Marvel Officially Confirms Scarlet Witch Died In Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

Scarlet Witch's MCU return is highly doubtful after a new Marvel book appears to confirm the death of the character in Multiverse of Madness.

Summary

Scarlet Witch's fate in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is revealed through the new book, officially confirming her tragic death.
Wanda's character development in the movie is criticized, as her transformation from a complicated hero to an outright villain is seen as a missed opportunity for a satisfying ending.
Despite the sacrifice she makes and the redemption she achieves, it's argued that Scarlet Witch deserved a better ending considering the amount of trauma and loss she has experienced throughout the MCU.

Scarlet Witch's fate has received a terrible update as Marvel has confirmed that the character died in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Audiences were curious about Wanda Maximoff's fate toward the end of the movie since it was unclear. While Scarlet Witch was seemingly crushed by falling rocks, MCU characters don't always stay dead and her mystical powers may have saved her in some way.

However, in the new book titled Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, Scarlet Witch's tragic demise appears to be confirmed. The moment occurs during the ending of Multiverse of Madness after Wanda destroys Mount Wungadore and there is a red burst once the rocks crush her. The book says. "[Wanda] destroys Wundagore – and collapses it upon herself – ending two great threats to all of the Multiverse." Additionally, the entry in the book has a symbol corresponding to a major character death, officially confirming Scarlet Witch's fate.

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Why Scarlet Witch Deserved A Better Ending In The MCU

In Multiverse of Madness, Scarlet Witch goes on a path of destruction to find a universe where she can be with her kids. She needs to find America Chavez and is willing to do anything to get her, including sacking Kamar-Taj and killing the Illuminati. When she finally sees her kids, they are terrified by the monster she's become, and she finally sees the error of her ways. To right her wrongs and save Doctor Strange, Wong, and Chavez, she destroys the mountain and all copies of the Darkhold with it.

While Scarlet Witch's sacrifice is a moment of redemption that sends out Wanda as a hero, it's a disappointing ending for a character who deserves better. Wanda arguably went through the most trauma out of any MCU character. Her family died when she was young, and then she was experimented on before her brother died while fighting Ultron. She later sacrificed Vision only for it to be meaningless, she then got blipped, came back from the blip, and set up her dream life in Westview before having to take it down.

Her villainous turn is one that did make some sense considering how much she lost and what she wanted to get back. However, Multiverse of Madness turned her from a complicated hero into an outright villain who used her trauma as an excuse for the destruction she caused. Wanda deserved a moment where she learned to use everything she lost for the greater good and move on with her life, but she never got that. If Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was the end for Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda, then the MCU may have missed an opportunity to give her a satisfying ending.

Source: Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline