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*sigh*
Let's do this again.
The most harmful and irreparable damage the MCU has ever done is definitely Wanda's characterization and how the "fandom" perceives her even when non-cb readers migrate to the 616 side.
(This is screenshot depicting a fan reacting to Russell Dauterman's redesign of Lore, an evil Wanda variant who first debuted in 1993 in Scarlet Witch #1. She will return in the new Scarlet Witch series this year)
In addition to all the "she's always been white" constant, toxic and racist comments, which only reinforces their lack of ability to recognize issues such as colorism, Rromani representation (when they actually know the difference between Rromani and Romanian, that is) and straight-up whitewashing, they also fail to identify a most essential trait of her entire characterization: her desire to do good and become a symbol of heroism.
Wanda despises doing harm to others. Her first iteration is legitimately a depiction in which she and Pietro are being forced by Magneto to work for him and his brotherhood of evil mutants, all thanks to emotional manipulation. She never means to hurt the original X-Men except when Pietro is hurt and/or in danger. It's her protective side, not her "evil" side.
(Uncanny X-Men v1 #4; #11)
It's also fundamental to be aware that Wanda and Pietro come from a place where there's trauma for being abused by Magneto when it comes to their powers. This is why they are hesitant to join the Avengers, and yet their sense of responsibility is stronger.
(Avengers v1 #16)
Now, when it comes to Chthon, it's another rabbit hole of struggling with independence, power and agency. Being controlled by an evil force is as an old trope as any other in comic books. Still, I can't help but notice that her relationship with Chthon is never truly solved as other magic characters' issues, so why does it stick to Wanda the hardest?
Allow me illustrate with other examples:
1. Magik and the Darkchylde.
For those who don't know, the Darkchylde is "an evil side" of Illyana Rasputin, result of her captor and abuser's tampering with her soul.
The Darkchylde has several interpretations, from abuse to struggling with self-worth, and it has been established for decades as a side of Illyana that she despises, fears and suppresses.
(New Mutants v1 #71)
Illyana took years to make peace with her inner self and even had an arc to leave her reigning place of power in Limbo to Madelyne, another character who was villanized by the narrative for the very same reasons. Which begs the question.... why would a fan root for the Darkchylde to be her standard self when this is precisely what she hates the most? When it's precisely what causes her pain and leads her to a process of isolation and unhealthy behavior?
2. Doctor Strange and dark magic
Throughout sixty years of stories, there are a few moments in which the Sorcerer Supreme is faced with the old dilemma if he should use dark magic or not. And yet, from everything he went through, even in his darkest moments, he still chooses to do good. This is an intrinsic part of him. Yes, we've seen alternate evil iterations, but the main version is still a recognized, praised character for all the good deeds he performs on a daily basis.
(New Avengers v3 Annual #1)
3. Loki against fate
(Immortal Thor #2)
Loki's most recent and important journey throughout the years is precisely changing their fate, from the god of mischief and lies to the god of stories. They know they also have antagonistic roles to play as such, and yet they look forward to building a better relationship with Thor and the Asgardians. They're as complex as they come, but never back to their first and oldest iteration.
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There are others, of course, like Nico Minoru and the Staff of One, Daimon Hellstrom and his will to deny his father's desires etc etc. I can even point a famous non-magical one: THE HULK. Yep, the guy who has spent his entire existence struggling with said dichotomy.
So you see, this is not a situation where "women can't be villains, god forbid women do anything" like some of them love to claim. You have Amora, Morgan Le Fey, Umar, even Lore now. The fact is, the MCU pushed the main version of its Wanda to be an irremediable character. Fans may or not defend her actions, but the truth is, they went too far for a role of opposition/antagonism justified by mental issues, which is yet another problematic, hellish rabbit role that we discussed so many times, over and over and over.
House of M is by itself such a harmful event in Wanda's entire characterization that, even now in the 616 universe, she still struggles to be (re)accepted by the hero community. She's still demonized by mutants, she's still depicted as mentally unstable.
(X-Men #7 - 2019)
Meanwhile, few writers are doing their hardest to give her some independence and agency (praised be Orlando and McKay). She has finally showcased her resolve to deal with Chthon by absorbing the Darkhold. She finally built a place to help people in a small community. She's an avenger yet again.
(Darkhold: Omega #1)
However, despite all that, she's still being patronized and lectured on (for instance, Agatha trying to take the Darkhold from her).
(Scarlet Witch v3 Annual #1)
The fact that she hasn't given up on the role of super hero only showcases how fundamental, intrinsic, unshakeable is her desire to do good. The fact that she's a nexus being and that the Scarlet Witch is a role passed down through generations are enough reasons to reiterate how important she is as a defender of the universe, same importance we often see in the role of the Sorcerer Supreme.
No fan has ever advocated for readers to be feared by a Sorcerer Supreme. Those are roles of heroes.
So yeah, "evil mother" and "serving cunt" will not do it for me. Because being evil means embracing everything Wanda hates the most and fights the hardest. So you come here and tell me that Wanda was supposed to be evil incarnate, to the point of comparing her to Voldemort, is plainly offensive and shows how little you understand her. You have other mothers to kneel to if you so desperately need one. Wanda is not one of them. Leave her alone.
