Originally posted by janus77He's harbored a lot of regret over the years. And recently too. That much was clear when he was dealing with Wanda's breakdowns and submitting to Cyclops' leadership.
Has GR been physically pummelled by anyone of late?EDIT: I suspect guilt isn't something Magneto suffers much of. He sees his actions as entirely justified and righteous, in the face of a hostile, frightened and irredeemably malevolent species.
Originally posted by ODG
He's harbored a lot of regret over the years. And recently too. That much was clear when he was dealing with Wanda's breakdowns and submitting to Cyclops' leadership.
I thought the subordinate role he took with the X-Men was as a reaction to the M-Day fallout?
Originally posted by janus77A lot of people believe in what they do and can still harbor guilt over it. They're not mutually exclusive notions.
True enough, but he also has demonstrated that he is a "believer" in his rhetoric.I thought the subordinate role he took with the X-Men was as a reaction to the M-Day fallout?
Same thing. Cyclops was showing he could unite mutantkind on Utopia.
Originally posted by janus77There's no righteousness to be found really in Magneto's neglect and victimization of his children. Something he's struggled with a long time.
I don't know about that. You can definitely be righteous and still regret the pain you cause, but to feel guilt would necessitate some belief in the wrongness of your actions imo.That's why I figured that his belief in his cause may mean that he feels little guilt.
Magneto doesn't kill anymore; heck he doesn't even doesn't attack humans anymore except in self-defense; and he doesn't believe himself to be a leader of mutants anymore. That's pretty much a complete 180 degree turnabout from his formerly held beliefs: killing in the name of mutant freedom is justifiable; especially if it's mutant-hating human scum; and he should be leading mutantkind into the next stage of humanity's evolution.
Even if you don't think this face-turn (not his first) is evidence of wracking guilt, he's acutely aware that what he used to do was wrong.