...oh boy

It's a funny story, actually.

I was on Farmville wiki reading about some random farmyard stuff (yeah, FV is a very nasty habit I need to kick) and saw that there was a Marvel wiki or superhero wiki. So I went and clicked to check it out. And there were a few pictures of the most popular heroes. There was Wolverine, and I was tempted to check up on the guy to see what I may have missed since I last read X-Men related comics... and then I saw this guy who looked disturbingly like Wolverine, only he was called Daken.

Hmm, I thought, has Wolvie gone and got a new name or was he maybe cloned? I was intrigued, so I clicked the piccie of this Daken. Imagine my surprise when I saw that he was actually Wolvie's long lost son? (so cliché) And half-Japanese to boot! (Actually, I thought he would be shorter than Wolverine because of his Japanese heritage, but no, he is taller... and has blue eyes... weird.)

So I went and read up some Dark Wolverine stuff (Daken's comics) and Dark Avengers, and since there was a Siege of Asgard as well with Loki in it... well, I had to read it.

And then bam... right in my face something that shocked me even more: (Parental guidance advised for piccie.)


Yeah, so why the shock aside the fact that Daken smooched Bullseye nonchalantly? (Call me a perv but I find it kinda hot, especially since Daken is manipulating Bullseye within an inch of his life.) A while ago Marvel was so hompophobic, they only allowed scantily clad women with hot bodies to smooch. Now, a while ago they had Rictor and Shatterstar kiss. (No, not so hot. The artwork sucked but hey, they did indeed kiss on panel.) And now Daken propositions Venom, Bullseye and technically anything that's male and moves. (Ok, he fucks women too, but it's 2 women and 4 men I saw him with in the comics so you can draw your conclusions.)

So. Marvel... I tip my hat to you. You made an awesome turn around and well... even if I feel a bit sad that Daken is pretty much gay, I like what you did with what you had. It's so nice to see it's not just a few lesbians for fanservice anymore.

And yeah, Daken creeps me out. Not because he is mostly gay but because he is a sadistic, masochistic, twisted, deranged son a bitch who enjoys what he is doing (which is mostly killing innocent people in the most gruesome ways possible and inflicting harm both physical and mental) and he has no feelings whatsoever. He wants power and money and blood and gore. He likes what he is, enjoys what he is doing and has no regrets. A man, who never felt regret for anything he has done. No redeeming features whatsoever. Save for reading Machiavelli. But then again... that's creepy enough in itself. :P

Still, I just wonder how many more Wolvie clones there will be in Marvel, because the numbers are growing steadily, and it's getting more and more cliché.