I will say that I do agree with both Remydat and Purp here. Yes, Gambit has really only defeated no name thugs recently, he damaged Lavish but didn't really play a role in her defeat. But I do agree that action sequences that Remy has appeared in (both R&G and MMX) have been very well done and dynamic. In fact these are the best action panels that Remy's has appeared in, in years. Do I wish Gambit fought battles (and won) with actual named villains/other superheroes, YES. Do I wish Remy used his powers in more creative, efficient, and destructive ways; YES. That's why I have really liked how Thompson has him use his bo staff and while I like his trademark cards, I feel that there is so much more he could do with his powers without turning into an overpowered behemoth (which is what Rogue practically is). I (and the rest of us) have to live with what we get of Gambit in comics, because unfortunately Marvel clearly never meant the character to become as popular as he did in the 90s and really didn't care to maintain his popularity. In fact they nearly killed it by having writers who either hate the character or had no idea how to write him, and by not featuring him for years. So I am going to enjoy whatever I can read of him in comics, which fortunately Thompson has done a decent enough job. Sure Thompson's no Nicieza, Claremont, or Liu; but it could be much worse. We could be dealing with more trash like Milligan, Carey, or Layman.
And I do have to give Thompson props because she did acknowledge that she was tough on Asmus back then because she hadn't gotten into writing comics yet and hadn't realized just how much of a b***h it can be to work with editorial. But granted as much as I hate editorial for things like Carey, Milligan, and a million other examples of s***ty writing. I still have to give editorial props for shooting down Asmus when he wanted to make Gambit bisexual and date guys. I will forever be grateful to whichever editor shot down that idea because knowing Marvel it would've been as poorly written and would've made even less sense than when they wrote Iceman gay in the span of a few pages.
The only thing I'm kind of worried about in Mr & Mrs. X is that if it only lasts 12 issues then Rogue (and her development) will have clearly been the focus of 9 out of 12 issues. I find that troubling no matter how well Thompson is writing him because it seems like his role is just to be Rogue's support (or a background character like he was in MMX #2).