I am writing this thread, to ask the question is a there real future for any X-Men couples? Let’s look at the X-Men couples over time.

Let’s begin with Rogue & Gambit 

Rogue & Gambit has always reminded me of a teenage romance. Where there is a lot anxiety and  insecurities. That always be the case with Rogue and Gambit, where trust has always been big issue, considering Gambit it always had hidden past, with good reason, his past has always been something he wanted to hide. The power Rogue has, been unable to touch, definitely put a strain on there relationship. Throughout the 90’s, no matter what difficulties they were facing, they still cared very much each other and work at the relationship they did have. Then in the late 90’s Rogue discover the truth about Gambit, that he  play a part in the slaughter of the Morlocks. It was truth that she couldn't forgive and she left him.

 Couple of year later Rogue laid her life on line trying protect Gambit, When Vargas put a sword through the both of them. Both of them were so close to death. As result they were both cured of there powers and they were able touch and be together finally and as we know that didn’t last. During the Messiah Complex, Gambit join the Marauders in order to look out for Rogue, after Mystique shot her. When Rogue became conscious, she told Gambit she needs some space, sometime alone and Gambit respected her wishes.   Although there had been a kiss hear in there, they haven’t got back together.   During X-Men legacy issue, 248, the aftermath of Age of X. Gambit made it clear, he not gamble or an experiment. Not a station along the way and he made clear to Rogue, not come to him until she knows that.. At that point I can understand Gambit feelings. Having a relationship that’s is on and off all the time, is pretty annoying and confusing.  You either want the person or you don’t, you either want to be with them or your don’t. So it beg the question, is there a future for Gambit and Rogue?.  

 Then there is Cyclops and Jean Grey. Cyclops and Jean Grey are the oldest couple of all time, there relationship last for over 30 years. They were X-Men most popular couple of all time. I honestly believe that there relationship has been through hell and back. 

 The deaths of Jean.Grey,  the rising of the Phoenix.. The influence of Mr Sinister and Madelyne Pryorplay on there relationship. Sending there son to future, in order to keep him alive. Raising him in the future as Redd and Slym. To losing him again in X-Cuitoner Song.  From triangle between Cyclops, Jean & Logan. To finally the death of Cyclops after merging with Apocalypse. Yet it took four reasons for this relationship to end. Cyclops, during Morrison run, I felt Cyclops was very annoying and very naïve. After merging with Apocalypse, it left a darkness in him and instead of sharing with one person who can understand, who has been taken over by uncontrollable forces, full of darkness, his wife. He decided to share his feelings with a blonde, Emma Frost, who is very manipulative and spiteful. Emma Frost, someone who took advantage of the problems that Cyclops and Jean were facing. Once Jean discovered the truth, Emma made a joke out of it and acting like she did nothing wrong,  doesn't sound very mature, coming from a adult.

Then of course there was Apocalypse who not only influence Cyclops and Jean relationship, but also open more of a darkness in Cyclops character, which probably the reason why he made so many questionable decisions over past couple of years

Finally Morrison, he decided he wanted Cyclops to be with someone else, to develop his character. Although there has been a lot discussing among fans if they want Jean and Scott to reunite. Some do and some don’t. Me personally, I don’t want them to reunite straight away. I want Jean to move on from what Cyclops and Emma frost did to her, cause she deserve more, but finally they should reunite sometime in future, cause that what true love is, showing  forgiveness to person you love. It does beg question, will there be a future between these two?.  

There is Emma Frost and Cyclops.  a

Emma & Scott became attracted to one another, when Cyclops decided he didn’t want to share his feelings with his wife and it ended up being a psychic affair. Some fans believe he cheated on his wife, and some others believe he didn’t, whatever the real answer is, what he did was clearly wrong. Some people believe Emma push Cyclops further then Jean ever did, I honestly found no evidence of that.  All I have seen is Emma Frost do is, is take the Mick out of Cyclops pain, when he real lives his past memories. Despite that, they do make interesting couple. Over the last couple years though, we have seen a lot of lies and hidden secrets between them. Cyclops lying to Emma Frost about The X-Force, Emma Siding with Norman Osbornand sending Sebastian Shaw in space. To me,  not the most honest relationship. I definitely see cracks in there relationship.

 I’m not sure how long this relationship will last, it all depends on the writers and the plans they have for Jean Grey when she returns, the plans to reunite Cyclops & Jean Grey, will they end up being together. If writers do decide to bring them back together,   I doubt there be a future for Emma and Scott. Let’s not forget, it's all thanks Jean Grey that Emma Frost ended up with Scott Summers, she has a lot to thank Jean Grey for, She save Emma life, put her back together, after being shot and she force Cyclops to move on with her. So they can have a future together, time will tell if that will happen.

