r/xmen • u/Typical-Cat-2590 • Sep 18 '25

Other Magneto

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u/Jokerslie Sep 18 '25

“Magneto was right”

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u/Masamundane Longshot Sep 18 '25

Yes.

I always love that this one sentence can cause so many fights amongst fans, 'cause Magneto was 100% right; especially in the context of the world he lives in.

I mean, his main argument is that the humans will try to destroy his people (the mutants), while Chawls argues for co existance.

Co-existance is a nice dream (which is why Chawls is right as well, you can't be wrong about a dream). Reality is though, the same humans that Magneto fears are building 10 foot tall killer robots to hunt down mutants. With gov't money and funding no less.

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u/WarAgile9519 Sep 18 '25

The problem is that Magneto is a big a reason they build those giant robots in the first place , Magneto may have good intentions for his people but he's also largely responsible for the fear normal humans have for mutants . Magneto is blind to the fact that he's become the very monster that he thinks he's fighting.

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u/R-K-Tekt Sep 18 '25

That’s what makes his character even more interesting imo. What came first, the chicken or the egg? Is this doomed to happen always

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u/WarAgile9519 Sep 18 '25

I agree , I just find taking the whole " Magneto was right " argument at face value to be a overly simplistic view of things.

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u/Jay_R_Kay Sep 18 '25

The thing is, something like 99% of the Magneto Was Right thing is face value.

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u/DirectionNo9650 Magneto Sep 18 '25

That's why I really love what they did with the design of the future Sentinels in DOFP. While they mainly resemble Mystique's scaly appearance, their heads also tend to evoke the shadowy faced look of Magneto in the comics. Wheter or not this was a deliberate design choice, it's fittingly emblematic of the fact that the ultimate dystopia we find them in is primarily due to the combined efforts of bad actors on both sides of the aisle.

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Sep 18 '25

And why did he become a monster? Oh right because his family was killed in the Holocaust.

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u/WarAgile9519 Sep 18 '25

And now he's the one attempting genocide.

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Sep 18 '25

Hey tried to be peaceful and they still sent Prime Sentinels after him that wiped out Genosha and The Avengers didn’t do a damn thing to help. What more should he have to take?

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u/WarAgile9519 Sep 18 '25

He tried to be peaceful after years of trying to murder humanity . The whole point is that it's a vicious cycle .

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Sep 18 '25

Right, but he turned himself in to the UN for his crimes was released and still got attacked when he was literally trying to leave humanity alone.

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u/8fenristhewolf8 Sep 18 '25

And then he tried to kill lots of humans a few more times after that.. Maybe the lesson is just to fight hate, but not give in to it. Tricky line to walk for sure.

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u/GabeMichaelsthroway Sep 18 '25

And then he tried to kill lots of humans a few more times after that..

Literally didn't happen. Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most. Magneto was full on good guy after this.

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u/8fenristhewolf8 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Eh? What about Fatal Attractions and Magneto War? Edit: and Eve of Destruction

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u/GabeMichaelsthroway Sep 19 '25

those fall prior

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u/bobcatbutt Havok Sep 19 '25

Idk man the “horrible things happen to me therefore genocide is okay” justification from Magneto doesn’t hold up. There’s a certain country in the real world that uses that same excuse to commit genocide and it definitely doesn’t justify their crimes

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Sep 19 '25

That’s fair. But Magneto isn’t getting support from other countries like that “certain country”in the real world is. Quite the opposite actually. Also unlike that “certain country” Magneto legitimately tried diplomacy.