Some things are too unfunny for even Deadpool to make jokes about

[salinea]

I once mentioned in the comments about Deadpool having been raped, and I had a couple of puzzled reactions in answer by people who didn't remember it. So I thought I could do a post about it:

(3 pages from Deadpool issue #12, 5 pages from Deadpool issue #13)

That was back in Joe Kelly's glorious run, and Deadpool was going through a rough time with trying to help Typhoid Mary which didn't really turn out how he wanted and then turned out a little bit ugly, fighting T-Ray who had a big grudge against him, and LL&L expecting him to be the heroic Mithra who will protect a prophesied Messiah, which he thought was pretty absurd; so he did something he was prone to do back then: going to Siryn, with whom he had a weird romantic friendship and a very big crush, for comfort. Instead of finding Siryn, he found Warpath, and a fight ensued, with the result that when Siryn actually arrived on the scene she was not really in the mood of hearing Wade talk about his issues and they had a pretty bad argument (including Wade being overbearing and aggressive) and Siryn walked away.

So Deadpool got drunk.

Spoiler alert : this isn't really Siryn.

And that was pretty much the last time the whole event was mentioned. Soon after, Deadpool found out that his friend Weasel and his prisoner/vitriolic mother figure were actually spending time together at his flat unbeknownst to him and reacted by putting them into the torture room. I believe that was also the last we saw Typhoid Mary on Deadpool.

(also this is my first post, hi *waves*)

Comments

[salinea]

Constantly healing and re-effecting cancer is rather fridge horror, huh?
Oh, totally! (seriously, the issue that deals with his past in details are horrifyingly awesome)

Deadpool's appeal is half that he's a comedic sociopath and half that he's such a woobie (who sometimes tries doing good but is very, very bad at it). It can be a strange mix. Sadly in recent years, he's mostly only been characterised as the latter - except for in Uncanny X-Force just lately :)

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look up that issue at some point!

And yeah, I've only ever really seen the comedy sociopath side. Didn't know there was so much more to him!

[salinea]

The original run of Deadpool by Joe Kelly is really awesome and worth checking yeah :)

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Your icon compels me to. XD

[salinea]

yay!

[sharky_chan]

Sadly in recent years, he's mostly only been characterised as the latter
I suppose dating Cable for any length of time turns you into a goodie-goodie :Pb.

[salinea]

... the former! I meant he's mostly been characterised as the former!!

(issue's not a question of goodness so much as being treated as a comedic crazy=funny character without depth vs one who is a smudge more complicated than that, who also has tragic and dark aspects as well as funny ones).

[octopedingenue]

Your use of Emo Scarface-icon for this post makes me LOL.

(seriously, Zuko and Wade should hang out. WHY AM I SO BAD AT BEING GOOOOOOD!)

[salinea]

.... that's the point where I realise I have too many emo scarface characters I deeply adore, because when you read your comment, I thought you meant yet another icon with one of those...

Someone should write a fic!!

[sharky_chan]

Oh, gotcha :Pb. And yes, I only read the first couple issues of DP during Secret Invasion before giving up, because it was too much "whacky hijinks" and not enough "Wade is actually a person." Most series go in one direction or the other, but that good balance is what makes Deadpool so outstanding to me :3.

[salinea]

yeah :( I can read and appreciate the funny from the current Deadpool on going, but I definitely miss the more 3-D Wade from previous series.