Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
An exhausted wish becomes a world-changing act. The small sentence carries an anger and despair far beyond an ordinary refusal, because Wanda can make reality answer it. Its force lies in how little language separates a personal breaking point from consequences for countless other people.
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In context
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Wanda Maximoff says the three words in House of M #7 (2005). The confrontation with Magneto comes near the collapse of the altered reality in which mutants hold power. Her words precede the enormous loss of mutant powers known as Decimation. The speaker is Scarlet Witch, and the work is the comic House of M.
Sources (3)
- House of M #7 — written source 1House of M; quotation and sceneReference checked
- House of M #7 — written source 2House of M; quotation and sceneReference checked
- House of M #7 — written source 3House of M; quotation and sceneReference checked
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