Can't wait for my first ramble since getting hyperfixated on X-Men '97
(I gave no clue how to due Tumblr "read more" cuts, so... sorry if this eats someone's dash :< )
Genuinely i love the fact that so many people are saying Magneto is right and that the show itself has addressed that its absolutely true,
but I hate the fact that people are saying Charles Xavier was wrong, and that Magneto was completely justified; which is just far too black and white in my opinion.
Magneto is right when it comes to the fact that Charles' methods are ineffective. Direct action is needed if mutantkind and humankind are to ever have mutual respect. But, that does not mean he isn't an extremist. Magneto's motives and intentions are morally correct, but that doesn't mean that the damage acted upon to humans did more good than harm. Fighting fire with fire may only lead to more fire, or as a favorite quote of mine: "violence for violence is the rule of beasts."
However, I don't want this to be a "Magnus bad, Charles good" fest, it's not. Charles Xavier is a human passing, ultimately jackpot ability mutant and could 100% just pretend to be human if he ever decided to. He wants to help Mutants, his motivations are moral, but they're ineffective. They rarely actually help Mutants instead of simply pushing back the prejudice they face, it took until Magneto running the institute for Genosha to even be accepted into the UN.
So I believe they're both right, but both wrong. They're yin and yang in a sense; there needs to be a balance with their methods for true progress: Action without violence.
...Well that was good to get out of my system :D I'm probably gonna make more X-Men posts in the future, so prepare thineself >:]