She never should have left the Cyclops side of the X-men.
she needed to be Cyclops moral center as he descended into madness essentially. Similar to the role she played on the Extinction Team. She needed to be the opposite of Emma.
She had no role on the school/wolverine side. Wolverine filled all the roles lol.
Unfortunately, she came to "prominence" on the X Line during the worst period of X-Men comics in a long time.
Coming back on here after a while and saw this reply...and totally agree. Warren Ellis during his short stint actually had Storm while married to T'Challa working with Cyclops team and she played incredibly well opposite Emma while showcasing her physical and mutant prowess. Read the "xenogenesis" storyline Ellis wrote for good Storm also.
Thing Is, Claremont did so much and the most with Storm's growth as a character when she went from being a seemingly mystical type weather goddess to a warrior even without powers (Morlocks storyline, when she lost her powers, becoming one with the Acanti, leadership during the "outback" years, leadership of the "gold team") to leading the Xmen at different times for quite a while that it almost seems new writers now don't know what to do with her and haven't for years. But then again, they haven't known what to do with the X-MEN for years now hence their declining sales.
And none of the Xmen can really hold their own comic, and were never designed to. Wolverine doesn't count because he first came on and was intended as a solo character that got put in later. Storm's whole purpose was to be a part of a team, or family. They really just need to do more with her in the Xmen again.
I like her and T'Challa together when written well...but Storm fans in this "woke" and feminist age will simply see her being taken outside of her "family" to serve as Black Panther's "Mera" so to speak...and no matter how you cut it she would be a secondary character to that main character's book and mythos. Since its called "the Black Panther".
It would be cool and maybe a compromise however if they were to just date and she show up in his book every now and then while still being with her "family" in the Xmen.
Whassup man. Been awhile.
I like your post above. I also [repeatedly stated for months that I ] liked ELLIS STORM better than any previous Storm overall, with the "best" of CC STORM as a close second, and YOST Storm was killin it, too. I have little to disagree with regarding your post above. I agree with everything...even acknowledging that it would be acompromise to have TChalla and Storm date for a year or so. Then have them marry after THE BLACK PANTHER SOLO MOVIE comes out and SMASHES ALL KINDS OF ANUS. Then? Like I said. TChalla will be a society changing engine making Black Panther TOO COOL FOR FOOLS. And then? The X-FANS won't be hatin on TChalla so much...because they can't. The general public will like and even love them some TChalla.
That's when sparks for their remarriage can really start to fly. And that's when. We can start bringing Ororo into the fold in BP's movies. And the X-Movies. Without taking any shine from Shuri or Ramonda or the Dora Milaje.
But. If we keep it all the way 100?
Eff the X-Fans hating on TChoro. No matter their color. I actually kinda wanna spar them, just to feel the joy of beating them down. Shouldn't be that way at my age, but...
Thanks Supreme for the compliment. I like Ellis as a writer quite a bit and his Storm was really good for the short while he wrote Xmen. Cant say though I liked it better than CC at his strongest though as he did a lot to develop the character. Ellis did the best at recapturing her voice though.
I would've LOVED to have seen even back when Hudlon was writing Panther spending a year or so among the Xmen while wooing and getting to know his friend/former lobe Storm again. Tchalla has spent years away from Wakanda with Avengers and what not, it might have been cool have not gone straight into the marriage and build it up with Panther helping the Xmen while spending time with Storm. Playing chess with his old avenger ally Beast, debating with Xavier...that could have been a good build up.
In any case, there's so.much open to Panther now and hed probably be better off being with someon from.his world and mythos. There is plenty of opportunity for that.