I surprised Japan never gave Kurt his own anime for hooking up with his sister. Someone's sleeping.
"Cable was right!"
The subtext with Bobby was there for years. The storyline with his father, Cloud, Northstar having a crush on him during Austen's run, Shatterstar flirting with him on Utopia...it wasn't a big leap for him to be closeted. Same with Storm or Kitty being bi, if they said it on panel it really wouldn't be shocking. I could see Dani being bi too, and Emma but in a more hedonistic way. Wolverine too in the same way the True Blood vampires were bi because they were so old labels stopped mattering.
My wishlist:
Sunfire confirmed gay, but literally no one can pass his standards.
ForgetMeNot confirmed asexual.
Magneto and Charles confirmed bi and together. Storm's bisexuality made overt, because subtext is hard.
Rachel confirmed lesbian.
Totally agreed here. I could have seen her as demisexual with Kate, but that ship might have sailed so to speak.
Speaking of Kate, I would have included her with Storm, but I feel like she needs some cooldown time after Gold before any big status quo shifting decisions are made for her. Thankfully, Marauders seems like a good place for her to go through some growth.
The problem with subtext is that it can be VERY YMMV, and not everyone will see the same things.
Take the panel everyone likes to post of Jubilee and X-23 from Liu's run. Some people like to hold that up and say "See? SEE?" Whereas I see someone trying to get a vampire to kill her in a story that's all about self-harm, and began with Laura slashing her wrists so badly in a bathroom that if she couldn't heal it probably would have been fatal ('cause you know, CONTEXT).
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I like the idea of Magneto and Xavier as stilted lovers. They can be bi, or even just bi for each other because of their unique connection(I liked how in the Ultimate line they both left their wives to go found a mutant nation together).
Of course the goddess Ororo is bi for Yukio. I'd love to see that explored again.
Beyond that it's just wishful thinking. Like sure, I'd love to see Logan bi too, and maybe even that's what Lord Claremont intended(for Gambit too), but those first three are begging for it narrative-ly.
Let the flames destroy all but that which is pure and true!
True, but there are so many different incidents with Bobby, spread out across literal decades. Laura has never read bi to me, nor has Jubilee. People seem convinced of Illyana too but she just seems like a child abuse victim who's too repressed and damaged to bother with romantic relationships, no matter the gender.
Bobby was more interesting to me before he was outed. in general, these characters' sex lives aren't as interesting as speculating on their sex lives (to me). i miss the angst of him always getting into with his dad but them both pretending that it was the mutancy that was the issue. there's just not enough variety of gay imo. i have no complaint with Daken though. they've mostly treated that aspect of the character well; even if he's a bit predatory. i just think that he has a stronger more defined personality than Bobby Drake.
p.s. i think Illyana should be ace.
like who? Bobby was the one with the least amount of stuff going on. and his relationship with Opal Tanaka was not convincing in the least.
Magneto definitely had a "we're going to ****" look on his face when he saved Charles from a wintery death. i think it was after Siena Blaze ambused Chuck and Scott.
Yeah, John Byrne talked about this as well back in 2007 as well when he was talking about the creation of Northstar: http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/f...713&PN=0&TPN=2
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I can not believe people are still complaining about Iceman, actually I can absolutely believe it. What I meant to say is I am so very tired of seeing it.
OP, I don't understand the question, the X-Men are all already queer.