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The Trial of Magneto has just given the Scarlet Witch a way back to life following her devastating murder, but she just wouldn’t be the same.
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1, available now from Marvel.
The Trial of Magneto has only just begun, and already it stands out as one of the most unnerving events to afflict mutantkind in years. Apart from investigating the apparent murder of the Scarlet Witch on Krakoa, there is the matter of just what to do about her death beyond that. It has been known for years now that Wanda was never truly a mutant, that wasn’t always the case. While that presents a path to her resurrection, she wouldn’t be the same Scarlet Witch who died, and a return through that process could even cost Wanda the family she barely knew.
Since Wanda Maximoff’s corpse was discovered at the end of the Hellfire Gala, there’s been a general sentiment that her death is for the greater good from a mutant perspective, considering that she depowered most of the world’s mutants during House of M. But as pointed out in X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1 by Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Edgar Delgado, Tom Muller and VC’s Clayton Cowles, the situation is far from that simple when Wanda doesn’t have to stay dead. While the Scarlet Witch isn’t a mutant, her consciousness has previously been mapped by Cerebro. As such, bringing Wanda Maximoff back to life is merely a matter of bureaucracy — though doing so would come with its own unique complications.
Like all mutants, Professor X covertly used Cerebro to create digital backups of their minds for many years. But once the truth of Wanda and Pietro’s lineage became public knowledge, there was no reason for him to continue. Any version of Wanda that could be resurrected would be very different from her current self. While it’s not entirely clear where these backups stop, the Scarlet Witch learned she wasn’t a mutant in 2015’s Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender, Gerry Duggan and Daniel Acuna. That means that anything after that would not be preserved, including the events of her titular series, when she finally uncovered her true lineage.
In 2016’s James Robinson-penned Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff on a journey of self-discovery with the ghost of Agatha Harkness there to act as her guide. In the course of hunting down whatever was ailing witchcraftat large, Wanda came to know a version of her birth mother, Natalya Maximoff. Meeting on the ethereal Witches’ Road, Natalya explained her place as the Scarlet Witch to her daughter, revealing it to be a mystical legacy passed down through the women of their family. Although their time together was brief before Natalya’s spirit was lost forever, it left an indelible impact on Wanda, and bringing her back would undo all of that.
Assuming the backup of Wanda’s consciousness is as old as her mutant status becoming public knowledge, every bit of progress that she made as a hero and human being would be lost completely. While it’s not even entirely clear if Wanda needs to be resurrected through the Krakoan method, the chances of the Quiet Council coming to that decision, or The Five following through with it, are slim to none. Where Wanda is concerned, it would likely be for the best for her to not be resurrected on Krakoa, since she would likely return a big part of herself int he process.
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