No Way Home Explains Doctor Strange's Absence From WandaVision
Spider-Man: No Way Home established that Wong assumed the role of Sorcerer Supreme in Doctor Strange's absence during the five-year Blip. And although Doctor Strange returned in Avengers: Endgame , it seems there hadn’t been any need for a “take-back” rule regarding the rights to leadership over Masters of the Mystic Arts when someone returns from the dead. According to Doctor Strange, Wong got the title of Sorcerer Supreme thanks to “a technicality.” Even so, this meant that Stephen Strange could only resume his role as the Master of the New York Sanctum when he came home; he would no longer have the power, or “higher duties,” of the Sorcerer Supreme and would be strictly devoted to the Sanctum. ADVERTISEMENT Because of this, Doctor Strange is going to be much more limited in terms of assisting the Avengers. This could explain why Strange hasn’t been around for some of the MCU’s biggest problems lately, including a mishap in Westview that left...