MEXICO CITY. WandaVision, one of the most famous series currently showing on digital platforms, could revolutionize the Marvel universe by having a gay superhero.
The series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, which the characters play from “Wanda” and “Vision”, have become the most famous superhero couple of all time following their massive success with their new series on Disney +.
According to the El Heraldo portal, in the original WandaVision comic, it marks the history of the controversial family that “Wiccan”, one of the children of the marriage, is openly gay in its adult stage, and it looks like Disney could go even further by introducing its first gay character in Marvel history.
The original comic strip “Wiccan” is said to have an openly gay relationship with another superhero known as “Teddy Altman” or “Hulking”.
In 2020, ‘Wiccan’ and ‘Hulking’ were the ones to star in the first same-sex marriage in Marvel comics history and although the Disney plot has not yet developed the character’s sexual orientation as it is still developing in childhood it may be that as the program evolves, clues about it will be revealed.
The WandaVision story that Disney Plus has presented so far, the children of “Wanda” and “Vision” are at the stage of discovering their powers.
In the case of “Wiccan”, the young man is able to manipulate energy and reality, in addition to being adept at telekinesis, while his brother “Tommy” it has super speed.
One of the most watched series in the world
A Forbesm magazine publication that obtains data from “Parrot Analytics,” the company responsible for measuring audience levels around the world, states that when WandaVision began, it was ranked 7th and 53rd worldwide.
After launching its third chapter on January 22, it would have been in the top three most watched chapters in the world. But everything changed when the fourth chapter was released, on February 7, putting it in the first place, the last day the data was revealed.
Although the new ratings are unknown, the episode that aired on Disney Plus on February 12 was a trend on social networks as it was devoted to the hit series “Malcolm el de en Medio”, which caused a sensation among fans of both shows. and rated it as the best ever performed up to that day.
The explanation that “Parrot Analytics” would have given is that the increase in viewership is due to the weekly launch strategy that Disney + uses, unlike Netflix which publishes the full series.
The data published by the measurement system indicates that the most watched Disney + series in the world is “The Mandalorian”.