Scarlet Witch's fate has received a terrible update as the MCU timeline don't always stay dead, and her mystical powers seemed like they could have saved her in some way.
However, in the MCU book titled Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, Scarlet Witch's tragic demise appears to be confirmed. The moment occurs during the ending of Multiverse of Madness after Wanda destroys Mount Wungadore and there is a red burst once the rocks crush her. The book says, "[Wanda] destroys Wundagore – and collapses it upon herself – ending two great threats to all of the Multiverse." Additionally, the entry in the book has a symbol corresponding to a major character's death, officially confirming the Scarlet Witch's fate.
How Scarlet Witch Died In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness sees Wanda fully embrace being the Scarlet Witch, hunting through the multiverse to capture America Chavez and take her powers. Using the Darkhold, Wanda dreamwalks through various universes trying to find her children, who vanished at the end of WandaVision. Wanting nothing more than to be their mother again, Wanda will seemingly stop at nothing to get to them, including killing multiple heroes from other universes.
Wanda brings down the temple, getting crushed by the falling debris in the process.
By the end of the film, Scarlet Witch decides to destroy the Darkhold temple and the various books around the multiverse, accepting that the variants she's encountered aren't her children and making sure this can't happen again. In doing so, Wanda brings down the temple, getting crushed by the falling debris in the process. Her body was never shown, but she did indeed die, marking the end of Scarlet Witch's journey.
Why Scarlet Witch Deserved A Better Ending In The MCU
In Multiverse of Madness, Scarlet Witch goes on a path of destruction to find a universe where she can be with her kids. She needs to find America Chavez and is willing to do anything to get her, including sacking Kamar-Taj and killing the Illuminati. When she finally sees her kids, they are terrified by the monster she's become, and she finally sees the error of her ways. To right her wrongs and save Doctor Strange, Wong, and Chavez, she destroys the mountain and all copies of the Darkhold with it.
While Scarlet Witch's sacrifice is a moment of redemption that sends out Wanda as a hero, it's a disappointing ending for a character who deserves better. Wanda arguably went through the most trauma out of any MCU character. Her family died when she was young, and then she was experimented on before her brother died while fighting Ultron. She later sacrifices Vision only for it to be meaningless. She then got blipped, came back from the blip, and set up her dream life in Westview before having to take it down.
Elizabeth Olsen has stated that she will not appear in Agatha All Along as Scarlet Witch, but hasn't completely rejected the possibility of an MCU return for the character.
Her villainous turn is one that did make some sense considering how much she lost and what she wanted to get back. However, Multiverse of Madness turned her from a complicated hero into an outright villain who used her trauma as an excuse for the destruction she caused. Wanda deserved a moment where she learned to use everything she lost for the greater good and move on with her life, but she never got that. If Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was the end for Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda, then the MCU may have missed an opportunity to give her a satisfying ending.
How The Multiverse Saga Could Still Bring Scarlet Witch Back To The MCU
While Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch is now confirmed to have died in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, this still doesn't necessarily mean the end of the character's story entirely, especially in the wake of the Multiverse Saga bringing variants to the table. Given MCU's Scarlet Witch was shown warping the nature of reality before in WandaVision, it'd be entirely possible for her to do so in some form again.
Failing that, it may make more sense for a variant of the character to take the main stage instead - particularly if Avengers: Secret Wars adapts the element of the comics that saw universes combine together, as this could be used to justify some variants having a permanent place in the main MCU timeline and universe. This is doubly true given the MCU X-Men introduction could be used to bring in another version of Scarlet Witch who is this time able to have her full mutant backstory from the offset.
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While the franchise definitely has enough heroes to focus on without being too concerned with Scarlet Witch for the time being, there's also certainly still plenty of stories that the MCU could use if they were willing to bring the character back in some form from her Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness death. With audiences having had time to become attached to Wanda as both a hero and a villain over the course of her time on-screen, it could make most sense to capitalize on this further with some reprisal of the role.
How Agatha All Along Is Setting Up Scarlet Witch's Return
The beginning of Agatha All Along has Agatha still under Wanda's spell, thinking she is still Agnes, working as a detective, and discovering a murder scene where the victim looks suspiciously like Wanda. Agnes eventually meets Joe Locke's character "Teen", who helps free Agatha from the spell. This begins to set off a chain of events that could very well lead to Scarlet Witch returning to the MCU.
After breaking free from the spell, Agatha gathers a new coven of witches to travel the Witches' Road in hopes of regaining her power she lost during the events of WandaVision. As seen in Agatha All Along, the Witches' Road is a mysterious place that holds many secrets, which could be the key to bringing Wanda back from the dead. Of course, another connection to Wanda throughout the show is Joe Locke's character.
Agatha All Along Episode 6 Ending Explained: What Billy Maximoff Wants From The Witches' Road Revealed
Agatha All Along episode 6 builds on episode 5’s massive cliffhanger, revealing the MCU origins of Billy Maximoff and teasing what is to come.
After a long period of speculation, and Agatha All Along playing coy with the character's identity, episode 5 finally confirmed that "Teen" is Wiccan (Billy), one of Wanda's children from WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Towards the end of episode 5, Wiccan easily overcomes Agatha and the rest of the coven, showcasing just how powerful he already is, despite telling Agatha he wasn't.
Why he lied to Agatha about that and the mystery of who put a spell on him so no one would know who he was remains a mystery. Episode 6 did confirm that Billy is searching for his brother Tommy. It still remains unclear if these events could lead to Wanda eventually coming back. Whatever the case, Scarlet Witch's death in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness being confirmed doesn't mean the character may never return to the MCU, even if her revival would have to have a suitable justification.
Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
- Release Date
- May 6, 2022
- Runtime
- 126 minutes
- Director
- Sam Raimi
Cast
Doctor Stephen Strange
Xochitl GomezAmerica Chavez
WHERE TO WATCH
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness follows Doctor Strange as he navigates diverse and perilous alternate realities in the Multiverse with the aid of mystical allies. Directed by Sam Raimi, this installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe introduces a mysterious new adversary.
MCU Movies
Source: Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline
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