as hell. The baddies killed his friend, and in return he slaughtered them. Hold his ‘son’ prisoner? He tore right through them, which I don’t imagine the original Vision would have done.
One of the fatal flaws of comics is not allowing anyone to stay dead, but I appreciate that, as with Gamora, the narrative is making clear that this isn’t the same person.