That's not a relationship, it was just a kiss.
Ok I'm willing at accept my point about Morrison was an overreach. I still stick with the characterization of "steamy trash" as it applies to certain aspects of the book but it wasn't fair to characterize his whole run, or even most of it that way. You got me.
I'd debate this all day long, but the Emma thread isn't the place. Make a thread then we'll meet with pistols at midnight.
I give you a partial list of insignificant stories where who was shagging who wasn't critical to the plot...
Days of Future Past
God Loves, Man Kills
Mutant Massacre
Fall of the Mutants (Maddie's stuff excepted)
Days of Future Present
X-Tinction Agenda
Muir Island Saga
X-Cutioner Song
Fatal Attractions
Phalanx Covenant
Legion Quest
Onslaught
Children of the Atom
Operation: Zero Tolerance
The Twelve (Maybe a case could be made here but I don't think so)
Dream's End
Eve of Destruction
Assault on Weapon Plus
Gifted (Mostly)
House of M
Decimation
Unstoppable
Deadly Genesis
Endangered Species
Messiah Complex
Divided We Stand
Manifest Destiny
X-Infernus
Messiah War
Utopia
Nation X
Necrosha
Second Coming
Curse of the Mutants
The Five Lights
Schism
Regenesis
Necrosha
AvX
Battle of the Atom
Apocalypse Wars
IvX
Pheonix Ressurection
Hunt for Wolverine
Dissasembled
So not a lot that mattered I guess.
Also, Maddie was built from day one as a Jean replacement, was not a X-man, and (seemingly) had no powers, and literally no past before meeting Scott. Emma already had a following before the relationship, although her popularity skyrocketed after it and appearing in Morrison/Whedon's run, and is now one of the most popular characters in the franchise.
Yes some would. However I don't think people really give a shit about it being adulterous or not. Not many do if some do. But some people will also see it as deliciously sordid fun and cheer when at times they finally do something functional.
Conversely Scott cheating on Jean will up brought up weekly every time he doesn't live up to expectations
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There's a lot of real world context behind the DPS. Claremont was forced to rewrite the story a few times, he had very different permanent outcomes for that story, but like I said the Big 2 are cyclical, so they refuse to lock things down.
That's just fun storytelling! It totally did start off from something nasty, but if you stuck around it grew into something, subjectively, beautiful! As a reader, I like a little drama, a little heartache, etc., don't you?! I wanna feel different things as I read. I remember freaking hating Emma so hard, but now I like both ships!
I'm not debating specifics (not only because this isn't the place, but also I don't remember details of many stories), but in many cases the fact that characters were or had a relationship was in fact important (for example, AvX, IvX, X-cutioner's Song Stryfe being or not being Scott and Jean's son is important, Colossus and Kitty being together is kind of important in Unstoppable). Plus, you're choosing almost entirely events, which by nature involve dozens of characters and in which personal relationships are often secondary to the big threat that they face, or the hero the other hero wants to punch. The smaller stories tend to focus on those.
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If other characters dislike it, and it's not absurdly out of character for them (say, Scott dating Selene and Jean dating Sabretooth), it's good for the stories. The X-men all liking each other is bad, they are not the F4.
As for the readers, some people will always dislike it anyway. No relationship has unanimous following.
Remember Alyssa Moy, I like her more then Susan Richards. Even the FF had to be broken up although it's much harder as they have children