#tho i was dissapointed to not see him celebratinh hanukkah at the end i think it would have fitted the arc

[dracaelus]

"i hate when a villainous character gets popular enough to become a hero and writers try and retcon their histories so they never fucked up in the first place" "#magneto" sorry but may i ask if theres a particular example? i'm trying to catch up on the modern comics and i have been bracing myself for seeing this sort of thing cause. you know. nuance is dead lmao

So, I've only recently started to read magneto's comics, and I'm reading mostly some old stuff, so my knowledge is limited, and I can't say if it's a recurring problem in recent comics (I mean, I hope is not, but Idk)

When I tagged magneto on that post I was thinking specifically about the first issue of Magneto's 2023 run, which had been released recently:

Now, I can see the reasoning behind this - magneto was a really one dimensional villain when he first appeared and it is a bit weird to read the Uncanny X-men #01 when you consider his later characterization. And marvel loves trying to give an explanation for everything...

Honestly, now that I finished reading the comic, and thought a bit more about it, I think it was a honest attempt. The comic does acknowledge that his later actions as magneto were not simply an act, that he did let himself get carried away by his rage. Tho still, this explanation does feel a bit hard to believe and makes you go damn man, your logic is weird af and it's so silly. I don't think they were trying to justify his later actions so much as they were trying to explain his first appearance

... without making him look too bad. Because Magneto (1993) already did that, showing magneto's descent into:

But still, I don't mind that much what they did in magneto (2023). I think both explanations are fine when you keep in mind that marvel really wanted to keep the uncanny x-men #01 as canon. As a dc fan I find it hard to understand why... But I appreciate their loyalty. Between the two, I still much prefer the 1993 version bc it has more nuance, and i'm not averse to the idea that magneto had some really low moments and had to go through some personal growth over the years. I'm not whimsical enough to truly like the sillier version, as much as they tried to make it look less silly and more believable.

#i did like magneto 2023 as a comic tho #i'm a simple person seeing magneto holding his younger self in his arms in the last issue made me emotional #also he was cute af buying christmas stuff for the kids on the first issue #tho i was dissapointed to not see him celebratinh hanukkah at the end i think it would have fitted the arc #also is it just me or the kids seem a lot younger than they originally did on their new mutants run? #i'm not sure how old they're supposed to be #in magneto 2023 i would say they look 12-14 at most but they look older in the new mutants #one thing i really didn't like in magneto 2023 was that they implied that magda died with anya #i love the version where she runs away horrified after he uses his powers to kill the man who stoped him from saving anya #i think it makes her more nuanced #you don't know if she was terrified by his powers or the killing or both #hate that they made her an generic death wife #men***** #drac panels #asks #magneto #max eisenhardt #erik lensherr #magneto (2023) #magneto (1993)