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    The X-Men are a superhero team of mutants founded by Professor Charles Xavier. They are dedicated to helping fellow mutants and sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them.

    magneto the good guy

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    do any of you hate the fact that mags became somewhat of a good guy or at the least an antihero. he was the team's main antagonist. now he has flip flopped. even mystique became an antihero. do you guys think the switch was due to the movies and cartoons?

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    Nah, I feel like the way Bunn characterizes him at any point if someone decides that he's had enough halfassing and wants to go full on ruthless Magneto again he could do it without looking back.

    Really remember that the long 90s period of Magneto villainy really made him stale as he went from one crazy evil plot that wasn't likely to succeed, to the next Crazy evil plot that wasn't likely to succeed.

    Overall the X-Men(and Marvel) do need to stop trying to hero up all the major recognizeable villains and actually get back to good guys vs bad guys but Magneto being as complex as he is combined with what lead him to this point (a series of failed plans that left him depowered and trying to find his place among a crippled mutant community) makes it more of the best thing for him as a character right now since its reestablishing/reigniting his motivation as a character.

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    #3  Edited By Immolation

    Magneto and Mystique have always been kind of neutral. Magneto was only a bad guy in the silver age and the 90's. Mystique has never really been a bad person. She started out as a anti-hero who wanted to help mutants.

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    #4  Edited By MasterOfEvil

    I'm fine with anti-hero Magneto, but I know he'd make those decisions that help mutants and screws someone else. If it came down to anything or mutants, he'll choose mutants. That's something that should never change about his character.

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    #5  Edited By dernman

    Magneto is a terrorist and mutant supremacist. Don't be fooled by a change of tactics.

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    Not really. At best hes an anti-hero and occasional ally, but make no mistake if Mags has goals that benefit his own, he'll kill mutant and human to get to them.

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    Basically he'll defend mutantkind at damn near any cost.

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    eh is he was a bad guy then someone would kill him off like wolverine or x-23

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