I agree. I’ll just point out that the brightest spots during this time was when he was with Laura. All-new Wolverine and X-men red at least treated him as a character other characters liked. Even though he didn’t appear as much in Red(he was a guest star and billed as that) he did Gambit stuff. Overall Taylor wrote him well enough and a big bonus for me: he treated his powers as something dangerous. If someone has the panel from All-new wolverine where he blows up half a skyscraper floor with a card feel free to post it =)
I like Taylor's Gambit.
KT and Taylor probably the only current 2 writers that like him.
Bunn likes him but I doubt that he will write any X book anytime soon.
Not an antagonistic response, just a response.
KT is in the same group. She wrote what she wanted, Carey's Magneto's romance, Gage's whatever he was thinking and all Milligan wanted was fart jokes. She wrote a horrible Gambit and it had everything to do with Rogue. She was more important. The focus poorly executed.
It's hard to like a character when yours is sacrificed for another character's benefit. That happened. Blame the writer all you want, nobody remembers them – they remember what the characters did because its in print. Don't think for a moment that anyone remembers anyone in a writers room for TV or Movies.
People don't know - so, it does come down to the character, it's their weight. The writers need to take better care of image, history and nuance. Understanding the story for them and still tell a tale. How's that? LOL
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"My superpower? I'm irresistible to women." Gambit- ANXF #9
Gambit's kittens: Oliver, Lucifer and Figaro: Oliver and Company.
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Perhaps a bit to big explosion but I love it more so because we have gotten small poof's in other comics.
It's not like per-say - she didn't write him. He had 'action moments' and nothing else. Outside of being married, nothing noteworthy story wise took place in any issue for Gambit. IMO.
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In the end, if you liked the mini and mmx, great. I'm glad you got enjoyment from the titles.
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"My superpower? I'm irresistible to women." Gambit- ANXF #9
Gambit's kittens: Oliver, Lucifer and Figaro: Oliver and Company.
I avoided talking about Thompson because we already know who is on which side and you are free to think she did an awful job with him, I'm not debating that at all, nor am I asking anyone to like Rogue either, you can hate her as much as you want.
I'm challenging the notion that a divorce is what Gambit needs and that a divorce is one of the requirements to solve Gambit's problems.
I'll say it again, what Gambit needs is a writer that likes and understands the character, because as I pointed out in my previous post he has been written like crap with Rogue around him and he has been written like crap with Rogue away from him.
There is zero guarantee that after a divorce he'll be written well, just like there is zero guarantee that if he stays married he'll be written well, no one knows.
That's fair. The notion of divorce is to separate them from each other an put them on different teams without the marriage thing hanging over them when no time will be spent on the relationship that gives it any merit. I suppose they could stay married and not be in the same book. I hope that makes sense. If not, I'll try better next time. LOL
I'll agree, Gambit needs a writer. He needs one who won't put him on the back-burner while bolstering another. That has been the issue with prior writers. They lose interest, write the pet character and Gambit gets no story.
True enough. No guarantees. Yes, he's been written poorly with or without Rogue but some of his better representations have been without her. It's just years of drought until we get a well written Gambit.
"My superpower? I'm irresistible to women." Gambit- ANXF #9
Gambit's kittens: Oliver, Lucifer and Figaro: Oliver and Company.
Do we think that the scene with Apocalypse potentially seeing something in Gambit is leading to a return of the Deathbit or New Son personas, or are we expecting him to continue to fall off cliffs with his poor agility and shizz?