TL;DR: Saying Wanda should be evil is stupid and harmful.
my problem with mcu wanda
No hate to lizzie she's an amazing actress, i just don't like what they did to my favourite character.
First let's start with casting a white woman. Wanda in the comics is a roma jewish girl that is strongly connected with her culture. The fact that mcu didn't even bother in looking for romani women makes Wanda problematic, in the moment they don't look over that ethnicity it becomes whitewashing, and that's my number one problem. (Not only with Wanda but with Pietro on mcu and fox x-men where they even made his name sound more american.)
If marvel is so interested in showing representation, why do they change some characters ethnicity like valkyrie and nick fury when they whitewash one of their biggest characters that represents a marginalised group that was chased and slaved for years throughout their history? Specially when their ethnicity is so important to their story.
Secondly, let's remember how Wanda was introduced. She was a HYDRA EXPERIENCE! Yes that's right hydra, and what is hydra again? Oh yeah, a NAZI PROGRAM! This is a total disrespect to the character, since her parents (erik and magda) are holocaust survivors, and roma and jewish were severely harassed by nazi soldiers during WW2. Pietro and Wanda needed to run away when farmes killed their adoptive family (their aunt and uncle) because they were roma.
Third thing, Wanda had her powers totally reduced. AoU was okay she was powerful but from CW to now they did dirty. She now is based on telekinesis, it made her look like Jean Grey but with red light. Also, a lot of her powers in the comics (the most important) are related to Chton's blessing. He is a demoniac elder god that gave Wanda chaos magic, and sometimes she has all the control of it, and of course she is a powerful witch, she can even create spells and witchcraft is strongly connected to romani culture, so it was all taken away from us. HER ROMA CULTURE DOES HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON HER POWERS!!
Last thing, The way they erased her relationship with Pietro whom should be the most important person to her and they decided to kill him in the dumbest way possible and considering that in the comics she couldn't stand living without him for like an hour she resurrected him!! They also made wandavision a bad developed ship (i hate their relationship he's toxic but c'mon) mcu Wanda is constantly whining and baby sitting him when comic Wanda is independent and asked the Vision to shut up once because he was too annoying. Their personality don't even match, comic books Wanda is so independent, makes her own choices, is sarcastic and sometimes bitchy because she knows what she wants but mcu Wanda it's just being sad or useless around.
Also don't tell me hollywood doesn't have roma actresses: Salma Hayek that is going to play Ajak on Eternals is romani, she even played Esmeralda on 1997 The Hunchback.
There are roma actors, they are there, here are a list of a few romani women that could play Wanda:
- Hiba Abouk
- Mihaela Dragan
- Francisca Fraken
- Doinita Oancea
For Pietro:
- Jesus Castro
- Balint Jasko
casual reminder the MCU is the work of the devil
How the Pentagon Leaned on Hollywood to Sell the War in Afghanistan
Heroes are quintessentially rebels
And the Marvel and DC Heroes of today are no longer rebels.
They are costumed propaganda machines who maintain the status quo of corruption and oppression while claiming to fight for justice.
Their great power is used to protect corrupt power structures.
They support what they purport to fight against.
Villains are the Heroes of today, and the Heroes have lived long enough to see themselves become the villains.
marvel really saw those jokes about dr doom being an ex stark employee and said “i’ll do you one worse”
I watched an interview with Penelope Cruz this week when she was asked how did she prepare for the part in her latest movie (since it's a pretty emotional one) and she said it helped her a great deal to have read the whole script, to know everything that happens in the story, the hows and whys of her character and her co-actresses. She said she needed a full view from Almodovar (the director) so that she could act the whole thing the right way.
And as she was explaining that I couldn't help but think of Marvel. How they continuously make their actors work their parts when they don't know the full story or the situation they're in. They just say their words and call it a day. It's so utterly stupid and it ends with a sub-par quality work - how could it not!
The "no spoilers" craze is only making things worse. And it's so insulting to the actors and actresses as well. Penelope was so careful not to say anything about the movie, why does Marvel distrust their people so much that they risk losing quality just so they can keep it spoiler-free? It's still mind-blowing to me.
How would an omega mutant lose to a tin can? Storm could fry his ass using a lighting bolt with her pinky and iron man would be over.
Mcu stans need to get serious for once in their lives.
I’m going to be honest: Nothing in the MCU is THAT bad.
I hear people screaming and raving about how awful the MCU is getting and how it’s all falling apart, but it’s NOT that bad.
Thor: Love and Thunder? NOT the worst movie in the world.
Captain Marvel? Couldn’t be farther.
ANY Ant-Man movie? Nope.
If you think the MCU honestly has some of the worst content of all time…Do what you tell me and watch more movies. They’re NOT that bad.
*sigh* yup.
It's actually illegal to post any form of Doom content if you're a fan of MCU Wanda
I mean. Yeah? Wandavision writers didn’t even know who Mephisto was so 🤡. Plus there’s- a lot more. Way too much to list for the MCU.
Tell me I’m wrong
I am...offended.
First not researching/knowing about Mephisto and now this?
I swear, the more I learn about the MCU the more I become an anti. 😒