Thoughts on Celluloid — Is Marvel going to retcon Magneto into an Iraqi...

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lanxborealis-deactivated2015020 asked:

Is Marvel going to retcon Magneto into an Iraqi Muslim that loses his family in the Iraq War? LOL. Seeing as you're pushing Ms. Marvel's religion on everyone, why not push politics, too?

brevoortformspring answered:

I haven’t done the math, but I’d be willing to bet that Magneto’s religion as part of his background as an Auschwitz survivor has come up more frequently than Ms Marvel’s has.

But I understand that anything that isn’t white males makes you uncomfortable. (And even those if they get too close sometimes.)

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