Magneto has proven time and time again he's not going to win any Father of the Year awards. Over the year, he's manipulated Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and his biological daughter Polaris for his own gain, often with no thoughts to their well-being. While Scarlet Witch has somewhat moved on from Magneto's machinations, even absent she still provides a necessary scapegoat in the mutant island of Krakoa.

Scarlet Witch first appeared in The X-Men #4 in March 1964 alongside her brother Quicksilver as members of their father Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. From the beginning, however, they are seen as hesitant at best about their father's plans for mutant supremacy. Their tenure wouldn't last, with the pair ultimately joining the superhero team the Avengers. Their exact relation to Magneto, however, was subject to constant revision—a trend that still continues to this day. The AXIS storyline showed them to be experiments of the High Evolutionary, and not in fact the children of Magneto, though the Master of Magnetism still sees Wanda as his daughter.

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Way of the X #1, written by Si Spurrier and illustrated by Bob Quinn, once again returns to the Crucible, one of Krakoa's most barbaric practices. The ritual sees powerful mutants like Magneto fighting former mutants depowered in the wake of the M-Day caused by Scarlet Witch. Magneto uses his powers to rain hell down on the participants, often torturing them, only to kill them so they may be finally resurrected with their powers. The entire proceeding is rooted in hatred for the Scarlet Witch, with Exodus literally telling campfire stories decrying the Scarlet Witch as the "pretender" responsible. With the Crucible hailed as the only way of restoring former mutants, Magneto has ensured that the cycle of bloodshed continues unabated—along with the hatred for the very woman he considers to be his daughter.

Though Magneto may see Scarlet Witch as his progeny, he has an undoubtedly horrible way of showing his affection. Saving Wanda and her sibling from an angry mob in their first encounter, Magneto practically extorts them into joining his cause. Much later, after Scarlet Witch married Vision, Magneto would reappear in their lives and seek a new relationship, but the siblings' hesitance to accept hints at Magneto's previous abuse. When Scarlet Witch's powers grew too powerful to contain, Quicksilver convinced her to create a world where mutants reigned supreme. However, when Magneto learned of Quicksilver's actions, he killed him, prompting Scarlet Witch to resurrect her brother—and depower most of the mutant population. Though Scarlet Witch has largely returned to her heroic role following the events of House of M, the Empyre event shows she is still wracked with guilt over her role in M-Day. She tries to make amends by resurrecting the dead mutants of Genosha, but only succeeded in creating a horde of zombie-like beings.

While Magneto seems to genuinely care for Scarlet Witch, his political ambitions easily dwarf any personal obligations. Thus, as Way of X shows, he has little problem letting the Crucible demonize his would-be daughter's image despite first-hand knowledge saying otherwise. While Magneto has shown his heroic side on numerous occasions, the classic X-Men villain has also shown a willingness to sacrifice those closest to him to forward his cause.

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