Oct 16, 2017, 12:34 AM

@bored Rachel was a much more interesting character when she was tightly tied to the Days of Future Past era (and, yes, before that era got completely played out). She's still a reflection of Jean, yes, but a reflection in a broken mirror. But the further away you get from that, and the more she becomes just a normal well-adjusted X-person who happens to have an odd backstory that never really comes up, the more pointless it becomes to have her around.

In the comics that's obviously a problem because having angsty flashback trauma Rachel all the time gets old in about 36 issues (give or take a few). And then, apparently, it's required that she start dressing in tarty outfits, as required by law, and become a massive flirt (because fuck female characters who are too damaged to show off their bodies, gotta keep the teenage boys reading!)

In a game it's much less of a problem, because by the time Rachel goes through her character arc and becomes sort of well adjusted again, either the game has probably disintegrated, or the player has gotten bored and moved on.