The question is self-explanatory. Would you rather your favorite character show up in a major X-book, but be horribly misused, or have them not appear in a book at all for a prolonged period of time?

The question is relevant with the recent discussions about character assassination, specifically for Lucas Bishop, Rachel Grey-Summers, and Emma Frost.

From a personal standpoint, if you're going to have a character be a cartoonish stupid and evil caricature, I'd rather just have the character not be there. Wait until someone else decides to actually use them well. It's not about the character always winning or being shown in the best light, it's about the character not:

A) Doing something cowardly and stupid that goes against everything the character has ever stood for (Emma)
B) Exists just to put the character through massive trauma because everyone else has done it (Rachel)
C) Has the character do something monstrous and out of character just for the sake of having a bad guy (Bishop).

What are your thoughts?