What makes you love your favorite X-character?

[creaky]

I'm curious:
How did you come to care for your favorite character/characters in the X-books and is it the same reason that you still care for him/her/them today?
Do you usually like the same type of characters or does it vary?
And - if this is too personal, feel free to ignore - do your favorite characters remind you of yourself in any way or are they more like you wish you were?

[Mikl C]

I'm curious:
How did you come to care for your favorite character/characters in the X-books and is it the same reason that you still care for him/her/them today?

Marrow's badass attitude and her complete lack of respect got me loving her. Her intentional baiting of Storm and Wolverine caused some awesome tension for the team at a really unstable time for them. Bliss.

Then they made her pretty, wimped her character out and made her lame.
But! X-factor Marrow may redeem herself. If she drops the "Sarah" crap and starts pulling weirdass bones out of her a$$ again.

Do you usually like the same type of characters or does it vary?
And - if this is too personal, feel free to ignore - do your favorite characters remind you of yourself in any way or are they more like you wish you were?

Hm. I don't usually like such abrasive characters, but Marrow had many redeeming qualities, and we always knew that deep down she was a big softie. She should should never have shown it much. And it can;t have all been relating to her appearance. Getting "fixed" shouldn't have made her such an x-poster child.

What I see of myself in her? hm. Difficulty connecting with people and slight rebellious nature in the face of authority I guess.
Only.. much less :p

[Dagger]

Doood! I have tons of favorite characters, and they change all the time. It can be one story, or one series or whatever, if something clicks with me, and the character, then I just can't help but love them.

For example: Angel. Warren seems like he has it all, but I interpret him as this huge character trying to not be in his father's shadow. He has his father's company, his father's home, blah blah blah, and what does he do? He exposes himself as a minority in a world where they hate said minority. He's trying to be his own man, doing things in the way he wants to do them. He wants to be an individual, not a III. And I can totally relate to that.

[Mikl C]

*gack*
Dagg do someone else. plzplz.

[Nyssane]

I'm curious:
How did you come to care for your favorite character/characters in the X-books and is it the same reason that you still care for him/her/them today?

I like Frenzy because she's a powerful, well-spoken woman, and I generally like lesser-known characters that if you take a closer look at, you'd notice they actually do a lot more than you thought previously. I first got into her when I read X-Factor #4, her first appearance, and she was admittedly much more awesome in the old days than she was in the 90's when she joined the Acolytes. She's a big part of X-History despite a lot of people not even knowing who she is. I also like that she's black, but it's not a part of her character in the slightest. I said this in another thread, but she's not an African Goddess like Storm or a Ghetto princess like Misty Knight. She's just who she is without having to fill a stereotype. I also loved her role in Eve of Destruction, despite her being mind-controlled. I liked how Magneto entrusted her to be the ambassador, it's obvious that she was up there in the ranks and I'd put her one notch below Exodus.

One thing I don't care much about with her is her generic power. I mean, how many super-strong characters are there out there? However, her character far surpasses her powers and I love her because of that.

I think I care about Frenzy even moreso now than I did a few years ago because of Mike Carey's utilization of her in current X-Men stories. I love how she went back to her Frenzy roots and the change of costume is very welcome. I just hope she survives Endangered Species, I'd be quite upset if she didn't but I trust Mike Carey and if he does take her out, I'm sure she'd go out with a bang.

Do you usually like the same type of characters or does it vary?

Generally, I like female characters with super strength. My favorite overall Marvel character is Anaconda, who has super-strength, but I also like how she has other powers such as elongating her limbs and breathing underwater. I like characters who defy standards and Anaconda and Frenzy are definitely not the T&A females you normally see in comics. So yes, I like female characters who can kick the crap out of male characters in hand-to-hand combat.

And - if this is too personal, feel free to ignore - do your favorite characters remind you of yourself in any way or are they more like you wish you were?

Well, I'm not a woman, I'm not black, I'm not very intelligent, and I'm not at all well-spoken, so... no. But I like Frenzy because she's not like me. I can't stand when people are so obsessed with finding characters that are like them (ie. rwsmith) because you're living your own life. Reading comics is about reading other people's lives... only with sexy spandex.

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

I'm curious:
How did you come to care for your favorite character/characters in the X-books and is it the same reason that you still care for him/her/them today?

Scott and Emma: hopelessly broken (and yet still standing) old school hardasses. Bonus points for the stone cold/stoic thingy.

Do you usually like the same type of characters or does it vary?

The 'broken' isn't a must, but I do have a bias for old school tough guys/gals.

