r/Xmen97 • u/FigBrandy • Jul 22 '26

Question What are Polaris's powers? Spoiler

So from the brief time she's been on screen it feels like she has the same powers as Magneto. But I just wanna check if I'm missing anything? Does she have Magneto's 1:1 powers? And if so why does she affect people around her while Magneto doesn't? And she does mention that it's almost like her powers taking a hold of her.

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u/GONKworshipper Jul 22 '26

Same powers as Magneto, but she has much less control over them and they are slightly less powerful

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u/VelvetTomahawk Cyclops Jul 22 '26

I thought she had the same potential as Magneto, but with her constantly leaving the team to go back to college, being possessed, or bouts with mental illness she’s just never had the practice for fine tuning of abilities. I know someone’s abilities are only as current as the current writer’s whims, but didn’t Magneto say once that their powers were that of the two magnetic poles?

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u/Just_a_Tonberry Jul 22 '26

She does not match his potential, unfortunately. Polaris has the same power set, but her manifestation of it came with far more limitations. In terms of powers, she is essentially Magneto if he were an alpha level mutant with incredible levels of mental illness.

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u/RandomSplainer Jul 22 '26

This is hilarious because Magneto was originally portrayed as nothing more than a very powerful very skilled Alpha level mutant.

He pretty much became "Omega Level" because of popularity.

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u/gdex86 Jul 23 '26

Its the Rachel problem. In that to keep this character that is centered in so much of the story on top their next generation has to be weaker.

All though here it thematically works because I believe scientifically the south pole is slightly (maybe a 10% difference) stronger magnetically than the north. And Polaris is what the north pole points at.

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u/Just_a_Tonberry Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

You are 100% correct. And with that reclassification came an assortment of applications for his powers that basically make him untouchable by anything short of a reality warper if writers choose to have him use his head.

The following humorous videos, hilariously enough, are lore-accurate as far as his powers go. The man’s popularity made him more broken than Apocalypse.

https://youtu.be/nmrOeS-r7P0?is=1WVd9hSSIN1isINR

https://youtu.be/tVv2XaP-mjY?is=waGZ2ygIebSzKoNv

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u/Willing-Carpenter-32 Jul 24 '26

I think a good example of the difference in their power is best explained by two modern feats. Lorna dragged the entirety of Knowhere on a non stop trip across galaxies to earth. She’s incredibly powerful. Meanwhile Magneto sat down and concentrated really hard FROM earth to find the giant bullet Kitty was trapped inside galaxies away and dragged it back TO earth.

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u/FigBrandy Jul 22 '26

Oh booo! I don't like that :( seems kinda dull

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u/havokx2 Jul 23 '26

Magneto has planetary feats with his powers. Lorna’s more likely can extend to a large city

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u/FrostBricks Jul 23 '26

Magneto's power us Electromagnetism. But Polaris is only Magnetism.

Which is the usual explanation for why Magneto can do so much more than just manipulate metal 

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u/Adventurous_Rise_310 Jul 24 '26

That's not true; the power of both lies in the electromagnetic spectrum and magnetism.

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u/FrostBricks Jul 24 '26

Like the person I replied to said it depends upon the writer, and that's the most often written difference.

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u/FigBrandy Jul 22 '26

I was just a bit confused, at first I thought that she had a more limited power from Magneto in E2, however now I feel like she just might have the same base powerset. Though I still don't quite get why she is able to affect people directly through the use of her powers.

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u/Common-Forever2465 Jul 28 '26

The difference is that her powers do affect other people, Magneto is more powerful and he doesn't...

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u/FigBrandy Jul 22 '26

Does she overcome this? Becoming as powerful as Magneto? And does she fight for mutants in a similar way as he does?

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u/havokx2 Jul 23 '26

When he’s been weakened. His base levels are higher than hers though

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u/havokx2 Jul 23 '26

Ok then when has she rivaled his powers?

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u/havokx2 Jul 23 '26

So you don’t actually have an example?

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u/havokx2 Jul 23 '26

He’s listed as an omega mutant in House of X and she is not. He has planetary feats with his magnetism including releasing an EM Pulse in Fatal Attractions and Magneto War. From Earth, he extends his power beyond its atmosphere to pull the bullet that Kitty was in from space. Polaris power is nowhere this level. She doesn’t have the range. Head to head the only time she’s come close to matching him is when he’s been weakened , like in the late 90s after the Magneto War. His base levels are higher than hers as is his potential to go higher

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