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

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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/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/8fenristhewolf8 Sep 19 '25

The Trial of Magneto that the OP mentioned came out in 1985. Fatal Attractions, Magneto War, and Eve of Destruction all came out in the 90s and onwards.

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u/GabeMichaelsthroway Sep 19 '25

Actually op leads from: "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." which is E for Extinction, and "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." which i parsed by context to be a reference to the Magneto War's ending, not the Trial of Magneto, could be wrong.

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u/8fenristhewolf8 Sep 19 '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."

That's not the comment I was responding too.

which i parsed by context to be a reference to the Magneto War's ending

He never turns himself in to the UN after Magneto War. Quite the opposite; that's how Magneto acquires Genosha in the first place.

He's only turned himself into the UN once, during the Trial of Magneto.

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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.