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Folks at Marvel were trying to figure out how to launch phase 4 of the MCU, incorporate the addition of the X-Men, the relaunch of the Fantastic Four, and help the MCU on Disney+ get off the ground, and Feige was like:
Now everything is in one house. It has the potential to be a huge freaking mess.
"Hey, did you know the witch who mentored Wanda was a nanny for the Fantastic Four? Maybe she could be in this."
Fox and Marvel fought over her before Marvel said:
Wanda was bending reality and causing a ruckus. Then she said these 3 words:
In some ways House of M was a reaction to a Marvel comics problem: too many mutants were being created. The universe was getting messy.
WandaVision is nailing this.
Wanda rid the world of Mutants, but she also brought them back. Her fight to shape reality was both a destructive and creative force.
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