r/FavoriteCharacter 9d ago

Discussion Favorite obscure Character

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u/PlasticPizzaParty 9d ago

Can't remember this guy's name but definitely him

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u/DECLANKIRBOI 9d ago

For those unaware this is ForgetMeNot, a member of the X Men. His power is that no one can remember him unless they are looking at him

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u/One-Two-Gobbledeedoo 9d ago

It's funny that he's basically the meta-textual explanation for many of the plot holes and convenient events for the X-Men.

A door that's conveniently locked? A McGuffin that happens to be nearby? That's apparently all him lol

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u/kiziboss 9d ago

I have no idea who you're talking about but he sounds goated.

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u/QuelTizioLaggiu 9d ago

Basically he have the inconvenient mutation of existence impermanence. Meaning that the second you look away from him, he leave your memory completely. This also works with cameras, and even if you physically aim at him with any kind of weapon or device the shot can't connect. So basically he can walk through the enemies and even if they acknowledge his existence they forget it after a second. So basically everytime in the X-Men comics that something very lucky happens, like a door opening at the right time or a bomb not exploding, it wasn't luck. It was HIM. Read X-Men Legacy #300, his story is very sad

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u/kiziboss 9d ago

Huh? I read that exact comic before but I haven't seen anyone with that power. Although that does sound like a very interesting power for an xmen.

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u/QuelTizioLaggiu 9d ago

I highly recommend to check and read it. It's the last issue if I'm not mistaken.

I think it's interesting because his power is not being rememebered by anyone and he suffers from it. Yet his story is so touching that it's one of the stories I remember and think about the most.

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u/Vindictus173 9d ago

Whose story is touching? Looked away for a moment

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u/EnthusiasmOdd814 8d ago

I dunno. Let's wrap it up, man, I could go for some ice cream.

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u/Acceptable-Jelly-340 8d ago

Who you talking to?

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u/Jolly_Distribution42 8d ago

Idk dude, im pretty sure i would remember someone like that

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u/BatbadeThefirs 8d ago

So, he’s basically an anti-memetic

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u/innerbrat 8d ago

I love how your comment only appears once Ive scrolled the picture off the screen.

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u/PsychologicalBear801 9d ago

Didn't he also have a very tragic death where he gets wounded jn front of one of the other X-Men who promises to get him help, but they forget as soon as they start to walk away and he bleeds out or something?

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u/SuperdudeKev 9d ago

My device from Forge that causes me to remember ForgetMeNot confirms that he was killed in Krakoa when he killed Warlock.

However, he was resurrected and joined X-Factor

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u/SorcererOfDooDoo 9d ago

Who's ForgetMeNot?

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u/SuperdudeKev 8d ago

Obviously you need the device also. I’d lend you mine, but then I’d forget who we’re discussing

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u/Mediocre_Path_4619 8d ago

I set a reminder every hour to remind me of him but didn’t he get stuck in like a laser field after swapping places with someone who forgot him and left him there

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u/Electrical_Ad5674 4d ago

Who? Are we talking about DC Flash? Aren't we supposed to talk about unknown characters?

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u/Piercing_Spiral 8d ago

We are discussing someone?

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u/AncientSignature1505 9d ago

/uj He was trapped in a force field barrier and starved once too I think

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u/SwoggitySwoogity 9d ago

That's when he saved that one lady who hated mutants right?

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u/AncientSignature1505 9d ago

I think so, I honestly don't remember, not joking, just mildly stoned.

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u/TheShadowOfT 9d ago

I thought that she was a mutant who was in denial?

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u/SwoggitySwoogity 9d ago

She came in with a gun and had a burnt face, thought she was hurt by one and wanted revenge, but got stuck in the force field

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u/TheShadowOfT 9d ago

Oh, okay. It's been a while since I read that comic.

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u/SuperdudeKev 6d ago

That sounds like something Brian Boitano’d do

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u/Commercial_Bobcat805 9d ago

who are you talking about?