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[Marvel] Why did Magneto believe that Cyclopes deserved to be the leader of the mutants?

Ok let’s get one thing straight, I actually like Cyke, he’s a compelling character to me. I feel like there’s a lot of readers who dislike him due to one reason or another and while I do understand some of those reasons, I find a lot of them to be too over exaggerated and based on inconsistent writing, more than anything else. Cyclopes is allowed to be a complex character and I think some writers try too hard to find an excuse for people to disagree with him. So this isn’t me bashing on him.


But anyway, why did Magneto proclaim him the Savior of mutants? Magneto himself is no slouch. He’s someone who’s championed mutant kind before and he’s proven to be a competent leader as well. He’s also way more powerful. So what did he see in Scott? What qualities did Magneto see in him that made him think Scott was more fit to lead the mutants than him. This was during the time when the X men were more divided than ever too and Magneto does have history of leading mutants while towing the line with the X-men. So what made him decide he was gonna support Scott rather than the other way around?
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At the time when Magneto conceded to Scott, mutantkind was at a low ebb. Almost all of the survivors were concentrated on Utopia, with Cyclops as their uncontested leader. Scott had rejected and ejected Professor X and embraced a form of mutant separatism - in effect, he had come round to Magneto's way of thinking. An alliance was the natural choice at that stage.

Meanwhile, Magneto was also at a low ebb. He had been depowered by Wanda and, although some of his powers had returned, they were far weaker than before - just a short time before his arrival in Utopia he had allied with the High Evolutionary in order to get a temporary power boost that would let him challenge the X-Men. He was no longer the god-like being that could subjugate armies; he was just a powerful and charismatic mutant. He had tried attacking the X-Men just a few issues earlier, and been roundly defeated; he clearly could not conquer them. So if he was going to ally with them, he would need to treat with them as equals at best, and possibly even superiors.

Beyond that, kneeling makes a powerful gesture - not just to encourage the alliance he was seeking, but also to ram home to Scott the fact that he had gone from Xavier's disciple to Magneto's heir. It was a way to not just get the alliance he wanted, but to make it clear *why* he was seeking that alliance.