>>85048627It depends. If you want to sell X-books, then yeah using distinctive characters is going to work. But, if you want people to remember your books, then ultimately, you have to make those characters interesting. But, in the case of Quire, there is not that much you can do for him, or at least nothing I can think of that makes him an interesting character, outside of making him a villain.
>>85048630I really don't know what it is about Quire...
The thing when I read any non-Morrison book which has the main universe's Quire or an equivalent like in Secret War's tie-ins, I am instantly turned off if he is anything but a villain.
I don't know exactly what it is, maybe because of personal experiences maybe because of something else, but I just kind stand Quire as a character. And I think ultimately it's because like Wolverine, people like Aaron missed the point of the kid's character. Quire was originally kind of like Lex in 'Luthor' or Joker in the Killing Joke. Although the narrative did seem to put Quire in a sympathetic light, ultimately, you realized at the end of it all, Quire was an absolutely pathetic creature. A lot of the X-Kids had suffered similar if not worse upbringings from Quire and none of them turned into psychopathic monsters.
Or at least, that was the way I see how he was originally portrayed.
But yeah, Hellion is one of the greater X-Kids, and I'm disappointment that Taylor hasn't used him in Wolverine yet. Though, I think that's less his decision and more Hopeless trying to continue the Angel/Laura romance. Although from the sound of things, he might have a big part to play in Uncanny Avengers.