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There is Kitty & Colossus,  Kitty and Colossus has always reminded of a young Scott Summers and Jean Grey. There very much in loved and nothing will keep them apart. The only thing that’s keeps these two apart, is the writers and the plans they have for them. For some reasons writers like to keep these apart, Colossus sacrifice his life by injected himself with the legacy virus, leaving Kitty in space in the magic bullet. Also in the 90’s,  Kitty join the Secret Avengers, which kept them apart too. I doubt the writers will keep these two together for that long. So will there be a real future for these two, very doubtful. 

 Then of course of there is Psylocke & Archangel, one of the hottest couples of all time. He is millionaire, really good looking and she a former model, dangerous ninja and is one of hottest female characters in X-Men, particular in 90’s and yet there relationship came to end and now there back together under differcult circumstances. He has return to Archangel, the Angel death and Psylocke has been helping him battle his evil side and she feels she failing to help him and he believe there no use and embraces his dark side. So another relationship doom to fail.  

That’s leave is with Storm & Wolverine. Before Storm married Black Panther and became know as the Queen Wakanda, her most know relationship was with Forge and that relationship came to an end, because Storm took to long to say yes, after Forge proposed to her. So he left her, and there relationship came to  end too.

Then there is Wolverine, Wolverine is one of X-Men oldest members. He is centuries older then his team-mates and yet he never  truly dated  X-Women, he has been married to Silver fox, who was brutally murder by Sabretooth, He has had fling with Domino and yet the writers have never put him long term relationship, it’s real shame for someone like him. The writers like to test whether he father material, whether it suits him. He been a father figured & brother figure to both Kitty & Jubilee and now Armor. He like a father to X-23, not a very good one and has tried to be a father to Daken, even though he never knew he existed. An yet writers can’t seem to make him boyfriend material, it’s is very strange, considering who he is and how long he lived for. He only started dated   Melita, I don’t see that relationship lasting long. Is there any hope Wolverine?

In the past there was also Cannonball & Boom Boom, Warpath & Siryn. Domino & Cable and Banshee & Moira Mactaggert.  In 90’s, there were over 10 relationships in comics alone and nowadays, only one has been really focus on Emma Frost & Cyclops, with the potential of  five, being in spotlight too. Hellion & X-23, Rogue & Magneto, if there ever  going to get together, Kitty & Colossus, if writers focus on them  more, Psylocke & Archangel  and Havok & Porlaris when they returned. How many of them relationship are doom to fail as well, come to thing about Havok & Polaris has been the only relationship that seem to last, how strange is that and there not even the most interesting couple of all time. So is there real future for X-Men couples?.      

  X-Relationships are bad, and never, ever go far.  It's one of those things that writers just like to do, putting two X-Men together just to destroy the relationship helps add to the drama.  It's kind of sad.

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public 

@WeaponCatfish1 said:

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public

English isn't her first language. Give her a freaking break.

Ummm
How about Havok and Polaris?
I think Kitty and Colossus will still be together in the long run, they're just muddled with obstacles at the moment.
 
And Archangel and Psylocke should be together, they should get past the whole Dark Angel crap...

My favorite X-men couple has always been Gambit & Rogue. They were always more playful, flirty and romantic than all the others put together. So I have to say I was very disappointed when she recently came back to Magneto. Unlike in the AoA, Magneto in the 616 universe is a monstrous mass murderer who commited countless crimes and atrocities and didn't pay for them. Now Rogue who was one of my favorite X-men feels a bit like Eva Braun to me. 
 
I think Scott and Emma are a very good couple. It always felt like Cyclops put Jean on a pedestal, and never quite managed to bring himself to the level he thought she was. He doesn't have that problem with Emma. 
 
Havok and Polaris have always been a mess. I always thought Lorna would have been better off with Iceman. 

I don't particulary like the Archangel/Psylocke couple. They're sexy, but that's it. They're as dysfunctional as it get.
 
Piotr and Kitty are just adorable together. They're the cutest X-men couple ever and I really don't see that changing unless one of them dies or disappears (again).

None of the other X-couples bother me except for the Rogue/Gambit relationship.  Yeesh.  Gambit's my boy and I never liked him w/ Rogue.  It's about time they gave up on that dysfunctional, so-called excuse for a relationship.  Rogue needs to stay with Maggie. 

Scott and Emma, really hope they stay together she's alot better for him then Jean.
 
