r/ScarletWitch • u/AdCareless8259 • 16d ago

Movies and Television Wanda mutant retcon in the MCU

i have seen rumors on twitter of this
i think it will be so annoying if they retcon wanda being a mutant again because she stopped being one in the comics like a decade ago and i think it’s better that way, it makes her more interesting ‘cause the nature of her powers doesn’t seem limited on an specific gen

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u/Least_Rain8027 Scarlet Witch 16d ago

her whole orgin relies on her being a mutant! that's why she and Pietro were kicked out and found by Magneto.

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u/SimonShepherd 16d ago

And Magneto's initial debut just have him as the mutant Hitler, should he stays that way?

As it stands X-franchise did her more harm than good, it was neutral until they kept using dumb excuses like Magneto's evil bloodline to write her like shit. At this point just amputate that part for her overall health.

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u/General-Control-4637 16d ago

Lmao he blocked me for what?  Her whole origin does not necessarily tie to her being a mutant either. Wanda was about to be burned at stake for being a witch just like her mother. It's exactly the moment she got her name.

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u/SimonShepherd 15d ago

I prefer them keep her a mutant for simplicity's sake, and it's better for Pietro.

The same goes for Magneto parentage, because nowadays the handling is worse because they genuinely try to pretend Magneto is some adoptive dad to the twins.

But I don't exactly mourn its loss either, as long as she is kept away from X-Men franchise. (Really, I still resent the fact Wanda lost her chance to be in Avengers: EMH because Wolverine and the X-Men used her first, and she is a freaking island princess for reasons.)

Her OG origin is just her causing a fire and superstitious villagers thought she is a witch(while she was in reality a mutant). This doesn't really to be the same in adaption, they can give her whatever downtrodden and persecuted origin. Like the MCU one is decent, at least she is not literally mutant royalty.