Post Civil War: Captain America & Scarlet Witch

[Black_Shift]

I probably missed the thread about the Captain trying to move in on Vision's wife... But a question popped in my head the other day: After Civil War, after the return of the Witch; Will we see the Steve/Wanda romance start up again?

I, for one, would like to see this happen. I don't know the whole story because I was out of comics at the time, but in Avengers: Disassembled I noticed Cap was really heartbroken because of what was happening to Wanda, and I peeped that cover of the two locking lips, so I put 3 and 4 together and got 7...

So, anyway back to reasons why I think this would be some compelling story in multiple books...

1. Young Avengers - Wiccan & Speed, Wanda's kids, they are currently allied with Captain America and have trained under him, they have said that they would like to go find Mommy Dearest. The amount of drama that could come of that is quite thick on many levels. Plus we have The Vision, he looks like Wanda's now dead husband, but acts like Iron Lad and has "feelings" for Cassie... duck, I see the mud flying.

2. Mighty Avengers - Heir Stark is still miffed about ol' Witchy, just look how he's acting... Tony would love to get his hands on Wanda and try to make her pay for all of the things Bendis made her do, and we already know that Cap and Shell Head could give two flying leaps about one another so that leads me to...

3. Secret Avengers - Cap sets out to find Wanda after Hawkeye lets him know that they're both on the run, and we get to see the drama between those three, plus the exciting Hunt for the Witch as Tony comes knocking while Steve does everything in his power to save Wanda and clear her name...

4. X-Factor - Quicksilver. X-Factor. De-Powered Mutant Town. Scarlet Witch. You do the math.

All I know for sure is... I want MY SCARLET WITCH BACK!!!

[Jmacq1]

I dunno. While I thought the idea of Cap and Wanda together was cute, I'm not sure either of them would pursue it further. Because it was never really certain that Wanda actually -was- attracted to him, as opposed to just messing with his head.

And Steve himself would probably have a hard time believing that it was genuine, to boot. She basically was messing with his head pretty seriously during the whole "Disassembled" bit (giving him hallucinations, etc...). Plus Cap's pretty hot n' heavy with Sharon again now (though of course recent issues are putting the longevity of the reunion in doubt).

Anyway, while I wouldn't mind seeing it explored, I'm not sure that's the route they'll take. Heck, I'm not even sure they're going to allow Wanda to become a viable character again anytime soon.

[Gnarl]

It would make for interesting relations with Magneto.

Today, the idea that you need the fathers permission to court a woman is quaint and oldfashioned.

Neither Cap nor Magneto is from today. They both had these notions imprinted during their formative years. And Cap prides himself on his moral fibre.

[StoneGold]

I doubt it, simply because it wouldn't seem to jive well with Brubaker's style of book. It's sort of the equivalent of the Nightwing book when they tease him going out with Starfire. Kind of hard to operate solo when your girlfriend could pulverize your entire rogues gallery with her eyes closed. Granted, it's not the same situation exactly with Steve and Wanda, but close enough.

[StoneGold]

Today, the idea that you need the fathers permission to court a woman is quaint and oldfashioned.

Meh, Maggie'd just be happy she's no longer banging the toaster.

[Siddon]

I think so.... I mean lets face it things are getting really screwed up with the biggies.

[Gnarl]

Meh, Maggie'd just be happy she's no longer banging the toaster.

Ah, but the toaster married her! Presumably first. To Cap and Magnetos generation that matters big!

I can just see the next Avengers mission against Magneto turning into an ugly domestic after someone lets it slip. With Spider-Man providing a running commentary.

[Phrozen]

It would make for interesting relations with Magneto.

Today, the idea that you need the fathers permission to court a woman is quaint and oldfashioned.

Neither Cap nor Magneto is from today. They both had these notions imprinted during their formative years. And Cap prides himself on his moral fibre.

No, it wouldn't. Wanda considers Django Maximoff her father not Magneto.

[-S-Man-]

I would love for that to happen, it would definately make a good read after Avengers Disassembled and HoM. Does anyone else think that the current Vission would be upset if his "wife" got off with someone else? If I were him I would be searching for her...

Has she come into the open yet?

[XPac]

I would love for that to happen, it would definately make a good read after Avengers Disassembled and HoM. Does anyone else think that the current Vission would be upset if his "wife" got off with someone else? If I were him I would be searching for her...

