Recently Marvel Studios released Dr Strange 2 Trailer during the Super Bowl, revealing tons of new footage from the highly anticipated sequel. It also includes two big Multiverse of Madness cameos which confirm some of the leaks that we’ve seen. But, more interestingly, the new clips seem to confirm a big Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness plot leak.
We won’t go over the big plot leak in great detail, but we’ll remind you of the gist of it. Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) needs America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), as the youngster has an extraordinary power. She can travel the multiverse, opening portals between different universes. Moreover, Wanda needs the Darkhold, the book of dark magic she discovered in WandaVision.
The Scarlet Witch is after her children, believing they’re in some sort of danger in the multiverse. She wants to locate and save them, and she can’t do it without America or the book.All of that turns Wanda evil again. She’ll be the big villain of Doctor Strange 2 as the Darkhold corrupts her.Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Wong (Benedict Wong) will protect Chavez from Wanda. And this will lead to all sorts of battles in the multiverse and in the main MCU reality.The plot leak said that Doctor Strange and America will need a special book to counter the strength of Wanda — from that leak:
This brings us to the brand new Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness plot leak, which explains that mysterious book.
The Book of the Vishanti
The new Multiverse of Madness poster holds plenty of clues about the film, including at least one cameo confirmation. That’s Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell), who will appear in live-action format for the first time after the character’s introduction in What If…?. But The Cosmic Circus points out another big detail on the poster.
Close to Strange’s left hand, there’s a book (seen below). We might have thought it’s the Darkhold, but that’s apparently not the case. We’re looking at the Book of the Vishanti, which is the opposite of the Darkhold. The latter is on the poster, too, off to the far left side, under Defender Strange.
The Book of the Vishanti is a powerful resource for any sorcerer looking to combat the Darkhold. It’s the counterpart to the book that Wanda holds. “On the other hand, the Book of the Vishanti stands as a symbol of light and pure magic, filled with spells used to counteract the effects of dark magic, most often the Darkhold,” the blog writes.
Before we move on with the Doctor Strange 2 plot details in this leak, we’ll remind you that the Vishanti appeared before in the MCU. We saw a Wong variant cast a protection spell named after the Guardian Vishanti in What If…?. The spell helped the good version of a Strange variant battle his evil self. Ultimately, Strange Supreme triumphed.
Separately, we’ll have to remind you that WandaVision told us that the Scarlet Witch’s power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. We thought at the time that Doctor Strange was Sorcerer Supreme of the main MCU timeline, but we learned in No Way Home that it’s Wong actually handling the post.
All of that is to say that Doctor Strange’s powers aren’t enough to beat Wanda now that the witch has mastered the Darkhold magic.
We can’t confirm any of this, so a grain of salt is definitely advised. But it sure looks like the Doctor Strange 2 plot is getting clearer than ever.
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