The issue is really less about color (especially since comic colors are kind of arbitrary and change a lot), more that the comic version is Romani and therefore she was whitewashed by casting someone who isn't.
This always turns into a big argument because the comic version has had so many different parents and origins. But that's what people mean when they say MCU Wanda is whitewashed, and when they say she's not white they're referring to her origin rather than the way she's been drawn.
But the editor of the new Scarlet Witch comic also edited Quicksilver's miniseries after "No Surrender" a few years back, which tried to portray his Romani heritage in a more authentic and in-depth way than anyone had tried before (since originally it was just there because of magic stereotypes, like with Doom and Nightcrawler). So I wouldn't be surprised if the new comic tries to go there as well.
Which is fine and good, I just am always afraid of the people on social media who try to shame fans who like multiple versions of the character. Hopefully I'm being irrationally afraid. I probably am. And as I said before I'm probably contributing to future social media blowups by even calling attention to the controversies, which most people won't even notice.
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Love is for souls, not bodies.
"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!
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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!
"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!
Closing in on the last half an hour for this thread. Hard to believe that this year went this fast. Happy New Year Wanda fans. Blessings to not just our fave but everyone here.
Love is for souls, not bodies.
I has been quite a year, one more eventful then we could have guess but we did it all together, I stil remember the beginnings of this year like they where so soon, yet still so long ago with how much has transpirted and change.
But we did it all Togehter, A Great Blessing to You GenericUsername , You are not just a Great Fan, but one of the best people on CBR I know, We are Blessed for You being You, a Very Happy New Year to you before 2022 comes to a close.
& Finally to Everyone here before 2022 Closed a Blessing to all of you for being you, Thanks for being such Good Friends to each other and fans of our Wanda, Happy New Your and a Toast to our 2022 Thread!
I leave the Last Imagesof this you with the ones that Meant more to me and I am sure others her as well, the Image that where a Blessings the most to use, I know it has changed my life and the poster for 2022!
"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!
Happy new year to everyone. I hope 2023 will be a great year