The following contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, now playing in theaters.
A Darkhold-corrupted Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) serves as the villain in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Her previous attempts to do good are pushed aside to make way for a crazed, murderous rampage motivated by her desire to get her children back. It's jarring to see Wanda, once an Avenger, portrayed not as a troubled soul who's made mistakes (as in WandaVision) but as the outright antagonist. It's also disconcerting to have her motherhood be the cause of her villainy (though it's also what motivates her redemption). It just adds to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's troubling history with motherhood.
