As a child growing up with poor eyesight and really thick glasses, when my friends ran around and pretended to be Gambit or Wolverine or Spiderman, I was always the Scott Summers of the bunch. As I grew older I still carried a fondness for the character, even if everyone I know tends to absolutely hate him for being a goody-goody. I don’t really know what I’m trying to say here. To be picked on as the nerdy, nice guy with glasses as a kid — to be the outcast — this just kinda hit me when I read it.

As a child growing up with poor eyesight and really thick glasses, when my friends ran around and pretended to be Gambit or Wolverine or Spiderman, I was always the Scott Summers of the bunch. As I grew older I still carried a fondness for the character, even if everyone I know tends to absolutely hate him for being a goody-goody.

I don’t really know what I’m trying to say here. To be picked on as the nerdy, nice guy with glasses as a kid — to be the outcast — this just kinda hit me when I read it.