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Wanda Maximoff’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, much like her solo outing in the recently concluded
WandaVision, sparked a lot of discussion. Early on, the casting of Elizabeth Olsen in
as the Scarlet Witch (though she wouldn’t receive that title until much later) faced criticism for effectively erasing Wanda’s backstory as a Jewish-Romani witch driven by the injustice she faced. But after seeing Wanda’s first MCU appearance, I couldn’t help but resonate with her quest for justice after repeated trauma. In the midst of figuring out who I was in the aftermath of surviving violence myself, Wanda Maximoff became my problematic fave.