You know what only just now occurred to me?

The very first person she should have gone to is Peter Parker/Spider Man. He can't do much for her directly, but he's about the only one that I think would listen to her and understand without hilarious misunderstandings and inevitable failure. (Next in line would be Ben Grimm/Thing, but I don't trust the rest of the FF).
 
You know what only just now occurred to me?

The very first person she should have gone to is Peter Parker/Spider Man. He can't do much for her directly, but he's about the only one that I think would listen to her and understand without hilarious misunderstandings and inevitable failure. (Next in line would be Ben Grimm/Thing, but I don't trust the rest of the FF).
This is the mcu, he's probably either doesn't have any powers and is too young.

I think maybe she should start running all her plans through some sort of committee. Cause she has some pretty horrible decision making skills.
She is running it past Petro, it's just he's letting her do whatever because he doesn't want to up and leave her.
 
This is the mcu, he's probably either doesn't have any powers and is too young.
He was spider'd up sometime between about late 2014 / mid 2015. Captain America is in the Avengers so it is at least 2012. Hydra is known to be active so we are at least 2014. I don't know if we are post Age of Ultron or not (2015).

As far as I'm concerned, if it's past 2014 then he's a valid target to visit. It's not about the fire power, it's about being able to open communications and making connections.
 
A strange woman decides to come up to you and make a connection for no reason. Would you trust that woman? It's the same logic that's messed her up.
 
Considering she was willing to destroy the Darkhold I wonder when she'll consider breaking the Mind Stone. She does that and hides the remains separately in impossible to reach or access places and the SNAP can be avoided altogether. Seems to only be spurring on bad choices and making the pair traceable.
Unless Thanos's timeline gets accelerated for some reason, Wanda is pretty confident that she has the better part of two or three years to prepare before he starts making active moves to go after the Infinity Stones, and rates her odds as being pretty good against him even if it comes to a knock-down fight -- in End Game, OG!Wanda almost solo'ed Thanos on her own (when he had no stones, but still). Not only that, Wanda has the potential to be stronger than Dr Strange, and Strange put up a good showing one-on-one against Thanos even when he had four of the stones. While Thanos is a long-term problem that definitely needs to be solved, she's still pretty confident at this stage that she has time to line things up so something like destroying the Mind Stone wouldn't be necessary. In the interim, it's a massively powerful tool that would be wasted if it were destroyed.

Destroying the Darkhold is a little different, given (a) it's explicitly evil, (b) there doesn't seem to be any way to use it safely without exposing yourself to its corruptive effects, and (c) it's only a copy, and destroying it doesn't permanently remove access to the stuff in it. There are almost no good reasons to keep it around.

This is the mcu, he's probably either doesn't have any powers and is too young.
He was spider'd up sometime between about late 2014 / mid 2015. Captain America is in the Avengers so it is at least 2012. Hydra is known to be active so we are at least 2014. I don't know if we are post Age of Ultron or not (2015).

As far as I'm concerned, if it's past 2014 then he's a valid target to visit. It's not about the fire power, it's about being able to open communications and making connections.
The opening scene of the first chapter is the opening scene of Age of Ultron.

In Civil War, which occurs roughly six months after AoU, it is noted that Spider-Man has been active for about six months. So he's probably only just gotten his powers relatively recently.

It's also worth noting that Peter is also only 14 or 15, so while she could maybe go to him and have a chat, what would be the point? He can't really help her with anything, and he's in New York, literally right under the Avengers' noses. Even if she was willing to stash the Mind Stone somewhere unattended for a bit, it's very risky for them to go to NYC at the moment.
 
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It's also worth noting that Peter is also only 14 or 15, so while she could maybe go to him and have a chat, what would be the point?
Wanda and Pietro have been stuck in their personal circle of heck where the only people they can really talk to is each other. That can't be healthy. Especially when the world is potentially ending, multiple times.
 
Wanda and Pietro have been stuck in their personal circle of heck where the only people they can really talk to is each other. That can't be healthy. Especially when the world is potentially ending, multiple times.
A 15 yr old is supposed to help with that? Might as well go on an internet forum then because you can't be straight with them either.
 
A world-ending being of immense power? A challenge, to be sure, but this was her whole deal, really: taking power from the undeserving.
Who's underestimating who now Agatha? Heading there immediately because you think the Scarlet Witch will be easy pickings? Agatha you should know going in with no prep time is going to bite you in the ass. WandaSI is going to know most of what she can do, whilst having the Mind Stone in reserve. That is not discounting that Wizards and Witch's are always strongest in the lair's. Agatha in WandaVision had a while to prepare and lead Wanda into here territory first.
 
