Magneto and Mental Illness

[@Elnont]

Anyone who tries to dismiss Erik’s choices as maniacal has no idea how PTSD works. Living and experiencing a genocide of your own people is not something people can just ‘get over’ which is frequently said in the fandom.

[@Dragnoff88]

Especially since he knows it's going to happen again.

[@t-virus7098]

Just well done, finally someone who understands Erik’s believes. It does get frustrating to me whenever ppl keep trying to tell Magneto to chill

[@Jessinking]

i think me and most black people see magneto as a result of the trauma and we understand why he goes wild

[@gagepayne7742]

ALSO I learned a lot, I have always been on Erik's side since i was a kid and this video made me really apperciate him even more. AGAIN phenomenal work!!

[@dunaruiditos7620]

This is one of the best videos I have ever watched in my life, and Magneto is one of my favorite characters. Gonna keep following, sharing around, recommending to friends. As someone with C-PTSD and OSD from child abuse & institutional transphobia it made me happy to see Erik made justice this way (especially the end and referencing Marsha - instantly thought of "I may be crazy but that don't make me wrong"). My pains and their causes are really different, but I recognize a lot of the symptons AND I'm just so glad that this video expressed too well that some of them are useful for surviving an oppressive world. Thank you a thousand times

[@bikenesmith]

thank you so so much for watching and for this comment 💜💜💜 it warms my heart to know ive helped other marginalized neurodivergent people and that ive done mags justice! thank u again 🥺

[@wllipt]

this video was amazing !! and the outro of "magneto was right and mentally ill" [chef's kiss] perfection!! for someone who is currently being evaluated for having a pd, it feels wonderful to know that i may have something in common with this character that i love!

[@mildlydazed9608]

The first time I saw young Eric get pulled from his mother at the camps made me not think of him as a true villain growing up. He’s scarred and scared that it’s going to happen again because of his powers now instead. Lovely to see others think of him in more nuance

[@jean-mh4xo]

Thiss is amazing! I've always personally seen Erik as a black-coded character and I love how you analyze him as well as how you depict him in your art!

[@bikenesmith]

thank you so much! i love interpreting erik as a black jewish psn 💜i also think its very coded into the text considering how much writers have drawn from both black & jewish activists throughout his development/characterization

[@jean-mh4xo]

@@bikenesmith As a black jewish person it means the world to me! I love seeing x-men coded as people like me through their writers!

[@Quintwuzhere]

Honestly both one of the best character analyses and general mental health discussions I've ever seen, though a few points I'd definitely argue on as you did have a few heavy-footed stances. Ultimately, amazing work, this was phenomenal!

[@bikenesmith]

thank you so much! yea ha ha ive got Strong Magneto Opinions

[@benr4205]

Dude this was awesome. Im not super into Marvel or anything but i loved hearing about Magneto. Also your sense of humor was so complimentary to the subject matter 💜

[@elagabalus6948]

This is one of the best takes I’ve seen on magneto 10/10

[@bikenesmith]

tysm!! 💜

[@caspianhardin7521]

Hello!! I just came across your tumblr today and saw a link to this video! And I’m so glad I clicked on it!!:) I’m just getting into X-men and I love Erik and hearing all of his character analyses. This video actually helped me understand bpd and c-ptsd a lot more, and put (more specifically bpd,) into the context of how people with it experience it, and it’s really helped me to understand better. So thank you:))❤️💜 (Literally everything that you’ve said in this video is 100% correct too btw hehe)

[@whatever9248]

Extremely informative video, one of the best dive ins I've seen (I saw xmfc countless times, never realised Erik was disassociating on the submarine fight). From the depths of my heart, bravo

[@JakeAc]

Michael Fassbender was a great magneto sure he is irish and can hear it in his voice sometimes but honestly that gives me magneto vibes

[@freyabaade2810]

At least he is half German and actually speaks the language. That's nice

[@s.3712]

brilliant video, it gave me a new perspective for a character I love. also, I just realized how the overlap between ocd and depression explains my current situation lmao.

[@freyabaade2810]

I've been lobbying for Erik being right for years... Now I'm just sitting here like "Yeah, of COURSE I understand. Splitting is what I do, too". Another essay that ended with self-discovery. Thanks for that!

[@emma-ve8ek]

what a nuanced and amazing video, i love how in depth and multi faceted each the portions of this video are. thank you for making me appreciate magneto even more!!!

[@gagepayne7742]

This is such an amazing break down of the character of magneto U nailed everything and it really shows how much love you have for the x-men history and this character! MORE PLEASE!!

