10 Horrific X-Men Characters Who Should Never Appear In The Movies

7. Stryfe

Where to begin with Stryfe, perpetually angry leader of comedy also-rans the Mutant Liberation Front? The stupid, clunky full suit of plate armour was pretty dire, as was the giant, awkwardly shaped helmet and the huge red cape. That€™s right: it€™s another ludicrous Rob Liefeld creation, all misshapen torso and spindly legs and arms, forever posed like a stick insect on steroids trying to play tennis. But it€™s the clumsy backstory that kills the character. He€™s yet another scion of the Summers family: in this case, the clone of Nathan Summers, aka ridiculous nineties cliché Cable. What happened was, the clan of mutant monks from the future who raised Nathan in their own time (to become the saviour of humankind against the world-spanning tyranny of Apocalypse) decided they needed two of him, one real one and one spare in case of emergency. The spare was kidnapped by Apocalypse and raised to be a completely different ridiculous nineties cliché: Stryfe, a mutant terrorist so evil that he could not spell his own name for love nor toffee, and whose leisure activities involved medieval cosplay and tennis poses. I've had my face wrinkled like a cat smelling its own poo just typing all of that. Of course, when you consider that Cable was the son of Scott €˜Cyclops€™ Summers and Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey, then that makes Stryfe a clone of the son of a clone from the future. Now, Rachel €˜Phoenix€™ Summers was the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from another alternate timeline, where Sentinels put mutants in concentration camps. Meanwhile, Nathaniel €˜X-Man€™ Grey was from a third alternate timeline, cultured in a test tube from the DNA of Cyclops and Jean Grey to destroy the Apocalypse of that future, which makes him kind of their son€ but also sort of their clone. Since clones are traditionally considered siblings, that makes Cable and Stryfe brothers, Rachel their half-sister, and Nate their weird younger half-brother-uncle, a relationship I have decided to call €˜bruncle€™. You see? This is why X-Men fans can€™t have nice things.