History YMMV / XMen

** Storm and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Logan]]. Fans of the pairing cite that OppositesAttract, and that her reserve and idealism would balance out his AntiHero tendencies, while his more earthy, passionate nature would keep her stable and grounded.

** [[VideoGame/XMen "X-Men! Welcome... TO DIE!!!"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The Japanese developers of the game gave Magneto this line in a scene where he launches a blast at the X-Men that sends them whirling into a trap. The broken English made it popular among fans, who jokingly reference it in various situations.[[/labelnote]]

** Plenty of the characters wiped out in the aftermath of M-Day, but Wallflower and DJ are notable examples with fascinating powers and interesting personalities who feel like the writers gave up on them too fast and decided they should be killed off.

* FountainOfMemes: [[WebVideo/MyWayEntertainment "Pimp smack yo' ass, bitch!", "Comb yo' beard, I don't wanna hear that shit", "You can't run from the Juggernaut."]]

* CantUnHearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/JimWard or Creator/PatrickStewart (along with Creator/CedricSmith or Creator/JamesMcAvoy) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], Creator/NolanNorth or Creator/NormSpencer (or maybe Creator/KirbyMorrow) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], Creator/LiamOBrien as [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]], Creator/SteveBlum or Creator/ScottMcNeil (or Creator/CalDodd) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], Creator/YuriLowenthal as [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], Creator/JenniferHale (or maybe Catherine Disher or Creator/VenusTerzo) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], Creator/FredTatasciore, George Buza, Creator/KelseyGrammer, or Creator/NicholasHoult as [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]], Liam O'Brien, Adrian Hough or Creator/AlanCumming as [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], Creator/SusanDalian as [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Creator/PhilLaMarr (or maybe Chris Porter or Tony Daniels) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Creator/LenoreZann (or maybe Megan Black or Kieren van den Blink) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], Creator/DanielleJudovits (or maybe Creator/KathSoucie or Maggie Blue O'Hara) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and Creator/KariWahlgren as Emma Frost among the other members whenever they are reading their lines from just about anywhere.
** As for the enemies of the X-Men (particularly the members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and others), fans tend to hear Creator/TomKane or Creator/IanMcKellen (or Creator/DavidHemblen for the ones that grew up in the 90's) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], Creator/KateHiggins as Characters/ScarletWitch, or Mark Hildreth or Creator/RichardIanCox as [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]], A.J. Buckley or Noah Fisher as Toad, Nigel Bennett or Creator/TravisWillingham as Mastermind, Creator/StephenStanton or Creator/MichaelDobson as the Blob, Creator/NolanNorth (or maybe Creator/TrevorDevall) as Pyro, Creator/JamesPatrickStuart or Christopher Grey as Avalanche, Jennifer Dale or Coleen Wheeler (or maybe Tamara Bernier or Creator/JenniferLawrence) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]], among other villains.

** Rick Bennett will forever be the Juggernaut to 90s kids who grew on ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', while fans of the '' VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games will always hear Creator/GeorgeBuza as their Cain of choice. And depending on one's memetic preference, Creator/VinnieJones or Creator/KyleHebert will always be remembered for "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" and "JUGGERNAUT WILL FLATTEN YOU" respectively.
** For many fans, Kitty is either Creator/DanielleJudovits (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes''), Creator/KathSoucie (''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen''), Maggie Blue O'Hara (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''), or Creator/ElliotPage (''Film/XMenFilmSeries'').
** You'll read Mystique's lines in either Jennifer Dale (''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''), Coleen Wheeler (''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''), Tamara Bernier (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''), Creator/RebeccaRomijn (''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', original trilogy) or Creator/JenniferLawrence (''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', prequel/reboot era).
** If you grew up in the '90s, then Don Francks is probably the voice you hear for Sabretooth. It almost sounds like even the comic character's lines were written with the voice in mind. To a lesser extent, there is also Tyler Mane and Creator/LievSchreiber for those who grew up in the 2000s.
** Chances are you're imagining Jean Grey's lines as either Creator/JenniferHale (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''), Creator/FamkeJanssen (''Film/XMenFilmSeries''), Catherine Disher (''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''), or Creator/VenusTerzo (''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'')

** Despite Chuck Austen's work on the series being [[AudienceAlienatingEra widely panned]], Mammomax the Elephant Man is surprisingly well-remembered by the fandom, probably due to his inherent NarmCharm.

