Vision's Life | Video Essay

Vision is a superhero who can shoot lasers out of his forehead and change his "density" whenever he wants, if you know what I mean. As a strange man with a red face his favourite personal hobbie is ironically body paint, and eating banana ice cream. One day while on a date with Elizabeth Olsen, he saw the moon transform into a giant banana, but this was no ordinary banana it was a giant warm slowly moving towards Earth and would arrive in 90 days. Using a missile, Charlie Sheen was able to calculate what force was needed to stop the Banana worm, Vision destroyed the missile before it could be launched because he secretly served the Banana Worm the whole time. The End.
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[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

The next character essay is someone that's inevitable

[@pastlife960]

No no, he means Steppenwolf

[@tellmesomething2412]

Does he enjoy jewelry like rappers?

[@cgmshow1871]

I was just thinking Wow shocked you haven't done thanos

[@abhijithis9424]

Pls mention the similarity of Thanos and Odin. Thanos is the embodiment of evil in end game saying he will create a thankful world born out of blood and that they ll never know it. So before he decided to have some morals and standards in Infinity war he was as cruel as it would get. He just created a shell of righteousness around his evil core. Just like how Hela mentions how Odin built his empire. How he spilt blood to conquer the 9 realms and then hid all the murals , evidence, and even Hela to hide the past and be praised as a just and beloved king. The similarities between the villain and the king of 9 realms should be mentioned as it is choices and circumstances that shows the diff bn a villain and hero. Also that the heroes are not all pure and good. :)

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

@@abhijithis9424 No promises, because my thesis is focused on the psychology of trauma and imagination, so I'm not sure there's room for it. But hey feel free to make a video essay about it, I promise I won't steal your idea :)

[@freshPrincess626]

“Vision’s story is all about the perseverance of love” 😯 Holy crap, you CALLED that...

[@ILCGC]

I came here to say that. Called the best quote of Wandavision 10 months before. This guy is a goddamn genius.

[@Ari_Nekochan]

I knooowwwww 😊😊😊

[@sopheee_]

"Vision's journey is all about the perseverance of love" DAMN, you said it before the show "WandaVision" itself "But what is grieff if not love persevering" -Vision

[@hannahangelago2085]

I gasped at "vision's journey is about the perseverance of love' while wanda's journey is about grief ? which vision defines as love persevering

[@AnaReadsBooks]

not gonna lie, I was looking for this comment!

[@abhijithis9424]

"Humans are odd, they think chaos and order are opposites and try to control what wont... *But there is Grace in their failings* " This alone reflects a lot about these movies and characters and Vision embodies it

[@kylemccormack1785]

won't be* :) And yeah, he's basically a Christ figure.

[@Elnont]

I think Vision is extremely underrated character wise. We all know that he’s extremely powerful (before being majorly dipped in IW) but as a character he’s extremely intriguing, he’s naive but wise, kind and clever. He’s defo a character who needs more screen time.

[@whatiswhat8061]

"Perseverance of love" really held up :(

[@dannybenhur6123]

"He sees beauty in fragility of life" man you're philosopher...

[@Mockingbirding29]

I love the idea of that scene in AOU. *Two newborn robots talk in the woods about life, humanity and valor*

[@richardcheng7622]

Vision’s innocence is rather ironic since he has the mind stone, one of the most complex instruments to manipulate others,embedded in him. As he stated himself in Civil War- he wished to understand and eventually control the mind stone- this can be seen as a physical manifestation of an ego trying to make sense and make peace with the superego. Anyway, just a bit input. Really love your vids. Keep up!

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

Yeah totally, and thank you so much! :)

[@richardcheng7622]

Implicitly Pretentious :)

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

@@richardcheng7622 Great analysis!!! I LOVE Vision. As I wrote about in the main spread of this comment section, this video was really magical for me not only because it's about Vision and Wanda, who were my first comic book romantic pair and set of Miracle lovers--given that he's an Android, but also because my late husband was a close colleague of his mentor Eric Berne, who's mentioned in this video!--and literally I noticed that Eric Berne is mentioned **just** as I was corresponding to one of my late husband's admirers in France who is eager to get permission to go forward with a creative project based on my late husband Claude Steiner's work! Second big synchronicity of the day that happened while watching one of these videos. Clearly something interesting going on there...

