To say that Magneto has issues… is a less-than-mild understatement.
Is he a good guy? Is he a bad guy? Was he right? Was he wrong? Has he changed? Was he always the same? A lot of his development over the years has been back-in-forth between the two extremes. He’s the ultimate sympathetic villain.
Does his past and core beliefs forgive all that he has done? That depends on the person reading his story and how much is too much for them.
Magneto is Draconian at its best… and worse.
And in keeping with his forever teetering on the brink, Magneto is both lost and with purpose in this new series. Xavier is gone. The X-Men are fighting themselves, let alone any real villains. And it’s not like he’s going to be having any family reunions any time soon (regardless if Wanda is alive or dead after Remender is through with her).
But at his core is the simple unequivocal thought: “Never Again… by any means necessary”.
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