WandaVision
TheWandaVisiontrailer has suggest Marvel Studios is retconning Scarlet Witch ’s powers , transform her into a sorceress who rig reality itself . Elizabeth Olsen ’s Scarlet Witch made her first appearance in 2015’sAvengers : Age of Ultron , one of two " miracles " who had endure photo to the Mind Stone . Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver ’s powerswere explained in cast-off dialogue by Maria Hill when she briefed Captain America . " He ’s got increased metabolism and improved caloric homeostasis . Her thing is neural electric interfacing , telekinesis , mental handling , " she told the Avengers . " He ’s fast and she ’s weird . "
The MCU was originally hesitating to introduce conjuration , with Marvel unsure how well black magic would form in the context of the scientific discipline - based universe of discourse they had built . That ’s why Thor was n’t earlier treated like a god , but instead suggested he come from a populace where magic and scientific discipline were one and the same thing . Naturally , all that modify when Marvel introducedDoctor Strangein 2016 , and to their substitute audiences receive the novel mystical dimension now incorporated into the MCU . Given that context , paying attention readers noticed a unmarried telephone line of dialogue in theMarvel Studios Visual Dictionary , suggesting a retcon was in the works for Scarlet Witch ’s might . " Whether it alter her or only unlocked something latent inside Wanda , " the Holy Writ observed , " the Infinity Stone on Loki ’s scepter add incredible world power of the mind . " In other words , the Mind Stone may not have been the origin of Scarlet Witch ’s powers , but rather simply how her magic potential drop was unlocked .
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Marvel Studios has liberate a newWandaVisiontrailer , and it appear to confirm Scarlet Witch ’s powers have indeed been retconned . She is now a sorceress in her own right hand , manipulating world in the same manner seen with Doctor Strange and the Masters of the Mystic Arts . There ’s abundant grounds in the dawdler , including the soundtrack , which sport the magical Disney song " Bibbidi - Boddidi - Boo " fromCinderella . function of the house trailer are intelligibly influenced by the sitcomBewitched , which starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens , a beldam who married a mortal military man and had to keep her mogul under controller . What ’s more , the traditional top executive flare come with Scarlet Witch ’s abilities is absent from many scenes , admit one in which Wanda pours spectacles of " Maison du Mépris " wine-coloured .
In an interview back in 2016 , Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige suggestedScarlet Witch was go to be retconned as a sorceress . He described her ability as paralleling those of Doctor Strange , manifestly setting aside the late portrayal inAvengers : Age of Ultron :
" Her major power , she ’s never had any breeding , I ’m lecture about Scarlet Witch . She never had any education ; she ’s enter it out . Arguably , you could say that that ’s why her office are much more helter-skelter and much more loose in the way that we showcased those light core . In [ Doctor Strange ] , some of what you might see today , even the covering of Entertainment Weekly , it ’s much tighter . It ’s all about focusing . It ’s all about force energy from other dimensions in an organized and purposeful mode , which is why they can do a lot more than she can in , at least , a much more precise direction . "
This accounting conform to dead with Scarlet Witch ’s powers as seen in theWandaVisiontrailer , and the reference to the"Maison du Mépris " wineis a important one . The wrangle read as " House of Contempt , " while the wine carry an M logo ; put them together and you have an explicit reference to " House of M. " This comic book event realise Scarlet Witch ’s growing genial instability coupled with her Chaos Magic to make an intact alternate dimension . As Doctor Strange reveal inAvengers#503 , the power to alter reality itself come at a terrible price . " Can you understand the delicate mentality of a woman , a someone , who has command over realism , " he asked the Avengers . " It means reality controls her . imaging becomes the enemy . social organization melt . " Every daylight , Wanda faced the subtle enticement to wish away anything defective that pass to her . And every time she did that , her grip on reality itself start out to slip off . That sets a worrying shape for the MCU , suggestingScarlet Witch ’s lucubrate powersetwill be the cause of her precipitation inWandaVision , as she constructs a realness in which her dear Vision is still alive .
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