Your Unpopular/Controversial Opinions on the X-Universe

[CRaymond]

For Storm to truly shine, Xavier needs to die and Cyclops needs to retire.

[ohsnapulon5000]

M should start hanging with the mastermind sisters.

[kevinism]

M should start hanging with the mastermind sisters.

Have her bring Pixie

[Dementia5]

I think Bloodscream is the most interesting and engaging villain in the entire Marvel inventory.

[Cat]

Cecilia Reyes should be a core X-Man. Keep her original costume, the variant on the standard X-uniform, as it's the perfect look for her.

[AbnormallyNormal]

In my opinion the main problem Storm has had for the last 20 years is her powers are boring. In almost every scenerio she should be able to beat anyone in just a few minutes. The fact that they have gradually jacked her powers up and up over time has just made the problem worse. It limits the character so much. When her power levels were less defined and less powerful she just worked better as a member of the team.

Interesting. I've always felt Storm is overrated in terms of her powers. To me it seems like her powers don't even work all that well when she is trapped deep inside of buildings, on alien planets, and so on. And it seems like they are way too slow to really get going as well. Meanwhile she is a bog-standard human being in terms of her physical body and extremely vulnerable to attack during that whole time she takes to "rev up" her powers. Just how I feel about it I guess. If I could see more examples of her using her powers like really fast or surprisingly against enemies I might change my mind.

[SpiderClops]

For Storm to truly shine, Xavier needs to die and Cyclops needs to retire.

That's not really a compliment to Storm.

[yogaflame]

Claremont has been Storm's biggest advocate, and responsible for pretty much all her power creep, particularly in X-Treme. I think he had her generate atmospheric pressure equivalent to Jupiter in a later run too.

Squished a nuclear explosion. But that was after X-Treme in the XSE era of Uncanny.

I agree Storm is too powerful for trivial X-Men stories, but she was from day one, really. She can tap into the power of millions of stars a planets at a time, she shouldn't be concerned with Sentinels and angry mobs. She outgrew the franchise long ago(in terms of her development as a person, as a leader) and is only held onto because she's the X-Men's most notable POC. Of course, she really should be a major player in the MU at large, but the base of the comic buying population is not easily convinced to enjoy the ascension of a black female character, so Storm is just stuck in this limbo.

[ohsnapulon5000]

Have her bring Pixie

MOnet would never hang out with Pixie omg

[Chaos Reigns]

Squished a nuclear explosion. But that was after X-Treme in the XSE era of Uncanny.

I agree Storm is too powerful for trivial X-Men stories, but she was from day one, really. She can tap into the power of millions of stars a planets at a time, she shouldn't be concerned with Sentinels and angry mobs. She outgrew the franchise long ago(in terms of her development as a person, as a leader) and is only held onto because she's the X-Men's most notable POC. Of course, she really should be a major player in the MU at large, but the base of the comic buying population is not easily convinced to enjoy the ascension of a black female character, so Storm is just stuck in this limbo.

That and misogynoir.

[Disciple of Redd]

That's not really a compliment to Storm.

Lol someone list all the characters killed/limited because some dudes wanted to live through Cyclops.

Storm is on the list.

[AbnormallyNormal]

Squished a nuclear explosion. But that was after X-Treme in the XSE era of Uncanny.

I agree Storm is too powerful for trivial X-Men stories, but she was from day one, really. She can tap into the power of millions of stars a planets at a time, she shouldn't be concerned with Sentinels and angry mobs. She outgrew the franchise long ago(in terms of her development as a person, as a leader) and is only held onto because she's the X-Men's most notable POC. Of course, she really should be a major player in the MU at large, but the base of the comic buying population is not easily convinced to enjoy the ascension of a black female character, so Storm is just stuck in this limbo.

??? There are lots of very powerful X-characters....

There is more to X-stories than dealing with Sentinels and Angry Mobs and how is the most notably PoC of all of Marvel not a suitable character for those themes anyway?

Detaching characters from their entire narrative roots and just putting them awash into an utterly dumbed down and commercialized MU which is wallpaper for the latest blockbuster extravaganza isn't actually going to help Storm. Sure she could and should be used better of late in X-stories no doubt about that.

[Wiccan]

For Storm to truly shine, Xavier needs to die and Cyclops needs to retire.

Nah. Most of her best time was with the two of them present. EXM, IvX and pretty much Gold had them dead and she was still portrayed terribly.

[Silver Fang]

Nah. Most of her best time was with the two of them present. EXM, IvX and pretty much Gold had them dead and she was still portrayed terribly.

Basically these days, writers (& editorial it seems), have their pet characters. And any other characters aren't allowed to look better than, or outdo, them. With Gold, Guggenheim's pet is Kitty.

Storm would have to go to a writer who respects continuity & her character. Guggenheim does neither. I won't say a writer has to like her. Because Guggenheim has claimed Kitty is a favorite, but fans argue he's screwing her up as a character with his own personal fanfic fantasies . So even writers who like a character may not necessary treat them right far as canon and what's been established, so much as write them with whatever they think is cool or funny at the time.

Overall, a good few characters have gone through the wringer with Marvel because editorial doesn't seem to do their job of checking things and staying on writers' necks to follow proper continuity w/o all these retcons and character regressions.

[CRaymond]

That's not really a compliment to Storm.

Lol someone list all the characters killed/limited because some dudes wanted to live through Cyclops.

Storm is on the list.

Nah. Most of her best time was with the two of them present. EXM, IvX and pretty much Gold had them dead and she was still portrayed terribly.

Basically these days, writers (& editorial it seems), have their pet characters. And any other characters aren't allowed to look better than, or outdo, them. With Gold, Guggenheim's pet is Kitty.

Storm would have to go to a writer who respects continuity & her character. Guggenheim does neither. I won't say a writer has to like her. Because Guggenheim has claimed Kitty is a favorite, but fans argue he's screwing her up as a character with his own personal fanfic fantasies . So even writers who like a character may not necessary treat them right far as canon and what's been established, so much as write them with whatever they think is cool or funny at the time.

Overall, a good few characters have gone through the wringer with Marvel because editorial doesn't seem to do their job of checking things and staying on writers' necks to follow proper continuity w/o all these retcons and character regressions.

Glad to see I sparked some dissent. Further: Storm can be a leader of the X-Men, but she'll never achieve her potential if she is forced to defer to the leadership of characters with character flaws far larger than her own. Cyclops might be a better tactician but he's not inspiring. Charles might be a better philosopher but his compromises are duplicitous.