Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”
I want to wait till after the show ends now but by how the show sticks the landing and then how our Wanda is by that point I think we should then get back on then campaign;
#WheresWanda
Try to increase it and find ways to expand it going of the momentum of the show.
"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future – I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS – From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
Come Join and Learn about Wanda Maximoff at: The Scarlet Witch Appreciation Thread 2023!
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Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”
"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future – I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS – From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
Come Join and Learn about Wanda Maximoff at: The Scarlet Witch Appreciation Thread 2023!
Our Wanda got one of the most Epic and Memorably Executed Name Drops Ever & the Internet & the World Watching Cheers!
"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future – I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS – From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
Come Join and Learn about Wanda Maximoff at: The Scarlet Witch Appreciation Thread 2023!
And then it's further established in the Busiek run that her probability manipulation is due to Chaos Magic, while her baseline mutant power is very likely energy manipulation.(Which kinda plug her into Chaos Magic) Her power set should be analyzed at historical length, not just one panel from a specific issue.
I would roughly divide them into
1.Pre-1974(Pure mutant probability power)
2.1974-1979(Mutant probability power+Witchcraft training)
3.1974-1990s(Mutant probability power+Witchcraft training+magical talent from Chthon)
4.late 1980s-early 1990s(all above plus Nexus Being)
5.1998-2015(mutant energy manipulation+Witchcraft training+Chaos Magic from Chthon)
6.2015-2016(HE genetically modified energy manipulation+Witchcraft training+Chaos Magic from Chthon)
7.2016-now(HE genetically modified energy manipulation+Witchcraft training(with Witch bloodline)+Chaos Magic from Chthon)
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That is honestly the BEST Breakdown of Scarlet Witches Power set I have ever read MaximoffTrash, I truly enjoyed reading it! Thanks for that!
It truly makes you realize what a long and uniquely strange journey Wanda’s power sets have been and it is one of the reasons why I love her so, a totally unique set of powers always being discovered and evolving add to her rich history and definite of who she is. It is not always easy and the recons are pain some of them, but Wanda has one of the coolest sets of powers ever!
I guess now We can add in another set with the MCU version that being a legendary Witch mythos to her resume!
By the level of fear and the way Agatha talked about Wanda, she just found the Witch equivalent to the Legendary Super Saiyan, which as an Anime fan I found Awesome!
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"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future – I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS – From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
Come Join and Learn about Wanda Maximoff at: The Scarlet Witch Appreciation Thread 2023!
Thanks CJ! It's more of a rough breakdown like I said.
I kinda leave out Nexus Being after the 90s, since it's not really being mentioned that much Post-Force Works/SW V1 I think?(And it feels like more of a "all-stats buff" than something specific, yeah, she get powers like flying and stuff, and it can also be later achieved by levitation spells which would be considered Witchcraft I think?)
Anyway it's more of a personal take(and I just left out the Post-Bendis/Pre-Slott phase where "Chaos Magic doesn't exist".) Since it's never explicitly mentioned that HE's experiment functionally replaced her mutant power.(I would assume it's the case since both are genetically based.)
That being said I think it would be interesting to see Wanda as a RPG video game character of some sort, where Genetic Power/Witchcraft/Chaos Magic are her three main skill trees, while Chthonic origin/Witch bloodline/Nexus Being will be listed as some form of talent/bonus/buff.
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Yeah, and leaving out the 'reality manipulation' stuff where she'd wave her hands and millions of mutants would lose their powers (or, later, wave her hands and dozens of mutants would get summoned and thrown at an enemy to their deaths, because she wasn't hated enough by X-fans by the time of Uncanny Avengers).
I made an animated gif , feel free to use it if you like it.
Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”