X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 - "Verdigris" (2021)

written by Leah Williams art by Lucas Werneck, David Messina, & Edgar Delgado

Leah Williams is just giving us a sneak peek at MCU Wiccan and Speed. I can’t really explain that position, but I’m certain it’s true

*Takes a deep breath* Let’s go... 

We are on issue 4 of a 5 issue miniseries and we have yet to have any “suspects” other than magneto, any clues other than “she was strangled by metals that had magnetic blah blah but now it might be magic”, there is no other motives, suspects, plot really, they stood around and talked about this already and we are back talking again. I’m not the best at writing mysteries but you would think some kind of actual mystery is being found out, oh and of course this is the TRIAL of magneto. so yeah it’s all about Wanda, seriously haven’t even seen enough focus on the title character yet. 

Just how many “Wanda must release her guilt and overcome her past actions” plots are we up to now? I lost count. 

The art in this series is literally doing all the work, I can’t fault it for terrible writing, Old Lady Wanda is a good concept but not like this.

I hate this next part. so. much. 

“You sound like my Brother.” Oh you mean the brother who supports and loves you? the brother who stands by you even with everyone turned their back on you? that brother? Williams writing is so terrible and honestly at this point I am beyond anger. I am disgusted. 

Yes, let’s have Billy who knew her his whole life scream at her.... oh wait Billy hasn’t known her his whole life, hasn’t literally defended and protected her his whole life, however we all know her twin brother PIETRO doesn’t exist (:

I can’t even understand this, this is healing???? THIS IS HEALING? Being yelled at and attacked is healing??? Really? REALLY. 

I cannot believe we got the Crone/Mother/Maiden with Wanda in this way, like this is one of my all time fave tropes when writing witches/magic stuff and it fails here. The art is too good for this writing. 

Now they have to come together to fight the monster, WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO? 

You know what we get? We get a whole page of Logan, we get pages of x-men and avengers fighting a monster, we get 1 Lorna panel. You know what we don’t get? PIETRO. 

I am. so. freaking. sick. of. this. shit.

I am SICK of Wanda being infantilized and shown as some timid woman who can’t control her power or who hasn’t moved beyond her past. I am so SICK of these meaningless “girl power” moments that have literally no impact because we have already gone through this. I am so sick of Wanda’s Redemption arc. 

I want to rant so much about how House of M WASN’T HER FAULT. IT WAS NOT HER FAULT, and it WAS NOT PIETRO’S FAULT. The Avengers and X-Men were going to KILL Wanda, and Pietro did the only thing he could do to save her. It’s not right but I am SICK of the Maximoff Twins carrying the blame and none of it goes to the ones who put them in that position. 

Oh wow there’s the title character, amazing. /s

And yay Billy and Tommy gets kudos because he got to yell some sense into his mother. :D Not like that wasn’t messed up and ooc for them. /s

Oh wonderful, the “Wanda Maximoff is the Bogeyman of Krakoa” crowd is here, why everyone is here! Who? Pietro? hahaha don’t be stupid, Pietro isn’t here, he doesn’t exist unless someone is butchering his character with bad writing remember? /s

Everyone is there except Quicksilver. And next issue Wanda gets to say who was behind it all! Wow what an amazing end to such a useless and pointless storyline, where nothing mattered and the “mystery” is solved. 

I’m calling it now: Wanda will reveal that Pietro was the attacker this whole time.

As the eldritch giant monsters were finally defeated, Scarlet Witch learnt to forgive herself and says her goodbyes to her past and future selves before approaching to the crowd of cheering mutants who were glad that Krakoaland is safe from the monsters. Scarlet Witch went over to Magneto and the twins to give them hugs. 

However, not everyone were grateful to Scarlet Witch as some of the mutants were suspicious and were even accusing her of making the monsters appear. Wiccan, Speed, the Avengers, X-Men and X-Factor leapt up to defend Scarlet Witch. This issue ends with a cliffhanger where Scarlet Witch and Emma Frost were about to make an intense conversation. 

- X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4, 2021

They really should have just called it “The Trial of the Scarlet Witch” instead of “The Trial of Magneto”.

Also, Leah REALLY made some choices with Billy and Tommy on this one huh.

Tommy & Billy discovering the Scarlet Witch is their mother in Young Avengers #11

Agnes: *turns out to be Agatha Harkness*

Everyone:

Also everyone:

And Monica’s :“The only lies I’ve told are the ones you put in my mouth!”

Like yessss eat her mentally unstable ass up!!

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 - "Verdigris" (2021)

written by Leah Williams art by Lucas Werneck, David Messina, & Edgar Delgado

Best Ford Mustang

IS THERE A GREATER MAN THAN KEANU REEVES? STATS SEEM TO POINT THE ANSWER TO ‘NO’!!! Some stories of how wholesome Keanu reeves is!!!

Leah Williams is asking for me to become violent what the FUCK

My take on a WandaVision spoof of those old Disney Channel bumpers, ft. the Minimoff twins

LGBT characters from Marvel

(from wiki fandom)

Tommy Shepherd (Speed)

He’s bisexual in the comics. He’s one of Wanda’s twin sons.

Billy Kaplan (Wiccan)

He’s gay in the comics. He’s one of Wanda’s twin sons. He married Hulkling,

Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

He’s pansexual in the comics. 

Raven Darkholme (Mystique)

She’s genderfluid and bisexual in the comics. 

Peter Quill (Starlord)

He’s bisexual in the comics.

Kitty Pryde

She’s bisexual in the comics.

Loki

He’s genderfluid and bisexual in the comics.

Tony Stark (Iron Man)

He’s bisexual in one of the Earth’s, specifically Earth-TRN562.

Brunhilde (Valkyrie)

She’s bisexual in the comics and was confirmed bisexual in the MCU.

America Chavez (Miss America)

She’s a lesbian in the comics. 

Theodore Altman (Hulkling)

He’s gay in the comics. He married Wiccan.

Stephen Strange (Dr. Strange)

I don’t think it was explicitly confirmed he’s pansexual, some people say it was implied several times in the comics.

Bobby Drake (Iceman)

He’s gay in the comics.

Vivian

She’s a lesbian. She’s Vision’s daughter in the comics.

Let me know if I forgot someone!

marvel pride, but it’s just affronting the unspoken HORRORS only queer people with queer siblings know about (twitter) [ID in next reblog]

Also I want to talk about my favorite moment of the Finale

Because despite how amazing it was it’s not this:

not this:

This:

Or even this:

It’s this:

Watching this scene, I was shocked that Wanda kept missing her target. Unlike casting spells, thowing energy blasts is something Wanda clearly knows how to do, so why would she miss? The clever reason, because she wasn’t trying to hit Agatha. She knew she couldn’t overpower Agatha, she didn’t have the training and she didn’t have the skill. But what she did have was the most basic element of witchcraft, which Agatha stupidly taught her during a classic Villain monologue. And she took that knowledge and she made it her own. Talk about raw magic all you want, but even before the mind stone Wanda had the potential to be an amazingly powerful witch, and this scene just proves that all over again. 

We love Wanda and her spine breaking poses

Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven SPEED (1994), dir. Jan de Bont

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 - "Verdigris" (2021)

written by Leah Williams art by Lucas Werneck, David Messina, & Edgar Delgado