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More images, this time from last night! Vision has gone full aubergine, but no reports on what he was up to. Wanda is seen exiting from a bistro, looking shocked, and then attacking.

The bistro is Laila’s, an actual location in Edinburgh. Right across the street is Swish, which you can see in the leaked footage in @wandaisfierce‘s post here. They’re actually walking away from Laila’s, towards Miss Katie Cupcake right next to it. 

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From everything we’ve seen so far, it appears that Vision is projecting a disguise over his true self, which he abandons when he is attacked by Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight (apparently while Wanda is picking up food).

Here’s a link to the exact location in Google Maps.

Age Differences and Wanda and Vision

Every so often there’s a few days of arguments after someone shares that they really don’t like the idea of Vision and Scarlet Witch being in a relationship because of the age difference between the actors.

For the most part, when actor age differences becomes a point of contention, it’s about a specific issue: actors being much older than the actress who plays the love interest. This isn’t an unfair or misplaced observation: Hollywood gives their female stars a much shorter shelf life than their male stars. It is not uncommon to see a 40+ year old man play a romance with a young-20s woman. It is uncommon to see the reverse, or even like-aged actors when the male star is over 35.

This argument is a fair one, and I don’t think should be dismissed out of hand. My perspective, however, is through a pretty unique circumstance of casting, it’s not very applicable to this situation.

Paul Bettany was cast because he was the voice of JARVIS. Of course, had he looked like the Edwin Jarvis of the comics that wouldn’t have happened–but as it is, Bettany was cast through atypical means that also meant his personal age irrelevant. Almost all MCU couples are relatively like aged besides.

There’s also people who feel uncomfortable with the age difference in they feel the same way about age differences with real couples as with actors or their characters. A fair perspective, but on this front, Vision himself doesn’t really have a quantifiable age (he’s either 2 or older than the universe depending on the perspective), and the actors are, of course, acting.

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Rewatching Civil War, and I noticed you get a pretty good look at he recipe Vision has printed out for the paprikash he makes Wanda (Vision definitely touched that recipe with his grubby fingers).

Turns out you can find the exact recipe online! It’s from Saveur and you can follow the recipe here, in case you, too, have a sad witch whose spirits need lifting.

Chicken Paprikash (Paprikás Csirke)

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Serves 4-6

  • 1⁄4 cup lard or canola oil
  • 1 (3-4 lb.) chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 1 large yellow onion, minced
  • 3 tbsp. Hungarian sweet paprika, plus more for garnish
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 plum tomatoes, cored, seeded, and cut into 1" pieces
  • 1 Italian frying pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1" pieces
  • 1⁄2 cup sour cream, for serving
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Melt lard or heat oil in a 6-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook, flipping once, until browned, 8–10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate; set aside. Add onion to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add paprika; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Return chicken and its juices to the pan. Add stock, tomatoes, and Italian frying pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered, until chicken is fully cooked, about 30 minutes. Transfer chicken and sauce to a serving platter; spoon sour cream over top and garnish with more paprika.