Scarlet Witch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)

Scarlet Witch (AKA Wanda Maximoff) is a minor character in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, an antagonist turned ally in Avengers: Age of Ultron, supporting character in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War/Endgame, the main protagonist villain of WandaVision, and the main antagonist of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

She is a former member of the Avengers, and she is Quicksilver's twin sister, both of whom are children of Magneto. She is portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen.

Unfortunately, while she was good in the previous MCU projects, she was badly flanderized in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Why She Was The Scarlet Bitch

 * 1) To write off the first problem of her character in the movie, she was badly flanderized as she went from a caring, benevolent, kind-hearted, and selfless superheroine to an egotistical, sadistic, self-righteous, and ferocious villain, who was willing to kill off opponents and even innocent people for her own goals, all because she wanted to be with her imaginary kids. In fact, it’s to the point she makes the 2011 version of Wonder Woman look like a kind-hearted, passive, and non-violent female in comparison.
 * 2) While it was understandable that Wanda had suffered a lot while losing her family members and friends over the years, her tragic past does not give her excuses for the Scarlet Witch to endanger the Multiverse for the sake of getting her imaginary kids back. She knew very well that the Darkhold held the main purpose of corrupting people like Agatha Harkness, yet she deliberately took possession of it and let it control her to the point where she would be unreasonable to listen. Her counterarguments with the protagonists had been nothing more than plain and pathetic excuses for numerous attempts to absorb the powers of America Chavez, even knowing well that such action would kill the young girl.
 * 3) She did not show any remorse for her malicious actions until Chavez uses her powers to send Wanda back to Earth-838, where the imaginary/alternate kids rightfully rejected her and made her see the error of her way  at the last minute  . She redeemed herself and uses her powers to bring down Mount Wundagore, simultaneously destroying all copies of the Darkhold throughout the multiverse.
 * 4) This film also tries too hard to make the Scarlet Witch sympathetic similarly to the Flag-Smasher, the main villain of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, due to their similar motivations, while in reality, both of them thrive for selfish ends using merciless, terroristic, and destructive approaches despite claiming to fight for noble causes.
 * 5) The film took all her negative traits, cranked them up to 10, and threw her good qualities all out of the window.
 * 6) She never gets punished for her actions, which makes her a Karma Houdini.
 * 7) Her redemption, while good, was a bit half-baked.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) She was a better character outside of this movie and redeemed herself in the end.
 * 2) Elizabeth Olsen still did a good job portraying her.
 * 3) She does care for her kids in the home world and could be considered likable in that universe too.