Ah, thanks for that link! That's interesting. I love the process of elimination there. "Must have a gay character. But which one? Hm. None of the girls, because I don't want people to mistake me for Chris Claremont. Mac? No, he's married. Michael? Too minority. Puck? Too short. Sasquatch? ...no, that's freaky. It must be the arrogant French-Canadian pretty-boy athlete!"
<3 I think that's how about 90% of comics must get written, really. It's hard to explain some of the insanity that goes on there, other than to just assume that everybody was on some seriously weird highs.