History Fanfic / BecauseIKnewYou

* ForWantOfANail: Earth-717 is distinct from the ‘prime’ universe in various ways, such as Tony turning himself in to prison after Ultron was destroyed, Rogers killing Stark in a PTSD-induced breakdown in the fight in Siberia, and General Ross making a deal with Thanos to kill the ‘lesser’ half of Earth (i.e. the half that disagreed with Ross’s methods) once he had the Mind Stone (obviously Thanos just killed half of Earth at random anyway).

** In “Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut”, the plot opens with the Masters of the Mystic Arts preparing to defend America Chavez from a dangerous witch (''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''), except that here Wanda is one of the defenders rather than the attacker. Later, when various heroes travel to Earth-717, one of the differences between worlds is that in this reality Stephen Strange’s sister Donna survived the fall into a pond that killed her in this reality. As a result, Stephen never became a doctor, but he and Donna still became students at Kamar-Taj.

* MoralityChain: Hearing Peter talk about May was this for him helps Wanda realise that she avoided searching for a reality with Vision and her sons in it because she knew that Vision would be ashamed of what she’d done even if he wouldn’t outright condemn her for it.

* PepTalkSong: “Defying Gravity” serves as this to Wanda when [[spoiler:she’s captured by Mordo after Peter and America’s powers have been taken]].

** [[spoiler:Although Wanda has helped Peter make contact with MJ and Ned and set himself up as a student at NYU, with classmates including Miles, Gwen and Harry, they are also working with Betty Ross to try and restore Spider-Man’s powers]].

** Albeit in a vision rather than something she actually did, but Wanda is still snapped out of the Darkhold’s attempts to take control of her again when she [[spoiler:experiences a vision of killing Peter when he was trying to comfort a panicked Billy and Tommy while still expressing faith that she was a good person]].
** In “Clea Cut”, Strange encounters [[spoiler:a version of his sister Donna who survived the accident in the frozen lake that killed her in his reality, but this is because she accidentally killed her version of him by kicking him in the head. After she went on the run from the TVA, Donna ended up killing the Sorcerer Supreme of another reality before she realised the man was that reality’s version of Stephen, which led to her ThenLetMeBeEvil moment]].

** [[spoiler:The Multiverse is still potentially in danger from future incursions, with a figure that is clearly Kang the Conqueror approaching Clea and Donna about joining his planned ‘Dynasty’ of worlds to survive what’s coming, while Wanda finds herself confronted by the restored Agatha Harkness]].

** Also, "Clea Cut" features more than one ''Franchise/StarWars'' reference when Peter and Wanda learn that their counterparts on Earth-717 are married, the two comparing their reaction to that idea to the thought of how Luke and Leia must have felt about their kiss on Hoth after learning about their ''real'' relationship.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Brought up in “Clea Cut” when [[spoiler:Strange and Clea confront an alternate Donna Strange who’s been on the run from the [=TVA=] since she accidentally killed her brother in the drowning accident that killed her 1999999 counterpart. By the time they meet, Donna has been stuck in one universe since her stolen tempad was destroyed, and Clea is incredulous that she never thought about putting it back together (Donna attributes that to the Darkhold corrupting her thinking, but she still needed parts from Strange’s home universe to repair it)]].

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In “Clea Cut”, when Peter, Strange and America are displaced to Earth-717, after Peter learns that his local counterpart is involved with the local Wanda, he compares the idea of him being involved with his Wanda like that to how Luke must have felt about kissing Leia on Hoth after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. When 717-Peter comments that they kissed on more planets than that, 1999999-Peter considers the implications that the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films have different plots in their respective worlds. Later, when [[spoiler:1999999-Wanda is manipulated by Clea into dreamwalking into her 717-counterpart, 1999999-Peter confirms that this is "his" Wanda by quoting from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', as he and Wanda saw the show just before Strange made contact and he had already confirmed that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: Clea threatens Wanda into helping her by warning that if Wanda doesn’t help her attack Earth-717, Clea will not only kill 1999999-Peter, but then bring his body back and leave it in Wanda’s cell while casting a spell to make her immortal, forcing Wanda to watch her last friend decompose

** In “Clea Cut”, [[spoiler:Mordo]] justifies everything in the name of his own crusade, to the extent of concluding that it would have been better if the Snap’s victims had stayed dead. Later on, [[spoiler:the residents of Earth-717 consider themselves ‘better’ than Earth-1999999 as they were able to move on after the Snap, but Peter in particular calls them out on focusing on the living rather than trying to help those who were lost]].

