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For what it's worth, Cyclops was allowed a certain amount of "redemption" in the death of Xavier, the logic being that he was under the influence of the Phoenix Entity at the time and not in full control of his actions. While the storyline lacked the slow build that the original Phoenix Saga had (despite the number of issues thrown at it), the idea was that Scott was not ultimately responsible for his actions remained more or less the same as the logic used in the original story, before the reveal that Jean was never on-panel as the Phoenix at all.
As for the romance with Frost, well, he's got a weakness for shapely telepaths who are at the top of their game. Who among us doesn't have a similar blind spot in their romantic history? They have since broken up if that helps at all. Now he's dating the Shadow King. Okay, no, not really...
I don't believe any character is a complete non-starter. I do think it would be problematic to make a series centered around Marvel's Aquarian. From his origin as a lame Superman joke to his pacifistic role as a Christ figure, and his name referencing the late Sixties in American culture, it would be a chore to recontextualize and reimagine everything to make him sell.
Another Gruenwald concoction*, the Grapplers, a pro-wrestling themed Female Furies tribute band, seem awkward as well, but who knows? A little of Netflix's G.L.O.W. thrown together with a dash of Orange Is the New Black, seasoned throughout with some of Lena Dunham's Girls, and you might have something. Gail Simone fans would flock to the book if it had her name on it.
Jazz, a particular low point in one of DC's character-generation summer crossovers, was a vacuous skatepunk who liked to use his power of suggestion to have Legionnaire heroines take their clothes off for him. Dated, politically tone deaf, repulsive, and I'll bet Peter Milligan or Warren Ellis could still sell the hell out of him as a Vertigo-style book.
Any character can have some sort of potential somewhere, somehow. Whether it would be worth the effort of doing is another matter.
* The character started as Steve Gerber's Wundarr, but the Aquarian re-imagining is Gruenwald's, I believe.
Edited by Brian Hague on 05 January 2018 at 10:20pm
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