Originally Posted by
Su_Whisterfield
Funny, I read the issue where he first breaks up with her just last night.
You raise a lot of valid points, I’d never really thought too much about it, mostly because I hated the whole idea ever since his flight attendant gf was ...dramatic Claremontian pause... actually his foster sister.
I hated it when it was first revealed, hated it ever since.
It’s like giving him the exceptional parentage and upbringing.
Having him born to a normal family abandoned and only surviving to adulthood because of being in a circus is actually more poignant and moving than have his super-villain mother seduced by a demon in a church and having his fortune teller foster mother turn out to be an actual sorceress.
Having a normal human air hostesses fall for him, with all his physical differences, is much more touching than having it be his sister in disguise. Few superheroes date outside the superhero pool, few have ‘normal’ parters, it’s an interesting and different take.
And a lot less creepy.
But this is a fault of the genre, not just Kurt’s origin. Everyone now has a too convoluted origin, the characters have been around so long, too many authors want to put their stamp on the character. I think Wolverine is the best (worst) example of this. He was much more interesting when we didn’t know his backstory.
And don’t get me started on how interconnected everyone’s history is...
Hm, this may have become a rant. Sorry.
Back to Amanda and Kurt. It’s a mess, it’s been a mess for thirty odd years, it’s never going to be a mess. Only CC has any interest in writing her, move on. Give Kurt a new love interest. Or don’t, leave him single.
I’d just be happy with him being used at present. And absolutely delighted if he was shown talking and interacting with his friends.