@ctg said:
And as someone else said, how do you make Wolverine and the others you named untouchable and not Cyclops or Kitty Pryde? They're as popular - if not moreso - than everyone on your list besides Wolverine. It's clear you picked your favorites - so yes, I ignored your list because "editorially" it makes no sense.
I wouldn't say they make no sense. Knighthood's picks may be a little arbitrary, but if you consider that both Nightcrawler and Jean have already recently spent a lot of time dead, and that Wolverine should be one of the hardest characters to kill (and is probably the most popular character), then really only Storm seems completely arbitrary, and only compared to other characters like you have. I don't really know how much effect killing her would really have, other than moving Kitty or someone up into her role. Any character that gets killed is going to effect some other character(s), but very few would genuinely make much impact overall.
Honestly, if the point of killing any characters is to really shake up the status quo, there aren't really a lot of options. After having so many characters die (/die and come back), and with Xavier dead, the only deaths that seem like they would have a significant impact would be Cyclops, Emma (for how it would effect Cyclops), or maybe one of the time displaced X-men from the past. I don't think there's virtually anyone else you could kill that would have as much effect.
If Cyclops died, I can imagine it would cause a lot of the classic characters to re-evaluate his legacy, and for some established characters, maybe even some who wouldn't follow him currently, to take up his mission. Just about anyone else taking up Cyclops' role could be a big change. For example, I can't really picture Cannonball joining Cyclops' current team, but I could see him rebuilding it to take his place. And the characters who would follow Cannonball as opposed to Cyclops would actually change the status quo. Actually, I could see something similar happening if Cable died, as he was Cannonball's mentor for so long, but that seems like it would have less impact on the general state of things.
And, like I say, because of Cyclops' singular role in things, Emma's death would probably have some profound impact on things, again, most likely leading him to really re-evaluate his position. I mean, at this point, is there any character who's death would have as much impact on him? He's already lost teammates, students, his own son, both of his wives, and he just recently killed Xavier. If Emma's death wouldn't fundamentally effect him, I don't know who's would. Maybe one of the time displaced X-men? maybe?
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