* ThatManIsDead: A complex version features when Peter, Strange and America visit Earth-717, where the post-Snap Avengers include a version of the Vision who was reactivated after the destruction of the Mind Stone. Lacking any ability to feel emotion, this version of the Vision encouraged the Wanda of Earth-717 to move on to Peter Parker, but when 1999999-Wanda dreamwalks into her 717-counterpart, 717-Vision admits that even though he encouraged "his" Wanda to move on because he couldn't feel anything for her in his current state, there was enough of the old Vision left in him that he wanted her to be happy, and he often watches recordings of their past time together to try and remind himself of what he felt back then.

* TrustPassword: After Wanda is manipulated by Clea and Nightmare into dreamwalking into her Earth-717 counterpart, the previously-displaced 1999999-Peter confirms this is “his” Wanda by quoting ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', having previously learnt that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717.

** 1999999-Peter is particularly outraged to learn that the Avengers of Earth-717 [[spoiler:basically chose to let everyone killed in the Snap stay dead and only bring Thanos and his minions back to life so that the world could see the Black Order get punished]].

** When Clea and the demon Nightmare capture 1999999-Wanda, they subject her to hours of nightmarish visions of her remaining allies (Peter, Strange, America, and even Vision) basically telling Wanda that she would have killed them all eventually if she didn't cause their deaths indirectly. Although [[spoiler:Wanda is eventually so broken that she agrees to dreamwalk to Earth-717 to help Clea capture America, it only takes a few minutes of encouragement from the 717 version of Vision and the previously-displaced 1999999-Strange (as well as an earlier talk with the 1999999-Peter) to remind Wanda that she wants to be better, helping her turn against Clea]].

* BigBadWannabe: In “Clea Cut”, this essentially applies to [[spoiler:Maya Hansen of Earth-717. Having inherited control of Stark Enterprises after Tony’s death, Maya has become a member of the new Avengers as Iron Woman, but attempts to become the sole hero of this Earth when 1999999-Clea dreamwalks into her 717 counterpart and attacks the rest of the team. However, when Maya confronts 1999999-Peter Parker, he manages to defeat her despite the fact that he didn’t have any Stark tech in his suit at this point, and Maya is subsequently killed by Wanda after Peter and Strange manage to hold her down]].

* BigBadWannabe: In “Clea Cut”, this essentially applies to [[spoiler:Maya Hansen of Earth-717. Having inherited control of Stark Enterprises after Tony’s death, Maya has become a member of the new Avengers as Iron Woman, but attempts to become the sole hero of this Earth when 616-Clea dreamwalks into her 717 counterpart and attacks the rest of the team. However, when Maya confronts 616-Peter Parker, he manages to defeat her despite the fact that he didn’t have any Stark tech in his suit at this point, and Maya is subsequently killed by Wanda after Peter and Strange manage to hold her down]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Brought up in “Clea Cut” when [[spoiler:Strange and Clea confront an alternate Donna Strange who’s been on the run from the [=TVA=] since she accidentally killed her brother in the drowning accident that killed her 616 counterpart. By the time they meet, Donna has been stuck in one universe since her stolen tempad was destroyed, and Clea is incredulous that she never thought about putting it back together (Donna attributes that to the Darkhold corrupting her thinking, but she still needed parts from Strange’s home universe to repair it)]].

