Marvel Ruins Scarlet Witch & WandaVision With Doctor Strange 2

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This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ruined Scarlet Witch's WandaVision character arc. Back in 2015, Elizabeth Olsen discussed a Scarlet Witch character arc she found particularly interesting. "My favorite is House of M," Olsen explained, "but that would never happen. I mean, if she could have two fake babies, and everyone tell her that they don't really exist, and then her just go nuts, that would be unbelievable." Ironically, Olsen's description of House of M is essentially a plot summary of Scarlet Witch's MCU Phase 4 arc.

This is Scarlet Witch's most famous comic book story, but ironically people who aren't familiar with the comics may not realize how problematic it was for the character. Scarlet Witch's heel-turn began in an arc called «Avengers Disassembled,» and in truth she was nothing more than a plot device for writer Brian Bendis to wipe out the Avengers so he could relaunch them. House of M evolved out of this, and Marvel editorial again used Wanda Maximoff as a plot device; the event ended with a spell in which she depowered 98 percent of the world's mutants, because editors believe there were too many mutant characters. Unfortunately these events so tarnished Scarlet Witch that it took Marvel several years to figure out how to make her a hero again. They came up with the idea of her having been secretly under demonic influence, removing responsibility for her actions — but unwittingly removing all sense of agency for her as well. It wasn't accepted by comic book readers, and it's telling that writers were still trying to figure out how to redeem Scarlet Witch in the X-Men's 2021 «Hellfire Gala» story. Scarlet Witch has