IcePrince_X says:
"He is a murderer.And whether if he killed a human or mutant, it is still murder. In Fatal Attraction he killed hundred of thousands when he manipulated the Earth's electromagnetic field. In a way, I can not come into terms why he can still be considered good after recalling those actions."
The same way the U.S. can still be considered "good" after nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It was an act of war. The U.N. put up a blockcade, declaring war. Magneto gave it to them. It was not a proportional response, but he did not start that fight.
For true mass murder, you have to go much back further in Magneto history, to when he killed the mob that kept him from saving his daughter's life. It was understandable, and he was completely sympathetic in that moment, but it was mass murder. And during the Silver Age he left a nuclear bomb behind a couple times when the X-Men foiled his schemes. Had he been successful, that would have been mass murder.
But sinking the Russian Sub, the EMP in Fatal Attractions, bringing the mountain down on Carrion Bay in Dark Seductions, those were all acts of war during declared states of war.
As for Joesph, he would have been a nice re-boot on Magneto...had they not completely destroyed the character by trying to attach him to Rogue. The only way to make that relationship work was either for Rogue to fade into Magneto shadow (as she did in AoA) or for Magneto to have his testicular fortitude removed, as Joseph so obviously had.
Had they not tried so hard to make that work, had they simply introduced Joseph by himself and let him be Magnus without the issues, it might have worked. It looked pretty good when they first introduced in in "If Sins Be Forgiven". It was Magnus as a blank slate.
But then they immediately attached Joseph to Rogue's hip and he remained so though most of his existence on panel as she walked all over him. He was so spinelesss compared to what Magneto is, the fanbase couldn't stand it. They rebelled and Joseph was quickly shuffled off screen.
Post Edited:2008-03-28 11:34:52
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