History Characters / MCUWandaMaximoff

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of TheAtoner, HeroWithBadPublicity, and PersonOfMassDestruction. While no one outside of the Avengers knows that she mind-raped them with the intent for Tony destroying himself, leading to the creation of Ultron -- that would have given Thaddeus Ross more than enough grounds to lock her up for war crimes -- she doesn't exactly endear autographs and cosplay imitations the way Captain America or Iron Man do. The incident in Lagos shows the world that she can lose control of her powers and make a bad situation worse. Just as she achieves ThePardon after the Blip, [[spoiler:she suffers a breakdown and accidentally forces innocent people to be side characters in her sitcom. This turns the freed citizens of Westview against her]]. Wanda never has bad intentions, but her raw power, along with her lack of impulse control and awareness of her flaws, means that when she does slip up, she causes a ''lot'' of harm.

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** In ''Age of Ultron,'' Tony and Banner leave the team in guilt, while Wanda, an ex-HYDRA agent who mind-raped Tony and Banner into building Ultron and Hulking out, isn't blamed by anyone, for anything, to any degree. Instead, she gets enlisted into the Avengers.

** In ''Multiverse of Madness'', [[spoiler:her Earth-838 counterpart never gave Wanda any harsh words despite the latter's ''multiple '' attempts to ruin her life (hijacking her body, then committing several murders and planning to KillAndReplace her to steal her children, to be specific)]].

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Her magical powers are derived from the Mind Stone that was sealed inside Loki's staff (though ''Series/WandaVision'' reveals that [[spoiler:she was already potentially a powerful witch to begin with, and the Mind Stone just amplified her powers]]). In the comics, she's a mutant who can warp reality through "hex manipulation" and learned magic to further control her powers.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Due to Agatha Harkness [[AdaptationalVillainy being a villain in the MCU]], their traditional relationship as {{mentor}} and disciple can't play out the same. Instead, Agatha is a FalseFriend and briefly acts as an EvilMentor for Wanda.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Zig-zagged. In the comics she was introduced as a mutant, which was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] to match the MCU-version of the character after the movie came out, making her a human experiment like she was introduced in ''Avengers: Age Of Ultron''; however, ''[=WandaVision=]'' revealed that [[spoiler:Wanda was a witch born with magical powers]], once again diverging comic and movie version in term of species.

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* NoodleIncident: Whatever caused Wanda to be infected by the horde isn't explained.

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: Inverted. She's the only Wanda Maximoff confirmed alive as of now.

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!!!'''Citizenship:''' Sokovian, American

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Wanda's 616 counterpart saw Captain Carter as an enemy due to her standing in the way of trying to take America Chavez, going so far as to kill her for standing in her way. By contrast, her 1602 variant is the one who takes Peggy from her own universe to help her, believing she is the one who can save her reality. Though they don't interact much, Wanda frequently vouches for Peggy to King Thor, even when he believes her to be a failure who couldn't stop Hela from being sucked into a vortex.

* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:The book Marvel Studio's Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline confirms that Wanda died in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', as in the film itself her fate was ambiguous. [[note]]Although, considering how Bucky was also believed to be dead after ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' just to show up again in ''Captain America and the Winter Soldier'', time will tell if Wanda is going to stay "dead", especially with Chthon still out there.[[/note]]]]

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Let's just say that reading the pages of the Darkhold in solitude for months, after watching the love of your life die three times in a subjective week, when you yourself had to kill them for the greater good two of those times, not to mention being forced to kill your children for the same reason, can do this to your mental health.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:The book Marvel Studio's Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline confirms that Wanda died in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', as in the film itself her fate was ambiguous. [[note]]Although, considering how Bucky was also believed to be dead after ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' just to show up again in ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', time will tell if Wanda is going to stay "dead".[[/note]]]]

* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:The book Marvel Studio's Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline confirms that Wanda died in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', as in the film itself her fate was ambiguous.]]

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Avengers (formerly)