forgive me if it's short, but I'm not that used to expressing thoughts/questions/other stuff.

I just found out that Rogue can control her powers now. I, personally was glad because I felt like we were all waiting an eternity for it. But someone around me says it detracts from the character and she should only have it temporarily, that it's like finding Wolverine's origins: "good in the short run, but now we all really just want to forget his origins so he'll be a better/more interesting character again." I must admit, I do miss not knowing about Wolverine as I feel since then, he's been really toned down and I kindof miss his more feral side, the one that Sabretooth fights(fought) when they duked it out. Ah, Sabretooth.(Crying face). What does the rest of the vine think? Was Wolverine's past being revealed only good for the short run(maybe), and should Rogue keep her powers only temporarily(no)? Hehe, asking it like that makes me feel like a brutally honest or off my mind.

It truly is a long time coming.

Ya know what? It's real character development. And it makes sense; she qualifies as a veteran X-Man at this point. She should be able to gain control at this point (even if it wasn't by her skills but by Professor X suddenly figuring out how to flip that switch in her head after all these years).

Again for Wolverine: it's character development. And he's still a brutal killer; just not in front of the X-Men. He gets to slice and dice in X-Force.

Funnily enough, there is a rumor about that soon Rogue will be losing her control over her power. I'll look for a link. 

you just may have made me a maybe, but I don't want to seem easily persuaded.

@JediXMan: It may have been faulty, but i like it it amuses me.

@SC: They actually made a "slip" in Generation Hope. The line was something like this: (context: they're commenting on Cyclops' choice to replace Rogue with Shadowcat to be the liaison between Hope's group and the X-Men - Shadowcat is currently intangible all the time)"Great. They replace one liaison we can't touch with another we can't touch."Not sure if it's intentional or the fault of the writer for not knowing about the character. Personally, I don't think Rogue should be capable of absorbing more than one power at a time. This would fix some of the issues. PS: She didn't take Vanisher's powers. Vanisher ran away before that point and was killed by Bastion.

Oh, that sounds yeah. Pretty telling. Well, unless they were just joking. 

I'd dislike that limit lol, she has had too many cool stories with them. 

Oh, no, I was saying she should have taken Vanishers powers. Domino got to Vanisher beforehand didn't she? Anyway, Cyclops knew Hope and Cable were back, before Vanisher was targeted. All he could have had Rogue take Pixies powers. Since he didn't want Pixie to go in case he needed her. Are you aware of my point mind you? 

 1. It can be taken many ways. I blame the writer unless something comes out of it.2. I just think it would help things a bit.3. Ah! My mistake. I just looked it up. Vanisher died after Nightcrawler, therefore he died after Rogue absorbed the powers. But I think he was just not there. He's not an actual "X-Man" and was out of reach. And he's a member of X-Force, which was then (and kinda still is) secret. That and it was one of those in-the-moment things. They didn't really plan it.

I agree with your points about how Rogue's loss of control and Wolverine's lack of memory made them more compelling as characters (and were critical elements of their respective backstories), but I don't necessarily think that resetting either of them would be the best approach. I think it would seem like a cheap gimmick to keep everyone in their comfort zone, and would be a waste of good potential character development. While I'm pretty lukewarm about a lot that's been going on with the direction the X-Men have going in recent years, I definitely like how Rogue has been developing as a character.

If they were to have someone shoot wolverine in the head and he lose his memory again, or some guy come and say: "Wolverine, all you know about your past was a lie, fabricated by me, a telepath, toset you off the course to finding out your true past," I'd be very pissed and I might even boycott them for a while.

I think the way Rogue was while she was with the X-treme team, she was insanely powerful... Not that I didn't like her that way.  At that point in time, she could call upon ANY power she had absorbed from ANYONE at ANY time.  And, of course, she could use any number of those powers at the same time.
 
