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Mary Jane and Scarlet Witch's Tragic Connection, Explained
BY
TIMOTHY DONOHOO
PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO
Mary Jane Watson has recently lost her fake children in the Spider-Man comics, giving her a tragic connection to the MCU's Scarlet Witch.

Mary Jane, Scarlet Witch and Theri Childern
The recent Spider-Man comics have been littered with drama and tragedy, be it for the Web-Slinger himself or his supporting cast. That includes his usual love interest, Mary Jane Watson, who had seemingly moved on and found a family elsewhere. Her family fell apart after calamity struck, losing her children in a way that eerily resembled one character's fate in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Scarlet Witch's powers allowed her to live an idyllic life with her husband The Vision and their two sons. As she eventually learned, this was all a dream conjured up via hex. When Scarlet Witch's fantasy came crashing down, the aftermath was devastating. Mary Jane finds herself walking through a similar tragedy, all the way down to her children disappearing as well.

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The Most Controversial Recent Spider-Man Story Ended In Tragedy for Mary Jane
Mary Jane hugs her children with Paul standing in the background in Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man #25
In the current Zeb Wells run on The Amazing Spider-Man, many of the well-received changes and developments made in the previous few runs were done away with. Most notably, Peter Parker and Mary Jane's restored romance disappeared. Peter started the run veritably hated by his supporting cast. Mary Jane wanted nothing to do with him, and she had started a relationship with another man named Paul. Fans quickly disliked Paul for taking Peter Parker's place. The fact Paul had two children with Mary Jane only made matters worse in terms of her and Peter getting back together. One the truth was revealed, however, things took a turn for the worse for MJ's newfound family.

Paul was actually from another dimension than the 616 Marvel Universe. Additionally, Owen and Stephanie weren't Paul and Mary Jane's biological kids. Instead, Paul and MJ found and rescued the lonely children while they were trapped in the alternate dimension. The truth was that Owen and Stephanie had been created by the villain known as The Emissary. When The Emissary returned to claim Mary Jane's life, he promptly showcased his power by making them disappear. The children were never truly real. Having her children unmade and torn away from her was one of the most devastating tragedies Mary Jane has ever experienced. However, MJ's not the only Marvel character to experience that type of loss.

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Billy and Tommy Maximoff prepare to fight Agatha Harkness alongside their parents, Vision and Scarlet Witch, in the WandaVision series finale.
Prior to the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (played by Elizabeth Olsen) had become romantically involved with fellow Avenger The Vision. Sadly, he would meet his end in the movie's finale when Thanos' forces extracted the Mind Stone from him. Following this tragedy, Wanda created a new reality for herself in the town of Westview, casting a hex around it to where it resembled a new fantasy reality. There, Wanda lived with a recreated Vision, and the two eventually had sons named Billy and Tommy. Given its lack of basis in reality, this dream life saw a dark conclusion.

When Wanda realized what she'd done and how far she'd gone in her grief, she had a harrowing decision to make. After defeating Agatha, Wanda undid the hex around Westview, thereby restoring the people who had lived there to their normal lives. This meant she had to say goodbye to her family. The false Vision and her fake kids disappeared soon after. The situation would heavily affect Wanda's psyche, and her prolonged grief influenced her villainous actions in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. This development added several layers to Wanda in the MCU.

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How Mary Jane Is Now Like the MCU's Scarlet Witch
Wanda eating some cereal in WandaVision
The comparisons between Mary Jane Watson's current status quo and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are many. They both found themselves raising and loving children who never truly were real. Similarly, they raised their kids alongside partners who were helping them copy from previous loss. Wanda romanced the fake Vision after the real one's death, whereas Mary Jane fell in love with Paul after deciding she wanted nothing to do with Peter Parker. Despite trying to build a happy family, both mothers had their children vanish and couldn't do anything to stop it.

A big difference, however, was the cause behind these circumstances. Mary Jane's life has become almost as tragic as Spider-Man's life, and the entire ordeal with Paul and the kids proves it. She met Paul after losing Peter in an alternate dimension. While Peter was gone from his world for only a few days, MJ's time spent elsewhere amounted to 4 fours year. She had to come to terms with possibly never seeing Peter again. Deciding to move on, Mary Jane started a new family with Paul. Now she must cope with the fact that her family life was partly based on a lie. Mary Jane didn't cause any of this, but she's still suffering from having her children mystically stolen away.

In Wanda's case, losing her children is theoretically her own fault. She conjured them up through her hex reality, and even the renewed relationship with "Vision" was something she made happen. Given how it affected the lives of those who were completely unrelated to her tragedy, Wanda comes out looking far less sympathetic than Mary Jane. This is only made worse by what Scarlet Witch did in Multiverse of Madness, which cemented her descent into villainy. Wanda losing her kids is heartbreaking, but it's even more brutal for MJ, who did nothing wrong. Mary Jane isn't the only Spider-Man character to experience tragedies portrayed in the MCU, but her situation is by far the most despondent.

It's not the only case of a Spider-Man character imitating the Marvel Cinematic Universe's tragedy, but it might be the most despondent.