Idk if you’ve said anything about this already, but Wanda speaks Romanian in midnight suns. I don’t think “transia” has a (modern) official language, so it could be that Romanian is just what they speak there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a case of them think Romani = Romanian
Well, Romanian is the official language of Transia, which, again, is a former Wallachian territory that is most likely situated in between IRL Romania and Bulgaria. So, Wanda certainly does speak Romanian, and most writers would probably assume that it's her first language-- if they're thinking about it at all. She's canonically a polyglot who is fluent in several European languages, but, yes, Romanian is the language she would have spoken growing up in Transia.
That said, the Maximoffs were part of a largely independent, un-assimilated migrant group, so they would have most likely spoken a dialect of the Romani language among themselves. If I had to guess, I'd say that the twins were raised bilingual. This never comes up in comics because most writers don't realize that Romani people have their own language(s)-- those that do, like Orlando and Robinson, usually end up botching it anyways.
So, if I had to guess, I'd say that's what's happening in Midnight Suns. It's less likely that they mistook Romani for Romanian, and more likely that they didn't think to ask if Romani people have their own language. Also, I don't know if she'd speak it around gadje at the Abbey anyways.
"Bună ziua," lit. "Hello"
This is probably a good time to mention that Midnight Suns... seems to have largely erased Wanda's Romani identity. I don't want to say that she's necessarily whitewashed, but her racial and cultural background seem to have been omitted from the game.
There may be some small mention that I haven't come across yet, but the racial elements have been completely edited out of her backstory, which I find really bothersome.
In the source material, the Maximoff family struggles financially due to racism and discrimination, and the violent retribution to Django's thievery is racially motivated. What's more, Django himself has magical abilities, and their whole community seems to have been aware of, and embraced, Wanda and Pietro's gifts. This is conveyed through antiromani stereotypes, but the point is that Django would never have turned on Wanda like that.
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