Okay, Wolverine is not a goody-two-shoes
in ANYONE'S book. He's a
foul-mouthed, vicious animal and
a frequent, remorseless killer.
But sometimes he sort of means well
and hey, he can be kind of noble
occasionally, with great reluctance.
Yes, I'm rationalizing.
The truth of the matter is that
I give Wolverine a free pass
simply because he is Canadian.
HE'S WHAT??????
James "Logan" Howlett was born
a couple of centuries ago in the
North-West Territories of Canada,
in what is now northern Alberta.
His declassified documents, records and journals are
maintained by Libraries and Archives Canada.
So what if they were publicly released on April 1st?
That date is of no significance.
What more proof do you need?
And if Wolverine is Canadian,
doesn't it mean that, by default,
he is . . . .
Oh, still not convinced that Wolverine
qualifies as a superhero for National Superhero Day?
Wanna make something of it, Bub?
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...and TODAY IS NATIONAL BRAVE HEARTS DAY.
With a name like Wolverine he has to be Canadian. Or Alaskan. But I bet there's more wolverines in Canada than Alaska. So of course he's Canadian. :)
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine makes me weak.
Now I need to lay down.
XOXO
I now want a day without Marvel comics/MCU in the media. Because I know a week would be asking for too much. I loved, loved, loved the X-Men movies when they started, when getting a superhero film off the ground was still an exploit.
Anyway, people must remember that originally, heroes as defined by the Greeks were not meant to be particularly moral, goodie goodie two shoes even less so. Heroes were meant to be defined by the extraordinary things they were doing. A lot of them were cads and philanderers, some were cruel, they have more in common with what we would nowadays define (wrongly) as antiheroes. So yeah, Wolverine is definitely a hero.
Oh and fun fact, the Sureté du Québec's Escouades régionales mixtes, the squads to fight organised crime, are nicknamed Carcajou, aka Wolverine. The name they had back in the 90s.
@ Guillaume -- Thanks for teaching me a new French word today! So when they dub the X-men movies into French, do they call Wolverine "Carcajou"? Hmmm, I wonder.
Hugh Jackman and his Huge Ackman.
I admit I don't know much about the history of Marvel comics, but I *did* watch the movies with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, so there's that :)
How fun! I personally always liked Wolverine. And, yes. He's still a super hero,.
I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed that even after being the grandmother of four boys I still know nothing about either Marvel heroes or Pokemon. I'm not even sure that's how it's spelled.
You are very convincing. Well done.
A hero with depth, troubled and real. One of my favourites.
I have never been into any comics and I really don't like the movies. However, this is a very good post.
Wolverine, Deadpool, and Rocket Raccoon are all Superheros! And being Canadian, my response to those who would disagree with that is F*ck Off, eh?!
@ Tundra Bunny -- And the Winter Soldier as well! He's a good guy superhero on a redemption arc now too!
I am not into Superheroes but enjoyed the post, Debra.
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