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jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#176: Jan 25th 2021 at 2:57:35 AM

I think it's more because Wanda is "in charge" and trying to run on the rules of the era/period. She was a housewife, therefore her husband works. She just hasn't put a lot of thought into what he actually works as.

Vision asking questions was the first indication that whatever is going on, he is considerably more in the dark than Wanda is.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#177: Jan 25th 2021 at 3:35:28 AM

Her powers are limited by her imagination and knowledge so she doesn’t have much know how into the inner workings of most occupations.

Which to be fair can be said for everyone. Like I don’t know what an accountant actually does aside from working with numbers.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
C105 Too old for this from France Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Too old for this
#178: Jan 25th 2021 at 3:52:14 AM

That's why I wondered if there was a trope for when a character's job only ever gets a very fuzzy description.

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jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#179: Jan 25th 2021 at 4:34:53 AM

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation

The closest I found through a very quick and not at all scientific search. As per the description: "A classic sitcom trope where a character (or an entire company, in some examples) has an occupation but no details are ever revealed to the audience, or occasionally to any other characters."

Technically I'd guess we know as much detail as there is TO know, but that's minimal.

Edited by jakobitis on Jan 25th 2021 at 12:36:21 PM

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
C105 Too old for this from France Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Too old for this
#180: Jan 25th 2021 at 5:17:02 AM

Thanks, I managed to miss it in the Occupation Tropes Index and on the show trope page itself. I must be tired...

Moving on, I wonder if the last episode will have a cameo from Doctor Strange, or at least one of the sorcerers.

Edited by C105 on Jan 25th 2021 at 2:19:11 PM

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jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#181: Jan 25th 2021 at 6:16:37 AM

Wanda is apparently due to appear in the next Strange film, so not impossible. Could be Wong instead I guess, or even Mordo depending on what the plan for him is.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
alanh Since: May, 2010
#182: Jan 25th 2021 at 6:49:54 PM

[up][up]Thinking about, the number shows using that trope don't seem to be as many as I thought. Leave It to Beaver had Ward working at "the office", but never specified what he did. But Ricky Ricardo was a performer at a nightclub, Rob Petrie was a TV show writer, Darrin Stevens (both of him) worked at an ad agency, Tony Nelson was an astronaut, and Mike Brady was an architect.

(Though I wonder about an architect who lives in a house with two bedrooms and one bathroom for six people.)

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#183: Jan 25th 2021 at 7:35:07 PM

TBF, the premise of the Brady Bunch was that two separate families were united in marriage.

The house wasn't originally meant for that many people.

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Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#185: Jan 28th 2021 at 8:20:01 AM

Looks like we might be getting a whole episode from the outside perspective. There will probably still be some mysteries left, but we should have a better handle as to how the heck does any of this work.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#186: Jan 28th 2021 at 8:33:03 AM

So while all the homages to sitcoms have been noted, has anyone else noted that the series as a whole is basically a Twilight Zone episode?

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Nouct over the front from an east coast Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
over the front
#187: Jan 28th 2021 at 8:35:46 AM

Not sure if it's a spoiler, but Westview's in New Jersey idk if that'll mean anything

Something that's definitely a spoiler from the clip, it seems to confirm everyone Wanda's interacting with has been put into a role like Monica as Geraldine except maybe Agnes.

Edited by Nouct on Jan 28th 2021 at 8:37:07 AM

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#188: Jan 28th 2021 at 10:29:12 AM

Why do y'all think Agnes's profile on The Big Board doesn't have an attached ID?

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#189: Jan 28th 2021 at 11:07:16 AM

Lt. Trouble is now a Captain. wink

ShadowWingLG Since: Dec, 2013
#190: Jan 28th 2021 at 11:20:43 AM

[up][up] Dottie doesn't seem to have a photo/stat sheet at ALL.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#191: Jan 28th 2021 at 11:26:10 AM

Huh. I wasn't expecting everyone to be SWORD. Just a bunch of them. Agnes not being up there is interesting, definitely.

That said, Dottie not up there at all makes me suspect she at least is an innocent person Locked Out of the Loop - especially since her freakout was a "WHO ARE YOU?" rather than a "STOP IT" or a Monica's suddenly flashes of memory.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jan 28th 2021 at 11:26:49 AM

EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
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#192: Jan 28th 2021 at 12:21:37 PM

I think those are just SWORD files on the inhabitants, not that everyone is an agent sent in. Agnes has one too, she just doesn't have an i.d. attached to it.

Nouct over the front from an east coast Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
over the front
#193: Jan 28th 2021 at 12:24:39 PM

If I'm reading the blurry tiny text right, what's more interesting is that Agnes' real name entry is left completely blank, implying that SWORD currently can't ID her at all.

Edited by Nouct on Jan 28th 2021 at 12:25:15 PM

ShadowWingLG Since: Dec, 2013
#194: Jan 28th 2021 at 1:28:35 PM

[up] That makes sense as they get photos of the various 'characters' they then run down who they really are and if the names on the 'show' match the name on the actual ID. So in theory Agnes hasn't been properly I Ded yet. Yet we know Dottie has been shown 'on camera' several times yet she has no photo, no info sheet or ID on the board.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#195: Jan 28th 2021 at 4:42:33 PM

Y'know, it's probably just a nothing detail, but I kind of wonder where the name changes come from. Like, why wasn't Monica named Monica? Why Geraldine? Something from Wanda's subconscious?

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#196: Jan 28th 2021 at 5:14:57 PM

My overall theory is that most of the people in the town are just Westview civilians that got caught up in Wanda's reality distortion.

If that's the case then For the most part SWORD is matching people in the "show" to I Ds based on the records of who lives in the town. The fact that Anges doesn't have a matching ID means that SWORD hasn't figured out who she is...and I don't believe I'm the only one who thinks there may be a very good reason for that.

Also after taking a closer look at the shot of the ID's, I'm pretty well convinced I'm right on most of the people being Westview civilians since all the ID's that are clipped to the SWORD files are New Jersey I Ds. If they were SWORD agents, they'd be SWORD I Ds. I wouldn't read too much into Dottie not having a sheet, since it could just as easily be that her sheet just isn't on the wall at that precise moment for a mundane reason. Anges having a sheet without an attached ID is more important I think.

Edited by Falrinn on Jan 28th 2021 at 5:57:07 AM

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#197: Jan 28th 2021 at 5:59:04 PM

I think the name “Geraldine” came from Wanda, because in the scene where that name is first said, Monica looks confused when she’s asked by Wanda what her name is, until she takes ahold of Wanda’s hand and immediately looks confident and says: “Geraldine”.

magnet_terp Since: Apr, 2014
#198: Jan 29th 2021 at 12:40:32 AM

[up][up] Looks like your theory is correct; Everybody on the board that we see appeared in the first ‘Wanda Vision’ episode, Dottie didn’t appear until the second episode and didn’t have an entry yet.

eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Shop all day, greed is free
#200: Jan 29th 2021 at 1:01:08 AM

Yeahp, definitely some pan-Slavic words in there.

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.

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