#tw world war ii

I’ve been writing an mcu fic that features Magneto (it’s about the alternate Earth in Multiverse of Madness, check it out) and someone asked how old Magneto is in that fic, guessing around 80, and I realized that not only hadn’t I thought about that but that was a hard question to answer.

Magneto’s origin story is tied to a real life historical event. In some versions of the X-Men, Magneto ages slower so that is a very reasonable explanation for his age but that does not change the fact that modern day is moving farther and farther from those days and so the characters’ ages don’t quite make sense.

My grandparents were also WWII refugees (very different from Magneto. Chinese, not Jewish) and they’re in their 90s. They were probably younger than Magneto at the time. Even if Magneto ages slower, I cannot see him as my grandparents’ age, not to mention that would imply that he was already quite old when Wanda and Pietro were born.

Wanda is in her early to mid 20s in the mcu. If Magneto is in his 90s, that would mean that she was born in his 70s and that does not feel right to me. However, Xavier is also in his 90s so it would make sense for Magneto to also be in his 90s, just faring better due to his mutant powers.

So to answer the question in regards to the fic, I kind of have to make Magneto in his 90s in order to respect his background. But, since so much time has passed since then, I think it is totally reasonable to say in this fic he has a really good anti-aging factor. I’ve been picturing him in his 60s or 70s but you as the reader can imagine him as whatever age you’d like.