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In “Clea Cut”, when Peter, Strange and America are displaced to Earth-717, after Peter learns that his local counterpart is involved with the local Wanda, he compares the idea of him being involved with his Wanda like that to how Luke must have felt about kissing Leia on Hoth after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. When 717-Peter comments that they kissed on more planets than that, 616-Peter considers the implications that the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films have different plots in their respective worlds. Later, when [[spoiler:616-Wanda is manipulated by Clea into dreamwalking into her 717-counterpart, 616-Peter confirms that this is "his" Wanda by quoting from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', as he and Wanda saw the show just before Strange made contact and he had already confirmed that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: Clea threatens Wanda into helping her by warning that if Wanda doesn’t help her attack Earth-717, Clea will not only kill 616-Peter, but then bring his body back and leave it in Wanda’s cell while casting a spell to make her immortal, forcing Wanda to watch her last friend decompose

** In “Clea Cut”, [[spoiler:Mordo]] justifies everything in the name of his own crusade, to the extent of concluding that it would have been better if the Snap’s victims had stayed dead. Later on, [[spoiler:the residents of Earth-717 consider themselves ‘better’ than Earth-616 as they were able to move on after the Snap, but Peter in particular calls them out on focusing on the living rather than trying to help those who were lost]].

* ThatManIsDead: A complex version features when Peter, Strange and America visit Earth-717, where the post-Snap Avengers include a version of the Vision who was reactivated after the destruction of the Mind Stone. Lacking any ability to feel emotion, this version of the Vision encouraged the Wanda of Earth-717 to move on to Peter Parker, but when 616-Wanda dreamwalks into her 717-counterpart, 717-Vision admits that even though he encouraged "his" Wanda to move on because he couldn't feel anything for her in his current state, there was enough of the old Vision left in him that he wanted her to be happy, and he often watches recordings of their past time together to try and remind himself of what he felt back then.

* TrustPassword: After Wanda is manipulated by Clea and Nightmare into dreamwalking into her Earth-717 counterpart, the previously-displaced 616-Peter confirms this is “his” Wanda by quoting ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', having previously learnt that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717.

** 616-Peter is particularly outraged to learn that the Avengers of Earth-717 [[spoiler:basically chose to let everyone killed in the Snap stay dead and only bring Thanos and his minions back to life so that the world could see the Black Order get punished]].

** When Clea and the demon Nightmare capture 616-Wanda, they subject her to hours of nightmarish visions of her remaining allies (Peter, Strange, America, and even Vision) basically telling Wanda that she would have killed them all eventually if she didn't cause their deaths indirectly. Although [[spoiler:Wanda is eventually so broken that she agrees to dreamwalk to Earth-717 to help Clea capture America, it only takes a few minutes of encouragement from the 717 version of Vision and the previously-displaced 616-Strange (as well as an earlier talk with the 616-Peter) to remind Wanda that she wants to be better, helping her turn against Clea]].

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38976993/ Because I Knew You]]'' and its sequel, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39334239/ What If: Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'' is an AU of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, starting just at the end of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. When Wanda Maximoff detects and deflects the spell intended to erase all memory of Peter Parker from the wider universe, her initial reaction is to investigate the source in the belief that the spell was a focused attack on her, assuming that someone tried to make her forget Peter because he relates to her efforts to find her children. However, after she realises the truth, Peter unintentionally inspires Wanda to resist the Darkhold, the two eventually forming a close bond that gives Wanda something to live for outside of her attempt to “reclaim” her children. The sequel sees Wanda and Peter joining Strange, Wong and the other sorcerers in trying to protect America Chavez from Clea of the Dark Dimension, which leads to them travelling to other realities and meeting new versions of the Avengers.