And - if this is too personal, feel free to ignore - do your favorite characters remind you of yourself in any way or are they more like you wish you were?

Nope. No one should ever want to be like those two. Ever.

[Grunty]

I'm curious:
How did you come to care for your favorite character/characters in the X-books and is it the same reason that you still care for him/her/them today?
Do you usually like the same type of characters or does it vary?
And - if this is too personal, feel free to ignore - do your favorite characters remind you of yourself in any way or are they more like you wish you were?

Okay sorry for making one Marrow post after someone else did one shortly before but well she is my favorit.

1. First it was actualy a visual thing that made me intrested in her. Its because one of the first X-book i have read was X-men 72 (second series).
Back then i only knew the animated series so i didn't knew much about the comics.
And when i saw the cover, which i still think looks very cool, i thought that Marrow was kind of bad*** for battling Wolverine. Because back then i had the usual hype in my head, which every kid has when thinking about X-men, that Wolverine is kind of the coolest X-men.

Of course when i begann reading the comics i soon found out what really happend (and that Wolverine ain't the coolest) but still this image of Marrow was stuck in my head.

Another fact was that she was the first female mutant in X-men i saw that actualy had a physical mutation which made her look different to the outside.
Plus her powers where kind of intresting too, since they where simliar to Wolverines (bone weapons and healing factor) but still strongly different.

All in all i thought she was intresting and i always hoped that she would slowly beginn to open up to her teammates. But not the way Marvel did it.
Making her pretty was kind of a let down for me since it was rushed and took to much of that away that made her personality intresting.
But then i thought maybe she would change back a little later.

Sadly then came Revolution and Claremont. I have to admit that during that time i kind of droped the X-men comics for one and a half year and developed a strange dislike for Chris Claremont.

Ironical it was her dissapearance that made me even more stuck to her character because i wanted to know what happend.
And i kind of still want an answer to this nowdays.

Then came Weapon X. It was just another let down. They made her evil again and mainly just a backround character, then let her turn side again and become a terrorist again only to be nearly killed by Agent Zero.
At least the scene where she faced Sabertooth was nice, i wish the fight would have been a whole issue and the art better.

And then she dissapeared again. Resurfaced in Generation M where i hoped that she was not depowered, sadly Peter David now made it official.

At least i am happy to see her having resurfaced in X-Factor again. Which while not a core title is at least 20x better then Weapon X ever was.

Well and now i am stuck with hoping that PAD will not do something bad to her, as well as seeing her finaly return in a core title, or at least beeing mentiod there.

2. To the second thing. Well i guess it depends on many factors if i would like simliar characters to her.
For example: Marrow has many simliaritys to X-23. A teenage girl, with Wolverine like abilitys, raised as a killer and having been forced to do horrorbil things. Fits both characters if you ask me.
Yet i don't understand why so many like X-23 so much while they say Marrow is stupid.
I always think its a generation difference. Marrow is basicly a prototypical X-23 of my generation.

So i think it varys for me.

Sorry became kind of long.

[Dazzler]

i love Dazzler because she's der bomb. Always has been, always will be. I love her powers and general "i'm a good guy, but that doesn't mean i want to give up my life for super-heroics" attitude. she does the right thing when pressed or given the choice, but she isn't around to push into your face how awesome she is. plus, the more people make fun of her for being "lame" the harder my resolution to love her is. i just love an underappreciated underdog who's much more of a butt kicker than admitted.
For some reason, characters with light powers end up being my favorites, but this wasn't a conscious decision on my part. i just happen to like the characters.
of all my favorite characters, i guess i love the hellions because they're like me. not bad guys, but not nicey nice people either. they won't kill you, probably, but theyre not here to make you love them either. they won't take crap off of people just because it's expected or because someone is trying to flaunt authority. i like that in people i know, in myself, and in fictional characters. ;)

--Dazz

[Mikl C]

Okay sorry for making one Marrow post after someone else did one shortly before but well she is my favorit.

1. First it was actualy a visual thing that made me intrested in her. Its because one of the first X-book i have read was X-men 72 (second series).
Back then i only knew the animated series so i didn't knew much about the comics.
And when i saw the cover, which i still think looks very cool, i thought that Marrow was kind of bad*** for battling Wolverine. Because back then i had the usual hype in my head, which every kid has when thinking about X-men, that Wolverine is kind of the coolest X-men.

Of course when i begann reading the comics i soon found out what really happend (and that Wolverine ain't the coolest) but still this image of Marrow was stuck in my head.

Another fact was that she was the first female mutant in X-men i saw that actualy had a physical mutation which made her look different to the outside.
Plus her powers where kind of intresting too, since they where simliar to Wolverines (bone weapons and healing factor) but still strongly different.

All in all i thought she was intresting and i always hoped that she would slowly beginn to open up to her teammates. But not the way Marvel did it.
Making her pretty was kind of a let down for me since it was rushed and took to much of that away that made her personality intresting.
But then i thought maybe she would change back a little later.

Sadly then came Revolution and Claremont. I have to admit that during that time i kind of droped the X-men comics for one and a half year and developed a strange dislike for Chris Claremont.

Ironical it was her dissapearance that made me even more stuck to her character because i wanted to know what happend.
And i kind of still want an answer to this nowdays.

Then came Weapon X. It was just another let down. They made her evil again and mainly just a backround character, then let her turn side again and become a terrorist again only to be nearly killed by Agent Zero.
At least the scene where she faced Sabertooth was nice, i wish the fight would have been a whole issue and the art better.

And then she dissapeared again. Resurfaced in Generation M where i hoped that she was not depowered, sadly Peter David now made it official.

At least i am happy to see her having resurfaced in X-Factor again. Which while not a core title is at least 20x better then Weapon X ever was.

Well and now i am stuck with hoping that PAD will not do something bad to her, as well as seeing her finaly return in a core title, or at least beeing mentiod there.

2. To the second thing. Well i guess it depends on many factors if i would like simliar characters to her.
For example: Marrow has many simliaritys to X-23. A teenage girl, with Wolverine like abilitys, raised as a killer and having been forced to do horrorbil things. Fits both characters if you ask me.
Yet i don't understand why so many like X-23 so much while they say Marrow is stupid.
I always think its a generation difference. Marrow is basicly a prototypical X-23 of my generation.

So i think it varys for me.

Sorry became kind of long.

OHMAGAWD where did you come from?!
LOVELOVE

[creaky]

Okay sorry for making one Marrow post after someone else did one shortly before but well she is my favorit.

No reason to apologize. You like who you like. Besides, Marrow could use some love.

[Brian M.]

Cyclops - For me it's the way he leads. He's emotionless. He would sacrifice himself for his friends in a heartbeat, wouldn't think twice. Yet his personal life is all over the place. He found the one he loved only to have her go away, true happiness is hard for him to obtain. He'll get one aspect and lose another. Uncanny X-Men #201 is a perfect example. Gets a son loses leadership of the X-Men. Gets Jean back, loses his family. Finally gets Jean and his son, loses his son. He's the Spider-Man of the X-Men. Yet through all of it he remains calm, never losing control of himself. A lot of aspects of his character I can relate too. We're both loyal to our friends, to the extent that sacrificing our well-being for their happiness.

Jean Grey - I like her struggle with power. She could be the most terrifying being in the universe and yet still compassionate. She's strong, yet gentle. Many parts of her character are traits I've looked for in a woman.

[ToxicTeen]

Let's see:

Why I love Wither(From New X-Men) - He's one of those mutants who feels that his powers(Which are being able to destroy organic matter with a single touch) are more of a curse than a blessing.(Though now he's been hanging with Selene, he's probably using his powers to it's fullest.) He's one those types you can't help but feel sorry for and sympathize with. And he's an artist which I like about him.

Why I love Mystique(From X-Men) - I mean her powers are so cool and you never really know whose side she really is on.

[Red Lotus]

Doood! I have tons of favorite characters, and they change all the time. It can be one story, or one series or whatever, if something clicks with me, and the character, then I just can't help but love them.

I have to agree with this. For me it can be just one scene.

I started to like Gambit when he was fighting Forge and Forge just couldn't do anything to him.

But since then they took the coolest X-men and hooked him up with Rogue and gave him fart powers. :(

[claimtosubclaim]

Iceman, because he's the everyman. An average personality in a group of extremes. Scott was an aloof but capable leader, Warren was rich and good-looking, Hank was an affable genius, and Jean was the alpha female and gained a larger-than-life reputation (due to the Phoenix). Bobby was and still is just a relatively normal dude, was often down on his luck, balanced comedy and frankness pretty evenly (depending on the writer), and was brave as hell, considering his age when joining the X-Men. Oh, and his powers ain't that bad either.

[Fuji]

I would say I like Beast because he and I have a lot in common. We are both huge, hairy and really smart, which people might not think we are considering our appearance. We can also both hang upside down by our toenails.