Now, she can absorb powers WITHOUT hurting the person she's borrowing from.  It also seems she does not 'drain' them in anyway.  I wonder if she could keep a sample of certain super-heroes on her so that she could mimic them at any time...  The way the character "Geiger" does.  If you've not heard of Geiger, she can mimic the powers of any gamma-irradiated super being *hulk, she-hulk, doc samson, abomination, etc...)  She keeps a locke of Doc Samson's hair on her.  So, I wonder if Rogue could do the same...
 
Regarding her losing control of her powers again... It might be interesting if her powers started to 'switch' without her control.  At any given time she might go from having super-strength to being intangible or what not.  OOORRRR!!! How about this?  Instead of copying powers from someone, she starts GIVING powers to them.  The thing is, she wouldn't know which power, and she wouldn't know if she was going to GIVE the power or COPY it... That might be interesting...  There there's always the possibility of transferring psyches so that she and her target switch bodies...

I think the way Rogue was while she was with the X-treme team, she was insanely powerful... Not that I didn't like her that way.  At that point in time, she could call upon ANY power she had absorbed from ANYONE at ANY time.  And, of course, she could use any number of those powers at the same time.  Now, she can absorb powers WITHOUT hurting the person she's borrowing from.  It also seems she does not 'drain' them in anyway.  I wonder if she could keep a sample of certain super-heroes on her so that she could mimic them at any time...  The way the character "Geiger" does.  If you've not heard of Geiger, she can mimic the powers of any gamma-irradiated super being *hulk, she-hulk, doc samson, abomination, etc...)  She keeps a locke of Doc Samson's hair on her.  So, I wonder if Rogue could do the same...  Regarding her losing control of her powers again... It might be interesting if her powers started to 'switch' without her control.  At any given time she might go from having super-strength to being intangible or what not.  OOORRRR!!! How about this?  Instead of copying powers from someone, she starts GIVING powers to them.  The thing is, she wouldn't know which power, and she wouldn't know if she was going to GIVE the power or COPY it... That might be interesting...  There there's always the possibility of transferring psyches so that she and her target switch bodies...

I dislike Rogue's current power limitation and in that all powers she absorbs have a time limit, and if she excessively uses said "absorbed power", then it'll drain and disappear alot quicker. 
 
I really hope the writers will bring the concept back where Rogue was able to review and recall past power templates she had absorbed. That would make her more useful in the long run and a more interesting character.  
 
That or at least give her back one permanent power template in addition to her absorption ability.

I dislike Rogue's current power limitation and in that all powers she absorbs have a time limit, and if she excessively uses said "absorbed power", then it'll drain and disappear alot quicker.  I really hope the writers will bring the concept back where Rogue was able to review and recall past power templates she had absorbed. That would make her more useful in the long run and a more interesting character.   That or at least give her back one permanent power template in addition to her absorption ability.

@zerophyte said:

I dislike Rogue's current power limitation and in that all powers she absorbs have a time limit, and if she excessively uses said "absorbed power", then it'll drain and disappear alot quicker.  I really hope the writers will bring the concept back where Rogue was able to review and recall past power templates she had absorbed. That would make her more useful in the long run and a more interesting character.   That or at least give her back one permanent power template in addition to her absorption ability.

Bring back ms marvel's power set, they took the kick out of rogues power, I'm all for her having her current limited power if she had a default power set to go along with it

Right now, as it stands... She would be pretty useless against a group of stronger mutants, if she has noone else backing her up, whom she can touch to absorb powers from. So shes usually stuck using her martial arts fighting. And if she is able to seize the opportunity, steal a power from one of the enemies. 
 
Otherwise she is SOL. However, it seems she has always conveniently pre-absorbed a power or multiple powers before going on missions even. Or absorbing a power from whatever teammate is temporarily incapacitated during battle.
 
I really don't know what i think of her, its too random of a dynamic really. No consistency at all.

