He is still alive in MCU and wonder if we could see him again

I'll admit that a few of them are straightforward: they say in dialogue that bringing Vision back to life is an Accords violation (and maybe desecration of a corpse). And there's also attempted murder when he shoots at Billy and Tommy. But I feel like there's some other laws that Hayward broke in there that I'm missing out on.

Am i the only one who’s questioning who at SHIELD allowed for Hayward to follow through with his plan with Vision/White Vision? Surely someone superior would’ve been watching what Hayward and his employees were up to exactly… I just don’t understand how he was able to get away with making Vision a weapon for so long without consulting his superiors. Anyone feel free to explain to me how this makes sense.

To elaborate further, Fury hid the existence of Captain Marvel from the Avengers, when hey, a cosmically powered superhero might be nice to know about.

He was weaponizing the tesseract, like Hydra.

Was well aware and apart of project insight, albeit not aware of Hydra's role and influence in it.

And finally, just hiding the existence of Skrulls, and having Talos replace him for god knows how long.

Meanwhile, we're shitting on Hayward for tearing Vision apart, a robot that's been dead for the 5 worst years of this guy's life, when he's given a Job he and everyone around him know he's not the right man for, but is the only man left.

Even manipulating Wanda, egging her on about bringing him back, Fury literally lied to the Avengers using Coulson's Captain America Trading Cards.

And don't get me started on using the drone with a missile on Wanda, that's textbook Fury.

So overall, after being put through 5 years of hell, losing everyone close to you, being pushed into a job you weren't even qualified for, obviously you'd get desperate. I don't think dismantling and attempting to weaponize Vision is inherently evil, obviously, we'll see what he does with it.

And also, I'd go a step further, Hayward's part of Sword, and as Monica and Darcy displayed, they clearly had a full breakdown of the final fights in Endgame and Infinity War. I wonder if he knew that Strange had the opportunity to destroy the Time stone earlier, and could've prevented all of it, blaming Superheroes even more. So when he learned Wanda had taken an entire town hostage, could you really blame the guy?

also I'm fully expecting him to go full-on evil next week, and have this entire statement have been for nothing, I just think it would be cool if marvel expanded on this morally grey aspect, because even in Comics, the director of Sword, Agent Brand is often doing shady stuff in favor of saving the world, so I think what Hayward is doing isn't far off.

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Hayward was in one of Wandavision main villains yet in the end we barely know anything about him or why he was even doing what he is doing in the first place

plus he literally goes out like a scooby doo villian lol

In Falcon & Winter Soldier everybody, even the main villains gets a backstory. you may not like John walker, Zemo or even the flag smashers but unlike Hayward at least I can understand where they all are coming from simply because the show actually took the time to develop their characters beyond just being a mustache twirling villain like Tyler Hayward was

Possibly Mephisto???

And what are the chances that Ralph is the missing persons person?!

Today's episode of wandavison was insane and it takes a while to take in but I have this crazy theory that besides Agnes(or Aagatha Harkness), the head of S.W.O.R.D is involved too.

At the end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, we saw daisy on zephyr which was in space and some said that they are building up s.w.o.r.d or they joined S.W.O.R.D, besides that by the dialogue we saw between Tyler and Monica in the last episode it kind shows that S.W.O.R.D has operations in space and we saw they are building something like spaceships, so there is a connection between this two.

Then it is possible that Hydra has infiltrated S.W.O.R.D like what they did to S.H.I.E.L.D and head of it (as we see many times in Captain America: The winter soldier or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) is an agent of hydra and also what about what they say about hydra: if you remove one head, two other head will grow (sorry I am not sure if it is the exact same one)

Also, the other thing that I think is related is that if the Blip(Thanos snap) haven't had happened Monica would be the head of S.W.O.R.D so it is possible that hydra was trying to set Hayward as one of the top ones in S.W.O.R.D and used the blip and he became head of it.

This theory came to my mind when I noticed the hexagon of diploma in Hayward office that had a center in it and it was kind of similar to hydras logo to me(hydras logo have 6 fit and one head in the center and nearest shape to it is a hexagon and also it can be related to other hexagons we saw in the series), and when I saw that he was trying hard to call Wanda terrorist and tried to kill her I became sure of it.

