They took him seriously in Deadpool, but they made jokes about the casting of the role. Channing Tatum has been trying to get that character for 20 years.
He's canonically a huge, silly flirt that gets tons of play. There was a screencap on Reddit yesterday of this grandmotherly woman asking if she could pet him and then calling him "blue velvet".
His mutant power like Rogue’s requires bare skin contact. His pinky is uncovered because it is often used in card shuffling, card cheating, and tricks.
His repressed power requires physical contact, when using full power he merely needs to look at it. Though that portion of his power has been mentally shut down through psychic barriers (and surgery). Currently he and rogue are married, trying for a child, but he's possessed by demon...
For those wondering about Rogue's powers, a few years ago she learned that she was suppressing the control of her powers out of fear and trauma from when they first manifested. Gambit on the other hand learned he can coat his body is a "static charge" of kinetic energy which prevented her from stealing his powers/life force when she doesn't have control.
But wait... Rogue gets her powers through skin to skin contact... Is she temporarily Gambit after sex? What happenes with the baby?! Does she get it's powers while in the womb? What does her morning sickness look like? My brain is breaking.
In the arc where they got married, Spiral got inside her mind and revealed that she had the ability to control her power all along. She can now turn her powers on and off at will and use them at range without touching.
Yeah my money is on this happening as the new movie gets closer. They'll want Rogue to have her more familiar classic powers and conflicts and they like to workshop story ideas in the comics.
Think they reworked Rogue's powers a bit. She got a second evolution or something along those lines. Basically she gets more control over her powers, and has to consciously decide to drain folk now. Also, I want to say, she can just sort of "borrow" powers without just leaving the person she's borrowing from a comatose mess. There's some other fuckery going on with her now, but I cannot for the life of me remember it offhand. Something like gifting the power or, IDK. Something more there.
Am i reading correctly that she now permanently has Wonder Man's power? That makes her one of the most powerful beings on the planet. Like slug it out with Thor or Hulk strong. Certainly the most powerful baseline X-Man.
HisBubbliness
I just assumed this was common knowledge.
irisewithredeyes
Guy0185
LeftRightThere
JustAName00
Gambit has always been one of my favorite characters, but for some reason only the cartoons take him seriously.
LeftRightThere
They took him seriously in Deadpool, but they made jokes about the casting of the role. Channing Tatum has been trying to get that character for 20 years.
AnOceanOfStars
He wasn't willing to take the gambit.
keyblader1985
But where's the Spanish guy doing the Bartman?
ValamirCleaver
What about Turkish Superman or Japanese Spider-Man?...
forgetcory
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TalanRhodes
....yeet?
DerperDerperBoBerperBananaFanaFoFerper
Took me approximately 3.2 in the pink seconds to get that little bon mot.
RetrogradeLlama
Isn't Gambit a Game Show?
itsthevoiceman
It can be other things.
NotedNuance
I thought a 'gambit' was a risky maneuver
Shaows
It is, and he's maneuvering his fingers into Rogue
SlayerOfGoat
Isn't it a move in chess?
DrSharkbite
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Caaaaaaaaake.
knudude
DrSharkbite
guardianzero
Fingerless gloves are the worst gloves... Maybe 2nd to partially fingerless gloves...
walnutbreath
Counterpoint
eadanke
Those short gloves that don't go up to the wrist really bug me. Worst would be combining them with fingerless gloves into a miniskirt glove.
BladeTurMoiL
& midriff
AnOceanOfStars
Then you'll love finger-only gloves.

OptimusPom
Thanks, I hate it!
EverNotRelevant
I rather like my fingerless workout gloves
guardianzero
that's great for you but they are still the 2nd worst gloves.
expectnothingstillletdown
They're the best gloves to me by virtue of the fact that they're great for lifting weights, and that's essentially the only reason I ever wear gloves.
SidonisAntares
Even worse than gloves that swear they’re touchscreen friendly?
guardianzero
do they have all the fingers sleeves?
SidonisAntares
I’m just saying that gloves that lie are worse than any grudge you have against fingerless
JayDeeDubs
Camelspotting
This kills the gambit
WestOfTheM00n
The Queen is worth it.
FireSolvesProblems
I don't know much about Kurt but I bet he's a straight up freak.
Badgerbadgerson3
I mean, considering he probably spends more time in Limbo than anyone else on earth aside from Collosus' sister, probably.
Pasquinelthe2nd
Chicks dig the fuzzy dude.
oblimo
Beast was an in-world sex symbol too, IIRC.
UserNamesArentEasy
He was raised by monks in a monistary. So generally a good person, fun loving, wholesome.
CatShadowleaf
He's canonically a huge, silly flirt that gets tons of play. There was a screencap on Reddit yesterday of this grandmotherly woman asking if she could pet him and then calling him "blue velvet".
ClutterMonkey
His mutant power like Rogue’s requires bare skin contact. His pinky is uncovered because it is often used in card shuffling, card cheating, and tricks.
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Don't come in here with your LOGIC and your FACTS.
JustFeedMePieDammit
wiltsjunk
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Destro24
Jaqdakloun
Of course
Imadethisaccounttopost
His repressed power requires physical contact, when using full power he merely needs to look at it.
Though that portion of his power has been mentally shut down through psychic barriers (and surgery).
Currently he and rogue are married, trying for a child, but he's possessed by demon...
Imadethisaccounttopost
For those wondering about Rogue's powers, a few years ago she learned that she was suppressing the control of her powers out of fear and trauma from when they first manifested.
Gambit on the other hand learned he can coat his body is a "static charge" of kinetic energy which prevented her from stealing his powers/life force when she doesn't have control.
IchiOni
But wait... Rogue gets her powers through skin to skin contact... Is she temporarily Gambit after sex? What happenes with the baby?! Does she get it's powers while in the womb? What does her morning sickness look like?
My brain is breaking.
oblimo
Rogue went Cosmic back in the 90s and there have been some many reboots god knows what her actual power set is now.
Hevach
In the arc where they got married, Spiral got inside her mind and revealed that she had the ability to control her power all along. She can now turn her powers on and off at will and use them at range without touching.
ToSisPoS
Until she can’t again because the editor panics and reset everything
Hevach
Yeah my money is on this happening as the new movie gets closer. They'll want Rogue to have her more familiar classic powers and conflicts and they like to workshop story ideas in the comics.
PorterPickUp
Couple of options: a) baby is immune b) mama loses her powers while pregnant
Asadsadsadclown
Realistically the baby is part of her body. Shared blood supply and what not.
Sageypie
Think they reworked Rogue's powers a bit. She got a second evolution or something along those lines. Basically she gets more control over her powers, and has to consciously decide to drain folk now. Also, I want to say, she can just sort of "borrow" powers without just leaving the person she's borrowing from a comatose mess. There's some other fuckery going on with her now, but I cannot for the life of me remember it offhand. Something like gifting the power or, IDK. Something more there.
HIVp0sit1ve69
Yea it's in X-Men 97.
PorterPickUp
Am i reading correctly that she now permanently has Wonder Man's power? That makes her one of the most powerful beings on the planet. Like slug it out with Thor or Hulk strong. Certainly the most powerful baseline X-Man.
PorterPickUp
Well damn that changes the entire character. Before she was a succubus, and now she pretty much has no downside at all.