Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Agatha All Along
Agatha All Alonghas finally confirmed that Teen isScarlet Witch’s son, Wiccan. Set 3 years afterthe events ofWandaVisionand afterDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesssaw Wanda use the Darkhold to find a universe in which she could be with her children, Billy and Tommy. This goal was spurred by losing the two kids she had fabricated as part of the Westview Hex, which she dispelled after recognizing its inherent immorality.
Agatha All Alongrevisits the Westview residents and Agatha three years after the events ofWandaVision. After being stripped of her powers by Wanda and condemned to a purgatorial existence as the only resident still under the effects of the hex, Agatha assembles a coven of witches to travel down the Witches' Road, tackle its trials, and reacquire her power. This belated expansion toWanda Maximoff’s MCU storyreveals in episode 5 that Teen is actually Billy, Scarlet Witch’s son reborn. Here’s everything you need to know about him.
Agatha All Along Confirms Teen Is Wiccan
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InAgatha All Alongepisode 5, it’s finally revealed that Joe Locke’s so-far-unnamedTeen is in fact Scarlet Witch’s son. After Agatha kills Alice Wu by accidentally stealing her powers, Teen confronts Agatha, who mockingly tells him he’s “just like [his] mother”. Incensed, Teen reveals his magical powers, possessing Jennifer Kale and Lilia Calderu and having them throw Agatha into the bog by the side of the Witches Road, seemingly to her death.
Wearing a silver and blue crown, Teen reveals his identity to be Wiccan AKA Billy Kaplan AKA Billy Maximoff, the son of Scarlet Witch. Quite how he’s returned from the “dead” remains to be seen, but it seems he was always aware of his true identity, and was lying to Agatha and the Coven.
Wiccan’s History In WandaVision Explained
Billy Maximoff Is Wanda’s Son And Boasts The Same Abilities As Wiccan
Wiccan is Billy Maximoff inWandaVision. While Billy never adopts the mantle specifically during the show, Billy Maximoff is also Wiccan in Marvel Comics, albeit as part of a convoluted story.WandaVisionleaned into this link by having Billy don a relatively comic-accurate yet homemade version of Wiccan’s traditional costume in Marvel Comics as his Halloween costume inWandaVisionepisode 6, “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!”
Billy’s brother, Tommy, wears a costume that resembles a comic-accurate Quicksilver rather than Speed, although his casual attire more closely resembles his comic-book counterpart.
Billy Maximoff was created as part of Wanda’s Westview hexalong with his brother, Tommy Maximoff, and his father, Vision. His very existence is a stark example of how powerful Wanda Maximoff is, as he, along with his hex-borne family, is composed of solid matter and can interact with the world around him - though his existence hinges on being confined to the hex zone surrounding Westview. This is tragically demonstrated by his apparent demise as Wanda dispels the hex and her fabricated family along with it.
WandaVision: Billy & Tommy’s Powers Explained
In WandaVision episode 6, Billy and Tommy manifest their own Wiccan and Speed abilities, mirroring those of their mother Wanda and uncle Pietro.
Billy and Tommy live a relatively happy suburban childhood across six of the show’s nine episodes. After a swift pregnancy, Wanda gives birth to the twins with the help of Monica Rambeau (called “Geraldine” in Wanda’s hex) in episode 3, “Now in Color.” They then age rapidly twice within episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode….“The twins remain this age until they are banished along with the hex itselfin “The Series Finale.”
Wiccan’s MCU Powers Explained
Young Wiccan Boasts An Impressive Array Of Magical Powers
Billy exhibits a similar power set to Wiccan from Marvel Comics, first manifesting in the same episode in which he wears his Wiccan costume. In the space of a few episodes, Billy would discover these powers instinctively, living up to his mother’s comment that he and Tommy were “Born for this” before she tasked them with handling a military threat. Unlike his brother’s singular ability of super speed, however, Wiccan boasts a litany of powers that instantly make him one ofthe MCU’s most powerful magic usersdue to their diversity.
Use in WandaVision
Clairvoyance
Detecting Vision in distress as he attempts to leave the Westview Hex.
Telekinesis
Stopping Tommy from speeding and stopping a bullet directed at him.
Psionics
Manifesting a blue, magical energy.
In addition to his collection of magic-based powers, Billy also shares a unique ability with his brother. In their second appearance as babies,Billy and Tommy rapidly age twice: first from newborns to young children as Wanda desperately seeks a way to make them stop crying and again when trying to prove to Vision that they are old enough to own a dog. This unusual ability can seemingly be deployed at will, though it is unlikely that rapid aging will be a part of Wiccan’s core power set outside the hex - if he still lives.
