Do you consider Namor an X-Character?

Originally posted by Blanchett Namor joined the X-Men three years ago. Would you consider him an X-Men character now? Or do you still view him as a regular marvel hero who just happens to be hanging out with X-Men, like Carol Danvers?

Yup just like Carol...lol

Do I see him as someone who is making a political relationship to secure his own throne and ensure support should things go south for the Atlanteans? Yes. I don't see him as someone who has the potential to be a mainstay on the team. I think he's similar to Mystique, but without the deadly underlying motives-- He's there for as long as it's beneficial for him to be there, but as soon as he gets the feeling that he's getting less out of the deal than he thinks he should be, he'll be out of there.

I agree with this.

While I wouldn't consider him an X-Character (Like Carol Danvers, and even Northsta) but I do consider him an official X-Man, since clearly Cyclops does as well as seemingly Emma and Storm.

I'm still waiting for the Namor Vs. Cyclops that is bound to happen down the road. Like it was said above he wont make a move until things are politically and physically stable for him to do so. Either it will happen if Emma makes a mistake with Namor or it will happen because Namor has no chance, he seems to be just bidding his time til ultimate battle time!

Edited by kanderson - 11-Feb-2012 at 8:45pm

I don't really consider him an X-Man at the moment. I know he is officially but I don't put him in the same league as Rogue, Storm or even Emma. Emma Frost has only really become an X-Man recently in my eyes. I was thinking about it the other days...she joined the XMen back in 2001 and it's taken her 10 years to become an XMan.
Namor needs to stick around for a long time and really integrate himself into the team. Need needs to have stories that take place in the main titles that don't revolve around him trying to get in Emma's costume/underwear. The trouble is with him he is such a high profile character who has had a long tenure on other teams it's hard to really call him an XMan.
I can see Marvel keeping him around for a while yet. Him last solo series crashed and burned so he isn't about to go off on his own adventures anytime soon. The only thing I can see happening is him going off to the Defenders.....but again I don't give this title long. I can see Namor staying around for a long time purely because it guarentees him a monthly book.

Emma's been involved with the X-Men as a hero since the mid 90s amd did join the Official X-Men in 01. But id say shes been seen as a good x-character longer than a year. Does that mean that Storm and Wolveribe werent X-men until 85? Lol

I thought Kevin Coster already played Namor?

Originally posted by Blackcyclops Emma's been involved with the X-Men as a hero since the mid 90s amd did join the Official X-Men in 01. But id say shes been seen as a good x-character longer than a year. Does that mean that Storm and Wolveribe werent X-men until 85? Lol

Damn right
But seriously when it comes to other like Storm and Wolverine they had no exposure (OK Wolvie did a little) and they joined with no tags attached. Emma Frost joined the XMen and she still had the "White Queen" tag to her.....lots of X-Men still treated her as a villian and an outsider. I feel it's taken pretty much 10 years for the writers to drop the ex-villian stuff. It obviously still gets referenced but I certainly see her now as a hero and an X-Woman.
Namor however I don't. To me his history with the Invaders/Avengers/Defenders/F4 is so prominant he feels like a guest in the titles. As I said give it time. Let him get a few stories under his belt and a few decent years of being on the main X-Men team and I am sure he will feel more like an X-Man.

I get the same feeling with Magneto. He just doesn't feel like an X-Man. His reputation is so big and apparent it's hard to take his seriously when he is being a hero. Which is odd because his last real "big bad" moment was way back in the 2000/01 with the Eve of Destruction stuff. For most of the 90's and 00's he was an ominous presence and a cautionary tale. He was still technically a bad guy but he stopped trying to take of the world and stuff. Now he is a good guy I am having trouble accepting it. 50 years of Magneto being the X-Men's #1 villain and now he is lecturing Psylocke on secrets.....doesn't sit right with me.

I love him with the Xers and the fact that he is a mutant... but he is not a "X-Character" he's a Marvel.

Originally posted by Gibbering Fool Curiously, I went to look up Namor's charactor glossary on UXN, to see if they had him classed as an X-man, and I found he isn't on the glossary.

C'mon now, give Monolith the benefit of the doubt before you start lobbing accusations.

Namor was involved in Utopia arc. He participated in Second Coming. I mean what other big event besides Schism, was he not involved in that occurred in a main title? Having things happen in his own series shouldn't be a negative, it isn't for Wolverine LOL

No, not an X-Man.

He's lame and his role here doesn't seem to make much sense. Editorial should have tried work him into a book that made sense if they really felt he could really help move books. F4 makes the most sense. His presence in X-Men is just irritating.

don't care much for namor at all.... he is now - since utopia - an x-man as it does make a lot of sense for his people - both ways.... that's it. as well -as can be seen in his involvement during SC and in the extinction team - his ego is well treated in some ways....  as for the emma-scott-love-triangle, if there is NOT something particularly edgy going on during AvX - probably namor could be one of the changing-sides-characters?! - I hope it shall be dropped.....
on a sidenote -maybe he is just still on a team because of his sort of "royalty" - as one could see storm and magneto.