Hot take: people who call Wolverine a 'loner' are missing the whole point of his character.

I used to think he was just the cool brooding guy too, but after reading the Claremont run again I realized he's constantly trying to build a family and it's everyone else who keeps pushing him away, isn't that the real tragedy?

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garcia.cameron29d ago

You're spot on about the "trying to build a family" part. Look at how he kept showing up for the X-Men even when they treated him like a weapon. He literally moved in with Mariko and tried to settle down, but his past ruined that too. The guy practically begged Storm and Jean to see him as more than claws and anger. It's not that he wants to be alone, it's that every time he gets close to someone, either his berserker rage or his century of baggage gets in the way. That's the real gut punch of his whole deal.

zaranelson29d ago

@garcia.cameron reading a biography of Logan changed how I saw his whole arc too.

sanchez.julia29d ago

Honestly I used to be one of those people who just saw him as the lone wolf type, but reading through all his backstory recently really flipped my opinion. @zaranelson I get what you mean about how it changes everything once you see the bigger picture. The guy kept trying to plant roots everywhere he went and something always ripped them up, like with everyone from Silver Fox to Mariko. It's rough watching him put himself out there over and over just to have his past or his rage mess it up. He's not some cool loner by choice, he's a guy who desperately wants to belong and keeps failing at it. That makes his whole story way more heartbreaking than just being a grumpy fighter.