Okay, so I can't believe I'm about to do this, but here goes. I'm officially de-lurking to say that you can all count me in as one of the viewers who is anxiously awaiting some new scenes between Logan and Rogue.
Simply put, they're the reason I'm here. They're the ones who pulled me into this whole x-universe via the movies, and they are literally the ONLY reason I've been lurking around these boards since just before X3 came out. IMO, their relationship (platonic/romantic/whatever) is the heart of the series, whether it was intentional or not.
Really?
Really? Because I certainly had a different viewing experience, and the first film I saw was X2. I went in completely cold, knowing nothing about the universe or the characters, and two scenes prompted me to ask my then boyfriend, who'd dragged me to the show, what the story was between Logan and Rogue.
The first scene was the one LR4Life mentioned, when Logan comes home. That whole scene where Rogue was introducing Bobby got the side-eye from me, because seriously, who asks the kind of personal question that Logan asked them? To me, it screamed jealous ex. Yes, I know now that I was wrong, but what was I supposed to think at the time? What kind of 'father figure' or brotherly type would feel so entitled to know exactly what's going on in her sex life? And then the look he gave them both when they said they were 'working on it'...LOL!
Then the second scene, where Rogue handed back the dogtags and Bobby gave them that weird look. I remember thinking then that I was definitely going to have to rent the first movie to find out what happened there.
I was so upset when they seemed to drop the whole thing in X3 in favour of the Logan/Jean thing, which, I'm sorry, still doesn't make any sense to me. But yay, we have DOFP now, and I for one can't wait to see the inevitable culmination of the Wolverine/Rogue relationship. And yes, it is
inevitable that we will get scenes with them one way or another. We all know Wolvie is front and center once again, which means it only naturally follows that his character is going to carry a good chunk of the film's emotional weight. And with what other character on canvas does he share that emotional weight? Jean's gone. He has no loyalty to Kitty, Bobby or Storm that we've seen. He's always seemed somewhat benevolent about the professor. So that leaves...who?
Now of course, I'm not saying all of this is going to end in romance, and I know some of you are saying there won't even be any time for romance in this film, and I honestly feel they'll leave Rogue/Wolverine open to interpretation in the end anyway. But it's pretty much a given that Hugh, being the hunky male leading actor that he is, (and eating up most of the screen time to boot), is going to have some hint of a romantic subplot with
someone. This is just the way Hollywood works. Seriously, try to think of ONE film you've seen in the last decade that didn't include at least a very minor romantic subplot. You can't. That's because even the hardest action films tell stories about humans, and falling in love is a
human experience. Bobby/Kitty are cute, but unnecessary. Same goes with Hank/Raven. We're just not as invested in them, individually or as couples, as we are with Wolverine and Rogue -
both individually and/or as a couple. The only other couple that showed promise were Jean and Scott, and they're both dead.
Of course, I also think it would be nice to see an independent Rogue, but why do being strong and being in love need to be mutually exclusive? I thought we were getting past these ideas about women...? (I really wish they would give the X-women the Battlestar Galactica treatment and allow them to be strong
and vulnerable, but that's a whole other essay...)
And while I think it's a snowball's chance in hell, I'm totally with LR4Life that if there's ANY kissing action going on in this film, it should be between Rogue and Logan.
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Bobby kissed her in X2 and he's still alive. Just sayin'.
Anyway, sorry for the essay. Heading back off to lurkerdom now...