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\\\"Hayward doesn\\\'t listen to Monica/Darcy/Woo\\\" - I\\\'ve addressed this several times already, so to be brief - he doesn\\\'t have to. Again, consider the dissonance between \\\"Hayward knows more than them and is hiding something!\\\" and \\\"Hayward doesn\\\'t follow their suggested actions and that makes him bad!\\\"
You are brushing aside the possibility that Hayward knows more than them, and that extra knowledge justifies his actions (at least to him). Again - that is absolutely fine for you, the viewer, to do based on the information and cues you have. The problem is that the in-show characters are using the exact same logic, but they are not operating with the same information you are.
\\\"Shooting at Wanda was not working/extremely counterproductive\\\" - the drone attack provoked Wanda into confronting SWORD outside of the hex. That one single confrontation provided them with more intelligence, insight into her mindset and capabilities, and physical evidence (drone) than the entirety of their efforts prior to that point. There\\\'s a reason why that scene comes up often in fan discussions - that\\\'s where a lot of of our information also comes from.
\\\"...they were right because they immediately find more suspicious stuff, like him tracking Vision.\\\" That in itself is suspicious to you, the viewer, because you sympathize with the protagonists. Guy concealing information from trio of heroes - suspicious! But why do they act like they know they are protagonists?
Incidentally, dear Mr. Hayward is so blindly incompetent that I can guarantee you that if one of the three Musketeers stuck their hand into a random drawer of his desk, they\\\'d come away with scores of incriminating clues.
Finally, please ask yourself this:
How do you, the viewer, know that Monica is not still under Wanda\\\'s mind control?
The answer\\\'s pretty obvious to us - the cues, the framing, the music, etc.
Now ask yourself:
How would Hayward know that?
You are brushing aside the possibility that Hayward knows more than them, and that extra knowledge justifies his actions (at least to him). Again - that is absolutely fine for you, the viewer, to do based on the information and cues you have. The problem is that the in-show characters are using the exact same logic, but they are not operating with the same information you are.
\\\"Shooting at Wanda was not working/extremely counterproductive\\\" - the drone attack provoked Wanda into confronting SWORD outside of the hex. That one single confrontation provided them with more intelligence, insight into her mindset and capabilities, and physical evidence (drone) than the entirety of their efforts prior to that point. There\\\'s a reason why that scene comes up often in fan discussions - that\\\'s where a lot of of our information also comes from.
\\\"...they were right because they immediately find more suspicious stuff, like him tracking Vision.\\\" That in itself is suspicious to you, the viewer, because you sympathize with the protagonists. Guy concealing information from trio of heroes - suspicious! But why do they act like they know they are protagonists?
Incidentally, dear Mr. Hayward is so blindly incompetent that I can guarantee you that if one of the three Musketeers stuck their hand into a random drawer of his desk, they\\\'d come away with scores of incriminating clues.
Finally, please ask yourself this:
How do you, the viewer, know that Monica is not still under Wanda\\\'s mind control?
The answer\\\'s pretty obvious to us - the cues, the framing, the music, etc.
Now ask yourself:
How would Hayward know that?
