Source: ComicBookMovie.com | 2024.09.13
X-MEN '97 Showrunner Beau DeMayo Reveals Original DOCTOR STRANGE 2 Plot - Including A SHOCKING Character Death
Earlier this week, we shared a breakdown of an early version of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness from leaker @MyTimeToShineH. Sharing a link to our post, former X-Men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo confirmed it was correct and shared additional context.
"Correct. OG drafts did her justice," he said of the Scarlet Witch. "Wanda was with Strange recovering after Westview, feeling bad about what she did. She helps him, Wong and Chavez (who she tutors) beat Nightmare across Multiverse, where she also sees her variants happy with her kids."
"Still, Wanda resists and she - not Chavez - helps Strange save the day against Nightmare, who turns out to be a Darkhold-corrupted Strange variant," the writer continued. "Also, she used her experiences in WandaVision to warn Chavez about abusing her power."
"Only after saving the day, unable to resist finding a multiverse where she can be with her kids, does Wanda - sobbing - break from Strange and accidentally beheads Wong, who tries to stop her from fleeing into the multiverse. That was film’s cliffhanger."
DeMayo later pointed out that this draft "made far more sense, and even when she flees, Wanda is torn up by guilt in classic comic book fashion and keeps apologizing to Strange as she vanishes and leaves him with his dead friend’s body."
I much prefer the overall structure of this draft than the final product. It sounds like it flows better as a follow up to WandaVision than having her go all in on 'muh boys' between the show and movie.
I don't like the idea of Wong being the surprise death as I really enjoy the character, although it is comics so they could have had Strange buddy up with an alternate universe Wong down the road.
I don't understand what her accidentally decapitating Wong brings to the story. Manufactured drama? It sounds like if she just peaced out into an alternate reality at the end to be with her kids then that would have been a decent ending. She could have been the hero she deserved to be and then had a bitter-sweet ending of leaving her friends to find happiness elsewhere. And Wong would still be around.
I'm guessing the follow up would be that her overreaction leads to the dark side or something like that. Definitely not worth killing Wong, as your example would make more sense.