Re: haha, man
Crashing and burning is one thing. Taking what little dignity the character had left and turning him into the most ridiculous piece of shit ever is something else entirely.
As for the X-Babies, they aren't the real X-Men. They're completely different people. This is the actual Punisher getting a stupid death from a douche-bag who has the BALLS to call Frank a piece of trash.
I'm from a school of thought that believes that there are no bad characters (Daken included), only badly written ones. I think that the Punisher does work in Marvel for the simple fact that fact that we let guys like Daredevil whose power is being semi-blind and other characters who kill as well.
Look, I know that Frank can't fight Daken at hand-to-hand combat. That would be suicide. But, in a sense, he's like a Batman that kills. He uses prep-time and studies his enemies closely before striking, yet somehow Batman is considered LESS ridiculous because he dresses as a bat.
You can't dodge a bullet while we're bringing up real world logic. And seeing as how there are plenty of villains who aren't bulletproof, I think that we can at least find some way for him to fit in.
I'm sorry if I sound like a dick. I don't mean to but I'm just upset at a character who I've supported for some time get royally shafted IMO.