WHEN I WAS a kid, my comic fanboy buddies and I all really liked the Vision in the Avengers. We rooted for him to succeed and especially to “get the girl”— that gorgeous Wanda.  The Vision and the Scarlet Witch seem like an ideal couple.  He wore green and she liked red.  It made perfect sense. The only problem was that the Vision was an android.

In Marvel comics, in those days, an android was defined as a sort of smart robot.  Today we’d call it AI.

Wanda’s overprotective brother Pietro, aka Quicksilver, wasn’t happy about this romance. He viewed this mixed marriage as an abomination. How could his lovely sister fall in love with a machine? He’d whine about it all the time and I was pretty clear that he was the intolerant one in this little drama.

So you’d think I’d be more receptive to and supporting of this new actress, Tilly Norwood.  You may have heard of her. Continue reading “With Further Ado #366: Visions of the Future” →