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

corrected~ @Richard Cheng Great analysis!!! I LOVE Vision. As I wrote about in the main thread of this comment section, this video was really magical for me not only because it's about Vision and Wanda, who were my first comic book romantic pair and set of Miracle lovers--given that he's an Android, but also because my late husband was a close colleague of his mentor Eric Berne, who's mentioned in this video!--and literally I noticed that Eric Berne is mentioned **just** as I was corresponding to one of my late husband's admirers in France who is eager to get permission to go forward with a creative project based on my late husband Claude Steiner's work! Second big synchronicity of the day that happened while watching one of these videos. Clearly something interesting going on here...

[@chrisrulton1131]

“Vision’s journey is really all about the perseverance of love” - do the writers watch your videos or do you just read the same books 😅

[@scotthunt4206]

Man. "The Perseverance of Love". Echoed BY Vision IN WandaVision episode 8.

[@andrewhoward5970]

2:32 “Minyoler”

[@littlebunse5]

Half Swede here - the movies arent trying to fool you. Its myul-neer

[@frederiksrum945]

@@littlebunse5 true, but still not close to how he pronounces it in the video. :P

[@carlostoledano4716]

Perseverance of love...

[@rananawito3526]

7:50...that was on point.

[@tylerdantonio7022]

“Your work with the tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and his allies” and hydra only exists in its current form because of shield and captain america, so u could really make the argument that both the Loki and hydra events would not have happened if it weren’t for a rise of superheroes

[@ajnovamusic]

Came for the content, stayed for the pauses

[@aivarizhtml]

Never miss reading video descriptions after watching, they would lift you up after sad essays about identity

[@user-km9bx3gf3z]

Vision is a low key savage and i love that

[@RJeremyHoward]

"Vision's journey is about the perseverance of love..." He said, 10 months ago... Prophet Philosopher

[@cgmshow1871]

Man wandavision is going to take it to another level

[@petersmith9633]

Marvel really should have made a Vision and Scarlet Witch movie to flush out the characters a bit more so you felt more at the end of Infinity War and show the build of the relationship of Wanda and Vision.

[@theguywithsomething8634]

We are going to get a tv show about them, so that helps

[@kacpernowak1535]

And here we are.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

Oh my GOD! Eric Berne, founder of transactional analysis was my late husband's mentor and I am just now corresponding with one of his great admirers about a project that would honor my late husband Claude Steiner work was so deeply embedded in Eric Berne's transactional analysis. And for the first time on his channel you've mentioned Eric run the first time that I've noticed I'm going to send him the link immediately and I've been sharing these videos all day today. It's like I'm rediscovering this Channel. And it's never been better.

[@jessnutpeanut8842]

I loved the mysterious, ominous air that Vision had when he was first born in AOU. The Avengers didn’t know if he could be trusted, and even when he explained how he was on the side of life, none of his answers to the Avengers’ questions seemed like solid proof that he wasn’t a monster like Ultron. It’s a little disappointing we didn’t get to see that side of Vision’s character in later movies, especially since still no one really understands what Vision *is*

[@papl20]

But I'm really happy we'll see it in wandavision (maybe), even if it's in her own twisted mind

[@scarletmoon95]

You've opened my eyes as to how Vis is the antithesis to human instinct and even the American dream. And yet, it is his profound empathy and abnegation that makes him more human than all of us combined. I learned yesterday why I loved him; it's because it hurts, and it takes years to notice why it hurts to love and not wish to expect any kind of reciprocity. I'm learning to let go of people that won't respond, to speak for myself. Because of hurting to the point that others take advantage, the trust in people and grace I saw in their failings, and the desire to be among them and comprehend and serve them - all the qualities that subconsciously linked me to Vis - will likely fade to a dulled trust. But the love is still there, because it perseveres. Now it does through grief.

