It varies in my opinion based on how soon Xavier gets his powers. If its like Magneto where he gets it little by little before finally unveiling gaining them at full power....well then we have to potential situations. The first is Xavier losses all hope in humanitynand becomes worst then Magneto. Being able to read the minds of, or pick up random things from people about to do terrible things to people around you and then still being helpless to stop it would make him hate everyone. Just imagine hearing a Nazi soldier think about how they don't want to execute these people but still end up doing it despite the screams and pleas of the people. Xavier could give up any hope. And unlike Magneto who just makes up this idea that mutants are more enlightened then humans because there "evolved", Xavier knows the truth....that there's no difference between mutants and humans when it comes to violence.
And then there's option 2. Xavier retreats into himself. We've seen it before, as strong as Xavier is and as many shady things as he's done a twisted mind or the suffering of many almost painfully exhaust him. Experiencing a horrific event one day at a time everyday with people both near and far suffering and dying in your head....it would break him. We've seen what happens when a young psychic like Jean experienced the death of a single friend in her mind, now compare that to Xavier in a setting like WW2 Germany. He may just breakdown and never make it pass the events.
Mags on the other hand is hard to buckle down. I don't see him as being a game changer, because this is a guy who even after the war was going to just settle down with his family. He's driven to act out for mutants because of his need to protect a vulnerable people like he was unable to do before, and his need to separate himself from his abusers. Magneto without any of that motivation has no reason to be a leader, or even a soldier in this war.
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