Drop the holocaust angle and make him a Palestinian victim from Israel's genocide.
Because his power is over magnetism, not metal. You could have him manipulate the metals in his body to do something funky that slows his aging.What does metal have to do with slow aging though. That would feel like too big of an asspull imo.
I see what you are saying but I think that sort of disproves your entire point. Xavier showing up in MoM was a big deal to the audience because they knew the actor.I get that, but Prof. X was a variant but a version that was recognizable for meta reasons. If the "main" version is going to unrecognizable (i.e. not Patrick Stewart) then Magneto should be also.
I really DGAF lol, I just like arguing about the Multiverse with people who don't like it even though its a cornerstone of all Marvel media.
We can go back even further. He could be a Jewish slave during the time of the pharaohs. You know who was also there? APOCALYPSE. ALSO KANG.So if we merge all the suggestions, might as well make him a former Black slave who survived slavery in the US. He's like 200 years old but has very slow ageing.
I don't want a version of Magneto from the multiverse either, but the other origin stories people are giving aren't any better. Another frozen Hydra super soldier? Nah, hard pass on that. Slow aging would be ok, but it still doesn't explain where the hell he's been the last 60+ years.I see what you are saying but I think that sort of disproves your entire point. Xavier showing up in MoM was a big deal to the audience because they knew the actor.
A whole new Magento and Xavier from an alternate reality wouldn't have to same impact if just Planted in the MCU.
And in regards to the bolded. As a Marvel fan for 30+ years I don't get where you've gotten that idea.
I don't want a version of Magneto from the multiverse either, but the other origin stories people are giving aren't any better. Another frozen Hydra super soldier? Nah, hard pass on that. Slow aging would be ok, but it still doesn't explain where the hell he's been the last 60+ years.
I don't want a version of Magneto from the multiverse either, but the other origin stories people are giving aren't any better. Another frozen Hydra super soldier? Nah, hard pass on that. Slow aging would be ok, but it still doesn't explain where the hell he's been the last 60+ yearsI see what you are saying but I think that sort of disproves your entire point. Xavier showing up in MoM was a big deal to the audience because they knew the actor.
A whole new Magento and Xavier from an alternate reality wouldn't have to same impact if just Planted in the MCU.
And in regards to the bolded. As a Marvel fan for 30+ years I don't get where you've gotten that idea.
Sorry, but that's needlessly convoluted. That origin story would take half a movie(or show) all just to tie him to Scarlet Witch. Wanda is not a mutant anymore, so leave that out.1) Let him be alive and a teen in the 40s.
2) He grows up to have a wife and kids
3) Some time in the 50s or 60s he gets captured by Hydra/Kree/whoever.
4) They can't contain him nor can they defeat him so they trap him in ice, or do something that causes him to be in stasis.
5) Cues to sometime in the present day. Magneto awakes and escapes.
6) Realised the world has moved on but Nazis are still around.
7) Tries to find his family but discovers they're all dead, except for a granddaughter, Wanda Maximoff.
How could a Omega level mutant just easily retreat from life for 60+years?He could easily just have retreated from public life for a while and events in the recent MCU force him to come back into the limelight. Once the government starts targeting mutants he decides he's had enough and starts lashing out.
How could a Omega level mutant just easily retreat from life for 60+years?
His pet peeve? It's the crux of his character lol.He wouldn't be a supervillain to start. Something happens in the current era (aka: mutants being cracked down on, literally his number one pet peeve) that makes him realize humanity will never improve past the Holocaust without being forced.
I know, but unknown Holocaust
They gotta be real fucking good at hiding, excuse my language. With all the other crazy shit in the MCU, you think they wouldn't know about mutants?Yes, exactly. So if that hasn't happened yet he has no reason to go nuts and start blowing shit up. There needs to be a moment where Erik realizes that it's happening again, and humanity learned nothing from the 40s, and that's the moment he chooses to punish the world. All you need is DODC overreaching inside a small mutant community and that's the spark.
Until The Avengers seemingly no one knew aliens were a thing, Gods exist but we're just myths til Thor popped up,magic is still largely hidden, the world of fantasy style martial arts is hidden, etc.They gotta be real fucking good at hiding, excuse my language. With all the other crazy shit in the MCU, you think they wouldn't know about mutants?
I don't want a version of Magneto from the multiverse either, but the other origin stories people are giving aren't any better. Another frozen Hydra super soldier? Nah, hard pass on that. Slow aging would be ok, but it still doesn't explain where the hell he's been the last 60+ years
Sorry, but that's needlessly convoluted. That origin story would take half a movie(or show) all just to tie him to Scarlet Witch. Wanda is not a mutant anymore, so leave that out.