Who's underestimating who now Agatha? Heading there immediately because you think the Scarlet Witch will be easy pickings? Agatha you should know going in with no prep time is going to bite you in the ass. WandaSI is going to know most of what she can do, whilst having the Mind Stone in reserve. That is not discounting that Wizards and Witch's are always strongest in the lair's. Agatha in WandaVision had a while to prepare and lead Wanda into here territory first.
AgathaQuest: "Wait, shit. Did we make another enemy without noticing, again?!"
 
Failing so hard again but this time against someone that can track her better. Really messing up bad Wanda.

She may have gotten a boost due to her knowledge but I don't think she's at Wanda vision Wanda level yet. So Agatha wins this hands down.

Edit: she's collecting enemies like candy. At least she has someone she can mind destroy without feeling bad if she wins.
Hey! The only way to fail is forward!
 
Wanda and Pietro have been stuck in their personal circle of heck where the only people they can really talk to is each other. That can't be healthy. Especially when the world is potentially ending, multiple times.
Don't worry I'm sure Wanda will stumble backwards into making Vision. But if Spidey even exists yet he's of no use at all to Wanda's "brilliant plan" (mark 23.5)
 
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At this point, if I were in Wanda's shoes? I'd probably go back to Hydra, because they're somehow less prone to failure than I am. Goddamn.

I'm going to start listening to the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme when I start a new chapter.

Edit: For the record, I am absolutely loving it.
 
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Wanda in ten chapters be like, "Oden is depowered. That means Hela's prison is weakened. I should open a portal and free her to get an ally."
 
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Wanda and Pietro have been stuck in their personal circle of heck where the only people they can really talk to is each other. That can't be healthy. Especially when the world is potentially ending, multiple times.
I'm sure that Wanda will recognise and choose to work through her trauma at the hands of Hydra, lack of healthy and positive human interaction, identity issues, and feelings of incredible guilt and inadequacy, just as we all recognise our own faults and needs and address them in a completely healthy manner. That is definitely what is going to happen.

Who's underestimating who now Agatha? Heading there immediately because you think the Scarlet Witch will be easy pickings? Agatha you should know going in with no prep time is going to bite you in the ass. WandaSI is going to know most of what she can do, whilst having the Mind Stone in reserve. That is not discounting that Wizards and Witch's are always strongest in the lair's. Agatha in WandaVision had a while to prepare and lead Wanda into here territory first.
It's worth noting that, while Agatha knows Wanda's current location and can track her, she doesn't indicate that she's about to rush off and immediately engage. We only get WandaVision to go off, but the MO she uses there is to approach covertly and observe before making moves. It's reasonable to assume she'll do the same here.

Wanda would somehow accidentally convince Starlord that she, personally, gave his mom cancer.
Star-Lord: "...what?"
Wanda: "Now, now, all right… I know that sounds bad..."
 
Star-Lord: "...what?"
Wanda: "Now, now, all right… I know that sounds bad..."

Starlord: "My mom died of cancer when I was a child. It was devastating."

Wanda: "Oh, I have unlimited power! I can fix that with a bit of time travel!"

*Jumps through a portal, instantly returns shell-shocked*

Starlord: "Nothing happened! What's wrong?"

Wanda: "...it turns out time-travel portals are carcinogenic."
 
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I'm sure that Wanda will recognise and choose to work through her trauma at the hands of Hydra, lack of healthy and positive human interaction, identity issues, and feelings of incredible guilt and inadequacy, just as we all recognise our own faults and needs and address them in a completely healthy manner. That is definitely what is going to happen.
I mean, it wouldn't if you hadn't added the bit after that last comma!

(This is me reminding myself I need to find a therapist, badly.)
 
It's worth noting that, while Agatha knows Wanda's current location and can track her, she doesn't indicate that she's about to rush off and immediately engage. We only get WandaVision to go off, but the MO she uses there is to approach covertly and observe before making moves. It's reasonable to assume she'll do the same here.
I got the sense reading the passage that the strand of chaos magic that Agatha captured and was using to track Wanda was decaying rapidly, i.e. that Agatha wouldn't necessarily be able to track her down again. Combine that with the fact that the twins current M.O is to portal everywhere and Agatha would either need an alternative tracking method or to strike while the iron is hot.

That having been said, she probably can track Wanda in a number of ways, so yeah, Wanda will have her work cut out for her.
 
