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Even if the character isn't explicitly gay, I feel like there's this gay influence...
Deadpool & Wolverine posters of our titular heroes holding hands with Taylor Swift-inspired bracelets suggest it will be more outdated jokes rather than actually exploring these themes, but while the whole joke of “Hey, these bros are gay for each other” might be running a little thin, the times are changing.
In fact, both “bros” have a rich and colourful LGBTQ+ history on the pages of Marvel comics.
Deadpool’s sexuality is fairly well-known, with co-creator Fabian Nicieza never being shy about Deadpool's pansexuality.
The internet is divided over the 'constant gay jokes' in Deadpool & Wolverine - with some people branding them as 'relentless and annoying' and others coming to the film's defense
The Marvel movie hit theaters on Friday, and it raked in a whopping $211 million at the box office in its first weekend
'Me when Deadpool makes the fifth joke in a row where the punchline is "being gay,"' added another user along with a GIF that featured someone drinking bleach.
Co-creator Fabian Nicieza agrees, saying “He is NO sex and ALL sexes.
Tom is a Manchester-based writer who grew up on a diet of The Simpsons and the spandex-clad X-Men.
It was always going to be easy to make the shapeshifting Mystique bisexual, but did you know that back in the day, she was originally envisioned as Nightcrawler’s father?
Even if Claremont didn’t get to make the OG Wolverine bisexual, we have had a bisexual one in the form of his son, Daken Akhiro. We’re on the cusp of adding the X-Men to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and even if Deadpool & Wolverine might not be the best place to show the team’s LGBTQ+ credentials, we’re excited to see what the future holds for Iceman, Morph, Daken, and the rest.
If that involves Deadpool making the odd joke about Kevin Feige and pegging to ease us in, we’ll take it.
In 2015. The viewer is clearly reminded that whilst the two men have spent the film penetrating each other violently, they will always revert to the heterosexual.
While we were told this day would never come, Hugh Jackman is sticking on his highest spandex and suiting up (supposedly) one last time to play the iconic character of Logan/ Wolverine. The potential censoring of this minor moment led to Marvel breaking away from the Comics Code Authority. From Angel binding his wings in X-Men:Last Stand to Fassbender gazing into McAvoy’s eyes and proclaiming “I want you by my side” in X-Men First Class, queerness is practically bursting at the seams.
It could only be positive to bring his example to the screen. Deadpool 2 broke new ground with Brianna Hildebrand’s Teenage Negasonic Warhead introducing Wade to her girlfriend, but as far back as a 2018 Comic-Con Q&A (via Variety), Reynolds has been asking to give more prominence to Deadpool’s sexuality. But more iconically, Wade Wilson appears in a dress, and when Spiderman questions him, his response… it’s “just because.” Deadpool’s outfit in Deadpool #49.1: Deadpool The Musical is a popular cosplay, and why wouldn’t it be?
Fans incorrectly pinpoint Shatterstar and Rictor locking lips as Marvel’s first gay kiss in 2009’s X-Factor #45, although that’s not to take away from this landmark moment as a first for two major characters.
It was also hinted that he was involved in a throuple with Jean Grey and Cyclops.
Some people were not unhappy with the jokes themselves, but with the fact that the movie included so many gay jabs but didn't actually feature Deadpool and Wolverine getting together in the end.
'It really rubbed me the wrong way that Deadpool referred to gay people as "the gays" in the new movie as if he isn't queer himself,' someone else said.
'I hate how his queerness is only ever played as a joke and never once sincerely.'
'Had a discussion today with a rando about Deadpool's sexuality - I thought it would be interesting if it was an actual plot element instead of a comedic crutch in the new one,' another tweet read.
While promoting the movie, Marvel released a series of posters that seemed to hint that Deadpool and Wolverine would become romantically involved
One featured their hands forming a heart together with the letters 'D + W' etched in the background, similar to what lovers carve into a tree.
But hey, some like it rough. Another showed them slow dancing
They also sold a popcorn bucket that featured Wolverine's mouth open wide in a very provocative pose
In the Marvel comics, Deadpool is depicted as pansexual; Wolverine's sexuality isn't revealed but it's hinted that he was involved in a throuple with Jean Grey and Cyclops
One reviewer for The Guardian even accused Marvel of 'queerbaiting' in its marketing.
'That the film's pansexual insinuations go no further is neither surprising nor particularly detrimental to its joyless functionality as multiplex fodder,' the publications review read.
It wasn’t just Earth-12025 that frowned on homosexuality, and even though the story was kept as an AU adventure, the bigots hate it when you remind them that at least one version of Wolverine was in a relationship with a man. Stan Lee famously told fans at Louisville’s Fandomfest in 2013 (via ComicBook.com), “I wanted them to be diverse.
Even though he was essentially Cap’s trigger man he still had a crush on the patriot.