As for Stormverine, i still wished we would have gotten an interracial relationship in the most popular Marvel comic of that time. And i think beside the possible taboo status of their relationship, Storm was depicted as super tough and almost masculine during that time which would have challenged other ideas of femininity and beauty. Then we had Wolverine who has being established as the rugged individual hero who like James Bond didn't have ties to no one and was the best at what he did. So i could see why they would have kept him a lone wolf. I still hold out hope that down the road they will be a real couple. Now, would not be good time.
actually, we did have that in the Storm and Forge pairing, but, yeah, Storm and Wolverine's subtle let's-keep-this-professional-because-we're-holding-the-X-men-together relationship always interested me more. Maybe because it was so subtle. And, in many ways, Storm was also written to be a bit of a lone wolf, going off on her own adventures of self discovery.
One of Storm's defining characteristics has always been that she values her freedom above all else (hence her claustrophobia, her devastation at losing her flight, and her unwillingness to play second fiddle to Cyclops or even Xavier), so I've always seen her attraction to Wolverine as part of that, in so far as he always lived by his own rules, and thus seemed to represent the kind of freedom she so admired. He was also the character who most seemed to make her leadership of the team seem official, by being the oldest and willing to take orders from her that he wouldn't have taken from Cyclops. This is from UXM #142 (DoFP, and Storm's second issue as leader):
Storm: "I am the leader of the X-men. While that is so, you will use your claws when I command. No other time."
Wolverine: "I wouldn't take that from Cyclops!"
Storm: "You will take it from me."
And, from that point on, he always did. Like the symbol of strength, Storm put her hand in the lion's mouth and tamed the beast, completing her mastery of nature and earning the respect and trust of the whole team, but most notably, the Wolverine. To me, this is the moment was the catalyst for both characters becoming truly dedicated to each other and the team. For example, it was when Wolverine was to be married that Storm first contemplated leaving the team (in issue 158, "Rogue"), after facing her demons in the underworld.
I would retcon "Secondary Mutations" out of existence. It was extremely lazy writing and largely nonsensical in application.
Also, no Beak. Ever. Come to think of it, I would scrub Morrison turning the Mansion into a haven for what were essentially Morlocks. Also, let's get rid of Cassandra Nova while we are at it....just.....no.
they weren't Morlocks just because they were weird looking. Morlocks were a society, with their own laws and culture.
And at least Morrison put students back into the school, for the first time in a decade.
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