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‘WandaVision’ Instagram Drops a Bittersweet Code Before the ‘VisionQuest’ Finale

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Marvel’s social media team is turning the final hours before ‘VisionQuest’ ends into an emotional scavenger hunt. The official ‘WandaVision’ Instagram account has been posting cryptic images with hidden messages for weeks, and fans have been decoding each one. The latest arrives just before the finale of the series that closes the trilogy ‘WandaVision’ started.

The account has been feeding fans clues all season. Earlier posts hid code alongside the caption “Is it still the same ship?”, and another post showed a figure in a dim, book-lined room with the words “Who have you lost?” and “Billy… Tomm…”. Fans decoded that one as Vision declaring, “I am The Vision. I have always been The Vision.”

Now the account has posted one more coded message, and it is especially emotional. According to fan account Cosmic Marvel, the hidden code in the new post reads: “We’ll say hello again.” The images show a hand reaching toward a screen, with a glitchy strip of static running along the bottom of each frame.

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Longtime fans will know the line right away. In the ‘WandaVision’ finale, Vision tells Wanda before fading away, “We have said goodbye before, so it stands to reason—” before she jumps in and finishes, “We’ll say hello again.” It’s one of the most memorable goodbyes in the MCU.

When ‘WandaVision’ ended, many viewers took the line as a sign that Vision would return. Mostly, though, it read as a spiritual statement. ComicBook.com described it as the pair sharing a confidence that Wanda would be reunited with her exact, beloved Vision at some point, presumably in whatever kind of afterlife awaits her when she actually dies.

Five years later, Paul Bettany’s Vision really has returned, but the reunion fans hoped for hasn’t happened. As far as the MCU is concerned, Wanda is still dead after having an entire mountain dropped on her in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’. That makes the message feel bittersweet rather than celebratory.

The post is the latest in a run of Wanda-focused teases. Earlier today, Marvel Studios shared a wall of binary code that decodes to Wanda’s line, “We could never truly leave each other, even if we tried.” The show has hidden Wanda in its code from the very beginning, too.

After the premiere, eagle-eyed fans spotted what appeared to read “WANDA.CREATE” in the code flashing on screen, a sign that Vision still carries her with him in his programming. In Episode 7, Vision also gives Tommy ‘WandaVision’ to watch and tells him that family is forever.

The timing will inevitably fuel more theories about a return for Elizabeth Olsen. So far, though, there has been no confirmation that she will be back in the MCU at all. The posts could just as easily be about Vision’s memories of the family he lost.

Some outlets still think a comeback is likely eventually. ComicBookMovie, for example, said it would be surprising if Wanda didn’t factor into Marvel’s plans for ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’. Even so, it’s best to read tonight’s message as a tribute unless the finale says otherwise.

Fans won’t have to wait long to see whether these messages pay off. Episode 8, ‘Forever’, premieres tonight on Disney+ at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET. It’s the only episode with a post-credits scene, and Marvel has promised “one final surprise.” Whatever happens, Marvel’s marketing has made one thing clear. Even in a series centered on Vision, Wanda is never far from the story.

Do you think the ‘WandaVision’ Instagram account's “We'll say hello again” message is teasing Wanda's return in the ‘VisionQuest’ finale?

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