[@kebobezlarington6159]

It blows my mind how well produced and insightful these videos are yet how little views they have. I feel like this channel will be big

[@ethanbarnacles]

awesome video essay!!! You perfectly encapsulated what makes Vision one of my favorite characters in the MCU

[@shaquillegreaves593]

bro this essay brought joy to my HEART thanks man!

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

Aww thanks man! :)

[@MrAlexandersaurus]

I DEEPLY enjoy your analysis. It is always fascinating and so much fun. Thank you for putting in the work despite everything happening right now.

[@tgovani]

How come nobody talks about vision being dead... like cmon we got everyone else back except for him...

[@erinjohnson2422]

A double upload hells yeah lets goooo

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

Aww thanks! I was going to upload them seperately but they intersect at one point, and I also wanted to a break for a week, so now I've ended up uploading them both today! :)

[@KRPeart]

Finally. A video about my favorite robo boi.

[@daniellevy8935]

Wow, this was beautiful

[@Kinghenhog39]

I love your videos please keep them coming. Your insights are as compelling and profound as they are your channel title lol. Thank you for these tou really dive deep into the psyche of these characters but with respect and admiration and it makes me feel like I'm not the only one who loves to analyze films like this. You made Vision feel like a real person and I think the character would love that.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

This should be great. I grew up with Wanda and Vision. And I quite like the MCU version of both characters. Very eager to press play.

[@dannybenhur6123]

Love your essays mate..they way you narrate makes them beautiful...

[@harrisonpointon1081]

You have such an underrated channel, keep up the awesome work!

[@TK_Brainslug]

I honestly can't wait for the WandaVision show

[@dominicconner800]

Your videos are so beautiful thank you.

[@voldlifilm]

Another zinger. I greatly appreciate these essays!

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

Thanks! I find it really relieving that you enjoyed it! :)

[@eaglei1999]

OMG I"M JUST HAPPY YOU UPLOADED A NEW VIDEOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP thank you so much for this, love you Mr implicitly pretentious

[@Jjrmtv]

your videos are brilliant.

[@tellmesomething2412]

🤣🤣🤣 The description!!! #CLASSIC

[@naniandrea3344]

this channel needs more views

[@gauravgummaraju]

Mindblowing

[@gauravgummaraju]

No pun intended

[@johnjay554]

Thank you for making this damn video in the middle of the night!

[@MrCesar90403]

Love ur channels

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

12:47--This is precisely the kind of candid moment I've been trying to explain to my friends that KZbin is full of. That's how I when ended up accidentally creating new content by chance it quickly became clear it should just be called "the candor channel"...

[@daniellevy2272]

Would love to see a follow-up video after WandaVision or whenevrr the time is right !

[@ahmedabdel-rahmanshamikh8420]

Fantastic Job as usual 😉 .are you considering doing one for the series "Mad Men" ?

[@craiga.glesner424]

He is still one of my favorite characters. I wonder of the MCU will give us the white, post death Vision?

[@BrokeBlackWoke]

... yes

[@crapnuggets202]

i saw this after staying up writing til 2am so your last comment about recording it in the middle of the night hit just as hard as the rest

[@kudusaudu1444]

Vision calculates everything and comes up with what he thinks its the right answers but thats impossible because he thinks without emotion

[@katherinealvarez9216]

And we’re gonna get WandaVision.

[@dabson547]

nice

[@Wmei64]

Welp, the person in the mcu that reflects my personality the most is a robot😅

[@lumpyspacepeebs2184]

7:49 DID THIS MAN PREDICT WANDAVISION????

[@emilianotorres6846]

You must have loved wandavison finale

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

7:10...more Berne! Ego state theory. I think the adopt a child is somewhat negative thing child socialized to submit to unreasonable demands from the parents... But that's anyone's that we can worry about some other time. This is the second amazing synchronicity today stemming from watching these videos. Seems like it to me...