You didn't watch Captain Marvel did you lol? They knew about aliens since the late 80's/early 90's. Magic was not hidden, just know to a select few. The fact that mutants would have been around and NEVER been mentioned once is pretty farfetched even for the MCU.Until The Avengers seemingly no one knew aliens were a thing, Gods exist but we're just myths til Thor popped up,magic is still largely hidden, the world of fantasy style martial arts is hidden, etc.
What does magneto have to do with Dustin?They are simply going to update his origins. Or they can find a way to bring a person from the 80's in our times, so the whole age thing wouldn't really matter.
Or they could just bring Dustin from Stranger Things in a few years, he would be perfect for the role.
(On a more serious note, it's going to be really hard for me to not see Magneto as some really agile person that can fucking jump on his prey in one second, thanks to Marvel vs Capcom).
👆They do literally do anything and explain it away with 'multiverse'
You didn't watch Captain Marvel did you lol? They knew about aliens since the late 80's/early 90's. Magic was not hidden, just know to a select few. The fact that mutants would have been around and NEVER been mentioned once is pretty farfetched even for the MCU.
Until The Avengers seemingly no one knew aliens were a thing, Gods exist but we're just myths til Thor popped up,magic is still largely hidden, the world of fantasy style martial arts is hidden, etc.
Not known as in the general populace doesn't know you can be a wizard with like a month of training or that Aliens pop up all the time on Earth. Just handwave it the same way they've done whenever they introduce something that should be widely known by everyone on Earth but isn't . Some nonsense about Xavier and Shield keeping it secret or some omega level mutant wiping everyone's memory.You didn't watch Captain Marvel did you lol? They knew about aliens since the late 80's/early 90's. Magic was not hidden, just know to a select few. The fact that mutants would have been around and NEVER been mentioned once is pretty farfetched even for the MCU.
I repeat:What does metal have to do with slow aging though. That would feel like too big of an asspull imo.
I know that, but at least has to make sense in that world. What people are suggesting doesn't even make sense in the MCU.
obviouslyGuess what, his mutant abilities now conveniently include aging more slowly
tell me, are you trying to logically explain mutant powers over fundamental universal forces that make up our very universe?What does metal have to do with slow aging though. That would feel like too big of an asspull imo.
Exactly2 of these were not on Earth and the other 2 require intense training under groups/organisations dedicated to secrecy, sometimes with them being located in other dimensions.
Mutant powers, on the other hand, crop up at random across the globe in children and teenagers. It's just not even remotely close to being as believable that it could be kept secret for years. Better to have the X-Gene be "activated" by the Snap in most people's cases.
Man, that's a bit of a stretch tbh. If that's the case, Fury would have had to go around using an entire race of superpowered individuals. With all the stuff that's happened you know crazy that would look?Not known as in the general populace doesn't know you can be a wizard with like a month of training or that Aliens pop up all the time on Earth. Just handwave it the same way they've done whenever they introduce something that should be widely known by everyone on Earth but isn't . Some nonsense about Xavier and Shield keeping it secret or some omega level mutant wiping everyone's memory.
You didn't watch Captain Marvel did you lol? They knew about aliens since the late 80's/early 90's. Magic was not hidden, just know to a select few. The fact that mutants would have been around and NEVER been mentioned once is pretty farfetched even for the MCU.
Mutant powers, on the other hand, crop up at random across the globe in children and teenagers. It's just not even remotely close to being as believable that it could be kept secret for years.
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Done.
Guess what, his mutant abilities now conveniently include aging more slowly
Crazy, but no crazier than him communicating for years with aliens and super powered beings who could destroy Earth. It's already a world wheee there's a whole universe that kind of just ignores Earth and even entire civilizations that ignore the outside world. If aliens , gods, magic, and Wakanda can be largely out of sight why not a few hundred mutants.Man, that's a bit of a stretch tbh. If that's the case, Fury would have had to go around using an entire race of superpowered individuals. With all the stuff that's happened you know crazy that would look?
He has been on a drinking binge considering the world is just fucked up as ever if not more.I don't want a version of Magneto from the multiverse either, but the other origin stories people are giving aren't any better. Another frozen Hydra super soldier? Nah, hard pass on that. Slow aging would be ok, but it still doesn't explain where the hell he's been the last 60+ years.
It's been a super power.