krisis

I've been considering this in terms of how irradiated characters - and some major Omega mutants - tend to have mutant offspring more than the general populace, and how those children tend to exhibit mutant powers younger.
 
(Keep in mind I haven't taken a science class since the 90s... )
 
To assume normal science applies, suppose the X-gene is a highly rare and recessive trait. So, clearly two mutant parents are likely to have mutant children - since both have the recessive gene. But, let's assume that many other genes/traits act as co-factors, so just having the gene isn't the ultimate guarantee of exhibiting powers. Maybe then stronger mutants would have a higher chance of having mutant offspring - as, theoretically, they don't have any other traits that could interfere with the function of the mutated gene.
 
For the irradiated characters, I assume that the radiation somehow turns their gene to "on" for reproductive purposes. Maybe it irradiates the dominant gene into irrelevance? It doesn't necessarily make them mutants, but it nearly guarantees their offspring will have mutations - and maybe realize them at a younger age.
 
Clearly there's no single answer, as comics weren't always so invested in the inner workings of their characters. But, as for fanwankery, this works for me.
 
Still not sure how to explain Nightcrawler/Madrox mutants.

" I was just wondering if anyone else is having a problem with this quest.  The first one I got and I thought the second would be child's play.  I go to that particular president's page and nothing... I know who the president is that gave a gift to a Sentinel, I even a comics where he presents it.  No matter how many times I go there, I am denied.  Is there an alternative page he's at?    

My #1 will always be Excalibur circa issue #50 - Captain Britain, Meggan, Phoenix, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler, with Kylun and Cerise. They are closely followed in my heart by Whedon's Astonishing (including Armor). After that my favorite lineups are X-Men Blue and present day X-Factor, although I think Longshot AND Shatterstar is a little too much Mojo for any one team. 
 
I guess that means for me it's hard to separate the team from the writing. On paper I've had more favorite character collected in one place, but if the writing wasn't awesome they didn't become a favorite.

" @krisis said:   

@xerox-kitty: ::shudder:: wasn't it disjointedly awful enough to begin with? "

The introduction was lovely and the art was fantasmic....then we get to then end after such an immense build-up....and it just fizzles out like a baby fart in a saltwater bath. "

I am a huge Claremont fan, and not only of his 70s-90s work - I think his New Age run on Uncanny was really enjoyable, and pulled the book out of a lengthy dark age of crappy writing.
 
That said, I think at this point Claremont should be left to Forever to play with the team however he wants outside of the main continuity. His style of storytelling meshes not at all with the current Fraction-lead X-stories. He's just going to complicate things.
 
And, seriously, I was just telling my wife the other day how Thunderbird is the one X-Men who by and large has been allowed to stay dead.

No more crossovers.