** Nightcrawler's mother Mystique was originally planned to be his father (due to her shape-shifting abilities) before ExecutiveMeddling kicked in. Many fans feel this would have been a great twist, dislike who his actual father turned out to be, and are holding out hope for a {{Retcon}}.

** In recent years Cyclops and Wolverine have became this. Cyclops has became a violent extremist who refuses to accept responsibility and justifies his actions with weak excuses, whereas Wolverine has became a hypocrite who would rather waste time fighting with his allies than use it fighting their enemies, and gets incredibly douchey in his arguments despite supposedly being the one who we're supposed to side with.

** A little-remembered X-Men from the 90s is Joseph, who was ''literally'' killed off by the writers in part for his interfering with the Gambit/Rogue ship (the other part was him having no more narrative purpose since it was decided that he wasn't Magneto after all).

* HesJustHiding: Since the introduction of the Krakoa Resurrection Protocols, even if a dead mutant or character who could have latent mutant genes or powers hasn’t shown up alive there (like seemingly unpowered members of the Grey and Rasputin families), there are likely fans speculating that character has been resurrected offscreen.

* CantUnHearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/JimWard or Creator/PatrickStewart (along with Creator/CedricSmith or Creator/JamesMcAvoy) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], Creator/NolanNorth or Creator/NormSpencer (or maybe Creator/KirbyMorrow) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], Creator/LiamOBrien as [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]], Creator/SteveBlum or Creator/ScottMcNeil (or Creator/CalDodd) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], Creator/YuriLowenthal as [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], Creator/JenniferHale (or maybe Catherine Disher or Creator/VenusTerzo) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], Creator/FredTatasciore, George Buza, Creator/KelseyGrammer, or Creator/NicholasHoult as [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]], Liam O'Brien or Creator/AlanCumming as [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], Creator/SusanDalian as [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Creator/PhilLaMarr (or maybe Chris Porter or Tony Daniels) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Creator/LenoreZann (or maybe Megan Black or Kieren van den Blink) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], Creator/DanielleJudovits (or maybe Creator/KathSoucie or Maggie Blue O'Hara) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and Creator/KariWahlgren as Emma Frost among the other members whenever they are reading their lines from just about anywhere.

** Every corner of the Emma Frost/Scott Summers/Jean Grey/Logan love square has its shippers and detractors. Same for Rogue/Gambit and every relationship here.

** During the battle with Stryker's cult in Weapon X 24, Monet & Creed are about to be thrown into the blade pit as sacrifices as he apologizes to her for the mess. Monet tells him to stop apologizing & think of something or she'll shove him into the pit herself, which amuses Creed. [[https://i.imgur.com/nfV4esN.jpg Cue issue 27. which is the last time Monet saw him.]]

*** During Generation X, She & Jubilee had a contemptuous rivalry. Jubilee is the more openly heroic, sympathetic one and she's close with '''Wolverine'''. Monet is more of a provocative JerkAss and she became close with '''Sabretooth'''.

