In the MCU, time is a cruel mistress. Whether it’s sorcerers twisting it to their whim or heroes being put on ice to miss a few decades, what has happened in the past could help Magneto’s future. One suggestion by u/icorrectpettydetails was to “Freeze him like Steve and Bucky. He gets sent to the camps, reveals his mutant powers, and draws the attention of an unnamed Hydra scientist, strongly implied to be Mister Sinister, who runs tests on him. Decades later, he escapes, meets up with Charles Xavier, but realizes that prejudice and bigotry are still rife in the future and nothing will change until they take radical action.” It’s here, though, where we come to another age issue regarding Erik’s frenemy, because whatever explanation is applied to Magneto must also affect Charles.
Another fan, u/Intelligent_Sail_896, highlighted the concern, saying, “But he and Charles are supposed to be around the same age, right? Then how would a 90-year-old Charles work?” It’s a detail that would need to be handled with much care, but the consensus on the Reddit board was that simply mentioning Magneto’s powers slowing his age covers what is an unavoidable issue, and for Charles as well. Thankfully, fans don’t need to fret, as it turns out the comics and cartoons have it covered already.
