Most people who trash Gambit make up most of their mental images of him in their heads and just run with headcanon. Cyke, Emma, Wolverine, Angel, Psylocke, and Xavier are ten times more "skeevy" than Gambit has ever been in his 30yr comic history. It's bull*%#%.
We have to hold Gambit to a higher standard than Cyke or Emma…or say, I don’t know, actual living-breathing US politicians. Emma, meanwhile, is the epitome of class. I cope by envisioning the bus scene from the end of Mean Girls every time I see the Cuckoos.
I hold that Gambit was given dubious mushrooms at Burning Man. He is straight-up tripping balls.
Yeah, super agree. That bothers me so much. I have long found Cyclops to be a bit on the disturbing side when it comes to women and you have no idea how much Emma Frost getting a free pass on everything she does bothers me. The speculation around that Inferno cover with Frost on it has bothered me for kind of that reason too. People want her to be part of the "take down" of Xavier and Magneto as if she has any moral high ground whatsoever over either character and want her to take over leadership of Krakoa as if she wouldn't make questionable decisions as well(like I don't know, manipulating the minds of some world leaders or something like she already did lol).
Everyone gets amnesty, it’s the Krakoan way. Free passes all around. Amnesty is not forgiveness, though, and certain characters actually have the capability to experience regret and remorse. Oh, what a world, where the one person who might feel bad about s*** he did is a guy formerly known as
Scalphunter. Meanwhile the mastermind behind the massacre is on the Council.
I’m not saying this to be critical of the storytelling because for sure it makes things interesting and seriously, as a US citizen and Ohioan, who am I to criticize any other country’s representatives? Same s***, different venue.
You want to point out some bad behavior? Cool, bring a story out of it and show the character growth.
Me: it’s important to depict the concept of consent in mass media.
Also me, reading Outlander: Jamie: “I plan to use you hard sassenach, whether you will it or nae!” Me: Oh, man, that’s hot.
Me: characters should learn from their mistakes and come to realizations that past behavior is unacceptable.
Also me, reading Gambit: Remy: “I don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.” Me: Yeeeah, boi, get after it!
Consensual non-consent No Means Yes is the theme of literally every romance novel ever written. Is it anti-Feminist? I don’t know. But seriously who is anyone to yuck my yum?
But hey! Wolverine getting the teenager Jean in ultimate xmen is super cool!! - SARCASM.
Okay, now that is Yuck.
Think some writers can’t deal with characters they can’t either see themselves being or see themselves wanting to have sex with. Which is why Emma gets such focus. Upcoming solicits look great if you’re a fan of Emma. Wonder what that’s like, to see your fave appear in multiple books every week looking awesomely righteous. Guess I’ll never know.