*** '''Mystique'''. They hated & did terrible things to each other throughout the 90's & early 2000's. Come Jason Aaron's 2010 X-run, they were an affectionate couple, captioned in Wolverine #300 as '''"Marvel's Hottest and Deadliest New Couple"'''. Since then, Sabretooth has been depicted as loving her & anyone harming her instant presses his BerserkButton.
*** '''Monet'''. After ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}, the books have an 8-month time-skip with many off-panel developments, which includes the start of this romance in Bunn's [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016 Uncanny X-Men]]. The ShipTease is in [[BelligerentSexualTension full effect]] the first issue as they engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat. Psylocke [[{{Exposition}} reveals]] it's typical behavior by asking if they were still bickering, why they don't just [[GetARoom get a room]], and thinking they may be flirting. The seeds of romance were planted asap. Bunn [[https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/1009239337588940803 confirmed they had a torturous love]] & their feelings were so apparent, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt six characters could see it]] throughout the two books they shared. Yuriko has an exposition moment in [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]] 22 when her elaboration on Monet was [[https://i.imgur.com/moqdmos.jpg "as in Sabretooth ex girlfriend."]] Domino, Deadpool, and Omega Red [[ShipperOnDeck shipped them]]. Domino gushes at them twice, Deadpool impatiently asks when they're gonna kiss, and Omega Red grins at them during a heartfelt convo. She & Creed never met prior to all this and we skipped straight to them already being in love with numerous sources pointing it out. [[note]]Creed met the M-twins during Phalanx Covenant when they were impersonating Monet.[[/note]] [[note]] Even though Creed was a good guy during his pairing with Monet, it was controversial among fandom with many hating the idea of putting a someone of her caliber with a man who has a history of bad treatment toward women. This was compounded with Creed's newfound goodness being brought about by magic. He was inverted by a spell from Scarlet Witch that reversed his moral alignment, making anything he did seem artificial since it wasn't of his own accord to do better, but merely a result of magic beyond his control.[[/note]]

* ThemePairing: [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]][=/=]Storm has a substantial following due to the fact that both of them are associated with the weather, spurred on by the fact that they ''[[AscendedFanon are]]'' a couple in the spin-off ComicBook/MarvelAdventures universe. Images like [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11113/111134695/4210789-5009673720-43765.jpg this]][[note]]in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures - The Avengers #29'', it's revealed that Storm & Thor are dating and have been for some time off-screen[[/note]] just encourages comments like "Bring on the biracial thunder babies".

** Of all the characters introduced in Grant Morrison's run, Fantomex was definitely the most popular. He's managed to last while most of the characters from Morrison's run were largely forgotten about, changing from a minor new guy [[AscendedExtra into a series regular]].

* BadassDecay:
** Like many comics strongmen, [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]] has a distressing tendency to be used for TheWorfEffect. His appearance in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' is a good example.
** Sabretooth has suffered this heavily within the last decade. Originally in the X-Franchise, Claremont wrote & showed him as Wolverine's [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter superior]], even stating that in all their lives, Logan has never defeated him in a straight up fight. He was a big enough threat to be locked up by the X-Men, while Xavier tried to rehab him. He becomes a BoxedCrook, and emotionally torments most who came to see him, even breaking Xavier and contributing to him becoming Onslaught. After escaping, he defeated everyone who confronted him — leaving them badly injured, in critical condition, or mentally scarred. Only Jean Grey was able to finally incapacitate him. He was sent to X-Factor and put in a restraining collar to keep him in line. He ends up escaping his confines once more & killing many X-Factor members, while critically injuring numerous others like Mystique & Wildchild. In recent years, Sabretooth loses every fight he's in and TookALevelInDumbass. At one point, he's beaten up, having a black eye and swearing revenge. It's followed by everyone laughing at him, and Logan asking when he's ever been a threat. It's very evident in ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017'', where he's treated as the team ButtMonkey, and does nothing but annoy everyone he interacts with, while being of little to no use for anything. The editor of the comic, Chris Robinson lists Sabretooth as the kind of villain who isn't a threat to anyone, except 1 particular hero (Wolverine)

** The M-Day era, often regarded as heavy-handed ExecutiveMeddling from editorial, and steadily undermined for years by writers before it was eventually properly reversed. It can be argued that this refers to the concept rather than the stories themselves -- fan-favourite runs on all but the flagship title came from this period, as did the well-regarded ''Messiah Complex'' and ''Second Coming'' crossovers.

** Professor X's many cases of psychic {{Superdickery}} in the Silver Age can come off as this to modern viewers, particularly his brainwashing of the Vanisher since that character is a recurring one to this day and yet has never recovered. His NeverLiveItDown moment mentioned below also became this after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''.

* AccidentalInnuendo: ''X-Men #35'', which guest-starred [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]], had Spider-Man fall in a stream while fighting the X-Men. Upon resurfacing, he declares, "Alright, you mutant misfits[=--=] you've '''had''' it! One cataclysmic '''climax''' coming up[=--=] in which a slightly soggy '''Spider-Man''' creams '''four X-Men!'''"

