On the subject of Deadpool's taste in men
So I'm figuring that most of us around here have noticed that Deadpool's various comics contain maybe just a little bit of circumstantial evidence that the Merc With A Mouth swings both ways.
Actually, there's a pretty good case to be made that he'd swing through a full 360 degrees in any direction. Which is not to say that he hits on just anyone, but when the canonical list of women he's either dated and/or expressed unambiguous interest in contains both conventional beauties like Vanessa, Siryn and the Olsen Twins and more unconventional examples like the infamous Bea Arthur, Death and even Big Bertha... well, it's safe to say he's willing to be open minded about his options.
But getting back to the guys, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the men other than Cable that Wade has indicated he might consider switching teams for.
Now, if we tried to list every time he's ever raised the slightest question about his preferences - why, there's the time he speculated about how Weasel would look in spandex, the tentacle incident, the list goes right back to his second appearance ever - we'd be here all day. He's also tried very hard to assert his heterosexuality at least once, but we all know how that went down. For the sake of brevity then, I'll stick to examples where Wade's mentioned a specific someone of the male persuasion. Most of these did come out of what I could remember off-hand, so please do let me know if you can think of any I've missed!
1. That Sexy Professor X (Deadpool #6)
Our first example comes from waaaaay back in Deadpool's ongoing series, when Deadpool found himself in combat with a rather attractive female opponent known as the Vamp who transformed into something neither so attractive nor so female.
The page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Leading the X-Man, commanding the Enterprise
Does Wade actually mean it: Probably not, it seems like one of those spur-of-the-moment things we're privy to only because Wade has no brain/mouth filter - but you never know.
2. The Nubile Wiccan and Hulkling (Cable & Deadpool #30)
Jumping forward rather a lot, we have an incident from the middle of the Marvel Civil War when Deadpool bursts in on an anti-reg hideout full of a lot of assorted Avengers.
The page:
The men themselves:
Best known for: Being the gay Young Avengers, never kissing on page.
Does Wade actually mean it: Considering how very underage they must be one hopes not, but I do not think he's getting all that 'discomfit' over nothing.
3. Brad Pitt Gorgeous (Cable & Deadpool #20)
Then there's the way Deadpool chooses to define 'handsome'.
The page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Appearing in too many movies to list, marrying Angelina Jolie, being generally hunky.
Does Wade actually mean it: It's more of an example than an actual expression of interest, but he's showing some definite indications of his preferences there. And it does seem like those preferences might just favour the square-jawed, muscular type over the skinner prettyboy. Who would have thought? ;)
4. Dream Guy Rob Lowe (Cable & Deadpool #12)
Speaking of the square-jawed type...
The Page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Appearing on The West Wing, assorted Brat Pack movies from the eighties.
Does Wade actually mean it: I don't think there's any real ambiguity about what Wade means here.
5. Patrick Dempsey McDreamy (Cable & Deadpool #36)
Having never actually watched Grey's Anatomy I had to go poke around the web to figure out who he was even talking about. Fortunately, the Wikipedia entry on the cast was very helpful.
The Page:
The man himself:
Best known for: See Deadpool's comments.
Does Wade actually mean it: See speech bubble 2.
ETA: Sources who have actually watched Grey's Anatomy have been kind enough to point out to me that Wade may have been slightly mixed up about who he meant here. So in the interests of completeness (and because, as she points out, it does actually kinda fit with my half-hearted theories about Wade's preferences) here is the other guy too.
5a. Eric Dane (a.k.a. Mark Sloan, a.k.a. Dr McSteamy)
Best known for: General manwhoring, getting mixed up with Dr McDreamy.
And while I'm ETA-ing, bats_eye reminded me of the following scene:
As pointed out in the comments it's hard to know if this is actual interest or just Wade messing with someone, but I think must deserve at least an honourable mention, because once I finally tracked it down... well, either I hadn't actually seen the full scan before, or I'd forgotten just how suggestive it really was. o_o
ANYWAY, as best we can tell from the above, Wade's taste in guys includes:
1. Patrick Stewart
2. Underaged teenagers
3. Hollywood hearthrobs
4. Men Who Are Not Politicians, But Play Them On TV
5. Dr McSteamy
6. NOT hobbits
You may draw your own conclusions.
