Gambit and Kitty pairing by Chris Claremont

[MrSinister]

I was in Athens Greece comic con a couple of days ago and i went to see Chris Claremont. After the usual topics like Phoenix DOFP Cockrum Byrne etc he talked a bit about the time he got fired (thats what he said, i thought he left) from marvel the first time in the early 90s. He told us if he continued write the book back then we would never see the Gambit-Rogue pairing but instead Gambit would end up with Shadowcat (wasn't she in excalibur back then?) . I hated the idea but this man is the X-men for me so propably he could make it work back then. what do you think?

[Tycon]

I don’t think it would work (it’s a generally skeevy idea) and I’m glad he isn’t working on any important X-Books right now.

[Purplevit]

I think he made Gambit/Shadowcat pairing in X-Men forever. Gambit is my favorite X male and Rogue is my favorite X lady. I am huge Romy fan. They had great and bad stories but they always had that crazy chemistry and energy. I doubt that Gambit/Shadowcat would work ever as good. But of course Claremont could make it work.

[Anchorsify]

He's talked about how he intended Gambit and Kitty to hook up in past interviews (one which was linked here wherein he just talked about a lot of things, but kitty came up several times). Maybe he could have made it work, but I'm not especially interested in seeing it happen. He had a lot of odd ideas on where to take characters and what he wanted to do with them. Anyone who views Claremont as some sort of authority is just idealizing. He wrote some good stuff and was on the X-men for a long time and definitely helped shape them, his work will always be remembered by X-men fans, but I wouldn't put a ton of stock into what ideas he has for characters nowadays.

[Glio]

Isn't Gambit ... much older than Kitty?

[MrSinister]

Isn't Gambit ... much older than Kitty?

If i remember correctly she was 15 at the same time Rogue was 17 so no.

[Havok83]

Isn't Gambit ... much older than Kitty?

Gambit was a relatively new character at the time and his age wasnt locked down. He could have been 18 for all we knew

[anyajenkins]

Gambit was a relatively new character at the time and his age wasnt locked down. He could have been 18 for all we knew

Lol, that would be the same age colossus was and there have been years of ‘creepy’ comments about it. No thank you, bullet dodged, IMO.

[MrSinister]

He's talked about how he intended Gambit and Kitty to hook up in past interviews (one which was linked here wherein he just talked about a lot of things, but kitty came up several times). Maybe he could have made it work, but I'm not especially interested in seeing it happen. He had a lot of odd ideas on where to take characters and what he wanted to do with them. Anyone who views Claremont as some sort of authority is just idealizing. He wrote some good stuff and was on the X-men for a long time and definitely helped shape them, his work will always be remembered by X-men fans, but I wouldn't put a ton of stock into what ideas he has for characters nowadays.

i would love to see what he intented to do to wolverine making him brainsashed enemy and colossus ripping the adamantium of his body plus the shadow king killing xavier in UXM300. i wish he didnt leave after x-men 3 cuz he was on fire back then. Lobdel and Nickienza were mediocore. When he returned in 99 Claremont was just good.

[tuck frump]

Ughh his mind <3
He recognized how limiting Romy is.

[powerpax]

It might've worked, but I've always disliked Gambit.

[AppleJ]

Ughh his mind <3
He recognized how limiting Romy is.

Except he paired them back together in X-Treme X-Men and also for The End, so clearly Claremont was pretty happy with their pairing. Also he wanted Kitty to end up with Rachel, not Gambit.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

i would love to see what he intented to do to wolverine making him brainsashed enemy and colossus ripping the adamantium of his body plus the shadow king killing xavier in UXM300. i wish he didnt leave after x-men 3 cuz he was on fire back then. Lobdel and Nickienza were mediocore. When he returned in 99 Claremont was just good.

Nicieza was the writer that got me to love the X-comics in the first place...he wasn't perfect but there it is nonetheless...

[MarvelMaster616]

As much as I respect and admire Chris Claremont for everything he did for X-Men, it's ideas like this that confirm the editors were right to let him go and reign him in during the latter part of his tenure. I honestly can't see ideas like Gambit and Kitty resonating at this point. They wouldn't even be the same characters if he'd taken them down the path. I think the same applies to his plans for Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, and Storm. He clearly had attitudes towards certain characters that informed his stories surrounding them and I don't think they would've worked in the long run if he'd pursued them. The success of the X-Men throughout the 90s, even after he left, is proof of that.