* AngstWhatAngst: Despite [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]]'s many, many, many traumatic experiences, she remains remarkably upbeat. She has strongly implied that this is just a front.

** '''Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}:''' [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 "I just beat Mag-freakin-neto! Where yo curly mustasche at?!"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A famous and memetic VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 match commentary, known as "mahvel baybee!", was eventually quoted directly, through Deadpool, in the game's sequel. [[/labelnote]]

* CantUnHearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/JimWard or Creator/PatrickStewart (along with Creator/CedricSmith or Creator/JamesMcAvoy) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], Creator/NolanNorth or Creator/NormSpencer (or maybe Creator/KirbyMorrow) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], Creator/LiamOBrien as [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]], Creator/SteveBlum or Creator/ScottMcNeil (or Creator/CalDodd) as Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}, Creator/YuriLowenthal as [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], Creator/JenniferHale (or maybe Catherine Disher or Creator/VenusTerzo) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], Creator/FredTatasciore, George Buza, Creator/KelseyGrammer, or Creator/NicholasHoult as [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]], Liam O'Brien or Creator/AlanCumming as [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], Creator/SusanDalian as [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Creator/PhilLaMarr (or maybe Chris Porter or Tony Daniels) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Creator/LenoreZann (or maybe Megan Black or Kieren van den Blink) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], Creator/DanielleJudovits (or maybe Creator/KathSoucie or Maggie Blue O'Hara) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and Creator/KariWahlgren as Emma Frost among the other members whenever they are reading their lines from just about anywhere.

** Similarly Emma Frost rapidly became this after it was revealed [[spoiler:that Cyclops had been killed by the Terrigen cloud and "Cyclops" was a psychic illusion created by her]]. In fact, some view her as ''even more sympathetic'' to the point of being the OnlySaneMan for seeing that Cyclops (Actually her, but-) saved all of mutant kind with his actions. [[spoiler:Even going nuts and trying to kill all the Inhumans didn't hurt her sympathy much as the Inhumans had previously killed Cyclops and came very close to enabling the genocide of Mutantkind]].

** Storm and [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett Logan]]. Fans of the pairing cite that OppositesAttract, and that her reserve and idealism would balance out his AntiHero tendencies, while his more earthy, passionate nature would keep her stable and grounded.

** The ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' crossover is often ignored by fans of the later series due to its killing off the well-liked [[spoiler:Rachel Van Helsing]] in a series with radically different themes from her original one.

* FriendlyFandoms: With fans of [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]]. While Jubilee and Kitty Pryde fans have a bit of a FandomRivalry, their fanbase gets along quite well because of Jubes' CoolBigSis dynamic with Laura, along with a touch of LesYay thanks to Sana Takeda.

* HypeBacklash: After ''years'' of being far and away the [[WolverinePublicity most prominent and promoted X-Man]], it seems that Wolverine's hype has finally reached a ceiling as a 2014 storyline, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Death of Wolverine]]'', was introduced just to kill him off (but not before letting longtime nemesis [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] give him a long TheReasonYouSuckSpeech). While the character only stayed dead for three years before the inevitable revival, he's largely been demoted as the spotlight hog du jour in favor of Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}, and even within his immediate character cast [[OppositeSexClone X-23]] and [[FutureBadass Old Man Logan]] have been higher up in the SpotlightStealingSquad stack than the old Canucklehead.

** Combined with his FlatCharacter, at times it feels like the sole reason Colossus is kept around is to be a Ship Magnet for other, more lively characters. He initially had a crush on [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] (as did [[AuthorAppeal almost everyone]] under Creator/ChrisClaremont's pen), but it was his romance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] that became his first true relationship, and to this day it is regarded as the OneTruePairing of Colossus among ''X-Men'' fans. Undeterred, HoYay shippers delight in pairing him off Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} (with whom he is HeterosexualLifePartners with), [[Characters/MarvelComicsExodus Exodus]] (who he followed during his brief FaceHeelTurn in the '90s) or Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}} (mostly because of ''Film/Deadpool2016''). On the heterosexual end, he's paired with [[DarkActionGirl Callisto]] of the Morlocks, Meggan of ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}, and Characters/{{Domino|MarvelComics}} of ComicBook/XForce. ExecutiveMeddling created a character just to be his love interest, but neither she nor the random Savage Land woman he had a child with (later established as not his) stuck in shipping circles like the above have.

* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] himself is a [[DarkAndTroubledPast Holocaust survivor]] who is hellbent on seeing that no such evil ever befalls the mutants. Becoming a terrorist, Magneto manipulates his followers, allies and enemies alike, constantly waging war to [[WellIntentionedExtremist better the lot of mutantkind]], even against his best friend Charles Xavier. At one point Magneto even blackmails the world with nuclear weapons to set up a home for Mutants, and even foiled Characters/DoctorDoom's attempts at domination at another point. Deciding to protect the world and mutants in his own way, Magneto has returned countless times to commit acts he admits are unscrupulous, but necessary, constantly keeping himself from slipping too far into true evil while protecting his people from all threats.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] has been considered this in some circles due to how many times he [[TheWorfEffect gets beaten by weaker mutants]] such as Magneto, being manipulated by the Celestials and his reliance on their tech, and his relative unimportance in the grand scheme of things compared to other villains like Characters/DoctorDoom, [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] or [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]] (for reference, those three tend to frequently menace the entire Marvel universe, while Apocalypse almost exclusively faces the X-Men and related characters). In the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' continuity, he even cowers before Black Bolt and gets vaporized by a whisper from him. It doesn't help that he's easy to beat in ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter''.

** ''Days of Future Past'' may just have the most [[http://darkwingblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/darkwingduck_12_cvb_1.jpg?w=400&h=600 frequently]] [[http://www.liveforfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/doctor-who-days-of-future-past-452x700.jpg parodied]] [[http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/047/e/6/Star_Wars_Insider_Cover_by_robcamp1000.jpg cover]] [[http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/3/3b/The_Last_Generation_issue_1_variant_cover.jpg of all]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/96524/2591536-GitPX.jpg time.]]

** The 2005 story ''Deadly Genesis'' is infamous to this day for giving Professor X one of these. While he was already a pretty morally grey ManipulativeBastard, this story established that Xaviier was willing to and did in fact [[spoiler:recruit three rookie mutants to clean up the mess he himself made by sending his original team to the mutant island Krakoa, put those three mutants through a psychic cram-session in lieu of giving them any formal training, send those mutants to what would ultimately be their deaths, and then ''erase all memories from the survivors that those three mutants ever existed'']]. [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]' relationship with his mentor was forever shattered because of the events of this story and it reaches FanonDiscontinuity levels among the older fans just because it's impossible to have this story as canon and at the same time see Professor Xavier as anything but irredeemable. [[http://retconrasengan.blogspot.com/2016/02/veni-vidi-vulcan.html This article]] goes into greater detail on the matter.

* PoorMansSubstitute: Originally Magneto was this to Characters/DoctorDoom:

** In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel, Magneto usurps Doom's function as the primary Marvel-wide villain and boasts most of the focus in cross-overs whereas Magneto in mainstream Marvel rarely plays a big role as compared to Characters/DoctorDoom, [[Characters/AvengersEnemies Ultron]] or [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]].

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]. For many who feel he was a GenericDoomsdayVillain, ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' and ''ComicBook/XOfSwords'' gave him a more clear motivation and backstory that made his SocialDarwinist status more sympathetic.

** Where to even start? Cyke/Jean vs. Cyke/Emma is probably the biggest battle in the fan base, the former being iconic while the latter some fans find far more interesting, and still others remember him fondly with Madelyne Prior. That's not even getting into HoYay with Angel and, of course, Wolverine. ''Now'' there's also the fact that some writers have decided that ''the Phoenix Force itself'' wants him. Then of course is Mr. Sinister, who has ''long'' displayed an unhealthy obsession with Cyclops within the books leading to quite a bit of subtext among fans. More recently, Uncanny has seen Tempus, Maria Hill and even Magik enter the fray. And that's not even including ''Teen''!Scott in ''All-New'', who is popularly linked both with the obligatory Jean Grey (in this case time-displaced O5 Teen!Jeen) and, thanks to RuleSixtyThree giving the fanbase an outlet for Adult!Scott's subtext with Logan, [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]].
** Jean/Scott Vs. Jean/Logan as well as Jean/Scott Vs. Emma/Scott. Also Teen!Jean/Teen!Scott vs. [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]]/Teen!Scott.

