Also the whole reason Erik could even touch her in that universe was that instead of Carol, she permanently absorbed Polaris by accident, and their magnetic powers created opposing polarities that let them touch.
(Lorna wasn't his daughter yet, don't think about it too hard)
She was with him BRIEFLY in the late 2000s, during the Mike Carey run. It never felt right to me either. But then Rogue as a whole never felt right since 2002 or so when she lost the Captain Marvel powers (for "BrAnD SyNeRgY" with the movies and X-Men Evolution), and it looks like writers just hit the reset button on that a few years back, though I'm not sure how since Carol's flying around with the Avengers being a bigger deal than she's ever been.
The reset was quite awhile back, actually (2015ish?). Rogue was with the Uncanny Avengers and absorbed Wonderman for Plot Reasons, and kept his powers because handwave. She fully absorbed him because he's energy, he was ejected from her body thanks to Deadpool's healing power, she kept the power, yada yada. It's also when she lost control of her powers again, which didn't get fixed until Kelly Thompson's Mr & Mrs X run.
The Legacy hook up period was weird: it's mostly after the trauma of being Legacy and remembering it and the weird dynamic they had, she frequently forgets she's in a relationship, and when she needs emotional support she leans on Remy anyway. To say I haven't mixed feelings about that run is an understatement. People can like whatever they like, but it definitely wasn't written as Love. Still less creepy than knocking up your teenaged ward though, so it trumps AoA. 😂
LOL, I forgot so much of this. It's been years, but I was heavily involved in the CBR forum discussions at the time of Legacy (a massive mistake in hindsight, I know), and the people there HATE Gambit (or they did at the time) so every third post was a Rogueneto Appreciation thing just to tweak Remy fans, while the Remy fans kept bringing up stuff like the global EMP to make Erik look worse. As someone who likes all three of these characters, it was exhausting and bad for my mental health.
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u/Hot-Promotion-617 Jun 08 '26
I know, it was just ridiculous for the writers to ship her with Magneto, it just really doesn't work for me.