I really like Maddy and that's why I hope they kill these Maddy/Alex vibes with fire because like, I can buy Alex having heightened feelings about Maddy given his time in the Mutant X dimension where he was married to a version of her but like.....basing it entirely on their 616 history is squicky and does Maddy no favors because whether the writers want to acknowledge it or not, it was all but explicitly stated in Inferno that Maddy was using her telepathy to MAKE Alex fall for her. And like.....Maddy's got enough stacked against her without constantly associating her with a time when she was written basically coercing someone into a relationship just to make her ex jealous all because Claremont never really thought through the implications of this sort of thing. There's actually a long history of both Marvel and DC pulling this sort of thing to vilify female characters and its to the detriment of all characters involved because it demonizes female characters and casts them as predators, it victimizes the male characters without ever actually calling it what it is, which is offensive to SA survivors who have to see this sort of thing made commonplace in comics but constantly swept under the rug or even acknowledged but never actually named.....and its just....gah, stop it comics.
Anyway, keep Alex far away from Maddy and vice versa, I say, I don't think they've ever contributed anything positive or worthwhile to each other's character and Maddy has more than enough story fodder and characterization to be taken in all sorts of directions. I've said in the X-Men Red thread that I'd love to see her go to Mars and take part in Arakkii society which is more her speed than Krakoan and without the negative associations she holds for many living on Krakoa, kinda a fresh start for her, but like. The sky's the limit with her. Do anything. Just.....I hope it doesn't involve Alex. There's far too little interaction between adult Cable and Maddy, and speaking of Sinister......who else hates Sinister and would make a very ominous devil's alliance should Maddy ally herself with them to take down Sinister?
....Maddy + Tarn the Uncaring anti-Sinister alliance for 2022!!! Please make it so Marvel, lmao, that could be legendary.