Disappointed most especially with Quicksilver...
Regarding the ralph-mandarin comparison, it doesn't preclude the former from being retconned into actual x-universe qs in future movies--just as an actual mandarin is gonna turn up in shang-chi. It all depends on whether feige wants fan-favorite mutants to be involved with multiverse-related shenanigans.
If you want to twist your head in knots he's from a near-identical copy of the x-universe like how matt murdock set to appear in nwh is rumored to be his own unique daredevil that happens to share a lot of similarities with the netflix version. (charlie cox is a total boss and you'd be a fool to recast him haha)
...retcon that she and Quicksilver were Magneto's kids.
I vaguely remember the parentage retcon from when I was binge-reading mantlo's notable works. The mini's final issue was depicted as a happy ending for everybody involved despite knowing what every reader knows about magneto. What else would the guy eventually do but keep on malcom x-ing and rom comboing superheroes every time whichever x-team inevitably reaches another brotherhood of evil mutants arc. It was definitely the beginning of the end for vision and scarlet witch's relationship, in hindsight.
I don't bother with remender's stuff bc friends said I wouldn't like it. I like both wanda and rogue having them constantly bicker at each other is just a big no-no for me haha
Yeah, avx should've cooled down the anti-wanda animosity coming from mutants, but nobody bothered with developing that potential plot thread any further and remender decided to keep his run spicy by turning her into a fed up douchenozzle--which is a total 180 from her remorseful characterization back in said event.
The genocide part is a hickman era retcon. Before the whole krakoa cult got rolling it was known as a mass depowering--it was multiversal in scope but the characters in-universe always referred to it as that. Admittedly a few flying mutants splatted moments after it happened but she didn't consciously pull a genosha on mutants out of sheer concentrated malice.
I always maintain that wanda could definitely use some of that boundless well of compassion the x-men never seem to run out of whenever they console jean grey for the atrocities her dark phoenix alter ego did. I mean, they're indiscriminately handing out second chances to every genocidal mutant they've previously fought, so her ongoing in-universe demonization is for the sake of their newfound society's social cohesion, more than anything else.
Hickman for sure is going to utilize scarlet witch down the line, maybe as a prelude to avx2. Perhaps he'll reveal that she unconsciously altered her physiology to no longer be a mutant, hence being branded a 'pretender'. I do agree hickman doesn't seem like the type to add to wanda's pile of crap, but that recent empyre tie-in left a bad taste in my mouth all the same. Dunno if it was all hickman's doing or if tini howard secretly hates wanda haha
Remember the recent franklin richards retcon? There's a rumor going around that doom is going to marry wanda to protect the latter from chronic krakoan harrassment. If that's true I'll start to think slott gets his kicks out of seeing how far he can go with taking away hickman's toys lmao
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How do you think it's gonna go down with synch, laura and monet? Do you think this whole scenario is what sinister secret 9 was teasing back in pox4?
...turned her evil and then made her give Wonder Man a...
Oml I know byrne likes to be horny on main for as long as he's been writing women characters, but this is honestly just delving into fetish stuff at this point
This guy gets really salty when someone messes with his waifus and OCs but routinely does the same whenever he feels like it or when it's convenient to advancing his plot setups.
...the website that misinterpreted what she said. There was never any hint of an actual big cameo by anyone.
I honestly thought her contact was a skrull. Maybe the kid she hung out with back in cap marvel. All the speculation regarding a blue marvel-mr fantastic-dr doom appearance couldn't be more far fetched to me. It just doesn't make business sense to cast and retain an actor for reed or whomever this early on for a movie that will show up years away from now.
...not multiverse stuff...
Don't mcu magic users hop in-between universes whenever they go through portals? I rewatched dr strange recently and the ancient one refers to the multiverse plenty of times. The loki in possession of a space stone from the upcoming show exists in his own branching timeline. 2014 thanos and gamora arguably barged into the main mcu universe and subsequently dipped out of their own distinct reality. (imagine how their universe turns out: would the cape fad die down after civil war bc their wasn't a common threat heroes had to rally against? Would earth remain a savage backwater planet bc the blip never happened? Lol) Plus, feige confirmed deadpool 3 would take place in the mcu. How long will his actual scenes be in the mcu tho? I don't really have an answer for that haha
You gotta admit paul bettany put one over the hype machine in the most fun possible way tho lol
That post credits stinger might be an actual scene from ds2 based on the way it was shot. Maybe it's how viewers are introduced to wanda in the movie?