What If…?
Warning : This clause moderate spoilers for What If … ? season 2 , episode 6 , " What If … Kahhori Reshaped the humankind ? "
Summary
wonder Studios’What If … ?season 2 might have just revealed that Elizabeth Olsen ’s Scarlet Witch is actually immortal in theMCU , despite her apparent death in Phase 4 . Elizabeth Olsen debuted as Wanda Maximoff , a.k.a . the Scarlet Witch , in the post - credits scene of 2014’sCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , and has since become an Avenger , a fugitive and a bona fide villain during 2022’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Phase 4’sDoctor Strangesequel seemed to brand the end of theScarlet Witch ’s MCU journeying , as she sacrificed herself to demolish Mount Wundagore and the Darkhold , but a antecedently - unseen ability for Wanda Maximoff may have just been uncover .
Despite Wanda Maximoff ’s apparent demise at the end ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , there has been speculation that Elizabeth Olsen will still render to portray the Scarlet Witchin the MCU ’s live - action future . Prior to this potential return , however , Olsen has reprize the role inMarvel Studios’What If … ?season 2 , which premier on December 22 , 2023.What If … ?season 2 has introduced several new variant Italian sandwich into the MCU ’s Phase 5 , including an original MCU persona in sequence 6 , " What If … Kahhori Reshaped the World ? , " and the titularKahhori ’s Tesseract - ground abilitieshint at the Scarlet Witch have yet another powerful ability in the MCU ’s live - action risky venture .
Scarlet Witch ’s recurrence in What If … ? time of year 2 is a reminder that the MCU can take back Elizabeth Olsen ’s Wanda Maximoff earlier rather than later .
What If…? Hints Scarlet Witch Cannot Die
DuringWhat If … ?season 2 , episode 6 , " What If … Kahhori Reshaped the World ? , " the nominal Kahhori , voiced byEcho’sDevery Jacobs , is transfer to Sky World - a place feign by the Space Stone energy housed within the Tesseract . The residents of Sky World , all of whom had journeyed through the Tesseract - infused Forbidden Lake , have been gifted remarkable power , including enhanced speed , telekinesis , superhuman strength and a regenerative healing factor . Upon encounter Atahraks , another superpowered occupant of Sky World , Kahhori learns that everyone with these power no longer experiences age , and accordingly do n’t die , and this has previously been seen in the live - action MCU .
Brie Larson ’s Carol Danvers became empowered by energy from the Tesseract in 2019’sCaptain Marvel , and since the 1995 - exercise set project , Danvers has scantily age a twenty-four hours . It ’s possible that the other Infinity Stones imbue these gifts on individuals , too , which could suggest that the Scarlet Witch may also have an elongated life-time . While she was born a beldame , Wanda Maximoff ’s abilities were enhance through vulnerability to the Mind Stone , allowing her to get at chaos magic and become the Scarlet Witch . If the Mind Stone also gifted her immortality , it ’s possible that theScarlet Witch is n’t actually dead afterMultiverse of Madness , hinting at her much - promise return .
Marvel’s Tesseract Retcon Causes An Issue For Phase 2
If the Mind Stone gifted the Scarlet Witch immortality as well as her other telling gifts , Marvel Studios still needs to excuse one variance from the MCU ’s Phase 2.Wanda ’s brother , Aaron Taylor - Johnson ’s Pietro Maximoff , also had his power enhanced by the Mind Stone , transforming him into the speedster Quicksilver . However , Quicksilver was kill - off in 2015’sAvengers : Age of Ultron , falling victim to a barrage of bullets , and this conventional death go against the estimate of him being immortal . It ’s potential this could be explained as him and Wanda having an elongated lifespan and not invulnerability , butWhat If … ?season 2 could soon fully explain this exciting unexampled ability .
New sequence ofWhat If … ?season 2 release daily at 3 am ET/12am PT on Disney+ .
