Scarlet Witch’s fate has received a terrifying update, as Marvel has confirmed that the character died in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Audiences were curious about Wanda Maximoff’s fate at the end of the film, as it was unclear. Although Scarlet Witch was apparently crushed by falling rocks, characters in the MCU timeline don’t always stay dead, and her mystical powers seemed like they could have saved her somehow.
However, in the MCU book titled The Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe: An Official TimelineScarlet Witch’s tragic death appears to be confirmed. The moment occurs during the end of Multiverse of Madness after Wanda destroys Mount Wungadore and there is a red explosion as the rocks crush her. The book says: “[Wanda] destroys Wundagore – and collapses in on itself – ending two major threats to the entire Multiverse.” Additionally, The book’s entry has a symbol corresponding to the death of an important character, 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 the role of Scarlet Witch, hunting the multiverse to capture America Chavez and take her powers. Using the Darkhold, Wanda walks through several universes in dreams trying to find her children, who disappeared 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 several heroes from other universes.
Wanda collapses the temple, being crushed by the falling debris in the process.
At 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 encountered are not her children and ensuring this does not happen again. In doing so, Wanda collapses the temple, being 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 MadnessScarlet Witch follows a path of destruction to find a universe where she can be with her children. She needs to find America Chavez and is willing to do anything to win her, including firing Kamar-Taj and killing the Illuminati. When she finally sees her children, they are terrified of the monster she has become, and she finally realizes 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 therefore.
Although Scarlet Witch’s sacrifice is a moment of redemption that casts Wanda as a hero, It’s a disappointing ending for a character who deserves better. Wanda has undoubtedly experienced the greatest trauma of any character in the MCU. Her family died when she was young, and so she had experiences before her brother died while fighting Ultron. She later sacrifices Vision only for her to lose her senses. She then got a warning, came back from the warning, and set up her dream life in Westview before having to tear it down.
Her villainous turn made some sense, considering how much she lost and what she wanted to get back. However, Multiverse of Madness turned her from a complicated heroine into a 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 it was the end of Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda, so 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
Although it is now confirmed that Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch died in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessThis still doesn’t necessarily mean the complete end of the character’s story, especially after the Multiverse Saga brought variants to the table. Given that the MCU’s Scarlet Witch has been shown warping the nature of reality before in WandaVisionit would be perfectly possible for her to do it in some form again.
Otherwise, it might make more sense for a variant of the character to take center stage – especially if Avengers: Secret Wars adapts the element of the comics that saw universes combine, as this could be used to justify some variants having a permanent place in the MCU timeline and main universe. This is doubly true, as the introduction of the MCU X-Men could be used to bring in another version of Scarlet Witch, who this time is able to have her entire mutant history from the beginning.
While the franchise definitely has enough heroes to focus on without worrying too much about Scarlet Witch for now, there are certainly still plenty of stories the MCU could use if they were willing to bring the character back in some form of her own. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness death. With audiences having had time to grow attached to Wanda as both hero and villain throughout her time on screen, it could make more sense to capitalize on this further with some role reprisal.
How Agatha is preparing for Scarlet Witch’s return
The beginning of Agatha all the time has Agatha still under Wanda’s spell, thinking she’s still Agnes, working as a detective, and discovering a crime scene where the victim looks suspiciously like Wanda. Agnes finally 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’s return to the MCU.
After freeing herself from the spell, Agatha gathers a new coven of witches to travel the Witch’s Road in hopes of regaining the power she lost during the events of WandaVision. As seen in Agatha all the timeThe 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 series is the character of Joe Locke.
After a long period of speculation, and Agatha all the time playing coy with the character’s identity, episode 5 finally confirmed that “Teen” is Wiccan (Billy)one of Wanda’s children WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. At the end of episode 5, Wiccan easily surpasses Agatha and the rest of the clan, showing how powerful he already is despite telling Agatha he wasn’t.
Why he lied to Agatha about this and the mystery of who put a spell on him so no one would know who he was remains a mystery. Episode 6 confirmed that Billy is looking for his brother Tommy. It’s not yet clear whether these events could lead to Wanda returning. Whatever the case, Scarlet Witch’s death in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Being confirmed does not mean that the character will never return to the MCU, even if her revival must have an adequate justification.
In Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU takes a deeper dive into the Multiverse and the unknown, introducing variants of Strange and other familiar friends and foes – including the Illuminati – and offering a new perspective on how it works and connects. The story follows Stephen Strange, now post-blip and no longer the Sorcerer Supreme. When a terrifying monster ravages New York trying to capture a young woman from another multiverse named America Chavez, Strange becomes her new protector. Unfortunately, his new enemy is a former ally, Wanda Maximoff. To protect Chavez and stop Wanda’s rampage, Strange travels the Multiverse in search of answers – and encounters compelling and terrifying realities that expand the Marvel Universe in a whole new way.
Source: The Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline