Originally Posted by
CRaymond
This might be controversial, but I can’t stand Cable. He was a shot of new blood for the New Mutants, juiced them up with 90s testosterone, and went thru more character changes than what should be allowed.
I don’t mind hardasses from the future as a trope, but the shenanigans to build him up as a central X character always fall flat and end up returning to his introduction: gruff, heavily-armed time traveller, ie soulless trope. It’s why he works so well with Deadpool, whose entire character is irreverence.
I’ve been trying hard to merge Cable with Bishop. It’s just coming out a completely new character.