I have a theory.
The wife and I were watching X-Men and X2 (back to back) the other night with friends, a dinner, couple of bottles of vino and DVDs kinda thing, when the whole 'Wolverine's a hunk' thing came up amongst the ladies.
Fair enough says I, I'm more than happy ogling Famke Janssen.
Then the wife says to her mate "Yeah, but Wolverines too dangerous, women fancy him but you wouldn't marry him would you" and gives my hand a squeeze in an allegedly supportive 'I prefare you my dearest honey-bunny' kinda way. The other ladies in the room nodded sagely.
So that makes me Cyclops then? All married men can be swiftly categorised by the single, universally recognised, lamest darn character in the Marvel Universe (well, okay, slight exaggeration, there was the likes of 'Maggot', 'Amphibius' and 'Strong Guy'). But we should see this as a compliment? Is this how the opposite sex sees us? Really? Truly?
They see us as Scott Summers, poster boy for 'goody-two-shoes', Xaviers apple polisher, the 'safe bet'? Scott Summers, the all round squeaky-clean self-righteous little middle manager who plays it clean and hasn't even got his own catch phrase?
What, my dear lady wife, in our long history together, would possibly make you think that I would think that being a school prefect and wearing shades indoors is 'cool'? An adamantium skeleton, now that’s cool.
I tried to draw a comparison by saying it was like "I got Jubilee when I was after Scarlet Witch", but she didn't really get the analogy.
By this blasé comparison of my spouse I somehow feel that marriage makes one less of a man and, while I love my wife dearly, I worry for a world were Logan could be considered a potential wife beater and the one eyed boy scout a 'catch'.
Ladies. I don't get it. I know on this thread it's fightin' talk. I see it's mainly the actor chappy who's getting the praise here but, coming from the obsessive world of comic fandom, I never thought I'd see a 'squisy' thread for Scotty. Sorry...
Scott: "What do you think we should call me? When I'm in costume, I mean."
Logan: "It ain't a costume, kid, it's a uniform. And how bout we call you 'that ridiculous polite Pollyanna who won't last a week.'"
- X-Men Evolution # 2
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