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Grief can involve losing a shared future and questioning who we are without the person who died.

Adapting to loss can mean moving between mourning and attending to the demands of a changed life.

The relationships that shaped us remain part of who we become through memories, values, and everyday actions.

When someone we love dies, we can feel like we’ve lost the person we share our good news with, the person who knows our true selves, or the person who remembers earlier versions of ourselves and our relationships. We may wonder what our future will be without them.

We don’t just grieve the loss of the person; we grieve the future we won’t be spending with them. Underneath these feelings is another concern, though, and one that may be harder to name: We may wonder who we are without that person.

Marvel’s new series, VisionQuest, gives this question an unusual form. Its central character is a synthezoid trying to understand his memories, his relationships, and himself. Beneath the vibranium is a recognizable human experience: the struggle to make sense of a life that no longer feels like our own. (Note: There are spoilers ahead.)

Remembering a Life That Feels Far Away

In VisionQuest, a rebuilt Vision carries memories of his relationship with Wanda Maximoff, but he consistently clarifies that he is not the old Vision, the “real” Vision. This rebuilt Vision’s search for meaning becomes a search for identity. Given the complexities of the technology that created and rebuilt Vision, viewers may be likely........

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