I know exactly what you mean! The last xmen movie reminded me a lot of people's first attempts at roleplay. Everyone is a stereotype and over powered and the hero XD but I agree! Aside from the staple and boring Wolverine character, it was easy to see both sides of the coin, even if you were told Prof X and the gang were the good guys. Overall it was us regular folks that were the problem.

I prefer using images if I'm honest, simply out of having a firm image of a character in my mind, as well as who I'm rping with. I have no preference over where they're real or animanga images, I just usually stick to real or a painting/digital art as often some characters are hard to find (especially when doing an Elder Scrolls rp)

Yay for console!!! I know what you mean. I don't get the point of having to upgrade a PC everyone few years when a console lasts 10 before you need to upgrade.