If Wanda was who she was before the retcon, how would the Krakoans handle her?

[Saitou Hajime]

On one hand, every mutant supervillain has been granted amnesty in Krakoa, the nation does seek to protect Omega level mutants, and she's the child of one of their most prominent leaders. But Wanda is also guilty of the greatest crime against mutantkind and has been villified like no other so far in Hickman's run. She's also not as entrenched in mutant affairs and culture as her father or even her brother, being more of a champion to humans and non-mutant metahumans. What would the Krakoans do with her?

[Agent Z]

Invite her to join Krakoa. It's not like they have a problem letting in villains who have also endangered mutants and didn't even have the mitigating circumstances Wanda did.

[king of hybrids]

Wanda would probably barred, under the cover of the M-Day stuff, on the grounds that her powers/magic grants her a measure of precognition. Probably enough to sense Moira eventually

It’s a shame; she, Proteus and Legion would have such notes to compare

[Tycon]

She’ll probably get to live in the island and Magneto would try to get her involved in some Protocol that undoes M-Day.

[Killerbee911]

They would put on her trial for sure.

[Lapsus]

The reaction would probably be the same, they would not allow her to return.

[zinderel]

She’ll probably get to live in the island and Magneto would try to get her involved in some Protocol that undoes M-Day.

I like this. “What you did to your people on M-Day was an atrocity. But it was committed under duress, and you are here, despite knowing how most mutants feel about you, you came. There is...a protocol in place. You will work with them to repair the damage you did. You can be ‘forgiven’ in time, through atonement, and we can all move forward into the future.”

If the real Wanda would just stop being so stuck up and dismissive of her culpability in the deaths and spiritual mutilations of a million mutants, and acknowledge what she did, and work to fix it (and not to fix the screw up her teammates caused, like in AvX...) then she wouldn’t be so reviled. It’s her lack of compassion and total denial of any responsibility in her attempt to wipe out a race that make people view her as Mutant Satan.

That she isn’t even a mutant after all makes it easier to hate her, sure, but...her actions and behavior do a pretty good job of that all on their own. And I say this as someone who, up until Disassembled and House of M, enjoyed Wanda as a character and still enjoys her interactions with Doctor Strange.

[GenericUsername]

I like this. “What you did to your people on M-Day was an atrocity. But it was committed under duress, and you are here, despite knowing how most mutants feel about you, you came. There is...a protocol in place. You will work with them to repair the damage you did. You can be ‘forgiven’ in time, through atonement, and we can all move forward into the future.”

If the real Wanda would just stop being so stuck up and dismissive of her culpability in the deaths and spiritual mutilations of a million mutants, and acknowledge what she did, and work to fix it (and not to fix the screw up her teammates caused, like in AvX...) then she wouldn’t be so reviled. It’s her lack of compassion and total denial of any responsibility in her attempt to wipe out a race that make people view her as Mutant Satan.

That she isn’t even a mutant after all makes it easier to hate her, sure, but...her actions and behavior do a pretty good job of that all on their own. And I say this as someone who, up until Disassembled and House of M, enjoyed Wanda as a character and still enjoys her interactions with Doctor Strange.

She tried that in Children's Crusade. Was turned down by Scott. That was over 10 years ago now.

[gurkle]

If the real Wanda would just stop being so stuck up and dismissive of her culpability in the deaths and spiritual mutilations of a million mutants, and acknowledge what she did, and work to fix it (and not to fix the screw up her teammates caused, like in AvX...) then she wouldn’t be so reviled. It’s her lack of compassion and total denial of any responsibility in her attempt to wipe out a race that make people view her as Mutant Satan.

That's an explanation for why some readers of Uncanny Avengers #1 hate her, sure, but in-universe most of her stuck-up behavior is known to only a couple of people. Practically all of it was in front of Rogue, who forgave her and became her friend for no reason after literally murdering her. (That series did not have good characterization for any mutant not named Logan.) Bendis, of all people, offered a different idea when he had Teen Jean say that she couldn't help reading Wanda's mind because M-Day is all she ever thinks about.

In-universe what we're seeing is that the AXIS retcon has been used as an excuse to set her up as a non-mutant who tried to wipe out all mutants. And the fact that she was thought to be a mutant for years just makes it worse because she was passing herself off as one of them while plotting to destroy them. It's her not being a mutant that gives the story value as a way to scare the children and unite them against a common enemy who is still alive and (sort of) thriving in the human world.

If she were still regarded as a mutant the characters would probably just hush it up, whether she was on the island or not. She wouldn't have the same propaganda value.