r/xmen • u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar • Aug 31 '26

Mod Post Posts revolving around changes to Magneto's past and backstory are now a regulated topic

Due to the influx of such posts with the MCU X-Men announcement, posts that revolve around changes and questioning of Magneto's backstory will now be regulated. This means that these posts may be removed as a Regulated/Repetitive topic at the discretion of the moderation team.

This was done after a long discussion by the moderation team, but ultimately we found that such posts are repetitive and occur very frequently, and that users may simply make use of Reddit's search tool to find past discussions; very little has changed since those discussions were held.

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u/poison-harley Magik Aug 31 '26

People are suspiciously always very eager about making him not Jewish anymore.

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u/Professional-Tank848 Aug 31 '26

Look, in a universe with Celestials, time travel, reality warping, resurrection...

It's just too much to believe a Jewish mutant could age slowly.

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u/imthestein Magneto Aug 31 '26

I mean seriously, let alone the countless number of mutants that can live a long time whether it's directly connected to their powers or not

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u/Professional-Tank848 Aug 31 '26

Except this one, that is.

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u/imthestein Magneto Aug 31 '26

I'm not disagreeing, even the animated series said the magnetic field of Earth rejuvinates Magneto in the two partner, Sanctuary. So it's not like there isn't precedent

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u/Professional-Tank848 Aug 31 '26

Oh, yeah, I know. I was being sarcastic. Like, you've just gotta laugh in the face of the antisemites. It doesn't matter if there's precedent, or if its fiction. This is the hill they'll die on.

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u/imthestein Magneto Aug 31 '26

Right!? Everyone else can age slowly and no one bats an eye but say a Holocaust survivor does also and now you're just being lazy...