Is Agatha Harkness a hero?

Agatha Harkness is an evil witch who dates back into the Salem Witch Trials and the main antagonist of the Disney+ television miniseries WandaVision and and the villain protagonist of the upcoming Agatha: House of Harkness.In the Westview anomaly, she passed as Agnes, the nosy neighbor of Wanda Maximoff and Vision.
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Is Agatha Harkness a anti hero?

In the comics, Agatha Harkness wasn't always a villain as she mostly plays the role of Wanda Maximoff's mentor and an anti-hero throughout her multiple issues.
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What is the purpose of Agatha Harkness?

Magic: Agatha Harkness is a very powerful witch capable of manipulating magic for a variety of effects, such as casting spells and manipulating matter.
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Is Agatha Harkness the most powerful?

Agatha is one of Earth's dozen or so most powerful witches. Her most potent spells seem to be precognitive, communicative, analytical, or manipulative of living beings' minds, though she has cast powerful transportation spells and lent tremendous power to others.
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What was Agatha trying to do in WandaVision?

In the comics, Agatha Harkness is Wanda's mentor and occasionally a supporting superhero in her own right. In contrast, WandaVision's Agatha is a straight up villain who attacks and manipulates Wanda in an attempt to steal her power.
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Is Agatha the villain in WandaVision?

Kathryn Hahn's Agnes in WandaVision Was Marvel Villain Agatha Harkness All Along. And the clues were there from the start.
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Is Scarlet Witch a villain in WandaVision?

Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olson) may be the baddest villain the Marvel Cinematic Universe has yet produced.
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Is Wanda or Agatha stronger?

However, after the WandaVision finale, it's clear the show's real villain, Agatha Harkness, is way more powerful than the Mad Titan as she often surpasses Wanda, despite the outcome of their fight.
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Why is Agatha Harkness so strong?

Basically, Harkness predates every known human civilization, and she's outlasted all of them. You know what they say: with age comes wisdom. And since wisdom is power for the magically inclined, essentially Harkness is powerful because of her age, but that's only part of the equation.
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Is Agatha Harkness evil or good?

She did this undercover, while her main goal was to rid New Salem of the weaker witches to make her coven even stronger. Is Agatha Harkness evil? Not necessarily. She operates in a lot of grey areas in the comics, doing just as much good as she does bad.
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How does Agatha Harkness have powers?

Harkness derives her powers from manipulation of the forces of magic.
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Is the Scarlet Witch a villain?

Wanda Maximoff, born as Scarlet Witch

Wanda Maximoff's Marvel Comics career began as a villain alongside her brother Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, part of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
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Is Agatha Harkness a nexus being?

Alternatively, it could also be that Wanda Maximoff's Chaos Magic - defined by Agatha Harkness as the power of "spontaneous creation" - means she is a nexus being whose every decision has the potential to create new branched timelines.
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Did Agatha create the hex?

Wanda is so overcome with grief that magic just bursts right out of her and creates the Hex. She literally tries to escape into the American dream. Agatha says that she senses powerful magic coming from Wanda, and that's why she enters the Hex.
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Why did Wanda create a hex?

Theory: Wanda Created The Hex To Protect The Westview Nexus From Agnes. Though it was revealed that Agatha Harkness is behind it all, it doesn't entirely remove Wanda's agency. She's still plenty powerful, powerful enough to expand the Hex bubble and transform people within its walls into sitcom characters.
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Is Agatha a villain in the comics?

In the comics, Agatha is not always portrayed as a villain. In fact, there are several references where Wanda calls Agatha, “Aunt Agatha.” Agatha Harkness is an old witch who is said to be centuries years old.
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Can Agatha beat Wanda?

Agatha also seems to know how to fly without being impulsed by her hands and can nullify Wanda's powers with runes. In short, Agatha could defeat the multiverse's most powerful witch with enough knowledge and discipline.
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Can Scarlet Witch beat Agatha Harkness?

WandaVision's finale finds Wanda embracing her Scarlet Witch persona, which allows her to beat Agatha at her own game.
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What is Agatha Harkness weakness?

Her best trick however is teleportation. While many characters can teleport in the comics, few are as talented at it as Agatha. She has no fatal flaw in terms of weaknesses, but is often depicted as very frail and elderly, something which is not true of the version of her in WandaVision.
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Does Agatha Harkness use chaos magic?

The comic book origins solidify that aside from Wanda, Chthon has established himself with the ability to use Chaos Magic. Agatha Harkness, who has the power of absorbing energy, can use Chaos Magic.
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Can Doctor Strange beat Wanda?

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness proves without a shadow of a doubt that Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, would and does beat Doctor Strange. Strange puts up a good fight, but it's not the good Doctor who stops Wanda.
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Who can defeat Scarlet Witch?

Martian Manhunter's powers make him one of the Justice League's most potent members. It's that mix of abilities that will help Martian Manhunter beat Scarlet Witch. Not only is he a physical powerhouse on par with Superman, but his shapeshifting, invisibility, intangibility, and telepathy make him even more versatile.
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Why did Wanda turn evil?

Doctor Strange 2's main villain turned out to be Wanda Maximoff, who went full evil in her quest to reunite with her children after losing them in WandaVision. She has been tapping into chaos magic using the Darkhold.
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Is Wanda evil or good?

Wanda Maximoff was never the villain of WandaVision, nor was she considered a villain after she joined the Avengers in Age of Ultron. For every time she's fallen into her darker tendencies, Wanda has always pulled herself back from the edge, remorseful for the hurt she's caused.
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Why did Wanda turn evil Dr Strange 2?

Wanda became a villain in 'Doctor Strange 2'

So Wanda was determined to get them back. She began by sending monsters after America Chavez because she wanted her ability to travel between universes. But to get America's power, Wanda would have to kill her, which was a price she was willing to pay to get to her boys.
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