* ThemePairing: [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]][=/=]Storm has a substantial following due to the fact that both of them are associated with the weather, spurred on by the fact that they ''[[AscendedFanon are]]'' a couple in the spin-off ComicBook/MarvelAdventures universe. Images like [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11113/111134695/4210789-5009673720-43765.jpg this]][[note]]in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures - The Avengers #29'', it's revealed that Storm & Thor are dating and have been for some time off-screen[[/note]] just encourages comments like "Bring on the biracial thunder babies".

** From 2006 onwards, Cyclops: learned that his father figure had lied to and betrayed him; was forced to fight a brother he never even knew he had; lost the love of his life; had his oldest and closest friends abandon him; killed said father figure while possessed and arguably in self-defense, and was treated as a cold blooded, remorseless murderer for it despite his obvious guilt; and essentially had his entire legacy stripped away and everything he ever worked for handed over on a silver platter to [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett a guy]] whose only apparent qualification was being ''[[WolverinePublicity just so cool]]''. Even fans who disliked the character started to feel sorry for him because Marvel had so systematically tried to destroy the poor bastard that it was [[TheWoobie basically impossible not to]]. It didn’t help that many of the people opposing him (Scarlet Witch, Iron Man, Black Bolt, etc.) had previously done or were currently doing things as bad or worse than him and gotten a free pass, making it look like he was being singled out rather than getting what was coming to him.

*** It was done because Creator/JimLee wanted to [[RuleOfSexy draw her as a sexy ninja chick]], and no attempt was ever made at hiding it. Though it was intended to be temporary, it ended up making Psylocke so popular that the upper management at Marvel forbade the writers from reverting it (this being a time where every sale counted in the Speculation Boom). This created some rather awkward situations. For one, Psylocke became by and far the most iconic Asian hero for Marvel (and maybe even comics in general), when the few they had before such as ComicBook/ShangChi, [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]], Sunfire and Faiza Hussain were nowhere near her level (Jubilee being the closest contender, but she was a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] at the time and her [[KidAppealCharacter appeal]] was ''very'' different), despite not having been born or culturally Asian. This especially came to head later, when Marvel made many legitimate attempts at authentic diversity, and yet Psylocke remained prominent and retained her odd backstory. Tellingly, while nearly all adaptations do retain her being an Asian ninja, they usually have the body swap aspect AdaptedOut or simply gloss over it, to avoid opening that can of worms.

* WTHCastingAgency: Some fans are divided on the casting of Creator/ChanningTatum for the upcoming ''Gambit'' film... which languishes in DevelopmentHell in any case.

** In terms of sheer fan works, there's no more popular of a couple than Gambit and Rogue, but they currently are not together. There's a fairly large, vocal fanbase for current couple Magneto and Rogue (though that ship [[StrangledByTheRedString certainly has its detractors]] too). As of 2018 Rogue and Gambit are back together, got married and even have their own ongoing monthly series.

*** Similar to her base-breaking status, many X-Men fans consider Wanda this, as she continues to operate as a heroic figure.

*** In particular, a strong argument can be made that Scott's deepest relationship was not with either Jean Grey or Emma Frost...but with [[DivineDate the Phoenix Force]]. He and Jean dated in high school, but the deepest part of their early relationship was during a period when the real Jean was being [[CloningBlues impersonated by the Phoenix]]. WordOfGod is that that part of Jean was later reincarnated as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]], which is something that Cyclops never quite put his finger on. This gives a tragic bent to his (arguably [[PoorCommunicationKills accidental]]) abandonment of Madelyne and return to a resurrected Jean — but, importantly, a Jean with no memory of how their relationship had evolved past "we were dating in high school". Notably, ''X-Men: The End'', Chris Claremont had Scott explain that the reason his and Jean's subsequent relationship never quite seemed right was because the parts of Jean that he truly fell in love with were the parts that had been reincarnated as Madelyne. This theory also puts his actions in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' and Brian Michael Bendis's ''[[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2013 Uncanny X-Men]]'' into a slightly different light.

