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Warning : contain spoilers for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver # 1Just like scores of Marvel Comics fans , theMCU ’s sarcastic sidekick Darcy Lewiswants one major Marvel retcon to be reversed … excitedly hoping that Magneto is theScarlet Witchand Quicksilver ’s biologic father . Sent a mystic metallic element boxful from Magneto inScarlet Witch & Quicksilver#1 , Wanda study a billet from her controversial father figure , hiding the content from her brother andprompting Darcy to opine about the undercover message .
Wanda and Pietro Maximoff ’s parentage has been a major talk point in Marvel Comics lore for tenner , and theAXISevent definitively show thatMagneto was not their biologic father … butmany extend to hope that this retcon will itself be retconned away .
TheAXISevent get a line Scarlet Witch ramble a spell have in mind to harm her biological relation , and only Quicksilver react , prove that Magneto was not their biological father .
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver#1 , from writer Steve Orlando with artists Lorenzo Tammetta and Frank William , depicts Wanda and Pietro proceed to confrontthe bequest and injury of being Magneto ’s children , with Darcy Lewis excited about the possibility thatMagneto is the twin ’s bio - dad , which Wanda quickly shut down .
Darcy Wants Marvel To Retcon Wanda And Pietro’s Parentage
Current Marvel canon posits that Wanda and Pietro are not mutants , were give their powers through experimentation by the High Evolutionary , and are the children of Django and Marya Maximoff . Many rooter were upset at this retcon , trust that it irrigate down their complex familial relationships and made major stories likeHouse of Mless impactful . While Darcy does n’t explicitly say she wish Magneto was their biologic founding father , her animated questioning about a " heavy reveal " that Magneto is their bio - pa is enough to knowshe would be excite if Marvel retconned their family relationship once again .
The letter that the Scarlet Witch finds in the box that Magneto leave for them has nothing to do with the twin ’s stock and is such a harsh rebuke of Quicksilver that Wanda forbids him from record it . Quicksilver and Magneto ’s relationship has always been strain , after Magneto ’s years of mistreatment towards Pietro , and his execution of Pietro afterHouse of M. In many waysDarcy represents the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver buff base- hope foranotherretcon to their family relationship with Magneto - and the letter of the alphabet not relating at all to parentage is Marvel editorial , uphold current Marvel canyon .
Magneto’s Biological Relationship Doesn’t Matter Much To His Children
While Quicksilver and Magneto never found a elbow room to repair their relationship , specially after Pietro thought that Magneto had kill Wanda inTrial of Magneto , Wanda and Magneto have forge a path onwards as father and girl . Magneto ’s biologic daughter , the X - Men hero Polaris , made it decipherable to Wanda that they are sisters , andMagneto is her father regardless of lineage line of descent . While this may be enough for the Scarlet Witch , there are those like Darcy Lewis who are still wait for another familial arcanum to emerge .
There have been no hints that the truth ofScarlet Witchand Quicksilver ’s parentage will be retconned once again , but the late brilliant retcon of Mystique and Destiny as Nightcrawler ’s biological parentsgives some hope to fans who are desperateto see Magneto formally named as Wanda and Pietro ’s father . The MCU ’s Darcy Lewis would seemingly have intercourse to see Wanda and Pietro ’s pedigree fault sort out , but it face like Marvel Comics is not yet ready to retcon their retcon .
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver#1from Marvel Comics is available now in stores .
Custom image by Alex Schlesinger (from Lucas Werneck)