[@bikenesmith]

tysm 💜💜💜💜

[@user-hb1xx4uc7u]

this video is so well done ! I loved it! as someone who also has PTSD and bpd I've always seen myself in him in a way and the way you explained everything is so well thought out I 0oved the way you talked about how the fandom views erik as over the top or dramatic and how in a way it can be harmful and whenever we speak out on it we get shut down and told not to take it seriously I dont know this was so refreshing thank you for this !

[@ruiyintan3]

你写的真的很棒！从心理创伤层面对magneto进行了深度的分析，我现在更加理解他的行为与思考模式了！

[@dobi287]

Wish when you listed other characters with PTSD at 12:30 you mentioned batfleck and David and Bruce banner from Ang Lee's HULK

[@corn7686]

great video! would love to see you talk at length about other xmen characters, your takes are always delightfully in-depth. (you've discussed the difference between 616!charles and xmcu!charles on twt in passing and now I really hope to see a video on this some day...)

[@neshaunblaine]

I appreciate the content and analysis in this video. But can we take a second to appreciate the score. I'm digesting the thoughts while these beats are banging. Kudos.

[@user-ne4op6zs2y]

Thank you, that was really informative! I realised I definitely not know enough about PTSD and CPTSD and that I know like nothing on BPD so I guess I'll have to remedy that :) I think it's hugely important to analyze charachters from mental illnesses' perspective, too. It's also important to create cool representation, since we have so much bad representation already and there's still a lot of ableism even in the circles that are otherwise progressive and against discrimination. I gonna try to use some of ideas mentioned in my fanfiction :) I also wanted to say that the video was beautiful and really well-made. Also the structure is clear so it's easy to comprehend and use for future reference. I had one idea though: maybe the chapter titles and tw should be said outloud, so that blind folks or others who are only listening but not watching, could be aware of them? I know it's a common practice on KZbin, but I don't really know why it is so I had some more thoughts but my anxiety got the better of me so I edited them all out. Thank you again for the cool video!

[@lfr8666]

Silly me, I'd chalked up a lot of Erik's decisions (like the beach divorce) to poor writing (or the problem with prequels being chained to future events) >_

[@fallingforfiction8507]

I just want to say, I keep coming back to this essay because it's so damn good

[@haniehahmadi8086]

I ammmm sooooo happy to finally seeing a video like this. Amazing character study. Thank youuu

[@jessieGLEE12]

This was INCREDIBLE!!! I was so looking forward to more of these videos... especially since (@ time-stamp: 34:52) you mentioned making more videos about X-men, especially character studies... but it's been 3yrs & I can't seem to find them. Did you ever make more? If not, can you plz?? 😢

[@anonymousanon3055]

This was a well made vid. thanks for making and sharing

[@foxrig953]

Excellent video. I love your channel, thank you.

[@JoshStewpid]

I really enjoyed your video, thank you for making it. The X-Men movies and especially Magneto are subjects I'm highly interested in, I'd say even obsessed with. Surprisingly, for how much I love his character, I never stopped to think about the diagnosis he'd have and I'm glad you put a name on it. I knew his trauma influenced a lot of his decisions but I didn't know there was a difference between cptsd and ptsd and I didn't think that people with bpd could look like him. I'm more knowledgeable about autism and adhd (in my opinion, Charles Xavier could have autism/ autism like behavior that could be explained by his telepathy but that's just a hc). Not only did I like the content of your video, I liked how you edited it. There were a few moments when I laughed out loud. Thank you.

[@helkiesdust3812]

Remarkable work!! Can't wait to see more from you.

[@AnaisDemi]

Amazing video! Thank you for putting together such an awesome analysis!

[@11cmredacted89]

this video was really well-done, thanks so much for making it! i learned a lot

[@Kizzy-qb9si]

I think its safe to say max eisenhart died in the camp

[@FFVogter.-em6zz]

Magneto's mental health is compromised due to his powers and scared from the holocaust. There is a reason why he sometimes becomes a raving megalomaniac of a villain. In a way as his character develops, so has he learned to cope with is trauma, better manage his powers and make efforts to reform is why he has become a well written and admired character regardless if he is a hero or villain.

[@sebastianmiguel9841]

this is SO good!!! I want thisvideo tattooed on me somehow..... thanks for making it!

[@bikenesmith]

thank you so much seb 💜💜💜

[@Kptah360]

I understand his pain

[@rezza_lynsaii]

I love your channel. Esp your character analysis and critique of Marvel. The whitewashing has gotten on my nerves for years. I’ve distanced myself from Marvel now. But due to current ‘stuff’ I have came back to rewatch them ❤

[@susanaeaton179]

I absolutely love this video! Question though. What are your thoughts on Erik's time in prison? Are you going to a separate video on this?

