Rogue as a goth
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Abbykat — 18 years ago(June 14, 2007 03:23 PM)
Didn't care for it myself. I'm a longtime fan of Rogue from the comics, and in that medium she has almost always been a fun character; her mutation is tragic and creates a lot of conflict for her, but she balances it out to some extent by having a lively sense of humor. The goth version replaces the character's sass with anger, making her a rather dour and sulky character who I don't find nearly as interesting.
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comicstu — 18 years ago(June 15, 2007 03:33 PM)
The comics version never sat well with me, because of her having super strength and flight, like nearly half of all Marvel superheroes. Put more emphasis on her absorption power; don't degenerate her into a super-strong brute. And also, portraying her as a goth does seem a lot more realistic for a teenage version than reacting to one of the most tragic events of her life with bad catchphrases ('sugar') and the embodiment of a brutish Southern stereotype.
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englert2487 — 18 years ago(October 02, 2007 12:14 AM)
the reason Rogue has super strength and flight is because she aborbed all of Ms. Marvels powers and accidentally killed her. when she killed her she was able to use ms. marvels powers forever. so her having ms. marvels abilites is supposed to symbolize rogues burden and has a lot to do with her absorbtion abilities besides if she didn't have any other abilities she'd be kind of a lame superhero
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Mai-Thu — 18 years ago(October 26, 2007 04:05 PM)
rogue is my favorite character. although i like her without the super strength and flight in evolution, it does make her seem almost useless when they are doing training or something. i mean she has to do all this physical stuff and no powers cause she can't touch one of the other people in training.
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laeyisoracle — 18 years ago(June 23, 2007 03:59 PM)
I like both types, but for X-Men Evolution, which was basically a re-envisioning of the X-Men Universe, Rogue as a Goth Loner really fit in well. Especially because, in Evolution, their ages were cut down drastically. They were teenagers, not 20 or 30-year olds. They brought the X-Men into a more modern youth look, and everything about each character, IMO, fit them perfectly. Rogue, in the comics, being the Southern Belle, sexy but don't touch, is perfect for who she is in the comics, but Goth Rogue in Evolution, indeed, fit in just as well with where she was in the Evolution universe.
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Mushion — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 05:29 AM)
I have to agree with you there. Where Evolution Rogue and Original Rogue have a hard time dealing with their powers, they don't go on sulking about it. That's very annoying in the movies. Anna Paquin's like: "Ommigod I can't touch anyone, misery misery misery," all the time. While the other 2 versions are more like: "It sucks I can't touch anyone. What's for dinner?" Which I find a lot less annoying
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Viltrumite — 18 years ago(September 12, 2007 08:38 AM)
I liked Evo Rogue much better than regular Rogue. I never understood her behaviour. One minute she carries on like a slut and the next she's all like "Ah cain't touch nobody! How am Ah supposed t'fiind a main if we cain't even have relations!" (sorry, it's not easy trying to type out that accent).
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gypsygoddesswarrior — 18 years ago(March 10, 2008 05:43 PM)
I loved Rogue as a goth because she's a seventeen year old girl who can't touch anyone. It makes sense that she'd be pissed and moody, if they had made her cheerful about it the character would have been annoying.
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Cryptfan2 — 18 years ago(March 26, 2008 11:19 PM)
I like the Evo version of Rogue alot more is because the Goth motif fits her very well and makes total sense and her personality also works, she does give a beep if she touches someone un like the previous animated version of Rogue who desperately wanted to touch.
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ekpyrosis-1 — 17 years ago(August 30, 2008 12:31 PM)
When I started to watch this show, not knowing anything about the X-men I thought Rogue was a woman somewhere in her 40's thanks to her make-up and especially her strands of white hair - I thought she simply turned grey prematurely.
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billa_lime03 — 17 years ago(October 11, 2008 06:11 AM)
Personnally the best way I see Rogue, is as a Goth. She can't be just like Kitty, and happy and lovely and a preppy because of her powers. I think this way to made her like that is the best was to make us understand how she has to deal with it.
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SkullyD — 17 years ago(December 27, 2008 10:31 PM)
Goth Rogue was hot. She was okay in the older series, despite looking like a tramp from a Poison video. She was a horrible stereotype though.
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Cassandra_Speaker — 17 years ago(January 13, 2009 07:28 PM)
About the "Rogue as a wild girl" thingshe did come off as bit of one in this series at points. She just seemed more restrained than usually portrayed.
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Mistopurr83 — 17 years ago(January 21, 2009 07:38 PM)
I was fine with Rogue as a gothic in this show b/c I thought it resembled the 616 Rogue during her BOEM days before she took out Ms. Marvel. It seemed as though Evo Rogue and 616 teenage Rogue uglied herself up so people wouldn't come near her.
The thing I hate the most about Anna Paquin's Rogue is the way she does nothing but sulk and whine about her power being a handicap instead of realizing what good it could do. Unlike how all other versions of Rogue come up with ways to mask her depression instead of being a useless complainer 24/7. -
Da Derga — 16 years ago(August 14, 2009 12:09 AM)
When they first introduced her, she was. The white streaks were along the sides like Reed Richards, and she had a very mature (as in middle-aged) face. Each time I pick up a comic book or watch a show or movie with Rogue in it, it seems like she's ten years younger than she was the last time I saw her. It's going to suck for Professor X when he has to change her nappies. In this show, however, it wasn't so bad because she was the same age as the rest of the class, who were all regressed to teenagers.
As for her goth/punk look and isolationist personality, I was always hot for girls like that when I was a teenager. But moreover, I thought it befit her issues. It was almost like a defence mechanism. If you don't want to be touched, make people not want to touch you.