Wolverine fans share their unpopular opinions ahead of his MCU debut
Marvel ComicsReddit users are sharing their unpopular opinions of arguably Marvel’s most popular mutant, but many of them aren’t what you expect.
It’s a big year for Wolverine. Not only does he make his MCU debut in Deadpool & Wolverine, but he’s ringing in 50 years of comic book history.
Of course, he’s not ringing it in the best way possible. He’s currently on the losing end of the bloody Sabretooth War, and even when he’s done with that, there’s the current dissolution of the X-Men in Fall of X.
Now in a Reddit post, fans are sharing their hottest Wolverine takes, but many of them are proving to be surprisingly wholesome.
Marvel fans share their unpopular Wolverine opinions
The post, originally shared to Reddit by user Safe_Wrangler_858, presents a simple prompt.
“What’s your Wolverine unpopular opinion” they ask, which led to some surprising (albeit fairly rational) opinions about the legendary Marvel character.
“The movies showed that his claws popping out from between his knuckles works better than from the back of his hands.” user himurajubei stated. Traditionally, Wolverine’s claws have come from the back of his hands, but the first X-Men movie changed this because claws emerging from between his knuckles made more sense.
“I liked him better as an amnesiac enigma with a mysterious unknown past, before he got all his memories back and showed he’s just a sad dude named Jimmy who likes redheads due to childhood trauma.” said user Garlador. Though it is true Wolverine got his memories back in House of M, fans learned his backstory in Origin.
Marvel Comics“He’s a popular character an marvel should stop trying to shelve him every couple of years,” user jmizzle2022 added, referring to the multiple times Logan has been sidelined or killed, ultimately being replaced by characters like his son, Daken, or his clone, X-23. “I don’t mind the copycats and the clones and the kids and the siblings but none there are as fun as the original.”
Others focused on Wolverine’s relationship with other X-Men, seemingly preferring him on his own.
“I’m not really a fan when he’s a leader of the X-Men or head of the Xavier Institute.” user PrydefulHunts said. “He works best when he’s just there to be there.”
Marvel ComicsUser VikDamnedLee added a similar comment: “He’s way better as a solo character, and his X-Men connection drags down his potential.”
“Some of this may just be influenced by which comic runs I’ve read, but Logan’s actually a more sympathetic person than Scott.” user FickleChard6904 said. “Cyclops may be right about some things, but he’s a massive hypocrite and does objectively awful things on a surprisingly regular basis. Wolverine does terrible things all the time, but he’s not likely to act like he’s in the right about them.”
Even beyond this, there are some surprisingly wholesome takes on the character, with many appreciating his relationship with his various children, adopted or legitimate, over the years. It’s interesting to see the character receive such wholesome and down-to-earth takes, considering what a violent, edgy murder machine he’s been over the years.