I really don’t have much evidence to support my vibes, but his character just screams ulterior motive/bad guy to me.

I don’t trust how easily he explained away that a bunch of SWORD personnel left after the snap (those that weren’t dusted), and that he carelessly sent in our sweet and precious beekeeper to his demise. He was also super sus to ground Monica and send her on a measly missing person case.

My super wild guess is that he’s a skrull, but does anyone else have any thoughts?

Okay so shoutout to the Instagram @marvelutopia who helped me fully get to this conclusion as it was the final puzzle piece to understand who he was, now of course this is a theory but there’s some evidence to this, so in case you didn’t know (I didn’t) in the Avengers Assemble animated series, Ultron takes on human form to take out the avengers, and I think this could be exactly what’s going on here, now firstly the evident project cataract, he’s literally trying to remake Ultron, now yes he could just be trying to get more heroes in the 5 year period, or just as plausible as nobody would do something that almost destroyed the world in the first place if they were trying to protect the earth, secondly he knows about CMBR, something that he wouldn’t really know, or would have no reason for knowing in particular, unless he was a computer and did what Ultron did before in AoU, now this isn’t a leak but it was slightly when the cast list had Ultron in it, now for a while I think they’ve been teasing his return, like in Spider-Man when we see his head, and I think that considering the fact that the shows WandaVision, and Wanda isn’t the only Witch, it makes sense Vision isn’t the only Sentient. Now yes he’s obviously not human in the MCU, but considering AoU was set in 2015, it’s been 9 years since in the MCU, and I think it would make a lot of sense that Ultron, counting his losses after his encounter with Vision at the end, with one more robot left alive, finds away to become human or atleast disguise as one and then work his way up SWORD, I think this makes a lot of sense but let me know what you think whether this is right or any flaws in it I’d be happy to hear everyone’s opinions

At the beginning of the show Agnes says “Charmed!” when meeting Wanda.

When Dr. Lewis sets up the TV and Hayward walks away, she says “He’s a charmer!”.

Also he’s ‘“Acting” Director’? I don’t know about this guy.

spoilers from Spider-man: Far from home post credit scene

spoilers from WandaVision (episode 1 to 6)

Speculations: If, and I mean it (cause I think it was never confirmed), IF the scene at the end of Far From Home is Nick Fury working on a SWORD space station, it might be possible that Fury is in charge of parts of SWORD at this time. So what about Acting Director Tyler Hayward ? If he's evil, he might lose his job at the end of WandaVision, replaced by Nick Fury. Fury could be the "Luke Skywalker" level MCU character cameo for episode 9. WandaVision takes place at the end of 2023. FFH is in summer 2024.

WandaVision seems to be about the lives of these two heroes in Westview. There is a lot rumors about Mephisto, sorcerers, mutants... but this is just speculations. What actually happened in the show ? even revelations, hints, or red herrings. Why developing SWORD in episode 4 ? I think it's because they are more involved in the plot, more that just assisting the FBI agent Woo.

Episode 5, we saw footage of Vision's body parts being studied in SWORD lab. Director Hayward made a point to clarify that SWORD focus (post Snap) is now on robotics, nanotech and Artificial Intelligence. A possible link with the Disney+ series could be that Wanda, the A.I. Ultron and Vision (the synthezoid humanoid created by Ultron) are all three related to the Mind Stone.

They (SWORD agents) say Wanda's grief broke her. What if it's in fact the pain of an almost resurrected Vision, felt by Wanda, that drove her mad ? The two share a unique link, not just love, but a theorical deep connection with the "now reduced to atoms" Mind Stone.

It's possible that things done to Vision corpse have been detected from the distance by Wanda. Then she came to his rescue. Wanda is an Avenger. A hero. Protecting the world, innocent civilian, innocent children lives, that's what she learned on duty (with Vision, Cap, Hawkeye...). What I'm trying to say is that what we saw on the show might be Wanda trying to do right by Vision and his legacy. But we haven't seen her real complet perspective yet. Only Hayward's accusations.

Who created the Hex ? Why weren't there any children on the streets from episode 1 to 5 ? Could the SWORD (Sentient Weapon) tried to study Vision/Ultron connection ? Maybe something went wrong with Vision's body interface ? **Could WandaVision villains be rogue AI/past data within Vision woke up by SWORD ? And the A.I. would be linked to Wanda

Tyler Hayward was very quick to say” World's not the same as you left it” and “acting director “ and all blip was grounded but still sent Monica or random case.

