Renascence

@John Valentine said:

@Renascence said:

5. Dust - Muslim sexploitative stereotype

Sexploitative?

Despite being vocal about physical modesty, this Middle Eastern "sandstorm"'s power ended up showing us which direction the Hanes Her Way was going.

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1. Gambit - cheesy dated beefcake/overly-romanticized character

2. Mimic - DOES NOT WORK do not repeat

3. X-Man - cheesy dated powerhouse character that's flashy to the eyes but doesn't add to the story

4. Havok - aggravatingly pompous with a great visual worth recycling

5. Dust - Muslim sexploitative stereotype

6. Domino - trashy persona with ridiculous powerset

7. X-23 - emo melodrama

P.S. Jean Grey can also not come back and retread that story again. I'd gladly replace Dust or Domino on my list with her.

1. Kid Omega

2. Idie

3. Angel Salvadore

4. Wind Dancer

5. Anole

6. Rockslide

7. Bling!

8. Broo

9. Genesis

10. Surge

I really don't care for the Hellions, aside from Rockslide.

Mercury has cool powers, but lacks a distinct personality. She's been featured prominently several times, all rather inconsistently and unspectacularly (she was enjoyable in Pixie Strikes Back in a "stock character" sort of way). At this point, I'd much rather take the visually-similar Transonic or Bling! over her, both of whom have managed to nail down a personality in far fewer issues.

Dust's ability to turn into a sandstorm is kind of racist. I enjoy her relative timidity, but again, its kind of an obvious choice for the character. There's a PC tokenism about her that seems to lack the comedic irony that is usually present in Morrison characters.

Hellion is just an angsty jerk that was given a lot of angst to help justify his character. I find him completely unenjoyable.

I like them separated. The new status quo allows/forces new relationships and alliances to be formed (besides, when they were all together when did most of those relationships really amount to anything?).

@papad1992 said:

@Kairan1979:

Havok - 10

Polaris - 7

Multiple Man - 22

Strong Guy -11

Wolfsbane - 23

Mystique - 7

Layla Miller -13-

M - 16+

Shatterstar -12

Rictor - 15

Siryn/Banshee - 28

Longshot -23

Darwin -12

Surge

Wind Dancer

The two contrast well. They are both independent, but one lives off of aggressive and fight or flight while the other is the optimist and warm-hearted one who picks her fights a bit more thoughtfully.

Wind Dancer needs an improved visual, however.

With Rictor and Chamber's recent repowerings, the only ones left on my list are Marrow and Wind Dancer. I would also be really entertained to see Scanner make a comeback, though!

I could go either way with Jubilee and Moonstar at this point. I'm not too fond or interested in their recent characterizations and choice of friends (and thus interactions).

Havok - 10

Polaris - 7

Multiple Man - 17

Strong Guy -11

Wolfsbane - 22

Random - 7

Forge - 4

Sabretooth - 7

Shard - 9

Mystique -10

Layla Miller -11 (-1)

M - 14 (+1)

Shatterstar -11

Rictor -15

Siryn/Banshee - 14

Longshot -19

Darwin -12

I want her to have a different costume. Something a bit more fashionable and if not fashionable a bit more colorful.