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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

Retconning their mutantness might have been one the last things Bendis did before jumping ship, I know it happened shortly after Age of Ultron was released

Sadly we can't pin the blame for Wanda and Pietro losing their mutant-status on Bendis, it was just Marvel editorial pushing the change because in the MCU they couldn't be mutants. For Wanda I feel like it wasn't as big of a deal since she's an Avenger first and foremost but Quicksilver was so attached to mutants and being Magneto's son that it puts him in an awkward position (especially looking back at alternate realities like AoA where he is defined by that father-son relation). Them ever being Magneto's kids was itself a retcon but it landed well and had been the accepted story for over twenty years so it was jarring to see that undone.

Focusing on Wanda though, she has been through some shit. First, and most infamous, Disassembled and House of M cranked up her instability as an excuse to turn her into a plot-bomb instead of a character. Then she disappeared for a while. Then Heinberg began damage control and brought her back with the Children's Crusade, it wasn't the cleanest resurrection but obvious effort was made to salvage the character and account for M-Day. So she was set on the path of the repentant hero and joined the first Avengers Unity Division to start making right. Then, in AXIS, came the whole retcon-retcon that Magneto is not the twins' father. We are later told by High Evolutionary that he's responsible for their powers, I actually thought this wasn't the worst way to handle the non-mutant situation since he already had ties to them. But then Marvel either approved or dictated yet another origin retcon, in her solo book it was revealed that her actual mother was also a "Scarlet Witch" and apparently this is a mantle to be passed down, so the people originally thought to be the twins' parents are once again not their parents.

Scarlet Witch has always been one of my favorites and convoluted backgrounds aren't uncommon in the superhero genre but damn this gets frustrating to try and keep up with.