Got me thinking his random speaking and acting is he a skrull?!?

To start, I have not read any comics and I haven't committed every single detail of the MCU to memory. So there could easily be some gaps in this theory that I haven't considered yet.

But anyway. My theory is that Hayward is Mephisto. And also, as many have guessed, that Agnes is Agatha Harkness. I also believe these two are working together. Mephisto is subtly manipulating SWORD against Wanda, and Agatha is manipulating Wanda to become a villain. I suspect the end-goal for these two is to attempt to push Wanda's power so that she can re-create the Infinity Stones, or to at least change reality to benefit them in some way.

The evidence I have so far has largely already been discussed. But Hayward does two things in Episode 5 that make him seem suspicious. Firstly, he clearly was trying to edge Jimmy Woo, Darcy and Monica towards calling Wanda "Scarlet Witch". Secondly, he also equips the drone with a missile, which antagonizes Wanda and makes her seem like a threat to everyone there, except Monica who still wants to help her. And to add to that, we also learn that Wanda broke into SWORD headquarters before the events of the show, and stole Vision's body. And as we saw in Episode 4, Hayward should have been running SWORD when this happened. So Hayward already had some knowledge of Wanda before the Series even took place. He also sends Monica on a "missing person" case so that she and SWORD "discover" Wanda and what she's doing to WestView - Thus establishing Wanda as a threat that needs to be dealt with.

Now to Agatha. I think Agatha pushing Wanda towards all the subliminal hints Mephisto is placing around town. I think most people have caught on to the idea that Wanda is receiving subliminal messages that trigger and activate her powers. After the Town Fair which has the slogan "For the Children"; Wanda gets pregnant. Vision also points out in Episode 5 that WestView doesn't have any children. And then in the latest Episode, Billy and Tommy both encourage Wanda to "Bring Him Back"; after which, Quicksilver appears in WestView. I know that in the comics, Billy and Tommy are created with slivers of Mephisto's life essence or something like that. So if WandaVision goes that route, it stands to reason Mephisto could influence the kids towards his goal. Agatha exists in WestView to make sure Wanda is present for the events that are there to influence her. Agatha is the one who escorts Wanda to the town fair meeting where she first gets the idea to hav

I'm starting to think Director Tyler Hayward is the Grim Reaper.

From the lab footage we saw Wanda come into the lab and save Vision. But why was Vision in the lab? Because the Grim Reaper was trying to use parts of dead Vision to fuse with the missing person Agent Woo spoke of. That missing person is none other than.. the Grim Reaper's brother, Wonder Man. Director Hayward is obsessed with the Vision and knows he needs Vision to resurrect his brother. To get to Vision, Hayward knows he must go through Wanda who is protecting Vision. To give life to Wonder Man seems like it will be the end of Vision. This why Wanda is so protective of him.

Not sure how Agnes, Nightmare, or Mephisto play into all of this, but I suspect Agnes, & even Quicksilver are pons of Nightmare or Mephisto.

We've seen several nods to from the grim reaper/wonderman. The brothers are from NJ. WandaVision takes place in.. NJ. Whatever episode had the cartoon bewitched style intro showed Grim reapers helmet hidden in the basement floor of visions Home. Agnes's broach showed the Grim Reaper--although this one potentially ties in with Mephisto somewhat.

Perhaps Grim Reaper and Mephisto make a deal. Mephisto can have the kids as long Grim Reaper gets Vision. For both to Do what they want they have to go through their common enemy, Wanda.

Tyler Hayward is a Skrull. Tbh this more of a guess than a theory since he just debuted today and there’s no evidence to support the theory. I’m just placing my bets for right now that they sent him in to infiltrate SWORD in some shape or form as they explained he was the only that was a candidate for being director. I wouldn’t take this theory seriously because this. is. a. guess/prediction. He may not be idk but it’s just a fun idea I had while rewatching episode 4 so yeah. Poopskwhat!!!

Tyler (or Tiler) is the name of the office of outer guard of a Masonic Lodge. ^(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_(Masonic))

hayward

[ hey-wawrd ]

noun

an officer having charge of hedges and fences around a town common, especially to keep cattle from breaking through and to impound stray cattle.

