I just saw the actual words ‘We know Magneto’s story intimately. It has been told often. He was a victim once. And then he decided that Genocide was okay. ‘ used by someone trying to assert that Magneto is a bad bad naughty villain and not a victim at all except oh that one time
I
I have no words
I’m really glad someone else called out that bullshit before I did. People just whittling down 50 years of characterization to “And then he decided Genocide was okay” like???
Max I didn’t realise you reblogged it with that gif I’m dying.
But yeah what ahuraboltagon said. At the risk of coming off as Taking Fiction Way Too Seriously, I also find it sketchy as hell to say something like ‘he was a victim once’ to describe like…living through the Holocaust…and general oppression…that persists through his (and other mutants’) entire life…y'know.
kshdk said:
My opinion on Mags in “You started out hella good, and then everything went hella bad”
kshdk said:
… That is so freaking stupid.. Mags makes a LOT of mistakes, and the person he becomes in most of the comics are a bad bad person, no discussion. But Marvel First Class / DofP I still have hope, and I understand his reason.