Actually, there's a pretty good case to be made that he'd swing through a full 360 degrees in any direction. Which is not to say that he hits on just anyone, but when the canonical list of women he's either dated and/or expressed unambiguous interest in contains both conventional beauties like Vanessa, Siryn and the Olsen Twins and more unconventional examples like the infamous Bea Arthur, Death and even Big Bertha... well, it's safe to say he's willing to be open minded about his options.
But getting back to the guys, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the men other than Cable that Wade has indicated he might consider switching teams for.
Now, if we tried to list every time he's ever raised the slightest question about his preferences - why, there's the time he speculated about how Weasel would look in spandex, the tentacle incident, the list goes right back to his second appearance ever - we'd be here all day. He's also tried very hard to assert his heterosexuality at least once, but we all know how that went down. For the sake of brevity then, I'll stick to examples where Wade's mentioned a specific someone of the male persuasion. Most of these did come out of what I could remember off-hand, so please do let me know if you can think of any I've missed!
1. That Sexy Professor X (Deadpool #6)
Our first example comes from waaaaay back in Deadpool's ongoing series, when Deadpool found himself in combat with a rather attractive female opponent known as the Vamp who transformed into something neither so attractive nor so female.
The page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Leading the X-Man, commanding the Enterprise
Does Wade actually mean it: Probably not, it seems like one of those spur-of-the-moment things we're privy to only because Wade has no brain/mouth filter - but you never know.
2. The Nubile Wiccan and Hulkling (Cable & Deadpool #30)
Jumping forward rather a lot, we have an incident from the middle of the Marvel Civil War when Deadpool bursts in on an anti-reg hideout full of a lot of assorted Avengers.
The page:
The men themselves:
Best known for: Being the gay Young Avengers, never kissing on page.
Does Wade actually mean it: Considering how very underage they must be one hopes not, but I do not think he's getting all that 'discomfit' over nothing.
3. Brad Pitt Gorgeous (Cable & Deadpool #20)
Then there's the way Deadpool chooses to define 'handsome'.
The page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Appearing in too many movies to list, marrying Angelina Jolie, being generally hunky.
Does Wade actually mean it: It's more of an example than an actual expression of interest, but he's showing some definite indications of his preferences there. And it does seem like those preferences might just favour the square-jawed, muscular type over the skinner prettyboy. Who would have thought? ;)
4. Dream Guy Rob Lowe (Cable & Deadpool #12)
Speaking of the square-jawed type...
The Page:
The man himself:
Best known for: Appearing on The West Wing, assorted Brat Pack movies from the eighties.
Does Wade actually mean it: I don't think there's any real ambiguity about what Wade means here.
5. Patrick Dempsey McDreamy (Cable & Deadpool #36)
Having never actually watched Grey's Anatomy I had to go poke around the web to figure out who he was even talking about. Fortunately, the Wikipedia entry on the cast was very helpful.
The Page:
The man himself:
Best known for: See Deadpool's comments.
Does Wade actually mean it: See speech bubble 2.
ETA: Sources who have actually watched Grey's Anatomy have been kind enough to point out to me that Wade may have been slightly mixed up about who he meant here. So in the interests of completeness (and because, as she points out, it does actually kinda fit with my half-hearted theories about Wade's preferences) here is the other guy too.
5a. Eric Dane (a.k.a. Mark Sloan, a.k.a. Dr McSteamy)
Best known for: General manwhoring, getting mixed up with Dr McDreamy.
And while I'm ETA-ing, bats_eye reminded me of the following scene:
As pointed out in the comments it's hard to know if this is actual interest or just Wade messing with someone, but I think must deserve at least an honourable mention, because once I finally tracked it down... well, either I hadn't actually seen the full scan before, or I'd forgotten just how suggestive it really was. o_o
ANYWAY, as best we can tell from the above, Wade's taste in guys includes:
1. Patrick Stewart
2. Underaged teenagers
3. Hollywood hearthrobs
4. Men Who Are Not Politicians, But Play Them On TV
5. Dr McSteamy
6. NOT hobbits
You may draw your own conclusions.