Dr Strange Multiverse(Summary)
My take on the storyline and plot(minus the graphics)
Hello,
Before you go ahead, I have to tell you a few things.
Why do I write this? — While watching the film, it was so complex(Visually and travelling through universes, sub-stories, and plots) that I was on edge of my seat(metaphorically only, otherwise my popcorn and drink would have fallen down).
I wanted to Interpret it in the simplest storyline that I could, so I know where the complexity is and where the simplicity is.
When I wrote this, I figured the emotions are very human and the whole of the film is just to give closure to Wanda’s emotions.
Needless to say, there will be spoilers ahead. If you haven’t watched the film yet, go watch it and come back to read this. If you already watched the film. Let me know what you think?
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Dr Strange Multiverse Summary:
The story is about a mother(Wanda) who wants to reunite with her imaginary kids she created in her past.
The characters in this film learn that whenever you dream, it’s actually you are in a parallel universe and can dream walk between universes.
Wanda uses it to dream walk to the universe where she actually has her imaginary kids for real. But her multiverse Wanda version is already taking care of the kids. But she(the main universe Wanda) wants to be there by her current self there replace their actual mother in that universe. She refuses the thought that her parallel self in the other universe is already taking care of her kids.
The story is about the quest of Wandato to reach her children. To do this, she needs to be able to travel through universes physically and not just dream walking(In dream walking, you mentally go into the other body in another universe, but not physically, because you go through a dream state there). There is this girl called ‘America’ who has the power to travel between universes physically through a portal.
America doesn’t know how to use her power in a controlled way to travel through universes. The only time(s), she was able to open a portal to another universe and travel physically is when she is scared. In her childhood, she was scared of a bee and shouts out of fear, instantly opening a portal to another universe where mothers have been sucked into. (Yet to be found as she doesn’t know which universe they went into).
With these powers, Wanda knows she can be with her kids and meet them physically. She could simply get America to get Wanda to put her in the right universe with her kids(somehow until America can figure out how to control her power use). But she wants the power for herself so even if her kids fall sick, she can travel through different universes and find a cure in one or another universe if it's not available in her universe.
She also gets hold of a Black Book(forgot the actual name) which helps her control the universe. But there is an anti-book (Book of Vishanti) that Dr Strange wants to find before Wanda.
Wanda sets out to find America and the book of Vishanti(to destroy it). In those processes, she creates chaos across Universes fighting the Super Heros of Respective Universes. Dr Strange tries to stop her and in the quest to stop her. He encounters to travel between universes, loses and gains and loses love(his personal love story).
Dr Strange also encounters himself in three other universes, in one the universe he is long ago dead and in another, he travels to the current universe and ends up dead. Of course, he uses the body to dream walk through the dead body(and he masters the demons too because dream walking through the dead body has its dark consequences which he overcomes).
Wanda finds and destroys the Book of Vishanti before Dr Strange(of course, while in a fight with him).
Towards the end, Wanda realizes her kids are being taken care of when she faces her parallel universe version and is assured she would take care of the kids. Also while doing she notices the kids being scared of her and knows she understands those kids are more attached to their Universe mother and she may not be able to give the same love and care as that parallel universe Wanda is giving love and taking care of the kids.
After she understands she destroys the book in every universe so no one person can get hold of it. Let’s America go(and also Dr Strange).