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MCU Timeline
Question, have the events of GOTG2 happened yet?
Just because it's useful to have for people to see, this is the timeline I have been using and will continue to reference for this fic (as compiled and maintained by /u/UnfavorableSpiderFan on Reddit) -- note that, obviously, some things are not going to happen at the time they originally happened because Wanda has already borked everything to hell and back.

As previously mentioned, I'm not including Agents of SHIELD in my canon timeline. I also haven't watched Inhumans (though I've heard it's bad), Cloak & Dagger, Helstrom, or The Runaways, so I am not including them either.


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MCU TIMELINE

1942-1945

  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
1946-1947
  • AGENT CARTER: SEASONS 1-2
194?
  • MARVEL ONE-SHOT: AGENT CARTER
1995
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL
Feb-Nov 2010
  • IRON MAN
April-July 2011
  • IRON MAN 2
  • THE INCREDIBLE HULK
  • MARVEL ONE-SHOT: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THOR'S HAMMER
  • THOR
  • MARVEL ONE-SHOT: THE CONSULTANT
May 2012
  • THE AVENGERS
  • MARVEL ONE-SHOT: ITEM 47
Dec 2012
  • IRON MAN 3
2013
  • MARVEL ONE-SHOT: ALL HAIL THE KING
Sep 2013-Jan 2014
  • THOR: THE DARK WORLD
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
2014
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
  • I AM GROOT: GROOT'S FIRST STEPS
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2
  • I AM GROOT: THE LITTLE GUY
  • I AM GROOT: GROOT'S PURSUIT
  • I AM GROOT: GROOT TAKES A BATH
  • I AM GROOT: MAGNUM OPUS
July-Oct 2014
  • DAREDEVIL: SEASON 1
Feb-March 2015
  • JESSICA JONES: SEASON 1
April-June 2015
  • THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
July-Dec 2015
  • DAREDEVIL: SEASON 2, episodes 1-7
  • ANT-MAN
  • DAREDEVIL: SEASON 2, episodes 8-13
Dec 2015
  • LUKE CAGE: SEASON 1
Jan-April 2016
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
April 2016
  • BLACK PANTHER
  • BLACK WIDOW
Feb-July 2016
  • IRON FIST: SEASON 1
Jan 2015-Sept 2016
  • DOCTOR STRANGE
Sept 2016
  • SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
Oct-Nov 2016
  • THE DEFENDERS - episodes 1-8
Nov 2016
  • THE PUNISHER: SEASON 1
June 2017
  • JESSICA JONES: SEASON 2
July 2017
  • LUKE CAGE: SEASON 2
Sept-Oct 2017
  • IRON FIST: SEASON 2
Oct-Nov 2017
  • DAREDEVIL: SEASON 3
Nov 2017
  • THOR: RAGNAROK
Nov-Dec 2017
  • THE PUNISHER: SEASON 2
March 2018
  • JESSICA JONES: SEASON 3
April-May 2018
  • ANT-MAN & THE WASP
May 2018
  • THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Oct 2023
  • THE AVENGERS: ENDGAME
[Loki: Season 1]
[What If...?: Season 1]
  • THE ETERNALS
Nov 2023
  • WANDAVISION - episodes 1-9
March-April 2024
  • SHANG-CHI & THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
April 2024
  • THE FALCON & THE WINTER SOLDIER - episodes 1-6
April-May 2024
  • THOR: LOVE & THUNDER
June 2024
  • SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
June-Dec 2024
  • SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Nov 2024
  • DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
Dec 2024
  • HAWKEYE - episodes 1-6
March-April 2025
  • SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - SEASON 1, episodes 1-4
April-May 2025
  • MOON KNIGHT: SEASON 1
May 2025
  • BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
  • SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - SEASON 1, episode 5
June 2025
  • SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - SEASON 1, episode 6
July 2025
  • ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
  • SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - SEASON 1, episode 7
Aug 2025
  • SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - SEASON 1, episodes 8-9
  • SECRET INVASION - episodes 1-6
Sept-Oct 2025
  • MS. MARVEL: SEASON 1
Dec 2025
  • SPECIAL PRESENTATION: THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL
  • SPECIAL PRESENTATION: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT
2026
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 3
 
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In my opinion this latest update crosses the edge from making honest mistakes in unfamiliar situations into outright stupidity.
While I applaud the way you portray the consequences of her actions, I personally really dislike reading about idiots. So I can only hope that in future updates she actually takes a moment to reflect on her mistakes and starts thinking at least a single step ahead.
 
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