InAgatha All Along, Wiccan displays advanced versions of the powers Billy had inWandaVision. Once more his blue magic returns, and he’s able to seemingly possess both Jennifer Kale and Lilia Calderu on the Witches Road. That feels like a more elevated version of the mind control he shows himself capable of inWandaVision. Like his mother, Wiccan also manifests a crown, conjured out of magic.
What Happened To Wiccan After WandaVision?
Wiccan Appeared Again In Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Billy and Tommy were dispelled along with the hex and Vision at the end ofWandaVision. Still, just a few moments later, Wanda is seen reading the Darkhold when Billy’s disembodied voice can be heard calling out to her. This immediately undercut the notion that Billy Maximoff wasdead and gone in the MCUbeforeDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswould feature variants of Billy and Tommy in Earth-838.
The entire premise of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hinges on Wanda’s certainty that Billy - or at least a variant of him - still lives within the MCU.
The entire premise ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesshinges on Wanda’s certainty that Billy - or at least a variant of him - still lives within the MCU.Billy Maximoff seemingly no longer existed in Earth-616, and now that Wanda is dead, a second hex can’t materialize another version of the character introduced inWandaVision.Agatha All Alongobviously changes that.
How Agatha All Along Set Up Wiccan’s Return
The Prevailing Theory Was Always That Joe Locke’s Teen Was The MCU’s Wiccan
Agatha All Alongdebuted Joe Locke’s “Teen” in the first episode as a character whose moniker derives from the fact that a magical sigil has been placed upon him to prevent him from divulging personal information. This gave rise to multiple theories surrounding the truth of his identity, with the most widely held theory being that Joe Locke is portraying Billy Kaplan, AKA Wiccan. In Marvel Comics,Kaplan/Teen hosted the soul of Billy Maximoff as he was reincarnated into this body,so it seems the same is true here.
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Several pieces of evidence already hinted at this being the case. Firstly,Teen quickly proved himself to be at least somewhat proficient with magic, as he was the one to release Agatha from Wanda’s hex. Trailer footage also spoiled Teen using blue magic reminiscent of Wiccan’s magic in Marvel Comics andWandaVision, before episode 5 revealed it fully. Furthermore,both Teen and Wiccan are gay and in relationships- though whether Teen’s boyfriend turns out to be an adaptation of Hulkling from Marvel Comics remains to be seen.
Another theory suggests that Teen is somehow a reincarnation of Nicholas Scratch, Agatha’s son whom she traded for the Darkhold and who has already been central to the plot thus far.
The secrecy surrounding his identity was another big hint, given Agatha would recognize “Billy” from her encounters with the hex version in Westview. While Teen’s repeated mentions of his parents seem to contradict the idea that he is Billy Maximoff, this would still fit an accurate adaptation of Billy Kaplan being a reincarnated Billy Maximoff nonetheless. Whatever the case,Wiccan plays a central role in the Young Avengers in Marvel Comics, which Kamala Khan has begun assembling in the MCU, suggesting that it’s only a matter of time before Wiccan joins their ranks.
Wiccan’s Marvel Comics Origin & Powers Explained
Wiccan Is Both Billy Kaplan And Billy Maximoff
So far, the MCU is treading a very similar path to Wiccan’s Marvel Comics origins. Confirmation thatMephisto is canon in the MCUfeeds into this, asBilly Maximoff was originally incarnated out of a piece of Mephisto’s soul by Wanda Maximoff. Both he and his brother Tommy ostensibly died after Mephisto re-absorbed these fragments. He would later be retro-reincarnated into the body of Billy Kaplan, however, which is the identity he maintains even after learning the truth of his origins as the son of Wanda and Vision and twin of Tommy, who was reincarnated into Tommy Shepherd.
Wiccan is a founding member of the Young Avengersalongside Nathaniel Richards/Iron Lad, Eli Bradley/Patriot, and Teddy Altman/Hulkling, who is also Billy’s boyfriend. Kate Bishop and Cassie Lang would join the new team later, while Tommy Shepherd/Speed would join later still. A version of Vision that resemblesthe MCU’s White Visioninsofar as he is built from the remnants of the original Vision’s body and memories is also part of the team.
Wiccan boasts an impressive array of powers in Marvel Comics reminiscent of his mother’s.These include reality manipulation, elemental manipulation, teleportation, telekinesis, telepathy, flight, healing, clairvoyance, and the ability to peer into alternate universes. Suffice it to say, should the MCU’s Wiccan emulate these abilities, then he will be a tour de force worthy ofScarlet Witch’s powerful legacy within the MCU.
Scarlet Witch
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Scarlet Witch debuted, along with her twin brother, Quicksilver in X-Men #4 (March 1964). Also known as Wanda Maximoff, she first appears as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, before she eventually became a member of the Avengers. In the comics, she is a mutant who uses chaos magic to alter reality.Scarlet Witch is played by Elizabeth Olsen in the MCU, having debuted in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
