But Age of Ultron changed all that. It is in a vision of Thor that the stone inside the Scepter is revealed as the Mind Gem. In fact, the Asgardian is the first who calls it by its name.
What’s even more interesting is this gem is extracted from the Scepter and placed on The Vision’s forehead to bring him to life.
Which is, of course, a deviation from the letter of the comic books: there, the stone on The Vision’s forehead is a Solar Jewel, a sort of battery that makes the critter work. But not in the movie.
Age of Ultron sort of tampers with the origins of The Vision, which is fine in the long run, ‘cause it makes future developments unpredictable.
But speaking about The Vision…
1. The Vision picks up Thor’s hammer
And that actually blew my mind! In the comics, there are a handful of established Marvel characters who can wield Mjolnir, Captain America, Loki and Black Widow included. But, as seen in The Avengers and in Age of Ultron, none of them can actually lift Thor’s hammer.
Granted, the Black Widow declines the challenge – who knows, perhaps that’s one way of setting yet another development in future Marvel movies: they might pick up on this detail and explore it later. Yeah, I’d like to see that!
But back to Age of Ultron! The Vision can wield Mjolnir: if now he’s worthy of ruling Asgard, well, one can argue both in favor and against this notion. Anyway, the point is I consider this to be quite a kick in the head.
On top of the fact The Vision is an outstanding character, his ability to wield Mjolnir is – I guess – consequential, impacting the future developments in the MCU.
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