http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KudzuPlot (TV Tropes warning) - while I believe some of the examples, such as Onslaught, came after he left, Claremont was notorious for planting seeds that would never come to fruition, particularly when the superstar artist became the focus point over the writer.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he
'Cause WOMEN of the...
https://www.deviantart.com/art/X-WOMEN-265755163
... and their seemingly matriarchal, almost Amazonian nature...
https://blueshadowtalon.deviantart.c...omen-689971613
... ARE:
Or as close as one can come, IMO... in EVERY way! 8D
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His 16 year run is pretty much unprecedented. It's hard to fault him, isn't it? He loved these characters. He defined most of them. He got to evolve them for over a decade before editorial started really limiting him
I never had trouble following along, to be honest...
'Cause the X-Men, ironically enough, are Marvel's premier, ruling...
... SORORITY...
... to the Avengers' testosterone-laden, frolicking FRATERNITY, lol.
But they had only one issue of stories prior to Claremont(two in case of Wolverine). Those characters were pretty much blank slates. He didn't create them, but he gave them most of their backstories and personalities. They were his characters for all intent and purposes.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he