Originally Posted by
Steel Inquisitor
She's gone through enough to have an opinion on mutants and it has been a crucial part of her life growing up. Why is she held to a higher standard then other mutants? Because she's stuck in the Avengers section, they have their own themes to explore - it's not that she doesn't care about mutants plight. In the early years it was the reason for why she joined the Brotherhood, and being in that group changed her forever. She still bares the scars from that to this day. Conflating Wanda's experiences being a mutant just because that's how she got her powers is incredibly dismissive of the character's experiences.
Except for the times when she did, like offering herself to the X-men when they were itching to kill her on the spot in Children's Crusade, for example. And offering to repower mutants. Marvel did her a disservice but not doing more with her on this subject except this is being reacted to as though she did absolutely nothing to redemption herself, which is false.
Wanda got her life destroyed being a mutant, since when is that not enough for being oppressed or discriminated against? I agree they should have had her do more but that's not on the character, that's on Marvel and this dismisses what she's actually done while ignoring the backlash she's got from the X-men as though what they did to her was right. I'm not pretending anything, I'm juts giving her more credit that she deserves. Every time she does try the X-men try to sabotage her, so it's not like it was easy. You didn't explain the "sides," which is heavily implied to be Avengers vs X-men, but this is exclusive to Wanda.
Which happens to everyone. Normally I don't do this but when a Wanda fan refuses to stand up for her when people want her dead and who go over the top in their vengeance as if she personally hurt them I start to question things. I'm not pretending anything, and this isn't about what you read it's how a person acts. Now you care about gatekeeping?
Yes? That was what I wanted to change.
So she can only be a "real" mutant advocate if she joins the X-men, otherwise she's just faking it. My opinion on Magneto's relationship with Wanda is a non sequitur and alters what my opinion really is on this subject which verges on gaslighting to appear like your argument has the moral high ground.
Which are minor parts of her life, in your opinion? I disagree. She's already known for her psychological issues from the troubles she's had but you want to add onto that when many, many X-men have gone through much more with far less psychological barriers affecting their life? How is this fair?
In Uncanny Avengers she was openly showing remorse over what she did. Wait, you think Remender drastically changed her in UA? I've read that run, Remender gets the character and the realistic weight of what M-day did to her psyche. It was a continuation from Children's Crusade in that respect. I agree Marvel should have done more but where's the anger at the X-men for stopping her doing that? And trying to kill her and isolate her from her friends? Except you're not giving Marvel or her any credit for the things she did right after M-Day.
How about when she was in the Brotherhood, House of M, Darker Than Red, Ragnarok Now and Children's Crusade. That she hasn't had that as the focus of her life isn't the same as her not caring about being a mutant or not being affected by it.
The "misinterpretation" angle would have worked on me in the past, not anymore. None of this explains what she must do to gain your favour. No, to Wanda M-Day wasn't just a "fact" in her life, more than one story has gone into this development. Her being an Avenger has nothing to do with how she feels about M-day, that's moving the goal posts. Clearly it isn't "good" because you're not getting how this emotionally effected Wanda or that she has tried redeeming herself for it but it falls on deaf ears.
Again, what are your opinions about other mutants joining the Avengers? Why is this question so hard to get an answer to?