Plain sight much?

Has the the word HYDRA in his name?

Hayward says he had to get permission to show the footage of Wanda taking Vision. From who? He's the Director of SWORD and It's his facility. I think in all likelihood he didn't have to ask permission he was just intentionally hiding it because he screwed up by letting SWORD get robbed and he wanted to use the footage at the right time to scapegoat Wanda. That said, the idea that he had to get permission to share it didn't phase anyone. Does he answer to a board? Fury? The government/UN? Was someone else supposed to have custody of Vision's body and he's in trouble for losing it when they had it on loan for study?

OK, so this is a long shot, but did anyone else find the shift in personality in this character very jarring? When we first meet him, he's nothing but lovely and calm. Next thing, total dick who's brash and dismissive. We do have shape changing aliens in the MCU, maybe they are two totally different people. Or, even more out there, there is a certain mutant we know who can change shape.....yeah, like I said, long shot.

Mind you before reading this article,there may be spoilers ahead for WandaVision, streaming now on Disney+. We only know so far that Tyler Hayward has been the acting director of S.W.O.R.D, tasked with keeping the organization running after many of its members got dusted by Thanos' snap. When we saw him for the first time in WandaVision episode 4, he seemed like a benevolent figure, but all that changed when the series' latest installment hit Disney+ this Friday.

Episode 6 of WandaVision led many fans to believe that Tyler Hayward may not be a good guy after all. A hint about this was dropped in the previous episode when he tried to kill Wanda while Darcy, Monica and Jimmy were trying to establish contact with her via a S.W.O.R.D drone, and this episode made it all the more convincing. After Monica protested about the drone attack that endangered the lives of many agents, both Jimmy and Darcy dismissed Tyler with a retort, and were thus asked to leave the base. This decision might seem like the one an employer would take on being insulted by his employees but this is not a regular 9-5 job that they are doing, so firing someone just because of a difference of opinion is not what a smart person would do. Clearly Tyler wants Monica and her friends out of the game because everyone can see that those three can really get to the root of the matter given the proper time and resources,but Tyler is not so much into investigation. He just wants to kill Wanda instead of negotiating with her or finding out what prompted her to cause this mayhem in the first place, and when you are incharge of an organization meant to protect Earth you won't ever try to kill one of its protectors under any circumstances. Clearly there's more to Tyler than meets the eye. May be he wants to antagonise Wanda in front of the world without letting it know that she may not be doing all this intentionally.

Tyler's nefarious nature is also revealed when Darcy finds out that he has found a way to keep track of Vision's movements inside the hex but hasn't informed the team. Given that Vision's carcass was stored in a S.W.O.R.D facility for five years after the decimation and how Wanda broke into it to steal it, it only makes sense for Tyler to worry about the body, but why not tell everyone then? May be he just wants to solve the case himself and prove his worth to others to become S.W.O.R.D's actual director, or secretly build weapons using the Vibranium in Vision's body because getting it f

No, he isn't going to be a forward or Gordon Hayward, but this seems more like his game.

Gordon Hayward is obviously taller. But the game style seems similar. (I don't care that they both have the same skin pigment, I just saw similarities in the gameplay and stats). Compared their college days, not NBA Hayward.

Gordan has a short wingspan similar to Herro.

Comparing Hayward's Butler career stats to Herro's Freshman Year

Hayward (2 seasons average):

Herro:

Similar (not the same). Hayward wasn't the primary ball handler Shelvin Mack was, but he handled it when he needed. Many of their shots were created off of a fake shot then drive few steps in. Or off the fake to create separation to shoot. Many of both either 3's came from a ball movement and him getting some space. Hayward was never more than average on defense in college but was scrappy and never gave an inch, which is what most expect from Herro.

A shorter version of Hayward is a healthy ceiling expectation NOT KD!

If you can't remember what GH looked like in college.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUIDnM25pUI

Fire away, tell me this is dumb!

This is kind of a stretch and don't know if it has been posted before since this happened episodes ago, but...

Could the fact that Tyler Hayward emphasizes he's the "Acting Director" of SWORD mean in a wink wink kind of sens he's sort of "directing" the "tv acting" in Westview?