Characters Meme

[mllelaurel]

Ganked from nevacaruso.

Ask me my opinion on any character from any fandom, and I will say. If I do not know the fandom, I will say what I think I know based on fannish osmosis.

Be warned that I tend to like characters more often than not. I'm just perverse that way. I'll try to answer in-depth, so as not to be boring.

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[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

There's two sides to Gambit: the loveable scoundrel, and the wangst bucket. One I quite like, the other I'm bored stiff by.

At his best, Gambit is a lot of fun. He does what he has to do, outsmarts his enemies, and occasionally gets his friends into unwieldy messes. Despite his flippant attitude, it's clear that his heart is more than in the right place, and he manages to charm the socks off the reader, as well as his fellow characters. I'll note here that I'm not saying this Gambit can't be serious. He very much can - he's just not the type to wallow in whatever miserable things his life dumps on him. For examples of the good stuff, see the 3rd Gambit series (written by Fabian Nicieza), and the one-shot somewhere in the teens of Ultimate X-men.

At his worst, Gambit becomes the stereotypical angsty prettyboy, who sits on rooftops and pines. I have the theory that he and Rogue have a joint mutant power - both are wonderful characters on their own, but put them together, and WANGST. This Gambit has all the fun sucked out of him. His life is misery, and his lovelife is sad, and woe is him. Woe is me is more like it. For reference, see the Trial of Gambit fiasco, or the recent bullpukey with 'Foxx'.

So, in summary: it depends on who's writing him. ...And this is just the professional stuff.