[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness] What if the Illuminati used the Infinity Stones against Scarlet Witch

despite strange 616 warnings they severely underestimated their 838 Wanda's powers

This still makes zero sense. It's the freaking multiverse. Anyone can be a threat! They instantly dismiss Wanda as if there's just no way one of her variants could be dangerous. It's plot-mandated stupidity. The Illuminati need to be stupid weaklings just so that the plot can move on. The plot of MoM is a clumsy house of cards and thinking about it even for a second makes the whole thing collapse on itself.

If they had access to those 4 they could probably defeat her

They don't even need the Stones to defeat Wanda, tbh. Xavier could put her in a coma. Maria could speedblitz her. Black Bolt could've shouted from afar lmao anything would be better than them standing around like NPCs in a turn-based RPG.

I have no issue with seeing the Illuminati die. They're one of my least favorite teams. It's fine if they're humiliated and die. But make it interesting, that's all I ask for. They're not even the Illuminati, they're just random mannequins that exist just to get killed by Wanda's poorly defined and gimmicky powers, even though the Kamar-Taj fight already proved Wanda is a legitimate threat.

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