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

7:38--"spontaneous" definitely a free child stay quality. What a great application of burns ideas to DMC you...! Really this is blowing my mind. I've read most of burns books. Wonderful to see his work here. Just one shout out my late husband Claude Steiner ubiquitous for his warm and fuzzy and all of its various incarnations stemming from his book fuzzy tail. The first introduced that now Universal phrase warm and fuzzy I wish you got more credit for that it's one of his greatest contributions.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

Vision is wonderful is spontaneous an authentic and willing to assert the importance of his own happiness and Wanda's when He suggests that they both disregard their commitment and Promises to the teams and instead focus on committing to one another...

[@HisameArtwork]

now that we have the multiverse, I want Edward Norton and Liv Taylor back

[@TrickyD]

🤔 Vision's journey is more about the perseverance of hope. Without hope, even love is lost.

[@nothing.lasts.forever]

I loved Vision so much... I loved the whole movie "Age of Ultron".. Much better than Endgame if you talk about merging various character and their stories..

[@michaelcarey5083]

Manyoler!?!

[@dannybenhur6123]

Strength invites Challenge...it's not due to Avengers...it's because Tesseract is that strength that invites Challenge from Thanos and Loki...apparently Earth didn't utilize the power of Tesseract and Time Stone...

[@rbiznezz2]

the bonus insert was cruel man

[@JakePollard]

Great analysis! Could you turn up your speaking volume? It is a little quiet.

[@lee-ci8mj]

Me watching this while waiting for the next wandavision episode 🥲🥲🥲

[@arsalankordooni4903]

To pick up what

[@jeanettemurphy8280]

Could you do a video essay on rocketman? I promise it’s amazing :)

[@Nonamearisto]

Vision is a literal anchor for the safety of the universe as well. As long as he has the Mind Stone, Thanos can't win. Interestingly enough, Gamora was another anchor. As long as she was alive, Thanos could not get the Soul Stone.

[@MikhailKillsZombies]

2:28 minjolor

[@fightingmedialounge519]

The Loki situation was more of a response to thor, so it's not completely incorrect.

[@dekdenfor9770]

*happy music* *STAB* *happy music continues*

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

When I was growing up reading Marvel Comics, before I discovered the E-class firing but very different couple Jean Grey and Scott Summers, vision and Wanda's marriage, the kiss they shared in front of the sunset when he pretended to think it was nothing but light rays and particles... The epitome of committed passionate romantic married love. Powerful enough to transcend the fact that technically vision is not human completely and utterly human and his love for Wanda.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

Sharing with my channel chat group thus~ Near the end of this for me amazingly synchronistic video~ "...And thus Vision's journey is really all about perseverance of love." When I was growing up reading Marvel Comics, before I discovered the E-class firing but very different couple Jean Grey and Scott Summers, vision and Wanda's marriage, the kiss they shared in front of the sunset when he pretended to think it was nothing but light rays and particles... The epitome of committed passionate romantic married love. Powerful enough to transcend the fact that technically vision is not human completely and utterly human and his love for Wanda. 💞 *

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

12:47--THAT'S precisely the kind of candid moment I've been trying to explain to people who don't really understand KZbin that KZbin is full of. That's how I ended up accidentally creating a chance that it quickly became clear should just be called the Candor Channel...

[@d3sync777]

2:31 minyoler

[@davelawandra2286]

I was so disappointed when they nerfed him so bad

[@ericdelahaie7258]

scott lang. when ?

[@darrenhansen2418]

It's the pandemic apocalypse, there is not middle of the night anymore :)

[@tylerharris9847]

Please god cover magento and charles from the movies lol

[@atomicnuke2298]

入手的第一反应都没有

[@brntstud608]

pick up mjolnir😂

[@dannybenhur6123]

Vision is a pretentious guy...