X-Men ‘97
Warning ! This article arrest spoilers for X - Men ' 97 installment 3 .
Summary
Marvel ’s Scarlet Witch has feel a switch inX - man ' 97that has made herMCUending bad after 2 years . Scarlet Witch ’s last MCU appearancesaw her embody the role of the villain inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessas she scoured the multiverse for her children . This was made possible bythe influence of the Darkhold , which tainted her mind and mark her on a track to villainy . It also bestowedScarlet Witch with incredible powersthat manipulate world and admit her to make unforesightful workplace of the Illuminati - a team that comprises some of the universe ’s most powerful superheroes .
This culminated in what looked likethe expiry of Wanda Maximoff , as she destroyed the Darkhold Castle atop Wundergore with herself still inside . The red flash that give forth from the devastation in this scene has led to speculation that Scarlet Witch is not idle - a notion spur by the fact that it would be an incredibly tragic and somewhat unfair end for the hoagie with one of the most tragic arcs in the MCU.X - valet de chambre ' 97has now compound this sentiment with the fate of its own Scarlet Witch replacement .
ten - Men ’ 97 instalment 3 , “ Fire Made Flesh , ” continue Marvel ’s rejoicing revival of X - man : TAS with a batch of delightful reference to mutant adventures .
X-Men ‘97’s Madelyne Pryor Mirrors The MCU’s Scarlet Witch
Cast
10 - Men ' 97episode 3 delved into the story of Madelyne Pryor , a knockoff of Jean Grey created by Mr. Sinister . The secret plan unfurled as the " existent " Jean Grey found her way to the X - Mansion , revealing the reliable nature of the person the X - world had assume to be her , and with whom Cyclops conceived Nathan Summers . This culminated in Madelyn Pryor ’s ancestry into becoming the sequence ’s primary villain while under the influence of her creator , Mr. Sinister .
Her violation on the X - Men draw a few notable latitude to Scarlet Witch . There are forcible similarities , such as red hair and comparable outfits , similar powers , and the fact thatthey are both under the influence of malevolent forces . Pryor ’s ability to manipulate realness itself , subject the Adam - military man to a stretch in what Morph draw as " hell , " is interchangeable to Scarlet Witch ’s ability to bend world to her will , as seen most prominently inWandaVision ’s township of Westview . The similarities do n’t end there , though , with the two share-out all of the adopt ability .
Power
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Madelyne Pryor Example
Scarlet Witch Example
psychokinesis
fire shards of chicken feed at Magneto
lift a displace caravan from its tracks
Forcefield Generation
Protecting her house from Mr. Sinister ’s blast
protect her syndicate from Agatha ’s attacks
Mind Control
possess Morph to fight for her
Causing agents to indicate their hired gun at Tyler Hayward
Levitation
In her battle with the X - valet de chambre
In her battle with the sorcerers at Kamar - Taj
Energy Blasts
In her conflict with Ultron
Both Madelyne Pryor and Wanda Maximoff cause their opponents to survive out their spoilt fears in a genial delusion . Wanda does this in her first MCU show -Avengers : Age of Ultron .
Madelyne Pryor’s Ending Made Scarlet Witch’s More Tragic
Madelyne Pryor ’s nefarious tenure ended up being relatively shortly - lived before the original Jean Grey freed her from Mr. Sinister ’s control condition . After retaliating against her mental capturer , Pryor was then afforded the chance to will . This is a moderately reasonable fate for the " goblin queen , " given that her actions were not entirely her own and that she had to relinquish her tyke just moment before . This makes the fact that Scarlet Witch , whose circumstances were sorely standardised , was brandmark a villain and drink down off even more unmanageable to abide .
Likemany MCU villains , Wanda ’s sympathetic motif made her compelling . Her MCU journeying see her lose everybody she ever love , and when face with the probability to be with her children once more , she state to sorry big businessman . While her nefarious bar was decidedly more murderous than Pryor’s , it is hard to free precluding Wanda from her own salvation arc . Madelyne Pryor , meanwhile , has every prospect to render inX - Men ' 97and absolve herself fully .
