I see. So it's basically a generational thing. These readers were first exposed to Wanda during one of the worst periods of her characters' history. Judging by how popular the mutant community is among comic book fans, I sort of understand why they dislike her. But judging people for one mistake they made in a moment of grief seems pretty harsh to me. But I TOTALLY agree with you about the possibility of comic creators going back to the well again to make her a villain. She's one of the rare superheroes who has turned heel on numerous occasions, and we know the comic book industry LOVES drama and dysfunction in their storytelling so they'll probably make her turn heel again when the situation requires it. It's like Pietro and Wanda committed the original sin by signing up with the cornily-named Brotherhood of EVIL Mutants. I also HATE what the comics did with Hank Pym's slap. Just because of that lone act, I believe the MCU did not put in Hank and Jan as founding members of the Avengers in the movies. Which is a total shame because they have such an interesting history in the comics and important role in the Avengers. I definitely DISLIKE how Marvel Comics deals with mental illness. To have heroes like Hank and Wanda lash out because of their mental illness just stigmatizes it amongst comic book readers. It's been proven often enough that people who suffer from mental illness are WAY more likely to suffer from violence than to mete it out. But clearly Marvel did not get the memo. By the way, speaking of bad characterizations of people in Marvel, what is the reputation of Pietro and Jean Grey these days in the books? When I read about Quicksilver back in the day, he was undeniably an asshole. He was never truly evil, just kind of a dick. Is Pietro's dickishness still a part of his personality today (I kind of like that aspect of his character)? And what about Jean Grey. I definitely recall her committing a casual genocide while being "possessed" during the Dark Phoenix Saga. How's her popularity today? Has she been forgiven for her transgressions? I think the only difference between Wanda and Jean Grey is that the former "killed" less people, but some of those people were popular superheroes so it damaged her reputation severely. Whereas Jean Grey killed a bunch of faceless aliens on a far away planet (although her body count was WAY higher than Wanda's).