Catching up...
I leave the Internet for a few days, and I get information overload! XD Sorry if I haven't commented on things guys!
One thing that caught my eye was this new X-Men storyline that's about to start. It's advertising another big A BELOVED TEAM MEMBER WILL DIE thing, and if the Internet rumours are true about who it is...well, there's not an exasperated sigh big enough to be honest. Marvel seems to be on a big F- YOU, WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT kick these days, so it wouldn't surprise me if they did kill this character off.
Killing beloved characters for shock value does not equal good story. It'll be a shock at first, but once it settles down, it will seem pointless. I don't know if I'm getting too old to be reading comics, getting bored of the focus being on the same characters all the time or if I'm just tired of comics pulling stunts rather than telling good stories. More and more, it seems like instead of focusing on making a good story that appeals to all demographics, they're just deciding to focus on one instead. At the end of the day, it is a business, and I guess they'll do what ever they think sells best. I stopped reading DC Comics because there were too many crossovers and the characters that had got me reading the books in the first place have completely changed, and not in a good character growth way. Or they were killed off. I'll probably read some stuff in trades someday, lol, if I ever figure out where I can jump in!
Luckily, the 4 titles I'm reading now are unlikely to have any of these problems as the cast are either well establised, all well written or have fun stories/clever dialogue so I'll stay interested!