Talk:Nintendofan997/@comment-34786980-20181129022830/@comment-34786980-20181218233128

I'm just going to leave the explanation here for all to see:

Anyways, X is a bad character... And here's why.

So in past, Mario has had foils to combat his tomfoolery and keep him in check right? But as we can see with Glitchy constantly leading his friends to a dead end or pulling a Luigi whenever something evil happens(or just Luigi being made fun of in general), every dog has his day.

But then, a particular character came into the spotlight. He was more reasonable, didn't fool around as much, and didn't lash out as often as the others.

Aaaand....

He wasn't very good, and contributed nothing of value. At all.

From the start, I've always sensed something wrong with this fellow character. I couldn't list a distinct amount of traits that wasn't taken from your typical Voice of Reason. Just using him in stories with his character unchanged limited all the possibilities I could do with him.

So when I finally took off my rainbow tinted glasses, nothing had changed. Okay maybe whenever somebody talks about how "X is best character!" I ask the person WHY they like him so much, and put my hand on my face whenever they refuse to answer.

But don't get me wrong... X was good in theory. A character who was much more calm and rational would be a great one to bounce off.... Riiight?

Well.... Needless to say.... Luke didn't recognize the opportunities so he just shoehorned him in with no other purpose to the plot than just because he's friends with the real user.

Sure, he has offered actual advice from time to time(and a few remarks such as "Really? At a time like this?" Or "Who wants to ear the fat one first?"). But.... That was it. Most of the time he just followed along with the others. I would've forgave him if he made interactions with the characters that revealed the nuances of his personality... But other than what I just mentioned... There isn't any to write home about.... Whether it's with other(and better)people or by himself.

Name one moment from him that isn't the Future vision gag or him leaving the well because years of being abandoned and replaced by people better than him made him apathetic. And no, moments such as the bomb moment in the Mystery episode didn't count. That was the story demanding him to push the plot.

Luke recognized this and wrote a better version in the name of Starman(the CHARACTER, not the bastard who took him out of the series). He was rational and pretty friendly. But due to his no-nonsense nature, he tended to get pretty upset whenever somebody stupid messes up(Smartass Mario, being the most relieved when Mario became smart)and even more upset when things don't go his way sometimes(Also Smartass Mario, Befriend the End)That and he actually had a purpose: To keep the dumbass and the lesser fool in check(as he says in "The Nether"). And he actually tried to help in some way(giving Glitchy a star or trying to shoot down a pillar in The End). If the user wasn't such a douche, the relationship between the character and the others would've made more interesting dynamics down the road.

But by the time Starboy got the boot, Luke(and in SS's case Kevin) STILL did nothing with X. And by then Luke has had actually improved in some way, from rewriting FM to making Enzo a serious threat to what could've been an interesting side character if Luke went through with her.

They stapled him to FM, a character who just got an ACTUAL personality, but didn't take X's character to new and different types of angles. FM at least contributed to two scenes worthy of remembering in SS as a whole, but X just stood there and only contributed a few lines. One that's about how they missed Glitchy, a remark about cannibalism, and the rest is insignificant.

Just like how Starman is why you should be careful when putting a real life person's character in your work, X is the epitome of how detrimental to would be to have the multicolored Marios return without considering their impact on the plot thought their characterization.

Dare I say that he's all of Luke's(Kevin isn't free from some of it either) writing mistakes slapped into one character and preserved with duct tape and later on disposed of.

Seriously, put him in a room with Luigi, Toad, Glitchy, Starman and all the other reason themed characters, and see whos the better one through their actions and characterization. Guess who falls flat first?

I guess the good part is that he set the stone for two arguably better characters who were beloved from the start and not after over half a decade(even if one had to be taken out due to controversy and another is buzzing with it). So congratulations pal, you did the bare minimum.

I'm surpised that he's now one of the more popular machmists next to Enzo because of his character. I'm not saying that his fans don't deserve the right to like him but...

They DIDN'T bother to explain why they liked him.

'''Look, I tried to like him. I even went out my way to ask people on their thoughts on him. But I NEVER got an answer of them. So I can't understand why they like him, other than just being entitled to, because they never gave me a reason to understand how they feel.'''

They critizie a squid for being having a contrasting nature to the cast and such, but when it comes to X, a character whos done a far worse job at being reasonable, they all pretend like they hear nothing because: "He's a classic!"

Look, I get it. This dude has been neglected ever since Starman took the spotlight. Just because he came from an more tolerable era of SMG4 doesn't automatically mean he(and the era itself) was all well written and flawless.

Take off those rainbow tinted glasses and take into consideration the things he DID do in his limited number of appearances.

Just saying that "Z is the best character!" without explaining why will only get you so far. You have to right to say so, BUT NOT the right to NOT be challenged when the time comes.

I would've made this less of a deal if he stayed only in 2011 with the other multicolor fodders. While I do understand why hes still here, over time his potential got sapped away by others such as Starman, and nobody did anything with it because it was too late and moved on. Now people are asking for his return... But think about what would come out of it, and why?