Wolverine's New Romance Just Got Deeply Creepy (And It's Marvel's Fault)
Warning: Spoilers for X-Men #8!
In Marvel Comics, Laura Kinney aka Wolverine, and fellow X-Men member, Synch, were once involved in a centuries-long love affair that was essentially erased after an unfortunate series of events took away one of their memories, and now Marvel's just made that relationship way weirder than it needs to be. Taking a few years to warm up to one another is realistic enough, but taking over two centuries to make the first move is a totally different story.
Made weird in X-Men #8, by Gerry Duggan and Javier Pina, this issue sees the newly elected X-Men team consisting of Wolverine, Synch, Marvel Girl, Rogue, Polaris, and Captain Krakoa aka Cyclops, as they are tasked with taking down the villain known as M.O.D.O.K. as he ruthlessly terrorizes a cruise ship at sea. Dropping in on the ship from the air, Wolverine and Synch are paired up on this mission, giving them a chance to have some alone time as they beat up A.I.M. agents on their hunt for M.O.D.O.K.
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Fighting off other crazed crew members that have been drugged against their will, Laura and Synch talk telepathically as they continue their beatdowns. And after Synch, referencing the pair’s mission and romantic relationship during their centuries-long stint in a time dilated place called The Vault, decides that he doesn’t want Wolverine to “have this burden” of dumping “five hundred years of hard road” on her shoulders, Wolverine asks one question that effectively turns their entire romantic dynamic into something a bit more creepy.
Asking, “How long did it take for me to warm up to you?” Wolverine is told by Synch that it was, “A couple of…years…couple of hundred years,”
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