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ah only just looked at pics - they're not twisted they are skewed?
just try to assess where the bend is - on which blade, and clamp the blade just below the bend and pull on the steerer to bend the metal.
it's best to get them both symetrical with as little bending as possible (even if both blades seem bent you can make them symetrical by bending back the one that seems most deforemd). even if the spacing is not right do as little bending as possible- if they come out too thin just splay and pop the wheel in - if they're too wide just pop the wheel in and clamp the nuts down to pull the blades in - this won't make them the right spacing when you take the wheel back out again but it doesn't matter - you'll have pushed them beyond their elastic limit as little as possible and got them in balance..
remember you're not trying to get them exactly as they were - but just to get them symetrical - if they're in balance you'll be good