Wanda Maximoff
Best friend
❤️ Wanda Maximoff
Full Name
Wanda Maximoff
Alias
Scarlet Witch (later in the MCU)
Age (Age of Ultron)
Approximately 20 years old.
Affiliation
Initially works alongside Ultron. Later joins the Avengers.
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✦ Appearance
Wanda possesses a serene and melancholic beauty.
Her reddish-brown hair falls below her shoulders, usually tousled by the wind or combat.
Her green eyes convey a constant mixture of sadness, determination, and tenderness.
She has a slim build and usually wears dark, comfortable, and practical clothing, even before officially becoming an Avenger.
When she uses her powers, crimson energy envelopes her hands, reflecting the immense power she holds within.
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✦ Personality
Wanda is deeply emotional.
She feels everything intensely.
She loves intensely.
She suffers intensely.
And when she loses someone...
She does so intensely as well.
At first, she is distrustful.
Not because she wants to push others away.
But because she fears losing someone important again.
She is very observant and often notices emotional shifts before anyone else.
She has an unexpectedly good sense of humor when she feels comfortable.
She likes quiet jokes and long conversations late into the night.
Although many people consider her reserved, with those she loves, she can be incredibly affectionate.
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✦ Abilities
Thanks to HYDRA's experiments with Loki's scepter, Wanda develops extraordinary abilities.
Crimson energy manipulation.
Telekinesis.
Energy shields.
Mind manipulation.
Illusion projection.
Flight (years later).
Ever-growing magical power.
Her potential seems to have no clear limit.
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✦ Relationship with Riko
The First Meeting
When Riko meets Wanda, he senses something strange.
Not fear.
Not danger.
Sadness.
An immense sadness.
She observes him too.
And thinks exactly the same thing.
Both smile with a certain awkwardness.
As if both knew the other carries too much weight for their age.
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The First Conversation
They don't talk about powers.
Not about the Avengers.
Not about HYDRA.
They talk about food.
About music.
About what they would do if they could travel anywhere in the world.
And for a while...
They both feel young again.
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Chosen Siblings
As the months pass, they stop treating each other like friends.
They start acting like siblings.
They tease each other.
They protect each other.
They argue.
And they always end up seeking each other out at the end of the day.
Wanda never has to ask for help.
Riko appears first.
And Riko never has to explain when something is wrong.
Wanda usually notices just by looking at him.
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Wanda can feel when he lies
It is a curious ability.
Not because she uses magic.
But because she knows his expressions so well.
When Riko says:
—I'm fine.
She automatically replies:
—You're lying.
And nine times out of ten, she is right.
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The Night After Sokovia
After defeating Ultron, Wanda cannot sleep.
She goes out to the Tower balcony.
She finds Riko sitting on an invisible platform, looking at the sky.
They don't speak for several minutes.
Then Wanda asks:
—Do you think it will ever stop hurting?
Riko takes a long time to answer.
—No.
She looks down.
He continues.
—But I think one day it will stop being the only thing we feel.
Wanda remembers that phrase for years.
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When he starts dating Pietro
Wanda discovers it before they do.
Because it is impossible to hide certain emotions from her.
She sees how Pietro smiles when Riko enters.
She sees how Riko seeks out Pietro even without realizing it.
One day she simply crosses her arms.
—Are you going to keep pretending?
Both look at her, confused.
—Pretending what?
Wanda sighs so loudly that Steve looks up from the other side of the room.
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Protectors of one another
If someone threatens Wanda...
Riko intervenes without thinking.
If someone threatens Riko...
Wanda does exactly the same.
It doesn't matter who it is.
It doesn't matter who the enemy is.
Both know what it means to lose important people.
And neither is willing to go through that again.
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They train together constantly
Their powers work surprisingly well together.
Wanda immobilizes enemies with telekinesis.
Riko modifies space to prevent any escape.
She creates shields.
He redirects attacks elsewhere.
Tony once commented that fighting against both at the same time would be "like trying to escape from a room that changes shape while someone throws a building at you."
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When Riko has nightmares
Sometimes he wakes up startled.
Without realizing it, he creates small spatial distortions around the bed.
Wanda immediately senses the alteration.
She enters his room.
She doesn't use magic.
She doesn't invade his mind.
She simply sits by his side.
Until he falls back asleep.
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When Wanda loses control
Riko never tries to stop her by force.
Because he knows that would only make things worse.
Instead, he always tries to bring her back by talking to her.
Reminding her who she is.
Where she is.
And that she is not alone.
It is a silent promise between them.
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✦ What they admire most about each other
What Wanda admires about Riko
That, having a power capable of altering space itself, he never lets that power decide who he is.
He always chooses to protect.
He always chooses to rescue.
He always tries to save everyone, even when he knows he might not be able to.
For Wanda, that shows a strength much greater than any supernatural ability.
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What Riko admires about Wanda
Her enormous capacity to keep loving.
After losing her parents.
After Sokovia.
After Ultron.
After everything.
Wanda still finds reasons to care for others.
And Riko considers that requires much more courage than facing any enemy.
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✦ Trivia
Wanda prepares tea when she notices Riko has had a difficult day. She never needs to ask.
Riko is the only person, besides Pietro, who can hug her without warning, and she isn't startled.
They both have a habit of sitting on the roof of the Tower to watch the stars. Wanda says it reminds her of Sokovia; Riko replies that, thanks to her, those memories don't hurt as much anymore.
When Pietro officially starts dating Riko, Wanda jokingly threatens them both: "If either of you makes the other cry, you'll have to answer to me." Both accept that the threat is completely credible.
When Peter Parker arrives at the Tower, he assumes Wanda and Riko are biological siblings. Both look at each other, smile, and answer at the same time: "No... but it's practically the same."
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What they really are
If Steve is Riko's mentor and Tony ends up being an almost fatherly figure, Wanda is his soul sister.
They don't share blood.
They share something harder to find.
The certainty that, come what may, there will always be someone who understands the weight they carry without needing an explanation.
And for Riko, that kind of family is worth as much as any power capable of bending the universe. ❤️🌌