DOFP and First Class have the most depth of any CBM.
Xmen First Class
The relationship between Charles, Mystique, and Magneto greatly symbolizes Control vs Empowerment. Charles represents control as he tries to control people. It seems like the closer you are to Charles the more he tries to control you. Anyway we can see with Mystique that he tries to control her throughout the entire movie and sometimes belittles her about her appearance, not intentionally but by telling her to stay hidden he was. This gave him more control over her because she felt uncomfortable with anyone but him. Erik and Charles grew close but their opposite ideologies kept them apart. It was harder for Charles to have control over Erik.
Erik on the other hand empowered Mystique by calling her beautiful and saying she doesn't have to hide. This gave her the illusion of free will of choice but he was actually just manipulating her to join him. He believes everything he said and cares for her but he was tricking her to join him. This relationship is also what Mystique thought Charles and her relationship would be like. She wanted her and Charles against the world but Charles wanted to be a part of the world. Erik wants to be against the world. By the end of the movie Charles lost complete control over Magneto and Mystique and he lost his legs. Now they left him alone and he's in pain
Days of Future Past
We see Charles in the beginning, alone with Hank. Drinking, and in pain. He has no control over anything in his life and needs help getting out of the bed. How can he help people if he can't help himself? Mystique and Magneto both took a dark turn. They destroyed his faith, in himself. His sweet, compassionate, and loyal friend is now a killing machine. This is probably why he wanted the serum but when his powers left he didn't have an obligation to help people anymore. He can live normally.
Mystique has her own voice now. She's her own person. She's free no one is controlling her. She makes her own choices. When Charles tells her through cerebro "All you have to do is come home." Mystique says "I, "have to". You haven't changed at all Charles." She's still wants her own decisions she doesn't want to be demanded to do stuff. Mystique and Charles relationship mirrors a over protective father and a rebellious daughter.
Magneto's sense of control on mystique was shattered in this movie. He tries to control her in the phone booth by saying if she's Charles Raven or if she's mystique. But she stuck to her own principles and kept with Trask. Not to mention he tried to murder her. It'll be interesting seeing their relationship in the next movie. Charles finally learned his lesson in the end by giving Raven a choice to either kill Trask or not and by adressing his controlling tendencies. This is all just a theory based on observations by the way.
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