#and the specific of framing of that scene… queer jewish magneto talking to a religious right wing senator
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seriously considering learning to gif just so I can find a single gifset of magneto’s god-fearing man speech from x men (2000)
#it’s SO rare that any piece of media makes a character recognizably jewish in a way that isn’t just nazis or hannukah#and the specific of framing of that scene… queer jewish magneto talking to a religious right wing senator#saying no. god isn’t a destroyer god is a teacher#what you’re really scared of is *me*#just. like. yeah! that’s it!!#the foundation of Jewish tradition for the past two millennia has been based around the idea#that the Torah was given to moshe on sinai *for us to interpret*#so the fact that magneto so explicitly embraces that while rejecting the christian view of a vengeful god……….#is. uniquely well executed#also. sir ian mckellen absolutely kills it as magneto in that movie#x men (2000)#I also really personally enjoy magneto’s subtextual rejection as god as being particularly relevant to Jewish practice#but that’s just bc it jives with my philosophy
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