#wandajan

[wlwles6ians]

[scarlet--wiccan]

what are your thoughts on carolwanda, scarletstrange, wandajan, wandaclea, and wandaclint? also did wanda and steve canonically have a thing going on in 616 or was that only in the what if disassembled comic?

Wowwwwww, you just really loaded this question up, huh?

Wanda's good friends with most of these characters, but the majority of these pairings are not suitable for romance, if that's what you're asking. The only person I would feel comfortable taking that path with Wanda is Carol. One of the defining elements of their friendship, specifically from the 2010s and onward, is that they actively put effort into being better friends and making their relationship stronger. They've both failed each other in the past-- in fact, I would say that both characters have been majorly shaped by the ways in which their friends, family, and support systems have failed to protect them. In contemporary comics, they're both characters whose strength really comes from their resilience and commitment to growth and healing, although they present those themes very differently. Wanda and Carol recognize these parts of themselves and their own experiences in each other, and I think that's what allows them to click so naturally in comics like Thompson's run on Captain Marvel and its spin-off, Star.

To me, this is one of the greatest strengths of the female characters and female friendships in the Avengers cast-- a lot of them have been on a similar trajectory, and they're good at lending each other that support. That includes Janet, for sure, but she hasn't had as many opportunities as Carol to explore that aspect of her relationship with Wanda on-page. I was actually very frustrated that Darkhold gave them so little page-time together.

I don't, personally, ship either of them with Wanda romantically. I would rather see Carol and Rhodey's relationship get the treatment it deserves than put her with anyone else, and for me it's important that Wanda be allowed to date other people of color who are better equipped to understand her cultural experiences.

Clea and Stephen are married, and I'm not interested in breaking that up. Stephen and Wanda have a lot of history together, but I think of their relationship somewhat like Wanda's dynamic with Agatha--they're peers and friends now, but they started out with more of a doctor-patient, mentor-mentee relationship, and Stephen, like Agatha, was once very paternalistic towards Wanda. He's one of the characters I still hold accountable for mistreating, or, in this case, misdiagnosing Wanda during Disassembled, although he was certainly a good deal kinder to her than some people during HoM.

Clint is a hard pass for several reasons, one of which being that he slept with Wanda when she had amnesia after the Decimation. Years later, it turned out that the person he'd been with was actually a doombot, but he didn't know that.

[miragekarma]

love them

[moontours]

Wanda deciding what traits to bestow upon Jan after her death: Hmmmm....

Let's make her 50% hotter, and 70% stronger.....

Death: That's too much power for the Wasp, the Multiverse will crumble at her feet.

Wanda: That's the Point. The Multiverse is already trembling before my Sons, I want my Bff to join the fun.

IM OBSESSED WITH IT. WANDAJAN BESTIES