In X-Men: First Class, in the beginning scene, why doesn't the child <PERSON> attempt to kill <PERSON>?
Near the beginning of the movie, in the <PERSON>'s office scene, after <PERSON> shot <PERSON>'s mother, <PERSON> got really mad and he killed the two soldiers and messed the room up.
Why didn't he attempt to kill <PERSON> at that point (with or without using his power)? Don't tell me at that time he already knew about <PERSON>'s power. <PERSON>'s power is to absorb energy such as incoming projectiles. So if someone shoots him, punch him, or try to blow him up with a grenade, he can absorb the energy. So at that point, if <PERSON> tried telepathically sending the bell flying towards <PERSON>'s head, he still can't kill him. But why doesn't <PERSON> at least TRY to kill <PERSON>?
There are three possible explanations I can think of.
First possibility is that, at that point in time, <PERSON> already knew about <PERSON>'s power. And he knew that if he tried to kill him, he would just upset <PERSON>. So he chose to release his anger by killing the two soldiers and messing up the room. I think this is improbable, because his mother was just murdered by <PERSON>; I would imagine <PERSON> would get so angry that all he wanted to do is to kill <PERSON>. Also, he made a conscious decision to kill the two soldiers. He turned around and squished their helmets. He was angry enough to kill people, why doesn't he kill <PERSON>?
Yes, <PERSON> seemed to already know <PERSON> in the beginning, as he called him Doctor. So it doesn't seem like they were meeting for the first time. But does <PERSON> really know <PERSON> well enough to know about his power? Did <PERSON> already tell <PERSON> about his own power before this scene? This is the first possibility.
The second possibility is that at that point <PERSON> cannot telepathically levitate objects well enough to launch an object at <PERSON>. Since it was probably his second time using his power, he didn't know how to levitate an object and launch it at a fast speed at a target. 663
If you remember, the first thing he did was crushing the bell. Then he crushed the file cabinet. And then he crushed the soldiers' helmets. And then he levitated stuff in the other room and they flew in a circular motion like a storm. So it would seem that since <PERSON> was such a beginner at controlling his power, he didn't know how to control his power to levitate an object and then shoot it at a target. At that point, he only knew how to crush things and make things fly around randomly. Therefore, since <PERSON> wasn't wearing a helmet and it didn't seem that he had anything magnetic on him, <PERSON> knew he wasn't able to kill <PERSON>. My follow-up question is, then why doesn't <PERSON> try to kill <PERSON> physically (without using his power)? I would imagine he would get so mad and start punching <PERSON>, or grab an object and hit <PERSON> with it. Maybe he knew <PERSON> is physically stronger? Maybe he knew <PERSON> has a pistol nearby? But at that point, <PERSON> seemed so angry that he was willing to do anything, like risking his life to kill <PERSON>.
The third possibility is that <PERSON> has taken someone close to <PERSON> as hostage. I don't think it's his father because <PERSON> only said "I want to see my mama" in the beginning. He didn't say, "I want to see my parents." Maybe <PERSON> took another family member of <PERSON> as hostage. I think this third possibility is the most unlikely.
I think the second possibility is the most likely.
Another question: by the time <PERSON> was an adult he probably already knew about <PERSON>'s power (or did he?). Then how come he tried to aboard <PERSON>'s ship to try to kill <PERSON> with a knife? It seemed that <PERSON>'s plan was to kill <PERSON> only with a knife. This makes me think that <PERSON> has no idea that <PERSON> has a power ever since <PERSON> was a child. 950