Scarlet Witch has been Wanda's codename since her first appearance -- iirc, even before we learned her name -- way back when she was part of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
At first this is because her powers look like magic, but later, after she joins the Avengers and finds out about her birth family (Magda and Magneto), we learn that she was given some chaos magic as a newborn by Cthon.
It's only then that she starts looking for specific magic instruction -- I like the meta reading of her subconsciously shaping the universe to give her a place to belong. She may not be Magneto's daughter, and she may not be an Avenger, but she is a witch.
This also shows in the way that she's friendly (at minimum) with all the other magic users I can remember her interacting with, be that Agatha Harkness, Magyk or DOOM.
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Date: 2016-05-28 10:25 pm (UTC)Re: Wanda and "Scarlet Witch"
Scarlet Witch has been Wanda's codename since her first appearance -- iirc, even before we learned her name -- way back when she was part of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
At first this is because her powers look like magic, but later, after she joins the Avengers and finds out about her birth family (Magda and Magneto), we learn that she was given some chaos magic as a newborn by Cthon.
It's only then that she starts looking for specific magic instruction -- I like the meta reading of her subconsciously shaping the universe to give her a place to belong. She may not be Magneto's daughter, and she may not be an Avenger, but she is a witch.
This also shows in the way that she's friendly (at minimum) with all the other magic users I can remember her interacting with, be that Agatha Harkness, Magyk or DOOM.
Domino also has luck-based powers!