WHo should the Messiah Complex's mutant's parents be?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:59:31 -0700, The Black Guardian
<blakgard.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:

>grinningdemon wrote:
>> The Black Guardian wrote:
>>> grinningdemon wrote:
>>>> The main reason I never liked Wanda's kids is because they were
>>>> never treated as characters in their own rights (as opposed to
>>>> the Richards kids)...they were just accessories for Wanda and I
>>>> didn't miss them at all once they were gone.
>>
>>> The major differences being...
>>> 1. When Franklin was born, Marvel was still letting time elapse in
>>> almost realtime. By the time Wanda's kids were born, we were
>>> starting to really see the sliding timeline deal.
>>> 2. The twins were only around for three years (our time).
>>> Considering #1, this is hardly enough time for them to be
>>> characters in their own rights.
>>
>> I think they've done a pretty good job with Val Richards and she
>> hasn't been around much longer than that.
>
>It's now been just over 5 years. 2-3 years ago, Valeria was no better.
>
>>> That said, even Franklin was little more than an accessory for
>>> Sue for years. Aside from the hints of his powers here and there,
>>> the kid had all of the characterization of a tree stump. I've
>>> even heard some people wonder if Franklin had autism because he
>>> just didn't do much of anything.
>>
>> That may be true but, by the time I was reading FF, that was no
>> longer the case... if it were, I'd feel the same way about the
>> Richards kids.
>
>Which tells me that babies of superheroes *should* go through a period
>of being only an accessory for their parents. This is just a natural
>part of not only their evolution, but their parents'.
>
>Frankly, I think Thomas and William were right at the point where they
>could start becoming interesting characters in their own right when
>all of the potential was destroyed due to a lack of imagination and
>insight.

Superheros' kids rarely stick around for long...FF is the
exception...not the rule...typically the kids are killed off, shipped
off, magically aged, or erased from existence...writers just don't
know what to do with them.