This is true only in the sense that Marvel forced a retcon to make it ‘canon’ that Wanda and Pietro are supposedly no longer Magneto’s kids anymore. Marvel only did this because they’re pissy about Fox owning the film rights (and ONLY the film rights) to the X-Men and full Magnus family.
However, it’s not something that actually fits the Marvel universe, and it’s not something a majority of fans or readers want to see. What people actually want is the full Magnus family intact and actually used.
For these reasons, I don’t see the forced retcon as valid or actual continuity. As far as I’m concerned, Marvel stopped writing Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver shortly before Axis, and All-New X-Factor may have been the last time we saw them anywhere in the 616.
There’s also alternate universes where Marvel hasn’t forced that stupid retcon yet. The original post didn’t specify what universe was being talked about.
“I think it’s a slam dunk for Emma Frost (a phrase she would no doubt consider low brow). I think many fans were genuinely surprised how much we missed Emma and Scott, but especially Emma, as she brings a certain wit to the X-Men that I don’t think anyone else does. She also destroyed one of the Terrigen clouds. I think many fans have been frustrated with the approach of the X-Men to this crisis given that there seems to be multiple characters who should be able to destroy, contain and/or reconstitute the mists already in the X-Men’s ranks and/or take out Inhumans big gun Blackbolt with relative ease. Jean Grey, Magneto, Polaris, Rachel Summers, Storm, Iceman, Magik, Hope, Nate Grey, Cable — we are looking at you! The inaction of the X-Men has been maddeningly frustrating, be we can trust Emma Frost to be enduringly FABULOUS, buck the trend and actually do something useful.” – Derek
Which character are you hoping makes more appearances in 2017?
“Polaris. It’s a shame that the heir and only daughter of the Master of Magnetism always seems to get the short end of the stick. Lorna is a powerhouse, has strong ties to many X-Men and should be a valuable asset to mutantkind against the Inhumans. Not to mention her close relationship with Crystal’s daughter Luna, her former niece. If that’s not enough, we know Polaris has a lot to say concerning the state of mutantkind thanks to her time in Genosha as Magneto’s heir. There’s a lot of potential there. Lorna needs to break through.” – Ben
“I really love Quicksilver as a character (I love Evan Peters too, but in very very different way). I think Peter David really did something great with that character and the dynamic between him and Polaris which was slowly being built in ‘All-New X-Factor’ was a great loss as it was the most organic/naturalistic brother and sister relationship I had seen in Marvel Comics. Generally there is some sort of imbalance in the sibling relationships in comics whereas as Quicksilver and Polaris were equals. I want Quicksilver back in the X-Books as a mutant again alongside his half-sister Polaris.” – Derek
Selections from the article and emphasis were of my picking here.
With 2016 having been such a shitty year, both for Marvel’s treatment of Polaris and just for all of existence everywhere, it’s uplifting to see this much emphasis on Lorna from readers. While @marvelentertainment keeps treating her like a nobody Z-lister, actual readers and actual fans clearly see Polaris as an A-lister not being given her due.
These comments by Derek and Ben also do a great job of highlighting how Marvel is utterly failing both its readership and its story potential by so stubbornly refusing to acknowledge and use Lorna. She can provide a hell of a lot in the dynamics with Inhumans, but Marvel won’t involve her. She can play off well with Quicksilver at a time that Marvel’s decided to keep Scarlet Witch away from him, but Marvel won’t use the long-standing relationship between Lorna and Pietro that was sibling-like even before they knew they were half-siblings. There’s decades worth of untapped potential here.
This year has been a year of rigged institutions ignoring what people actually want in favor of what they want to force people to want. I’m anticipating that next year will be even worse all around, but commentary like this gives some small sliver of hope for a brighter future somewhere down the road – because no matter how everything is twisted, future generations will eventually fix mistakes made today. And they’ll be even more devoted and inspired to do the best they can as a result of lost potential, of what could have been but never was.
All this occurred in a story I’ve yet to read. That being said, I ‘d say that Magneto made a very wise move entrusting Polaris as his heir over Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Polaris is just a much more even-tempered and pragmatic thinker compared to either of her siblings.
Quicksilver is impulsive, arrogant, and makes all sorts of poor decisions. I wouldn’t put Quicksilver in charge of looking after my cats, much less an entire nation.
The Scarlet Witch is much healthier now, but she has had a long history of psychological difficulties and she too has made many bad decisions (granted a lot of Wanda’s more destructive acts were due to writers utilizing what I consider to be sexist tropes about the dangerous nature of feminine hysteria).
In any case, if it were up to me I’d definitely choose Polaris and think Magneto made the right call.
What @supergirltastic said in her reply is definitely accurate when it comes to Wanda and Pietro’s attitudes, and I agree with her on the favorite child part even though it’s yet to be proven.
I don’t have pictures/scans of it, but the matter of Lorna as Magneto’s heir DID come up in the official comics during the Austen era. It happened in a discussion among the three of them post-Genoshan massacre. The twins’ attitude was the same as what supergirltastic said: did they really want to be Magneto’s heirs anyway?
Lorna also has a few other qualities and background in and of herself that make her the best possible heir for Magneto. While Wanda and Pietro tend to focus on Avengers stuff and rarely on mutants stuff, Lorna’s almost always dealing with mutant issues. In her best depictions, when Marvel cares about her and uses her right, she’s a very strong defender of mutant rights.
Meanwhile, on Genosha, she was very instrumental for Magneto’s reign. She pretended to be him for public appearances while his powers were waning (which takes a lot of trust; what if she decided to ruin his reputation out there?), and the Genoshan people looked up to her to such an extent that they were all idolizing her and begging her to save them during the Genoshan massacre. So, not only was she supporting her father’s dream, she was also an inspiration for the people while Genosha existed.
Lastly, her powers. It would be very easy for Lorna having the same powers as her father to lead to perception of her as “Magneto’s true heir.”
The other thing is the idea of Lorna being Magneto’s favorite child. I has headcanon about it.
My theory is: Lorna is Magneto’s precious baby magnet, and he wants her to have the best life she possibly can… away from the suffering he thinks he could bring her.
Magneto knew even while Lorna was a child that being in any way connected to him would put Lorna at risk. He got a firsthand example of that when Anya died. Same reason he took so long to tell Wanda and Pietro about him as their father, which is why it took Lorna finding the truth for herself before Magneto was willing to admit he’s her father. Also the Magneto that “disproved” Lorna as his daughter turned out to be a robot – it was Magneto covering up their family connection again to protect his precious baby magnet.
By the time Magneto started Genosha, I believe he recognized that Lorna would be at risk whether she knew he was her father or not. From there, it became less about protecting her and more about training and teaching her as best as possible to take over for him since she wanted to do so.
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