The Appeal of Gambit

[William_C]

I dont read much X-Men, but can someone give their opinion on why people like/want Gambit so much? I've been on the fence about him. I find his powers to be interesting, and worth seeing more and more and worth reading about. But the character himself, I dont find interesting, and I have a hard time finding why others find him so interesting. Can someone explain a little bit why they like him, and maybe recommend some readings?

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Swap Gambit with Storm in your above post and you would be me.

As it is, I can't help you. I always thought his popularity stemmed from the cartoon.

 

[Nasty-B]

He's a heart-breaking bad-boy with a heart of gold and a suave cajun accent. Also, he wears a trench coat and pink/purple spandex. What's not to like?

 

[Darthphere]

Badass, smooth talking, poon taking, card exploding, bo staff wielding son of a *****. What's not to love?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Most of that, to be honest.

 

[Darthphere]

Jealous.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

A little.

 

[Darthphere]

To be honest, the Gambit appeal has always been superficial since he's never been written to be that interesting. You look at him and think, ok, he looks cool.

 

[Kitsune]

I chalk it up to the fact that 50% of people are below average intelligence

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I agree. He LOOKS cool, but what does he actually do?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

To be honest, the Gambit appeal has always been superficial since he's never been written to be that interesting. You look at him and think, ok, he looks cool.

Well, he had some interesting backstory to him with all the intrigue of the Thieves Guild. Of course, that's been 100% written out of his current status quo...

 

[MilkmanDan]

There's two ways to look at it. Take your pick:

A) Gambit is an interesting morally-ambiguous anti-hero. Sort of like a mutant John Constantine

B) Gambit is a Poochie the Dog type of character, designed to be as stereotypically "cool" as possible.

 

[November Rain]

I would go beyond saying he's cool to saying his has serious sex appeal and his involvements with rogue based on the fact that he couldn't touch her is indeed an interesting one to play out.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Option B.

 

[yenaled]

Being 13 years old tends to make Gambit cooler.

 

[chamber-music]

Gambits the Han Solo or Jack Sparrow of Mutants. His the loveable rogue. Men want to be him and women want to be with him.

Characters like that have always been popular through literature

 

[Darthphere]

Gambits the Han Solo or Jack Sparrow of Mutants. His the loveable rogue. Men want to be him and women want to be with him.

Characters like that have always been popular through literature

And just like Han Solo and Jack Sparrow, he's a little bit gay as well.

 

[chamber-music]

And just like Han Solo and Jack Sparrow, he's a little bit gay as well.

Pick cotume- check
Flasher coat-check
likes sliding up and down a pole-check

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Was Han really all that gay? I didn't get those vibes from him. Is my gaydar broken?

 

[chamber-music]

Was Han really all that gay? I didn't get those vibes from him. Is my gaydar broken?

Hey them long nights in space aboard the Millennium Falcon get lonely and there are only so many games of sabacc you can play before your bored.

Perhaps Han got down to some nookie with his wookiee

 

[Harlekin]

Wow, wow, back it up here kids. Are we calling Han Solo gay now?

Yeah?

Well, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself.

 

[Darthphere]

Wow, wow, back it up here kids. Are we calling Han Solo gay now?

Oh, yeah.

You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.

No, we're calling him a little gay. Straight, but gay tendencies are present. Like the stripe down his pants. What a wonderful fashion choice.

 

[chamber-music]

No, we're calling him a little gay. Straight, but gay tendencies are present. Like the stripe down his pants. What a wonderful fashion choice.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, we're calling him a little gay. Straight, but gay tendencies are present. Like the stripe down his pants. What a wonderful fashion choice.

I figured he just killed some space cop and stole 'em off him.

 

[Harlekin]

I figured that was just Han Solo being awesome as usual.