scarletwitching:

Evo Wanda is a good example of superpowers being an expression of the character, rather than a separate, secondary thing. She’s raw anger personified, and that is reflected in how her powers manifest. She just kinda does whatever, without much explanation, but it’s a destructive kind of whatever. There is no restraint because she’s all pain and no self control. They’re closer to 616 in a sense (and 616 Wanda’s powers are tied to her emotions, though not in quite the same way), but they’re doing thematic work that 616 Wanda’s powers don’t typically do.

She’s also a teen girl power fantasy in a different way than 616 Wanda has ever been. She’s all destruction, but it’s a pointed, deliberate destruction. She wants revenge and feels no guilt about that. She doesn’t want to hold back, which is why she resonated with young girls, who are so often told to not show emotion and not be angry and to make themselves smaller and quieter and less visible.

That’s why it’s extra awful that their only story ideas for her revolved around her being used and controlled and eventually mindraped into being a different character. She isn’t allowed to win. She’s a problem for the writers (too powerful, too self-possessed, too uncontrolled) the way that women who don’t conform to expectations are problems for society. Rather than give her something to do, they immediately grew bored because (and this is by admission of someone who worked on the show) they thought Magneto was right. They thought she was – this is an exact quote – “damaged goods.” They didn’t care about her journey, and they didn’t understand what was resonant or powerful about her. 

So they destroyed it.