Captain America
Interesting opportunity to reflect on what's going on in the world, either in real life or in current storylines.  His general conservative (in the definition sense not the political one) nature combined with his general good guy tendencies.  Usually a friend to mutants.  Not the sort to go along with things like the Mutant Registration Act.  All that combined with the many many characters he has come to interact with over the years.  Some of whom are pretty shady and set up a good opportunity for confrontations.  Punisher, Logan, Bushwacker, Nuke, Nick Fury, the Military and really almost any big organization.  In more modern stuff he's sort of become a folk hero for younger characters.  I also just had a blast writing stuff for him in the old 1968 thread.  Probably some of my best writing, if I do say so myself, and just good fun.

Wolverine
Effective immortality.  A lot of street level stuff but also a lot of upper level stuff.  One of the few characters who can stand up to, and will, damn near anyone even if it means he is "dead" for a little while.  Similar to Captain America he's crossed paths with damn near everyone at one time or another, similar to him he too has a damn good reason to be distrusting of government agencies.  I like him better in street level stories personally.  Has many of the same enemies as Captain America along with plenty of his own.  Also always good stories to tell between him and Spiderman.

Punisher
Has a ton of potential.  Can make for great stories or shit stories.  Easy to veer into TactiCool stuff.  Best for street level stories or as sort of a Batman character, albeit he's only Batman-ish with support.

One More

I've never written as Nightcrawler, but I think it could have a ton of potential.  Religious.  Demon.  Sneaky.  Team Oriented.  Just good fun.  Plus IIRC he was a pirate with Shadowcat for a little while and I too am a big fan of Shadowcat.



In DC I tried to write as Jonah Hex for a bit.  I'm a dork for Weird West storylines.  Gunslingers and Spells.  Repeaters and Zombies.  49ers and Vampires.  I'm a fucking dork for it.  More so than usual.