Has she come into the open yet?

The current Vision doesn't have Wonderman brain patters though... unless Kang had the hots for Wanda too he probably won't give a dam.

If anything, think it's more likely Wanda would get upset that Vision had the hots for Cassie.

[-S-Man-]

I thought he might be having feelings for someone else but didn't want to voice it out loud :p I recon steve and wanda make a better match :D

[jmc247]

No, it wouldn't. Wanda considers Django Maximoff her father not Magneto.

She considered Magneto her father in the 1980s when he was the headmaster of the X-Men and New Mutants.

Then they had him go bad again in the 1990s and they had a feminist "I am women hear me roar thing" going on with Wanda so those two combined to get the "biology does not make you my father" crap of the 1990s.

However, you will notice in House of M they changed their relationship once again to one where she just wanted them to be a family and just wanted him and Pietro to be happy, but he always put his mutant fight over her.

Whatever her relationship to Magneto is when she comes back will be up to the writers.

[gyrich.]

Steve and Wanda and most of the dissembled storyline made very little sense to me. Maybe she was just after genetic material to recreate her kids as Wiccan and Speed?

Can't imagine them getting back together romantically...she was allegedly insane at the time.

[Babylon23]

All I know for sure is... I want MY SCARLET WITCH BACK!!!

You and me both, my friend.

As for the Cap/Wanda relationship, I thought it was building up nicely in Cap/Falcon. I don't know if it was intended to tie into the events of Disassembled right from the outset or not, but I was annoyed when it did. It seemed like a natural progression on Wanda's part.

I'm all for it if it's handled well, and if it helps undo the damage done to Wanda in Disassembled. This is good:

[Dermie]

I probably missed the thread about the Captain trying to move in on Vision's wife...

The captain *never* tried to 'move in on the Vision's wife'. There was a period where he was considering the possibility of a relationship with Wanda--but that would be several years after her marriage to Vision had ended, and both Wanda and Vision had already moved on to other relationships.

But a question popped in my head the other day: After Civil War, after the return of the Witch; Will we see the Steve/Wanda romance start up again?

I highly doubt it. For one thing, Wanda would need a lot of mental help before she would be in a mental state where a relationship with her would even be possible. Secondly, Cap is already involved with someone right now, and I really don't see Brubaker going down that road.

Because it was never really certain that Wanda actually -was- attracted to him, as opposed to just messing with his head.

Yes, Wanda was actually attracted to him--that was established way back when Wanda first joined the Avengers. That is where Priest got the idea for the storyline in the first place--the fact that Wanda had this crush on Cap from way back.
Unfortunately, that crush hadn't been referenced at all in decades because Wanda had since moved on to other relationships, which made the sudden reappearance of the attraction feel a bit awkward. Don't get me wrong; I thought Priest did a wonderful job with the relationship--but it did feel a bit like he was taking Wanda backward about 30 years to justify it.

Does anyone else think that the current Vission would be upset if his "wife" got off with someone else?

Nope, considering that the current Vision is a separate entity. He doesn't consider himself to be Wanda's ex-husband, so I don't see how it would bother him at all. Besides, the original Vision had already started moving on anyway, between Wanda's relationship with Wonder Man, and his own short-lived romance with Mantis.

As for the Cap/Wanda relationship, I thought it was building up nicely in Cap/Falcon. I don't know if it was intended to tie into the events of Disassembled right from the outset or not, but I was annoyed when it did. It seemed like a natural progression on Wanda's part.

No, it wasn't originally intended to--Priest originally intended the Cap/Wanda relationship to play out in year 2 of the series, and spend year 1 setting it up. But he had to accelerate his plans once he was informed about the plans for Disassembled.
As for being a natural progression for Wanda, I disagree. The last few years of Wanda's development before this (in both Busiek and Geoff Johns' AVENGERS runs) had been setting the groundwork for Wanda and Vision to get back together. Wanda's crush on Cap was actually going backwards, to when she first joined the Avengers. Presumably her attraction to Cap had always remained there on some level...but it was a bit awkward how it suddenly reappeared out of nowhere, when she had spent the last few months getting closer to Vision again.
I would have liked to have seen how Priest would have played the relationship out if he hadn't been forced to rush it along for Disassembled.