These fics are part of their own series; “[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2948091 Because I Knew You]]”. They are also part of the author’s “[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2902836 Multiverse of Madness Erasure]]” series, which looks at other examples of how Peter and Wanda’s friendship could have affected her actions after Westview.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38976993/ Because I Knew You]]'' and its sequel, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39334239/ What If: Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'' is an AU of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, starting just at the end of Film/SpiderManNoWayHome. When Wanda Maximoff detects and deflects the spell intended to erase all memory of Peter Parker from the wider universe, her initial reaction is to investigate the source in the belief that the spell was a focused attack on her, assuming that someone tried to make her forget Peter because he relates to her efforts to find her children. However, after she realises the truth, Peter unintentionally inspires Wanda to resist the Darkhold, the two eventually forming a close bond that gives Wanda something to live for outside of her attempt to “reclaim” her children. The sequel sees Wanda and Peter joining Strange, Wong and the other sorcerers in trying to protect America Chavez from Clea of the Dark Dimension, which leads to them travelling to other realities and meeting new versions of the Avengers.

“[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38976993/ Because I Knew You]]” and its sequel, “[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39334239/ What If: Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]” is an AU of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, starting just at the end of Film/SpiderManNoWayHome. When Wanda Maximoff detects and deflects the spell intended to erase all memory of Peter Parker from the wider universe, her initial reaction is to investigate the source in the belief that the spell was a focused attack on her, assuming that someone tried to make her forget Peter because he relates to her efforts to find her children. However, after she realises the truth, Peter unintentionally inspires Wanda to resist the Darkhold, the two eventually forming a close bond that gives Wanda something to live for outside of her attempt to “reclaim” her children. The sequel sees Wanda and Peter joining Strange, Wong and the other sorcerers in trying to protect America Chavez from Clea of the Dark Dimension, which leads to them travelling to other realities and meeting new versions of the Avengers.

** In “What if… Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut”, the plot opens with the Masters of the Mystic Arts preparing to defend America Chavez from a dangerous witch (Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness), except that here Wanda is one of the defenders rather than the attacker. Later, when various heroes travel to Earth-717, one of the differences between worlds is that in this reality Stephen Strange’s sister Donna survived the fall into a pond that killed her in this reality. As a result, Stephen never became a doctor, but he and Donna still became students at Kamar-Taj.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In “Clea Cut”, when Peter, Strange and America are displaced to Earth-717, after Peter learns that his local counterpart is involved with the local Wanda, he compares the idea of him being involved with his Wanda like that to how Luke must have felt about kissing Leia on Hoth after Film/ReturnOfTheJedi. When 717-Peter comments that they kissed on more planets than that, 616-Peter considers the implications that the Franchise/StarWars films have different plots in their respective worlds. Later, when [[spoiler:616-Wanda is manipulated by Clea into dreamwalking into her 717-counterpart, 616-Peter confirms that this is "his" Wanda by quoting from Theatre/{{Wicked}}, as he and Wanda saw the show just before Strange made contact and he had already confirmed that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717]].

* OhCrap: Peter basically says this to himself when he impulsively suggests that he and ‘Lizzie’ go to see Theatre/{{Wicked}} and he only realises afterwards that the subject matter might hit too close to home for Wanda in the sense of it being about a good witch who was condemned as evil by the public.

* ShoutOut: Reference to Theatre/{{Wicked}} is a key point in both fics;

** In “Clea Cut” [[spoiler: after Wanda is manipulated into dreamwalking into her counterpart in another world, the already-displaced Peter of her world confirms her identity by singing lines from Wicked; he had already established that show doesn't exist in Earth-717, so the "local" Wanda wouldn't understand the reference]].
** Aside from Wicked, it’s stated that several 80s horror movies were inspired by contact with the Dark Dimension, such as dreamwalking inspiring [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]; Clea mentions that the Dark Dimension is still earning royalties from a writer who created a series about “[[Franchise/EvilDead a Darkhold ripoff and a guy with a chainsaw hand]]”.

* TrustPassword: After Wanda is manipulated by Clea and Nightmare into dreamwalking into her Earth-717 counterpart, the previously-displaced 616-Peter confirms this is “his” Wanda by quoting Theatre/{{Wicked}}, having previously learnt that the show doesn’t exist on Earth-717.