Nu-D wrote: 15 Feb 2018, 00:41
My recollection is that Jan was stringing him along as a spy/hostage. If there was any genuine spark. It was one directional.
I sense a project. A list below the chart that cites the relevant issues.
This update is the perfect time and place for me to make a suggestion. It came to me during my reading of Rogue & Gambit #2 when they were talking about the first time they met. I actually stopped reading the issue because I realized that I should know when Rogue and Gambit met since my first contact with the X-Men comics was during the return of Professor X from space passing through the Muir Island Saga and the beginning of the Gold and Blue teams. As I scrambled to remember how their first meeting happened and trying to find the info I needed in the internet I realized that if the site had a Spotlight-like section dedicated to the relationships it would have solved the problem. Before anyone thinks I'm suggesting to cover ALL relationships, I'm not. Only those relationships that lasted for years, through various titles and creators should be covered.
Taking Rogue and Gambit as an example, I know that they flirted a lot, shared a kiss during the Age of Apocalipse crossover, Rogue left him in Antarctica, there was Joseph somewhere in there, they got back together in X-Treme then they broke up, God knows why because I can't remember. In fact, due to the relationship's length of over two decades, it is hard to remember all the details.
Another example of this difficulty is Jean/Scott. And I have a specific event in mind. I was reading the first 24 issues of X-Factor in preparation for Phoenix Resurrection and I realized how much is glossed over about Jean returning, the sinking of Scott/Maddie and Jean/Scott getting back together. If you read any kind of summary in the internet about that period of time it usually sounds like Scott left Maddie in the first issue and by the end of the second issue Scott and Jean were back together. In reality, Layton and Simonson dragged that plot line for issues, milking the angst for all its worth. But because we are dealing with a relationship as old as the X-Men itself, it is hard to find a detailed explanation.
I know it would be a huge undertaking, specially for those relationships spanning decades, but once upon a time so was Spotlighting all the X-Men characters and look what the site has achieved.
) but like many of the articles on the site, it comes down to whether someone is interested in writing it. We're always open to new contributors willing to put the time and effort it into research and writing up an article, so if you're interested feel free to get in touch
