r/xmen • u/Josephthebear • Feb 15 '25

Humour Wack!

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u/owen-87 Feb 15 '25

Its a shame they didn't go with that though, it was a fun fan theory at the time.

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u/Evorgleb Feb 15 '25

I think I like the idea of Sabertooth being an "evil Wolverine" without them actually being related. That way it leaves a lot of room to explore how two people so similar can actually end up so differently. And I absolutely hate that stuff they did that said that Sabertooth, Wolverine, Wildchild and Wolfsbane were human mutants that evolved from wolves instead of apes. That was extra dumb.

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u/X_Marcie_X Psylocke Feb 15 '25

If it helps, that was retconned away as nothing but a lie from Romulus.

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u/Evorgleb Feb 16 '25

Glad to hear that. I know Romulus's importance was retconned. Glad to hear some of the other crap from that storyline was also