Originally Posted by
PwrdOn
The thing is though, whenever Jean does anything wrong it gets magnified to almost be a character defining trait, such as how she treated Maddie or Rachel, or more recently the Iceman thing, and it ends up weighing her down a lot more than it really helps to develop her character. Too often the notion of a "flawed" character ends up just turning into some violent psychopath who gets to all sorts of immoral but cool stuff without any fear of consequence, yet somehow remains a hero purely through writer fiat, think Wolverine or Cyclops at their worst. Jean should always be portrayed as someone who is a fundamentally good person and tries her best to live up to this lofty ideal, she is going to overstep her boundaries from time to time, but having her do flat out evil **** out of the blue isn't the best way to make her flawed. The real problem with "perfect" characters is that they tend to turn into an author mouthpiece prone to lecturing others, which can be particularly egregious if the author's idea of right and wrong tends to conflict with the audience's, and Jean doesn't really slip into that mode too often.