Also Beak and Angle, i'm pretty sure they'll last

The problem with relationships in super hero teams is that one writer might be the champion of a relationship and another will have other ideas. Or if characters appear in multiple titles this keeps any relationship cohesion from occurring as writers have their own ideas as to who is with who keeps  anything from happening. This prevents long tern relationships from being created, epically now that most writers don't seem to have very long tenures with the titles as they had in the past.
 
As for the current relationships well:
 
Gambit and Rogue was and still is interesting. In the past their relationship was a cross between wanting what you can't have and pure lust. They were hot for each other, no doubt about it. You could see how desperately Rogue wanted to be able to touch another person, could not and build up walls around herself to protect herself. Gambit on the other hand being the charming ladies man he is went after the most unattainable woman in the X-Men. He took it as a challenge but developed feelings for her. Aside from her powers whats has kept them apart the most has been Gambits past. Now  that Rogue has control of her powers he is maintaining her distance from Gambit. Perhaps she is feeling uneasy now that she no longer has a need to keep her walls up and it frightens her some what. 
 
Which leads me to Rogue and Magneto. Years ago she ran off with Magneto to the Savage Land when she temporally gained some control over her powers and was relieved of Ms. Marvels persona in her head. A young impressionable woman ran off with a man who for a time helped her gain control over her powers. This did not last as she was repulsed by Magneto vicious streak. Later when a younger clone of Magneto named Joseph became associated with the X-Men. Everyone thought him to be a de-aged version of Magneto and Rogues attraction came back as Joseph has Eric's physical  attributes but not his ruthlessness. That ended with Josephs death. Right now its been clearly established both she and Gambit have deep feelings for her and in my opinion adding Magneto to the mix is an attempt to manufacture drama. Also seeing Rogue and Magneto together gives Magneto a creepy old man vibe where he use to have an aura of being dangerous and powerful.
 
Scott, Jean and Emma. For me Scott and Jeans relationship was a continuation a teen romance that was extended far beyond its natural conclusion. For a time it works but when it was ended all the writer did was to expose the flaws that were already there. When Jean died before Scott moved on with Maddie. Perhaps its better to say he rebounded with Maddie and wend back to Jean because the relationship never really ended. Aside from getting married their relationship never really changed and Jean never grew as a character, she just became more destructive. However the relationship between Scott and Emma started theirs seems to be a stronger, stable connection. Yes there have been secrets and lies from both of them but neither of them has put the other on a pedestal as being perfect and accepts that they both have flaws. To me Scott and Emma's have a more adult relationship then  Scott and Jean ever had. 
 
Kitty and Piotr are as others have said cute together. Their relationship has grown stronger over time no matter the obstacles put in their way. The key thing for both of them is they have both grown in terms of character development, though Piotr is still way too over protective of his sister and dosent see  how dangerous and manipulative Illyana can be. 
 
Psylocke & Archangel were hot and heavy for a while each helping the other through their numerous troubles (which I will not list here) over the years. They have rekindle their past relationship recently but it remains to be seen how long that will last. 
 
The last significant relationship I can think of is Havok and Polaris who have been on again, off again over the years and right now its unknown what their status is.

Quick answer.  NO.  Not only no but HECK NO!!!
 
Not that I want it that way.  It seems to me (just my opinion) that comic book writers have a very passive aggressive relationship with their audience.  They find out what we WANT and then deliberately not give it to us...
 
- Who hasn't wanted Gambit and Rogue to get together all these years... And now that it's FINALLY possible, she's with great great grandfather magneto???  
 
- Havok and Lorna?  We, the audience loved them being together, and then BAMN Alex all of the sudden loves a annie who he doesn't even really know... Then Lorna goes insane...  Then somehow they're out in space and in love again but.... SIGH...
 
-Scott and Jean... Well we all know what they did to Scott and Jean...
 
-Scott and Emma...  Sure, that happened to help break Scott and Jean up, but now that most of us are happy with Scott and Emma being together the writers will likely use Schism to break the two of them up...  I'd almost be willing to bet hard cash on that...
 
- Kitty and Colossus - Who doesn't love these two as a couple?  First she's too young for him... THEN he's too dead... But he get's better and comes back to life.  They have a couple of good days together and then she gets shot off into space in a giant bullet.  THEN Magneto brings her back but SHE CAN'T UNPHASE so that can't even touch!!!  Okay, so in the last issue of uncanny X-Men that was dealt with and she can unphase again.  I give them about two MAYBE three issues before they're split up over something...  Maybe one of them dies AGAIN... Maybe they choose opposite sides in Schism... Who knows..  But we, the audience, WANT them together, ergo they can't stay together...

