Quote Originally Posted by TooFlyToFail View Post
Another batch of kids just turns off people, because we know nothing will come of them. How many times can they do this?
This is the point entirely. Introducing new teen characters wouldn't be so much of an issue if Marvel ACTUALLY INVESTED IN THEM. And that simply won't happen where the Sliding Time Scale exists, and Editorial insists on doubling down on the idea the O5 aren't even out of their 20s yet. The New X-Men was literally the last time we had a new generation with a real sense of development towards becoming a major fixture in the franchise. Then AvX hit and subsequent waves of editors decided that it aged the O5+ too much so decided to freeze them in place. They SHOULD be in the position for the 2010s crop that the New Mutants and Gen X were for them. Instead they're all* being treated like children.

I'm not a real big fan of the DC characters, but there's little doubt in my mind that they've handled the concept of Legacy and new generations FAR better than Marvel has.

We've been watching Marvel do this for literally the last 10 years, with new teen casts being plopped in on top of the existing ones and never giving them a chance to grow and breathe.

*X-23 being the one real exception, and even she suffers from Marvel seeming to not really know what to do with her.