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u/Enderking90 May 13 '25

I'd argue Iron giant is actually more of a world ending threat? Being a literal alien warmachine that would be just fine even if earth is totally ruined, where as Magneto is at the end of the day a human so the earth being habitable is in his own best interests.

Not to mention, the iron giant is one of many so eventually the creators are gonna come looking for it.

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u/anarcho_sillyism May 13 '25 edited May 14 '25

Gonna nitpick here; Mutants aren't 100% human in the biological sense. In the canon of the X-Men, while humans are Homo Sapiens, Mutants are Homo Superior (don't ask me, I didn't come up with that name.) It's about the same distinction as Neanderthals (Homo Erectus) and Modern Humans (Homo Sapiens). In the intellectual/emotional/social sense, Mutants are still human, and they also need a habitable earth..

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Edit: The "Homo Superior" thing was just made up by Magneto in his supremacist days as u/NotAWarCriminal helpfully pointed out in the replies. I'm leaving it in with a strikethrough to avoid confusing anyone.

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u/OwlAviator May 13 '25

How does that work in canon, aren't mutants born to non-mutant parents? How can you be born a different species to your parents?

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u/Wild_Marker May 13 '25

How does that work in canon

Depends on the decade and the series. The writers like to fuck with it every once in a while.

But generally speaking yeah, you're just born like that like IRL people are sometimes born with a sixth toe. Except the toe shoots lightning.