House of M Issue Seven AU Questions: What if Wanda Maximoff uttered these words..."I wished you never existed."? What would happen if Wanda caused her world to seemingly return to it's regular state....with the exception being her dad, Magneto, who got wished out of existence (not only that, but, Wanda had also caused it so that she herself, Pietro, Lorna, Magneto's other child, Anya, Magneto's clone, Joseph and Magneto's creation, Alpha got wiped from existence too)?
There’s one particular problem: Wanda’s heartfelt wishes never work out “as intended”.
Layla Millerwho had very different set of mutant powers prior to House of M and the crucial role in the events of this series is one good example. And we know that Wanda’s “No more mutants!” hasn’t really stuck for long and didn’t affect more than a hundred of mutants from the start. Yes, this is a meta-problem due to the specifics of comics continuity and business but we still have to consider it. In-world it shows that Wanda’s reality warping is flawed and/or that she’s not rationally evil, cruel or tyrannical. She’s in pain. That makes her decisions and wishes powerful and spiteful, yet sporadic. I digressed for a reason: I don’t believe that removing Magneto from the existence would be permanent (Legion tried) - not only because of the editorial reasons but because Wanda desperately wants to work things out, to find some peace, to find her place. Her “just stop” reaction is a knee-jerk kicking the problems away. And she knows deep down it won’t help her in the end and is not the right way.
But, yeah, it could have affected the course of the history drastically. My first thought was of Charles Xavier and Gabi Haller in Israel, they could have been dead if Erik wasn’t there, sooo: no X-Men, then another yet worse Age of Apocalypse would happen, affecting mutants, humans and inhumans alike. Not nice.
Also: fuck that retcon, yes.
