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Spoilers follow for the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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Violence in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is nothing new.

Characters have been abducted, tortured, brainwashed, and forcibly sterilized.

They fight with their fists, with their minds, and with all kinds of weapons.

Worlds have been destroyed, and billions of people have been erased.

We will see what kind of Strange you are, they promise.

But then the Scarlet Witch shows up.

Wanda glues Black Bolts mouth shut,Mr.

She unravels the attacking Mr.

Fantastic, whose power is super-stretchiness, into ribbons of elastic that can no longer hold his shape.

How to challenge the inherent fascism of a small group of superheroes deciding what is best for their universe?

What would blowing that up and using those individuals powers against them look like?

Fantastic getting wiped off the board.

), these are cleverly irreverent twists.

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