Spider-Man: No Way Home
Summary
Scarlet Witch ’s fate in theMarvel Cinematic Universeis made far worse bySpider - Man : No Way Home , which predate her terminal appearance . After a briefly nefarious and later heroic debut inAvengers : Age of Ultron , Wanda Maximoff became part of the young undulation of Avengers superheroes , continuing to protect the world in her surveil MCU appearances . After losing her lover , Vision , Maximoff step by step becomes a genuine villain , as shown inWandaVision .
Despite eventually releasing her grip on Westview , New Jersey , Wanda Maximoff complete her spell to villainy inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Embracing her championship of Scarlet Witch , Wanda murdered numerous Masters of the Mystic Arts and Avengers fellow member from other realities in her quest to wreak back her Word . Wanda did not have a fortune to truly deliver herself inthe current MCU timeline , however , because she dies at the end of the celluloid , in a bit of events that was not only controversial but also made worse byNo Way Home’stheme of buyback .
Over 17 years and 35 movies , the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have redefine blockbuster cinema . But how do all the pic pile up ?
No Way Home’s Villain Redemptions Were An Insult To Scarlet Witch
No Way Homebrings back five supervillains from the Tobey Maguire and Andrew GarfieldSpider - Manfranchises , with most of the baddie having fail in their various motion picture . Tom Holland ’s MCU Spider - Man opts to prevent their deaths , however , and develop “ cures ” for their powers and violent tendencies . The plan works , with every scoundrel , even the homicidal and multiverse - threatening Green Goblin , recede their respective force and gaining literal redemption before being beam back to their various universes to shape new ramify timelines .
While the scoundrel redemptions ofNo Way Home ’s castwere one of the movie ’s most lovely aspect , they also make Scarlet Witch ’s want of a similar redemption far less solid . Wanda was build up to be a villain with a openhearted motivation , making her a comparable antagonist to theSpider - Manvillains ofNo Way Home . unluckily , her death comes just as she begins to redeem herself , prevent her from receiving the same uplifting ending asNo Way Home’santagonists , and the fact thatMultiverse of Madnesscomes right afterNo Way Homeonly hold this more conspicuous .
Why Scarlet Witch Deserved The Redemption The MCU Ignored
Wanda Maximoff is one of the more complex MCU heroes , but the fact remains that she has been a heroical role for most of her history in the franchise . Like the villains ofNo Way Home , Maximoff fell under the influence of a corrupting military force - in her suit , the Darkhold . Although Wanda undoubtedly interbreed the pedigree into villainy inMultiverse of Madness , there was way for buyback , as she freed herself fromthe MCU Darkholdand keep anyone else from falling victim to it , make her deficiency of a real redemption like Spider - Man ’s foes inSpider - Man : No Way Homean inauspicious determination .
