Since the news of Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff and Quicksilver/Peitro Maximoff being set to appear in Marvel Studios Avengers Sequel was released last month (May 2013), the net was set ablaze with theories (and all the other words for ideas) as to how they could be introduced into the film and how they would explain their history, and if i may so with some shocker ideas that would have ventured far from source material; and why could marvel studios use these characters since the film rights of Marvels mutants belong to Fox Studios. Questions were raised about the word 'Mutant' and if Marvel Studios is even allowed to say it. I will address all these ideas and explain in this editorial why Scarlet Witch and Qicksilver can be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and without altering source material, and hopefully put some people minds at ease on this issue.
The twins Scarlet Witch/ Wanda Maximoff and Quicksilver/ Peitro Maximoff can be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe(from here on out the MCU) WITHOUT HAVING THEIR HISTORY CHANGED AT ALL, the only thing they have to omit is mentioning Magneto is their father which is not important since, they did not know who there parents were for a number of years.
These two particular mutant characters lie in a 'Grey Zone' between Marvel Studios/ Disney and Fox Studios, which means either studio is allowed to use them but only if they follow certain rules. Fox can use them but can not mention anything avengers related and Marvel/Disney can use them but cannot mention anything of Magneto, the brotherhood of mutants and the x-men.
The word 'Mutant' is not owned by any singular company that requires others to ask permission in order to use the word in literature or film, it is a word that is freely used and unbound, therefore the twins can be called mutants in the Avengers sequel.
If that doesn't put you at ease, how about this, In the comics The Avengers #185-187 (Jul.-Sept. 1979) and Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 2, #1 - 12 (Oct. 1985 - Sept. 1986)the elder god Chthon AKA THE OTHER (who appeared in the Avengers) planted a part of his essence in Wanda/Scarlet Witch when she was but a child, whose mutation was transformed into the ability to manipulate chaos magic and probability and, later, to manipulate reality itself. Cthon had planned to use her as a vessel for his own demonic possession when she reached maturity, a vessel with both mutant and magical powers.This occurred whilst she was living beneath Mt. Wundagore, the home of the High Evolutionary and prison of Chthon. From which they are then cared for by Bova, An uplifted cow created by the High Evolutionary. They can involve the involvement of the Whizzer and Miss America in their history for however brief it was as well, The death of a pregnant miss America whilst giving birth to still bornes and Bova telling Whizzer that the twins are his children instead of telling him that his actual kids died. Until the time is right they would be considered (by the audience)there parents and could lead into a All Winners Squad/ Invaders movie. The the twins would then be put into the care of Romani Django and Marya Maximoff, until Wanda and Peitro are forced to flee from an angry mob when there powers manifest. There is a whole of history that predates any story with them knowing that magneto is their father. They can continue the mystery until the film rights to the X-Men come back and then they can unveil the mystery. No need for Terrigen Mists and Dr. Strange to explain their abilities and dramatically altering source material. To me there is more for them in the MCU than at Fox.
ALSO, they were the first new recruits into the Avengers, long before Black Widow, Black Panther, Ms Marvel and so on. Yes Yes Ant-man and Wasp couldn't be in part one but that was because Edgar wanted to do the movie justice and finish his of his other movies as well. The inclusion of Wanda's and Peitro in Avengers 2 will add great layers of character interaction and story development and open the doors to more unexplored regions of the MCU. If they were ever to face Ultron in battle only Wanda can disrupt his molecular device thing within him with her chaos magic, no one else can.
Thank you for reading my first editorial.