- Who hasn't wanted Gambit and Rogue to get together all these years... And now that it's FINALLY possible, she's with great great grandfather magneto???

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public 

- Who hasn't wanted Gambit and Rogue to get together all these years... And now that it's FINALLY possible, she's with great great grandfather magneto???

   First, Magneto was de-aged, his body is about 40 years old now. And second, Logan is much older than "grandfather Magneto", and nobody calls him creepy old man and cradle robber.  I still have hopes for Hellion and X-23 (if only writers stop crippling Hellion and give him some time to develop his relationship with Laura).

So, Magneto is in his 40s now?  How did that happen?  

If X-Factor is to be believed, Scott and Emma are still going strong in X years. 
 
In all seriousness, I'd have said Scott + Jean before reading the affair... now, at best, we have Gambit/Rogue (if they can figure out what to do with them) and Kitty/Collosus, which will only last as long as they're both alive... and I I fear for "generic strong guy" if super-interesting teleporter can bite it for no reason. 
 
Jean/Wolverine might be interesting... and let's not forget Storm/BP...

Jean/Wolverine might be interesting... 

I don't really have much hope for any of the X relationships. Too much drama and angst are needed to keep the partnerships interesting, especially in the case of Warren and Betsy. None of these characters have the stability than Susan Storm and Reed Richards have. 

@WeaponCatfish1 said:

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public 

Before criticizing somebody else's thread, look into the mirror ask yourself "Could u write better than her?"

@WeaponCatfish1: You're giving people grief about criticizing Greg Land's art and then you go and criticize someone's thread?.....

@WeaponCatfish1 said:

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public

English isn't her first language. Give her a freaking break.

@WeaponCatfish1

@ time: decent article but proof read before u post to the public 

I don't really have much hope for any of the X relationships. Too much drama and angst are needed to keep the partnerships interesting, especially in the case of Warren and Betsy. None of these characters have the stability than Susan Storm and Reed Richards have. 

I'm still rooting for Kitty & Colossus, Havok & Polaris, and Rogue & Gambit...
They seem like the most genuine to me. I know that some of people may disagree with me on that, but that my opinion lol

I'm still rooting for Kitty & Colossus, Havok & Polaris, and Rogue & Gambit... They seem like the most genuine to me. I know that some of people may disagree with me on that, but that my opinion lol

I'm still rooting for Kitty & Colossus, Havok & Polaris, and Rogue & Gambit... They seem like the most genuine to me. I know that some of people may disagree with me on that, but that my opinion lol

@rsummers said:

I'm still rooting for Kitty & Colossus, Havok & Polaris, and Rogue & Gambit... They seem like the most genuine to me. I know that some of people may disagree with me on that, but that my opinion lol

This. I am also hoping that the upcoming split of teams does not make Cyclops and Emma go separate ways. They keep mentioning you will be "shocked" to see what happens and who chooses which side so my gut is telling me that for extra shock value for this team split they are gonna finally break up this awesome couple.

well i think in general comic book super hero relationships have no real future.eventually the writers wanna do something new with em so they break em up or kill one of them.interaction is fun to see but it kinda becomes moot to get fond of any parings after a while

I really think they should have left the Rogue-Gambit , Cyclops-Jean, and Colossus-Kitty relationships alone and not mess them.

It was ok for them to throw in Magneto, Psylocke, and Pete Wisdom to make the above a love triangle but that's it.. they shouldn't do partner switching back and forth all the time.

If there's an X-4 movie, please oh please don't show them tongue flicking each other... I don't even want to see Magneto naked.. LOL

If anybody's wondering about Magneto and Rogue, these pics should be a very obvious answer :P Yucks... 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there's an X-4 movie, please oh please don't show them tongue flicking each other... I don't even want to see Magneto naked.. LOL

Great blog! 
 
Kitty and Colossus Forever.

Am I the only person on ComicVIne who doesn't hate the Magento & Rogue thing?

@Dracade102:  you are not the only one.  Honestly, I'm sick and tired of endless stories with Gambit/Rogue pairing on ff.net, so even Magneto is better for a change.

Am I the only person on ComicVIne who doesn't hate the Magento & Rogue thing?

@Timandm said:

@Dracade102 said:

Am I the only person on ComicVIne who doesn't hate the Magento & Rogue thing?

No, I'm pretty sure there's one other person...

Raises hand.

Just like in soap operas no comic couple is happy for long.

I don't really have much hope for any of the X relationships. Too much drama and angst are needed to keep the partnerships interesting, especially in the case of Warren and Betsy. None of these characters have the stability than Susan Storm and Reed Richards have.