** Due to her long time lack of romantic connections to any character, many fans assumed Characters/{{Magik}} to be UsefulNotes/{{asexual}}, while others interpreted her friendship with Kitty as having LesYay vibes. ComicBook/{{New Mutants|2019}} suggests that she is pansexual, being into AnythingThatMoves (with the exception of humans).

* CantUnHearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/JimWard or Creator/PatrickStewart (along with Creator/CedricSmith or Creator/JamesMcAvoy) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], Creator/NolanNorth or Creator/NormSpencer (or maybe Creator/KirbyMorrow) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], Creator/LiamOBrien as [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]], Creator/SteveBlum or Creator/ScottMcNeil (or Creator/CalDodd) as Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}, Creator/YuriLowenthal as [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]], Creator/JenniferHale (or maybe Catherine Disher or Creator/VenusTerzo) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], Creator/FredTatasciore, George Buza, Creator/KelseyGrammer, or Creator/NicholasHoult as [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]], Liam O'Brien or Creator/AlanCumming as [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], Creator/SusanDalian as [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Creator/PhilLaMarr (or maybe Chris Porter or Tony Daniels) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Creator/LenoreZann (or maybe Megan Black or Kieren van den Blink) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], Creator/DanielleJudovits (or maybe Creator/KathSoucie or Maggie Blue O'Hara) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and Creator/KariWahlgren as Emma Frost among the other members whenever they are reading their lines from just about anywhere.

* CantUnHearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/JimWard or Creator/PatrickStewart (along with Creator/CedricSmith or Creator/JamesMcAvoy) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], Creator/NolanNorth or Creator/NormSpencer (or maybe Creator/KirbyMorrow) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], Creator/LiamOBrien as [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Angel]], Creator/SteveBlum or Creator/ScottMcNeil (or Creator/CalDodd) as Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}, Creator/YuriLowenthal as [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]], Creator/JenniferHale (or maybe Catherine Disher or Creator/VenusTerzo) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], Creator/FredTatasciore, George Buza, Creator/KelseyGrammer, or Creator/NicholasHoult as [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Beast]], Liam O'Brien or Creator/AlanCumming as [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], Creator/SusanDalian as [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], Creator/PhilLaMarr (or maybe Chris Porter or Tony Daniels) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Creator/LenoreZann (or maybe Megan Black or Kieren van den Blink) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], Creator/DanielleJudovits (or maybe Creator/KathSoucie or Maggie Blue O'Hara) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and Creator/KariWahlgren as Emma Frost among the other members whenever they are reading their lines from just about anywhere.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Azazel and Toad have both been largely displaced by their respective film adaptations, both of which are generally preferred over their original incarnations. William Stryker is a curious example in that his [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills original incarnation]] wasn't ''bad'', and is still regarded well as a villain, but has still been overshadowed by his film incarnation thanks to the latter being one of the most recurring villains across all the films (only [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] and Characters/{{Mystique}} have made more appearances).

** As for the enemies of the X-Men (particularly the members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and others), fans tend to hear Creator/TomKane or Creator/IanMcKellen (or Creator/DavidHemblen for the ones that grew up in the 90's) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], Creator/KateHiggins as Characters/ScarletWitch, or Mark Hildreth or Creator/RichardIanCox as [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]], A.J. Buckley or Noah Fisher as Toad, Nigel Bennett or Creator/TravisWillingham as Mastermind, Creator/StephenStanton or Creator/MichaelDobson as the Blob, Creator/NolanNorth (or maybe Creator/TrevorDevall) as Pyro, Creator/JamesPatrickStuart or Christopher Grey as Avalanche, Jennifer Dale or Coleen Wheeler (or maybe Tamara Bernier or Creator/JenniferLawrence) as Characters/{{Mystique}}, among other villains.

** Angel's girlfriend Candy Southern is decently cute with him, and is even hinted to be a mutant (or at least descended from one) due to the first appearance of the Hellfire Club mentioning that Candy was a hereditary Hellfire Club member who was creeped out by them and didn't join. But any potential mutant heritage on her part is never explored and in about two decades of appearances she's little more than a SatelliteLoveInterest, and then is killed off for CollateralAngst.