I won't even begin with Kitty...
My headcanon is Lorna and Jean as girlfriends, but discounting that option, they should still get to explore relationships with others.
I'm reminded of a NSFW pic I saw that was basically a "Cyclops' harem" piece. I think it goes to show how Marvel skews toward guys getting into lots of relationships and women generally don't get to have that.
I think of it as that with more relationships, you get to see more of who the character is and usually other sides to them. If they're limited to one relationship, then that one relationship ends up defining them and sometimes it's all anyone seems to recognize them for. Sometimes a character doesn't get credit for who they are or things they do cause it's seen as just an extension of the person they're with. "Oh, she managed to beat that villain, it must be because her boyfriend is so great and inspiring that he brings it out of her and she'd suck if she didn't have him in her life."
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Well Corsair acts like he only has one son most of the time anyway, and perhaps in those panels Alex already knew that he had Lorna's support so there was no need to list her with his brother and father...
and that would happen to the next relationship too.
For example Kitty is not colossus girlfriend anymore, she is now in a relationship with (for example) Gambit. Now the same problems and pros apply.
she is now Gambits girlfriend that defines her on the book she shares with Gambit, she won't get the same credit, and she would become and extentsion of him as he would become one of her. It will be that way until marvel gets bored breaks them too and pairs kitty with someone else. Looking for meaning and development on other character is the opposite of individuality.
At the end it would mean very little. Probably make Rogue fans angry
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Gambit
Bella Donna
Sister Katrina
Rogue
Angela Snow
Minnie Mastiff
and probably more ...
Oh most definitely. I do think there are a few exceptions; Spider-Man has had many relationships, but his relationships with Gwen Stacy an Mary Jane will always be his most significant, but that's because the character is so popular that he can afford to have his relationships explored over multiple books.
In the case of the X-Men, most members only have their relationships explored in one title, and usually there are 3 or 4 other relationships being explored at the same time. There's just too many members of the team for their relationships to be fully explored.
Agreed.
Magik 0
Sunspot 0
Rockslide 0
Dust 0
Mercury 0
Hellion 0
Surge 0
Dani Moonstar 0
Warpath 1
Nightcrawler 2
Colossus 3
Magneto 3 or more
Emma Frost 3
Mystique 6
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Mercury: 0 - assuming she and Bling didn't move beyond the hand-holding stage yet, but who knows what she was up to during Age of X-Man, given her occupation in that reality.
Danger: 3 - Madison Jeffries, Doug Ramsey, Warlock. Presumably more, considering her eagerness to experiment and casual approach to sexual relations.
Ted Roberts. They were a bit flirty with each other but it didn't seem to go anywhere. The subplot got dropped pretty quickly and he disappeared out of the series.
You might be thinking of the recent Grand Design mini that showed them in bed together but that was an alternate version of X-Men history, not the main continuity.