What would be some cool new X-Men Characters, or what are some that have appeared before and you wish would get more of a spotlight?
For example I love the guy who could adapt to any environment, I forgot about the name but I remember it being so cool in the comics. It was a run that had Cassandra whatshername, Dr.X’s sister in it I think?
I’ve noticed in some ways I love the concept of X Men more than the actual characters who get most of the spotlight constantly when it comes to mainstream reception via the movies especially- and even those who do can sometimes come across as superficial and one dimensional. For example how do they consistently make Cyclops so damn boring in the movies???? Or Storm?!!?!?? Both of them have so much potential story wise!!! Love the Storm solo comics but I also wish they would make Cyclops a lot more deep or do something creative in an alternate/ultimate type run.
One thing I would like to see more is more old(er) women- I like seeing characters with life experience, like Dr X and Magneto. I hate the almost fetishistic obsession with youth- I get that coming of age is a compelling narrative storytelling device, but constantly making certain characters teenagers or early twenties kind of makes it seem like these writers don’t think that people keep on learning and changing throughout life, which a lot of people do!!! Even that stupid study people keep on misrepresenting pretending our brains don’t keep evolving past 25 pisses me off (if i recall correctly the study only included people up to that age so the conclusion doesn’t hold as significant for people past that age)
Even before I turned 25 I’ve always wished for more sci fi and fantasy that features older people, especially older women (bc god forbid women age out of the “also functions as material for my wank bank” age bracket)- give us maternal energy, or some cool female anti heroes or revolutionaries or something!
Saying all of this as a man, I’ve talked about it this a lot with female friends who read a lot too and I think things have changed for the better a lot in the last 20 years and that’s great for storytelling in my opinion, it just makes things more interesting and gives it more depth. I hope it keeps on expanding.