Rogue is my favourite X-Women of all time. Which is suprising, considering how often I go on about Jean Grey.  If we to look at her powers overall, we have  three  versions of them  90's version she couldn't touch a person without hurting them, she couldn't control her powers and she had Ms Marvel powers, so she was really tough and kick ass. 2000 version, where she had Ms Marvel powers too and she could call upon any power she had absorbed from anyone at any time, but she couldn't always control it.  Today version, she has full control of her powers and  she can absorb powers without hurting the person she's borrowing from.  My favourite versions will always be 90's, she was a lot cooler and at time it made more sense, espicalley her relationship with Gambit and now, the direction her powers going in is far more interesting. Be able to control the powers she absords, much more useful in a fight.  I would like her  to have Miss Marvels  powers back, and have  full control of her power and able to absorbs powers without hurting people. Then will get to see how tough she really and useful she is in fight.

I'm glad she has control now, but Ms. Dane brought up a good point when Rouge was still having problems...

AMEN Lorna, a-men! LOL

@time: I would love to see that too but it would snow on the hills of hell before they do that.

@riri4life: Haha! That was hilarious. If Rogue loses control of her power's again Im going to lose my mind all over Marvel's ass.

I think Rogue's lack of control over her powers has been a fascinating aspect of her and it has contributed much to her character developement, but I'm going to bang my head against the wall until I pass out if they're going to make her lose control again. That story has already been covered, and I really don't see any point in telling it. It would be extremely tedious and downright regressive to see her confront the problems she's been wrestling with for more than twenty publicing years again. I'd really hate to see her swinging back and forth between having control and losing it. Having no control was interesting, but that part of her character evolution is now over and done with.

@KDarkholme said:

@riri4life: Haha! That was hilarious. If Rogue loses control of her power's again Im going to lose my mind all over Marvel's ass.

its going to happen T___T I remember someone at marvel making a small hint to it, so she will probably absorb some weird dna that screws up her power control again and you will hear me scream in annoyance no matter where you are in the world lol

@EnSabahNurX: Now that I think about it they probly will do it. It's so played out though. After all the years Rogue has not had control and now she finally gets it and they want to snatch it away again. Too soon. They could have gave me ten years of her power control. You will hear my scream rite after yours. Lol

@MyraMyraMyra: @EnSabahNurX:@KDarkholme:

She'll be involved in some kind of "Legacy" backwash or some such (absorbing some new villain that will retrigger something to make her lose control) and in will swoop glorious Magnus to offer comfort in the form of some convenient full body magnetic/repulsion full body condom....

@lykopis said:

@MyraMyraMyra: @EnSabahNurX:@KDarkholme:

She'll be involved in some kind of "Legacy" backwash or some such (absorbing some new villain that will retrigger something to make her lose control) and in will swoop glorious Magnus to offer comfort in the form of some convenient full body magnetic/repulsion full body condom....

*bangs head against wall*

@KDarkholme said:

@EnSabahNurX: Now that I think about it they probly will do it. It's so played out though. After all the years Rogue has not had control and now she finally gets it and they want to snatch it away again. Too soon.

And that's been done as well. She and Gambit both lost their powers after the Vargas arc so they moved to California and lived happily together for a while, but then their powers returned. That was Rogue being granted the ability to touch without draining anyone dry and then having that liberty snatched away. I'm going to be so, so mad if they're going to repeat this old story again.

There's much more to Rogue than the inability to control her powers. Her characterizion cannot revolve around that one aspect of her forever. They need to let her move on.

She'll be involved in some kind of "Legacy" backwash or some such (absorbing some new villain that will retrigger something to make her lose control) and in will swoop glorious Magnus to offer comfort in the form of some convenient full body magnetic/repulsion full body condom....

There's much more to Rogue than the inability to control her powers. Her characterizion cannot revolve around that one aspect of her forever. They need to let her move on.

They are really planning on screwing up her power control again?? Where was this hint dropped??

I would be a real backward step to take away her control (in fact way back, ever since they had mutant power inhibitors in the comics I always wondered then why the X-Men never designed a controllable version of one with which Rogue could turn her powers on and off, that would have functioned like her version of Cyke's visor), it seems to regress the character back to the 'untouchable one' again. The aspect of her story has been done to death I would think.