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Tweak says, "I don't expect you to change."

Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-12 15:53:00

Entry tags:

char: luna maximoff, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: quicksilver/pietro maximoff, creator: david hine, creator: roy allan martinez, publisher: marvel comics, title: son of m

Is Magneto really a bad person?

In Son of M #4 Luna is exposed to the Terrigen Mists, which gives her the power to "see a person's aura, which reflects their moods and innermost secrets."

And then, in Son of M #5...

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	minarho1 2009-07-12 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	I really like the art. (Reply to this)

	hyperactivator 2009-07-12 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	I adore Princess Luna. Her power is so visual and her dresses rock. (Reply to this)

	ar_feiniel_ 2009-07-12 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	Dawwwwww, I love Luna. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-07-12 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Reminds me of Kitty's line when talking about Magneto "Most people just remember the terrorist, I remember the man who tried to change" (Reply to this)

	volksjager 2009-07-12 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	I was under the impression that was always the case. He was just venting all his person angst and suffering on the world. Many people do this, Mags just has the ability lay waste more of it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-07-12 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Plus his powers drive him crazy, which makes sense because they've made it cannon that magnetism can mess up mental powers so it's only natural that having so much might mess up normal functions too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-13 12:55 am UTC (link)
	hmm, well that idea seems to come and go. At one point Morna was supposed to have "cured" him of the troubles. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-07-13 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Meh, everyone's had their power disadvantages cured at somepoint, it never takes. Besides, it helps explain away Lorna's behaviours too. It's a multicharacter repairing explanation! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-13 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Polaris started actin' nutty ???? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-13 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Around the time Malice--a psychic entity--possessed her. Polaris' powers affect psychic so much, they trapped Malice inside her for awhile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nonners 2009-07-19 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Plus... Austen's run. I'll never forgive him for what he did to Lorna. :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ech1969 2009-07-13 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	Marvel already thought up that one... but good thinking. http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/jmc247/info%20and%20cards/Polaris2.jpg (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xammax 2009-07-12 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	He also has a pretty good reason. Its not like hes not all that wrong to begin with, or has no personal experience. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-07-12 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Not that that makes up for any of the terrible things he's done. (Reply to this)

	dimesfornickels.wordpress.com 2009-07-13 12:02 am UTC (link)
	This has always been my personal eye-roller with superhero comics: "It's Likes-Rape Man! He murdered everyone in Cincinnati last week! Get him!" "But he had a bad childhood and he's sad" "Oh... Well, in that case, he can join our team." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-07-13 12:12 am UTC (link)
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ashtoreth
2009-07-13 03:52 am UTC (link)

The X-men are particularly bad about this. There's a joke that they let anyone who comes to the front door and asks join the team.

There is some rationale behind it, occasionally. Sentry is an Avenger not because they think he's blameless of the Void's (ongoing, ha ha) mass murder, but because they think its the best way to keep an eye on him and try and channel his power.

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	Things I have learned today: ian_karkull 2009-07-13 12:27 am UTC (link)
	1)Terrorism and multiple attempts at Genocide are a-okay if you're "just very sad". 2) Little girls with bullshitty magic powers trump years of wanton destruction easily. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Things I have learned today: xdoop 2009-07-13 01:34 am UTC (link)
	multiple attempts at Genocide Except the only time Magneto did that (Planet X), it was promptly retconned for being horribly out of character. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-13 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Pretty sure he did that all the time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Thought thats why Wolverine killed him and stuff. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Things I have learned today: okkult3000 2009-07-13 04:01 am UTC (link)
	He destroyed a Soviet submarine, with everyone on board. He knocked out all the electronics on Earth, killing anyone in an airplane or on life support. He murdered the guy who created the "Erick Lehnsherr" identity for him to cover his tracks. I like Magneto as much as the next guy, but he's more than just misunderstood. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Things I have learned today:

xdoop
2009-07-13 10:45 am UTC (link)

He destroyed a Soviet submarine, with everyone on board.
After they tried nuking him.

He knocked out all the electronics on Earth, killing anyone in an airplane or on life support.
That was an indirect result of him disabling the Magneto Protocols, which the UN created to stop him from returning to Earth. It wasn't like he just did it for shits and giggles.

Plus, are we supposed to believe that the hospitals aren't prepared for the power going out? There are things such as generators, batteries and oxygen tanks.

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Re: Things I have learned today:

zechs27
2009-07-13 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Plus he then went on to destroy a Soviet village by erupting a volcano but made sure to give enough time for the populace to escape.

Still, for the Magneto protocols thing. I think a part of him actually thought he was going to die by trying this. Not to mention right before he prayed to God either to survive this or for what sins he was about to comitt I forgot which.

Plus there's the other time Magneto unleashed yet another EMP pulse during Magneto War. Course his claim to doing this was what the US did with Operation Zero Tolerance. Still with Astra destroyed the machine he did try to keep the EM fields steady which caused his powers to go on the fritz and Joseph had to sacrifice himself to repair the damage.

Still, with Magneto to his logic. You attack him or harm mutants' lives? You're gonna regret it, die, or both at the same time.

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	proteus_lives 2009-07-13 02:14 am UTC (link)
	I liked this mini. Mags may not be "bad" but he purposally chose to bad things. (Reply to this)

	timgueguen 2009-07-13 06:33 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, father, you look..." Like Arnold Swartzennegar! Serious, Pietro looks like ole Arnie in the first panel of Luna's "auravision." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-07-13 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Great now I'm hearing Arnold's voice screaming, "IT'S NOT A TUMOR!" At Luna seeing something in him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	comicoz 2009-07-13 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	When was Son of M? I was kind of avoiding Marvel during the whole M day thing, was it around then? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-07-13 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	It happened right after House of M. (Reply to this) (Parent)