The Like/Hate Thread

[Belle Hibiki]

I believe there was an arc in the comic books dealing with Rogue temporarily losing her powers and being able to have a normal relationship with Gambit. There was also an arc in the old school animated series where she lost her powers and had the chance to rekindle the romance with her first boyfriend, but he turned out to be an alien or something. Point being, Rogue has lost her powers several times, at least to my knowledge. It's a running theme of her frustration to not be able to touch people. Somebody else might be able to correct me.

Oh, I'm aware that she's had it happen in the comics a couple times, but the way it was presented in the movie was particularly dissatisfying because that's what it -closed on-. (Though there was the wink-wink at the end suggesting that the 'cure' is only temporary.)