X-Men: Apocalypse - 25 WTF Moments

22. Magneto Hiding From His Powers, In A METAL WORKS

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You'd have thought that Magneto would have done his utmost to hide himself away after escaping an attempted presidential assassination (and one apparently successful one). He would no doubt spend his life living somewhere he could never trigger his powers and be unveiled as the supervillain who has catastrophically impressive powers and an established hatred of "norms".

Perhaps he'd do a Saul Goodman and work somewhere like Cinnabun or Baskin Robbins, or whatever food company Fox wanted to shill to. He definitely wouldn't work somewhere with dangerous work conditions surrounded by giant blobs of metal that could very easily lead to him having to use his powers.

After all, what is he was having a lazy day and decided to use his powers to help him along? We've all cut corners at work. One slip and bang, you're in prison, or someone sends a surprisingly well equipped police hit gang to accidentally kill your family with the all-wood bows and arrows THEY JUST HAD LYING AROUND.

Maybe next time, Erik, get a non-threatening job in a Build-A-Bear Workshop, or don't try and save the lives of anti-mutant bigots who you probably don't get on with anyway.

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