Hmm... I spoke on this over on CBR, but some of us were onboard this "story over continuity" ship because I guess they figured the writers would use it in the way they hoped, not realizing that they may do things like possibly make Gambit and Fantomex buddies (presumably, we don't know if that's going to happen yet), or as we've seen, Gambit a bumbling attempted hero, screwing up the one thing he's supposed to be famous for, doing something he actually shouldn't be doing given his current status, but I can and have said the same about his last 4 guest appearances. The only one that kind of made sense was his Civil War II stint in which he gets knocked out by his ex-girlfriend's mother, via sucker punch. These are comics and at the end of the day, letting a writer pick and choose what they want to ignore or embrace is bad practice, especially because Marvel editorial is so weak these days. Nothing, even amongst "top tier" characters, is consistent, what makes anyone think that that approach would fair well for a character coming out of forced obscurity? I say 'forced' because Gambit had no reason to disappear. He's a got a strong fan following among hardcore readers and nonreaders alike.
