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series: X Men: First Class
name: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
sex: Male
age: 35ish
race: Mutant
height: 6 feet
weight: 185
canon point: Just after the plane crashes on the beach in cuba
previous cr: None
history: here or here --only XMFC stuff
personality: Erik is a man forged by pain and fire. Anger and revenge. As a child his inability to control his powers lead to his mother’s death. From that moment forward he was tortured and manipulated by Sebastian Shaw, to believe that the only true way to access his powers was through pain and anger, bourn of every failure, every hurt wrecked upon his spirit and body. By the time we find him as an adult, he has become a hollow shell-driven only by the desire to revenge, to avenge-to find vengeance for his mother, for his people. This is compounded by his belief that he is the only mutant out there-having never met another, he believes he is truly alone-a ‘monster’ created by Shaw.
Additionally, a great deal of his motivation comes from being not only a mutant, but Jewish. Having been persecuted because of his religion (and having very strong and very raw first hand knowledge on how the Nazi’s started), he is in a singular position to see how the discovery of mutants could quickly turn bad for all mutants. His view on the world is colored by the horrors visited upon him- he is wary of all humans. He does not trust that they have the mutants best interests in minds-and rightly supposes that they will try to stamp out that which they fear.
If he had never met Charles Xavier, Erik most likely would have continued to struggle to fight Shaw on his own, and most likely would have failed. It his relationship with Charles that shapes him, and molds him into what he becomes by the end of the film. Erik is not one to trust anyone-even as Charles tries to get under his skin-initially there is always a wall. Having spent years of his life not trusting anyone, even meeting a soul that is able to touch his isn’t something he can just…let in. He is man who hasn’t known love (true love, not the warped ….whatever that Shaw showed him) since his mother died-it has made him cold, and seemingly unfeeling. But at the offer of a friendship-the chance to find a place with his own kind (the mutants), he finally relents, and follows Charles.
As the weeks go on, however, he does slowly let Charles in-and it is his friendship that lets him unlock his true potential-as Charles puts it, the place between rage and serenity. There is very little that is serene about Erik, but pulling away from the rage just a *bit* allows him to find clarity in his life. He also is shown trying to help the other mutants be comfortable and love who they are. He tries to give Raven the confidence that she sorely lacks to be who she is--not what she thinks others wish her to be. Even after all he's been through, and how hard he has had it, there is a great deal of compassion in him.
This is not to say that Charles and Erik's relationship, and his own motives, are not strained. Despite everything, Erik is shown to be unflinching in his drives-he will ignore orders to go after Emma, and is always willing to push the line (usually with violence) to get what he desires. He takes what Charles says about mutants being the more evolved kind and clings to it-using it as the rallying cry to prepare for when the humans turn on them. In many ways, Erik is idealistic, but it has been tempered and embittered by his real life experiences. He knows how cruel the world can be, and he is quite willing to be cruel back-no longer willing to be at the mercy of anyone.
When the humans attack, instead of turning the other cheek (as Charles might have), he is willing to destroy all of military fleets-he is near the end of his rope, here, having been confronted by Shaw, and killed him. Charles says the one thing that would upset any Jewish person -“they are just following orders” -and it is this that makes him finally snap.
Despite this-and perhaps a show of how far Erik has come-when Charles is injured, he gives up his revenge to comfort and try and help his fallen friend. The bridge between them has already started to burn, but it is clear that he has clearly changed for the better-he is willing to care for *mutants* now, and protect them. It is no longer just ‘him’ in his life-it’s ‘us’.
abilities/powers:
--Can manipulate any item that has metal and/or metal ore in it. This gives him the ability to ‘hover’ by using any surrounding metal to propel him upwards and/or in any direction he wishes to. He can channel this through his own body, which gives him faster than normal reflexes. As he gains more control over his powers, his abilities will evolve and become more powerful.
--Quite fit, and is also adept with a gun and knife, and other normal physical fighting techniques.
first person sample:
[Erik chooses text. No need to show his face to those which aren't returning the favor. Besides...he'd rather let them see him in person.]
I think you must be amused with yourselves...capturing powerful mutants.
However, let me make it quite clear. If you do not tell me where the others are, and release us, I will take care of this myself.
And I assure you, it will be far from painless.
I was a lab rat once.
Never again.
third person sample: here
case no: 21-47-82 I'm a horrible person.