[@bikenesmith]

tysm! aaah i have many thoughts on eriks time in prison. its ridiculous that the writers decided to do absolutely nothing w the extremely taxing experience of a decade of solitary confinement...the impact that must have on an already traumatized person w/ powers like eriks (magnetism, connected to the earth, his prison being underground...), and then being thrust back into a real world, full of sensory overload with a vastly different social landscape...i might talk about that in a video sometime! maybe all the things id change abt the xmcu LMAO

[@susanaeaton179]

@@bikenesmith Well, I have a headcanon that I tend to put in my magneto fanfiction. Erik starts getting hallucinations mainly of Shaw. Because at the time he is the strongest person he knows. And then when Erik gets out 'shaw' starts haunting him likean evil obi-wan Kenobi. And then after he becomes a horseman Erik gets a darkER yang named "War". It's all the suppressed shit in its own form but with War. It's more of a Jekyll. and Mr. Hyde relationship. Again that's just me.

[@bikenesmith]

ahh i get u! ive read some on hallucinations & psychosis during and after solitary confinement so i think thats a super interesting idea

[@susanaeaton179]

@@bikenesmith thank you! I can show you some examples of my fics if you want.

[@GratefulGwenivere]

New sub!

[@MrDuLac]

I’m curious. What’s your MBTI?

[@bikenesmith]

INFP!

[@MrYjgh]

I just found this video. It's awesome and makes me question if I have these disorders 🤔 (not in a teenage way of auto diagnosis but from a self perception of my life 😂)

[@mr.pocketwatch4466]

You did a very great analysts on Erik and I agree that BDP get a bad view as my mom has it but I don't agree with other things like the white privilege bs and by looking more at your online account I assume you lean more left and I may not agree but I can appreciate a good video like this and that's all I have to say.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Especially if you're " not allowed " to own your pain because Petlyura's Ukrainian Jewish pogroms don't fit into " the Party line " that the State Department is peddling.

[@HeyGuy4321]

They don't have to be Jewish or Romani. They just need good actors . Ffs really?

[@Jessinking]

yasssssssss more punch racist/punch nazi's music(i watched your wanda episode first. i too love daddy magneto but i don't wanna be hurt by him so he can't be my husband and daugthers wanda and lorna i kinda like brother pietro but not really).

[@Chloesnomore]

Huh

[@Jessinking]

@@Chloesnomore when richard spencer was more popular a person punched him in the face. one of the memes of that was new orders blue monday. the rhthym of the beat was synched to the punch

[@Chloesnomore]

@@Jessinking ohh I was so confused 😭

[@bclr6843]

Seeing as there is no main stream Romany actors and never will be since their truly the last suppressed culture and will likely remain that way, how do you expect them to cast one for any part? since your more likely to find a Romany movie star then you are to find a Jewish Romany they really couldn’t have cast that. So that complaint is really flat out ridiculous. Also all of the Jewish people I know would make fun of someone for using the term “micro aggression” that complaint of slight should be questioned as truly anti-Semitic

[@bikenesmith]

(re-reply bc i realized this was a reply to a different video than i thought) watch my wandavision and whitewashing video - i name multiple experienced romani actresses in the video. i also mention the power and resources disney has that enable them to seek out actors from the roma community. they could very easily visit the multiple roma organizations that fund roma performing arts, or visit roma communities to find talent. + romani-jewish people with careers in the fine + performing arts most definitely exist (i know this from personal experience). none of these actors need to be mainstream stars - how do you think any of these stars become stars? they start from nothing. disney plucked tom holland from nowhere, and he is now a global sensation. re: jewish microaggressions. i personally know, and know of likely just as many jewish people who use "microaggression" on the daily. people are not monoliths.

[@bclr6843]

@@bikenesmith well I don’t know about your personal experience but I am a romani. There’s only three of us that act. One who plays Johnny dogs in peaky blinders and none of have been Jewish since one of our kids stole a nail meant for Christ. The main problem with casting one of us is also related to the stories that are told. Outsiders tend to tell stories that are as ridiculous and outlandish that make sense. Nobody’s fault. We don’t share our culture with people. Main reason for the discrimination we face in the US. I can tell you none of us feel slighted by this because we don’t share our culture. We greatly appreciate representation like Colima Murphy as one of us because he’s a great actor. That’s what actors do they pretend.

[@JoshStewpid]

that was way too much Jennifer Lawrence for me

[@HeyGuy4321]

Wtf . Everyone is encouraged to support magneto 🧲