Clichés
are not funny when you repeat it.
wade wilson
The inclusion of Deadpool’s canonical pansexuality and his magical “mental illness” – both of which have been treated as jokes by many Deadpool writers, typically with disastrous results – do make him into a tricky character to discuss. In some ways, the fandom has reclaimed these elements and done their best to ignore the missteps made. At the same time, though, I can understand why most fans want to reject the character outright because they don’t like the way that these elements have been presented. Some days, I agree. But other days, I don’t, because seeing those elements in my pre-feminist days helped me to better relate to the character and gave me a some weird sense of belonging. And because Deadpool is a comic book character, that means some writers have done a better job than others at approaching these elements of his characterization – and it also means I have hope for the future that these aspects of his character will get the respect and care that they deserve.
Is Deadpool Taking Toxic Masculinity Down a Peg? Or Is It Just Making Dick Jokes? by Maddy Myers
Ranty over-serious ramble about the ‘Deadpool is Straight’ stuff
Like, I do love the “FAKE GEEK GUYS” pushback over all the cries from dudes that “Deadpool is Heterosexual”, as someone who has to put up with the ‘fake geek girl’ crap at times, but something I can’t help but think about when I see the complaints and then I see the scans of Deadpool being y’know, not straight:
It’s probably not a case of these guys having not read those issues before or seen the scanned panels before. And maybe someone who’s had the money to read more of the comics than I have (This is a big disclaimer: I haven’t collected any comics at all in a decade other than getting random trades when friends highly recc’d them and I had money, though yeah I loved Deadpool from the first appearance of that dumbass in a title I read, I have most of the Gail SImone run, etc) will know of some story line where Wade really does have definite sex with a male-presenting other character, rather than the stuff shown, but from the issues I’m familiar with-
What these guys take away when they see those scans, if not , it fits with their worldview of Wade being straight, because it’s just y’know, wacky jokey weaponized “homosexuality”.
Basically to them it’s just y’know, Bugs Bunny kissing Elmer Fudd to make him cringe, it’s him just making the other guy uncomfortable.
It’s them bullying some other guy in the locker room of toxic masculinity, thinking it’s HILARIOUS to ‘act queer’ and start shit/start fights that way and use it as an insult.
And that makes me uncomfortable as fuck about just dismissing it for humor/payback, without acknowledging that it’s actually past ‘fake geek boy’ and a good damn warning sign about the people who do read the comics and still want to stick to their belief that it can’t be anything but Wade’s patter, his wackiness, his wanting to make people uncomfortable or ‘just being random’.
And also maybe a sign and warning to people who write comics, and write characters in any media really, about needing to do more to make shit plain and clear, and how much we need the real pansexual Wade Wilson or other characters, and what to be wary of writing in terms of “hahahaha he said Thor was attractive what a goofball” stuff if they really want to give us diverse characters.
It can’t all be one-offs and sudden kisses or requests for them and unrequited crushes.
The bad guy, he’s got my girl. I’m gonna get her back…
Motherfucker!
A douchebag’s film. Starring: God’s perfect idiot, a hot chick, a British villain, the comic relief, a moody teen, a CGI
character, a gratuitous cameo. Produced by asshats. Written by the real heroes here. Directed by an overpaid tool.
— DEADPOOL (2016)
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