I do stuff like that all the time. In real life, with 3D objects right in front of my nose. So don’t worry, you get no judgement from me!
Oh, no. He
does spell it out.
From Uncanny X-Men #306: "If I was the guy you were in love with -- I'd have asked you to marry me the day we graduated Xavier's."
It’s one of the things I *love* about Warren. It’s that combination of being brave and impetuous.
Being eighteen and in love? Marry the girl! No problem.
Surely, by that scene alone, you could argue he wasn’t being literal, but if you consider the body of evidence, I’d argue he was. Plus, Jean seemed to have understood he meant it too.
Exactly. When they moved back to the mansion, not only they removed Warren from New York, they increased the cast by a lot. Both Hank and Bobby also had non X-Men girlfriends. I can imagine it was hard to manage.
That being said, they could have given them a better break-up for sure. I’ll never argue against that.
I agree with the contrast being interesting. But, again, my problem was with the execution.
As for the age difference… With the sliding timescale, one of those days, Warren would have to be younger than Paige so the O5 don’t reach 30.
I don’t know what the X-Office imagine happens to heroes when they reach 30. It’s like they believe the human body, if super powered, disintegrates, or something.
Seriously, though, let’s look at it from the perspective of the time.
Personally, I saw the O5 already nearing 30 in the 90s. So there would be about 8-11 years of difference between Warren and Paige.
It’s not that crazy. The problem was not the difference, though. If she was in her 30s and he was in his 40s, it’d be totally fine.
But she was still a teen. So, for me, it was more like, “Come on, Warren. Do you want to be dating someone who still experiences teen angst?”
You can’t blame a 19 year-old for behaving like a 19 year-old, you know? And if they’re not behaving like one, you’re kinda forcing them to grow-up too fast.
Now matter how mature someone is for their age, a teen is never an actual adult. The “for their age” part tells you the whole story.
And that is what I didn’t like (regardless of how it was actually executed). It’s not the age difference
per se, but the fact he was an adult who had gone through *a lot*. He shouldn’t be anywhere near a romantic relationship with someone so young.
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I must say, I’m impressed by your being critical of Warren. It’s breath of fresh air to talk to a fan who recognizes the mistakes the character they love has made. It’s even more of a breath of fresh air that *no one* is attacking you for saying that or trying to make you stop because this is an appreciation thread.
Personally, I don’t see the ability to be critical as contradictory to being a fan or appreciating a character. Quite the contrary.
So really… This is more meaningful than I can express, but...
THANK YOU!