Thomas Shey
Legend
So the original premise of my argument was around the statement that Wanda is the "hero" of Wandavision. That is what I'm disputing.
In subsequent debates, I feel her trauma is being used as a way to "excuse" her actions, which I do not accept. They make her more sympathetic certainly, but they don't absolve her from the guilt of those actions.
And as I noted, I'm not claiming she's a hero at most points in the process. But I think your argument still assumes a more rational actor than she is at any point when she makes bad decisions; you're talking about someone who has a psychotic break, then recovers from that to deal with the guilt of what she does while finding out her understanding of the nature of her powers is not the reality of them, and then the immediate and obvious place to find out more about them is far more insidious than she has any way of knowing.
I think that she's absolutely a villain in MoM; I'm less willing to say so in Wandavision, even though she causes considerable harm. And I think comparing her to Ultron or Thanos is seriously off; if you absolutely have to compare her to another MCU villain, you're at least closer to the mark if you use Zemo or Ghost, though both of them are more in their right mind when they start the process.