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In Avengers: Age of Ultron, is the Maximoff twins’ father Magneto?

Because in the comics he is, but in the movie they said the Maximoff twins’ parents died, and Magneto would not really die that easily, so is he their father?

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    Potential duplicate : http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/52589/is-quicksilver-in-the-x-men-movies-the-same-as-in-avengers-age-of-ultron – AncientSwordRage Mar 16 '16 at 00:32
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    @AncientSwordRage I disagree about that being a duplicate. The other question is about if they are the same in the X-Men movies and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, while this question is about if one aspect is the same between the comics and the MCU. – Thunderforge Mar 16 '16 at 01:01
  • This is not a dupe. :) It's asking if Magneto is their father in both the MCU and XCU. Different questions. :) – RedCaio Mar 16 '16 at 01:19
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    It would require magneto to be in the MCU which the answer in the question explains he isn't, I believe. – AncientSwordRage Mar 16 '16 at 01:29
  • @AncientSwordRage It's asking whether the twins are the children of a Magneto in the MCU. It's not asking if the XCU Magneto is their father, rather it's asking whether their MCU father is a guy who is/becomes an MCU version of Magneto, or is the father someone else. – RedCaio Mar 16 '16 at 01:47
  • My point is any version of Magneto would be property of the foxverse. Unlike the characters themselves, whom have been split so to speak. – AncientSwordRage Mar 16 '16 at 06:41
  • @RedCaio: duplicate questions on here are classified as questions which are already answered by an answer on another question. The accepted answer on 52589 has a quote from Kevin Feige answering the Magneto question. – Paul D. Waite Mar 16 '16 at 10:24
  • In the comics, as of AXIS: Avengers/X-Men, when it comes to twins Wanda and Pietro, Magneto is NOT the father! (insert crowd from Maury booing and hissing). – The Unknown Dev Mar 18 '16 at 21:13
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    @AncientSwordRage Well, it would only require that the character of their father be named "Max Eisenhardt" or "Erik Lehnsherr". The first may or may not be a name licensed to 20th Century Fox. But, I agree that the current license agreements left Marvel saying "No Magneto here" for The Twins. –  Mar 21 '16 at 03:14
  • @PaulD.Waite As I read that answer, it only says that they can follow the comics but don't have to. Or am I misreading that? – SQB Mar 21 '16 at 09:16
  • @SQB: my understanding is that this question is asking whether Magneto is Quicksilver’s and Scarlett Witch’s father in Age of Ultron, and that answer says “There’s a specific arrangement with those two characters that would allow us to use them with “Avengers,” but not discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage” — in other words, nope, Magneto’s not their father in Age of Ultron. – Paul D. Waite Mar 21 '16 at 10:47
  • @PaulD.Waite Yes, but: "[t]hey can use them as mutants and as Magneto’s relatives, but cannot have anything to do with The Avengers." (emphasis mine). --- nevermind, read that the wrong way around. – SQB Mar 21 '16 at 12:38

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I don't believe there are enough facts about their father to say definitively Yes or No.

The only facts known at this point are

  • The twins are considered orphans.
  • A mortar shell struck their home. I believe the dialogue was something like "Blew a hole in the ground and our parents fell in", so maybe that leaves wiggle room for some "He survived somehow", but I doubt it.
  • There is no evidence of their father having any special powers.
  • Their powers were unlocked by the Scepter. Whether that has anything to do with their father has not been clarified in this universe (unlike, say, Peter Quill, where we know his father's identity has something to do with his abilities).
  • He is never named.

Whether it's relevant is another matter entirely since they presumably they cannot use him in any meaningful way, hence why killing him off was an easy option.

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  • +1 Magneto is considered the twins' father in X-Men universe but there is no mention of such relation in Avengers: Age of Ultron (otherwise he would just show up and terminate the robots, he is Magneto ffs). In here, you can read about Magneto's family lines in comics-verse. – burcu Mar 16 '16 at 07:38
  • We've been told by the head of marvel studios that nothing magneto related can exist in the MCU. See my answer to this question. – AncientSwordRage Mar 16 '16 at 07:53
  • It would be easy enough to say the dead parents were the ones that raised them, but their biological father is Magneto. But since Marvel doesn't have the film rights to Magneto, it's wishful thinking either way. – Omegacron Mar 18 '16 at 14:54
  • Nothing Magneto related can be referenced or discussed. That is completely different to "Nothing Magneto related can exist". It's intentional wordplay which leave it sufficiently vague, with NO concrete answer – user001 Mar 18 '16 at 15:25
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My answer is based off of this answer, which I think makes this question a duplicate:

As discussed here and here, the X-Men and Marvel Cinematic universes are entirely separate,

This means that neither cinematic universe is necessarily beholden to Quicksilver's comic past of being Magneto's son

an agreement exists that allows Marvel to use them provided that no reference is made to their traditional origins

From an interview with Kevin Feige

Feige: We both have them. There’s a specific arrangement ... not [to] discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage. ”

Emphasis mine. Note that last part. That precludes any MCU version of Magneto existing mutant or otherwise.

That only conclusion is that the MCU twins have some other non-magneto-related lineage.

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    To be pedantic, that doesn't preclude Magneto fathering Quicksilver in the MCU, it merely prohibits MCU from talking about that fact if it is the case - which is in turn not contradicted by the vague 'parents died' line that's been trotted out. Wiggle room in case the two franchises get closer? – gowenfawr Mar 16 '16 at 11:48
  • @gowenfawr right, by simply not mentioning it it can still be something else later. They can pull the old you were actually adopted trick – Joshua Mar 16 '16 at 12:05
  • Admittedly they could, after a merger retcon the events, but answers shouldn't have to account for potential future retcons. – AncientSwordRage Mar 16 '16 at 14:24
  • @AncientSwordRage At the same time you can not make absolute assumptions "That only conclusion is that the MCU twins have some other non-magneto-related lineage" based on the available information – user001 Mar 18 '16 at 15:00
  • @AncientSwordRage In-fact a rather cheeky way of reading "not [to] discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage" is "Of course he is their father... We just can't make reference to that fact!" – user001 Mar 18 '16 at 15:02
  • "This means that neither cinematic universe is necessarily beholden to Quicksilver's comic past of being Magneto's son". In age of Ultron there was no mention of him being the son, but in X-Men first class Quicksilver does make a comment about a man, that, according to comics, was his father, that met the description of Magneto. – NationWidePants Mar 18 '16 at 14:25
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    Xmen first class is not part of the MCU. – curiousdannii Mar 18 '16 at 14:29
  • @curiousdannii The quote I referenced from above points to Non-MCU X-Men content. So my point still stands valid. He made a generalization. – NationWidePants Mar 18 '16 at 15:11