And then even beyond that, there’s also a queered element (that is still very racialized!) to their relationship where Wanda is repeatedly accused of being sexually deviant for being attracted to Vision, and Vision consistently has his gender status questioned because he can’t “really” be a man if he’s not a human being.

Now to get personal, my father was a Rromani( from Romanian, which is why I use the double r) man who dead when I was very young. I was cut off from every part of him. I am Jewish on my mother’s side but was never allowed to acknowledge that. My mom was convinced my best chance at life was presenting as an all American girl. I was desperate to learn about myself so much. So I devoured every Scarlet Witch comic and form of media there was growing up because it gave me a connection I did not have to my father’s culture. I was culturally isolated from my father’s community. Out of my respect to Rromani people having a closed culture, I worked hard not to overstep my bounds. So the character of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch was very important to me. Wanda and Pietro’s storylines were my first real exposure to the horrors, brutalizations, and oppression my father’s people faced and are still in full force today.

Marvel had a chance to showcase Wanda’s trauma/grief with her actual comic storylines without making her( again, a Jewish Rromani character with a Holocaust survivor for a father) as an “ I wanted to change the world” nazi white girl who grew up wanting to live the American dream.

So special shout out to L*zzie O*lsen for being a terrible racist who has stated in multiple interviews she was aware of Wanda’s race and culture and still decided to play the part. Shout out to her for her consistent use of the g*psy slur. Shout for to her for fighting to keep parts of the costume that were meant to represent comic Wanda’s heritage that she had no business wearing.

If you want some starting point on Rromani history, I would suggest “We are the Romani People” by Ian Hancock.

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Anyway, here’s the updated version WITH EYEBROWS

I seriously love Kevin Wada’s redesign of The Scarlet Witch~!

[ The original of this piece is for sale here!!!  <3 ]