Does anybody here actually like Charles Xavier?

I hate Xavier. I think he's a uppity know it all character that's not interesting in less he's a villain. I actually dropped Astonishing X-men because of his return (unfortunate because it was the best X-book) but it had to be done I just can't stand Xavier. Does anybody here really even like him?

Yea! Screw that guy. He sucks! Especially in that book that nobody cares about! All your complaints are valid dude!

Or, in a language you might recognize better.

Troll! Troll troll troll. Troll Troll! Troll troll troll troll troll troll troll troll! Troll troll trollolol troll troll!

@koays: Lol, i'm not trolling. The fact that you think i'm trolling shocks me. Is it considered that crazy to dislike Charles Xavier? do people really like him that much? I for one was happy when he died in AvX.

He honestly should have stayed dead the first time they killed him in the 60s. Future writers would always have to find a way to write him out or de power him due to him being so powerful.

I dont hate him at all, I do think hes become obsolete in comics today. Im good with him dead, hes better off as a martyr for his cause then actually alive, at the same time I hate with a passion Fantomex so if we have to get Proffessor X back to loose him then im good

I reckon he was a great mentorship character once, and was really brought to life with Patrick Stewarts movie version.

As the mentor character, they either had to tarnish his morality or eventually replace him. They've done both on and off, though bringing him back temporarily through time travel shenanigans and now by supplanting Fantomex seems kind of meh. They've just spent way too much time killing off characters and bringing them back that the spectacle doesn't hold as much weight any more.

As for whether I liked him, he was a good background character. He could cheese every fight if they let him, though at the very least having someone elses body may mean he doesn't retain the full scope of his powers.

Xavier is... complicated. I like what he represented and I liked how, as Magneto put it, their petty fighting became obsolete. I think AvX could've been a great excuse to phase him and Magneto out and have them replaced by a new dynamic, like with Scott, but... they screwed that up in a million ways.

I'll admit that some part of me is excited to have him and Jean back though, if only so that one of them can confront the other X-Men on what utter hypocritical dips***s they've been since AvX.

I like Xavier ok. But at this point is he really necessary...No. I kinda prefer him as a martyr but not how they killed him off. I agree that he should have died a long long time ago and having his original team still fighting for his ideals and trying to push that forward while still honoring their mentor has a lot of potential that's been wasted. I would be cool if after dying he or his consciousness still existed on the astral plane and maybe he could be consulted there but other than that, let him go.

That said I'm not terribly sad to see him back especially since it means Fantomex is gone. I could only wish that Fantomex is gone forever but I know like the common cold and the cockroach he'll be back.

I do. Great character all around, and I like him not being a saint much more.

Hes good.

@hawk2916: A cockroach? Lol!

Yes. He's a great character. Even when the older X-Men outgrew him he was still great for teaching the younger students. But at the same time, I was indifferent to wanting him to come back or wanting him to stay dead. He can be good in either role.

There were a few turning points, but in general, he's cool.

They should let him mentor a new group of mutants so they can show Cyclops is magneto now

I do like Charles, but in a teacher/mentor role. Not as an adventurer or leader of the X teams position.

Nah. I don't care much for him. I mean I like him much better than Cyclops--who I outright hate--but I can definitely live without him. I'm more of a Magneto guy anyway lol.

I love Xavier.

I like him a lot but I’m biased so...

After Dark phoenix i think everyone will hate/dislike him.

Hmmm... Even Magneto and Mystique are villains but they're being liked.

But they're being shown as miserable /sympathetic, charles?No,he always has it all.

I think it might've been interesting if his death was actually a violent death in the hands of homo sapiens. Considering his dream, that would've served as a cruel irony.

That would be the end of x-men though.

X-men:The end.

I think it would be more interesting if he gave up the dream and becomes a villain.

Yes,onslaught.

Oh, I forgot about Onslaught

But like I said on a different thread, if he is still in fantomex body, that would be a great opportunity to write him as courting Jean

Logan will just kill X.But he can't kill onslaught.

Logan wouldn't do that.

@jhazzroucher: For jeanie,yes he can.

Good point

@jhazzroucher: I knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

i know too right? : )

He is creepy and obnoxiously too melodramatic.

I don't want that kind of emotion-based person as a leader.

He is a good villain though.

A sex-depraved, sociopathic sex maniac serial pedophile rapist...

I think its suits him pretty well with his creepy melodramatic personality as he fits the profile of a pedophile priest

That's harsh,man.

Really?

I mean the Prof loves to collect abused children, put them in a dark creepy mansion, and at one point lusted after one of them.

His annoying know-it-all moral preachings and emusculated physiques makes him creepy priesty pedophiley if you ask me.

Hmmm. Your taking it negatively.

He is not creepy but deeply concerned about the fate of the mutants and how humans would treat them.

He is not a villain. He is a hero.

What you said is true but that doesn't mean it's not harsh.

Let's say it's harsh truth.

There was actually an expy of him that was based on the same idea.

lol,that's funny.

I like him, he really loves the X-Men, and his mission is very admirable. he's the moral compass, it wouldn't be X-Men without him.